The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-06
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TAouAs J. WHITMAN OF 81. Louis. who died
the other day, was younger brother OF Walt
Whitman. the poet He was an expert n3echani
cal engineer. his last work being the building of
he waterworizs At Memphis. He was born in
Brooklyn in which city ne spent his boyhood
WRITER in the tn China Duly Nets
records case of something like post-mortem
marriage in which a Chinese girl. recently de-
ceased. was married to Il dead boy in another
village. 1T not unfrequently happens" he eX-
plains, shat the son i'll the family dies before
lie IS married aud that lC is desirable to adopt a
grandson. The family cast about for some
young girl VINO has also died recently, and a
op Jsition Is made for the unioG of the two
corpses in the bonds Of matrmony. If it is &C
cepted, there is I combination of a wedding and
a funeral. IN the proc Of which the deceased
bride is taken by large number OF bearers to
The cemetery Of the other family, and laii be
side her husband.
ACCORDING TO Health Officer Prendergast, of
Cincinnati, that town is liable 10 be destroyed
b. the demorahzing and devastating goose.
Going back 10 the history of Rom this shows
that what is one towns meat is another town >
poison. Mr. Prendergast says that the goose
nuisance has got such firm grip on the threat
OF the fair Queen OF the West chat all the ma
chinery Of the board Of health has been used
TO wrest IL loose The goose nuisance springs
from the vaulting ambition OF many Cinctn-
natians to raise geese on their premises, aud
not only are cellars, porches aud roofs OF houses
utilized for tins pu pose but gooSe-cuture goes
on in many rooms occupied by families And
vet, il a traveller asks for pate de foe gras in
Cincinnati restaurant, the chances are ne will
be put of with d link OF weinerwurst.
The DENIzENs OF the Cocos Islands. in the
Indian ocean, were recently started by the ap-
pearauce of huge crocodile among them. The
monster did good deal OF damage before
he was placed hors de combat by the terrified
islanders, and his carcass was conveyed forth
with to Mr. Ross. the King of the Cocos. :" who,
IAf nf all
thing Mr.. Ross was completely puzzled, for
such thing as crocodile has hitherto been
unknown IN these islands, and as the nearest
land IS Java. 40 miles distant, The adventurous
croc must have had good swim Of it. The
conclusion arrived at is that the saurian must
have voyaged from either Java or the North
Australian coast-hkely enough the latter, as
there are goodly sized rivers there. down which
the crocodll7s often float ON logs and heaps of
debris, and get carried off to sea
SAD AN oCUIsr: IF you are troubled with
your eyes. it will not b. sufficient for you TO
have your eyes carefully examined by spe
oialst, and then get your glasses and think that
you are all right. GU may be careful to wear
glasses whenever you are using your eyes, but
this is not enough. You must, in order 10 keep
them in good con sition, and be able to rely upon
them. have them examined as often as you do
your teeth. No sensible mau thinGs that when
good dentist has put his teeth IN good order
he has nothing more t. fear lie goes to his
dentist once every year. perhaps oftener. And
I II.
regular intervals II his eyes have not grown
weaker or If they have not changed in other
ways, he is assured OF the fact, ana NAV use
| them accordingly. Ii the slightest change IN
glasses is required, he is warned Of this, and Is
able TO nip a new evil IN the bud"
A. /. CALDWELL. of the A s. Corps, Chatham,
who was CHARTERED in Barbados in
| 1885. who relates that in the be-
| ginning Of that year an alligator over fifteen
| feet in length went ashore on that island. A
| sergeant of engineers and some sappers shot IL
as it crawled ashore. and il was exhibited for
| some time in Bridgetown. The nearest point
| this alligator could have reached Barbados
| from was the Oriuoco. 800 miles off. but Mr..
| Caldwell thinks this impossible. as the set OF
! the ocean currents would have carried it much
TO the westward of Barbados if its starting
| point had been the mouth OF the Orinoco. He
| thinks IL much more probable that the alligator
! came from the mouth of the Amazon, or froLl
| the kssequlbo. some hundreds of miles farther
| TO the east. In connection whit his Barbadoes
! alligator incident. it may be remembered that
DR.. Mitchell of Trinidad stat id at the time that
he once saw an alligator on a Smalllo attacked
by sharks in the gulf of Paria. In any case,
| the West Indies for the present must play
| second to the East Indies in the matter of a
large swimming saurian the 200 miles &C
| compllshed by the crocodile recently killed on
| the Cocos establishes record
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER, editor OF the Cen
! tl'Y is thin and slight, with long gray hair
piping, reedy voice. delicate features, and q
manner of nervous modesty, writes a Chicago
Tribune correspondent. He looks the last man
alive to have won such a great prize as the
| editorship of the Centurp which came about
in this wise When quite young Mr.. Glider
| started small publication, Golden DdUs or
| something of that sort. II was bought by the
Century Company, ami its editor, who had the
good luck 10 win Dr. Hollands approval wa;
made that gentlemans assistant. A few years
later Dr. Holland died and the directors of the
enterprise honored his memory by putting
young Glider IN his place. Mr.. Glider sanctum
is the handsomest in New Hork--in fact, alto
gether aesthetic. 1t has an open fireplace, brass
andirous, with rugs, hangings, draperies anC
pictures in the highest style of art. 1t is full
of green's at Christmas, of flowers at Easter
In it Mr.. Glider is altogether charming. His
wife is much more substantial looking than ht
is. She is a cousin of Mrs Grover Cleveland
hence the intimacy between the two families
Mrs. Glider is also much given TO art, and
spends much time at the brush, especially il
summer. when she is at Marion, Mass, where
her husband has had built for her a studio oil
big granite blocks which is said to be the mos
unique in America.
EUROPEAN Countries have built large number
of torpedo boats. Italy has now about 200
England. IT'S; France, 100; Russia. 1870; Ger
many, 100; and Spain, 20. On this side of til,
Atlantic the Argentine Republic has Is; Brazil
| Is; and Chill, 10. OF course. you wish to know
how many our own nation has. Well we hav
one. Ii was recently launched. and If You reat
the papers you will no doubt see accounts Of IL
trials for speed. 1t is a big onS-a deep sea
boat-very much like the Italian Nbbio in az
| pearance, but not in any way designed ate
that boat. 1t was built by the Messrs HERES
hoff at Bristol, r. l. This firm has built som
very fast launches ana yacf Is, and can no doub
prove equal TO the best foreign builders in con
structing torpedo boats should other
be demanded. Our torpedo boat i
named the Gushing, after famou
, naval officer who, during the war. sanl
a confederate ironciad with a torpedo rugged
out on spar projecting from a steam launch
Torpedo boats are not always named IL is The
custom OF foreign countries to give names only
to their deep sea" torpedo boats. The small e
ones are simply numbered. l know you ar
wondering why We have only one torpedo boa
and would like 10 ask me il VIC don't need more
Perhaps We do. The nited States has
longer seacoast aud more important seaport
% protect than any other country; but til
United States is deliberate and thoughtful. tn
present Secretary OF the Navy has asked cor
gress 60 appropriate money for five torped
! boats Ia addition 10 the Gushing. and no douh
successful trials OF these viii bring about IN
D Immediate building of many more.
/. The farmers friend in all emergencies