The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
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LATER Apv1cEs Indicate that the decree against
the identity of William Tell was issued. not oy
the republican government OF Switzerland, nut
bv the cantonal government of Schwyz Inc
latter officially pronounces the Tell stories 10 De
pure invention owing their origin to German
legend and their survival to German poet
Schiller 1t is well to bear In mind, however,
that while the canton OF Schwyz ORDERS the
reference TO Tell to be expurgated from the
authorized school histories, the government OF
TTri. another canton, has ordered the pamphlet
of the Bernese pastor which seeks to prove Tell
a myth to be burnt publicly.
TIE ICE FAMINE of this summer. as we all
know, has developed some pretty selfish traits
on the part of the ice companies. but no one OF
the m beats that displayed by the companies IN
Cleveland. o. According to the Leader OF that
place the ce dealers have com blned- and II any
consumer complains OF the way he Is treated
he is at once plac d on the blacklist aud every
company in the city refuses to supply MIN VIII
ice A number of househOlders were SATISFIED
| that they were not receiving the amount OF Ice
| for which they paid, but as complaints did no
good they stopped dealing with that ice man
and sought to make contracts elsewhere: But
not an ice dealer would serve them, and they
we're told to make their peace with the com
| pany that originally supplied them or go with
out ice
HERMAN MELVILLE, whose stories of adven-
| ture, such as "Typee,' "Omoo" and ''Moby
Dick" gave him a wide reputation in the 5Os,
n as not appeared in print for so long time
that he is generally supposed to be dead he
| is alive, however, ald in good health for man
| of rs or Whereabouts, and was, not great while
since, in the custom house, where he had spent
| some years in clerical capacity. His later
works were great disappointment to his early
admirers, who were forced to believe that ne
was written out some years before he ceased to
publish "Typee" ard "Omoo" were founded
on his experience on the 'Marquesas
islands, where he spent a number OF months
having deserted the vessel, a whaer, on which,
as q young man, he had shipped before the
mast for the fun of the thing Naturally he,
being educated and we'll reared, soon tired OF
that sort of fun, and chose to live among saw
ages rather than to endure the hardships of a
common sailor. After being taken off the
islands by calling ship he was completely
cured OF mis- juvenile romance, and determined
for the remainder of his life TO be landlubber,
a determination to which he has faithfully
| adhered. Melville is a BoStonian and married
a daughter Of Chief Justice Shaw of Massachu-
| SITS.
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN. the Chicago millionaire,
is native of Albion, n. Y. and began prac-
teal life there as house carpenter and joiner,
says writer in the New York Commercial In
| that capacity he moved various houses. and
evinced much skill and judgment in the opera
ton. He afterward went to Chicago and when
the grade of the streets was changed there he
| obtained a contract for elevating buldn IS, and
made great deal of money thereby About
| this time he began to work out in his mind a
plan he had conceived of, for sleeping cars on
| railway trains, giving 1t months of thought.
and conscious that, if carried out fully, it
would be enormously profitable. At last
| put on one of the roads. 1t was called
| the Pioneer, was very heavy and clumsy and
| not favOrably regarded at first by the public.
| The reporters of the daily newspapers were
| literally supplied with passes, and the new in
| venton was in consequence so written up that
| 1t soon attracted attention, and soon began to
be literally patronized. Improvements in the
sleeping cars were steadily introduced until the
present form of Pullman has been evolved
| Nobody now thinks that he can dispense with
this adjunct to travel; and the income there
from Is immense. 1t has put millions into
| Pullnans purse-he is reputed to be worth
from $50 900, 900 to $40 900, 000-end each year
his gains increase Sleeping coaches can hardly
be considered luxuries by those who have long
tried them, except in their price.
The only other creature on earth that has
more clothes than an officer Of the United
States navy. says the New York Star, is a Sara.
toga belle. There are full dress coats, and short
coats with HOOKS, and dude coats, with trousers
to match in each case; helmet hats, two or
three kinds OF caps, and even regulation neck
ties Then come the Overcoats, and after that
the swords. All of these things are extremely
expensive, because they can be procured of
ONLY certain taiors and matters. To make mat
radical change in uniform that shall render
everything IN use utterly valueless. In the mat
ter of linen the naval officer has much his own
way, but even here he labors under certain dis
Advantages, for many ships, perhaps most
ships, have insufficient provision for
laundering, and each officer must
carry an enormous stock Of col ars, cuffs and
shirts JACK washes his own clothes with the
captains or admirars permission, and hangs
them aloft to dry, but it would hardly be dipni-
fed for-an officer to do this. AS consequence
ho yardN l,,rre- .I,1,
ing stock of soiled linen until some mort !.
reached where laundresses do abound. Then
there is great wash day and gigantic laundry
Dill, OH, heree; again, Is difiiculty for the
the tropics, are primitive. Mostly the linen is
dumped into a stream and beaten with stones
until it is fairly clean and dreadfully ragged.
favorite method with shirts is to tie 4 stone in
the sleeve and thrash the garment about in tha
water. West Indian lsundresses mostly hlact
and always extortionate, are famous throurh
out the navy.
A STORY of one of the most interesting freaks
of vegetable life is told by Elvood Coooer =,
Santa Barbara, Cal AS coming from him the
story cannot be anything but strictly in accord
ance with the facts. Through Mr. Cooper,s oar.
den there ran some years ago a sewer made of
redwood timber. This sewer was ayair casad
by an outside sewer Across the sewar tbero
was built brick wall many feet high and in
such way that 1t was pierced by the inner
sewer, Wulcn IL lnCioSed tightly, while the ont
side sewer ended abruptly agains5 the wall
me outside sewer casting had in course Of time
decayed, and eucalyptus tree, standing soma
sixty feet away had taken advantage of This
and sent one OF its roots to the coveted spor in
as direct line as possible. Here the root an.
tered the outside sewer and followed its course
as lar as II could At last it came TO the wall
when shut OFF its course. and it could % no
further the inside sewer being perfectly fiyht
But on the other side of the wall the sewer and
us double casing continued, and this eucalyntls
tree evidently knew how TO get there Soma
three feet high in the brick wall there was In.
Tie hole an inch OF two in diameter and This tne
eucalypt tree was aware Of as its big root ha.
gan TO climb the dry wall and face the SIM and
wlnd until II found the hole, through which If
descended on the other side and entered tho
sewer again and followed it along as formerly
How id the tree know Of the hole In the waIi3
How did Il know that the sewer was on tn
other SIDE Did It smell and. il il ala. how
could II direct the root 10 20 and find the nlane
Win such precision The roots Of any piant
grow always and unerringly In the direction OF
It's food just as the eucalyptus tree dld.
Ayers Sarsaparilla contains Inatda %