The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Is, 1t Is believed, the oldest rson in the state
9he says tnat she has Indian blood in her veins
tler exact age has been obtained SO thai il is
NOW D Ger ainty 1t was gotten from record in
q Dlole now IN possession of party in Carlisle
"a, near which place she was boru, the Di le
ho- oru u rea ing: Eliza Jamison Stanton was
norh on tine 9th day of Dece nber I77l She is
therefore, nearly lis years of age. Mrs Stanton
Is IS sun lively and vigorous. going out to nick
ppelLles and carrying them long distances in
LOGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, has an area of
oOO square miles. The only town in the county
IS Is, Logan Court House. with population of 900
mere Is only one church building in the county,
ana that was erected by private individual
Inc nearest railroad station to the county seat
- MY -nVe mliei Goods are taken to the
county IN pusn-ooats at IS cents per 100 pounds
as there are no roads throughout the county
Land sells from 81 TO SO per acre Dense forests
cover the greater part of this billy and mount
coal varying In thickness from four to twenty.
one feet.
IHE artesian well in Cordele, Ia. is a won
der. After going down into the earth for about
4'O leet the contractors struck what was seem
Ingly strata rock of quicksand. Leaviny the
pipes an In the well over night they found the
a next morning that all the piping was heavily
aiSeu WIN magnetism. small nail laid on
Tue SIDE OF the pipe will not fall Off The needle
on a surveyors compass is attracted by this
current at least ten feet from the mouth of the
que power OF The engine, together with all the
DRIES they have been able to put on the piping
Will not draw it from the well
MRS. ScHMULTs of Hackensack, N. j.. the
Wile OF the private secretary of Dr. Norvin
Green, has beaten the record of rail bird
shooters on the Hackensack meadows this sea
son she hired puSher and boat on Friday
ana AFTER an absence of o e hour returned with
fourteen birds, having missed but one of the
NUMBER raised Several years ago she was
qulee famous as an oarsman on the Hackensack
liver. MIS- SchmutZ is an expert swimmer
ellu Sood nOrSewoman. She may be seen on
Che streets of Hackensack almost daily on a
ssalety bicycle which she rides with grace, and
lew ol Jne male cyclerS care to compete with
her ID burst of speed.
QUEER phase of railway industry is a rail-
way tie nursery near the town of Earlington
nan, In the southern part of the state 1t is
tne largest artificial plantation of forest trees
IA III north america, and is owned by the Southern
Leslie psc,nc Inc different sections have been
plahted respectfully two, four and six years
OneIourtn Is planted with the aliantluS. the
rest win ltalpas and a few white ash Those
IsI painted are about twenty-five feet in hight;
Cie last ABOUT twelve. Some of the taller are
ABOUT seven inches through the stem There
are IN al ABOUT 100000 trees in full vigor on
.uese plantations. Out of these trees will come
Ine railway Ties of the future.
THERE'S one Lansing young man who wishes
mat death would come to his relief" says
Lansl lg (Mlch.) paper. "a week ago he loaned
gold ring to a young lady friend Tw, or
three days later the absent.minded Young man
noticed that tne ring was mi SSng from his
unger, ana he walked straight down to police
hea lquarters and notified Marshal Bates that it
nIu oeen stolen, carefully describing the prop
erIy. When the young lady returned the ring
10 lIs owner yesterday you could have knocked
MN down with feather buster. The in locent
young woman had been liable to arrest every
moment of the week while wearing the Dor
ro"ed ring, owing to his careful description"
JOHNS HOPKINS PROFESSORS have had a iollv
tlme sincs their duties ceased last June DR.
Richard I. Ely spent the first part of the season
al the Chautauqua meeting in company with
Dr. Herbert B. Adams. The vacation of DR.
henry A. Rowland, professor of physics, began
on July l, when he packed up his he owed camera
ana, accompanied by his hrotner-in.law started
OH 10 lew the beauties of Aiaska's rock bound
coast via the Canadian Pacific railway. Altar
trying TO exhaust the Alaskan rivers of cir
trout supply, Prof. ROWAN viewed the glaciers
the most important of which he photographed
me negatives are now in process of develop
nenC at his private rooms in the ply steal Iabora
tory. From this land of ice foes Prof Rowland
went sout to s n Francisco and from there to
the Yosemite valley, where his camera was again
Oroug It into requlStion. After ascending Pika's
Peak, merely to say that he had done so. he
came home, having travelled in all II, 900 miles,
or 20 miles per day. since July l.
A SHOEMAKER who died at Scandara, Pa, not
long ago, started fortune from making shoes
for President Lincoln. The President had large
ungainly feet, and all he wanted was to have
easy shoes. He could not get shoemakers To
make ms SHOES arge enough. Soon after he
was elected in 1860 Peter Kahl.r a Scranton
(Pa.) shoemaker, obtained an outline drawing
of one of the Pr sident's feet and sent MIN q
pair OF shoes that suited him exactly Lincoln
wrote letter of thanks to Mr. Kahler which
ne was snrewd enough to have published IL
brought nim fam, and he removed to New
York, became doctor chiropodist and a
specialist. atriaSe people patronzed him
and he accumulated a considerable fortune
Lincoln continued TO buy shoes of Kahler to the
time of his death. Kahler had visionary
schemes Tor getting great wealth two years or
more before he died. He bought about fiftv
acres of ground the border of Harvevis
LAKE in Pennsylvania in 1888 The Indian mama
OF the lake was Lake Scandara. Mr.. Kahler
proposed to build big village, aud establish
'Kahl RS Sanitarium." He sunk considerable
money in the scheme, but left a large estate
nevertheless.
EDWARD SCovEII, the tenor of the Boston
Ideal Opera Company, is one of the few men in
the country who has the right to prefix the
French title of Chevalier to his name Heisa
native of Detroit, Mich, but has spent great
part of his life abroad. first as a studa1t of
music and afterwards in the various onera
houses OF the continent. He acquire his title
OF Chevalier during the time that Presid mt Nc
nan nanon was az the head OF the french Republic.
one day while riding in the suburbs of Paris a
carriage drawn by two spirited and very much
frightened Russian ponie dashed by him The
occupant of thelcarriage was 4 lady very heau-
tifu and very richly dressed, and the coachman
had lost control of the .orses A moment aftar
the carriage had passed., the coachman was
thrown from his seat and the ponies nlunoed
madly ahead. Sc veil put sours to his morse
and in few minutes overlook the runawavs
He found himself unable to head them Off and
so sprang from his own saddle to the hack Of
the nearest pony. After receiving t re- thanks
of the lady, he regained his own horse and rode
away. A few days subsequently, he received a
message from the minister of war reouestino
his immediate attendance. He waited on tne
Minister, and there learned for the first time
that the lady he had rescued was the minister's
wife. The much-obliged husband gave a Z, nnar
In the Americans honor, and at its CONCLUSION
made short speech eulogizing his guest and
concluding with the words, Rise, Cheyaier of
France"
AMONG the novel patterns in walking-stick
brought over from the Paris EXP sition there
are some. AMI by no msans the most bulky
ones, which have proved very profitable to their
owners. Several of them are to be seen at the
present time in the limbo where slnugglers'
tools find government safe-keeping. "As a
matter of fact, says a customs detective ~
don't believe one-haf of the diamonds brought
to this country pay any dut, to The government
LOOK at this ca ga plain. straignt-forwar
piece of native bamboo it a. lpears TO be- doesn,s
it? 1t doesn't weigh over eight ounces. and tine
knoty head, where the bamboos roo a
grew, with its little plate for the
owners name looks the verv mink Of
actabla r1rnDarfu That oa,,.