The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-29

eye trouble.
A 5-YEAR-oLD BOY of Auburn, Me-, was to
spend the afternoon at the house of young
woman who, he heard his mother say, had been
married four years. He was advised to take
some playthings for fear he would not be con-
tented, and his answer was: ''Well. if her hus-
band can stand it to live with her for four years.
guess can stand it one afternoon"
The people of church in Belfast, Me-, report
singular coincidence last Sunday Just as the
pastor was reading the words, II beheld the
| spirit descending as dove out of heaven, ana
1t abode upon him, beautiful dove fiuttered
In at the open door and alighted upon the rail
! ing OF the back gallery. 1t next flew to the
pulpit, and, after resting a minute, perched
upon the speakers head. Being brushed away,
| the dove flew down beside the Bible, and finally,
| near the close of the services, few out through
| the open door at which it had entered.
In AN obscure little town in Mexico lives a
| lineal descendant of Montezuma IL, the legal
| heir to the a ztec throne. Senior Montezuma as
| he is called. INDUCES in no idle dreams of the
restoration of the ancient empire, and quietly
accepts the meager pension allowed him by the
| government. In contradistnction to this the
heirs OF Cortez receive immense revenues from
the estates of the Marquis del Vale (CorteZ) and
live in grand style There is also living a de-
scendant of the Indian Emperor Chimalpopoca
who is civil engineer Of much ability.
mount ST. ELIAS promises to be the future
Notwithstanding center of this country A
traveller who has returned from there after
failing to ascend to the summit, reports that
MS party, after Surmounting great difficulties
reached hight of II 800 feet and were then
compelled to abandon the enterprise The
ascent was covered with ice mounds strewn
with boulders. The party were at one time
kDee-deep IN snow, and at another we're wading
through icy waters fed by glaciers. He believes
the mountain cannot be assembled without the
assistance of trained Swiss mountaineers. The
packers with the party could not climb.
GERMAN PAPERS announce that. though suffi-
Gent money has been collected for the Hene
monument at Dusseldorf, the structure will not
be raised after all. The cause assigned is the
opposition to the movement in high quarters
The London correspondent of the New York
Times thinks this evidently means Bismarck
or the emperor, and is no doubt due to Hene's
treethinking sentiments in matters of govern
ment as well as of religion. That opposition
should be made in any quarter to a testimonial
to the peoples poet Of Germany is altogether
remarkable, and, though the papers say little
the fact cannot fail TO arouse widespread indig-
nation.
FARMER by the name of Oter near Glen
town, O., has young bull terrier. The other
day large eagle swooped down on hen with
chicks. The terrier seeing the danger, ran to
the rescue, as the eagle started skyward with
young chicken en- in its mouth The dog jumped
ever, retarded but little the upward course of
the bird, and it was not till the tail gave away
as the eagle scared over an oak that it was freed
OF the plucky dog. which dropped unframed
into the prongS OF the oak, so feet from the
ground. After great deal of difficulty, the
terrier was brought to mother earth There is
bald tailed eagle near Glentown now.
SOME months ago Lawrenceburg (O.) miss.
the daughter of a farmer, while packing eggs.
wrote her name, age and address on the shell of
one Of the fruit. Three or four weeks after she
was surprised to receive a letter from a gentle
man connected with produce commission
house in Boston, Mass. He told her that the
egg upon which she had written her name came
INTO his possession. In concluding his letter the
Bostonlan gave his name and references and
asked the young lady to correspond. The girl
accepted the proposition. In short time pho
toRraphs were exchanged, and it is now an
nounced that the couple will shortly be mar
ried He has been west to sec his intended. and
''he finds her exactly his ideal"
NEWS from DR.. Nansen, Greenland explorer
up to July II, has Just been received in London
He left Iceland June 4, and five days later came
in sight OF mountains to the orth of Cape Dan
but there was too much ice to land. so he turned
back ana spent a month seal fishing with poor
results. and had to shoot his pony which he
used to carry packs up the mountains because
he had no more food for the animal. On July
II he returned to within sight of Cape Dan and
found place at Inigsalic. where landing
seemed feasible. Nansen's letter was brought
back by the sealing vessel Jason, which he had
west coast Of Disco Bay by Sept. /, In time TO
catch the last Of the Danish vessels then leav-
ing
In JUNE last an interesting archaeological dis
covery was made at Sonderby on the west
coast of Jutlsnd 1t consisted of about thirty
urns of clay, found in a moss at depth of three
feet. They occupied an area feet wide and 10
feet long Formerly there was shallow lake
here. Most OF the vessels rested upon rough
stones, but there was no trace of stone walls or
roof; they varied from to s inches in hight.
In most OF them lay ashes and remnants of cal
cined bones, whilst the bottom was lined with
some reed-like kind of grass. Some of the urns
had lids, but others appeared to have been
placed in the earth open. Most of them were
very simple in form, with smooth Sides but on
some of the larger there were three knobs at the
sides and attempts at rough ornamentation No
metal or stone implement was found In the
same moss some huge oak trunks were also dug
out.
ONE OF the oldest customs in London is the
tolling of the bell of st. Sepulchres, Holborne
on the occasion of the execution of person in
Newgate. The necessary funds to maintain
this practice were derived from a rent charge
upon certain premises in Smithheld, and known
as Robert Doves Prison Charities This fund
has now been scheduled by the charity commits
sioners as a charity, and a scheme has been de-
vlsed for its future administration. The rector
and church wardens Of st. Sepulchre's as trus-
tees of the fund, may appropriate the money
for the benefit Of release prisoners NAV assist |
pay the money over TO discharged prisoners
aid society. The question of the tolllng of the
bell at executions has to be decided by the |
vestry of st. Sepulchre, out of whose funds, IL
the custom be continued, the cost will be pro-
vided.
ACCORDING to Chinese paper, curious case
Of Furnishing the gods is reported from Torchow.
The idols Of a certain temple in that city were
those appealed to by persons who desired to be |
revenged on their enemies. They were supposed |
to cause death to those against whom prayers |
to them were directed. Recently the Tartar |
military commander died suddenly, and the idea |
got abroad among the people that he had been |
slam by the idols in question The viceroy of |
the province, hearing this, at once gave orders |
that they were TO be arrested and pun |
isned. The project was instructed to see |
the decree carried out, and, armed with the |
viceroy's warrant he went TO the temple and |
had fifteen idols arrested. These we're OF wood |
aud about feet high. Before being brought |
for Judgment before the project their eyes were |
all put out, so that they should not see who was |
their judge, and be able to trouble him either
here or hereafter After full investigation, a |
report was sent to the viceroy who gave orders
that the idols should be beheaded, their bodies
cast into pond and their temple sealed UP for
ever. to prevent them from troubling the peace
OF the town in future. !