The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-25
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SLYvASUs JoyEs. OF Richmond, Va, is reported
/ TO have written 49, 764 words 10 shorthand on
/ postal card
( JOHN HAMILTON, who died recently in Peoria.
/ OBLIGATED as a notary public at the first mar
+ mage n Chicago.
! HORSE that ran away in West Nswbury,
Mass. wasn't caught until it reached town
twenty-five miles slant, six hours after
/ leg SHIPPING on the Kenaebec is in full blast.
It IL said that 81 per ton is about the ruling
| price. The wages OF the workInen have just
been increased 25 cents per day.
! HUNTINGDON pa PAPER says: There are
villages in this county of 200 OF 9OO inhabitants,
where it would be impossible to find a soul astir
/ TO nap"
ONE Of the largest leather belts ever made is
| on exhibition in Boston. II IS f5S feet inches
long, 46 inches wide, double thickness, and
| weighs .4@3 pounds The hides Of IS animals
We're used fer its manufacture.
IN MS REPORT on New York harbor, Col Gil
lespie says that to mplete the removal OF
/ Flood rock, and the connecting rocks in the
/ ne!gaborhood Of Hell Gate will occupy four
| years longer, at possible cost Of $4,000.
! REV FIR. PAQUIN of Ludington, Mich, has his
| hands both full. Besides attending to the
| spiritual business of big parish he runs a
ner, owns a good farm, controls al interest in a
| loaglag business, and numerous other outside
| schemes.
| HE soap weed is now being utilized for max
! ing soap for market. A factory has been started
| at Guthrie and Wichita, Kan. where the weed
| grows entifullE. The pioneers OF the plains
discovered its use 80 years ago. The root, with
OUT ny manipulation is an excellent subst. tuts
! for bar Of soap.
IRE EGYPTIANS have always been recognized
LOT their AGILITY in the manufacture of perfumes
put due credit was never given them before
vase containing some Egyptian ointment was
opened the museum at Alnwick The per-
rune 1t contained still had a pungant odor, al
! though II was more than 5000 years old.
An UNUSUAL NUMBER OF deaths by drowning
are reported from summer resorts on the Allan
TIC coast. Commenting on this fact, the Tren-
| ton Time says: There seems TO BE- even n
larger quota than usual of smart swimmers this
season. The life-guar lsmen who go out to save
the'n from drowning thereby ri K much more
valuable lives than the ones they design to
rescue"
AMONG the sojourners at Savin Rock, Conn.,
| is young man who is little weak-minded
and some of the girls there have besn pIaying
Jokes on him. One of them, whom ne ad-
mrsd, went through mock marriage" with
| him this week, friend of the girls tying the
Knot, receiving therefor from the groom SIS
| after inc ceremony the couple made tour of
A'o'i u AeOCh do IL On tnclr wed ing IBID. Ile
| whole affair caused considerable amuseme L,
| Tor che time, but some of the visa heads now
| look rather seriously on the marriage, fearing
| 1t will stand.
WHAT is described as a geological curiosity is
| IN the office Of the acting chief clerk OF tie
| United States war department at Washington
| 1t is piece of stone weighing about one pound
10 inches in length, 216 inches in width and IA
inch thick. The e is no doubt about its being a
genuine stone, but it nevertheless possesses the
| neAIolIty OF piece of India rubber. When
| taHen Ia the hand and shaken in the direction of
/ ltS nat surface, it viii bend backward and for
| ward with dull sound. This is what is known
| as ltaco unnite, or elastic sandstone 1t is
stated that whole mountain of it exists in
southern Nevada short distance east of Death
valley; 1t is found in California, Georgia, and
other localities in the United States.
The bank of DEVILS Lake, Oak, and many of
the business men in early days, had in use a de-
! sign for checks and letter heads which was a
startling curiosity. A sheaf of wheat stood
upright, with ribbon for band, and on the
! band was inscribed: mo ! hard In hoe siono
| Vlnces.' Abov- the sheaf was a silv + dollar
resting upon its edge, the reference being to
| the uniform price If s. a busheI for eat in
| those days. Upon the dollar was presented an
! outline OF the lake. Above the dollar stuod
h elzebub with tail revealed, holding scales in
| one hand and pointing with spear in the ot1e
| TO the exact location Of the city on the lake
| Inc motto: Give the Devil His Due" com
| pleted this odd device. This was printed upon
| the bills of the bank.
CURIOUS SURVIVAL of the Middle Ages in
| Servia is the institution of "Esnafs'' or guilds
| According to the latest British consular reports
! from that country, these ''Esnafs are guilds of
the varlous trades which regulate the condition
| of apprentices ana the privileges of master
| workmen. They are indepe ldent of state sup
| port, and are maintained by employer, and
workmen OF the differe 1t trades for the pur-
| poses OF mutual support in labor and sickness
| VI p1ild nv
| the members and the funds collected are man
aged by an unpaid committee, elected at gen
/ eral meeting. Foreigners are allowed to / in
i these guilds, and the law enables them to pre-
vent workmen who have not been enrolled from
| exercising their calling"
SOME woRKaET recently discovered a cave in
Frankll park, in the West Roxbury district of
Boston, and explored it for 100 feet. They dis
covered arrow heads and other evidences of
| occupation by Indians The sides of the Oman
! ing had the appearance of being the work of
! nature, but within the cave the work Of man
vas plain seen. The walls were as smooth as
| though chiseed out, and there was plenty of
room for three men to stand abreast Every
| rev teet there were Openin IS in the side of the
| cave, which looked as though t4ey had beel
cut nut of the solid rock. The ceiling of the
| cave presented an odd appearance. A series of
small b 'wlderS hanging from-the roof seemed
| to have been fastened by mechanical means
ana extended the entire length of the cavern.
LOUISVILLE has an enterpnsing girl. Her
| marriage was set for the early part of the
| week. All the guests assembled and the bride
was ready but her prospective husband did not
| appear. Inquiry Was made and it was learned
| that he had dep irted for New York The guests
| went home, after expressing their sympathy
| but the girl pluckily told them there would be
| wed ling yet She elegraphed the facts to a
| former suitor who lived near In lianapolis and
! pr posed to him. He answered that it would
| be imp Bile for him TO leave his business for
| some days, but if she would come there thew
would be married the next day. She started
| for indianapolis and the next evening with uhA
! dress and with the bridesmaids intended for
| the other wedding, she was married The
wedding ring intrusted to her by the missing
| lover was also used.
| If THE shah were as thin-skinned a person as
his representative at Washington, he would not
have remained long in the British realm. for the
Pail NJ III Gazette prints series of anecd 1tes
concerning him of which the following is a
specimen: Some hing is known in England of
| the shahs conduct at table Here is story
bearing this point On one occasion the
shah had dinner at the house OF his ereod
chamb rlain and a huge dish was D aced before
him bearing pile of early cucumb ,rs (of which
the Persians are passionately foad) aim sc
worth their wei ght in gold. The shah said never
word, but began to pat himself out sids OF
as many of these cholera provokers as he could
safely do. He had buried a coupl Of dozen Of
them, and the host and his more prominent
guests began to indulge the hope that their
turn would soon come, when his males quietly
and solemnly slowed the remainder away in