The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-10
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n-aw receipts for all the bills he had paid fol
him, and nothing more.
A MUSEUM illustrating the various forms oil
religion which have prevailed in the world is to
be one of the attractions of Paris the coming
summer
IT Is SAID that ST., 900 worth of chemically
prepared cigarettes is imported daily into this
country. Little straws like that show what an
enormous amount of dudism there is in the
| midst of us.
A WEEKLY CHURCH PUBLICATION in Youngs
town, o.. is edited by the Rev. S. R. Frazier, and
is issued on Sundays. 1t is probably the only
| Sunday newspaper in existence that is edited by
a clergyman.
some of the shepherds in the mountains of
Bulgaria live for ten or fifteen years attending
their focks, and never knowing what it is to
sleep IN house or to enjoy any of the comforts
of civilization.
MAGGIE MCCRADY, a little girl only II years
old, was found staggering drunk on the streets
of st. Louis the other day. Her mother is the
! daughter of well-to-do st. Louis coal dealer
| but is slave to drink.
AN INDIANA judge did not know what car
toon was. A lawyer sketched the body of a
jackass with his (the judges head and face at
! tached, as specimen, and was promptly fined
| 80 for contempt of court.
| OVER FOUR MONTHS AGO mass of molten iron
was forced by an explosion into the mouth and
throat of Jacob Halemberger, of Reading, Pa.
| The result was that the passage to the stomach
was completely closed, and the man died of
| starvation.
| A NEW YORK BIRD FANCIER says canaries will
take almost any infectious disease which may
affect the members of the household. He be-
eves that hundreds of birds die of scarlet fever
| and diphtheria, and advises that they should al
| ways be removed from a sick room.
| Two WOMEN living near Davenport, Ia. went
| to visit friend some miles distant. Each took
| her baby with her, and when returning, as it
| was very cold, they took particular pains to
wrap the little ones up snugly to keep them from
| freezing to death. Both infants died from suf
| location
| FREDERICK HAMBERGEB, of Newark, n. j., has
| begun suit for $1,000 damages for breach of
promise of marriage. the defendant being Cath
crime Schmidt. Hamburger alleges that the
woman promised to marry him on Feb. 2 but on
| that date he was taken i'll. On Feb. g he asked
| for fndlmen Of the promise, and met with
| fiat refusal
| PRESIDENT NEWELL, of the Lake Shore road
| it is related, was little tardy in providing him
self with 1888 credentials, and being accosted
with Tickets, please by the conductor, fished
| out last years pass and attempted to slide
through on that The conductor knew his bust
ness, though, and Mr.. Newell had to pay his
fare for the first time in many years.
AMONG the many queerly named public houses
in London there are sXty-four kings Arms"
ifty-three Red Lions" fifty-three Crowns"
and forty-seven white Harris" Some of the
Coach and horses, Star and Garter. - Rising
Sun" kings Head, Rose and Grown,
| Grapes, Ships, " and "Noah's Ark
A BUFFALO SALOON KEEPER has a curiosity in
the shape of a crazy quilt made of one seamless
piece of hammered bark. 1t is the artistic
product of barbarious hands, wit, those of
Mr.. Faafilimalo, bandyegged barbarian of
Australian origin About SKA feet in dimen-
sons, it is covered on the one side with a dia-
mond pattern, wrought on with black paint.
In the will of Fred B. Kelley, of Greenfield,
Mass, lately deceased is found singular be-
quest. A portion of his estate is to be paid over
to the trustees of the Northampton Lunatic
Asylum for the purpose of purchasing tobacco
of the best quality, and other luxuries not pro-
vided by the hospital authorities, for the use
| and benefit of the inmates of that institution.
THE important discovery has been made that
on Lapeer avenue the most fashionable resi-
dence street in Port Huron, Mich, there are
living seventeen old maids, seventeen bachelors
| and seventeen widows. If Port Huron doesn't
come to the front soon with a sensation those
seventeen bachelors will be in luck and the sew
enteen old maids false and disappointed
prophets.
THE four small children of Peter Michael, of
fdlrlelu OeuUeT, LJCOInlnB county, IA. aged
respectively G, g. II and IS years have evidenced
| to their neighbors and acquaintance that thew
are real musical prodges" The children
never received instruction, and until rs months
ago never had access to musical instruments,
but now, by hearing piece PLAYED once no
| matter how difficult it may be, they can repro
duce it.
PHILADELPHIA has a ghost that walks forth
precisely as the clock strikes the hour of mid
night, in the good od-fashioned way. 1t is clad
i'll white and seems to be sorry about some
thing, for it keeps up a constant moaning. II
haunts Hanover street, near the river The
thing is described as moving with the Swftness
of the wind. There are blood stains on its gar
ments, and some say its throat looks as though
it had been cut.
THE WILD MICE Of Southern California have
deadly enemy in the snakes which abound
there. In order to avoid these reptiles the
shrewd old mice take possession of the birds
nests in the cactus plants, and there rear their
young. A traveller states that he has seen an
old mouse run down the trunk of a cactus with
half dozen young ones holding on with their
mouths to various parts of her body. How thew
do this without getting injured by the cactus
banks is a mystery, for the banks are so sharp
that snakes never attempt to climb the trunks
of the plants
AMONG the curiosities recently acquired by a
San Francisco museum are a number of mum
mics, found imbedded in a stratum of lime in
Mexico. just south OF the Arizona line Judging
from their position they must have died in ter,
riOle agony. One of the bodies is that of n
woman, and her ears are ornamented with
tubes stuck through them. They are covered
with a coarse netting, composed of grass and
the bark of trees. They are supposed to have
lain in the dried-up state at least 500 wears and
it is not known to what race they belonged
The perfect form Of rat appears which shared
their burial place.
A New YORK. man took seat in an elevated
railroad train the other day, removed a clock
from his pocket, drew his cap over his eyes.
and went to sleep. Half minute before the
One Hundred and Sixth street station was
reached the passengers heard some thing snan
and the next second the drum like sound of an
alarm bell broke on their ears It came from
the clock, and awoke its sleeping owner who
jumped up, put the clock back in his pocket
and hustled out at the One Hundred and Sixth
street station. Not until he was gone did II
dawn upon the passengers that the clock was
set to ring just when it did.
ONE of the oldest little creatures in nature is
the leaf ant of Nicaragua IL is from three
fourths of an inch to an inch in length. and
shaped like the common ant. These little cr.a
lures when at work always carry a leaf s } that
a squad OF them looks like a little army with
banners and they file up one side of a path
about foot wide and may be scores of feet
long, while the ants that have thrown their load
at the storehouse take the other side and have
no banners at all. Everything moves along
just like clockwork. There are the commend,
ing officers, lieutenants, and everything lust
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