The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-13
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seems to be a prospect Of getting rad of Eli
/ Perkins.
POVERTY FLATS Jackass Prairie, Hells Hole
and DEVILS Ranch, are the names Of some Of the
western post offices which have lately been re-
chriStened.
A MATHEMATICAL GENIUS has figured that if all
the Blu ties now in use were heaped in one great
pyramid it would be large enough to completely
cover up Rhode Island
HoRETs NEST applied externally is recon-
! mended as a cure for sore throat. 1t is sug-
| gested that the hornets be first removed before
making the application.
THE original bearded woman has just died in
the Pyrenees. after having exhibited herself for
| sixty years at country fairs 1t is almost a
! pleasure to know that freaks an die.
Mrs. MARIA PHILIPS, who died in the county
house at Denver the other day, was 1O1 years
and months old. She was a confirmed smoker,
and pipe in bed was her greatest pleasure.
"a FAIR young American named Gulz-
| wier has sung in Paris with success" says
an exchange. 1t neglected to add that a lean
| old German named Ike jenkins played the &C
| compartment.
c. H. JACKSON, aged 3d. and G. A. Jackson,
aged p, the former being the father of the
! latter, are both in the present senior class in
| IIilsdale College. Michigan, and will take their
! diplomas together next June.
AN EsTHETIc CHICAGO TAILOR sends to his pa
irons in lieu of bills beautifully colored print
| OF a forget me-not. He says the scheme works
| nicely, and mis- patrons never paid up SO
| promptly and cheerfully before
| In BIS SERMON last Sunday in Bromheld
| Street Methodist church. Boston, the Rev. D. Fl.
Ella seriously discussed the question: as Bos-
| ton Heather or a Christian City," He finally
decided that 1t is Christian but that its title to
| the name is very ciouded.
PERSISTENT headache can be cured DR.. Nc
| Kenzie says, with onehalf grain doses of Indian
| hemp taken night and morning. The Anarch-
lists didn Z follow that prescription exactly when
they took hemp, but all the same they have
not since been troubled by headache, persistent
or any other kind.
| THE expectation of cheese from this country
to England has been productive of great deal
| of good feeling. A cheese maker near Buffalo
| put his name and address in a small vial and
then put it in cheese. Now he is watching
| every train for the arrival of pretty English
grl who is coming over To marry him.
give LA DYNAMITE" is the latest cry of the
Paris Anarchists. Dynamite has been from its
infancy very energetic and lively stuff, and is
| quite likely to retain full possession OF its vital
( lty am powers without the encouragement of
the reds" The principle on which the gal ows
| works, it may be added, is another thing which
! is hardly III its dotage yet.
Sioux CITY MAN stole Sc silver watch a
week ago and has been amusing himself since
! by telephoning to the Sheriff and Justices every
little while asking them what time it is and if
| they don't want to buy cheap watch. Thus
! far he has eluded arrest although all the local
! detective ability, so conspicuousy displayed in
the Haddock case, has been brought to bear on
| him.
JOSEPH HARMON of Oden, Ind broke out all
of his false teeth, but continued to wear the
plate in his mouth. He INDUCED in vigorous
| sneeze Sunday morning and the plate, diSlodged
| from piucr- eli Ac
| it Sid slowly down bis stomach Mr.. Harmon
| gave it his undivided attention. Now he is in
| doubt whether to call in dentist, a surgeon or
aprie6t.
OUT in Iowa they have invented a machine
that will sell whisky for cash In principle it is
| not unlike the drop-nickel weighing machines
| Upon dime being put in glass of WHISKY
| comes out. 1t would seem that hereafter mani
| mate objects are likely t. be chargeable not
| only with perversty shut with immortality as
| well. = The machine referred to it is claimed by
| its patrons, will make prohibition very tired.
FINE BIG brindle-and-w bulldog belong
ing to a Hartford merchant was lying asleep in
| the kitchen the other day, when a rag merchant
| bent on bargain bolted in without the for
maty of knocking. He probably is cured of
| the habit. for the dogs first movement was a
| leap for the mans face, and he caught him by
| the uppe lip and tore that to shreds Then he
| grabbed him by the wrist, and before the woman
of the house could drag him away he had
chewed that in most unpleasant manner 1t
was a close call.
WHAT looked like the largest, straightest,
| soundest, and longest walnut log ever fioated
| down the Cumberland reached Nashville the
| other day. 1t belonged TO n green-ooking coun-
! trynan who gave good reasons why he must
| sell it Immediately. II was such fine log that
| despite the owners anxiety to sell. it f. tel ed
| almost its apparent value. In due course of
| time it was taken out of the water, and proved
| to be a sycamore log with walnut bark tackled
| all over it in the most artistic manner. The
| green countryman has not been seen since
| HERE is a story that comes from an Alabama
| town bearing the succinct name Rat. Marion
! Merrett and his son-in-law each lost COW.
After searching several days they found them
| dead in a field. Their heads were jammed to-
| gether between each others horns so tightly
that they could not be extricated, and the sur
| face of the field was all torn UP. evidently by
| their desperate struggles to get apart. During
| the struggle the hair of each COW had turned
gray. The name Of that town in Alabama
| ought to be- Rats.
IT sounds little 'fshy. - yet is declared to be
fact that during the sinking of large pits and
wells in Nevada, a stratum of rock salt was cut
| through in which were found imbedded per-
| fectly preserved fish, which are doubtless
| thousands of years old, as the salt fed occu-
pes what was once the bottom of a larg lake
and no such fish now to be found in any of
the modern Nevada lakes The specimens are
not petrified, but flesh. and all are preserved in
|
water for two or three days can be cooked and
eaten, but are not very paatabe. After being
exposed to the air and sun for day or two
they become as hard as wood.
THEY have a peculiar way of clipping the
hunting horses in Worcestershire They clip
the horses body only, and leave the legs GOV
cred with hair. The country has great deal Of
| limestone, and 1t was found that where the legs
of the horses were clipped the gritty mud soon
| made their legs sore. This fashion gave the
| horses however, a very peculiar appearance
| The clipping Of a bright bay gives him in the
hair upon the horses legs gave them the appear
ance OF having on boots. To see a mouse-colored
horse with high, reddish boots on, bearing on
his back vociferous rider, coming at a great
stride across the green downs, strikes one
strangely.
IT Is certainly not the majestic figure and car
rage that make every person turn around and
glance second time at Mr.. Gladstone as he
slowly walks along Pertinent street to the
House of an afternoon. He carries his head too
far forward, as though its weight were too
gre H. His shoulders are slightly bent. His
clothes seem made with more thought for
ease and freedom than fIs ION and IT. His big
umbrella, under whose shade many embryonic
statesmen are fan to cluster, is more of a sup
port to him now than il used to be- for Mr.
Gladstone acknowledges to feeling the creep
ing hand Of time In his reply to Mr. Balfour
ia the Irish debate he referred more than once