The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27
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can. He has his dander up and viii sccep
/ V. 7. MEzHoFF, the well-known Russian bib
/ lographer, is preparing work in which the
] books and journalistic articles treatingn ST
/ IBERIA viii be catabgued- The work will euorace
also the books and articles on this intessting
subject which have been published in treign
countries. NJ. Mehoff has been ordered com
/ pile his book bYl Siberian millionaire The
1 first volume OF tneWork is In print; twcmOre
volumes will follow
THERE is good deal of humbug in theoudly
| expressed aversioi of many distinguished men
to the attentions o. the public They So they
/ want TO be let alofe, but do not belize that
/ IS what they want q all. They want the bores
/ 70 let them alone. but they would be verIsorry
If they received No attention at all frsm the
public. The troabb is mat there is no way Of
regulating this attention. Naturally 0ough,
1t is disagreeable to know that a cpwd OF
tourists Is peeDing ct you over your garden
wall, or taking snap shots" at vol with
Kodak az the most inpportune momints, but
you need not tell me mat your prize is not
gratl1ed by the plaudIt of the judicidls.
1T is FACT" said aCanadian registered at
the Hoffman house, lew York ''Alat many
young Canadians comao the United States to
try their fortunes; butt is also fact which
can be proved by fiures that over $4,000
Americans are living an doing business in the
Canadian provinces. Wherever you. travel in
Canada you find Americans, aad in many of the
big cities you can find small host OF them. In
the maritime provinceslhere are thousands of
them engaged in trad and In the fisheries
Several of the rich menof Canada are Ameri-
cans, and several impetant Canadian enter
prIses are under the Management of Americans.
The wages Of Can adam rorkmen are not I'D to
the American standard, ht the cost of living in
Canada is less than in ne United States. OF
course the greater partof the Americans in
Canada went there froI the New England
states. but you do not ned to hunt far to find
New Workers. Then out n the Pacific coast in
British Columbia and eiong the southern
frontier OF the western provinces there are
plenty of Americans and everywhere their en-
terprising spirit has beerDf benefit to the Cana
diaDs"
Mrs. JACK GARDNER isDne of the seven won
ders of Boston. There is nobody like her in
any city in this country She is millionaire
Bohemienne. She is acentric, and she has the
courage of her eccentricly. She is the leader
of the smart set, but sheoften leads where none
dare follow. She is IS, pain and wide mouthed.
but has the handsomes neck, shoulders and
arms in all Boston. Wlpn she dresses decollete
she plays the limit. she initiates nobody;
everything she does is Sovel and original. She
is as brilliant as her own diamonds, and as at
tractive. Some one his we'll put it; All Bos-
ton is divided into tyoparts, of which one fol-
lows science and the oiher Mrs. lack Gardner.
She is patron of art, music and the drama;
she is the female Maecenas of Boston. She
brings out" geniuSs of all sorts. Poets, ar
lists, Buddhist priets, and Siberian political
A French visitor il Boston, capUivated and
dazzled, said in theclub room: SIT is to me
astonishing that you permit this charming
woman to remain l widow :" You see, the Joke
OF this is that then is in existence somewhere
Mr.. Jack Gardne, who pays the bills.
DR.. JENNIE McClwEN of Davenport, Ia, has
been unanimously elected president of the
Academy of Naturd Sciences, in that city. Dr.
McCowen had for two years previously acted as
corresponding secretary for that organization,
and for three years preceding that as librarian,
having In charge tie 1900 volumes upon its
shelves. She Is one VI the best known and most
popular women in state famous for its pro-
gresslve and aspiring daughters The range of
her industry and accomplishments would put
to the blush many an ostentatious business
man. Her own profession, in which she has
high rank, is not enough to satisfy her poised
and interchangeable spirit. For rest and recrea-
ton she merely Changes work" When her
duties as physician tax her strength she turns
to literature, philanthropy or science as an off
set. DR.. McCowen is of French extraction.
Presbyterian on her fathers side and Quaker on
her mothers. She was born near Cincin
natl, and is the daughter of a physician. Her
parents both died when she was young, and she
educated herself for "a teacher at a normal
school in Ohio, from which she has now an
"A. NJ. -" title She taught and studied, studied
and taught, until she was able and old enough
to become doctor, She assumed her own sup
port at IT, and became a resident of Iowa in
1854. She took q three years course In the
medical department of the state university.
Upon her graduation she was Immediately
offered a position on the medical staff of the
state hospital for the insane at Mount Pleasant
Ste remained there three years, and then began
private practice, with the determination OF
making mental diseases, especially those of her
own sex. her life work. Her value in her chosen
field has been generously recognized. She has
been three times elected to the secretaryship OF
the Scott County Medical Society. AT
the close of her last term as secretary
she was elected president of the society,
thing hitherto undreamed of in the
history of the medical world. She is also a
member of various medical societies and among
them the New York Medico-Legal Society. She
was elected to this in 1884, when there were two
other women members She has been associate
editor since 1885 of the Lot0d Medical Reporter
and a contributor to many medical journals
chiefly on insanity. In 1888 she began the issue
of a little paper in connection with the Working
Woman's Club, which club is her especial pride
This paper is called Lend-G- Hand Echoes, and
all the work done upon it is done within the
membership Of the club. The motive through
out is phiantaropc, being the improvement
and encampment of working girls and women
in Davenport. In person DR.. McCowen is said
to resemble Frances Willard, but the resem.
blance is only in the type. Her hair has a tinge
of warmth, her eyes are blue, her teeth ever
and white, her laugh hearty and contagious, hel
disposition sunny, her insight keen and her will
strong.
AN English gentleman who has lived many
Chicago Tribune, about the sacred monkey.
that are q great nuisance in some parts of that
country. No one is allowed to modest them
They run about the streets, help themselves tt
whatever thew please at the Shops rob orchards
and gardens, and play havoc generally. tt
thrash them is regarded as a msdemeanor, anC
to shoot monkey might cause second mutiny
The gentleman had garden where grew de
liciouS fruits. The sacred monkeys easily
scaled the walls and helped themselves They
were not content with simply eating, but
amused themselves with throwing half-muucheC
fruit at each other. To shoot these pests was
out of the question. and to hit them with stones
was impossible, as they easily lodged any mis-
sile that might be thrown at them. An ides
proceeded to carry it into effect, with great
success. He got large basket of the largest
potatoes that we're TO be found and haG
them boiled. When they were scalding hot he
had basket and potatoes placed under one oil
the Trees The monkeys were watching these
movements from the trees. Presently every
monkey seized hot potato, and then followed
the most unearthly screeches and gatherings
A monkey will never let go any article Of food
that he once gets hold of, even if h. has to die
and these monkeys, true to their nature would
not drop the hot potatoes. They held them in
ore hand and then in the other, and then they
they would take a bite and scald their mouths
and roll in the dust, writing with pain, but
never letting the potatoes once out Of their
appeared over the walls and never returned
The Englshman once witnessed pathetic as
well as heroic, scene in one OF the city squares
in which the sacred monkeys were the actors
He saw a number of monkeys seated and stand.
ing in a large circle, and female monkey hug
baby that had Just been killed by a cobra's bite
The other females ware trv1pe n copSoIa bap Ix