The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15
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his hands. striking small tumor on his leg and
| causing fatal hemorrnage.
DR.. SCHuLTZE, of Vienna, advises strongly the
| drinking of beer out of mugs instead OF glasses.
| Beer deteriorates very quickly under the intiu-
| ence OF light, and mugs. particularly covered
| mug',' are much preferable to transparent
| glasses.
THE Honiton lace industry is dying out. The
rage of variety and cheapness has driven the
| handmade laces from the market, machine
| limitations having taken their places. Honton
| lace received a terrible blow when brides took
| to draping themselves with tulle
| TIE project OF Paris has Issued an ord r. for
bidding newsboys to cry anything in the streets
excepting the titles OF papers. The law was
| nrst passed by the governnn ent of the republic
| IN l7y3. Under the reiga of Napoleon l. the law
| fall into desuetude and with the exception OF
| brief revival in 1918, has remained a dead let
| ter ever since.
The Province of Quebec contains a popula-
| ton in round numbers of 1900, 600. OF this
total 100000 are FreDch-speakinG. The Off
Gals OF the province, from the lieutenant COVER
| nor down, are French. The premier Mr.. Mer-
cier, is clever Gaul. THE states are the polar
star OF our young people" sad a prominent
French Canadian to IA Herald correspondent a
rev days ago. Annexation is said TO be wished
| for In all circles.
THE birmingham -40e tells of Redding man
| who has had his confidence in bloodhounds
cruelty betrayed. A ne gro stole q pair of
trousers from him, and he let loose three blood
hounds and started in pursuit The negro
| bacGtracked, the dogs lost bis trail and took
after the pursuing white man, whom they
finally freed. and kept him in that predicament
from o'clock in the afternoon till 10 O'Clock
the following day.
Rev. FATHER VILLIGER. S. j.. of Philadelphia.
has been member of the Order of Jesuits for
fifty years. He was born in Switzerland and
fed from there when the Jesuits were expelled
from that country in fS4S. He has been an
earnest worker IN this country, and through his
efforts the Church of the Gesu which will when
completed be the finest religious structure in
the Quaker City, has been made possibility.
On the occasion of his jubilee on Thursday he
was presented with purse of $1,000 AS he
has taken the VOWS of poverty he viii devote the
money TO charity
THERE is an old custom still widely prevalent
in Brittany that Immediately after the priest
has welded couple the bridegroom SLABS the
bride in the face, saying: This is how you
Will fare II you make me angry and then
kissing her. says: And this is how you will
fare if YOU will treat me we'll" Not long ago a
young Breton married a German girl and after
the ceremony gave her the time-honored sian
she didn't understand it at all. and returned
the stroke with interest, saying: Look here
don approve of such behavior Thereupon
the husband proceeded with the second part of
the ceremony with such fervor that the angry
bride was entirely satisfied.
julius EICHBERG, the wellkuown Boston mu-
siciau, tells this story of an early experience:
One day lady, somewhat advanced in years,
came to make arrangements for taking private
lessons IN singing AT the end of the second
lesson the teacher felt constrained to tell her
that Ter ear was not true. She received the re-
mark very coOlly and at the next lesson sang as
badly as before. Il am afraid said Mr. Eich-
berg, that yon can never learn to sing in tune
On, it doe5i.' matter" was the surprising
.NsN1- 4 a.
teacher. No" said the pupil. Il don't care
anything about III sic, but my doctor said that
singing woNid lie the best thing for my dyspep-
SIa, and so GeciGed 20 take lessons"
TsERE has been discovered OH theEpping plains
IN the OF Columbia, Washington county Maine
freak OF nature that affords q fruitful
theIaa for local scientists. and has set all the
natives aGdFe with wonder Some time between
August. 49,, and August 1SSS there was
s1rmed, ~ SuT'- -iotefraneGa agency, u poui
80 by % feet. era several feet deep. where no
poai ever c.,!fe'i f-oto,x. A body of lapd OF
corresponding iimens'als WIS forced from it's
natural position casceiiY aTi Upward several
itet 10 more elevated P9;: 6 tua plain where
1t nov rests. lreyiug hollow which in turn be-
came POND. Hoch'nY OF the sort ever han
pened in the ycirity before and the inhabit-
ants are now looking for earthquakes.
A HEN owned by Mrs. Treacy of New Dur
nam, N. j., which mad long used an idle stove
oven as nest, entered the oven on day when
the owner intended usiag the stove, and while
abe was ohs9ut ga heIirg wood with which to
Ire up Tue aiC:y goes ,tt is tod by the New
YORK 1imcsl tGat 2srs. IreacT, On returning
closed tire cit door jnprsoning the Chicken
=! whose wDe!es 9ou,s she was ignorant ''She
then bar toe fhe, and the heat increased rap
'dly. ard ;Ae hen la'1 an egg on tie gfidiron
which was The l. pei'S only companion in the
ovea Wtan, quarter OF an hour later, t1e
HveI DOR T0H eHer. to admit the biscu is t le
-, eyes we're bni@ng and its feathers were
ba@jy singed: blt it was not otherwise injured
though it was almost cooked
CfSTENARIAEs are reported quite numerous
among the mountaineers of Dalmata. Monte
negro and Albania. Every mountain hamlet"
says a writer" has its quota of hale and hearty
eiFh,eeath century relics. At Mjlevci. in the
neighhDrhoo3 Of Sutmore, the oldest female in
hahit8nt is i26: and in the same part of the
country, st Misses there is hard working la
horer who hes e:en his 1l9Ih biT:hday Quite
recently, man aged 10l walked for foUr hours
from Muses. TO AntIv9ri, straight over the
rocky mountain paths, to post letter, which
he had written IN his native dialect to his son at
CnGt aDtinOp6, ard to get the address pat in
Turkish so as t. insure It's safe delivery. One
oiJ ftl;ow-Gaite hero among his rustic neigh
hUIs eau give O. Crqphia description of the
burning of Moscow which he witnessed when
serving under Napoleon l."
A CERTAIN NJ. ALEX. Seller. native of a Swi s
canton owner of tho chief hotel at Zermatt, a few
miles from his native town in the same canton.
made application in 1875 for leave to become
a citizen Of Zermatt. TAe cantonal government
granted his petition, but the commune refused
to confirm IL, because NJ. Seller WAS a''stranger,"
ma: BORN in the town. He has continued his
effort unsucceSssully ever since. and lately he
he's been Gpycottci 10y the inha auants with the
conuvance OF the local authorities lie
car; getuo.hnE in the neighEorhood, but must
fetch everything for his hotel from Other towns
miles away. He appealed to the cautonal
Authorities, ana they have sent gendarmes to
protect hiuI ThS commune has to pay for the
lodging aud foot of these Ulcers and if this
does not make the local authorities relcnt it is
announced that a company of soldiers will be
sent to Zerinatt to board upon the same terms.
NJ. Seller ha' built up the place, and now Elm
taxes, and Offers TO pay 1000 francs down Tor
the citizenship papers.
HERE is story for those who believe in the
portents Of fate. Ia Birmingham, Ala George
Nichols, an engineer OF fast passenger train,
and Bob White. head foreman Of the Louisville
and Nashville machine shop, were fast friends.
1t was TIE custom occasionally for them to
show their esteem toward one another by the
presentation OF little gifts. On July White.
who is skilled me ;hanic, used his few spare
hours in constructing a small clock, beautiful
in workmanship and design, which he intended
TO give 10 his friend George. He had finished il
and kept it at home few days to set its run
Ming gear before haudinRit TO his friend. sud
denly il stopped. The dial regist red the hour
of 9:35 a. IN. At the time nothing was thought
of the occurrence, but next day a dispatch was
received by White announcing the death Of his
friend, the engineer, in a collision, and strange
rad of .