The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-09
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colleges next fall in St Petersburg and Moscow.
and plan for establishing commercial colleges
for women in various large cities 10 the empire
is in preparation
WHERE is there a more ludicrous and at the
same time pathetic inscription, asks the New
York Sun than that chiseled upon the perpetu-
ally empty horse trough in Mail street: Drink,
Patient Friend -
WHILE farmer was driving TO Grand Haven,
Mich, on load Of hay. his wagon wheel rubbed
against the rack and the friction generated
fire. The hay was consumed. but the farmer
escaped with his horses
If RAZOR is in fairly good condition and not
in need of the oil-stone it may soon be whetted
to fine edge on the palm Of the hand
or the inner side of the forearm. The lat
ter is best if it is free Of hair.
A POPLAR LOG cut in Logan, W. Va, few
days ago, measured 90 feet in length, SO inches
in diameter. 1000 cubic feet and q, l25 feet
board measure. This log alone is large enough
TO build good-sized frame house.
H. WALTER WEBB of New YORK, who some
weeks ago was stricken blind while in his Office,
returned from Europe on Wednesday in the
steamer Majestic. He went to Europe to con
suit the best oculists, and has come back COM
pletely cured.
IT is ANNOUNCED that the first public appear
ance of Stanley on his return to America will
be at the Metropolitan opera house. New York,
Nov. II. when he will deliver an address for the
benefit of the fresh air and convalescent home
at Summit. n J.
The CHIEF OF THE POLICE of Moscow has is
sued orders that those who sell newspapers or
other printed matter in the streets shall not be
allowed to pursue their vocation if they are not
dressed in proper uniform, or if they do not
appear clean and tidy.
THE FACT that the waves in the North sea
differ in shape when caused by northeast wind
under high pressure from those caused by a
southeast wind with low barmeter is considered
as proof that the air in an anti-cyclone is a
descending current and the air in a cyclone an
ascending current.
PROF. SAMUEL CUsHMAN. apiarist of the Rhode
Island agricultural experiment station, main
tains, the result of personal observation,
that bees do no damage to growing or fair fruit
The juice of fruit Is, in fact, injurious TO them;
and they do not attack sound fruit, but only
bruised fruit. or that which has been previously
injured by other insects
LIGHTNING struck the chimney on the resi-
dence of John NJ Giltner, near Elliot. Mont
gomery county, Iowa Mrs. Gtner was pre-
pairing breakfast and the bolt passed within
TWO feet of her and killed dog under the
house. Mrs Giltner'S sister was sleeping in
bed with her head close to where the lightning
assed down the chimney and was shocked
severely
BETSY ARNOLD, sister of Benedict Arnold,
lived for years and years after her brother dis
grace in Norwich on public charity. When she
was 30 years old she was taken to the almshouse
by old Sheriff E. g. Thomas. Betsy made a
great how-to-do about it, and was grieved
that she lived only few months. She was a
strong old woman and had much of her
brothers temper.
A MoEsoN, Me-, MAN was quietly fishing for
uckers on the shore of pond the other day
when he was astonished to see big fish float
along by him. Not being prepared for such
large game he pulled his line out and was going
to let it go by. The fish, however, probably
seeing the moving bait, made jump and landed
right at the mans feet. 1t was a pickerel
weighing 2l5 pounds.
IN THE OPINION of Sir T. Spencer Wells, presi-
dent Of an English sanitary association, much
of the outcry about dangers from women
taking up mems work is breath wasted. He
thinks women capable of a great deal more
than they have been accustomed to do in times
past. If overwork sometimes leads to disease,
it is more morally wholesome to work into it
than to lounge into it,,
MRS. J1NsIwALA, Sanskrit professor at the
Wilson College, Bombay, has undertaken TO
check the vigorous Indian movement for i'm
proving woman's status by lecturing to native
students against female education and social
reforms. Her chief argument against English
social life was the statement that when the
British husband wishes to enforce extreme do
| nestle discipline he slaps his wife's face.
| The youngest great-grandmother lives near
| Pomona Cal. Her name is Francesca Cordoba,
and her age is but so years. She was married
when but 10 years old, and her eldest daughter
\ married when she was a little over II yearf old.
| Mrs Cordella was but SO years old when she
was a grandmother. Her eldest grand daughter
| was married in april, 1889, at the age of 10
years, and now grs at-granddaughter is born.
W. H. CBABB, state agricultural commissioner
of California, has asked the worlds fair direc-
| tors for the privilege of having a fountain of
| pure native wine at the fair. Mr.. Crabb wants
| to erect perpendicular cone fifty feet high and
] keep it flowing throughout the period of the
| fair. He proposes to change the varieties every
week. MIR. Crabb produces 100000 gallons
ever year from his vineyard at OakvilIe, Napa
valley.
AT LIMA, O., Edward Deubler, a clerk in
grocery, while cleaning the pavement prer ara
| tory to closing up. leaned against an electric
| light post, which was bound with wire to rest
| Immediately on touching the post he gave a
scream and fell back, and when assistance
| reached him he was dead. It seems that guy
| wire, Joined with the post, was charged and
| communicated the electricity to the wire about
| the post.
| An ATHLETIC CUBAN NEGRO about 30 years of
age, escaped the other night in Boston from a
strong cell in police headquarters Reaching
| between the bars of his door he pried off the
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| the wire handle of a bucket, pushed back the
| bolt and opened the door. He got through a
| corridor window to the top of a she'd dropped
| to the ground, climbed fence or two and was
| off for parts unknown.
| Dr. GIBIER of the Pasteur Institute, New
| York has under treatment an old man, well
| past the allotted span of three-score years and
| ten, who was bitten by his pet dog on Oct, g.
| 1889. Some days later the dog began to ex-
hibit all the symptoms of hydrophobia of
| which it died The old man was bitten on one
| of his fingers. Strange to say, he was bitten
nine months previously on the same finger by
another dog, which afterward went mad.
| HOTEL in Rome, anxious to secure English
patronage, has set forth its advantages in the
following advertisement which is placarded
| about Paris: THE Hotel de -, the very most
| favorite resort by English and American
| travellers, during tne winter presents all
! kinds OF comforts for what concerns the gen
| eral heating during the summer is Just fit to
| afford the freshest and most the wholesome
| Temperature on account of its special position.
| breadth and ventilation. The largest and
most monumental table d'hote there is to be
! found.
JAMES NUGENT and two sons, who own a farm
! near Lockport, n Y, a few days ago had a
| thrilling experience with huge black snake
| They were going to the barn with load of hav
when suddenly one of the boys espied the ser
pent moving along a path. The snake was a
giant of its species. and when one of the sons
iabbed pitchfork through its head hot fight
ensued The snake curled its huge body around
| the boys leg and so tightly did it squeeze that
If cd he flash n swell in h.