The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Cuba was awarded by the government to
Runkle. Smith s. Co. The principals are: David
Runkle. president. Warren foundry, Phillips
burgn, n. J.: r. A. G. Smith of New Yorlr
manager Of the Consolidated Gas COMPANY at
Havana, and Henry G. Runkie OF Plainfold,
y. J.
AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES in San Fran
cisco two horned rattlesnskes from the hojave
desert were exhibited recently. Tae venomous
creatures are yellow, like the sand they livein.
and have over each eye scaiy horn They
never move straight forward but with sinii-
Gus side motion, so that il Is impossible to tell
in which direction they intend 20 to strike In
Pa estine aud in the Sahara dessert there il a
horned viper which in many characteristics re-
sembeS the horned rattlesnake of the Molave
The use for the horns is not known. They are
not TO shield the eyes from the glare Of the sun,
because the other snakes in the desert have no
horns. Tbs tvo snakes were.a gift from Mr.
Quinn Of MoiaVe.
f. W. ToURTrELLoTr Of Webster, mss. n
strangely beset with partridgea, which either
may have spite against him or are SO fond OF
him they hunt him up to go slambaug into his
face. Three times this fall partridges, loaded
WIN Dig volt pressure, have gone humming
through windows with great clatter OF glass
and dropped at his feet In two of the in
Stances the wild intruders plunged on him
through window in his house on School
street. One of the birds, in coming to him not
only smashed and took along the entire upper
SASH or the window, but broke the curtain fix
ture aud tore it from its roll and then Nr
Tourttellott, after his heart had stopped
humping, unrolled the curtain which was in
lump in the middle OF the room and took out
fine cock partridge that weighed a Mound
dead.
j. ID REED, of Lampasas, Tex, has in his
possession rife and powder horn which were
used during the revolutionary war. The powder
horn is very remarkable specimen of eight
eenth century workmanship. 1t was made by
William Reed, uncle of the grandfather of the
present owner, in 1172. This Mr.. Reed was a
resident of Georgia and well known as a hunter
he made the powder horn out of an ordinary
cowhorn. The head was whitfield out OF piece
OF laurel root and fitted on very nicely The
horn IS covered by rude engrayings representing
an indian brave and squaw, tomahawk and
pipe. several Masonic emblems. of which order
W lillian Reed was a member and the name of
the maker, the date of his birth, and the date Of
his enlistment in the American army-1772.
THIS rifle was originally flntlock gun and the
rifles" in it have been bored out several times
because they had either been worn or rusted
out.
The HISTORIC WEST CHURCH. overlooking
Cambridge street, Boston, is a brick building
with wooden belfry. 1t is feeble expression
OF the cold and torpid architecture of the Italian
Renaissance, but the open space before it gives
1t an air of dignity and reserve. The implanted
peWs OF pine date back TO early in the present
century. The gallery is supported by tall white
| Oornthlan columns, and the pulpit massive
aiIalr or solid mahogany well carved, is perched
| nigh above the heads of the people. One Of the
pastors Was the father of James Russell Lowell
VINO says: In my early years l thought that
pulpit TO be the highest effort of human skill in
architecture" The crimson draperies behind it
mellowed by age, add 10 the quaint effect 1t is
singular that gas has never been introduced into
| this church, and it has never been used for
evening services or secular purposes. It is said
that the first Sunday school in New England
was organized within its walls in 1912
ATTRACTIVE AUTOGRAPHS of Nine. sPatti and
Sig. Tamago, the tenor, adorn the windows of
Manager Milward Adams Office on the Wabash
avenue front of the new auditorium building,
says the Chicago Herald Sig. Tamagno is
representing the character of Othelo-the ''h"
is dropped IN Italy. The other afternoon as he
sat at MS desk, Manager Adams glanced out
and saw crowd of darkies gathered ia front
OF the tenor's Autograph. He arose and went
OUT 10 see what was causing the excitement.
AS he stepped through the door dark man.
about the color of last Thursday morning, was
saying, as he looked at the hanger: ''Goliy
boys, wot do you tink o. dat? A big, buck mig
gan playin' wifi Patti, Dey's no use O. talkin'
dis administrator am larnin' eb'ry day dat
we's got to be reco nized. an dis coon wifi Patti
is goin' to help u.s." Then Manager Adams
went inside again, took his heavy overcoat
down from the peg, and laughed in one of its
roomy sleeves.
A FRIEND who has just returned from Paris
tells me characteristic anecdote, says the
Crlfac. During the recent exposition there was
little railroad, five miles in length, running
around the grounds. The track ran in and out
among the trees and buildings and 80 near
them that passengers head or arm thrust out
OF the window was in danger of being knocked
off. To prevent accidents of this sort warnings
were printed on large posters and tackled up at
intervals of few yards along the entire track
Ihey were printed in almost every known Ian
guage including Asiatic and African tongues
shorthand and voll2uk. My friend counted
over thirty languages and dialects. Youwould
nave supposed that none was omitted in such
Inst. But there was one omission, and very
important one Not single word of warning
was printed in German. Some one said to the
manager of the road: 1T looks as though you
didn't care whether the Germans got their
heads and arms knocked off or not" He
smiled quiet smile. and replied: st does lock
That way, sure enough"
THERE have been many outrages perpetrated
upon the people of the south in the matter of
the appointment of fourth-class postmasters
since the present administration came into
power says a New Orleans newspaper but it is
to be doubted whether any more flagrant insult
has been offered than the naming of q negro
woman as postmaster of Eola, a town in Avoy-
Giles parish Louisiana. The Office has been held
by Hon. d. b. Hudson, a large planter and man
of affairs, who has represented his parish in the
legislature. Tnere was no complaint of ineffi-
cheney of service, and the people directly inter-
eSted desired the retention of Mr. Hudson, who
NCC5pbeu tuc pOSitlOu only OUT Oh consideration
for his neighbors and friends But it is not of
the removal of the postmaster that com
plain. II may be practical pol tics, if not good
government, TO have change in the personnel
of postmasters with change OF administration.
But to select a negro woman for such an office
is an insult and an outrage. Nine-tentbs of the
mail matter received at Eola goes to white
people, and it is an outrage to place negress
in such position.
A BIG FARMHOUSE near Belleville, N. j., had
long stood tenantless and bore the reputation
of being haunted. At last young farmer and
his wife moved in at a merely nominal rental.
An unearthly chattering on the stairs frightened
the couple half out of their wits the first night
and the wife tried to persuade her consort to
get UP and investigate. For an hour he argued
desperately with her ON the advisabiity of lying
still She declared, despairingly. that il he
wouldn't investigate, she must die or get up
herself. Finally they effecte 1 a compromise by
creeping ont of bed together. They lit the
lamp aud looked cautiously out of the chamber
door, The first glance solved the mystery. Big
gray squirrels literally swarmed upon the land
ings, and every one of them had big nut of
some kind between his paws. The main supply