The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A VETERAN IRISH SPORTSMAN, with rod and
! gun, who resides near Stewarrstown, Comfy
/ Tyrone, has had novel experience while fish.
/ ing on the Tully wiggan. he had occasion 70
cross TO the opposite bank over a series Of step
/ ping stones laid IN the bed Of the river. He
! slipped of a boulder into the stream The
river was low, but he fell fiat into the water,
and was thoroughly drenched. As the day was
bitterly cold he had on overcoat; and when
ne scrambled out on the bank he found some
/ tninz Tapping about in the inner breast pocket.
A search revealed a splendid thTee-pound trout.
| 1t was the only fish he caught that day.
The TURKS esteem the beard as the most
| noble ornament of the male sex, and consider
1t more Infamous for any one to have his beard
| cut on than to be publicly whipped, pilloried
| or branded with red hot iron. Almost any
orthodox TURK would prefer being put to death
rather than have his beard removed from his
race. In that country TO pull or irreverently
handle the beard is an in suit which can only be
avenged BY taking the life of the person who is
rash enough TO commit such a crime, or for the
Iurk 70 lose his Own in making the attempt to
call the offender to account. Turkish wives
kiss their husbands boards, and children their
1ather's, as often as they come for the custom
airy salute.
DoN JUAN GARCIA VIAz kept grocery store
in connection with his ranch in Mexico, opposite
Rio Grande City, Tex, and about five miles in
the interior. A favorite saying with him was:
he VINO dies pays all" He babe his family
good-by on Saturday and rode away from
IOhlC. 1HtlN6 hours later ne was found hang
ing from tree limb. stone dead. He had
climbed the tree, crawled out on the limb, tied
MS rect together, slipped the moose over his
head and Jumped. breaking his neck. The near
est Jhlng to an explanation of the suicide is a
car found in pocket on which he had written:
he who dies pays ALL" He was not financially
embarrassed, however, for his liabilities did not
exceed 900, while his assets are estimated at
about $500, 900.
HENRY WITTMEYER, 2year- OLD son of Oscar
Wittmeyer, met with a peculiar accident
tnat may result fatally. In company with
his father he was walking in the garden,
where hive of honey bees ha been hived the
DAY before. The child ventured too close to the
hive and a large bee flew out, settled on his
ear and, TO the horror of Mr. Wittmeyer crawled
into the chi DIS head. singing necessarily. The
tnIla SUFFERED excruciating pains, and all at
tempts OF the father to dislodge the bee were
futile DR. E. s. Lansing was summoned as
quickly as possible, and after some trouble re-
moved the bee. The child was repeatedly stung
within the head. and a fatal result is feared.
The chid's hearing is destroyed in the ear in
which he was stung.
A GENTLEMAN whose modesty prevents our
publishing his name and whose veracity is I'M
questionable, relates the following, says the
Gordon Press pDedI: II had been picking cot
ton in my field very hard all the morning, and
when dinner time came | lay down in the gin
house and must have dozed off to sleep when
all at once felt sharp prick on the end of
my finger. | jumped up and saw large rat
backward and forward, but coming back at the
same place each time ! picked up a nut and
threw It so accurately that it killed the rat
About that time | discovered some cotton on
fire, which believe caused the strange actions
of the rat, and believe that l, as well as the
gin house, would have been burned had it not
been for the timely bite of the rat
1. D. POLK left San Augustine, Tex, Saturday
for Louisville and other eastern points. His
mother, Mrs. V. Polk, is one of the heirs to the
colossal Robert Edwards estate in New York
He goes to Louisville to be present at a meeting
OF the Edwards heirs. He carries with him the
wedding dress of Penelope Sanford, who mar.
ried Heyden Edwards, brother of Robert Ed
wards, about $50 or lbs years ago. 1t was her
dying request that this dress be transmitted to
her namesake, and that she should use 1t as a
wedding dress to be transmitted on down in the
family. On five different occasions II has been
used as wedding dress. II now belongs TO Mrs
Maud Penelope Smith, wife of E. E. Smith,
dau <hter of Mrs. Penelope G. Crouch, who was
daughter of Heyden Edwards, WHO figured in
early Texas history. The dress is different from
any goods now worn, being very heavy silk, blue
on one side, and the other sido striped and with
beautiful handiwork flowers on it.
ATTEMPTS have been made. not without sue
cess, to form minerals. Artificial ultramarne
has long been an article of commerce. The
formation of the diamond is sail to have been
actually effected, but In the opinion OF the in
ventor the process is so difficult and so danger
Gus that the diamond miner aud the diamond
merchant need not feel uneasy. The ruby and
the sapphire have been lately reproduced in
Paris, and curiously enough, the coloring
matter In both is found to be due to one and the
same metal-Chromium-in different states of
combination Red and blne stones, or an Inn
mediate violet form which might be likened to
the rare and beautiful oriental amethyst have
been obtained in one aud the same operation
from the same lot Of material. The Jewels
thus produced have so far all been small: large
enough to form the pivots of superior watch
works. but not large enough to rank as rare and
costly ornamental objects.
THERE is belief current in all parts of India
that certain variety of snake called shesh
nag, when it attains the age of 900 years, has
a precious jewel formed in its head. The jewel,
1t is affirmed possesses the quality of sucking
up the poison of the deadliest snake if aDnlied
to the wounded part Strangely enough Paris
gentleman is reputed to possess this invaluable
ratl weekly published at Wadhwan in Gufa-
rati. The correspondent says that when the
present owner-who by the way, is now 0S-.was
~ years old, he aiiShted upon snake of the
aforementioned variety, which he killed
Then he found the jewel in his head IL has
already saved many lives. When Mr. Vidal the
collector Of the district, was there it was shown
to him, too. The Jewel is said to contain a thin
crescent-like fiber. which INCREASINGLY oscillates
in the center The Galkwar of Baroda the Ma
haraJah OF Kolhapur and several of her native
princes are said to have offered several hundred
thousand rupees for this unique jewel. The
name of the owner is Framji Dadabbai Cove
kar, TarSpyr, Bombay presidency
AFTER the marriage of Napoleon and Maria
Louisa the city of Paris gave them a splendid
banquet, which Capt. Coignet describes. He
was on duty at the Hotel de Vile, where the
banquet was served, with squad of twenty
grena dlers. The table was horsesh oe-shaped and
around it were placed armchairs. The dishes were
of sohd gold. When the master of ceremonies
announced The emperor" Bonaparte entered.
followed by his wife and five kings. Having
seated himself at the table the emperor made a
sign to the guests to take their places Az soon
as all were seated the table was cleared as ia
usual at great dinners, and every dish was car
RED into an adjoining room, where the carvers
did their work Behind each king there were
three footmen about a step from one another
Otner tootmen communicated with caryers
and passed the plates without turning more
than half way round TO get them. When a plate
came within reach OF king the head footnaan
presented 1t to him. and if he shook his head
the plate was withdrawn and another brought
Immediately. If the head did not move the
HOFFMAN placed the plate in front of his master
Not word was spoken. Each napkin as soon
as once used. disappeared, the footnan slipping
In another. When the banquet was over a pile
of napkins lay behind each chair No one was
permitted to speak except when the emperor
addressed him. That may be imposing, but it
is not at all jolly" was the captains comment.
The DULLNEss of examination papers is some
times relieved in "the strong New England of
the southern POLE" as it is in the mother coun-
try, by amusing blunders. An Australian paper