The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-21
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WOMAN wAGE-EARNER in Maine, to whom
blank was sent by the labor bureau, replied to
| the question, Are you married, single or a
widow? as follows: Il have been married, but
| am now single. | am also a widow" She was
| divorced.
MANY of the leading stores in Philadelphia
have adopted the plan of allowing their best
statesmen and SaleSwomen commissions above
| their salaries, and one large concern on Chest
| nut street always puts the name of the seller of
the goods in the bill.
| The fast mail was passing through Herkimer.
n. Y. Flagman Wolver, giving the proper
warning. suddenly saw two girls walking on the
track. He could yell and then leave them to
! their fate or he could rush to their rescue and
his own fate. There beat the hero's heart in
| tlagman Wolver. He rushed for the girls.
When the train had passed the girls looked for
their rescuer. He lay limp, bruised crushed
dead.
THE young women who attend the new college
| in Baltimore ought to become robust and well
developed, for the facilities offered for physical
training are said to be superior to those offered
by any woman's college in the world. The
gymnasium is three-story structure. covering
1000 square feet. 1t has a large swimming pool,
bowling alley, walking track. bath rooms, and
considerable apparatus designed especially for
women
The APPEARANCE of two professional burglars
upon the stage of the Peoples theater in Chi
cago has evoked great deal of criticism from
| Chicago pulpits The burglars crack a safe in
melodrama in highly professional way, and
the audiences seem to enjoy this bit of realism
which the ministers condemn. The burglars
| themselves hold their heads very high, and
| affect to hold the mere actors in great con-
| tempt. The actors have Indignantly protested
| TO the management, but without result
E. c. CARDIGAN of Boston, who died the other
! day, was noted among Dartmouth men not
only for his prominence in all educational mat
tiers. but for his activity as an alumnus of the
college. He had an interesting college career.
| He worked his way through, taking six years to
complete his course. He was manager of tie
boating club when Dartmouth won second place
| at Saratoga. He received a scholarship of $3.50
| from the college. and last year paid the money
| back. He was one of q committee representa-;
the alumni in the management of the college.
and it was through his efforts that the degree of
LII. D. was given to Gen. B. +. Butler.
AN ENTERPR1sING ONEIDA FIRM recently placed
| number Of young alligators in a show window
| of their store. Morning after morning it was
observed that one of the alligatorS had disap-
peared during the night. As no remains could
| be found, the cause of the disappearance re-
| NAMED mystery until only one alligator re-
| manned. Then watch was set for the purpose
| of detecting the thief. Long after midnight a
| large Maltese cat crept into the room, and
| going to the window drove the little gator into
corner. After playing with it for few min
swallowing large portions of it entire.
| ASHLAND, KY. sends along the following: m
Swetnam, of Blaine, Lawrence county. owned
\ a fine mich cow, which was seized with fits
| and pitched around in a dangerous manner
| and exhibited many vicious freaks. She would
| strike her nose against any available object
| until the skin and flesh were torn away
| Alarmed at the danger of her doing harm
| Swetnam despatched the animal and made an
| examination, when, on cutting her head open,
| copperhead sna Ike was found IN her nose 1t had
| crawled up the left noStril, over the bridge of
| the nose, and down the rignt nOstri where its
tangs were firmly inbedded, completely hiding
| them from VIEW
| THE Detroit Free Press declares that the Gov
| ernor Ames, recently launched in Maine, is not
| the largest schooner afoat. The honor, it adds,
| belongs to the David Bows, which is wintering
1 at Detroit. 1t was built in Toledo in 1881, by
| Capt John G. Parker. of the Detroit Dry Dock
| Company, and owned by Sir. Corrgan of Cleve-
| land. The Ames is 265 feet over all, the BOWS
| $50: IS feet longer. The Ames is 233 feet on
keel and the BOWS is 265. The BOWS carries
| two ceuter-boards. the Ames one. The BOWS is
| valued ut $4,000 and the Anes at $50 900; this
difference lying in the fact that the Ames has
| steam power aboard to her capstan and
| hoist her sails, while the BOWS has not.
An OLD SPORTSMAN who is unorthodox enough
| to like bass and pike fishing with live bait bot
ter than using a fly for trout, is preparing an
| expedition az ainst some big pike preserved in q
| mill pond in New Jersey. Small loads, he says,
| are the best bait for bass-when you can get
| the toads. For pike he almost anything
| alive and small enough for the greedy fish to
| swallow whole Bait for pike must he put on
| the hook so that the fish can swallow it tail
| FIRST without swallowing hook and all The
bass, on the contrary. must the victim s
| head before he gulps it. so that the hook mnst
be at the head end of the bait. the tough part
| of the lower jaw of the minnow being the best
| place to fix the hook.
|
| smoke nuisance in Chicago which, instead of
decreasing under the present regulations, seems
to be getting worse. A correspondent writes
| that half the time the city is enveloped III
| dense fog. 1t is now proposed to hold the en-
| gineers directly responsible, and an ordinance
to that effect will be presented to the council IL
is asserted that the proprietorS OF buildings.
| railroad companies and tug owners had at con
| siderable expense, provided for their engines
| smoke consuming devices. which, if properly
| applied by the engineers, would abate most of
| the nuisance. But the engineers were careless,
| and some wilfully and maliciously negiectfu
| Most of the devices in use are the inventions of
| working engineers of the city. Each engineer
has his coteric OF supporters and this coterie
| obstructS the use Of "a device contrived by u
| rival inventor. The new ordinance provides for
a fiue of from S. to $50 for each violation of the
law, but it applies only to engineers III buildings
| the proprietors of which have supplied device
| for the suppression of smoke"
A DISPATCH from Hot Springs Ark, says that
that city is In a roar over the ludcrous manner
in which South Hot Springs has been taken
in." few days ago an elderly gentleman CIV
ing his name Harper reached South Hot
| Springs. He represented himself as Cali
| f0rnia millionaire. and said that he desired to
engage a dozen reliable men at salaries ranging
| from 81 goo 10 S., 600 year. He became great
| Alphabetically the lion of the hour-and at a
| grand supper, rendered him by fifty cr-dulous
| citizens, he made speech, and said he wished
| to give his friends genuine mark OF his affec
tion. He retired to room, and in half an hour
| returned with armful OF envelopes
| ''rhese, friends" said he, contain my
| checks for various amounts, and the
only stipulation make is that they must not be
| opened until tomorrow" Then there was re
| ioicug and the old man was fairly worshiped
| One woman could not stand the pressure and
| ran home and opened her envelope. She found
it contained leaf of an old almanac with
| proverbs like this: "A fool and his money are
| soon partel,' IAN that gitters is not gold ="
etc. Boiling with Indignation, she returned to
| the banquet rooms and showed her check Then
there was simultaneous opening OF the en-
| velopes, and a scene followed. All contained
| pieces of almanac JOKES. The old man was put
| In jail on the charge of fraud. The specific
charge was obtaining $50 from Squire Witter
| Afterward it was developed that the old man
was an escaped lunatic from jacksonville, ILL.,.
named James Sykes.
IT was the wealth of Peru and Bolivia which
was their curse from the time Of Pizarro to
that of modern Chill. Guano has been ex-