The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-18
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contestants went crazy.
| A WESTERN fakir is selling an adjustable en-
gagement ring that can be made to fit any
| finger This is something that young men have
| been wanting for long time.
AT Owenton, KY. when averdict of not guilty
was declared in a homicide trial the audience
| applauded. Judge Montfort ordered the doors
| closed, and imposed fine of 81 so on each per-
| son who applauded.
THERE has just been consecrated in Philadel-
phia church for the exclusive use of the deaf
1t is the first and only place of worship in this
| country. If not in the world, that is managed
| entirely by deaf mutes.
KEY WEST FISHERMAN has captured a turtle
weighing 1000 pounds, the largest ever seen.
| The old fellow was broad enough on the back
for six men to stand on him, and he could have
hoated off with ton of coal
| GREAT HAWK swooped down on Lock
Haven, Pa. cat day or two ago and carried it
| aloft. The feline soon caught its captor by the
| throat and choked the bird to death. The cat
was killed by the fall. The pair could not be
| separated.
| AT ScorTDALE, Pa, the other day, a brakeman
fell between the cars of a moving train. He
counted sixteen cars and a caboose as they
passed over him, and then jumped up and took
his place again at the brakes He was not
scratched
THERE is bronze group of lioness and her
cubs in Paramount Park, Philadelphia, that is
| an object Of terror to every horse driven near
it, 30 realistic is the sculptor's work Last week
II caused six runaways. and the park COM
missioners have, therefore, ordered its re-
moval.
GEORGE CARPENTER of East Kent, Conn, when
out hunting coons came upon wildcat caught
In trap. He walked up to kill the animal and
the cat by mighty effort broke from the trap
and fell upon him tooth and claw The conflict
was fierce, but at length Carpenter killed the
cat, which weighed rs pounds.
WESTERN sPoRTsMEN complain that wild duck
are becoming very scarce, ami attribute their
scarcity to the use of duck eggs in making a
new glue that is manufactured in Canada.
Their eggs having become valuable, Canadian
hunters despoi their nests and thus materially
reduce the supply of young ducks.
THE PROCESS of whitening sugar was discoy-
cred in curious way. A hen that had gone
through clay puddle went with her muddy
feet into a sugar house. She left her tracks on
pile of sugar. IL was noticed that wherever
| her tracks were the sugar was whitened Ex-
| periments were instituted, and the result was
| that wet clay came 60 be used in refining
| sugar.
| BENJAMIN KING of Little Silver N j. last
summer had a swarm OF bees take to the woods
! He tracked them to a tre, and, after letting
tnem work there all summer, recently cut il
down. The tree, which was hollow for over
feet below the knothole where the bees went in
and out, had evidently been bee tree for years,
and it contained over six pals of excellent
honey.
The PROPOSITION to place letter boxes on the
street cars suggests many curious possibilities,
provided the plan were carried out in New
York city. The street railroad lines would then
become post roads, and the cars carrying the
United States mail would, of course, have the
right OF way over all other conveyances. In
case of a ''tie-up'' the government troops might
be called upon to run the cars.
MANY HUNTING PARTIES have been out in Ian
caster county, Pennsylvania, lately to run down
a wild animal about which terrible stories were
circulated. 1t made its home in the furnace
hills, near the farmhouse of David Hammer
and managed to escape the onslaught of the
blood-thirsty hunters. Mrs. Hammer by A
! little kindness and painful of corn, succeeded
in captivating the animal and leading 1t home.
1t was very peculiar looking black sheep with
white spots on it.
A MERCHANT in Philadelphia had in his posses
sion seven quarter dollars that he had taken at
| different times. These quarters had a hole
| punched in each of them, and the merchant
placed them on shelf in his counting room
| intending to take them to broker and sell
| them for what they we're worth. Somebody
| stole the quarters, and while the merchant was
| away took advantage to pass those seven
quarters back on the clerks In one day In paw
| ment of purchased goods.
| CURIOUS alphabetical advertisement from
an old number of the London Times: ITO
| Widowers and Single Gentemen:-wanted.b by
! a lady, situation to superintend the household
| and preside at table. She ia Agreeable, Becom-
ing, Careful Desirable, English, Facetious.
Generous, Honest, Industrious, Judicious, Keen,
, Quiet, Regular, Sociable, Tasteful, Useful. vi
vacious Womanish, Xantippish, Youthful
| Jealous, &c. Address X. Y. H., Smmond's
| Library, Edgeware-road.
1T is ESTIMATED there are now in Europe, Asia,
the United States and Canada about so institu-
lions for the education of feeble minded chill
dren. These all originated says a western
writer. in the effort of Edward Seguin, a French
physician who, exactly so years ago, gave I'D a
brilliant career and devoted himself to the cure
and restoration of these unfortunates. He dis
covered and taught that idiocy is not the result
of deficiency of brain, nor of malformation, but
| is the result of an arrested development occurr-
| ing at any stage before, at or after birth, In
| his own school he succeeded in counteracting
| this arrest of development and in restoring to
| society about rs per cent. of his pupils.
A CORRESPONDENT of London Notes and
| Queries furnishes the following quantity pa
| thetic letter written by the famous clown, joey
| Grimaldi a year or two before his death: Sad
dlers Wells.-My dear Friend: l am very Ill
my days OF staging are nearly over. I am
afflicted with rheumatism so severely as to be
scarcely able to lift this pen. Do come and see
but not kicking unfortunately. l feel truly
miserable; l am sure my end is approaching
O for the days when was delightng Audiences
at Old Drury and the Wells o will do all can
to assist yr poor Friend. but come and see VIZ
old Friend and have an hours chat with him
Come on Sunday, shall have one here but
an old housekeeper. Come dear Friend and
cheer me up.-Your honest and true Friend
joey Grimaldi-D. j."
THE sale Of photographs of celebrities in
Boston is large. Some of the best dealers have
as many as 1900 people represented in from one
to % styles. Mary Anderson and Ellen Terry are
to be had in any number of different poses and
costumes and the demand for their photos is
always good. just now Julia Marlowe is the
| favorite, and during her week at the Hollis
Street Theatre the call for her picture has been
very good. Fanny Davenport has not been in
great demand thus far. Marie Jansen sells
well, those pictures showing her in the sensa-
| tlonal 'Nadjy'' costume being the favorite
Pauline Hall sells we'll though she has never
been as much of a favorite in Boston as in New
York. Isabelle Evesson, with her great round
eyes, looks from the cardboard in number OF
taking styles, and her pictures ara still IN good
demand, notwithstanding her departure from
the Museum, The man most worshipped in
Boston by the women Is young actor Davenport
at the Museum, and his pictures sell to the
ladies' above all others. Jack Mason is in some
to have passed. Booth and Barrett sell well
always. Mrs Cleveland has had her greatest
rum and the demand for her picture Is falling
or. Mrs. Harrison's photograph is not yet in
the market, but Is expected daily. Mr. Cleve-
land has had some very good likanacae tn lrar