The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

STRAUSS has nearly finished new opera, it is
said, which is to be called a kiss in Honor,
for which the poet-diplomat Ludwig Won DOGGY
has furnished the hbretto.
IT IS proposed to establish in London a ciuf
to be called the Century" to be modelled after
the club of that name in New York, and tc
be open to both American aud English citi
| Zens
A FAKIR at Coney Island was caught working
a lung tester the other day that innocently
registered the exhalations of his customers
| but responded to suction with a measure OF
malt whisky.
| The famous cattle trail between Texas and
| the north will soon be wiped out. 1t was Cox
miles long and one mile wide, and when the orig
| maj survey OF Colorado was made this strip was
left for the use of the cattle men. The railroads
| have now rendered it useless.
| REPETITION of the Blanche Face tragedy is re.
| ported from La Fosse, near Montargls, where a
| workman has been buried alive no feet below
| the surface. Strenuous efforts are being made
TO rescue him, but there is little hope of reach
| ing the victim before he dies Of thirst and
| hunger
| WHILE Kate Wilson. aged IA, and her brother,
Robert, four years her junior, were playing on
dock at Jersey City. Wednesday, the boy fell
overheard. His sister, who can SWIM
| screamed for assistance, and jumped after him.
| When he arose to the surface she seized him
| ana kept him above water until fishermen res
| cued both
AN Englishman who was playing billiards at a
| public house in Bromley, made a bet that he
would get one of the ivory balls into his mouth.
| de did get 1t ill., and there it stuck, IN spite of
| all his efforts to dislodge it. The surgeon who
was called in extracted the lump Of ivory, but
| only after taking out several of the ''experi-
| mentalists" front teeth.
| THE novel spectacle of a funeral procession
| of street cars was witnessed in Washington re-
| Gently. At the funeral of two employees of
| the street railway, the other employees draped
| an open summer car, which was used to serve
| as hearse and this was followed by a string
| OF cars, all draped, and occupied by the en-
| ployes and their friends
DURING a storm at Puy de Fourche. in Dor
| dogne, France, last week. several lawmakers
| took shelter under walnut tree One happen-
| ing to say that they were safer in the open the
party left their shelter, but a girl who had
heard the remark suddenly ran back to the tree
and flung her arms around it. The next mo-
nent flash of lightning struck her dead
A RESTAURANT KEEPER at the London Zoo or
dered an employe to take two barrels of buns to
the bear Pit, merniug to the refreshments bar
near the pit. The man took him at his word
and dumped the buns to the bears. The ami
mails were knee deep in them when the restau-
rant keeper fonnd out what had been done, and
ordered the employee to go down into the Dit
and get the buns back. The man handed in his
resignation.
ABOUT two weeks ago Henry Goetz gave
| James K Mosser of Hanover a large farm dog.
which was Immediately shipped by rail from
| Phillipsburg, n. j., to Williamsport, 40 miles
| away. The other day the dog walked into his
| former masters house in a starved and worn
| out condition. 1t was learned that he had left
Wilamsport q week ago ami had walked the
| entire distance. How he found his way back is
| the wonder of the story.
GEORGE WETmoRE of Warren, Pa, has snake
story. He said he and two other fellows while
working near Corydon, after the war, met a.
snake that was across the wagon tracks He
stunned the reptile by tapping it on the back
with a stick. Then they cut off its head. After
ward, when rattle was being cut off the head
less snake Savagrly SwiShed its tail around and
| left bloody bruise on the wrist of the fellow
| who was cutting the rattle. The snakes skin
Was made into vest.
FLORA PUIsAM of Boston was relieved of her
purse. containing $3.50, on Tuesday evening, by
| a highwayman. Uuwomanlike though she
| darted after the scoundrel caught him several
| squares distant, and, notwithstanding he and
| several pals then set upon and beat her the
gritty Flora held on to the thief until assistance
| arrived in the person of police captain The
| latter, with the aid of another officer landed
the prisoner in jail, but not until aft er a severe
| struggle, In which the pals took an active part
The steamer Glenshiel, which reached New
| York Tuesday from Yokohama and other east
ern ports with cargo of tea, reports a curious
| experience which she encountered in the Red
sea, but which is by no means unknown to vova-
gers in those waters Her log says that on
| leaving the Parin islands. July TO- the atmos
phere was so crowded with sand dust that it
| was necessary to run at low rate of speed
| When half way up the sea a sandstone of such
| violence was eXper enced that the greatest diff
| ficulty was found in making any Roadway at all
The sand sifted like fine snow through every
crevice, filled every dish of food, and covered
| everything with gritty coating. At the same
| time its clouds were so thick and impenetrable
| that one could not see two ship lengths ahead
| of the vessel This state Of things lasted for
| eight hours.
THE greatest set Of rattles ever cut from
rattlesnake are now on exhibition in the office
| of the treasurer of Lycoming county, at
Williamsport The string measures S16 inches
and contains Is rattles. The biggest string on
record previous to this was taken from the big
snake killed near Westport last week. That
string measured inches in lenUh and contained
81 rattles. The snake that bore it was the big
gest one ever killed in the state, being feet
long The most curious fact connected with
tbemonster Williamsport set of rattles is that 1t
was taken from snake less than feet long
the rattles forming almost onefourth of the
reptiles entire length. If it is true that rat
| tlesnake grows a rattle every year after the
| first year the snake must have been 46 years
| old. This freak among snakes was killed by
| County Treasurer Eldred in the Pine creek re-
| gion.
GIADsToNE's study at Hawardeu castle is de-
scribed being rather curiously arranged
THE walls are covered with books, and volumes
are also massed in large shelves jutting out
from the walls into the ROOM Between each
partition of books there Is room to walk: thus
the saving of space in arranging the library in
this manner is enormous The stock of books
perhaps, exceeds 1900 Volumes and notwith-
standing this large number, Mr.. Gladstone has
little difficulty in placing his hand upon any
volume that he may require. There are three
writing desks in the room; one is chiefly re-
served for correspondence of political nature
and another is used by Mrs. Gladstone. Look
ing out of the study window, the flower beds
facing the castle present q picturesque appear
ance while the heavily wooded grounds beyond
stand out in bold relief and form a massive
green background"
A DESPATCH from the city of Mexico says that
a remarkable trial is about to begin there Dur
ing the past year an old woman living in a little
town near Capitalo has been exacting a month
ly tax from the fathers OF families to prevent
her from taking the lives of their children by
sucking their breath in some mysterious man
ner, her pretence being that she was a witch
and had a mysterious power over life and death
Recently child died suddenly, and as the
father had refused TO pay the monthly tax to
the witch,it was rumored that she had bewitched
the child, an impression which grew stronger
and stronger. Finally the godfather of the
child, man named Medina, met the woman In
street OF the village and said to her, "Why did
you kill my godchildy" The witch replied
because his father did not pay me nv tax -
all fIapt Mill