The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-12
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great attraction is the presence OF two real
/ Processes. one Of whom arranges the dance
/ aud The other devOtes herself to the manage
I ment or the band They are the Princesses
| Pignattell and DOlgorOuki, who are Obliged TO
/ take these places owing TO reduced cIrcum-
| STAGES in their respective families.
| Is ENGLAND, in III, "a grant wss issued unto
Jane Nanef. widow, AMI hoop-petticoat maker,
! Of the sole use and benefit OF her new invention
/ OF a mac Inc or joint hoops contrived that
sne can bring an hoop-eoat OF four yards wide
INTO the compass OK two yaris or less, for ladies'
10 go into coaches and chairss without any man
ner or trouble or inconvenience."
TIE RIGHT Hon. JOIN BRIGHT after listening
with close attention 10 Artemus Wards very
funny lecture on Utah and the Mormons, re-
Inar6e1 with real sincerity: | must say l eau
not see what pecp.e find 10 enjoy in this lee
| ture The Information is mea2er and pre-
sented in deSultOry and disconnected man
| ner. In fact. l cannot help seriously question
| log some OF his statements.
The prejudice pravaiis that plants in the
| sleeping rooms are injurious. because they are
constantly throwing off carbonic acid. Recent
INVESTIGATIONS have shown that i'll effects ara
altogether too slight 10 deserve consideration.
II room is properly ventilated, plants can do
no harm, and. even If it is not, the quantity of
carbonic acid exhaled by them will not materi-
any AFFECT the purity OF the air.
AMONG the early English patents there is an
~-'AA~SA-S OLo duL0I III luOS lOf ISn call, OF
locking glass for fishes in the sea- very useful
Tor the fishers TO call all kind of fishes To their
nets. speares. or hooks" Fishes then. like the
rest OF us, have their weak points it would
seem, among which not the least is vanity
Fancy a RESPECTABLE old sole or elderly conger
oelng taken by such a transparent device.
The vERGER of an English church was re.
Gently showing the edifice TO an American visi-
Tor. The largest bell of this church. - he said
pointing TO the be.fry, lis only rung in case of
a WISE from the bishop Of London. a dre a
MOOD, or some other calamity" This venerable
story IS told in an English paper as having oc-
cure few weeks ago though. as a matter of
act, 1t probably antedates Joe Millsr's famous
DOCKS Of JOKES.
RECORDS show that violence or capture was
a necessary feature of marriage in nearly
every land at one tins or another, and even at
the present day amOug many races the custom
IL preserved in a modified form Perhaps the
bedoin Arabs of Mount Sinai conduct their mat
flhonlal ARRANGEMENTS in tho strangest fashion
Tor when man desires to marry. he goes To
Vne maidens father and makes g bid VIII ich
may or may not be accepted
A SALMON weighing about three pounds, re.
ports the Keokuk Ia) Gate Citg, was caught
III the river Just outside the government boom
sunday, and when landed was found TO have an
eel ABOUT ten inches long firmly wrapped
ABOUT his head in the vicinity of the gills the
ht al of the eel bang in the hst's mouth The
salmon had evidently intended TO swallow the
wr1ggier, but frustrated by having his
mead entwIned as mentioned
MAN NAMED Jackson invited Officer Kubitzki
TO take drink in Chicago the other day. The
policeman declined whereupon Jackson at
tempted to drag him into a saloon The officer
TOOK the man to the station, and Justice La BUY
imposed fine. Jackson told the Justice saws
tHe tribune, tina: he couldn't tell what made
Inn INN Try 70 wnlp the policeman, unless it
tnaC ne lost his mind FROM the effects of sur
prise when the officer declined he treat. The
case IS unparalleled i'll the history OF Chicago"
IHE 'ChiIdren's League of Kindness . in Lon
uofl' emoodies pretty idea, its primary object
being to induce children TO help children. and
bridge the gulf between those of affiuent and
unfortunate circumstances with deeds of kind
Ilsss. Inc members, children of wealthy
parents, give TWO articles annually, either dolls
or toys, TO the poor, and the associates (mothers
OF gaaralans) give two garments annually. The
garments are sold at very low price the pro-
ceeds OF the sale and the subscriptions going to-
ward the chlldren's holiday fund.
ONE of the points especially noted by military
observers during the recent maneuvers, when
smokeleSs powder was used was that in the
cleSr atmosphere, unobscured by the smoke OF
battle, all bright accoutrednents were seen at
great distance, thus betraying the positions of
the various bodies of troops. Ii is stated that
In consequence of this the French minister of
war has decided 10 submit to technical mill
tary committees a proposal TO have the he'll.
NETS OF the dragons and the scabbards of Off
GERS and soldiers bronZed so as TO dun their
brightness.
NEwsTEAD ABBEY, which Washington Irving
so lovingly and perfectly described, has been
for many years private residence. At one
time the estate of Lord Byron, was sold to Col
Wudman, who is said to have expended more
than s. 900, 600 in restoring the buildings and
identifying the grounds, says the CHICAGO Tub
tLne. 1t is now the home Of Col Webb. the
friend and companion of DR.. Livingstone. and
RI "a
books. or course many interesting memories
cluster around the historic old abbey. 1t was
here that Lord Byron used to see ghosts at
night in his looking glass, and his bedroom in
the old haunted tower is still pointed out to Wis
itors.
The gilded pine cross on the steeple Of St
Patrick's church, in Norwich. Conn, having be-
come dilapidated, "steeple jack" named Tay-
lor has been employed TO take it down, after
which a 900 pound copper cross win be placed
on the church, The steeple is 175 feet high, and
the climber goes up the stone shaft on the out
side: He began to put up his slim ladders on
Friday night He does that work in tie night,
so that people may not find out his process of
ladder spinning. To remove the old cross he
saws of pieces of it and let's them down with
rope Chnging TO the slender spire, 175 feet
above the earth, he is never dizzy, aud works
with a seeming carelessness that makes specta-
tors on the ground tremble.
THE late Samuel J. Randall was fond even in
the last days of his fatal Illness. of relating
some of the recollections of his congressional
life. Among these was one regarding a chap
lain who had been called upoa to oflciate for
the regular clergyman. IL was while MIR. Ran
dali served his first term as Speaker OF the
House. The clergyman was about to conclude
MS prayer and a reyerent silence pervaded the
big chamber when the members were startled
to hear the following sentence drop from the
chaplain's lips May corruption and sin of
every form be as far from every member of
this body as Thou art, Lord,' 1t was some
moments before the House fully grasped the
meaning of the chaplain's prayer, but when It
did it was unanimously decided to have a new
substitute in case the regular chaplain was I'M
able to attend the next mornings session.
THE Farallone Islands are about thirty miles
from the mouth of San Francisco bay, of the
coast Of California, and are the homes of in
Vulnerable sea fowls. When San Francisco
first began to blossom out as a city her constant
cry was for eggs. There being no poultry
rasers on the coast made the egg want one
hard to crafty. To supply this want the
project of stealing the eggs of the gulls and
muhrs that nest by the thousand on the Far
ralione Islands was tried, and proving success
full, has ever since been one of the unique west
coast industries The birds OF the islands are
too plentiful to count or even estimate as may
be inferred from the fact that the egg gatherers
often bring in 500 dozen eggs per day. This
however, gives but a partial idea of their i'm
mense numbers. great many OF the nests
being inaccessible and many others devastated
By the rivalry of the birds themselves The