The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-26
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1t has capital Of 100000 roubles, a ID among
| its promoters are the leading merchants in
| Turkestan. Khiva, Bokhara, Afgnanistan,
| Persia, India, and turkey
The DEMAND for lizard skins for purses and
| similar objects is said to have exhausted the
supply in Java. The government has inter
fered to protect the lizards, which are wanted as
scavengers. and lizard skins nave to be obtained
| now from South America
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK has a half-hoiday bill be-
fore parliament that proposes that whenever
| two-thirds of the shopkeepers in any given dis
/ trict vote for q half holiday on some one day
each week, all the shops in the district shall be
| closed at O'Clock on that day.
REV. F. A. GRACE, vicar of Great Barring,
Essex, England, who recently published a cate
| chism in which he denounced as sin the visit
| ing of dissenting place of worship. has been
| censured by his bishop for the publication. The
bishop says that the Wears assertions are most
unrghteous.
SIR RICHARD WEBSTER has proposed bill to
punish with life imprisonment spy caught
making plans of English Notifications, and i'm
| poses a long term upon any government clerk
| convicted Of a similar offsnse. 1t seems that
| there is now no law in England to reach this
| hind Of offenders.
LONDON has recently been put under control
| of government somewhat resembling those of
| large cities in this country, and the first woman
alderman has just been elected She is Miss
Cons, who for many years has been well known
| for her work in the direction of securing the
erection of a better class of buildings for work
ing people.
TIE postal telegraph system in England is
operated at a continual loss. Last year the re-
| ceipts were $4,000 less than expenses, and
there was, beside, the interest $50. 10000 of
| investment 70 pay, making total deficiency of
over 81, 100000 Since 1872 the net loss upon the
| telegraph department of the postofice has
| been over $16,500,000.
PARIS COURTS have decided that the police
| have no right to forbid newsboys crying in the
streets the news that is in the papers that they
| are selling. The police issued an edict against
such cries at the tine of the Wilson affair. The
CABINET VIII propose law authorizing such
| Interference by the police. and absolutely pro-
| hibltlng seditious cries by newsboys.
| CHARLES SEDELMAYER, the picture dealer who
| sold John Wanamaker Christ Before Plate, -
cabled from Paris to him at Washington when
| he was appointed Postmaster General, congratu-
lating him upon his elevation. The message
was returned from the Washington telegraph
| Office. Endorsed: Tine person to whom ad-
| dressed unknown here; try Philadelphia
In LESLIE, FIFEsH1RE, the people have an an
nual masquerade in honor of the birthday of
| Burns. This year twenty-four plowmen. farm
| ers and merchants paraded the streets dressed
| in the costumes representing as many charac-
! tiers from Burns works. The "Old Nick, :"
| Burns himself, Tam O'Shanter, - Bonnie
| Jean" and 'Souter Johnnie were among the
| characters represented.
| WOMEN in the west end of London go about
armed with small squirt guns filed with dirty
water, with which they slyly soil the coats or
! dresses of persons whom they pass. Then they
| meet the persons, and, with elaborate bows,
beg pardon for calling attention to the fact that
| the dress or coat is spaShed, and offer to wipe
! it off with clean white apron. Nine times out
| OF ten the trick brings generous tip.
| PROTECTIVE DUTIES between the various Aus
tralan colonies make trouble for the women
| who have been accustomed to send to Mel
| bourne for their dresses. A Tasmanan bankers
| wife recently ordering new gown told the
dreSsma ser to be sure and have one Of the girls
| wear it for half an hour or So and to put some
old rufflng about the neck, so that it should APP
| pear to be an old dress and not liable to duty
| JESSE Hess is a bark peeler of Logansport,
| Pa. Afew nights ago he was awakened by some
| thing jumping on his bed and walking quickly
| and lightly over him. He shouted for a light
| and his brother ran in the room with a lamp.
| Perched on one of the bedposts they discovered
| big rsccoon. The coon looked scared and
daZed at the situation, and Jesse killed him
| with a boot. There was no way for the coon to
| get into the house except by climbing down the
chimney.
| In the Gaiety concert hall at Birmingham
| England a few nights ago, a dramatic sketch
! was being presented in which sailor was rep
resented as being drugged and murdered. A
| upon the stage, excaiming that he would not
| see n comrade so misused, and it took all the
stage hands and four policemen to remove him.
| The funniest part of it that in court the
| policeman testified that the man was cold sober
| when he did it.
| The latest Russian exploring venture in Cen
| trail Asia promises interesting and important
results. The party has set out from st. Peters
burg under the lead of Colonel Pevtsoff Its
route lies through the Caucasus, across the
| Caspian sea, TO Samarkand and Yarkend
| Thence it will proceed to make military and
I scientific exploration of the vast region known
| as Northwestern Tibet, hitherto practically I'M
| visited by Europeans. An attempt will even be
made to penetrate to the holy city of Lhassa.
| The expedition is sent personally by the
| car for the avowed purpose of com
| plsting the work begun by the late Gen.
| Prjevalsky. His work, as is well known, had
| military conquest for its object. as well as
scientific research. AS Tibet touches the British
| Indian frontier therefore, and as the Indian
| and Tibetan governments have recently had
| their relations considerably strained the pres
| ence of Russian force there may cause serious
| complications, and even produce another
| asian question like that of Afghanistan Not
the least slgnlhcant circumstance connected
with it Is that for few weeks before the start
ing of this expedition the air has been full OF
rumors, all from Russian sources, of trouble on
the Afghan frontier, as if, possibly, to divert
attention from the new enterprise.
ANDREW n. RANKIN. who writes to the New
u
bersburg Pa, where he was editor and pro-
prietor Of the Franklin Repository, publishes
In the latter journal March q, these references
to the early history of Mr.. Wanamaker: The
statement is "a mistake that Mr.. Wanamaker's
father died in 1851 Because. in 1861 and for
a BRIEF period previously. Nelson Wanamaker
and his family were residing at Chambersburg,
with the exception of his sons, John and Will
lam. The elder Mr.. Wanamaker came to
Chambersburg from Philadelphia, in which
city each one of his children was born and
wherein his son John has always lived Nelson
Wanamaker while living at Chambersburg
was engaged in manufacturing brick-not in
brick laying" He died at Chambersburg
during 1861 some ten years later than the date
given in the Tribune At the time of his
fathers death john Wanamaker was en- gagged
in thu clothing business in his native city at
Sixth and Market streets, his being
the first in the firm name of Wanamaker
Brown. If, therefore, it be true, as
stated in the Tribune that he got lis first rubs
against the world by doing odd jobs about the
brickyard,' it is certain that such did not occur
alter the death of his father About the wear
1858 Young Mems Christian Association. on
small scale, was organized in Chambersburg
Not knowing precisely how to conduct the
society, application was made by our officers to
the Young Mems Christian Association of Phila-
delpha for needed instruction. Accordingly, a
smooth-faced youth, secretary of the associa-
ton, was sent TO Chambersburg to enighten
the rural brethren While the visitor was with
us public meeting was held in one of the
churches OF the village, which was addressed by
the youthful secretary, then only about 20 years
OF age. Upon trat occasion he made one of the