The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-19
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curiosity II tie shape Of a calls head 1t has
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occupied By I'D headed representatives for the
Ezs- three Congress- Tom Ochiltree, J. S.
S--Ghe., Of Iowa, snd 4 J. Hopkins. Illinois.
TEE DUE OF SUTHERLAND, whose life was in
E1ca ssr1ous danger some time ago, has been
c'szpsstely restored 10 health by cruise in the
I ts--ker Ess. or board his yacht. the Sans Psir.
, lie al rs party have Travelled is, 90 miles By
SEA without rough day
THE LADIES' q the W c. T. L. Of St Louis,
bare s1drsss7d communication to the Rev.
Z DIS Brooks. Bronx and Siccolls Of that city.
I 1z111E item over the Goals for attending the
I PrL1csE51 alumni banquet 10 President Patton,
/ 7E-=re sl1e was On the table
Az Altoona Pa, youth named Frederick
/ Ez1sser mixed three ounces Of powder with ten
I cu1cas q Lard the other day and placed it on
/ -1e S-ove 70 boil IS a remedy FOR horse itch
y Liz string Cne preparation il exploded. lift
ing hin about feet in the air and binding both
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| TIE ANGEL in art has got to 60 Mr.. Beard
/ q the New YORK Art Students league. in a lee
tL--e has shown the absurdity Of giving to the
! artistic angel the wings OF a bird showing bv
1 drawings the impossibility anatomically. and
/ the aosurdlty aTtsticaily Of the conventional
/ ART angel
| LONDON BANKERS have for a long time been
| seeking 10 obtain an additional fifteen minutes
| Of grace 70 get their checks through the Clear
| ing house after the close Of business each day
/ The Clearing house has finally conceded five
minutes, and il IS said that the bankers welcome
| even this as an almost inestimable boon.
4 POVERTY PARTY is recent innovation in
the social circles Of one Of the manufacturing
cities Of New England. The costumes are re
ported BY one Of the local papers to be such as
would make Poorhouse delegation weep for
very shame" The affair was conducted by a
Grand Rag Picker" who had three assistant
| rag pickers' as aids.
SOME phenomenal fortunes have been made of
late years in the Pennsylvania oil fields That
Of William Phillips Of Newcastle, for instance.
which amounts to S4,0OJ,O00 has all been
made since 1873. Vandegrift of Pttsburg has
taken s. 900 out Of the oil fields since 1880
and q dozen men could be mentioned who have
made million or more in the same time
IT Is SAID that the primrose was not Lord
Beaconsfieds favorite flower at all and that
the story that 1t was arose from the fact that
the Queen sent to grace his coffin a wreath of
those howers with card bearing the inscrip-
ton, in her own handwriting ''His fayorita
flower But she meant the favorite Of her own
husband Prince Albert, not of Beaconsfeld
Two THOUSAND EMnGRASrs left Liverpool for
Canada in one week this year, and the next
week six additional steamers, with capacity
OF 1900, had to be put on, and they were all
filled and many passengers had 10 remain over
for another week for lack of room. The rate of
emigration has been maintained at almost the
same point ever since, it is said and the record
OF the season will be unprecedented.
OF COD tornadoes, Of which record has been
made in the United States, not more than
seventy-five were east Of the Allegheny noun
tains The warm air tempestuously driven
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississinni
valley is caught up by the polar wind aud
driven in gyratOry tornadOeS across the prairies
The Appalachian range serves on the Atlantic
slope as barrier against storms of that sort
THE short visit paid by the Empr IS of Ans
tria to Paris recently was strictly incognito
Her majesty, after her brief stay, went on
TO Baden. Her peregrinatiOns are assiduousIv
chronicled as being travels in search of health
but il is becoming an open secret that some
thing more than the undoubt d indispositjop
from which she suffers keeps the Empress of
Austria absent from her husband and her court
so long 3d.
A RATHER NOVEL DEVICE was introduced at a
recent dinner given at the Harmonic Club of
New York. A large aquarium filed with fine
fish was the center piece Of the table and of
attraction, while the cOnvives were eating their
CLAIMS. There, gentlemen, said the host, are
your fish" Sure enough, the tank was soon
removed, a flower piece substituted and the
guests began eating the fish that had been
swimming about,
THE ex-Queen of Hanover is one of the most
completely forgotten of the many exiled sover-
eigns who live in secluded places in Europe
She recently celebrated her 10th birthday She
! lives at Gmunden with her son, the quarrel
some Duke OF Cumberland, and is very popular
| in that quiet community. The authorities of
Gmunden presented her with congratulations
on her birthday. and there was q torchliZht pro
| cession to the royal residence.
PARMLY BILLINGS, who died suddenly in
| Chicago the other day, is said to have had a
mania for collecting articles of personal attire
His wardrobe contained several hundred suits
among them being many yachting and hunting
suits cowboy suits, suits of bygone patterns
and suits of the newest designs, overcoats and
driving coats enough to fit out a company His
collection of neckties was begun when he was a
boy at st. Johnsbury Academy.
MARGARET ANDREWS OLDHAM the new Soutb
ern poet whom the Sun had the honor Of dis
covering, is an attractive little woman. whose
years are not much beyond a score and a quar-
ter She has pretty, intelligent face with n
shapeiy nose, large blue eyes expressive mouth.
and a shell pink complexion She inherits her
literary inclination from her father. who WINS a
college president, while her mother is AT tbe
head of an educational institution Her bns
band is journalist and writer, and her brotber
is lawyer editor. ''''
LATE NUMBER Of the Peking Gazette an.
nounced that it would be necessary To cbarga
certain postal routes in Mongolia because of The
swarms of rats. For two years the pasturaga
IN this region has suffered much and last vnsr
the grass was nearly all eaten up by these var
min. The whole country has been honeycombad
by their burrowing. Camels and horses arc
suffering for food, and the courier SERVICE
throughout this district cannot safsIv bN crsn.
tnned because the burrows are a source n,
danger to all mounted travelers -
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND stil hcbts shv =.