The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-04
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! sI-Er for breach OF promise is on in New
York which is remarkable for the age Of the
parties 70 it. The plaintiff is g gay young
widow who owns 70 II years and numerous
| tribe Of grandchildren. and the defendant Is q
festive bov OF almost as many years. Tie lady
| Of the lacsrated feelings alleges that the de-
| fendant borrowed 81 90 from her, giving his
note aud a promise Of marriage in considera-
| ton The defendant admits borrowing the
money, but denies the rest OF the bargain, and
| saws that he never thought OF marrying the
| p a'ntiff. and would not do It II she gave him
the sl,OOt
| a CURIOUS CASE OF poisoning from the bite Of
a spider is recorded by a Rcss OF New
| South Wales. A boy about years old was
bitten on the neck BY a large black spider, and
| on examination a large orythemetous circle
| was seen at the spot where the spider was sup
| posed TO have bitten him, which was scarlhed
| and bathed with the usual remedies Ammonia
! and brandy were administered, but the cAho
continued to scream with pain. The case con
| tinued under Dr. Ross care for week, and IS
| one Of so singular and remarkable character,
| and surrounded with symptoms and sunerlngs
| 50 amazingly violent and peculiar, that he
deems 1t his duty to lay the full history or the
case before the public as a warning 70 beware OF
| such supposed lnnocuous insects.
JAPAN WAX as it is called, is obtained from
tree. the Rhus Succedanea. which grows in
Japan. China and the East Indies. The Japan
| to bear fruit when 5 or years old, and IL
| creaSss its product every year till, ct the age
| Of 80 years, single tree VIII produce
| $50 to 400 pounds OF berries. from
! which seventy to eighty pounds Of wax
| can be obtained. The wax Is formed IN
/ the middle OF the berry, between the skin and
| the seed, like the pulp OF grape II IS ex.
| tracted by boiling the berries IN water and
| allowing it TO cool, when the wax separates from
| the skin and seed sinking to the bottom Of the
| vessel in a solid cake. The specific gravity OF
| this wax is O.970, and its melting point l3l .
| Fahrenheit. It LARGELY used, either alone or
| mixed with tallow, by the Chinese in the manu-
| facture Of candles Tnis tree should not be
COMPOUNDED with the "tallow tree Of China,
! which has pitch of solid tallow in all trees
| that have fully matured.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DICK JOHNSTON was up in
| Elk county last week says the Pittsburg Dis
| patch. enjoying well earned rest and catching
| fish instead Of sinners Early one morning as
| he was about to start for long days tramp
| certain qualmish feelings suggested to Mr.,
! Johnston the adviSability, on purely medical
| grounds, of taking small dose Of spiritus fru-
menti Happily tavern was in sight at the
time, and boy Longing at the door showed
| that early opening was in favor there, as il
used to be in Pittsburg once upon time.
In due time bottle and glass were
staring Mr.. Johnston out OF countenance
on a rickety bar. Haven't you any ice
water" he asked. Amy VT at?' said the boy,
running his hand through his mane-like hair
and scratching the back Of his neck for inspira-
ton. ice water, repeated Mr.. Johnston with
the gentle inslstence of one who asks for an old
friend. lice water?' echoed the primitive bar
tender. rs it ice water yer wanti Ice water
I in June And he laughed loud, unfeeling
laugh that shook the crazy log house, and
| abashed as never opposing attorney did,
the gentleman, who abruptly paid for the drink
and fed.
AS Mr.. DRAKE Of the Grand Pacific passed
by, the story printed here was told to the
writer, says the Chicago Tribune: when the
news came from Washington that Clark E.
Carr of Galesburg had been nominated for
remarked to the one who had told him the news
that Carr didn't know any more about the
language Of that country than he did about
running hotel. Then a smile passed over
brakes face and he slipped into his office
When be came out an hour later be held a let
ter written in the Swedish language congratu
lating Carr on his nomination. The letter was
received by Carr, who took 1t to friend who
trapslated il. 1t is not related whether Carr
smiled or not But in a few days Mr.. Drake
received a reply. In it Mr.. Carr thanked
the host of the Grand Pacific for his
'gratulatiOns and added, For the tender of your
best rooms for myself and family when we visit
Chicago. accept my thanks 1t is not related
that Mr.. Drake smiled when he read this. In 6
few days Mr. Carr and his family arrived Ell
route to New York to take steamer across the
water Mr.. Carr called for the best rooms OF
the parlor floor of the Grand Pacific, and, as he
had b 5 retinue of servants with him, it required
pointed minister. He remained about ten day
and on leaving thanked Mr.. Drake for his hos
pitality 1t is still a question in the minds o
some who know the story as to who got the bes
of it, Mr.. Drake, however, has not sent any
more congratulations TO any appointee.
The PRINcE OF WALES BUDGET consists o.
100000 a year from the government civil lis
and the revenue of the duchy of Cornwall
amounting to from 43S 900 to $4,000 a year
The princess on her marriage received q verJ
small dOwry from her father, the poor King o.
| Denmark, and she would have been positively
poor in her own right had parliament not voteC
her 10000 a year. Each of her children, an(
there are five Of them, rece yes from the coun
try an annual income of $1,000. Multiplying
these sums by five to get them into dollars, w
find that the revenue of the family is Just abou
81 100000 year. This ought to keep even
prince, but it doesn't. Every few years Wales
debts must be paid of by the government o
by his mother-usually by the former
He keeps up three Decentralization
ough house in London, sandringhan
in Norfolk county, and Aoergelds -. i
/ presence Of an army of retainers-caretakers
coachmen and grooms, keepers, heaters, gillies
gardeners and hangers on. Independently o
these the household OF the prince consist
necessarily of a great number Of function arie
and officials, with whom he is bound to SUI
round himself. He has controller, q treas
urer, three chamoerlains. four equerries In chic
, and six others who are supplementary, pr
vate secretary, librarian. a superintendent c
the household, with two assistants a house an
three honorary chaplains, three house and fv
: honorary doctors, three surgeons and subSt
tute, and dentist with yearly appointment
| in point of fact, says the London correspond
: emit of the New York Sun, the household
the Prince Of Wales is on the same footing 6
that of a sovereign with the difference tina
, his civil list is Inferior to every reigning mol
; | arch with the exception Of the King Of Greece.
t The DOCTORS at Bellevue hospital, New YorE
have had considerable scientific curiosit
started by the appearance there of two wonde
full freaks Of nature. The first is a man nance
4 George Lippert, a German, As years
r age, who has three perfect legs. Lippert's lei
:. | leg is natural in every respect On the rigu
= side he has two legs-not grown into one, bu
" fastened to separate bal-aud socket Joints. A
. far as the knee both are perfectly formed, belo
i the knee they grow somewhat smaller in size
and the middle leg has no tibia-the larger Dor
|, between the knee and the foot The foot. too
turned up, but Lippers says it was not always 81
>, He now uses the leg with the single bone, an
says he can run good sprint it, too. TT
l., foot being turned up, he uses a boot shape
:, ike a salmon can stuffed with cotton TT
} outside leg on lthe right side of his body /
does not no use. In addition to this til
doctors say his heart is six times its normi
size and extends all over his breai
J where his lungs ought to be. The other cal
Il is not new, but develops phases. 1t Is
tumor on the head of a man named Micha,
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