The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
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plays in our leading cities
THE MARBLE STATUE of the Princess of Wales,
which is being executed in Paris by the famous
sculptor Chapos. is now nearly finished, and is
TO be presented TO the National Art Gallery in
Copenhagen.
THE OTHER DAY a Minnesota clergyman
Travelled thirty miles. made six calls visited two
schools. gave an afternoon lecture and shot
! seven jack rabbits, all between sanrise and sun
SET. ana he said it wasn't a good day for pas
toral work, either
PRoF. SwISG insists that Chicago must secure
for the Columbus exposition the following at
fractions: Mr.. Gladstone with $4,000 grafton;
Senior Emilio CASTELAR,, as the guest OF the city,
aud the best orchestral music that money can
possibly secure"
1T Is CURIOUS FACT that the Curragh of Kill
dare, which is a common just outside of the
| village, is the only piece of real estate in Ire
| land for which rent is paid. Ii is used by all
tue residents of the locality as feeding ground
| for cattle and goats.
SOME WESTERN FARMERS have been receiving
| circular which opens as follows: ITO Christian
| Farmers-Do you want to get in on the ground
floor and keep the commandments at the same
| time! If so, read this" And then it unfolds
| petty swindling scheme.
THE TABLE upon which Prince Bismarck 81 yned
the preliminaries Of peace with Theirs at Yer
sailles in February, 1871, was the only souvenir
| OF the campaign which the iron chancellor bore
! back TO Germany with him. He paid his Yer
sailles landlady "a francs for it.
AT RECENT DUEL between two young men at
| Warsaw both fired and hit but the bullet of
one was fattened against the cigar case of the
| other, and the bullet of the other was turned
| aside by the pocket knife of his opponent The
| seconds decided that the young men were not
born to kill each other, and declared the affair
| off.
WINTER & Co., coal merchants of Swans
| combe, England, have sued the owner of a
menagerie for $3.50, the value of horse alleged
| to have died from fright at the sight of one of
| the menagerie elephants. The horse was being
driven along the road, when it saw the elephant:
| dead.
The RECENT MARRIAGE of "Tottie,'' the
| Queenstown barmaid, to Mr.. Dupont, the Mary
land millionaire has turned the heads Of all the
| barmaids in the Emerald Isle Every American
| tourist who visits Ireland is now taken for a
probable millionaire by these pretty and inter
| estlng girls and is looked upon as a possible
| husband
WONDERFUL PIN to be stuck in an evening
bodice is the fac-simile of a hand mirror The
glass part is formed of that very unusual stone,
fiat diamond. 1t is framed in tiny diamonds
ana the handle is of diamonds little larger. SO
clear Is the large one that forms the glass that
one could, with perfect success, put miniature
II face were represented
The NORTH POLE may at length be reached,
and all on account of a pair of trousers-oiskin
ones-which were on board the Inflated Jean
nette. The garment is said to have been found
on the coast of Greenland, showing that on
their journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic
the oreeches must have passed the pole, carried
that way by a current. DR.. Nansen, who discov-
cred this fact thinks that it is possible to make
the same route.
AN IOWA BACHELOR FARMER received from his
congressman some time ago a package of seed
IN which he discovered a strand of long, silky
brown hair. He took the omen for good one.
indicating that he ought TO quit being a
bachelor. lie sent the hair back to the con
gresham with the request that its owner
should correspond with him with view to
matrimony. And now there is a regular
pheeze" 10 the agricultural department to
know who the girl with bonny brown hair is.
WHEN man so magnifcently busy as Mr..
Gladstone is finds time to study the Bible and
to write about it, not only learnedly but affec-
tionately, none of us need be ashamed to read
mark, learn and inwardly digest the contents
of the same book The Sunday School Times
this week has the first of series of articles on
the Bible By Mr.. Gladstone. 1t is entitled THE
ImpreRnable Rock of Holy Scripture" and
treats the Bible not theologically but in the
practical common sense fashion of a man VINO
is accustomed to think ont great subjects to
their own conclusion.
MATERIALS for summer hats and bonnets are
unusually varied and charming There are
gold and silver embroidered crepons ness nets
ana gauZeS. lovely China crepeS and crepe
lisses, stamped and embroidered with shadowy
fompadour devices, to be combined with rich
bordered veIvets, beaded tulles and an end
less and beautiful variety of trimming laces.
galloons, gimps, and Gothic and Vandyke bands
and ornaments. A feature of the Importation
of French flowers is their wonderful coloring
and their very artistic branching and grouping
to accord with the new striking color mixtures
III recherche summer toilets.
The MAPLE SUGAR EXCHANGE, the Headquarters
of which at Bratteboro, Vt. is making
itself sugar trust of a benefcent kind,
Maple sugar of all sorts sold all over the coun-
try is labeled Vermont thus Acknowledging
the product of that state to be the standard
The exchange in its second year disposed of
10000 gallons of syrup and 120, 900 pounds of
sugar. Its special service is in furnishing a
trustworthy guarantee of purity in quality and
fullness of weight Its sales extend over nearly
ali tne states OF the union and create demand
which lasts all the year. If properly put IN
maple sugar or syrup. with its original new
flavor, can be kept for many months.
DR.. SoRIANo, of Mexico, reportes sixteen
cases of bites by human beings mostly women.
in one year, pastime in which they indulge
with comparative frequency The bite of an
angry or jealous woman makes an ugly wound:
at first attended with little blood but red, hot
and very painful, often developing erysipelas
calling for deep incisions and amputations of
finger or a limb Recovery is always slow
tedious and painful even death may result
The time required for cure is from thirteen DAYS
to five months. If seen early one may distin-
guish whether tue wound was made by q single
bite or whether chewing tearing took place
the size Of the wound varying with the dimen-
sioDs of the jaws, and the tenderness of the
skin and tissues attacked, from one quarter to
an inch.
The MAUsoLEUM of the Emperor Frederick is
completed externally, with the exception of the
copper roof of the cupola. In the interior the
stone masons and sculptors are still at work,
The decorations of the interior are very rich
and carried out entirely in light gray Siesan
sandstone. The sober color of this is only in
terrupted by the polished dark green Syenite
pillars AS a finish to the arch which spans the
opening of the altar niche, beautifully formed
escutcheon has been chosen, over which the i'm
perial eagle scars with outspread wings This
is fianked on both sides by figures of angels
holding religious symbols in their hands The
spandrelS of the upper gallery are adorned with
cnerubs. Within the last few days the emper-
or's consent has been given to the CARRYING ont
of the Mosaic in the cupola and on the ceiling
of the altar space The designs for the mosaicS
were worked out by Prof. Ewald, after early
christian works. The cupola is to receive fig
ures of angels on gold ground between palms
THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE have
ever had since l have been engaged in the fur
trade was years ago in Russia" says John