The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
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man Of his duty" The note was from "a girl
| 10 years of age, good looking, and an excellent
housekeeper."
CAPT. THOMPSON, whose vessel, the steamer
Benvenue, was caught in the recent great ty-
| phoon in the China sea says of the centre of
the typhoon; ut was fined With lightning, and
! a heavy roar made it impossible to distinguish
the noise of the wind from that of the thunder
The smell, too, of electricity, like the smell of
burning sulphur. was so intense as to cause an
almost overpowering sensation of Suffocation,
| and the biscuits and food not washed away by
the storm tasted so of sulphur as to be unfit for
USE"
| The following comes from Lancaster county,
| Pa: Above the doorway of a store in Mount
Joy is lantern which contains coal oil lamp.
Behind the lamp is glittering reflector. The
| other afternoon curious thing occurred The
| sun was shining brightly, and the day had in it
a suggestion of balmy July The rays of the
sun penetrated the glass of the lantern, thence
| through the chimney of the lamp, and were
| focused on the polished reflector. The rays
| were so focused that their action caused the
| WICK In the lamp to ignite, and it burn ed some
| time before it was discovered.
YOKOHAMA LETTER in the Hartford Courant
says; THE Japanese bed is simply futon
| spread upon the mating. They lie upon this
and spread another futon over themselves and
rest their heads upon wooden pillows and are
happy. futon is thckly wadded cotton
quilt, exactly like our comfortable, and very
nice arrangement such bed is for the house
keeper. The bed is easily made, and in the
morning the futon is folded and put away in a
closet, and the chamberwork is done. They
wear no nlghtdresses, but as every person, even
IN the poorest and hGmbest station, takes a hot
bath once, and in the majority of cases twice
day, there is nothing uncleanly in the wearing
of the same dress at night which is worn in the
day
The horses attached to streetcar in Bridge
port, Conn. became unmanageable, the other
morning, and dashed away from the track,
dragging the car on the sidewalk and running
into the bulk window of a market house
COR respondent thus describes what ensued:
The car was wedged in the window and the pas
sengers thrown among the cauli1owers and
cranberries The horses ran through the mar
Ket, one going into an open refrigerator door,
winch was promptly closed and locked by
butcher boy. During the time occupied in Sc
curing one horse the other thrashing and
kicking among the quarters of beef and spring
lamb inside the refrigerator. After his liberia
ton it was found thatth animal had been in
Jured SO severely that he is probably ruined.
A BEAR for long time made regular visits to
the orchard of Sheriff Power, near Coupevle,
w. T.. and the other day David Morrison, aged
IL, who lives with the sheriff. started out gun
in hand, to end Mr.. Bruins existence The rest
OF the story is thus told by the Tacoma Netcs:
When he reached the orchard, sure enough the
pear was there, as were also two good sized
| cubs. The boy, not at all discouraged at the
IL.
have got within few feet of her before she
saw him. AS soon she caught sight of him
she sat up and looked him in the eye and he
thought it was a good time to shoot and did so
putting charge of buckshot into the bears
throat killing her; but he did not wait to s,e
her die but started for the house to tell the
news
The bushmen of Basutoland in South Africa
have been exterminated, but their paintings re-
main on the walls of many caves. Sehonghong,
the cave of Soai, the last bushman chief. is de-
Scrlbed as "a simple overhanging rock. the wall
in the rear being covered with pictures of hunt
ing scenes war dances, predatory expeditions.
aud various wild animals Eland, hippopota-
mus and the smaller buck are recognizable
while occasionally is depicted the u1couth form
of the rain god, In all the fighting pictures the
bushman is shown victorious. He is dra wing
the bow with tiny hands or balancing himself
on shapely feet throwing the aSsegai. His foes,
on the other hand, are exhibited with dispro-
portionately big hands, fleeing on calfiess legs
stuck like broom handles into the middle of
their feet, and in the rear appear bushwomen
and boys driving herds of horses and cattle. the
spoils of victory"
THE latest report of the Anting Missionary
Hospital, in Pekin, contains some interesting in
formation in regard TO certain classes of Chinese
patients. Suicides are very common in Pekin
strong extract of opium being most commonly
employed for the purpose. but stabblng with a
knife in the abdomen is common. In one case
OF this kind which was treated at the hospital
the reason assigned for the act was that the man
had applied to friend for a loan of money and
been refused. In order to spite the niggard he
committed suicide, that his spirit might come
back and perpetually annoy the latter. Posses
sion by demons or animals is a complaint for
which patients constantly require treatment.
The animals in question are most commonly
the fox weasel, hedgehog, snake and rat. Per
sons possessed of one or other of these are SUD-
posed to have extraordinary power IN revealing
future events, curing diseases, or indicating
lucky days and numbers.
AN echo Of the recent election made itself
heard in Justice Walsh's court, BROOKLYN. Sat.
urday, and in it figured democratic girl re-
publican man. trium plant broom and a red
bandana. The girl is a clerk in a Fulton street
store, and she was arrested on com olaint of a
young man employed by a neiRhboring ieweler
On Friday the plaintiff, with a miniature
broom IN his buttonhole, asked the girl for
change for So bill. She had a bandaua hand
kerchief in her hand and he grabbed it aud
tried to wipe his shoes on it. She kept her hold
on the emblem of her party, and in addition
gave her tormentOr smarting slap on the
cheek. This angered him, and he hit the girl
over the knuckles This ended the scu1e, but
when he demanded his change she told him that
ne must first apologize. This he refused to do,
but went instead to Justice Walsh and obtained
warrant for her arrest on the charge of lar
ceny. After hearing the testimony Justice
Walsh discharged the girl.
A CURIOUS STORY is related from Madrid in
oAplduhllOu VI jut winch nave
lately afflicted the royal house of Spain: 1t ap
pears that the root of the mischief is a fatal
ring of quite medieval deadliness The King
Aphonso XII, gave it to his cousin Mercedes
when he was betrothed to her. and she wore il
during the whole of her short married life On
her death the king presented it to his grand
mother, the Queen Christina. She died very
soon after, when it passed to the kings sister
the Infanta del Pillar, who at once began TO
scken, and insa few days also breatbed her last
Alphonso then handed it to his sister in law.
Christina, the younger daughter of the Duke of
Montpenser, but in three months she was also
dead. His majesty now resolved to retain the
baleful jewel in his own keeping, but he, too,
soon fell victim to its mysterious malignancy'
By order of his widow it has now been slis-
pended by chain around the neck Of the statue
of the Maid of Almudena, the patron saint of
Madrid.
THE two young African explorers. DR.. Hans
Meyer and DR.. Oskdr Baumann, who, toward
the end Of August last started out with a
numerous and well-equipped caravan from the
coast of Zanzibar. with the aim Of achieving the
still unaccomplished feat of reaching the sum
init of Kilimanjaro. have met with disaster
They had hardly entered upon their march
when troubles broke out among the natives in
the region under German protectorate Most
of their men decamped, and the travellers be-
came prisoners. Happily, their captors were
not OF a bloodthirsty race, and were willing to
accept ransom. DR.. Hans Meyer made an ex-
petition to Kilimanjaro last year, and succeeded
in climbing to within few hundred feet of the
highest point. the elevation of which above the
sea is $4,000 or 10000 feet. The ascent has been