The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-16
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ons aud thiugs-for bis five little sons.
CoLr,fB1A is the wealthiest Of American uni
versities. and Harvard comes next, with prop
erty valued at S. 10000, and a yearly income
amounting 10 S353,l2l.
HATTIE STEPHENSON Of Marine City, Mich,
was struck by lightning week ago, and has
been in commissions ever since. There is not a
mark on her body showing where the bolt struck
her.
NEW YoRE WOMAN who is suing for divorce
because Of failure to provide stated that when
her eight children were in need Of shoes her
| husband sent her a basket OF flowers aud a lot
| of his own poetry
| they have curious custom at the burial of
unmarried women in Brazil The coffin, hearse
and the livery of the driver must be bright
scarlet, the four white horses drawing the
| hearse must be covered with scarlet nets, and
scarlet plumes must deck tie horses heads.
A YOUNG LADY at the home of John Struble of
Galesburg Mich, heard burglars down stairs.
She shouderei a gun, cautiously slipped below.
and before the men knew what was going on
they stood boxing into the black depths of
| blunderbus. She tnereupon called for help and
now has her prey in Jail awaiting trial In the
| circuit court.
| The RECENT DISASTROUS ACCIDENT Of the
Northern Pacific, at Drummond, Mont. was
caused By sun kink in the rails. Heat eX-
banded the rails TO such an extent that the
| spaces between them became entirely closed.
and there being no room for expansion, curve
| was formed and the ties and rails we're thereby
| forced out of position.
MRS. NANCY SULLIVAN has seen 105 summers
and says this is the hottest starter she rem
| bers. Her home is near Inlay City. Mich, and
| she boasts of being the oldest person in the
state. She was born in Dublin. has proofs as TO
| her age and is as sound mentally ever. She
| has a soon - years old who lives in the neigh
! borhood, and her daughter-in-law is TO-
| A MAN down east, a selectman of his town by
| the way bought pound OF nails which were
wrapped up in a piece of brown paper, and
| placed them in a bright new tin pan which he
left on the seat of his wagon for a short time in
| the sun. When he came out of the store again
he found his bundle of nails in flames, the rays
of the sun having set the paper on fire
A KALAMAZOO CENSUS ENUMERAToR named
Gage not only asked all the fool questions on
the blanks but also inquired the politics of
every person he canvassed. He took the politi-
cal questions in a little book and now wants to
realize on the information obtained by selling
the book. He says he was ordered to ask the
political questions by Supervisor Don Hender-
son.
j. B. HAGGIN has more money invested in
fine horsehesh than any other man in America.
The Rancho del Paso. bis breedn4, farm in Cali
fornia. represents an investment of over
100000, 1t is here that his running horses
are bred, while on ranch that covers hair of
Kern county. California, Mr. Haggin is breed
ing light harness horses on a large scale. He
recently sold 200 of these at auction in Sacra-
! mento, the produce of one year.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH, has a smart boy. The
| muzzling bylaw is now in force and one of the
| principal citizens had to go to the pound three
times IN one week to get the dog out He
wondered how it was as his canine but rarely
| left the house. The pound keeper told him that
| the same boy brought the dog each time and
| rec lived his so cents. The citizen watched and
caught his own son doing the dog catching act.
| AS it cost The parent 81 each time and the boy
| only got so cents the father strapped the son
| and then compromised by hiring him to let the
| dog alone.
THE AMERICAN SNOWMAN rarely misses
chance. When Sarah Bernhardt was laid up
with a bad knee there was a report that ampu-
| tatIon might be found necessary. This scrap
| of news was cabed to the United States, and
the notion at once occurred to a Dime
Museum man to buy, embalm, and exhibit the
| limb in the event of its being amputated. A
| goodish sum was offered, with share of the
| profits Of the exhibition Sarah still has her
knee intact, as London playgoers are at present
aware who have seen her IN the character of
| Jeanne dare.
In JAPAN, as is well known, it has long been
customary to manufacture a multitude of arti-
| cles. from overcoats and window panes to
| string and pocket handkerchiefs, out of paper,
| but the Japanese govern ment, not content with
these feats of national ingenuity, is just now
bestowing great attention on the paper indus
tries, and experimenting with pith, old silk
rags and many kinds of vegetable substances,
with a view to other employmentS of paper in
the arts. Mr.. Liberty, in his recent paper be-
fore the Society of Arts describes a visit that
| he made to the government paper factory at 4.
Shiebu-O gi, where he watched hundreds Of in
| telligent little japanese girls and women pre-
pairing the 'mtsunata, or bark OF the famous
| paper mulberry tree" and arranging the
| snowy layers of pulp on the rectangular strain
| ing sleeves. TouEhneSs and sllk-like surface
are the usual characteristics of Japanese paper,
which, in spite of our recent progress in this de-
partment of the arts still remains far superior
| to European paper.
| INSURANCE MEN say that when they are called
| upon to adjust loss caused by the burning of
| celluloid they are absolutely compelled to take
| the books of the owners unless they have evil
| dence to show that the books have been made
up fraudulently. When q piece of cellulod
| burns up everything that is in it passes away
| into the air and disappears. The substance is
made under patents owned by an American
| company, and it is composed principally of
/ camphor. gentleman connected with the
| company, which manufactures all the celuod
| articles sold in this market and furnishes the
| bulk of all that are sold the world over saws
| that the product of the company's factory last
| year valued at 81 800 900. Suppose now"
| says the person making this statement, that
| our factory should burn, or that the store in
| which we keep much of our finished product
| should burn, there would not be in either case
| any means by which the insurance company
| could determine, Independently of us, whether
we had sustained loss Of 500 on celluloid or
100000.
| DARIUS L. GoFF. at Pawtucket, r. l., is one
of the proprietors of the great braid works, but
| has fancy for mechanical and electrical ex-
! periments He has in his front hall tall, old
| fashioned CLOCK, an heirloom, which, strange to
| say, never runs down. 1t stands near the front
| door, and is connected with it by a rod with
| gearing attachments. Whenever the door is
| opened or closed the winding arrangements are
! given a turn, that the act of entering or
| leaving the house keeps the clock constantly
wound. But this is not all. BY means OF cleo
trical appliances operated by the clock in its
| movements, the gas jet in the hall Is raised at
! dusk and lowered at bedtime, an early rising
| bell is rung in the servants hall, later rising
| bell is rung to summon the family from their
| repose, and still an hour later the clock rings
| the breakfast bell Whenever it strikes the
hour, softly musical cathedral chimes are
| struck simultaneously in the chambers, and for
a moment the house is filled with melody. Had
| Mr.. Golf lived and conf ured in witchcraft days
| he would certainly have been hanged.
| THE LIFE and emoluments of an American
senator not to be despsed. The work is by
no means exacting, and the salary of $1,000
pays current expenses, while the number of
perquisites is absolutely incredible. Thus each
one of the members of the Senate is provided,
| at the expense of the government, with a pri-
vate secretary, who is paid at the rate of ESQ
per annum, and who is generally either the son.
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