The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-29
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story is said to be a swarthy potentate named
I naiaia, whose kraal was lately reinforced by
certain unpTOvoked captures from a nei yhhor-
ing tribe. For this ofense sae was finsd e 300
I and for the greater offense OF refusing t. paw
was mulcted in the sum OF 81 900 and 800 head
of cattle. which the native Commissioned of the
Iransvaal fas now Set out to collect from this
! defiant Boadicea with TWO cannon and a force
I OF armed men.
! PORTABLE TELEPHONE APPARATUS, which can
be carried on train and attached anywhere to
/ Autograph wire in two or three minutes has
| been IN use on the Austrian state railroads for
Tour years Inc whole apparatus is contained
! IN box about inches wide, 20 inches long and
! AZ inches deep, and forms a ready means of
| hastY communication between any point on the
| lines and the adj cent stations. At the time Of
the fan Of bridge last year this apparatus gave
| golden service. as an emergency device it
| promises well.
A PHYSICIAN of Arsk, in the government of
kazan. has compiled statistics which show that
the greatest mortality OF pessa ants children
| occurs II the spring aud summer months when
| the mothers 20 out to work in the field and
leave their little ones to take care of themselves
| lie has piannei the establishment of day mr. =
| rl-s tyaStD where such peasant women can
| ave their children when they 80 out TO ", ~.
| me authorities of kazan have accepted his plan
1 ana committed il to the approval and revision
| of the medical council
A CURIOUS CASE is occupying the attention OF
| an eye physician in Berlin A government Off
cial sud ieniy fel i'll with opht halmia, and a
/ specialist was called in. The physician came to
tue inclusion Iuat the sickness had been com
| munlcated TO his patient, and as ed him
/ whether ne had been in the society of any per-
| son suffering from disease of the eyes. Think
| ing for moment, the patient replied that one
| evening" while at The tneater. he sat next TO
| Iady - no appeared to him 10 BE- suffering from
| an affection of the eyes, and that she had bor-
roWed his opera glasses.
AN EXHIBITION of a novel kind is planned in
| st. Petersburg The geographical and ethno-
graphical societies OF st. Petersburg and
| MOSCOW, the art academies and the historical
| museums. have for the last ten years collected
women s needlework from al! parts OF the cars
| empire IN Europe, Asia and Africa. Now they
| nave several thousand samples OF that work
| which represent the patience, abilities and
| taste of the women of various regions and
tribes. To this will be added the bis orical orna-
mentatlon OF garments, both male and female
| as we'll as pictures of the various peoples and
lands from which the needlework was col
| ected.
JOE JEFFERSON tells story of an old colored
man down on his Louisiana plantation His
servants there are strangers to the jefferson of
Ihe Ioothehts Out in the feds one day with
Genuine old-school darkey, the old fellow re-
marked with some treDidation: "Marsa jeff son
one those no count field hans tole me you was
one those comm sjuus one h-se play actors"
yes Thomas, have been in that business a
| good many years" The colored man. whose
Ideas OF the stage were connected with dancing
tumoln and the banjo, stared with bullying
eyes Al length he wistfuily proffered request.
| Say, Marse Jeff's sun, won't you cut up some
| shines here for old Tom?'
Iowa justices of the peace are very accommo-
| dating. The other night Justice Johnson of
| Des Moines and three constables made descent
| on gamoll room and captured thirty eight
| gamblers engaged in the exciting games OF faro
craps and draw poker AS the catch was a
little too numerous for successful trausporta-
ZION 10 the Office of the magistrate, he deter
mined TO administer justice on the spot. He
TOOK up his position in the dealers chair behind
tue green table and opened court Nearly all
pleaded guilty, and for nearly an hour the
judge dealt out justice at SO per deal When
ne rose from the table the game had to be post
poned on account OF lack Of funds to continue.
SITTING BULL said western man, twas
one of the shrewdest and most willy Indians
that ever lived. He had every Indian prejudice
TO contend against in his early life. He was
not chief, but a medicine man. He was not a
fighter, but by his natural ability and indomi-
table VIII he gradually overcame great chiefs
and out tripped them in thu race for tribal supe-
rlorty. In tie end he became the indisputable
leader of his people, but he was always REGARDED
as a usurper By less fortunate chiefs. He had
many enemies among them, and it is doubtful
IL any OF the more powerful chiefs of the Sioux
WI grieve much over the sudden and tragic
end OF the famous old rascal, for he was rascal
OF the most treacherous aud cruel stamp"
SECRETARY WINDOW expressed to a Senator
his opinion of the proposition OF Senator Stan
| ford to lend money to the farmers at per
cent upon their lands Secretary Window
| gravely informed his caller that he favored Mr..
| Stanford's proposition if he could add three
| amendments to it. The first amendment was
| that the loan should bs extended to all classes
| of property. There is no reason, he said. why
| a special class should be favored The second
| would be to lend MONEY to men who had brains
| but no property. His third amendment was to
lend simply upon the title of American citizen
snip to men who are so unfortunate as TO
| possess neither brains nor property. With these
| three amendments Mr.. Window, with a cae-r-
| Tul smile, said the proposition would undoubt-
| eddy be hailed with great outbursts OF popular
| approval.
| THE St. Petersburg melomaniacs are highly
| displeased with their Moscow brethren. Adelina
! Patti is to sing in the two Russian lpitals in
| January but while the St Pete sbury people
| are crowding to buy tickets for her concerts,
| anc paying high prices for them, their brethren
| or Moscow take the matter coolly, and it is
| feared they will not even pay as much as the
| divas contract calls Tor. The practical Mosko-
| vtes are under the impression that Patti has
| grown too old to perform the artistic wonders
| she has performed before The ST. Petersburg
| lovers of music are still attract ID by her fame
| and enthusiastic oyer their recolectonJ of her
| rare gifts The Russian press is unanimous in
| discouraging the concerts of the diva. The re-
cent though false, reports that Patti was a
| JegeSs. are the cause of the attacks which tie
| press makes upon her.
STANDING talking t. gent eman in Utopia.
Tex, one day, VINO was just from the states,
says the Galveston NeDs, a cowboy passed
going on gailop through the village He had
o. leRgings, jackets, spurs and wide hat He
is a cowboy. | suppose" remarked the man
Yes. replied. Now don't ne feel big" he
continued, with all that rigging onY" mo,
sir, " answered, "he does not. That is the
only kind of rig he can successfully run cattle
in, AMI he is not aware that he is exciting any
pecial attention. Those strong legglngs and
jacket protect him from the thorns aud brush
through which ne som times has to run at full
speed TO head of a wild steer. Those large
| spurs are to make his pony go quick when he
goes to rope an animal That wide brimme /
hat il to protect bis face from the burning suo
in this southern climate. That cowboy belongs
to the church, and next Sunday YOU may see
him in The congregation, dressed UP as neat as
pin, and likely teaching class in the Sunday
| school"
THERE is a suspicion that the Princess Maud
of Wales is in love and averse to accept any of
the matches which affectionate relatives have
proposed for her. One of these is Ie nephew
of her uncle-in-law, Prince Christian, an the
step-great nephew of Queen Victoria namely,
Gunth-r, Duke of Augustenberg. His sister is
the German empress, and the young man is
fairly rich. But there is more than a faint OF
lunacy in his family, his mother having long
been in private asylum near Gratz. When
Princess Maud was 10 Germany she passed of
sometimes rs a Miss Wolf, s)metimes as a Miss