The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TO-DAY visited the little shop where ex-
President Andrew Johnson piled the needle for
so many years in Greenville, Tenn, says a
writer In the Chicago Times. Just over the
door is the old faded sign, "A johnson, Tailor"
The shop Is occupied by fanny. Just in the
rear Of the shop is the little house in which
Andrew Johnson lived while he worked his
trade. Ths property now belongs to Irs. Pat
terson, Andrew Johnson's daughter. The resi-
dence occupied by Mr.. johnson after he left the
white house is on another street IL is evidently
very old house, but ha lately been repa nted,
and now mas quite fresh look. Mr.. Johnson's
law Office, a small one-story brick building. IS
used as storage room for a patent medicine
company.
SOMEWHAT exaggerated stories are told of the
difficulties encountered by Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague in her endeavors TO see the face of ner
dead son at Narragausett Pier this week. The
privilege, it is said, was denied her at ex-Gov.
Sprague house. At the church, contrary to
expectations, the lid was not rem owed from the
coinn, the undertaken explaining that the con
dltlon of the remains rendered it ineXpedient.
Sensational reports insisted trat the ex-gov-
ernor forbade him. The grief-stricken mother
followed her son to the place of interment near
Providence by train, bat still failed to see his
face, the lateness of the hour and the darkness
being given as the reasons for not opsnng the
coffin. The remains lie in the magnificent
family tomb of the Spragues
HERE is q list of scarce and costly drugs:
Three-pound bottle of alkaloid of aconitins,
SASS So quarter-ounce phial Of chelidonine aka
loid' new drug used in SKIN diseases, scrofula
and dropsy, SSS: cocoeine, about SlO per
pound flve-ounce bottle of true cotoin'
| Crystals of eaterin, a poison, used in cases
| OF hydrophobia aad lockjaw, prepared
from plant called South American
Indian arrow, is worth about Sl45 per
ounce. Among other costly drugs we might
mention the following and the lifferent sized
| bottles and phials in which taey are sold:
| Agaricin, AZ ounces, $3.50 colocynthin, Sh
| ounces, STATS. Besides the above there are
| various preparations made from the Calabar
bean, the cost Of which are amazing They are
chiefly used in diseases of the eye. The cost
hest OF these preparations from the Calabar is
physostigmine salicilate crystals, an aristo-
cratic drug that is Furnished to the customer
who is able to buy at the reasonable charge of
81 $1,000 for a Bounce phial!
SPEAKING of the statue of Gen. Stark, I'M
yelled at Concord, n H., the other day, the
Monitor of that city says: 1t was cast in
bronze at Chicopee, Mass from models de-
signed and executed by Charles conrads.
sculptor of the New Eng and Granite Works of
Hartford. Conn. and Concord, n. II. Gen.
Stark is shown in the military dress of his time
and stands in an easy and graceful position.
The face is strong and rugged and indicates the
determined Character of Gen. Stark and the
patriotic men whom he led to battle. The en-
tire hight of the pedestal is feet inches and
the statue is feet high. The entire weight of
the statue and pedestal is about twenty five
tons. The committee is to be congratulated.
not only on the good selection of a model but
also on the way in which the work has been ex-
ecuted by the contractors. The statue and
pedestal are handsome works of at, fitting
memorials of great man whom New Hamp.
Shire justly honors, and an ornament of which
the city and state may well be proud
A few days ago l was standing by an Amer
lean gentleman, says London Truth, when ex-
pressed a wish to know which point was the
north, He at once pulled out his watch, looked
at it, and pointed to the north | asked him
whether he had a compass attached to his
watch. "An Watches" he replied, ARE com
passes" Then he explained to me how this
was. Point the hour hand TO the sun aud the
south is exactly half way between the hour
and the figure XII on the watch. Point the
hand Indicating to the sun and ii on the watch
is exactly south. Suppose that it is s O'Clock,
point the hand indicating 10 the sun, and the
figure on the watch is due south. Ny Amer
icau was quite surprised that did not know
this. Thinking that very possibly was igno-
rant of a thing that every one else new, and
happening to meet Mr.. Stanley, asked that
eminent traveller whether he was aware of this
simple mode of discovering the points OF the
compass. He said that he had never heard Of
it. Ipresume, therefore, that the world is in the
same state Of ignorance. Amalh is prcui Of
having been the home of the inventor OF the
compass do not know what town boasts of
my American friend as citizen.
JOHN E. MEDMAN of Haddonfield, N. J., has in
his possession an autograph of King Louis
Philippe It was written in reply to letter
written to the king by Mr.. Redman's uncle, and
the following is its text: ''St. Cloud, 18th of
August, 1S37.-Sir: have received your kind
letter of the 10th of June, last aud I readily
comply with your request to answer In my own
hand your oblging inquiries. During my resi-
dence in the United States never went by any
other name than my own OF Orleans | have
known Mr.. Peter Guerrier in Philadelphia and
| later in the Havanas, but since that time, in
| 1893 | have never heard of MIN. and am totally
| ignorant of what may have been his fate.
| cannot believe that ne ever attempted to pass
| himself of for me, but of this am certain,
that never assumed his name, nor ever at
| tempted TO pass myself for him. l believe
never went to Haddonheld, but l am positive
that never lodged or boarded there at your
| fathers house or at any other. 1t is now sc
| long, about forty years since was in PhiladeI
| phia that my recollections are confused, but
| believe l dined there once in company with 8
| member of the Society of Friends whose name
/ was Redman. at the house of another membeI
| of the same society.
The ORIGIN of the Mexican coat-of-arms is e
be found in ancient traditions. Tne eagle was
the emblem of the primitive Mexicans, but wher
| Mexican independence was overthrown by Span
| ish conquest, new quarterings we're introduced
| and only so much of the original symbols re-
manned as would serve to emphasize the glory
| of the conquerers When our independence was
restored, a just regard for tradition led to the
rehabilitation of the ancient cost-of
arms The law OF April Il. 1923. directed thai
the arms should be ''the Mexican eagle.
resting on the left claw at the top of nora
(plant of the genus cactus) The noDal grow
on rock in the midst OF a lake. The eagle
| grasps serpent in his right claw and is In The
act of tearing it to pieces with its beak Two
| branches, one of laurel and the other Of ever.
| green oak, adorn these arms. Ia conformity
with the design employed by the ruler of the
first champions of Independence" The ale
CORY thus depicted is explained by the following
| legend: The Aztecs came from a remote coun
try called Aztlan, and. after long peregrination,
rested In Chapultepec. Inssmuch as they
were afflicted and beset by various insldious
enemies, who attacked them with the cunning
OF serpents, their priests sought for a spot il
which they might establish themselves perma-
nently. Finally they discovered a point on TIE
shore OF lake where an eagle, perched upon
an opal, was devouring serpent. This seemed
a good omen. aud, accordingly, they chose this
point believing that in so doing they were obey
ing the will of their gods. They founded there
the city OF Tenschutlan, which to-day, is the
populous City of MEXICO.
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