The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-12
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fall in the Elkhorn river at Pierce, Neb. re-
vealed the fact thst muskrat had bored hole
| in the dam.
The mAUsoLErM of the Emperor Frederick OF
which the cornerstone has just been laid at
! PotSdam, will be reproduction IF the Sepulchre
church at Jerusalem.
LARGE PANTHER, followed by three cubs
ran along a much travelled road near Middle
town, N. Y, last week. Nobody was harmed
and the quartet escaped.
JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN CONSTANT the famous
French painter, arrived in New YORK Monday
He intends to visit Washington, Chicago and
Canada before returning home.
TIE HISTORIC ISLAND OF INcHoLM in the Firth
of Forth has recently been let on lease to a
Glasgow clergyman. who intends to reside on it
during several months of each year.
TIE highest-prced singer at the French
grand opera is the baritone Lasalle. He gets
1900 for an engagement of SIX months The
contralto, Nine Richard, comes next with
$4,000.
MISS Lucy CAMPBELL, Boston girl II years
old, took part of the Mendelssohn prize at the
Royal Conservatory at Berlin this week She is
the first violoncellist that has won this dis
tinction.
To KEEP cBEsTNUTs from four to six months
New England exchange advises mixing each
bushel with pint of salt, shake thoroughly and
Keep IN dry place. where the temperature is
Yrom 40o to 500.
PIERRE LoRILLARD's SON, Griswsld has just
died at the formers country place in New Jer-
sey. He was only "a years old, and his death
was caused by consumption, super:nduced by
high living and exposure.
TIE supreme court of Massachusetts, has de-
cided that the legislature has the power to grant
the taking of water from ponds without com =
pensation to those who have hitherto used the
water for furnishing power.
WHALE about forty feet in length. spouting
at frequent intervals stream of water high in
the air, passed Asbury Park Monday afternoon.
bound north. The unusual sight attracted
CROWDS OF spectators to the beach.
THE census Of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia
gives the population of the two principalties as
3,154,375, of whom 1896 $50 are Bulgarians
6O7 900 Turks, 5000 Greeks, 900 Gypsies who
have no fixed residence, and q, 400 Jews.
AMONG the thirty eight violin competitors at
the Paris conservatoire this year. there ap-
peared thirteen young girls. Eight of these re-
ceved prizes, and the first prize was unani-
mously awarded to Mdlle Dantin, aged Is.
OUT of thirty-f1ve sovereigns who have as
cended the English throne since William the
Conqueror, every month in the year has been
honored with coronation from one to four or
five times except May; that month not one.
LADY DRUMMoND, one Of the American girls
married to a title who came to grief, is now
living quietly in Hartford with her s-year-oId
daughter, who is heiress to $500, 900, which En-
glish lawyers are now trying to get for her.
On MONDAY AFTERNOON. for the first time, a
man was admitted within the sacred portals of
the Sorosis Club, the great woman's organiza-
ton of New York. He was allowed in to play
the accompaniment to q song by Miss Gertrude
Griswold.
A NOTED French chef makes coffee by pour
ing boiling water on the ground berries; after
filtering, the water is again boiled and again
poured on the coffee, and finally third time
He does not boil the water and coffee together
nor put the coffee into cold water and let it
come to boil.
A GERMAN living near Humboldt, Ia, left his
s months old baby in the care of several young
children, while he and his wife attended a
political meeting The child was put upon the
kitchen floor by the caretakers, who then
scampered off to play. A young shoat came in
and attacked the baby, and, when the children
returned had eaten of the fingers of the baby's
right hand, toe of each foot, one ear and part
of another.
THE negroes are progressing. A dental school
for their race has been established in Nashville
Tenn. II is the first institution of the kind in
the world. A few years ago negro dentists
would have starved, but now there is good
was slave he had the best teeth in the world
As soon as he became citizen his teeth began
TO decay. This is not so much the result OF the
imposition of suffrage on orr brother in bl OK
as OF his change in diet and habits So long a.
he went to bed at dark, and lived on corn brea
and fat meat he was all right. When he began
70 indulge IN whisky and sweatmeats his
teeth and his character both commenced to
decay.
TIE CAPTAIN OF A CANAL BOAT lying at wharf
in New York taken sick on Sunday and az
ambulance was telephoned for. The message
| through some mistake finally reached the
driver of the crys dead W. gon who ''bitched
| up the vehicle and started for the wharf.
| thinking a 'foater" had been found. When he
| got there he backed up" the wagon, took out
| plain pine wood coffin and boarded the canal
| boat. 1t was dark at the time, and he found 1t
| difficult to get the coffin into the cabin where
| the sick man lay The T. ib,ene says that to
attempt to describe the scene that ensue
| would be futile. The captain, his wife ar
| family became almost p9ralyzed with fright.
| AT last the driver discovered his mistake, put
the coffin back in the hearse and returned to
the stable thoroughly diSguste1
SAN Francisco boy had been in the habit
of playing truant from school, and he had been
moderately lucky in getting out of the scrape
But he was caught one day and brought before
the teacher. You're late. Where have you
beenY I've been sick" You don't look
sick" "We I'm better. hut I've been sick. all
the same" You go right home and get a note
from your mother, or I'll punish you severely"
He went Oft and was gone about ten minutes
II was pretty quick work, and when he handed
the note to the teacher she thought that the
handwriting did not look like his mothers S e
kept her eyes on him as she opened the note
but he was as bland and as innocent as the best
boy in the world. The note read: Miss -.
Please excuse John this mornIn fur ben late
cos he broke his leg. Mrs. -.
BUFFALO IN. W PRISON OFFICIAL is quoted
as saying that the latest fad in prison manage
ment is tattooing, 1T is a ready means OF
Identification" he adds, "and is bound to be-
come popular in prison management. My idea
is TO tattoo a convict every time he is impris-
oued, and then we II have his record as clear as
the moou at Midnight Let each penal institu-
ton adopt different mark or monogram and
the problem of Identifying convictS will be
solved. 1t Is the simplest and best system yet
proposed To some persons it may seem as
harsh as branding but il isn't Tatlooing isn't
painful, aud the marks could be put on the con.
victs back, arms or legs and would not emba-
rass reformed convicts. Tattooing is now fol-
lowed in several penal institutions abroad and
] understand that it is TO be introduced in the
state prison at Joliet, III. 1t might be a good
thing 10 try In the Erie county penitentiary."
GENTLEMAN doing business in one Of the
downtown Offices in New York has hit upon
novel scheme To protect himself from the annoy
anos Of entertaining aud wasting his time with
individuals be does not want 10 see He has
purchased n detsctivo photographic camera