The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| ~ ~ AGELGo4.
A BOMBAY NEWSPAPER announces two mar
| riages, in one cas- the bride beng aged
years and in the other IS months, while the
| brl1egroom was 30 This is system when
| Pundita Ramabai is struggling against
NIScESsEs, IND, has just produced an origi-
nal judge. a saloon epar was to be tried be-
fore him for selling liquor without a license,
ana the case had excited SO mucl interest tn 1t
crowd was exp -cted to be present Accord
| lngly the judge hirel a hall and charged all
| spectators ten cents admission
On recent visit of the Queen Regent of Spain
at castle Granjacins, she had her threa children.
the Young Spanish king and his two little sisters
| weighed On the kitchen scales The yolng kim
| turned the scales at - kiIo the PRINCESS az
| Asturlas at Il kIlo, the infantln Donna Maria
| theresa at 70 klo. The queen regent weighed
% $40 AIt9gether the spanish royal family
Melgn liz kllO, just the weight of Gu en- Isabella
/ H., the grandmother of the present king
IT IS RUMoRED that A. ]. Drexel has changed
ms plans regarding the establishment of an in
dustrl i school for girls at the L0ualIa mansion
| Sdyhe' "a, but Will carry out his idea by en-
doWlng an institution in that city SINH ar to the
| Fratt institution of Brooklyn. He believes III
| ne can thus provide for the educ iton of over
tuIee tlineS as man pupils as could be accom-
hodated at the institution which he proposed
70 estaonsh at Wayne. Miss Bolghuer will by
Inls change' be able to retain her lease of the
Loueila mansion, which has been n popuIar
sum ner home for many fashionable people for
seVera! years past.
ON recent morning young robin, in trying
10 NY from its nest in one of the tall trees in
Iroht OF the court house at Kingston, n Y, fell
" tiie grass plat A large cat sprang into the
Eard, and taking the bird in its mouth started
WIN II toward the barn. The bird gave a cry
when the parent robin flew from the tree and
attacked the cat vita such firmness that puss
dropped the bird. The cat then hacked nm
against the fence and showed fight The old
olru, not one bit dIsmayed with bill vide open
IeatuerS rutfied and screaming with rage
sCpucA Ine feline twice. The fur flew The cat
was so frightened that it ran away as fast
as IL could and crawled under the corner of
building. -
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER leaned
against tae back of a caair in the private room
OF postmaster Van Colt in the postoffice build-
ing IN New York one aft ernoon during his last
o11cIal visit. Iou may say what Won nlenSe
said tle general, but the New York peTsn..
Pers are way ahead of those anywhere else in
Oue country you may travel far and wide
east' west, north and south. and You will sti
lihd Unem and their influence. There is no bat-
ter evl ence of their superiority an the fact
tnat they are copied from Boston bay to the
u ,ant ca gate, ley are great opponents of a
was at once congratulated upon his clearness
OF VISION and blgness ofshead9T
A YOUNG MAN named Dxdn has Just had an
unpleasant courting experience in Innishowen
County Donegal, Ireland. His LADY love is NOT
only very pretty, but she is an heiress her uncle
having Ieit her fortuae. Moreover she is
partial TO Dixon. The Young man was caliine,
on TIE giri one day " hen he heard the foot
steps OF couple of rivals, and in a sportive
mum n he concealed himself in the butter hoy
Mn,le ne was enjoying the conversation the
EIri Iather came along with a pall of hOr
water 10 Scald the box. Before the girl OWNED
Ils purpose he dashed the water into the hoy
a. l ie nowl OF anguish that arose scared the
q 70 Il
was found to be so badly Scaided that he hal
10 be removed to a hospital
a PARTY of four Sacramento anglers went IN
The river the other day to catch some fish. They
agreed that whenever one should land fish
edch OF the others should pay him q quarter
Uhe OF the quartet was especially unlucky in
MS plscatOrDal venture, and was soon ont of
pocket 81 % and down to his last quarter He
wanted TO break up the compact, but the Others
@ouldh { let him. Just then he stole one of the
IlsneS caught by another of the party slinnad
IL upon his nook and into the water He soon
IdhIed IL with great deal of splitter and noise
and received six bits When the others ,yerS
noo looking he replaced 1t on his hook and again
went through the act of landing a fish He
managed to work the dodge until he had not |
only got back his 81 25 but broke the rest of |
the crowd. u
HERE will be opened at Tahleouah. !. IT on
Aug 20 a new female seminary. of which the |
cherokee inhabitants of the territory are vary
P oIu. Inere nave Already been received la |
appHcaJions for admission from Cherokea
naldens. and but thirteen out Of its l06 rooms |
remain TO De filed. The building is of hricL
three stories in hight, of handsome architect
ural appearance and cost $3.50 O. Il stan is in
the center OF a beautiful park, eight acres in
extent. Its handsomely fitted up and fnr
Inlshed, and is heated by steam. The pupils |
having rooms are arged S. A month t,vbiia |
there is a large dormitory for those nnabIa az |
pay TINS sum. and they are educated and
boarded free of expense. OF the revenues ~ |
Uhe nation 30 per cent. is devoted to school mr.
poses, and out of this money the seminary was |
buut and will be supported
SINCE its first year the Thirteen cluh Of |
New York has gone on ridiculing minor sinner |
stitions with all its might and if if has NOT s,,o
ceeded in hurting the superstitions the s,n.r
SUltlonS DO not seem to have hurt the cuh
among the other achievements of which tho
Gt.9 Is PROUD Is The alleged rehabilitation of
frluay-a day whose reputation has been of |
the worst from time immemorial ItpubIished
some tne ago list of notable events. by no |
I inca oane1ul ones which happened Oh Friday.
FOR instance. the clubs archivist processes II |
nave discovered that on Friday Aug 81 400 |
e rlstopher Columbus sailed for America a., |
GFriqay, oct II 1892 he first discovered land.
the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock Risparnic
Gladstone and host of great men were born on |
FRIDAY, And 50 on through long list.
IHE experiments with smokeless powder in |
Che sham battle at Spaudau will certainly have
important results in future military operations |
The new powder was introduced s. yeral mouths |
ago and was Adopted as Emmunition for a cor.
tall portion of the Germa n army, but the Snan- |
dau trial is believed to De the first test Of If On
a large scale. 1t was found to burn with yerv
Htte noise and almost no smoke at ali Thee
absence OF noise must be an ADVANTAGE undar
almost all circumstances, as it enables order
TO be given and heard in the midst of a hattIa
out whether or not the absence of smoke is de-
slraole must depend on circumstances. II is
often advantageous to execute pnoyements nm.
DER cover OF a cloud Of smoke. while on tbe
other hand, it is always desirable to have clear
view ahead. On the whole, though. the new
powder seems to have advantages that will
recommend 1t to the armies Of the world
A RECENT statistical publication of the CITY If
Berlin gives information concerning the number
of persons who daily pass along the most
crowded thoroughfares of Berlin. London and
Paris. In the Leipziger strasse, Berlin he.
tween the Lepziger Piatz and the Wilhelm
strAsSe, in February, 1873, we're 43O14 nersons
every eighteen hours; on the Januowitz hridge
during every eighteen hours in December 1888
we're 10000 persons At the same TINS s1me
$4,000 persons were passing over the Dranian
bridge. In April, 1884, IS. 7l3 passed every CIV
teen hours through the AIunz strasse betwean
the (IrenadlSr and the X .iqa, NViIhoI,~.