The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-17
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| COuSSt anu eQulDQlGlL- That
enough to say when once thought Of but lhe
| thinking of it was not so easy.
The largest deal in oil lands ever known in
the south has just been completed in Tennessee
Col Starke of Alabama and four other gentle
men have just leased "a, COO acres of land on
Obed river, Buffalo, Franklyn and Lost Cane
creeks. In the third year of the war Col
Starke marched over the leased land in com
mand of the Sixth Texas cavalry He noted
then the wonderful oil indications and resolved
20 prospect II he lived at the close of war
After Appomattox he went to New York and
became an oil speculetor, all the while keeping
his eye on this property, and five years ago be-
gan making leases. The last lease was signed
Few days ago. The property is Immediately
west of the coal fields of Cumberland plateau
The oil stands on the surface and several bar
rels have been scooped up and taken to Chatta-
nooga A well 300 feet deep is flowing forty
barrels per day.
THE AUTHOR Of ''Vice Versa, F. Anstey. pub
lished some years ago short story called the
BLACK Poodle" which was translated info
French and published with proper acknowledg-
ment in the Revue de Deur Mondes A few
weeks ago the author in Partisan book shop.
found volume, styled lie Oaniche Noir." ded-
lcated by the author" TO a lady of rank. It
was the BLACK Poodle" The scene was changed
to France; the poodles master wac now an
Italian. not Frenchman. Mr.. Anstey then
wrote letter, In French, to the French
author, signing not his own name asking per
mission to render lie Osniche Noir" into e.
glish The author answered In English that he
did not think his book deserved the praises hb-
orally heaped on it by Mr.. Anstey. About your
demand of adaptation, l am sorry to tell you
that am my own translator, and that the Ca
niche Noir' exists in English already"
SUPPOSE l wanted a design for an ice cream
mould, says confectioner in the New York
Herald, 81 should send for an artist. There is
one man in this city who is the ice cream sculp-
tor he would model in clay the suggested de-
sign From this nv we'll
would in the end obtain lead mould, divided
into two parts and hinged The first of these
moulds would cost from $50 to $3.50. The dupli-
Gates would only cost from Sc to S15 a dozen I
have several thousand dollars worth of such
moulds. OF conrse have more than one mould
of design, because it would otherwise take
altogether too long to I'LL an order Sometimes
have 300 and sometimes more moulds of one
design, ali ordered in a single day. Conse-
quently must have a large supply of moulds
constantly on hand. These moulds vary in
to contain a score of portions to that
intended only for single person, and not all of
them are made for cream. Some are for candy
which now forms a large part of every elabor-
ate design. The cream is put into each half of
the mould by an expert workman, who sepa-
rates the colors and puts each in its proper
place. When the two halves are Joined to-
gether ana the lead mould removed, another
workman goes over the work, smoothing it,
touching up the colors and penciling the eve
brows and reddening the lips. After the cream
10 F6lnONtu IL is pun INTO the freezing box and
kept until it is served. | usually send a man
with our icebox who serves the cream when the
proper time arrives We get our black from
chocolate, our red from strawberry, green from
pistache and brown from coffee. These are
some of the ingredients of our paint box"
To THOSE who have never visited the compos-
ing room Of printing office. and who do not
know what pri nter's pi is, a brief description of
that article may be of interest. Every letter and
character on the pages 4 this paper represents
piece OF metal about three quarters of an inch
long, and these pieces. thousands in number
are held together IN an iron frame by thin strips
OF wood or metal between the columns, and
wedges driven in all around close to the frame
to keep the matter in proper position. 1t is
while carrying the frame around in a careless
manner, or when something jars it. that the
wedges sometimes tumble out, and the thou
sands of pieces of metal fall like water
out of sieve and form what is called printers
pl. A frame or chaSeful OF type is sensitive as
pane OF glass, and has to be handled with ex-
treme care if pi would be avoided. Printers ri
can be made in the jerk of a lambs tail. but it
costs lots of money, and peope in printing
offices are not at all fond of il. Printers ri is
not necessarily the pi of printers. 1t is often
what might be called chumps' or strangers ri
When stranger co mes into a printing office he
is quite liable to become inquisitive and stroll
into the composing room to ask some one if he
thinks it is going to rain. and while waiting for
an answer he becomes tired and leans against
one of the iEpoS ng stones on which rests
page of freshly seO matter that the foreman
is about to tie up and take down to the press
room. The stranger brushes his elbow over
the page of type and it is strangers pi. 1t is
the custom in most Offices for the employees
after dropping the stranger down the elevator
shaft, to ring for an ambulance but if they
are very busy they let his friends hunt him up
Printers p1 ~ vexatious, but strangers pi is
dangerous and sometimes fatal. Ii a stranger
or outside party, who hasn't any particular
business TO attend to- feels an irresistible desire
TO visit the composing room, or green room, of
q Tar1r in off 70 oeI- A.
butter and run his elbow through q page of
select reading matter-if he feels that kind of a
desire, we say he had better try to smother it,
Otherwise some high strung printer with large
muscular fingers may do it for him.
THE MERE HINT of unfair play at cards was
sufficient to stain mans reputation and when
Mrs. Lycett Green, her husband, her mother
her brother and the latters Anticipated and
shallow minded chum, Berkeley Levett. de-
clared on oath that they had seen the baronet
cheating, his position became an unenyiahle
one. The statements of these prejudiced per-
sons we're accepted by the Prince of Wales Lord
Coventry and Gen. Owen Williams. in
preference to the indignant denial of Sir
William, and his fate was sealed. 1t should be
borne in mind that the prince, the peer and
the general, experienced players every one Of
them, testified on oath in court that they had
not seen any cheating, and that their belief in
Gordon Cummings dishonor was based solely
on the statements OF the five revengeful and
prejudiced persons above mentioned. Another
extraordinary and unparalleled feature of the
whole affair was the attitude of Lady Coleridge
in court, which degenerated into a public
scandal and greatly contributed toward the
partial, one-sided and shamefuy unfair charge
of her husband, the lord chief Justice Lady
Coleridge is almost forty years her husbands
junior, and of exceedingly bourgeois BIRTH
Her father was very subordinate official of
the name of Lawford in the Bengal civil service
and until now, notwithstanding her rank as a
peeress of the realm, the doors of smart
society in London have practically been
closed against her. Her social ambitions are
however, very strong, and the Prince of Wales
it must be remembered, is the supreme arbiter
of society in England. Although to all iutents
and purposes a defendant in the case, he not
only occupied a seat along with Lady Coleridge
on the judges bench throughout the trial but
likewise lunched every day with her in the lord
chief Justices private ROOM The prince can
render himself exceedingly fascinating when he
pleases, and the influence Of the lady over her
aged husband is not only notorious but was
also repeatedly displayed in most public, often
sive and vulgar manner during the course of
the trial. The lord chief Justice, like many
elderly husbands, is infatuated with his younI,
wife. and the latter. aware that the success of
her social aspirations rested with the prince can
hardly have failed to influence her husband the
judge, to charge the jury In a way most likely
to please the prince, aud thereby to further her
own views.
FLAvORING EXTRACTS.
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