The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05
Successors to Gray & O'Brien.
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MARIE VALERIE, the Archduchess of Austria,
has entered into competition with Carmen
sylvia of Roumania in the literary field, and
written drama called Elm Goldstuck" which
will be presented soon.
NJ BIRE has recently published his book,
Victor Hugo After 1890" The author assures
us he has studied the poet under all his phases
and from all the most authentic works. The
suit is that he has discovered hlm to be full of de
fectS and devoid of all merits This is strong judg-
ment and could no doubt be refuted. One Of the
principal defects he finds in him was his love of
pelf ana putting. He was marvellous manu-
facturer Of boniments," says NJ Bire. Nobody
knew better than he the art of handling Ia
crosse caisse." This failing might be- pardoned
were it not made worse by his excessive pride:
he outdid Satan himself IN vanity. In support
Of this charge, one or two anecdotes are given.
A LONG TINE AGO there was a good poker
game in Atchison says the Globe, and sharks
came miles to beat it. It was hard game, and
the sharks usually got the worst Oft. But once
Texas man dropped in and beat the game.
Playing in 1t was the then mayor. A tine jack
POT came up; the mayor opened 1t for S25; the
Texas man, who was dealing, raised il S75. The
mayor drew three cards TO ac-s, and made
aces up;' the Texas man drew five cards and
made straight. IL was clear case Of rob,
but nobody sgueal d, and the Texas man took
the money and fastened to the union depot In
few minutes he was arrested for vagrancy
and fined $500. I'VE never let a stranger get
away winner In those days" OBJ served the
citizen who told the story
HEAD KEEPER BYRNE of the Zoo is at his wits
end, says the Philadelphia Times Jess, the
female black bear that arrived at the gardens
recently, has, by her charming girlish ways and
vivacity, won the heart of "Old Pete big,
shaggy bruin, greatly to the CONSERVATION of
his mate, who is now bent on venting her
spleen in revenge on the disturber Of their do
m site tranquility. The old fellow has all he
can do to keep Mrs. Brun rom tearing out the
coquettish little strangers fur 1t is out.
rageous the way "Old Pete" and Jess flirt.
When Mrs. Bruin lies down to take nap, "Old
Pete slyly crawls over to his new love, and
they interchange honeyed words by the hour
Then, again, to make the affair more brazen,
odd Pete catches all the peanuts in his mas
sive jaws and splits them out for Jess to eat.
This usually causes a quarrel to ensue, and
pretty strong language is used.
NOTHING impressed Moltke, when in Russia,
more strongly than the devoted submissveness
of the people, whether soldiers or civilians.
The Russian" he writes, must positively have
a master; if he has none he sets himself to find
one. Each community chooses its Starost or
elder from its white-haired men, else il would
be like a swarm of bees without queen Our
land is good. but we have nobody over us
Come and rule Thus ran the message of the
Russian commons TO Rurik the Varangian. And
30 1t is with the Russian soldier. Without his
captain he would be in deadly perplexity. Who
would think for him. lead him or punish him?
His captain may possibly defraud him Of his
he loves him better than he would German
officer whose punishments are just and we'll
considered If a European soldier were to see
his non-commissioned officer drunk, discipline
would become impossible. but the Russian puts
him to bed wipes him clean and obeys him as
faithfully as ever on the morrow when his fit is
over.
RECENTLY heard an interesting and char
acteristic story about novices in journalism
with theories of their own as to the business.
An old and experienced journalist had been en-
gagged to manage affairs in the editorial room
IT, after a month or two of trial, all parties
were satisfied. The paper had started out with
declarations that it was to be heightened and
unconditional, but giving all the news, etc.
When old "ShaEespeareh was Kill ed the expert
menting journalist, remembering the character
to be given in the paper, printed the revolving
story in as mild manner he could
in the space of a column of SO. One of the
proprletors complained that the vulgar affair
should have been dismissed with paragraph,
because there were few persons interested in
such people and such affairs" Later in the
day another proprietor expressed his amaze
ment that editor of such reputed ability
should not have given the fullest details of so
sensational murder Very WELL" said the
editor; Of you and Mr.. Blank will decide uDon
what days the paper shall be a Police Gazette
and on what days / shall issue HdrDer's Bdscr
will try to comply" But he didn't; he re-
signed and went back to Europe, and the paper
was soon after sold TO some journalists who
had been in the business be ore.
DO YOU KNOW, " said Henri Cazman to a Chi
cago Times man, II met the inventor of some
of the queeresJ things in the world the other
day. 1t was Just before | sailed. was putting
10 a couple of hours of grace strolling about
Liverpool and, dropping into a cafe, l was
greatly surprised to see an American friend of
NINE ana young stranger of apparently Ger
mau or French extraction. There l was intro
duced to Buatin DeKolta, the most mysterious
man IN europe and one of the most delightful.
Dekolta is the greatest magician living to. day
and the ono originator of new illusions
ana trlcks since the time of Robert
Houdin. who was the father of them all
1t was Houdin who revived the ancient
mysteries of the Egyptians. Houdin, who per
fecte1 for stage purposes the crude but wonder
full feats of lie East Indian fakirs, and Houdiu
who invented eight tenths of all the illusions in
use by prestIllgittorS to-day. OF course his
stuff has been modernized and changed, but
| the principles Of most OF the mystic doings of
the modern magician are his. Everything
really new OF any consequence has emanated
from De kolta. 1t was his genius that encom-
passed and overcame the difficulties of the
vanishing Lady, he originated lie Cocoon
| (the COCOON in which live woman is evolved
from light frame covered with paper and
suspended by cords in mid-air; he also worked
up the Cremation in which Hermann has
been 30 successful in this country, and invented
the mechanism which makes 'Florines s.
apparently unsupported gyrations in the
air a possibility. These are all big illu-
sons. OF tricks of sleight DeKolta has invented
dozens including the disappearing billiard balls
the plate and burning handkerchief, the Bout
Ter compressible flowers and any number more
This genius told me that he would have made
SlOO0,0O0 out of the Vanishing Lady il he
could have protected her, but copyrights pat
.ents and all are useless IN cur business and
! secrecy is well-n gh impossible for any length
| OF time. as it was. the illusion was stolen and
produced on this side of the Atlantic almost as
| soon as it was given in London. DeKoita him
self only appears in, London, Paris Berlin, st. Pc
| tersburg and possibly Kopenhagen. He spends
| most Of his time in getting up novelties His
| nationality Austrian Jew. Queer, isn't il, the
| idea Of man spending his life IN absolutely in
| nocent, but none the less perfect deception of
/ has practiced upon them