The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-24
PERSON Al.

JOSEPH WETZLER, q prominent electrician,
predicts that the time will soon come when we
shall nave light with heat las in the sac of the
lightning bug and the gow-worm."
T. BAILEY ALDRICH, who is a recent victim Of
the gri compares the sensation to that of "a
mistit Skull that is TOO tight across the fore
head and that pincAes behind the ears"
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD has charmed the Japa-
nese. He was feted ami cared fr in the most
hospitable manner by that people, and his ad-
dresses proved as interesting to them as to
English or American audiences.
The REV. DR.. WILLIAM A. HARRIS, who died
the other day at Washington, D. c., came from
the family that founded Harrisburg. Pa He
was one of the oldest Masons in Washington,
aud was conspicuous member of the fratern-
ity.
In February the Prince of Wales will go to
Cannes, aud will stay snort time with Lord
and Lady Brooke at Beaulieu He will visit
Nice for the carnival, and Will then return TO
Cannes, where he will spend the greater part of
the month, Durn, his absence on the conti-
nent the Princess of Wales and her two daugh-
terS Will remain at Sandringham.
IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED that there was a
Count Bismarck 50 years ago in Wurlemberg,
who became a lieutenant general. was life
member OF the local HOUSE Of Lords, received
great honorS and decorations, and tlnalls died
highly respected in h S 9th year There was
also Won Motke in Wurtemberg at the same
time who became major general.
AN American who recently saw the King a d
Que n Of Portugal says: The king is a fine
looking young man, about 80 years of age de-
cidedly oude, of medium hight we'll built and
WITH era eful carriage. The queen, who is a
daughter of the Comte de Paris, Is cons dered
beautiful, but if she were not a queen would
probably be called simply very pretty
woman"
BISHOP CRowTHER of Africa. who is at present
in London, has had a remarkable history
When a lad on the Benue river, he was torn
from his mothers side by slavers, and, after
months Of misery on the coast, was shipped in
a slave ship for America One of the most ro-
of a century after his capture, an old woman
rushed from crowd of natives to whom he was
preaching, threw her arms around his neck.
and he found she was his mother.
MAX O'RELL thinks this is a great country.
but the people mt know how to enjoy it, He
says Here one sees the exemplilicatinn Of
push, pro sreSs. invention IL is 8 wonderful
JOY life like our people. The French are the
happiest people in the world. They are salts
fled TO take q little at a time in all undertake
ings. Here there is such pushing aud crowd
what happiness is. You must keep pace with
the procession or drop out and be lost"
REV ROBERT CoLLYER said recently: mot
many men know how to behave wnen they
give minister his fee for marrying them 1t
seems to embarraSS them for some reason.
remember once out IN Indiana that a man
whom l had just united in marriage to a very
comeiy young wo nan gave me $40 for the fee
AS he did 50 he blushed and stammered Then
he said With perfect candor: 4 would like to
give you more, doctor and-and | will next
time His bride overheard him, and looked at
him in queer way, but he evidently dldnt re-
alize what he had aid in his embarrassment. p"