The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a PHILADELPHIA MAN wanted to commit sui
eide as painlessly as possible, so after much
thought he carefully shot himself in the left
foot. He is still alive
DURING a fire in Chicago a few nights ago ].
X Keussner. who lived next door To the burning
building, was awakened by the clamor and he
and his wife ran hastily into the street. ne bring
ing a cat with him and his wife leading dog
FRANK Moss, u years old, met his death. in
Chicago few days ago in a singular manner.
While playing with other children on the steps
| or ST. Johns church a stone from the coming
over the doorway fell upon him and fractured
his skull.
! An NEBRIATED RESIDENT Of Mt. Holly, n. j.,
while on his way home from lodge on Monday
| night leaned against a fence to recover his
breath He went sound asleep Later on he
was found In that position by policeman, who
| lighted match to assist in Identification I'm
| luckily he held the match too near the inebri-
ate,s whiskers. They took fire and were nearly
All burned of. suit for damages will prob
ably follow.
WE ARE ACQUAINTED with q Cumberland
county CMe.) man Of rather slow wits who en-
gagged lot of pine timber to a certain mill
man; Shedding had nearly gone, but the tim
| Der dldn t come. About this time the mill man
met our acquaintance and asked when he was
| going to get that pine. wall, the truth is
Charles, | sold that timber to Berry sold
II ITO 70 berry; " cried the mill man. What did
| you do that for-did he give you more than
offeredy' mo, he didn't give me quite so much
Charles; but think his judgment is a leetIe
| bettern your'n"
AN OLD PASTOR in Connecticut, a prudent,
spiritual, and faithful man, was damaged by a
report from neig uboring community that he
nad brought politics into his preaching A
| friend visited the place where the minister was
! reported to have done so. and asked brother
IN the church, Did DR.. Ely preach politics
did" What did he say?" well. SIR said
the interogated witness more obviously, '.if he
| didn't preach politics, he anyhow PRAYED poll
pcs tics; But what DID he sayf" still urged his
friend say echoed the respondent, ''he
said, Though hand join in hand the wicked
| snail not go unpunished.'"
| a LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER of Boston tells a story
OF young man who came into the studio one
day and asked nervously if he might have lit
Tie conversation with him. The visitor was pain
| fully ugly, and, after some awkward blusbiny
and indefinite illusions he asked the artist if he
| supposed he hal among his samples picture of
| any yonng man who looked like him, but was
DETER looking. What do you mean, young
| man. asked the photographer. Well" re-
plled ne, making clean breast of it, Il am lust
engaged to be married The young lady lives
| out west She is going home tomorrow. She
says sne thinks I'M so good she doesn't mind
| my being homely, but she wants good-looking
| picture to take home with her to show the
| girls"
DURING lull in the court proceedings at Au-
burn, Me-, the other day, Sheriff Lamb pro-
pounded legal question based on an actual &C.
Ggurrence recently in East Livermore, says the
bangor Ae~s. Two neighborS in that town
owns rams One of the rams jumped over the
fence into the field of the neighbor, and while
there injured one OF the cattle which was graz
ing IN the Fl Id. The nelghbor caught the ram
and tied him in the barn where his own ram
was tied. AS he happened to give him too
much sack rope the ram got at the more Sc
curely tied ram belonging to the man who had
tied him and killed him. After having per-
formed this feat he managed, through the extra
amount or rope, to get 80 entangled as to get
hanged by the neck until he was dead. The
legal question involved was as to who should
paw FOR Inc ram-the neighbor who, by letting
ms ram loose, caused all the trouble or the
neIghbor who, by tying him in the barn so
carelessly, caused the death of both animals.
II HAVE SEEN one or two good hen stories in
the Tribune" writes a correspondent, but I
think this one beats them. One day last fall it
happened that not far from my house a board
was resting on two barrels, which were about
ten teet apart and SOMEBODY had laid an old
discarded straw hat OF the board, the crown
lying on the board. An old hen, which was a
great pet with the family. saw this arrange
ment, and evidently decided that the old hat
was just the thing for nest. So she carefully
hopped into it and lail an egg. We decided to
humor her whim, and therefore fastened the
hat to the board. She continued to lay in this
queer nest for some time But one day the hat
became untaStened in some way and blew off
one oodru WDen blduy saw this she began to
sing dsconsolately, and we thought she would
give up the hat ond seek another nest But we
were mistaken. In a little while she seized the
nat IN her bill and flew with 1t on the board,
where, after great deal of fussing she ad-
Justed 1t so that she could lay in it. After that
we fastened it so that it could not blow Off"
MRS. ELIZABETH HAsKETT went to Washing.
| ton from Indianapolis month ago in search of
pension. She is advanced in years and is the
widow OF union soldier She herself served
| as nurse in the war. and afterward during the
| yellow fever epidemics at Memphis and Iack-
sonvlle In the latter place she lost her sight
| In the service and has since been blind Mainly
| through the efforts of Mrs. Smith the president
or the Women's National Industrial League,
and Senator Blair there is now on the statute
books law granting Mrs. Haskell a pension of
o2 month. AS soon as the bill be-
came law she wanted to go home
| means. She was directed to the Headquarters
| of the Grand Army and to the principal
women societies, and when the charity of all
mad been exhausted she was richer by IS
That would not pay her fare, so as a last re-
sort she called at the White House to see her
| townsman the President. She saw Secretary
halford lnitead, and the secretary gave her
note to police headquarters, where she was fur
nished with transportation. That is to saw she
got ticket to carry her to Baltimore which il
the way the police of this city almost invariably
dispose of paupers and tramps. Had it not
been for Charlotte Smith, who furnished her
with ticket to Indianapolis, President Harri-
son s destitute tOWnswomae would probably
still be wandering.
HERE are few things from the Ptarmuceu-
ttcdl Record that are worth knowing: 1. That
milk which is turned or changed may be sweet
ened and rendered fit for use again by stirring
In a little soda. .. That salt will curdle new
milk; hence in preparing milk porridge GRAVES
etc, the salt should not be added until the dish
IS prepared. g. That fresh meat, after begin
ming to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors
in the cool OF night. a. That clear boiling water
will remove tea stains and many fruit stains
Pour the water through the stain, and thus pre-
vent 1t spreading over the fabric. g. That
ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other
stains from white cloth; also from the
hands. 6. That a tablespoonful OF turpentipe
boiled with white clothes will aid in the whiten-
ing process Z. That boiled starch is much i'm
proved by the addition of little sperm salt or
gum arabic dissolved. (. That beeswax and
salt VIII make rusty fatirons as clean and
smooth as glass. Tie lump of wax in a rag
and keep 1t for that purpose. When the irons
are hot rub them first with the wax-rag, then
scour with paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.
9. That blue ointment and Kerosene mixed in
equal proportions and applied to the bedsteads
is an unfailing bedbug remedy, as a coat of
whitewash is for the walls of log house 10.
That Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that
have been hardened by water and render them
as pliabe as new.
HORACE GREELEY was 81 years old when he
went down the Hudson in a row boat, said Amos
Cummings in q recent lecture in New York CITY.
and just fifty nine years ago last August he
landed at the Battery with BIO in mic TocLa+