The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-13
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Palmyre's letter then goes on to show that
she has, since time began for her, been
carried on the masculine side of the donai
registry of births, and that, consequently,
she is. 80 far as marriage aud
some other, more or less, important
matters go, "hired man." Her proposed
husband, she says, is as anxious about the
matter as she is herself; then she naively
adds show could 1t be otherwIse2 He. poor
fellow, cannot swear that he marries q
woman; and. alas! messieurs, what assur-
anoe can poor woman give either him or
the lawyers to overcome the evidence Of
that odious registrya"
The members of the tribunal tried hard
to preserve an air Of judicial dignity; but
the remarkable statement of Mamselle
Palmyre, aided to the perfunctory manner
and sing song voice in which it was read by
the procureur was too much for the gray g
and reverend seigneurs. There was spon-
taneous outburst OF laughter, followed by a
prompt order to have the expectant and
anxious Palmyre rehabilitated, so far as a
rectif1cation of the record could accomplish
it, in all the glory of her sex.
Pierre Gringoire was born, became
famous, loved, hated and died all In the
fifteenth century. Victor Hugo immor-
talized Pierre In his Notre-DGne de Paris,
and Theodore de Banvile preserved his
precious memory in delightful little sketch
which holds its honored place in the re-
pertoire of the COnle1ie-Frdncdtse.
But 1t has remained TO the present
moment for France to formally pay honor
to the gentle poet whose bright intellect
and sweet songs. to some degree at least,
dispslled the dark shadows and brooding
gloom OF the middle ages. Now, however,
M. Mezieres, of the academy, is at the head
OF a committee which proposes TO place a
commemorative tablet in front of the town
hall of Ferrieres in Lorraine, where CRU
goire is believed to have been born.
This rardy recognition Of one whose per-
sonality is lost in the mists of the past, but
whose genius remains to enighten even the
latter DAYS of the nineteenth century, Is
Rratifying-although. possibly not SO much
so to Pierre as to the committee and It's
guests, who will undoubtedly enjoy to the
full the pleasant occasion which will cele-
brate the completion Of the committees
praiseworthy enterprise.
THE CHEMIST AND THE TIGER.
In Vienna and Paris there is to be put In
operation an ingenious device which. it is
believed, will make impossible repetition
of the horrible scenes that in various Euro
pean menageries have, Of late, too often
fatally terminated the performance OF the
lion and tiger tanners"
The invention is extremely simple, but
remarkably effective. IL amounts TO moths
ing more than a common, but capacious,
syringe filled with spirits of ammonia, and
placed In the hands of reliable and cool
headed attendant, whose station must be by
the side of the animal cage in which per-
Torrance is going forward. =. =,
The Austrian chemist who is credited
with this curious discovery Is said to have
made it while watching trainer, who, in a
Vienna menagerie. was putting tiger
through its PAGES. The animal had raw.
sore spot on one of its forepaws,. which the
trainer inadvertently and somewhat roughly
touched with his foot. The tiger instantly
becoming enraged turned, and, in accord
auce with its natural instincts, for mo-
meat backed against the bars in vain quest
Of room in which TO gather itself for q
spring.