The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-17
ITEMS OF interest.

THAT'S mistake that Is often made said
Senator Piatt of Connecticut as he shook hands
with gentleman in the Arlington lobby, Wash
lngtoE. The senator's remark was called forth
Oy the TACT that the stranger had sent q card to
his room under the impression thai he was nav
ing his respects to Hon. Thomas B. Platt of
New York, and he had Just finished apolosizng
20 the Connecticut statesman for his error
have very often been called on by persons
who labor under the impression that am the
ex-senator from the state of New York We
con iook much alike, but the names and the
tact that the New Yorker has also served In the
senate IS what plays the mischief don't kro y
now long the thing will keep u, but do know
tnat the New Yorker always S sems to be in
great demand
A PARTY encamped near Jeaunetta, Tex,
witnessed phantom lynching the other night.
Two men dreamed of Seeing men strung up by
a mob and awaking related their experience.
AS tney discussed it, some one observing that
tne ground was very damp, put out his hand
ana rubbed 1t lightly over the saort. coarse
prairie grass, remarking he did so that it was
Tue newest ran OF dew ne had ever SEEN But
as he raised his hand. TO the horror of the
party the light of the fire showed it to be drip
ping with what looked most sickeningly like
blood On investigation this bloody dew was
round thick and viscid all under the tree be-
neath which they sat. They broke camp and
departed in haste On looking back they saw
three ghostly corpses dangling from the tree
under which they had been camping Return
ing the next day they discovered no trace of
the specters, bnt on talking with an old hunter
learned that three men had been hanged on the
Tree Tor cattle stealing away back in the eos.
PLAINFIELD, IND. has. genuine sensation in
the belief among the s1perstitious that house
owned by Mrs, Susan Morrison. and occupied
Py William Hornaday and family, is haunted
Dy an apparition which bears a resemblance to
man without head. This belief has been
current among few for some time but it was
Kept quiet, 50 as not TO lnjure the sale of the
Ia s.
tnat lamps are lighted and extinguished arti-
Giles OF furniture are moved about and dis
arranged, and members of the family are an
n ,, at night by having the bed clothing
Whlsked of them while asleep, etc, Ellis Jes-
sup formerly owned the house, and while he
Will not say 1t Is haunted he reports that if any
one VIII live there as he did, they will observe
some very strange things. Families, heretofore
tenants of the property, corrooorate much that
IS said of the supernatural visitations, and
give This as the reason why they vacated so
promptly,
IHE AMERICAN COTTON PLANTER, SAYS Lon
don cable TO the New York World of Sunday,
cannot afford to look longer with contemlt
upon the cotton crop of eastern countries. That
OF India has doubtless cost its English encour-
ayers more than it will return to them in the
next nalf century, and in some districts the at
tempt to raise it has been temporarily aban-
uohed, but Egypt appears to be better fitted for
growing the staple, and, if the samples now
DtilS uISpitJeu IN manchester are genuine, the
United States will soon have TO count upon
having formidable rival. The fiber is of fair
length and very firm, and although undoubtedly
seIected from exceptional bolls. would obtain a
favorable rating anywhere. The crop is also
nuch larger than usual, and its success may be
looked upon as an additional reason why Eng
land viii never abandon Egypt. To be indie
pendent of the United States is the British
cotton manufacturers dream. for he has never
forgotten the cotton famine of 1s61-'65
The PARIS CORRESPONDENT of the London
Daily Nescs. telegraphing recently, said: "a
curious attempt to shirk Imprisonment by sub
stitutlon came before the Paris asszes NJ
Dunusc, landlord of cafe. was sentenced the
other day to 4S hours imprisonment for having
neld concerts on his premises without license
In france defendant who is householder is
not TAKEN from the court to prison, but is al
lowed respite of two or three weeks or a month
at his discretion. At the end OF this period he
receives polite letter from the prison governor
requesting MIN to cail at his earliest convenience
IN order TO serve out the sentence. NJ. Dubusc
curing this respite, found a pauper, who had
just been discharged from Nanterre and in
duced him to go to prison for 2Of. Boislache-
this was the man name-went off to the Petite
Roquette introduced himself as Dubusc which
name he signed on the visitors book, and was
locked up in cell. His ragged appearance,
however, aroused suspicion and detection
speedily followed. Boislache was prosecuted
for forgery and n. Dubusc as his accomplice
The jury. however, acquitted them BOTH"
IT HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN ASKED why Salvini
has never attempted to speak English instead
OF Italian on the stage. He has played for
twenty years in England and the United States
and in that time might have been presumed to
acquire sufficient knowledge of the English
la nguage to permit him TO use it in all his char
acters, yet to this day he only speaks English
impertectly and entirely disdains to study it
for his dramatic representations His knowl-
edge of the French and German languages is
nearly perfect, and he can converse in either
with equal ease. But he has the conviction
deeply rooted in his mind, that if he were to at
tempt to speak English on the stage he would
cease to be the great actor that he is He be-
leves that the use of the Italian is necessary to
the effect which he creates, and if he were TO
forsake it, he would fall to a commonplace
level Various managers who have had him
under their charge have endeavored to per
suade him to follow the example of Modieska
and Rhea in learning to play in English, but no
argument has been strong enough to induce
him to change his convictions. AS he com
mands huge salary and is the greatest actor
of the day. he of course can do as he peases in
this matter, and as he refuses to turn to the
English. that is the end of the controversy.