The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IN the AeXlcan war and the civil war. Mrs.
| Noodson IS his fifth wife. The last one he
/ married in his Tooth year. The groom is the
fourth husband OF the bride.
/ TIE latest London fad at small dances is for
the hostess to have provided Plentiful supply
| OF not milk and settler, with which to regals
their que Is upon the eve Of departure, to guard
/ against cold on the homeward drive. The milk,
/ HAVING been heat d almost to boiling point. is
/ poured into long glass, into which a heaping
tablespoonful OF sugar IL lightly stirred AM
small quantity OF seltzsr is frothed from 8
| siIhon-
SIMEON DUCK Of Victoria, British Columbia,
is seventh son Of a seventh son In 1867 he
/ left London on the seventh day Of the seventh
| month, and arrived 10 this country on the sew
/ enth day Of the following month at O'Clock in
| the morning When seeking election to the
| British Columbia parliament he was elec ed By
a majority OF seven votes. On the following
| ele -tlon be was defeated OF the same mythical
| number. Mr. DucS declares the above true in
every particular
Dr.. WILLIAM R. HARPER Of Yale, it is an
nOunced, will next week begin course of uni
versity lectures at Yale on the early history
and institutions of the brew people. The OBJ
1ect Is TO present the results of modern crlti-
clSm. though in a somewhat conservative form,
and the lectures will undoubtedly make a sen
satlon, as DR.. Harper's opinions are known to
differ materially from these commonly held.
The title OF e first lecture is The Old Testa-
ment Account of the Creation; What the Writer
Meant TO Say, and Why"
MRS. SENATOR INGALLS, is fresh. youthful
looking woman with handsome and gracious
| and charming manners She is a clever talker
ard has the air OF woman who has mingled
much in society and thoroughly understands
It's requirements. In her general style she is
the direct opposite Of her distinguished hus-
band, beng fair. plumb and rosy, and possess
ing none of the acerbity which has rendered
the senator terror TO his enemies IN congress
for so many years. The Ingalls, children, as q
rule, resemble their father.
STANLEY has now given up an opinion which
he entertained when he set out in search of
Livingstone. He was then led to believe by
the natives that white or light colored people
would be found somewhere in Central Africa.
Several OF the tribes had traditions of the exist
ence of such a people there, and DR.. Living
stone himself heard of these traditions during
his Afric wanderings. tanley became con-
WINGED during his recent explorations that there
Is no white native race TO be found in the GEN.
tral regions of the Dark Continent
SENHoRA MENDoNcA, wife of the new Brazilian
envoy to the United States, is an American
woman, the daughter of a Down East sea cap
tain. Capt Redman of Thomaston, Me- When
her father sailed for Rio Janeiro twenty-five
years ago he took his daughter with him to
Keep him company on board his schooner.
Senior Meudonca was then young editor in
the Brazilian port, and a chance introduction
OF the young people ripened into romantic
has son 90 years old and four daughters
ranging from IL to % years OF age.
The number of ladies who are at home on
Sunday, says the New York Commercial AdUer-
tiser, has been multiplied hundredfold this
year. 1t used to be rare thing for any one to
receive on that lay. and an evening reception
was an unheard of thing. Now, however, there
the womsn in New York are at home to callers
on Sunday afternoon. With many men it is the
only day they can make calls; and now thai
evening calls are things OF the past and rank
with NV Years day calls Sunday calling is
bound to increase even more and more as the
necessity for calls increases day by day.
ONE of the curious products of Mexico is the
jumping bean, "a vegetable curiosity whose feats
of acrohatic agility have never been fully ex-
planned by the scientists. They grow in pods
each pod containing three beans. Each segment
is Rounded one side and A-shaped on the other
greenish yellow in color, and in circumf renee
about the size of large led pencil. When
placed on table they roll over and skip about,
sometimes actually jumping good two inches
When held between the thumb and forefinner
they are felt to beat as strong as the throbbing
OF a strong mans pulse. The agricultural de-
partment at Washington has been acquainted
with the rarity since 1884.
The Independent of New York. having asked
members of cougress-HouEe and Senate
whether they would close the worlds fair Sun
day, or leave 1t open, publishes over 100 replies,
wherein it appears that the respondents are
! very nearly equally divided on the matter,
| those opposing opening, however, being about
| ten in the majority. Some eight or len were
non committal in their replies, while many that
| must be recorded in the affirmative take that
stand with various qualifications to their in
dorsement of an open Sunday policy, the
| majority pleading the cause of the workingman,
and some arguing t. at only certain arts of the
| fair should be open that day.
REV. T. DEWITT TALMAGE, as a collector of
relics in the Holy L and, has a very successful
rival in the person of ex-senator Stephen Girls
void Of Brooklyn. In Mr.. Griswold's parlor
| are two bouquets Of pressed flowers, hand
| somely framed, one of which was gathered
| from the Garden OF Gethsemane by Mrs Girls
wold while the other is connected with tragic
| inc dent, it having been presented to Mr.. and
| Mrs. Griswold by the late Emperor of Russia,
| Alexander H.. but short time before he was
killed. Among other interesting relics in Mr..
GriSwold' ; possess on are bottles OF water from
| the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and Testament
bound with wood from the Mount Of Olives.
REGARD for my sex should l suppose, induce
| me to refrain from recording the fact, says a
Denver Republican writer, but 1t is true that l
| saw New York belle in the throng around Git
| ting Bull, who, not content with the autograph
| aspired to bear away some more novel
| memento, and, mincing up TO him, whispered
something in his ear. The old c5iAf grinned
and shook his head, then something heavy
passed from her hand to his, and, with another
| grin to the crowd, the grimy, dirty, smoke
| scented old heather bent his head down and
| kissed her. Doubtless that specimen of dainty
young womenhood boasts to-day of the salute
| given her by Sitting Bull, the famous warrior.
the grand old chieftain OF the great Sioux tribe
A STRANGE STORY came to light in Birming-
ham, Ala, recently. Nine A. R. Ledet, who
| runs boar ing house, swore out a warrant
| charging Joseph Gordon and Louis Lambert
| with stealing $4,000 from her. She alleges
| tnat the two came to her house and engaged
a room about two weeks ago. Gordon appeared
| to be young countryman with plenty of
money, and Lambert impressed her as being a
| sharper who was trying to rob him. The widow
| Immediately set her cap for the young man.
| who apparently fell desperately in love with
| her. She says she finally became engaged to
| him. Four days ago, she alleges he came to
| her, and presenting her with $4,000 in
| gold and currency, contracted to marry her
on Wednesday yesterday. She locked the
| money up in a closet in her room Night before
| last the two men returned, as usual The mar
| riage was to tat place the following day and
Nine. Ledet had disposed of her persol al effects
| preparatory to taking the wedding trip. When
| the morning came the widow arose to find
money and men gone She alleges that they
stole it and left, and she has sworn out the war
| rants accordingly. She says the money was
| given her in cash, and she knows dollar when
! she sees one. The officers searching for the
| two men, but nothing can be learned of them
| She appears sincere in what she says.
PROF. TESTER of the medical faculty of
| Lyons has returned from Russia whittier she
was sent last March to take evidence upon the
course of influenza there and tn various con-
ditIons of It's evolution. I have had CONVEX
| Sation with him. Dr. TesSier began his so1ourn