The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LIE VETERAN ACTRESS. MING. JanauScnek, ma
announced that she wilt never play again. Ions
ago her powers showed signs of diminution O
youthful vigOr and the public. proverballJ
tickle, has deserted her to such an extent tha
her last tours were unrsmunerative- The Mirror
has asked the general public 70 unite in a grand
| testimonial benefit that shall rank with the
/ farewell accorded to Charlotte Cushman.
A YOUNG MAN connected with one of the
schools at Augusta, Me-, was boxing with c
companion last Monday when he received 6
! blow In the mouth which completely knocked
! out two OF his teeth and badly lacerated his lip
! lie put the teeth IN bis vest pocket and went to
/ the dental ONCE OF DR.. Hutchins, who trimmed
I up the wound, and after properly preparing
/ the teeth, put them back in their places where
/ theY are now getting along well, with a pros
| pect OF again doinga good business at the old
/ stand Not long since student was hit in the
| mouth and his teeth loosened by an arrow fired
| by one Of the archery girls.
| IMMEDIATELY after shutdown some evenings a
! phenomenon of rare beauty is observable in the
/ California heavens. Il may be described as a
! luminous sphere. the counterpart Of the sun in
shape out apparently larger and prismatcaly
| coiored. The circle is believed to have been a
sundog and when first Sc IN was situated about
~ above the horizon and a little north of the
merriam. The circle of light lasts about hall
al hour. and moved from 100 to he toward + ne
northwest before it gradually faded away like
dissolvlng view A sundo9 IS supposed to be
caused by the refr8ction of light through crys.
tals OF ice IN the atmosphere. 1t is rarely seen
on the racine coast, although not of uncommon
| occurrence in the northern and eastern states
where colder atmospheric conditions prevail
WILLIAM GoRMLY is a farmer near New Cas-
| Tie IN Hickory township, La. He has been max
Ing tunnel in the side of the hill to a spring
Tor the purpose Of carry ing water to a field be-
low John Grimes was employed to dig the
Iunnel- When he had proceeded about thirty
feet into the hill, and was about twenty feet
from the surface he found himself in a cave
ike hollow, the roof of which was rock, in
winch there was crack from which he could
see Hght. When be reached the hollow, or cave,
the hill apparently sank in where he had been
dlgglng and he found himself a prisoner twenty
feot under the ground. He called for help, and
later MI. Gormly procured assistance and af-
ter working ali night released him last Wednes-
DAY after being in the hole eighteen hours
Nr. Grimes hair was jet black when he entered
the tunneH but it turned snow white during tue
time he was imprisoned.
The latest Boston fad is the witch spoon. -
the spoon bearing a witch riding on her broom
stick on the handle with Salem" in raised
letters. They come in teaspoons, orange spoons
and other varieties. A fiancee is presented with
spoons or with CUP and saucer by her friends
ana the chances are that she has spoons and
cups enough TO set up housekeeUing-Wh
ever else she may lack-before the bridal gifts
begin to come at all. The spoon, too, is greatly
affected as q gift among friends on any ordinary
occasion or without occasion at all. Another
head OF the poet Ia relief on the handle and
Others view OF the old homestead where the
"snow-bound' days were transmitted into song
Another Boston fad is observation-disclosures that
tn Is especially new, but it is revived by the
lectures last week of Mrs. lie Favre, devoted
apostle OF the reform, as she believes it to be
On SATURDAY deed was recorded in Marl-
borough, Hartford county, Conn, transferring
to the Baron de Hirsch fund stable tract of
IAN IN that town, near the Marlborough mills,
on which buildings are to be erected to be occu-
ped by benehclaries of the Hirsch charity
Marlborough is one OF the back country towns
OF from direct railroad communication which
has fallen behind in population and wealth
unuer the changed conditions of the present
times. In 1860 it had a population of 6s2 in
1850 had only 3d. and in 1880, the mills hav-
ing been opened, it shows $50 having lost 100 of
population IN thirty years, while the state has
gained gS6, III. But II has the same land and
the same healthful conditions of fresh air and
elevation, and it offers the same opportunity OF
self support to those who WORK Baron de
Htrsch of London, one of the rich est and most
hberalmlnded jews of the present day. has
established out of his own money very large
fund, that 10 to be used in cOlonizing and cariug
tor the poor Jews who are now being driven out
OF the countries IN Europe.
STRANGE TO SAY, even the keeper of one of the
chief hotels in cosmopolitan Paris is not proof
against the wiles Of the enterprising adventurer.
A week or two ago gentleman in elegant attire
knocked at the door of mine most and ex-
plaiued that he was naval officer who had
come TO Farls Tor the purpose of receiving 80
OO6T. which had been left to him He was
treated with every consideration, and after
some days announced "Phis is the daV The
money will be handed to me at once. Let us
take carriage, and after receiving my check
we Will drive to Suresnes, and will treat You
aud madame TO a grand dtpner." At the beard
OF trade he Jumped out and came back with hfs
breast pocket bulging with ''checks" Now
for the dinner, " the marine officer cried e,aviv
ana OIL they all and NJ
were merry. After dinner the heir" felt for
his checks. but the oblging hoteLkeeper
politely said, Never mind changing o check at
this place Let me lend you four louis or and
we can settle everything together when we get
homo. The marine officer agreed, went out OF
the room to pay, and was not seen again. The
P4rislan police are still trying to discover his
Whereabouts.
MoRGANATIc MARRIAGES are but little under
stood in this country, where they appear to be
regarded In the light of something immoral
says wri' er in the New York Recorder This
is far from being the case. The position Of
morganatic wife is perfectly respectable Her
UNION receives the sanction and The blessing of
the church, and the only way in which il differs.
from an ordinary marriage is that the rights of
the inferior of the two contracting parties are
Hfnited. Indeed the word 'mcrgapatic> de-
rived from the Scandinavian verb "morgyan''
TO limit, implies as much. Thus morganatie
wife has no right to her husbands title or for
tune, He is not permitted to charge she en-
in her behalf She is deprived OF the
appanage ordinarily reserved for tho wives II
her husbands family The children of Il
morganatic union are subject to the same dis
advantages as the mother, and should the
father die without specially providing for them
out OF his savings or private and unentailed es-
tate they would be left pennileSs. Moreover.
the party OF superior rank in moreanatc
union is perfectly at liberty during the lie time
Of the other, and without obtaining either legal
separation or divorce, TO contract second mat
rimonia alliance with a person of his or her
own station in life. l could cite numerous in
stances in illustration thereof, Thus Prince
Christian of Schleswig- Hostein, the son-in-law
of Queen Victoria, was about to celebrate his
silver wedding at Windsor, and
who was the guardian Of the pres.
ent empress of Germany until her
marriage, was known to possess a morganatic
Wlte and numerous family of children resid
ing near Frankfort on the Main at the time Of
MS marriage with Princess Helena Of Great
Brltalz Another case was that of the Duo he
Berr who, although morgahatlcalIy married at
the time to pretty Amy Brown Whose grandson
Is the famous Gen. de Charette) was neverthe-
less forced by reaSons of state policy to become
the husband OF princess of the royal house of
NAMES. The mother of fat Queen Isabelle of
spain, too, had a morganistc husband a Young
painter, when she married King Ferdinand Of
SPAN. Among the sovereighs who have con-
tracted mOrganatic marriages within the mem
DRY OF tne present generation are the late Car
OF 6ussia, who married Princess Dclgorouki
andaconterred upon her the title of Princess
fouriefski; the late King Victor Emmanuel,
VINO gave his left hand at the altar-for it is he
ietu instead OF the right hand that is rendered
IN norganatlc unfonS-to the notorious Rosna
Whom ne created Countess OF Miraflori; and the