The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-13
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| TABLE once belonging to the great Napoleon
is at present the property of Mrs Norval' OF
| Nashville, Tenn, to whose grandfather it was
| gwen by French emigrant nobleman VINO
came to New Orleans when the Bourbons came
| back to the throne of France.
J AMONG the crowd of visitors at the white
house on Friday was an Englishman, young,
good looking and well dressed. And this is
| the famous white house?' he inquired of one of
| the ushers Yes, SIR the reply. All
| responded the Briton, gazing around the hand
some corridor, I'm very glad came Tocon
| TO this country and not see the white house
would be like going to England and not seeing
| London, you know"
| The London foot guards are troubled over
the threatened adjustment of their snowy bear
skin hats, which are worn at present by three
| OF their brigades. The supply of bearskin has
| diminished exceedingly of late, so that now each
hat is worth about S2S. These bearskins are
| practically useless except for the purposes of
| display, and are even then only suited for cold
| climates But they are highly cherished by the
| soldiers on account of their imposing appear
| ance.
THE 17-months'-o daughter of Timothy
Hartnett of Melrose, Mass, was cross being
| much troubled in getting her teeth, and Timothy
sought to alleviate her pain by feeding her raw
whisky. When the physicians got there the
oaDy was in commissions, and Timothy was ar
| rested. The report says that lowing to the
| prisoners having wife and three small chill
dren, the Judge sentenced him only to the house
| or correction for three months" The child re-
covered
IT IS CLAIMED to be proven, beyond all doubt,
| that waters which circulate or stand in leaden
| pipes or vessels, not only take up particles of
| lead through mechanical action due to friction.
| but attack the metal, the result of this being
| generally lead carbonate. According to the
most eminent authorities in this line. minute
quantities of lead thus introduced into and &C
cumulating in the system, must rank among the
causes of anRmia and defective nutrition in
large towns.
THOMAS II. WILSON, Of New Jersey, has
patented set of false teeth so fierce of aspect
| that wheu inserted in the mouth of O lapdog
they will brighten the worst case of tramp out
OF any nefghborhood. Mr.. Wilson'S brother
| has improved slightly upon the invention by
| arranging an alarm in the rear of the teeth,
taking up very little room and so fixed that the
| mere process of opening the mouth produces
| noise which cannot be distinguished from the
roar OF a lion. so that in case a midnight ma
rauder should be unable to see and be frightened
off by the teeth the stimulation of a grow
would send him speeding out of the state.
| A PARLIAMENTARY PAPER has been issued Civ
| ing return of all cases during the last twelve
| months in which London police constables have
| been charged with assaults or other offenses be-
| fore magistrates of the mhtropoiS. with the
| name of the prosecutor and the decision of the
court in each case, and with details of the cost
of defense by the Streasury, when incurred
| bere were forty-five consables prosecuted.
thirty for assaults and in these cases there
were only five convictions, two of which were
subsequently quashed appeal There was
| only one case of imprisonment for assault.
| ACCORDING to official statistics just published
in the five years ending with 18S6-87, the num-
| Der of educational institutions in British India
| increased by ABOUT one third, while the number
of pupils increased in a still larger proportion.
| In 1SSl-S2 there were 81 $3.50 institutions of all
| grades attended Raty
| 1882 and 1885 there were considerable fiuctua-
| tons both in number of institutions and in that
Of the students attending The total number of
the institutions stood in 1886 at 122, 1857 and
| the attendance at 3,325, $50. The following year
the institutions numbered 1877 ,116 and the pupils
| 3343,544.
| FRANKFoRD, Pa, has what might be called a
| living barometer in the shape of live tree
frog. The little fellow dwells in glass jar,
two thirds filed with water, that stands on q
| shelf in the bar of hotel, Inside the Jar is a
| little ladder of ingenious construction. When
| the weather is dry and fair the little fellow
| crawls up the ladder and gazes pensively at the
| barroom loungerS, but when his intutive power
| tells him that a rain storm is coming he dives
| to the bottom of the jar and stays there till the
sun shines again His movements are made
| twenty four hours in advance of the changes in
the weather, and he is considered an unerrng
| barometer.
IT is TOLD that when Frederick Ill of Ger
many was in London last Sir Morell Mackenzie
| introduced him to a celeb -ated American physi-
| clan, who examined his throat carefully 81
| suppose" said the emperor IAN imperial throat
| if very much like that of other throats!''
| WELL" answered the American quickly 1--WE
| will try and make it so, at any rate" Fred
| erck appreciated the answer, and shifting his
| mighty chest, said: but this is all right, is it
| not?" The doctor looked him over gravely and
replied YES. AS for the rest, you would make
| a good American" The emperor enjoyed it
| ali, but the German doctors were simply dunn
| founded at the levity of the yankee
| This is the season of summer sales at the
shops of the great linen drapers,' says writer
| in the London Pail MaH Gazette, land it is also
the season at which these tradesmen suffer to
quite abnormal extent from the depredations
| of their customers. 1t may seem Incredible
| but l am informed on undeniable authority
| that during these periodical sales the great
| shopkeepers find it absolutely necessary TO en-
ploy goodly staff of detectives, whose sole
| duty is to put stop to petty pilfering. And
| the worst feature of the business is that the
| thieves are often ladies Of good position and
ample means The other day for instance q
| lady drove up in carriage and proceeded
| to make several purchases at a large and well
| known shop. She was watched by detective
and much to her apparent indignation was
| stopped at the door, when quantity of ribbon
| value about 10 shillings, was discovered hidden
| under her mantle. And the same thing occurs
almost every day. or course, in the great ma
| jority of cases, the shopkeeper accepts an apol-
| ogy and compensation, for even if he incurs the
| cost and trouble of a prosecution, it is next to
| impossible to obtain a conviction. The priso-
| ners are eloquently defended by leading coun-
| sci, and a formidable array of witnesses to
| character rarely fails to impress the British
| jurvman. But it is positive fact for which
am quite unable to account, that well dressed
| thieves positively swarm at summer sales.''
| A CORRESPONDENT gives the London Times an
account of sad occurrence at the coastguard
station, Castle Townshend, county Cork, Ire
land. "A Mrs Hope wife of one of the men,
went out to dry the clothes she had been wash
ing, leaving her three little boys in the kitchen,
| where fire was burning. IL is not distinctly
| ascertained how the accident happened. but the
| second boys intention was to write his name on
| the table with a charred stick. The probability
| is that the other end of the stick was alight
| and as he was writing, his clothes caught fire
| and the children's screams aroused tie neigh
| bors. A coastguardman went TO see what was
| the matter, and, finding the child burning, he
| promptly seized large rug and threw 1t over
| him. Then giving him to the distracted
| mother, who at that moment returned, he went
| back to the kitchen, which was filled with black
| smoke so thick and dense that nothing was dis
| cernable. and. crawling in his hands and
| knees. he felt his way to the cradle from which
| he dragged the baby. Placing m safely out
side he returned third time and with difficulty
| rescued the eldest boy, who was psralyzed with
terror in q far corner Osborne's hands were
] terribly injured and his clothes almost burned
| off him Such bravery speaks for itself IL is