The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-25
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: PEOPLE in the Transvaal. says Labouchere in
bis Truth. are hugely amused at the absurd fuss
which We have been making about Stanley His
so-cal-ed exploits excite nothing but derisiol
E Tor there are dozens Of old Dutclmea who have
T performed the actual journey that Stanley has
taxed 50 much about AMI who think nothing of
I It. They know all about the DARK forest the
dwaris they cali them ''Vaalpensies,' or bush
B mem and nothing that Stanley can tell them Is
/ really news. In fact, friend Of mine who
/ knows what he is saying. assures me that any
I old Dutch farmer would be prepared to do all
I that Stanley has done, and never even Ia Ike the
/ trouble 70 mention Il 10 his friends.
| ScHARwENKA, the composer. weat to Phila-
delphla to attend q reception given him by the
Utopian Club. Before going to the reception
ne un 1ertook TO get an American shave. with a
colored barber to do the deed In the middle Of
the shave, Just as the barber had his razor at
Scharwenka's throat, band in the street struck
up one Of bis polkas. Scharvenka Jumped out
OF the Guar, his face all iather, rushed to tine
door, and blessed that baud With outstretched
arms AS DO did so the colorsd barber said:
b gosh, dat man came most near gettin' his
throat cut. Jes' about half inch mo- an he d
| bin dead Dutchman. Tell you what il is Won
{ m'lss hab yo' eyes open on dem Dutchmen
hts dis yere hot weather.
THE AMERICAN SILVER DOLLAR now contains
4l25 grains Troy weight. Nine-tenths of this
Is 10 say, 3sl.25 grains pure silver and 81 25
grams OF copper. In coin calculation the COP =
per is counted or no value A Troy ounce con
talns 70 pennyWeisyhtS of 24 grains each or 1SO
grains. AS 37l14 grains of silver are contained
IN an American silver dollar, and there are $50
grains Troy weight in an ounce We ascertain
toe par or silver by the following proportions
VIZ: As Bin :4S0: 100 giving the fourth term
or the par value of silver oy the Troy ounc0 to
l<s29, or little over 1924. The gold dollar
contains 25.s grains Troy, aud of this weight
% IS pure gold and the rest an ALLOW. copper
ana silver The ratio of silver to gold is usu lly
stated as 10 TO !, as is times the % % grains In
the gold dollar equals about 311.25 grains -
At6dng Argus.
OK Glade Mountain, West Virginia. resides
the ''coincident Fra aklns, family which is
in one respect at least, the most peculiar of ary
IN the whole country. The Frankns are fam
lily OF coincldencaS. The father and mother
were married on Oct IA They have had nine
children all of whom were born on Oct ID
FIVE OF the nine are dead, and, strange to say,
every single one of them breathed his last on
tie Hateful Oct IA. The name of the head of
the family is Joshua Franklin. He
was confederate soldier and was
6S1 Cd pthes ,.;,,o, twiGe and had two
all four of these mishaps Ind misfortunes of
war occurred on the memorable Oct. IA. In the
nelghborhood where the Franklin family lived,
and, in fact four miles outside of their imme.
date latitade, the Fra klins of Glade noun
tam are looked upon with superstitous awe 1t
is said that not single human being who
knows OF the mystery surrounding the family
can De prevailed upon to stay in the house or
about the premises on either the day or night of
Oct IA"
MEMBER of the York county CMe.) bar gave
a wonderful exhibition of candor in the Saco
court the other day He had been engaged bv
me defendant ia a criminal case, aud the trial
had been set for O'Clock in the morning The
court room was crowded at that hour. but the
defendants counsel failed to put in an appear.
ance Half an hour passed Finally the door
opened and in walked the tardy LAWYER II was
very evident, says the Lewiston Journal that
nquld rel eshment, other than coffee had been
taNen ong with his morning meal. Approach
ing the judges desk, he glanced up and down
the room, manufactured very elaborate
smile SIM e. twlried ms spectacles string over the
END or his finger AMI broke out with: Your
honor, 1t Will be utterly impossible for me to
Try TINS case this mOrnng. l ask that it be
postponed for day or so" ION what grounds
90 you as for poStponement?n was the query
or the court. Because | N (hic) drunk: that's
just why" came the candid response, The
prosecuting attorney raised no objectio1 to
the appeal for a continuance, SO the iudge
postponed the trial for a week.
WHILE Will am Harris and his son James
were at the McKim farm, on the West Vir
GINA side of the river after calves for butcher
ing, dispatch from Steubenville O. saws two
horses. hitched to the side of the barn, slipped
their bride and started to run away Harris
SCCIlS Vic IulldNd y. ITleO 10 head tSa hOr
causing them 10 turn and go through a fence
into yard where there were thirty beehives
Inree hives were knocked over by the horses
AZ that time thousands of lees swarmed over
the horses. which lay down in the harness moan
ing plteously AS young Harris could NOT sea
the horses suffer, he cut the traces with a hutch.
er knife while the es attacked him He started
the horses on. When loose from the Cattle
crate the horses ran in all directions in the
field, uttering unnatural squeals at times roll.
ing IN the grass, moaning terribly. One horse
lay doWa IN creek, where it rolled and
snrleked until death ended its sufferings The
other horse was caught and hay burned rndar
1t, but the horse died in a short time Both were
nne animals. Young Harris was stung badlv
put he was hathed IN tub of soda water, coun-
teractlng the poison. His stings are not serious
IVAN PETRoFF, special agent IN charge of tn
collection of the census of Alaska, and stationed
at Muchegak, Koskokaim district, has written
the census otnce under the date of July a.
stating that the work is progressing fairly we'll
out tnat 1t is hampered in
s5e Prevalence 1ea yet peculiar manner by
end Of the eastern epidemic seems to have
reached that country, aud to have settled thera
MT. Petroff states at at the time of writing he
was about leaving for a distant point and
would accomplish his journey as sneediIv ~
possible in the face of the numerous difficulties
he states that the grip prevails to such an ex
tent as to seriously interfere with his work as
ne mas IL dIIncult to obtain the services of
workmen in any capacity. Paddlers for the
canoes OF himself and assistants are obtained
only with great difficulty Those suffering,
from the dlseass are in many cases untitled for
EFFORT, ana lose the inclination to work Mr.
Petrof, however, believes that ne will cornnieta
his work in the prescrb ID time and is certain
that II the revenue steamer Bear stops at fine
points agreed upon in the tins agreed unon
mat some OF tho material for the census of
Alaska will lie in Washington Oct l.
HE FRENCH AUTHORITIES. it is said, have beer
frightened by the solitary and problematical
case Of Asiatic cholera in London into subiAct.
ing all travellers arriving from England to ths
same quarantine regulations that are in force
on tte spanish frontier. For on enterine
france from the Peninsula. not only the linz
gage, Out also the clothing worn by the traveller
Is dlslntected-6rst, by means OF sJ4ann nndsr
hgn pressure, and then by being put into
hot air chamber. Cabins are provided WHARF
the passengers are forced to undress and
remain while their clothes are being subrnitteS
70 this dlsintecting process, winch ia
fatal to all valuable dresses A Still worse fata
however, is in store for any traveller who an
pears 70 the sanitary inspector to show trar.s 6f
ill-health. lie is Immediately requested to stsn
INTO an ADJOINING room. where after heinz
stripped, he undergoes a medical examinatioI
His pulse IS felt, his muscular strength tasted
and, Ii doubts are still entertained he is sant 70
an lnhrmary, where is bathed, put to bed and
carefully watched for ten days The onIv ner-
sons who appear to enjoy these ouaranfina
regulations are the Paris dressmakers, who and
their summer business largely increased nv the
number or ladies' whose gowns have been
ruined by the disinfecting process at the
frontier. VIC