The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-15
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An IRATE WOMAN enteed shop the other day
aad accostei one of tie assistants: I've come
! TO find out what you mean by char yng one a
ooiiar on saturday nj mt for tiiaJ tabls cloth,
and selling Mrs. Ferguson one just like it on
! Monday for IS cents. Didn't you say it was my
/ last cnance 10 get one so cheaD?e You Ii iStook
/ me, madam, responded the ready clerA; II
| So VS. ol. last chance to get one for
dollar And it WIS. for we put them down to
| 20 cents on Monday morning"
The deepest mine in the world is believed o
| be that of OF Saint Andre du PORTER, France.
1t produces 100000 tons of coal in year. aud
| is worked by uiea IS of Two shafts one 800 ami
| III other go metres deep. Tue latter is to be
carried down TO 300 metres soon. strangely
enough, the te nperaturs OF the Workings never
SURPRISES a degrees c. or ABOUT 70 degrees
ar. whereas Ia tue C)a.s5ock stlN er mine ON
the Pacific coast, which is not re@rly So deep.
TIE mperatIre reaches IS de yrees c.
lizard an odd bit of repartee in a barber
50 - on Eighth avenue few days ago. The
boss barber was conversing in English WITH
Gu Toner when ne broke on suddenly AMI BEGAN
! talking in German. A third Gentleman, as a
! sort of playful reouke. remarked: Don you
/ know that 1t is i'm Ollie 70 converse IL Ian
gulge that is not uadersteo by all present"
What. said the narseE, don't you under.
sta I'd Germ my "No,o said the other. We'll,
| was tae response, "ydu- ought 60; you've beeu
in tnis country long enough"
SAMMY had been told that if be would be good
he might 20 into the next rloIn and take a look
at his new baby or ,taer sammy promised and
| was admitted. he stood Tor some momen.s
| LOOKING IN silence az tie dimiuutIve LnorS. Il OF
humanity, and tnen as freed his mind. Il don't
know what they're goify to eait you, bub,'' he
| seid. ''OIt know n had everything fixed for
goin' hsoin' to-da4-4baet dug al everything,
| ADD ROW you've c0nae along an spoiled the
wlole programme, i ca il q doggone small
piece OF business, that's wat fcaI it."
a CENSUS enurnerr 2r in Bates county, No.
had been unfortunate financially. and had Dor
| rowed small sums from an extended circle OF
acquaintancss. His appointment was hailed
out of his difficulties When las sc edul IS were
turned IN they fooJed-up sc vsraI lun Ired below
| what the actual population was known to be,
| from local count made shortly before, aud
Wnen the people began 10 comp are notes they
| found that tue enumerator had arefully
avoided gong to the houses OF all creditors.
THOMAS MoaRIs, brakeman on the Fort
| Wayne, now carries his right arm in a sling, as
the result of buying some bananas. as he AYERS
He saw some delicious big yello~ ones in a
| store, ID bought bag. The moment he
| opened the bag a Unlocking fly few out and
| ahghtsd on the foreiinger OF the right nand.
| Mr. Morris felt SINGING sensation on tne.
! finger. out thought nothing of il until four or
! five days later, wnen the finger began TO swell,
| and then the hand and arm, until he is greatly
| concerned for fear he may lose the use of his
| arm -1r-a5 p
| A WORK OF great historical interest and Pc
culiar value will shortly be deposited in the
British museum 1t viii come through Ii e
| Asiatic society of Bengal which has succee led
| in procuring it under somewhat singular cdr
| cumstanc-s. Tnrough5the agency of a native
| emissary, and after IRepy years correspond
| ence, the soctety- has secured iron Thioet
| copy OF the 'Slngym,' a monster encyclopaedia
| of Thibetan Buddhism pEft comprises 225 vol
| umes. each OF which istwo feet long by six
| iuches thick. Three Thousand rupees formed
| the price for the " ofle, which was formerly in
| the possession of a Buddhist monastery in
| Tnibet. n v,- -,,ves-
| WIND vELocITIEs differgreatly according to
locality. even on land. where they are usually
| lower than at sea. They are higher at Sandy
| Hook, for Instance, than on the Equitable
| an elevation tpan on ths eartn's surface;
| greater, norma ". in the winter than in sum
mer and greatefsin early afternoon hours than
| in the early morning. The mean hourly velocity
| at the sig Ial service station in New YORK city
| for about fourteen years was reported in 1855
to be "a miles. while at Hatteras it was lag
| Probably the verest blast recorded by the
| signal service in New York was: experienced on
| Feb 26. 1886 when for a few minutes a speed
| was attained computed to be at the rate of 81
miles an hour.
The DOG of the season seems to be the great
| Dane. TIE vogue of the pug is a Thing of the
past. and tbs fancy which women Of more or
| less extreme TENDENCIES showed Tor bulldogs
! has died from its own eXtrav2 gauce. The Danes
are about the size of well developed tigers ana
resemble those creatures in general appearance.
| Their huge muscles stand ont their shoul-
| derS and hauncnes and their close cropped hair
| short ears. and massive Jaws give the n fierce
| and, IN some instances, an awe inspiring ap.
| pearance. People, shrink from the dog in the
| streets as a rule, bit there is no necessity for
fear. The huge animals are mile and in
| offensive as kittens, and their temper il so
equsble that nothing short of the most,serious
kind OF an imposition will drive them to r, sent
| ment.
AN ODD CONTINGENCY has arisen in Iceland
1t has been known that for long time con
| siderable emigration has been in progress to
Canada and the United States. But the extent
| to which this has multiplied was OF realized
| until the present year, when the publication of
| the official record demonstrated that 400
natives, or more than onc-fourth of the en:ir,
| population of the country. have removed. The
| result is that taxation is hi n, while property
| values are daily depreciating. In CONSEQUENCES
| there is much complaining In addition toe
harvests this wear have nearly all failed and It
is feared a famine will yet prevail. The only
! feasible way out, it appears. is for the remain
| ing lcelanders TO close up and all come to the
| states. Tney ara mostly industrious and rs-
spectacle and would develop into go)d citizens
THE FADs of actresses and actors form a
curious study. Nearly every person on the
stage any length of time berays a leaning to
| some particular thing outside of her or his Iro,
| feSsion, conspicuous weakness The lovely
! Sadie Martinez whose i'm ported dresses excite
the woman world has aweaXness for her pretty
self. She uses paper with an etching of herself
in one corner. Georgia Cayvau has q collection
| OF thirty scrap books. Emma Carson and
Marie Jansen like cats Rose Coghan spends a
| great deal of time a couple OF b z dogs
| given her by Lester Wallack Herbert
K KeilIeieyd who divides time with Bob
| wears an overcoat. Lille Alliston
has rare bric-a-brac picked up 10 the Orient
Minnie Palmer goes in for etchings Stuart
Robson is said to love old books. Francis Viii
son is crazy on the subject of Napoleon. He
has big bronze bust of the emperor, given
him by some Columbia College students whom
| he coached in amateur theatricals. Wilton
Lackaye has unique collection of fencing
toils. Lapgtry has many fine photographs vii h
autographs. Molll- Thompson is proud of her
four banJos. Harry Edwards goes in for bugs
He is an authority on entomology. Mines
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