The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-08

the next day he knew 1t perfectly He was
given a reading took. His preceptor found
that be did not have to study. He knew as
much about the reader as the man who
wrote it. He just naturally knew it all
The teacher kept him on with the ella ses,
and he would recite every day. 1t was
soft snap for that boy, for the teacher had
TO go through the form Of teaching him,
The children say they never saw him study.
j. NJ. Jardine of Brunswick has Just re-
ceived about 500 raisin grape vines direct
| from California, which he intends planting
on his fruit farm at Nahuuta. on the liue
| of the Brunswick and Western railroad.
| Mr.. Jardine seems confident tLat be can
raise raisins in that section of the state, and
that they can be dried by the crystallizing
process. This process is fast becoming
| popular throughout California in drying
raisins, figs, pears, prunes, etc. II this ven
ture proves successful, many days will not
elapse before Georgia will be in the market
competing with California for this trade.
! Twelve years ago ths Industry of growing
raisin grapes was commenced in Califor ia,
| and those who started it were called foolish,
but this last season California shipped ,000,-
| go roxes Of the fruit.
There are fifty employees in the Atlanta
| postotiice. They are working this morning
under the civil service law. And their
| heads are not liable t. fall into the basket
ceived a very important communication
yesterday from Charles Lyman, of the civil
service commission. Mr.. Lyman says: at
is provided by clause 2, of postal rule
| /, of the rules for improving the
executive civil service, that whenever the
officers, clerks, or other employees in any
! poStoffice number as many fifty, any exist
ing classification OF the postal service snail
apply thereto, and there ifter the commits
sion will provide examina ions for filling
vacancies at said Office All OF this will
prove very good news for the employees of
the Atlanta postofice, for it brings the
| Office squarely under the civil service law,
and means that none OF the present en-
| ployes, barring heads of departments, can
be removed except for cause
| At Albany, spritualstic meetings are
being held il private houses two or three
| tiTes weekly. Some of the mantle tations
| OF the visiting spirits are said to be very
| mysterious and remarkable. Not long
| since, after seance had lasted some time,
the lights were turned down low and
naught save the Pickering freight clst a
| dim light uDon the searchers after messag es
from the spirit world, suddenly dor was
seen to slowly open and most terrible
and CHA thy app lriti N was discovered NOV
| ing near the open doorway. me of the
visitors we're terribly frightened, and one
or two of the young ladies were thrown into
by tericS A young man, in a spirit of fun
had procured a lot Of doug from the cook
and had ma 10 a covering for his features, Il
literal doughface. Enve oping himself in a
sheet and with the terrible colorless and I'M
canny looking features, he made spectral
| appearance enough to frlghten a timId per-
| son, just from mysterious converse with I'M
known forces, half out of their senses
A woman, from no one knows where,
made her appearance in Eliaville several
weeks ago, who claims to be an evangelist.
She claims wonderful power delegated to
her from on high, not only to save souls,
but to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to,
by amounting and prayer. The whites Of
| Ellavllle of course gave her little or no
l encouragement. The superstitious negroes,
however received her with open arms, and
boundess faith. So she is devoting her time
to arousing and exciting the negroes
to a religious frenzy. The good citizens If
Ellaville say that since the woman has
come among them. there is a marked differ
ence in the demeanor of the negroes toward
the white people The good citizens of the
town believe that the sole object OF the
woman is to incite the negroes to endeavor
to force the doctrine of social equality The
| woman is a nuisance and tue citizens are
thinking of trying her for lunacy, and send
| ing her to the asylum, or convincing her
that she had better leave Ellaville for other
parts.
A remarkable incident, both Of longevity
| and the unbroken preservation Of several
generations, recently came to the notice Of
| DR.. Rawlings Of Sandersville. He was
called in to see an old negro living about
| two miles from Sandersville named Abram
Marshall, who was sick with malady
| which, from the nature of things, might
well have been old Dr.. Sangrado's natural
phthisic," old age, though such was not the
case. The old negro had a colored woman,
even more aged than himself. in attendance
| upon him. The doctor CHANGED to ask who she
was. and to his astonishment WAS informed
| that it was Abrams mother. The climax
was reached, however, when in course of
conve sation the old woman, herself S..
casually remarked that her mother Twas
getting rather feeble nowl" Upon inquiry,
1t was found that she was 90 years of age .
and has lived to folde her great-greqt-
grandchildren. Old Abram Is proud of
| grandmother and grandchildren, while five
generations are yet alive in the land.
At Albany the other night during the
| prevalence of an unusually severe rain
storm, prominent gentle had a most
| thrilling experience. He was passing
| through his dining room on the way to the
pantry when he saw figure standing before
him. He thought it was his daughter and
| spoke to her. The figure made no reply,
/ OuO llipNbd NApNiy tlo
rustling of her garments, and feeling GER
tain thAt it was his daughter, he continued
| to converse with her, calling her by name.
The female went ahead of him to
the pantry. Surprised by her silence as he
reached the pantry, he put out his hand
to touch her, when to his unspeakable
horror the figure instantly vanished. There
was no way of egress by which the strange
visitor could have escaped. The gentleman
fell to the floor with fright, and his hair
lite ally stood on end. He Is certain that
he had vision Of a visitor from the world
Of spirits. His daughter, who was in the
parlor, hearing his voice, called to him to
knew if be mad called her. She had not
been in the room.
Very few people are aware Of the extent
of the operations of the state agricultural
department in the distribution of garden
and field seed. Early IN the season the
whole force Of the department is put t.
work getting the packages ready, aud from
that day until the supply is exhausted there
is no lot up. The applications tor seed come
IN perfect rush and from every direction.
During the present season the distribu-
ton by the depa tment has been by far
the largest of any year in its history. The
whole amount Of seed sent out aggregates
100000 packages. OF this number 30 900
packages Of ga den seed, 6,000 packages of
cotton seed AID 1000 packages Of peas
The bureau furnished the county alliances
in liz counties. In add ion TO these there