The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| LIENS OF INTEREST.
EDWARD J. SAsDERLIS of Denver is the richest
colored man in the west. He made a fortune Of
$4,000 out of his barber shop.
Arthur RorHscHILD. son of the famous
banker. has sold his splendid collection Of post
age stamps for the sum of $4,000
IT Is OF interest TO general readers TO learn
that the familiar expression. Cleanliness is in
deed next TO godliness. is from John Wesley s
| sermon on dress
LETTER WRITTEN by George Washington in
i99l Introducing Winstanley, the painter. TO the
commander at Georgetown. was sold for seven
guineas at Sotherbys, England
p. t. BARNUM has presented TO the public Ii
| brary Of Bridgeport a scrap book containing all
| the illustrations and comments of the London
papers on his show while it was in that city.
The British museum possesses a collection of
old Greek advertisements printed Oh leaden
plates. The Egyptians were great advertisers
| tapyrus leaves more than 300 years old have
| been found at Thebes. describing runaway slaves
| and Offering reward for their capture.
IT is cHaoNIcIED that a down east parson had
the impudence to be provoked when the victim
| of insomnia went to him and said: "Parson N.
| the doctor says must get some sleep or can't
live. The medicine | have taken doesn't have
| any effect on me, and sent for you to preach
| me a sermon"
The Manhattan (Kan) Republic exposes
| fraud which is practiced by sharpers with
| double fountain pen and two kinds of ink. An
| agreement is made out with a writing fluid that
| fades and signed by the victim with ink that
| does not fade. Then entirely different
| agreement is substituted. and the dupe finds
himself confronted with promise to pay.
THERE is now more snow in the Yosemite and
on the surrounding mountains than has been
the case since 1859. Last year stages were run
| ming into the valley in April. though the travel
began in March. This year it is ex pected stages
will not be able to get toto the valley before
| May. This will be the season OF all seasons to
visit the valley, as the falls will be of remark
| able volume
A NEW MINERAL has been discovered in the
| vicinity of the little town of Homer. Ky, and
the Inhabitants of that place expect to realize
millions. The substance discovered is a black
pitchy formation and is of loamy appearance
| When placed in the fire it burns with a clear,
steady iame and makes a brilliant white light.
! 1t is entirely consumed by burning, leaving no
| ashes or clinkers.
| ENGLISH THIEVES are using a continuance
looking like ordinary walking stick, but
which is so arranged that by pressing spring
at the handle the ferrue will spread apart and
form sort of clip that win take hold of any
| thing that IS within reach. The stick is called
| the continental lifting stick and is used TO
| take goods from behind counters when the
| Shopmans back is turned.
| YALE STUDENTS desire to have it understood
| that blue is their color aud that crimson or red
| is the exclusive color of their rival. Harvard.
| Postmaster Sperry of New Haven had the large
double box on the Yale campus painted red
| few days ago. but some Yale men gave the box
| a very neat )at of blue II will probably not
be allow ed to keep its red color unless it is close
| ly watched by the police.
TRERE is dog in ST. Louis that is a regular
funeral goer While driving out the road to
Rail- I, h..x.
up and trot along beside the hearse No more
was thought of him until the grave was reached,
! ard there the big brindle was seen hanging on
| the outskirts Of the crowd, just as much inter
ested as any one. From that time on he has
been regular mourner, and he goes to every
| funeral that takes place.
| A CONTRIBUTOR TO the st Louis Globe. Demo
c1'dt says the boundary line between the United
| States and Canada is distinctly marked from
Lake Michigan to Alaska by cairns, iron pillars
| earth mounds, and timber clearings. There are
| 3Sl of these marks between the Lake of the
| Woods and the base of the Rocky mountains.
| The British place one post every two miles, and
| the United States one between every two British
| posts. The posts are of cast iron. and cast on
| their faces are the words, Convention of Lon
| don, Oct 20, 1915"
NJ. CoLoNNE the well-kuown Partisan conduc-
| tor. initiated new departure lately for which
| all orchestral players win bless him, He be-
| spoke the indulgence Of the audience for the
| shortcomings of one of the members of his band
| on the score of lndspostion. These excuses
are constantly being made for singers, hut IL a
| horn. or trumpet, or oboe player makes the
slightest slip in his part the great bulk of the
audience who are absolutely ignorant of the
| immense difficulties of these instruments. set il
| down TO incompetence, and abuse the offender
| accordingly.
II Is STATED that the Ktddderaddtsch, the
leading Berlin comic paper is preparing
| Bismarck Album" which is to contain the
whole of the humorous representations of the
! chancellor hitherto published by that periodical
| since the earliest appearance of Prince Bis
marck on the political field. 1t will contain
| about 250 cartoons, the oldest of which dates
| from the year 1S49, when Bismarck was mem
| Der of the Prussian second chamber. The car
toons will be- accompanied by the original text
| which they illustrated, and the album will APP
| pear on April next, the chancellors 18th birth
| day
THERE is a man eating tiger abroad now in
the Central provinces, India, says recent
number of the Allahabad Pioneer, which last
month had the temerity TO attack the chief
| commi soner's advance camp and carry
| off cook This animal is still killing at the
| rate of about two persons week, and
reward of go rupees is on its head. Not
| far off maI-eating igress has just been
| shot human kill at the foot of the
! Satpura hills, in the Baiaghat district Both
| these animals believed TO have been con-
| verted into man-eaters by bullet wounds
| from the native matchlock-fresh instances of
the mischief that IS done by the present system
| of rewards reward Of so rupees is enough TO
| induce any vlager to try his luck at pot shot
| with the frequent result of converting COM
| paratively harmless animal into a scourge OF
| the country side. whereas. If the reward were
| removed the shooting would be left TO the pro-
fessionai hunters, who would stiil find abundant
| nducement ia the value Of the skins and the
fees they would get from the villagers In cases
where tiger had become troublesome by his
! attacks upon cattle.
| LITTLE ELSIE LESLIE Of THE Prince and the
| Pauper' il a thorough little girl and not a hot
| house pro 1igy. She is now in Chicago. Every
| day she takes an exercising walk with her great
! friend and COMPLIANT of the company, Treasurer
| Metcalfe, ana Elsie always adm res the window
| displays along the street. The other afternoon
she was walking down State street when her at
tentton was attracted by the display of fine
/ exhibited in the window of one of the big retail
! houses ia that line After looking al
! it few moments she turned TO her escort
I, and said: Mr.. Metcalfe, my mamma is
| sick and think tbas il would buy her one
of those nice little cups and saucers could get
her to drink some tea, and it would do her lots
| of good Mr.. Metcafe said he would take her
| into the store and see what could be done.