The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

EARRINGS with drops are again TO be seen. but
the drops are dainty and small An exceedingly
attractive par OF earrings consists of pear
S Tssl.sa pearls penaant rom diamond.
downward, AFFORD pretty ear ornaments.
TIE LATEST THING in the Photographic line is
camera concealed in the necktie now worn so
much by women. The camera, which is very
light ID nat. is concealed beneath tue tie. the
lens forming simulated scarf pin. II contains
sxplates about one and one-half inches square,
and catches asubiect at q distance of two or
three feet The shutter is set by turning the
top button or the coat or waistcoat, and dis
charged BY means of rubber tub ng connected
WITH bulb carrie in the pocket.
Princess WILHELMISA has been proclaimed
Queen Of the Netherlands ald is the youngest
living sovereign except Alphonso XIII, King OF
Spain. Toe Little Queen is a pretty and intel
hg mt child or 10, VINO has been brought up
with almost Spartan rigOr by her conscientious
mother. On one occasion when the two were
driving together the horses took fright ran
away, and oroke the carriage. As soon as an
other could De procured Queen Emma resumed
her drive Wi the same horses. When a gen.
ueman-in waiting ventured TO demonstrate lest
the Princess should be frightened her mother
replied: "A future Queen must not know the
meaning Of fear 1t Is for that reason that we
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FASHION is sometimes a friendly dame The
Countess faafe, a rich and powerful social
S~N~i Al fAOHua has SCI tuS nOQ6 OF wearing
many carved mother of pearl hairpins and other
ornaments TO profit the needy fishermen Arch
duchess Valera, daughter OF the emperor, has
made silver ornaments and furnishings fashion
aoIe Tor tae sake OF the silver workers To benefit
the half Starved weavers, the Princess OF Wales
has revived the antiquated manufacture of
lrtsh popllns, OF which she wears many and
with her sister-n-law has forced into vogue for
tne street the heavy wooden cloths, the making
Oh wnich means bread to so many hungry men
and women.
IN SPITE Of the demolition of tombs and dig
ging up OF royal bones at st. Denis, which took
pace during the communist outbreak of 1871, it
appears that the mortal remains of Louis XVI
AMI Marie Antoinette, of Louis the XVIII, the
Duke ds BerTi and the Princess de Condo are
SUN reposing IN that venerable receptacle for
the ashes OF kings ana queens. 1t seems how
ever, that the outer collins of these illustrious
corpses are of wood, which, unfortunately have
STOOD the night Of time and the vicissitudes of
weather 30 badly that they were actually drop
ping to pieces and ready to leave tie
leaden inner shells without covering. So the
Due d'Aumale has asked and obtained permits
sion TO look to the last resting places OF these
ancestors and relatives OF his. And the other
Gay the duSe and one or two other big-wigs
and contingent of undertakers went solemnly
TO the vault OF the abbey with batch Of new
collins, into which the lea1en shells containing
these historic bones were, one by one. respect.
fully transferred. After which polite attention
we hope these royal ghosts will feel comfort
able in thsir minds on the other side Of the
Styx, and that their earthly relics will suffer no
further disturbance.
ALMOST the only quarrel which took place
between Queen Victoria and her mother. the
Duchess of Kent. occurred early in the year
1888, and was occasioned by the marked favor
shown by the monarch to a younger son of the
mouse OF Norfolk. There was even a clandestine
correspondence between the two young people
woich was disclosed by oae Of the young cadets
letters finding it's way into the hands of the
duchess There was a scene. Never before had
queen Victoria defied the maternal rule; but on
this occasion she roIndly declared that being
the queen" sue would do as she liked, and
would not submit to dictation from any of
her subjects" not even ner own mother. In
despair the duchess consulted the Duke of Nor
folk, who had always had q remarkable infiu-
ence over the queen The venerable earl mar
shall at once threw himself Into the breach, and
In an interview with mis- sovereign CURLY pointed
out that it was precisely because she was queen
that she could not do as she liked-as far as mat
rlmonal projects were concerned Fortunately
news Of a vulgar amour in which the cadet had
been concerned reached the queens ears and
she at once broke off all friendship with him
II was said that the indscreet letters written by
the royal maiden were bought bac< from the
youth to whom they were addressed st q good
round sum.
MOST STUDENTS and women who are troubled
with insomnia are dyspeptics and they should
therefore eat before going Co bed, having put
aside work entirely at least an hour before II
they are not hungry they should simply be in
structed to eat, and il they are hungry they
should eat whatever they want. A glass Of
milk and biscuit is sometimes all that can be
taken at first, or mashed potato buttered. Ii
poss Bile the night meal shouid be taken in an
other room than the sleeping apartment, aud
for men in the city it viii be found advan-
eating, however, a bath should be given
with sponge or stiff brush, and the
body thor Jughly rubbed off with coarse towel
afterward. The bath need not be more than
five minutes in duration. Further than this the
patient should go to bed at the same hour every
night, and arise at the same hour every morn
ing. There is a popular superstition that grown
people should not eat imIne iiately before going
to sleep, that it Will give them indigestion or
nightmare. or both. The writer cannot see why
adults should De very different in this respect
from babies The average person should be in
bed seven or eight hours which is time enough
for the digestion of almost anything edible. In
our American life the digestion carried on
through sleep probably has the better chance
for thoroughuess.
"OLD Tom STARR" one Of the most remark
able desperadoes in this country, is dead. He
was Cherokee Indian. six feet four inches in
hight, straight as an arrow, and at the time
of his death nearly 50 years of age This re-
markabie man came west with his father when
the Cherokees were removed to this part Of the
country. bitter feud arose over the sale Of
the house OF the red man, east of the Missis-
sippi, between two factions known as the
Ridge and Ross parties "Old TOMS father
belonged to the Ridges. He was shot down in
his own door by party of the enemy, Tom
killed three of the party on the spot, and then
he began a war on the enemy In which seventy
people, as estimated by the Cherokee council,
were slain by him. About fifteen years ago the
Cherokee council entered into treaty with
Tom, since which compromise he has lived
quiet and exemplary life. During the
days of his warfare against his Indi an
foe there were many deeds of desperate
daring placed TO his credit. By him
a tax col ector in Crawford county, Arkansas
was oyertaken in the mountains murdered and
robbed of $1,000. Watt Grayson, a Cherokee,
was robbed of $32 900. and subsequent suit
against the government TO recover the money
developed ''Old Tom" as the brains of the gang
who did the neat Job in most romantic way,
aided by the cunning of Bill Reed After the
robbery Reed went TO Texas, where he met a
tragic death, and Belle and Tom quarreled over
the Grayson booty, Belle married Sam. Tom s
pet son, to spite "Old Tom" and his wife
Three years ago Sam Starr and Bill West
cousins, kill ID each other in duel over family
matters. and little later Belle Starr was shot
while on horseback, near her home in Younger's
Bend, presumably by friends of her husband
who believed she conspired with West to Kill
Sam. "Old Tom" would talk freely of his
deeds in revenge of his fathers death, but be
rarely spoke of his other exploits.
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