The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08

work, the young man Reese stepped forward to
claim the reward. The professor handed him a
500 bill, but at this point Editor Doyle of the
Sunday Netcs rose in the audience and re-
marked that as Reese was an usher the whole
| thing was set up job. The professor and
editor then waged a fierce war OF words, and
the show was thrown into great confusion. The
editor escaped injury, but must have been in
imminent danger of being converted into some
bowling monstrosity by the magic power of the
professor.
BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) LETTER to the St. Louis
Globe DsmOcI at: Capt. Riley. barkeeper in a
| fashionable saloon In this city, has made pet
of large rat which lives under the floor. Every
day when the captain is on duty the big rat will
come out Of its hole for lunch. Riley saves a
few scraps for the rat, for which the rodent ex-
presses its thanks by blinking its little red eyes.
Tue rat will put its head up through its hole,
which is behind the bar. and take a cautious
peep around. If one of the other barkeepers is
on duty the rat goes back, but if it sees the
smiling face of Riley it boldly comes forth and
devours the remnants of the captain lunch. A
few nights ago three silk umbrellas were left in
the saloon over night, one OF them being the
property of Riley. The next morning two of
the umbrellas were found cut to pieces by the
rat, but Riley's was untouched. His pet rat had
recognized and spared his property.
"ONE of the most curious and widespread of
all popular decisions is that which relates to
the supposed steady determination of the In
dians of North America before the march of
civilization" 1t was an officer of the bureau of
ethnology who made the remark, and he added:
las matter of fact the Indians are probably
more numerous on this continent to-day than
they have ever been in the past, and they are
steadily increasing in numbers from year to
year There are now in the United States
265, 900 Indians. When Columbus landed they
were almost undoubtedly of less number. The
Indians of the time lived altogether by the
chase. Under such conditions an enormous
extent of territory is necessary to supply tribe
with food Each tribe, as things were then,
ranged over great expanse appropriated to
Its own use in the pursuit of game and fish. Be-
tween one tribes hunting ground and that of
! another was always an extensive dividing strip.
The whole country mapped out on this plan
could not possibly sustain more than a small
population. There is the best possible reason
for believing that two centuries and half ago
the Indians in what is now the United States
east Of the Mississippi did not altogether ex-
| coed 1900 So
The BELIEF in metempsychosis is very curious
among the Ansairee.g Ordinary Mussulmans
| they say, passed into jackals after death; and
| it is a common saying among them, when the
| jackals howl at night: Listen to the MusSul-
| mans calling to prayer" Bad men after death
| have to walk in low envelopes" as their ex.
! preston goes. making use of the Arabic word
| ''kamees for the envelope of the body, which
exists among us in the word 'chemise." For
what reason know not christian doctors are
| supposed to go into very low envelopes indeed.
| and become swine when this life is over. Jew.
ish rabbis become apes, and SO forth. The
stars, they say, are envelopes OF
| hight the destination OF the great and good
| Ansairee, who have, like Sheikh Hassan, dis
| tinguished themselves in this life by their
| charity and integrity, and there are &c, 900 OF
| them who form the great Eight world, " or the
| inhabitants of the seventh heaven, who sur
round Ali and are perpetually Illuminated by his
| presence Most Ansairee pretend to knowl-
| edge Of what they did in a former existence,
whether as animals or men, and at Tarsus it is
| common theory DC among them that
| Frankish travellers, intent on archaeological
| research, come to look for treasures which
they remember to have seen in these spots
| during former existence. A man, they say,
| who has not acted rightly in this life may be
| punished in the next existence by being born a
woman, and woman who does her duty in
this life may be rewarded in the next by being
born a man. Womanhood is considered by them
sort of probationary step between the animal
world and the lords OF creation, and their women
are treated by them with great contempt and
never permitted to participate in the sacred
mysteries of religion. 2tg-s
THE emperor had long felt hurt by the opin-
ion had expressed as to his Spanish enterprise,
says Talleyrand in his memoirs, besides, he had
considered that the arrangements had made
at the time when the princes arrived at Valen-
cay had too much regard for their safety. And
so, from the first time We met again at Nantes,
our conversatons-our discussions, might cali
them-were of an irritating nature. On one
occasion among others, assuming an air of ban
| Ter, ru0Dlng MS nanQS, ana pacing up and down
| the room, he said to me with a sneering look:
| well, you see how your predictions have
| turned out about the difficulties l should meet
| in settling the affairs of Spain according to my
| own views. have got the better of those peo-
| pie, after all; they were all caught in the nets
spread for them, and am master OF the situa-
tion in Spain, as In the rest Of Europe" Driven
out Of patience, BY this this boast, which in
by the shameful means he had employed TO
reach his aim, replied to him, though calmly,
| that did not see things from the same point
of view as he did, and that believed he had
lost more than he had gained by the Bayonne
events. What do you mean by that?'' he in
quired. well, " answered, the thing is very
plain, and will show it TO you by example
be fathless husband, let him even commit
grievous faults against his friends, he will be
blamed no doubt But if he be wealthy. pow
erful, clever, society may be somewhat
man cheat at the gaming table.
he Is forthwith banished from good society, and
will never be forgiven" The emperor grew
pale and embarrassed, and said not another
word to me that day. l may date from this
particular conversation our more or less evident
rupture.
AS TO AMUSEMENT, you may trust Bavarian
not to be behind in that. The men meet almost
nightly in the different inns and beer houses,
in Chicago according to their status in the local
society, where they have talk, singing, music,
cards, etc, the large glass mugs Of beer at their
side being constantly replenished. The beer is
fortunately light and wholesome, but the
amount drunk is a serious expense, and much
more than the men usually can properly afford.
Besides these nightly gatherings, there are diff
ferent clubs or societies that meet at certain
times at one or other of the inns for an evenings
amusement, some Of them under the patron
age of the priest. In many of them the
| women join, but the women's chief enter
tainmentS are k1lnk, spinning parties
at home, and very cosy and picturesque
these spinning parties are. The great feature
in Bavarian sitting room is the large porce-
lain stove, that stands out into the room and
that is usually Lit from the passage outside.
Round this stove a bench runs. making de-
| lghtfully warm seat the back being the porce-
lain stove. But besides this stove in the older
houses there is in the wall hole with a Chin
ney. where particular sort of pine, that
burns brightly without sending out any sparks,
is burned at night for the purpose of light only
In olden times when such Injuries as lamps
were unthought of, it was often the only means
of illumination. Some still use them con-
stantly; others keep them only for festive occa-
SionS. A man generally the wag or story-teller
Of the parity sits beside it to keep it replenished
The women have their spinning wheels o knit
ting, and the men sit in the darker corners /:
and there are always some to sing songs or
tell stories or keep the fun going in some way
One such scene especially recurs to me- I'm
agine an old, dark-paneled room. In her arm
chair close to the stove in the full light of the
blazing pine wood, sits the handsome old
hostess, in her picturesque costume busy with
her spinning wheel. A young woman with a
wheel is in an opposite corner. Three daugh-
tiers knitting and guests sit in circle more or
less, the light playing on the varied faces and
time-worn furniture as bright freight alone
One man has a gtIifar and tvro vouno