The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-14
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4 Italian papers claimed this centenarian TO have
been the Oldest soldier in Europe But a naval
suite Of the Duke Of Genoa tells Of an oficsr OF
the sultan, still in active service, VINO was bora
IN ll1s, and who has two friends living in STAN
ooul OF nearly the same age The three Turks
| together are 1893 years old.
In the midst Of crowd slowly making their
way into theater a corpulent gentleman who
vas closely following pretty girl amused him
/ self by certain tender squeeLes and anatory
| whispers, which at length so ANNOYED the far
| one that, turning her head as far as she could
| sne exclaimed with great sharpness OF tone: II
wish you would leave me alone sir e" VERY
vel, my dear, said her plump adm rer, 'but
| pray don't eat me. :" You are in no danger, "
replied the nYmph, Il am a Jewess."
The CENSUS BUREAUS STATISTICS Of anthracite
! coal production show a considerab 9 increase in
the last ten years. The product in 1880 lin
round numbers that can be rene nbered) was
25,WO,OOO tons, and that of 1880 was 400 1000
tons, valued at the mines at S50O0 COO By the
time this coal reached the consumers it prob
ably cos tue latter not less than $3.50. 600 0CO.
The average number of days worked during
the year was 1871. In other words. the miners
were idle fully one-third Of the working days
THE ecUmenical council has pronounced in
favor of the validity of the marriage OF Count
Ursel of France and Marie d'Ursel, nee Davis
OF New YORK. The marriage took place in 1865
and In 1873 t 9 count IS eloped with French.
man named Say, subsequently contracting a
civil marriage in Swi Zsrland. In 1884 the
countess endeavOred in Franco 20 cure an an
nulment o. her first marriage without success
Then she went to Rome and Vainly enlisted the
Influence of her sisters the sarchioness Cav
ottl, the Duchess d'Ente and the Countess Sea)
in her behalf
The results of crematory as a business in
vestment is shown by the annual report of the
Philadelphia Cremation Society During the
year 81 bodies were cremated, being an excess
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in cemetery and crematory during the year
1880 over $500 There we're $4,000 received
TIE excess of assets over all Liabilities at The
close of the year was $4,000 The cost of in
c!neratlon to persons not members $50 That
70 members is S25 which includes burial place
FOR the as es. great improve nent has been
made by burning the collins with the bodies
By this method any offe lsive ecial prepara-
tionor Tue body FOR lncineration is avoided.
THERE was very painful scene when the
Empress Of Austria visited the royal palace at
Naples the other day. She walked I'D and down
the rooms, W ich sue had last seen Thirty years
ago, VIII her sister was queen of Naples
evidently quite overcome by her recollectious,
and presently went into a corner to look at a
picture which had attracted her attention, and
which, to the immense dismay of her suite
turned out 10 be rtrait OF Crown Prince
rudolph, whose tragical death has quite upset
his mothers mind his name being never men
ito ed in Ter presence. The Empress had a
violent fit OF Mysteries suddenly seeing her
SOi B picture. anu presently lett TIE palace to
return to ner yacht in tate of distraction,
c ying, so0bing and calculating in a most
lam ntable manner.
ONE of the problems before the legislative
council of the little but important colony of
Hong Kong, which has recent, assembled, is to
checSmate the witness of the heather Chinee
in two financial conneCtiOns-balkr uDtcv and
gambling The Chinese have hitherto shown
Themselves great adopts at getting through the
neshes or ordinary bankruptcy laws. AS for
the attempt to put down the gamb ing mania in
Cne colony, the opinion OF many is that it would
be Ju as well to introduc an ordinance for the
suppression of the Pacific ocean. The Chinese
are such old adopts at bribing off supervision of
gambling houses that one has 10 be saugune
indeed TO bell We that the provisions OF an ordi-
nance with this object, however carefully de-
vised, can be efectually carried out At the
present time the amount OF gambling which
gees on is little short of a scandal.
The PRINCESS MARIE VICTORIA of Edinburgh
is, hear from Bucharest source, to marry the
adopted heir to the throne of Roumauia She
mas not as yet religion, though in a way she is
member OF the ChuTc1 of Engia d. He is a
Roman Catholic, and on his mothers side SAKE.
Coburg -cun-BfaganZa. Come what may, he is
sure TO have a large fortune His faJuer and
mother usel to be on long sits at the Tuileriss
tow I'd the end OF the second empire, and were
by accepting an Offer Of TIE Span sh crown, the
cause of TIE war Of 1870. But what may come is
this: Carman Iva may predecease her hus-
band, an he take second wife, and have
below his present level The queens life is not
a good one. She is subject TO tn kind of illusion
IN which Mary Tudor iadulged when she fancied
sne was In way to bar the EeirSnip of her
sister Elizabeth to the throne.
THERE are blue laws in Alabama that exceed
in severity any of the so-called blue laws that
existed among the Puritans A stranger that
goes to Alabama is called upon for street tax,
even after a tG o weeks residence. II he refuses
to pay, he is romptly put to work on the street
af tha nP
come und r this law. Persons under arrest in civil
cases, and witnesses in the same, if they fail to
urnlsh bond, are confined with the West
lmlnals. While the employees of the local
government are exempt from attachment and
garniSl5e. police officers have free and unre-
strcted authority to search mans person or
premises without even a search warrant ANY
woman who may be on the street fter D. m,
is liable to arrest and fine without distinction as
to character or conduc If the Puritans pos
seSSed blue laws of q buer hue than these Ala
oama laws, then we must be color blind.
NICHOLAS LEvlsLER, No. 1920 Hanover street,
Baltimore, has erected in his parlor the wooden
model OF a large country residence which he
made with peaknife. The building measures
-FOUR feet by two, is two stories high, with
French roof and observatory and has bow win
dows and porches A flight of stairs connects
the first and second floors, beth of which are
neatly carpated, and the walls are covered with
paper. Tho pa lor and bedrooms are filled with
furni ure and have chandeliers lung from the
ceilings the model contains nearly "all mod
ern conveniences. Il stands in q garden that
occupies almost all the parlor floor. On the
grounds are gravel wal is, with sett ees a pump
and trough, an airy little structure for counting
couples, ami strong watch dog. Mr.. Leviser,
who is laborer. has been at work on the model
for thirteen years, doing small parts at night
when he returned from his days occupation
AMERICAN BREAKFASTS, " partaken of be-
tween AMI O'Clock, have long been the
subject Of more or less disa ,reeable critic SIN
on the part of foreigners. Frenchmen, in par
tcuar, shrug their shoulders and spread their
palms over ejeuner Americana. They are
willing to accord much of our national nervous
ness TO this habit we have of brea king our
nights fast with a long and heavy list of
eIoles. IL is, however, not realized how widely
the foreiEn fashion of tray breakfast OBJ.
tains now in private houses in New York In
many such, dish of fruit, with roll and coffee
is all that is served, and this is usually carried
to the personal apartment of each member of
tue nouseho Even if is preferred to meet
about common board no more elaborate
menu is presented. The second breakfast at
II cloc5 Is prompt in its appearance a d
prodiga in its nature combining the breakfast
grille with the luncheon salad. In country
houses and watering placs cottage life the Gus.
tom is so prevalent that 1t is accep,-d as
universal The practice is one recommended
by physicians and students Of hygiene LAYS
OBscuRIrY may have it's drawbacks, but there
can be no doubt that the penalties of great
ness" are very real and very formidable. Here
is poor Mr.. Swinburne, who cannot take a soil
tary walk at Putney on a foggy afterno n in
December without having his every roovsnent
chronicled in a London evening paper Our