The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-20
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UeCIL.eI- Ie~LlUE TFDlre
goverameu. barnacles VINO stand in the way OF
more perfect coast ornaments and half IN dead
earnest. tuat New York might yet be reduced
70 defending her h. Dor VITA q feet of ferry
/ boats armed with sswer-Tipes, for which soda
/ water carboyS should furnish the projectls
/ force,
Rev. X BEEcHER. of Elmira, n. Y, tells
/ this story against himself: Some years ago
/ young man name Plympton cane to Eimira to
/ take charge of q paper. | was in the habit or
/ publishing my church notices in the paper, and
one Saturday night the gas save olt and gave
promise OF staying out Tor day or two. 30 l
ran over to Plymp on and said; Just say, Ser
vices as usual. excepting the gas Shall pub
/ lish 1t just that way:' said Plynpton. Certain
! " rad l. and # lin Re III publish it that
! way, and on the following dey narrowly escaned
/ being tarrcd and fest1ered at the hands OF
| committee of my deacons who thought be was
1 rIdlcullng me"
| TaE INSECT WORLD is full of wonders. and it
is marvellous how many OF these tiny creatures
| conceal and preserve their eggs. Some will de-
| post them in extraordinary places, Others will
! insert them in the skins of living animals.
| Others again deposit their eggs where tbs young
| grubs after coming from the egg find food close
at hand. Among these last mentioned are in
Sects who bestow great labor IN the cradle OF
their yonnc. The place they select is the hard
| Part OF leaf or the woody branch of a tree.
In this they saw out a hole large enough to
contain their eggs. whence their names-saw-
| mes. FOR this purpose they are provided
consists Of two long places closing ike sheath
over third. In the tenthredo this third place
contains two saws, each of which has been
compared to tie tenon saw used cabinet
ma lers. The tenon-saw is single, but toat of
tenthredo l. double, consisting of two distinct
saws. The insect in using them throw out one
saw, and while It is returning pu hes forward
the obher. This alternate motion is continued
TIL the cut is made, when the two saws reced-
ing from each other conduct the egg between
them into its place
THAT there is practically no such thing as
crime in Heligoanl we have all beard but it
has been reserved for a writer in Bldckt0oOd to
tell US why this is. 1t is. we learn the newt
able result of living upon so small an island.
Even conduct of any seriously improper kind is
practically irnpoSSiUie where everybody knows
every body ese'S Goings and position. 81 zee, for
hose VINO trarsgress he rules Of social deco
rum, there Is but one course open. This is self
punishment. and to leave II lgoland forever is,
to its sons, more bitter THAI death AS to crime
| OF the graVer sort, every would-be crlinlDai
knows that he cannot possibly escape from
| this tiny speck in the North SCI, except with
| the connivance of the whole population. Last
year two housebreakers from Hamburg ven
tuIed 10 come across on a professional visit.
| They had highly successful evenings work.
| Every door stood open. They had ooly to watch
| when no one wa by, step boldly 10. and carry
away what they ca ed for They got altogether
| a very handsome booty. But they had forgot
] ten oae important detail-t1ere was no steamer
| leaving Heligolal the following day till 2
| clock. Long ere then the Uhefts had been dis
| covered, the robbers lodged in prisol, and the
| stolen propertr restored to its owner So the
Heligolanders are honest, whether they like it
| or not.
GEO PEPPER, an 1Syear-old colored lad living
| near LAUREL Del, is changing from deep
black to a pure white color. The process OF
| Change began over three years ago, aud has
| progressed steadily. 1t first appeared as small
| white spot upon his breast. but now com Detely
covers all bis trunk arms, neck. and one side of
| MS face. The color Is as clear and pure white
as tina OF a babe and Seems perfectly healthy.
| The subject has suffered no annoyance or any
| unpleasant sensation at any time. and the
| sense of touch and other characteristics of the
| white and black portions of lis skin are just the
| same. II the process should continu5 he
| will, 10 less than one year hence, be a
| white man all over. But he has a horror of
tins, for he ho.ds the supersttious belief that ne
| is conJured, aad believes some awful end awaits
| him. He is very reticeut the subject of his
| peculiar malady. Prominent medical men have
| conferred upon his case, but are at loss for
| any explanation. Pepper is industrious aud
| above the ordinary negro in intellect He has
! lived in Laurel ali his life never being away
| from hA no ne except on one occasion, just
| before is transformation began, when he
visited Philadephia. He clai1 S chat . spell
! of the conjurer was put upon him in saloon In
| that city. This bleaching story ought to be
worth something in the mouths Of the prohibi-
| tionistS.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, were she so disposed,
could publish a highly interesting volume about
| the strange and stirring adventures which she
| has had while making starring tours in the
provinces and abroad. Her latest experience
of this kind was in the town of Anglers, which
sends its bishop to represent it in parliament
| According to a report in a newsp per Published
| in that clerical center, the gifted actress and
her colleagues were preparing to cave the local
| Grand hotel, when they We're grossly insulted
| by eholeric man. who called them ''cabots"
| This reprehensibe observation was caused by
reason of the attic ltlon paid by hotel porter
to the extensive luggage Of the theatrical
| company the onward progress of
| the irate person, who also going by train
4 being thus delayed. VI. GARNER VINO was ac-
| companying Nine. Bernhardt, overheard the
epithet applied to the troupe, and Immediately
! chastiSed him who uttered 1t. Then there was
| a struggle between the two Mme. Bernhardt
| left the vehicle in which she was seated ana en-
deavored to interfere, but she was hustled and
| knocked down. The angry vituDerator Of ii q
| members Of the dramatic profession after hav-
| ing freed himself from VI. CARRIERS GRASP
| went about looking for Witnesses to testify that
| he hsd beal struck first but he found none In
| the meantime policeman put Mime. Bernhardt
| safely in her CAB and sent her to the station
| where she was rejoined by NJ GARNER The
| great tragedienne was thus enabled to get awey
| safely with her company to Marseilles,
THE following story, says the New York
| Star, will give a clear idea of the sbrewdness of
| Jay Gould's financial methods 1t appears
that on looking over the assets of the Erie Rail
! way Company shortly after his acquisition of
| that property. Mr.. Gould discovered lot of
| stock certificates of connecting and branch
| lines of railways. Among these was one certif1-
| cate of more than 5000 shares of a short line
| running from Oil City through the oil regions
! control and transfer ofics of which
| was located in Philadelphia. Mr. Goull
looked at the stock list, and saw that
the shares of the company were
selling in the vicinity of par, and concluded that
| he would realize upou them He thereupon
wired an order to the Philadelphia market
where the STOCK was principally dealt in, to sell
| 100 shares of this Oil City railway stock, seller
| CO. The stock was readily sold at a price very
| close to that recorde1 al the last sale A few
! DAYS afterward Mr.. Gould dispatched another
order sell another 100 shares, which were
| also taken. A little later he sent an order 10
sell 200 shares, and at intervals from 100 to son
shares were sold and were readily taken An
| the transactions were made at sellers option
during sixty days, and whenever the contracts
fell due stock was borro we'd to meet de-
| lver5s When the last 100 shares had
been sold, however, Mr. Gould sent on his
certificate for 5000 shares to the transfer office
with Instructions to break 1t up into lOOshare
lots. Inc price Immediately fell from about
par to IS a share. The receipt of the block Of
5000 shares impaired to the dealers in the Phila.
delphia markets an unpleasant piece of inform
alton, viz: That tn. stock that they had been
] taking was not short stock, which thew in.
tended to corner, but long stock in hana. sold
for realization. Shortly after this transaction
| Col. Thomas A. Scott, president of the Penusyl-
| vania Railroad Company, also president of this
| short Oil City road, was calling on Mr. Gould
| and the latter sympathetlcally asked as if for
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