The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-25
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4 The toilets are very ricH aud very simple. The
most beautiful is roscoe orsd crepe founced
Win oid and costly Valenciennes. robe for
AGTl nee LecouFrier'' is an exquisite wcite
silk embroidered with gold. Worth has de-
signed recently q number of oriental looking
robes - be trimmed with tie Russian lace
which IS the latest fancy.
PRESENCE OF MIND is a valu able attribute in
mans makeup. and often snatches the prize
for which gold vainly scrambles For instance
the sale OF Washington family relics IN Pna
oeIphla last weeg was attended b. dozens Of
wealthy men who desired 10 add to their col
lections among other things an autograph
cnecx drawn by GEORGE Washington under date
OF July 3. 1877. Did any OF these nabobs can
ture the coveted slip Of payer. Not much.
somebody endowed with presence of mind had
quietly stuck the ancient cheek in his pocket
before the days sale began.
IT Is NOT oFTEs that a wife's jealousy brings a
fortun TO husband, yet one " the most uros-
porous artists in America is said to owe his s,,c
cs-S and popularity TO that caus. He beyaD
ais professional career as painter of female
uEures, mainly OF ladies' in fashionable g tire
ne hiarriei, and his wife exhibi ed a strong dis
IKE Tor his pract ce of working from female
models In Snort. she was jealous. He was
90 lged to promise that he would not employ
any NOR women models. and he shifted his Ire
o. wo K into totally diffe ent field The result
was that he became famous for ms nex
spec atty and rich from his sales
IHE supreme court of North Carolina has
NED an opinion in an important and noval case
$4,000 DANA Ss suit, brought BY ]. t. Yonnz
~ ". raven county against the Western Union
lie egraph Company. Last year Youne,,s 1rif1.
Went TO tireenviile, s. O. ard thsra nscs ~ a
severely H. Her husband was .iegranhed -
9uI tne telegram was not delivered until six
omrleI, Young not knowing Of ither fact iii
a gu was over Inc superior court overruled the
demurrer OF the Western Union and Id ,hat
ths a tlon was properly laid, and that the plain
III was entitled to damages Tue defendant
without waiting for tbe case to come Ia trial
sppealed to the supreme court. which sustains
the opinion of tie superior court
The executors Il the late Marquis de Urauiio
nave paid into the Spanish treas Iry succes sion
uutles amounting TO nearly Si0O,S1o on his for
tune, which exceeded SIS 00O0oo The dscaas 81
oegan lie p tnnIleSs lad in an obscu :, Ras1,1e
Vna2e, aud that his fortune reached SO vast a
sum Ia less than nalf a century is the more
S;"i ,sd waen one consider ths commer-
Siai anu industrial stagnation which prevails In
SPAIN lie was made may or Of Madrid and a
senator, and his abilities even cays him a Mace
a.nohS the Castilhan aristocracy for he ed a
Rranoee or Saain. Hs has loft 800 900 in b.e
quests 10 charities in his native provinces msnv
o. t wol;h he founded himself he also left
sluo,O.O for masses to be said in various
SSuurches IN Madrid andsVittoria, in the Provl-
dence OF Bscay.
COL" ROBERT G. INezRsoLL was invited to dine
with a party of literary and scientific people.
- hcoAbt hCCcptcQ the invitation. The
ulnner hour came, out not the colonel He was
tlephoned to. and then he arrived nearly an
nour ATE Il left Washineton this morning. :"
was his explanation; reached home very tired i.
| took rest; did some work; dressed for dinner
ana Iofgot all about your invitation As was
aled at the he I'd OF my own table received
your teiepnone message and was dismayed at
| my negligence. The party at my table kindly
volunteered to furnish me with acceptable ex-
cuSes -t1at the train was late; that had over
sept myself; that was Unexpectedly detained
Dy DuSlheSS, and so on But my daughter looked
at me, and said: Do you think papa, that they
are the sort OF people that one can tell lie to
satlStact orilyy Gentlemen do not think so;
ana, therefore, tell you the exact truth, and
THROW mYself upon your mercy forgot all
about this dinner" For his daughter sake he
was excused.
PHYSICIAN who was confidential told a
visitor that all physicians with any practice
had a bore bell. "And what may a bore bell'
bey askei his visitor. "A bore BELL" said
the doctor, lis an invisible bell arranged some
wher6 in the room, though generally in the
moor near the char where a physic, an is uSu-
agy seated at the time he receives his patients
when feel that have given the last conner
enough or my time quietly put my foot on the
secret spot in the floor, and before any one can
say Jack Robinson, NY man has appeared and
announced that | have a telegram, or tliat
some one wishes Co see me immediately The
patient naturally bows j Rself out you see it is
generally a woman, and by means of my little
subterfuge am free OF course do not mean
~ say tuAt dui ODugtQ 10 U.s. Jno Cell every
time receive a woman Patient! But tell you
have found it q lucky escape sometimes 1t
is all very we'll to listen to account OF the all
inents and give the required amount Of
sympathy to the patient before you, but when
she drags in all he relatives tn re has to be
stopping plase-therefore the bore bell"
The late August Belmont once told the writer
on the Monmouth race track. that his horses
would not win because flock of blaclSbirds
had crossed his path tSat morning. - saw the
blackbirds IL tie field" he related, and said
to myself, II they fly across I stall lose.' SO
walked my team carefully carefully. But no
Just as I came opposite. the birds flew in front
of me, wheeled about and crossed me ayain
shall not 90 the stables. | have sent for my
trainer to tell him it is Of no use trying to win
to day. At another time he was in radi
ant spirits because a little bird had flown
| into his bathroom. and allowed itself 90 BE- fed
II shall have good luckI' he exclaimed. swat
and you shall see." That day he won three
| principal races. Indeed, curious phase OF his
| superstitions was that they generally turned
out to be correct When he felt that he was
going to lose he did lose; when he imagined
that be would win he did win. This may be
expla ned by coincidence, or by the fact that
his trainer and Jockeys were shrewd enough 10
humer his whims knowing that he would rather
justify his superstitions than capture q iacs
But, whatever the explanation, the fact that
such man should be subject to such caprices
is wonderful
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD relates this Japanese tale:
AT Tue Time OF Ine iiterce STRIFE between the
Shotgun and the loyalists, vino were for re-es-
tablishing the ancient regime Count Ito was
paying hi addresses to the lady who is now his
wife. While he was a fugitive from his enemies
they tracked him to her house, and chose q
band OF soshis TO aSsassiaate him. The noise of
their dogs and the rafting of their scahbards
was heard. and the count drew his Blzen blade
and prepared to die as Japanese lord Should
amid circle of dead foes But the brave
lady removed the flreboX over which they
were sitting and, lifting W the mating
! and the planks beneath, induced her
| lover to conceal himself In the hol-
| Japanese houses The murderers broke into
| the room just as the 1rebox had been replaced
and the countess had assumed a position or
noncnalance. They demanded their victim,
| and when she protested a aiust their intrusion
| and bade them search il they wanted Ito, the
wretches dragged her out the apartment by
| her long, beautiful black hsir-now touched
| with silver-and previously maltreatsd her, b t
| could not shake her resoluts fidelity. Tanks
| TO this Count to- the hero of many another
| strange adventure, escaped from the chief peril
| of his career. and has lived to give his country
| new constitution, and to be one of toe fore
| most and best reputed statesmen of modern
| times.
AT THE MOUTH Of Bellingham bay, eight miles
from Whatcom, Wyo., is Eliza Island, one Of
the eastermost of the archipelago. extending
| from Belngham bay past Rosario straits to the
| Canal de Haro and beyond. 1t is not large
island having only about 100 acres, bat it Is I'M