The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02
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the patches about twice as DIG az toe Darn on
the far side of the lot, and Ian11e would De
an utter impOSsibiity-
LENA PoESIcK. aged 10 years, daughter OF a
farmer living near Corpus Christi. Tex, has
been brought to town for treatment for rattle
snake bite. While ste was walking nrar her
house the reptile buried its fangs in her leg.
She quickly seized a club sr ki led it, and then
sucked the wound until medical aid could be
had Her recover will b. due mainly 20 ner
own bravery and tho ghtfulness.
A GLoUcEsTER CIAss.) SKIPPER claims that
the quality and inexhaustibe supply of the Pa
cific nalibut make British Columbia particu-
larry adapted % engage in the hallout business
on a more exten sive scene tnan yet attempted
He proposes that the catch shall be brought to
Vancouver, there noked or packed la ice. and
then shipped to eastern markets. He asserts
that tie Atlantic fisheries are not sufficiently
remunerative.
SOME very strange accidents are brought to
light by the &C iient insurance business. For
instance, a ma at 2 llska, o. stationary en-
g1neer, was licked very severely by a b <. 1t
disabled him for quite a numoer of weeks, AMI
he was paid S97 another case was that OF
man at G ilicotbe. o. AS he was STOPPING to
picE up some kindling WOOD game rooster
gan.d him in the wrist, cutting an artery,
which sabled HIM for some time.
So1E WOMEN in Galic.a, Austria, have sent to
Emperor Francis Joseph petition word as
follows: ''Sire-We, women of Galicia, PROSTATE
at the foot OF the throne, pr sent this our
ardent request: At o esent whereas every man,
young or old, is liable TO mi itary service, we
women. often more robust and courageous an
edeminate men, think ought not TO be
exsuded- The arms now in use are well made
and easy to han lie We. therefore. pray your
majesty TO institute corps of Amazon vol
unteers.
A MASSACHUSETTS man has taken out a Gu
rious patent for funeral carriage. It is built
like an old country omnibus with a compart-
ment on the roof for the coffin. There is not
much 10 this notion that is startlingly new. but
the patent has been issued specitica ly for an
en- lies chain and III ley arrangement which
lifts the coffin from the hands of the pal.-bear-
ers to the place designed for it on the top.
About dozen varieties of air tight III as have
been patented since January, each being graced
with some part cular quality.
II YOU have any treasured short lengths of
oil brocade, you'may produce them now and
make the fronts of one of the long Louis Seize
walstcoats of them. And if you are happy
enough to possess old laces, you can make
them up en- loot TO wear with the same; IL Is
easy to mount the lace on bands of muslin,
Keeping the folds quite soft and using a. few
stitcaes as possible. In this way the tender
Suscepti bilities of the fabric are spared, and
when the jabot fashion is over and done with,
the lace remains to be used in some other way.
THE ROCKS at the west coast of the island of
st. Helena abound with sea turtles, some of
them as heavy as a mau, and an English
steamer once took aboard several dozen of
those sea monsters, intending to driver them
alive to provision dealer in Liverpool. But
b fore they reached En- glish waters one of the
turtles was taken sick ami was flung overbolrd,
alter having been branded with tn name OF the
snip. Next year the same steamer came across
the same torto SO on Q coast of St. Helena.
more than 1000 miles from the point where
tn. honeSick creature had been flung back
overheard
PROBABLY the Oldest timber in the world
| which has been subjected to e use of man is
| found in the ancient temple of Egypt in con-
nection ith stonework, which is nnOwn to be
at leait 400 years old. This was the oniv wood
used IL the construct on of the tenn lie, and is
the form OF ties, holding the end of one stone
| to another. When two blocks wer. laid in place,
| an excavation about N inch deep was made i
| each block in which one of these wooden ties.
SHAPED like an ur-glass, was driven. II is,
| therefore, very difficult t. force stone from
It's position. 7 ese anci mt ties are made of
| tinarisk or ittim wood, the same as that
from which the ark was constructed.
THE DENIzENs of lower Broadway are treated
| to novel sight. There are number of pigeons
which live on the wharf boat, but they fly up to
| Broadway and Front aud PICK up seeds and
| grains OF corn, AMI such pickings as birds love
| and the mar ct people leave. Among the flock
| l. block pigeon that mas no legs. It's mode of
| picking up seed IS very odd. The bird alights
on its breast. and seeing anything it wants,
rolls or wa lows over TO it and picks it up. 1t is
| fat and does not appear b. suff ring from
want OF food. 1t has teen captured several
| times and those who nave hand ed the bird de-
clare that there was no indication that it ever
had any legS.-Ctncinn0tt ENQUIRER.
| The REASONS suggested by new writer's for
the acceptance of their manuscripts do not al
ways refer to their literary merits Dr. J. G..
Holland, who was one of the most amiable Of
| men, once relat some of his experiences One
woman sent him note with her manuscript,
| saying that she was widow, with five children
crying to her for bread, and That. while her
lu-rI- nrn ffvhf not tsA rNA a
| hoped be would accept it for ne -essity's sake.
| She was riEht in her surmise. The story was
| worthless, but she had not appealed In vain, for
DR.. Holland pigeou-holed the tale ard drew
her chez on his pc sonal bank account. But
| this is not the way TO succeed in literature
| though it may be an easy way of collecting
aims.
In TINE of peace the French army comprises,
in $780, 25 500 officers and 200, $40 men; in 1891 it
will consist of % 934 officers and $50, $40 men.
| The German army, in 1871 will be CO opposed of
| 20 s. officers and b07, 1858 men. The ndar.
mer e and the military employ es are not COM
| prised In these figures. In time of war France
would have 40 5000 men belonging to the
standiag army and to the reserve of the stand
ing army, ,022, 900 men in the territorial army
and 762, 0U0 men in the reserve of tie territorial
army. Grand total. 3,748000 men. In 1891,
| thanks to the new military laws. she will be
able to mobilize 400o, 600 thoroughly disciplined
| troops. As TO Germany if a mobilization were
| to be carried out to-day she could mu ter only
8. 100, 900 men, for her figure of 800 600 is not
entirely composed of properly trained troops
| ALTHOUGH the new evening coat made it's ap-
| pearacce in several directions during last sea-
| son, it has not met with such a measure of SUD-
| port as to elevate it from a fad Into fashion
Ii is with some surprise, therefore that Charles
| Warner is seen to wear one of these st ange
| garments 10 the dra wing room scene in IA
| Million OF Money" Does this betoken boom
| in coats? Are we to cut off our tails and become
! gentlemanly in jacketss That is what general
| wearing OF the new coat means. 1t is merely
| the old coat cur. allied. The upper front OF the
| coat is cut in just the same APE as the swal-
| loWtail, so as to show the utmost expanse of
| snowy shirt bosom At the part here the tai s
| commence the coat ceases. 1t is actually moth
| ing more than a glori1ed copy of one of the
| ordinary morning jackets worn for SO many
| years
THERE is a dentist in Chicago who follows the
profession more from necessity tnan from
choice He sacrificed leg to the country's
cause, an !, being obliged to wear a cork substi-
! tute, he stud ed dentistry as business calcu-
| lated to ut lis msfortune-no walking and good
| money in it. ow. this man, b. it said with
sorrow, looks all too freq ieltly upon the
| wine when it is red, and when loa led
| with the cub that CHEERS tbs cork
| leg is most unruly He reached home
| one night recently in very bemuddled condi.
| tiol. Upon seeing his wife's worried flee and
hearing ner expostuatory voice he flew into a
| rage and-tooz off that cork leg and threw it at
her Lady friends OF the wife VINO have ad-
mired a magnificent new mirror Just placed in
the peasa 1t home will understand from this