The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| CHARLES WILLIAMS, a native of Franklin
county, Pennsylvania and veteran of the war
of 1912, lacks only two years of being a century
old. He lvhs in Chatfield Mimi and is still
| active
IT is said that there is post Office for every
1000 men, women and children in the United
States, and that if the expense of carrying the
mails was paid directly by the people pro rata,
each citizen would pay an average of SIC. a
| year.
| THE CHINESE of Tacoma, W. T., import from
Alaska every few months big boxes full of dried
bears paws from which they make medicine
! similar to their dried lizard tonic. Bears gall
which sells at $40 a pound, is also in great de-
| mand among them.
AS THE result of a wager four enterprising
youths of Williamsburg, Pa, expect to make a
| tour through the wild West without taking
| any money for travelling expenses They hope
| by selling some staple article to make enough
OF the 'needful' to pay their way.
BROAD RIPPLE IND, has ghost. It is in the
form of a woman, and walks along the railroad
track, then out over the water, and diappears
directly under the Louisville, New Albany and
| Chicago bridge This is where an accident oc-
| Cured four years ago. and lives were lost,
| YELLOW DIAMONDS are made blue of the purest
water, for the time being. by being colored with
a common indelible blue pencil, eQualiZed by a
| rubbing with cotton or linen. A magnlfying
| glass will fail to show the fraud. but alcohol,
| turpentlne or benzine will wash off the color.
JAMES BoLFE, former State Senator, died in
the insane asylum at Johnstown, Wis, where
| he had been confined for four years He be-
came insane through heavy financial losses, and
| since his incarceration has not spoken, imagin-
| ing that his enemies were trying to force him
| to disclose his business secrets
THE GENTLEMEN in charge of the Glasgow In
ternational Exhibition, which is to be opened
next month by the Prince and Princess of
Wales, have been notified that the Queen will
cheerfuly lend selection of her Scottish his
| torical treasures including portrait of Queen
| Mary, with the execution scene in the back
| ground.
| THE Hyde Tavern at Franklin, Conn. burned
the other night and the proprietor, who fancies
fowls, drove all his hens. pigeons and game
cocks out into the darkness The pigeons and
hens went back and were burned out twenty
| six game cocks took the opportunity to engage
| in a passage at arms, and when the battle was
over seven dead birds lay on the field.
FRANK STOCKTON says that he once saw an
| American girl, whose parents had become very
rich since her education had been finished wa TX
| ing through the galleries of the Louvre She
had been looking at some pictures by Raphael
all of which represented the Virgin Mary and
turning to a companion, she said Il believe
this man must have been Catholic"
THERE was buried the other day at Bethel
church, Kent county, Delaware, John Jacob
Sem, aged 96 years. He was born at Saar-
bruck, Prussia, and was one of Napoleon's
soldiers in the march to Moscow After the
battle of Waterloo he was pressed into the PruS-
sian army and compelled to fight against his
old commander, for whom, however, he retained
his love.
SIBERIA, as a place of exile is shortly des-
tined to become a thing of the past. The Rus
sian government, acting upon the advice of the
l ~ l..
to keep their prisoners in large convict houses
instead of sending them to Siberia. BY this new
method Russian prisoners will not have quite so
romantic fate as formerly. But their lot will
be just as hard.
THESE are the matrimonial experiences of the
| daughter of Partisan wine dealer, /. Married
singer. 2 He ran off with an actress &
Divorced. 4. Married an ex-priest g. She
eloped. 6. Divorced. z. Married Mayors SON.
the officiating magistrate being Der second hus-
band, who showed no III feeling, and joined in
the subsequent festivities, after delivering a
touching exhortation to the happy couple.
A RICH PHILADELPHIA WOMAN noted for her
wealth and eccentricity, having exhausted her
finger space in displaying her jewels, wears a
striking ring on one of her thumbs Strange as
this appears, it is only going back to an old
fashion. Two or three hundred years ago it
was the fashion to wear a ring the thumb
and the Signet ring was worn on the thumb by
the nobility at time when the fingers were
devoid OF ornaments.
THE THREE CHILDREN of Tom Dashiel who
lives near Bromwell Mountain, Suffer county.
California, came home from school several
nights saying that some big animal had chased
them. No one paid much astention TO the
youngsters, until one afternoon they rushed
white and trembling into the yard, and again
told their story. Then their grandfather
Uncle John McGlochlin, over 20 years old
grabbed his gun and walked down the road and
in less than ten minutes had shot a big CHINA
mon bear.
EDMUND YATES thinks the reports of Irish
poverty greatly exaggerated. He says that the
Registrar Generals recent report shows that
since 1881 the deposits in the Irish savings bank
have been constantly increasing. They were on
Dec. 81, 1881, f3, 765, 0O0 and on Dec. 81, 1887
f4,q75,000. The money in these banks repre-
sent small savings, and comes almost entirely
from the agricultural population, which, be it
observed, has diminished in members during the
period. MIR Yates says tina these figures war
rant the conclusion that the tenant farmers in
Ireland, a class, are considerably richer than
they were six years ago, and it may be asserted
with equal confidence that the same could not
be said of any other class or community in the
United Kingdom"
EARL B. WITCH, of Livingston, Mont has
full-grown mountain lionness which is his
favorite pet. 1t is as tame as cat and as play
full as little dog. 1t sleeps on the bed with its
MASTER making purring noise like cat when
it lies down to rest. Mr. Witch obtained the
lion when it was a cub and has taught it many
tricks. This beast has a horrible penchant for
small children, yet so wonderful is the control
Mr.. Witch has obtained over it that he can
make 1t lie down and lay baby across its neck
but he never takes his eye off the animal while
making the dangerous test of power for from
the working of its paws and the vicious CLEAN
Of its eyes it gives evidence that if the kesDer's
back were turned the infants destruction
would be speedy and certain. Mr. Witch has
also a favorite dog which he has trained To
wrestle with the lioness and perform MANY
tricks For instance. he will make the moIn
tain beast lie down upon her side place a piece
of raw beefsteak on her head and send the dog
to take it, which the animal will permit if the
masters eye is upon her; but, in all probability
if his vigilance were relaxed for an instant both
beefsteak and dog would disappear in short
order.
NJ. LENTE. who was NJ. Daniel Wilson's LAWYER
in the recent trial, is described in lie Roppel as
parsonage and talent" With his energetic
features, his piercing eyes, his large open
mouth, and his robust and hardy frame he per-
sonifies labor, perseverance, obstinate patience.
and accumulated strength. He is an upstart in
the best sense of the word. AT present he is ut
the head of the French bar. and he will proba-
bly, become President Of the benchers Such
ascension could in no way be predicted some
twenty years ago. Good natured and univer-
sally liked, his heart in his mouth shaking hands
with every newcomer, NJ. l. ente was a man of
Val A.arf h.R. ~. -