The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-05
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A FAIR FIELD (ME.) PASTOR took for his text
last Sunday the words: Gold and silver have l
not, but such as have l give unto you" One
OF the pillars Of the church listened attentively
70 the discourse, and when the box was passed
found that the text exactly described his finan-
cal condition. so he wrote it on slip of paper,
signed his name and put it into the contribution
box IL is said TO be the only text he ever re-
membered until he got home.
THE most extraordinary precautions were
adopted at Buda-Pesth lately, when the En-
press of Austria arrived there, in order to pre-
vent any one from seeing her majesty. Nobody
was allowed to be on the platform except the
emperor, and the passage which the empress
anu her attendants passed through was also
kept Gear, for even the railway officials were
ordered away, and people were forbidden TO ap-
proach within 100 yards of the station.
BRowNING was at dinner at the house OF
friend last summer when he saw the phono-
graph for the first time. He was greatly inter
ested in it. and started to repeat to it THE Ride
from Client to AK" When half through he
stopped suddenly and exclaimed: Good gra-
cous! I've forgot the rest!' The monograph
dutifuiy repeated all he had said, including the
exclamation at the end, an the film upon which
the poets language was impressed is now pre-
served as precious relic
London Truth calls attention to the fol-
lowing illustration of the anomalies re-
sulting from the preposterous English rates
for ocean postage" letter from any
part OF the United States goes to India for 2l5
pence. From England the postage is pence.
The United States letters are actually trans
mitted through England. That is to say, let
ter may come from san Francisco to New York,
thence to Liverpool and thence to India for half
the postage of letter from Liverpool to India.
THE WAY in which monkeys catch land crabs
around Singapore is thus described: The monkey
lies down fiat on his stomach, feigning death.
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in every direction, thousands of little red and
yellow crabs soon make their appearance, aud.
after suspicously cycling for few minutes Tire
brown fur of the monkey, they slowly and
cautiously slide up to him, in great glee at the
prospect for a big feed off the bones of Master
Jacko. The latter peeps through his half-closed
eyellds, and fixes upon the biggest of the as
sembled multitude. When the crab comes
within reach out dashes the monkeys arm, and
off he Scampers into the jungle with a cry of
delight to discuss at leisure his cleverly earned
dinner.
IN CONNECTION with the approaching removal
of the Manhattan Club into the Stewart man
sion. says the New York World, it is to be noted
that the present club house Is owned by the
club. The building however, is on leasehold
property, which belongs 70 the Van Buren,
estate, whose land extends in every direction
| from Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue. The
| old Van Buren, mansion stands on the north
side of fourteenth street, near Fifth avenue.
garden. over whose verdant fields the cows and
| sheep are occasionally seen to wander in the
warmer months of the year. The lease of the
! ground on which the club house is built is for
| twenty-one years, and does not expire for sew
/ eral years When it does expire another lease
| is to be made and the rental fixed by reap
| praisement of the value Of the land. How
| much the house and the lease are worth is not
| definitely known but the sale of them, together
with the ale of the furniture the .cluo will not
need in its new quarters, will bring, it is esti-
mated, about $4,000. The club has no indebted
| ness.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE was recently made by
an engineer and fireman on the Baltimore and
Ohio road, and is told of in the Safety VdEue.
The boiler of their locomotive exploded, blow
| ing the locomotive almost 60 pieces The force
| of the explosion was such to even damage
the track and tear up the platform in the vicin-
| ity, while a carload of furniture which was
standing a short distance away on another
| track looked as though it had been subjected to
| a half hours bombardmentl by field piece. In
| few moments a large crowd was attracted
| to the scene, and a search was at once insti-
| tuted for the engineer and fireman. 1t was
| supposed, as a matter of course, that both men
| had been killed. but, TO the great surprise of
all, both men were not only alive but compare
| lively well. Cunningham, the engineer, had
| quite an experience. He was thrown by the
| force of the explosion over the freight cars
| which were standing on the side track, clear
| across the Baltimore and Ohio right of way
| and the track of the Ohio River railroad, and
| finally alighted in an old corn field He was
not much the worse for his rapid transit, and
| when it is considered he cleared 100 feet at one
| flying leap, his escape seems little short of
| got on his feet and was walking back to where
| his engine had stood. The fireman, a man
named Goehring, was found between two cars,
| bleeding from few slight cuts.