The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
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| A CORRESPONDENT of the Liverpool Mercury
says that he heard some cornet playing from
photograph which had been repeated more than
| thousand times, and all the notes were as
clear and distinct as ever.
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS appreciate the services
| of an employe who is good window dresser.
Many firms keep a man who does nothing else,
| but the majority of dry goods and furnishing
houses depend upon the taste and good sense or
| their clerks.
A PHILADELPHIA PEACH MERCHANT says that
as far west as St. Louis there is hardly a town
| of considerable size that does not consume
| car load or peaches, containing 600 baskets,
every day There is no difficulty in disposing OF
| the greatest crop.
| LONDON dressmakers and milliners are heavily
fined if they allow girls to work over hours in
their shops One of the best known and most
| patronized dealers in mourning goods in that
| city was recently up in the police court a
| charge of this kind
| The ACCESSIBILITY of badges for physicians is
being discussed in medical circles preference
| being shown for an olivecolored button. The
| fundamental idea is that distinguishing badge
would be OF great value in case of a nasty de
mand for doctors services.
FISHERMEN seeking sea bass off the coast of
Monterey, Cal came upon gigantic sunfish and
succe ded in capturing it after enveloping It in
about 100 fathoms of net. 1t weighed 1000
pounds, and efforts were made to preserve and
send it to San Francisco but they failed.
A GERMAN who has studied the fascinating
game of lawn tennis from an intellectual stand
point says that it is "a most admirable instru-
Inent for the cultivation OF sharp sightness
swift decision. great self mastery. GOODNESS of
temper patience, energy and endurance"
AT Denison, Tex, last week a negro took
| laughing gas before having tooth pulled, and
astonished the dentist by leaping from the chair
| through the window. carrying sash and all to
| the pavement 20 feet below, yet, strange to say
was only a little shaken when he came to him
| self.
| THE colossal statue of William Penn which
is to surmount the tall tower of the new city
hall at Philadelphia, will be the largest bronze
figure ever cast, standing 81 feet in hight The
model is completed, but there is no foundry in
the United States where the casting can be
done.
COMPANY in Paris is prepared to supply
cabs with electric lights aigrettes for the heads
of the horses and the coachman and footman
and exterior and interior lanterns for the cab
The accumulators very small and portable
and will furnish a brilliant light for from four
to six hours.
THE hand made timepeces Of the Swiss and
French, who have so long held the supremacy
as clockmakerS, ere not now regarded as supe-
rior to those of American machine make. The
American machine made watch is as finished
and accurate as its foreign competitor and is
of course, vastly cheaper.
NINE. DE VALsAyRE has become notorious in
France because she yearly presents petition
to the chamber of deputies that women be
allowed to wear any costume they like. This
year she received reply saying that the law
did not prevent women from wearing mems
attire, but that the police did
GRAHAM, Mo-, had a novel barbecue recently.
Members of the three political parties-demo-
Gratis, republicans and prohbitionists-met for
three days, and devoted day each to the pre-
sentation of their several doctrines Nineteen
oxen were slaughtered, and 2,000 persons ate of
the flesh and heard the speeches
FAKIR in the west is advertising recipe
which will tell you how to make your horse an
artist. When you forward him a dollar not
necessarily for publication but as an evidence
of good faith, you receive by return mail
| neatly printed card bearing the words: Give
| your horse drawing exercises and he will get
there. Ia ia.
FEATURE of Newport life which has ESCAPED
the notice of the correspondents is the liberal
use of the bicycles by the men servants of the
| swell cottagerS both as an amusement and as a
| convenience for doing crrands. On great days
| at the Casino these machines have been drawn
| up in front of the building like the carriages.
and at any hour could be seen swiftly gliding
through the streets.
ENGLISH BUSINESS MEN who have to send large
quantities of mail matter to distant parts of the
| world find that they can save a great deal of
| money by sending their mail in bulk to Belgium
! and posting it there. the rates being so much
cheaper II is said that the saving to one firm
alone by this course amounts TO SIS, 900 a year
| and that there is a loud demand for reform in
| the British rates.
| SHOPPING in London will be carried on under
| most comfortable conditions when the proposed
number of hosks will be erected in different
| localities by an improvement society. Women
efa inf ham and rfr hal
| have parcels checked and sent home, procure
| stationery and write letters, purchase lunch,
| and hundred other little conveniences at the
| least possible expense
| AvERY pretty exhibition was given at a Brook
| Ign swimming school recently. In two small
papier-mache chariots we're boys years old.
| Harnessed to the chariots were two little boys,
| who swan over the course. The lads were
about years old, yet they made very good
| time and the winner was presented with a fine
| fishing pole. The children In the chariot en-
| joyed the race quite as much as the boys.
| The delicate duty of deciding whether or not
| the Mormon Bible is authentic has devolved
| upon the customs department of Canada IL
really Rible, the duty to be levied upon it Is
but per cent, but if not Bible, it is mere
book taxable at the rate of 10 per cent The
| department has levied the higher duty thus
| practically determining that the work is no
| revelation, but the production of human intel.
| lect
| HERMAN STEAMERS are CrOWolng out British
| shipping at Nagasaki, Japan. German coast
| wise shipping is advancing by leaps and bounds.
| In 1880 30 British ships Of 146 042 tons entered
| Nagasad against "a German vessels of 1909
| tons. During 1887 there were 207 British
vessels of 2S9 769 TONS and 211 German of 1872 3S9
| tons. The German steamers are smaller, but
| they do more business, as they are better
adapted to the trade.
THE inhabitants of the Oule Aroun district in
! Algeria recently discovered a treasure of 500
900 francs concealed in fissure in a rock. They
| quickly divided 1t up among themselves and
said nothing about 1t, but the authorities no.
| ticed that many heretofore poverty stricken
Arabs were investing in cames and other valu-
able property. and started an investigation. Now
the officials at their wits end to get the
treasure away from the natives.
IT is SUGGESTED that American women who
ride should no longer follow the English fash
ion of sitting on the left side of the horse.
| There the custom of turning to the left on the
road places the lady away from the wheels of
any vehicle she may meet. But here common
sense dictates that the women sit on the right
| They have good precedent. The Princess of
Wales, for special reasons, always does and
the Empress of Austria sits either way.
YANKEE has established a terrapin farm
| about sixty miles from Mobile. An nclosure of
three acres in extent contains several bitches
100 feet in length and 10 feet in width and these
are filed with salt water by two canals In
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