The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE marble man, with whose discovery all
Australia has been ringing turns out to be a
clever fraud instead of an ancient fossil An
impecunious Italian conceived the brilliant idea
OF its production, which, with the assistance of
confederates he was able to carry out A slab
OF marble was obtained from the uuarries and
cut into something like the shape of a man
and two confederateS- diggers-uuietlv
buried the fossil" deep down 10 the earth
where they triumphantly found it on the follow
ing day. Local credulity was equal to the oc-
casion, and the italian regarded his '.marbIe
man" as a sure fortune, as no doubt il would
nave turned out TO be had not the scruples of
one Of the confederates led him 10 confess the
fraud
THE SALARIES Of the precocous children who
make hits on the stage says Philadelphia
theatrical manager, run from 500 to $500 a
week. understand that it is $500 which is to
be paid to Elsie Leslie for each of the four
weeks during which she is to play the Prince
and the Pauper at the New Park theater She
did not earn less than that when she played
Little Lord Fauntleroy,' and Tommy Russell
figured up evenly with her on the salary roll
while he was alternating in the character |
don't suppose that that smart child Marguerite
Fields takes anything below 800 for what she
is doing in Roger la Honte.' Looks like a
fortune, doesn't II? But the fact is that there
are unbounded opportunities for children who
can act. know of three good plays that are
held ia managers hands now just because
the children competent to do the, work can't be
found
AMONG recent United States runaways there
has arrived at Montreal verdant farmer from
near Hartford, Conn, who was frightened
away from his home by the statement of a
fortune-teller that he had enemies who were
seeking his ruin. The famer who was at one
time hard drinker, brooded over this statement
until he imagined he was being Swallowed by
an enemy who wanted to murder him Put
ting few things into a hand bag he bought a
ticket for Montreal and arrived here few DAYS
ago with a few cents in his pockets and n
watch. The latter article was valuable but an
obliging stranger let him have IS on it. and
gave neither receipt nor address. The farmer
after good nights sleep at hotel called on
W. S. Walker, advocate, for advice Mr. Walkar
notified the farmers Hartford friends, and
learned that his strange clients account of
himself was strictly true. The farmer is still IN
Montreal.
How MANY FADS there are in New York society
which never come to light One of the most
curious says the Star, is that craze for oriental
ism which expresses itself in Buddhism and
theosophy. There are at least five branches in
Gotham composed of well-educated and we'll
TODD people. One of these which has a mvs-
FERROUS temple somewhere around town, is led
by William q. Judge, a litterateur Gen Rutter
field and a score of Others who are stanch sun
porters of Nine. Blavatsky and Hierophant Of
colt. second follows the banners of Dr. Elliot
F. Cones of Washington, d. c.. and includes
such prominent people as Mrs. Gen. Gates Mrs
Pollard, and Mrs. lie Bau. A third listens regu-
larly to lectures from Prof, Bierregaard of the
Astor library and consists chiefly of the book
worms who frequent that noble Institution. A
fourth is represented by ex-Judge Hull Henry
Newton, and DR.. Crowell. Strange Ito relate
these little groups of advanced thinkers do moi
display the equanimity which might be ex-
pected Of them, but quarrel among themselves
like Kilkenny cats.
A CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHER writes the Photo
graphic Times, calling attention to the great
amount of money which is absolutely thrown
away every year by the photographers of
America. He says it is estimated that there
is from $4,000 to $50, 600 worth of nitrate of sl
yer and gold used by the photographers every
year In our little city of Chicago alone. and az
much more in the great state of Illinois. and
u 100000 worth of nitrate of silver and yol1 10
very low estimate for the photographers of
the United States to use every year in making
their countless millions of PHOTOGRAPHIC At
least S5OO,OO0 of this hard-earned money could
nave been saved that was wasted, thrown
away, IN solutions in the washing and fixing
these millions of photographs. G uld all of this
waste for the past twenty five years have been
saved the enormous amount would surprise
every one of you, as it would reach the enor-
nous sum of ST., 800, 010-quite enough 10 retire
every photographer of America to-day with an
independent fortune, to say nothing about the
annual interest of this vast sum, which GER
tainly would have doubled the whole amount
that has been wasted in the past twenty -five
years.