The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-28
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The YOUNG LADIES of the CrAfordvfIIe high |
school, Indiana, gave a feld-da exhibition in /
Judge Brittons glen on a receh afternoon in |
the presence of about 100 IadiesA The matter
| was kept profound secret from b men and
did not leak out until late In the dI when over
| 100 men started for the glen in buseS They
arrived Just in time TO see the last Wv do tha
| high kicking act, which was the lasfeature on |
| the programme. Several of the elbits were
| equal TO the college students. Mis Florence
| UT won the high kicking contest tickinc a
| cymbal at hight of feet inches. n Annie
| Morgan won the 100-yard dash in ISeconds.
| Miss Kate Campbell made a standiS hroad
| jump of 10 feet, and Miss Sue Watsonbreyy a
base ball 257 feet. The female athletl wore
sleeveless flannel dresses reaching to thknees.
OUIDA, occupies two columns in the lndon
! Times with a TRADE against English and Aneri
can literary syndicates. She declares heraf as
| being absolutely disguised with the bad duiitv
| OF the so-called literary products of the dallas
| well as with large amount of matter whiciis
| printed, and she REGRETS that $50 out of the 1DO
| books which are every year put before the DN
| lie from the different publishing houses shoIh
| see the light. for she thinks they ought never
| have been issued. She inveighs against thA
style of these writers and says that even the or
| binary rules of grammar are constantly dis
| regarded by them. The point, however, which
makes her most angry and on which she is most
particularly severe is the ''sckeniny rubbish ,,
which passes muster as novels. She ought Ger
| talnly TO be an authority on what constitutes a
novel, and she lays all the blame to the offend
| ingsyndicates.
GEN. GRoEszER, of the Hebrew project of Do
lice in Moscow. who has won an infamous noto-
| riety by his severe execution of the order for
| the expu lsion of the Jews, was snubbed by the
| Princess Elizabeth, wife of the Grand Duke
| Sergius, on her arrival there. On the grand
DUKE formally assuming command of the Rus
sian city the various officials were introduced
| to him and his wife. The grand duke treated
GroeSZer with the same gracious condescenslon
! that he extended to other officers, but the
| granddaughter of Queen Victoria pretended not
/ TO notice him and looked in another direction
| when he bowed profoundly before her. English
men are proud of and Jews are delighted with
her action; The mayor of Moscow. Alexeyeff,
who has been an active anti-Semite, has been
notified by the grand duke to give an account
| of his stewardship, although without direct
reference to the Jewish persecution.
WHEN we get to the bank in the morning, -
said a bank messenger to writer in the Gin
cinnati Times Star. 1.-THE first duty is to open all
letters and take charge of drafts on city parties
| Then we start out and present the drafts and
receive in return cheeks or cash. These we
| bring to the bank and deposit. Now comes the
| answering Of the mail This often requires
| considerable time, and as soon as it is com
pleteo we tie IL up and help pack it off to the
| postottce. We are often intrusted with large
sums OF money, but are required to give no
bond. Our duties are by no means light. as you
can see. once carried 100000 from the bank
| TO the treasury department in the government
| building. On this occasion l was guarded by
| I'VE trusty men, picked by the bank officers I
| did not know who they we're, but they all n wv
me. Every bank messenger carries a loaded re-
volver when on the street."
| In DIGGING OUT the foundation for a hotel at
Canton, Miss, one of the colored laborers struck
hard substance with his pick which upon un-
covering he discovered to be a large Jar of gold
/ He attempted to conceal his find and make way
with it, but two other negroes working near him
/ saw what he had found and Immediately there
was scramble for the gold. The jar was broken
| and the gold scattered. Mr.. G. Olsen, the con-
tractor. thought they were fighting and ran over
to stop the row, but discovering the cause of the
! excitement at once Joined in the scramble. The
three negroes secured most of it and immedi-
ately deeamped. leaving no trace of their where
| aoouts. over the spot where the gold was found
| once stood small office and sleeping room
/ which belonged to and was occupied by Col
Montford Jones, former wealthy citizen of
Canton, and miser, and it is supposed that he
| buried the gold there during the war. The
amount found is thought to be about $4,000.
THOMAS JENKINS, a hard-working negro who
is fond of hunting, and who owns small farm
| near Opelika, Ala. recently had a terrible ad
| venture with large rattlesnake, which he sue
| ceeded in killing only after it had bitten him
| Twice. jenkins was at work removing the
| debris of an old outbuilding, when the snake
| sounded its rattle almost under bis feet He
| sprang back just i'll time to escape the dart of
the reptile, and struck at 1t with the small hand
ak be carried, but was so unfortunate as to miss
| it entirely, when the snake, with incredible
| rapidity. coied itself about his leg. He en-
deavored to throw it off, when it buried its fangs
in the tieshy part of the limb. Before it could
| withdraw them he seized it back of the head
and choked il. as he thought, to death, for its
| folds relaxed and he was able to fling it from
| him; but, upon reaching the ground the rep
| tile revived and turned again to the attack
jenkins again endeavored to kill it by stroke
OF his ak, but only succeeded in Severng the
! extreme tip of the tail, and the next instant
the writhing creature had struck him on the
ankle, when he brought the blade down upon
| II. cutting 1t entirely in two. Calling his wife
| to assist him, jenkins managed to reach a
| physician living near him, whose immediate
| attention to his two wounds probably saved his
life, The limb is much swollen and of a lfyid
blue, but no danger is anticipated. The wounds
were in both instances deprived of their full
| deadlineSs by Jenkins heavy trousers and stock
| ings, which absorbed some of the poison, and
| thus prevented its entrance into the blood. The
| snake was an q one of unusual size, and car
| ried the extraordinary number of thirty seven
| rattles. These reptiles are unusually numerous
| in that vicinity this year, the one killed by
| jenkins being the Tooth killed this year.
WHEN Mllais was only II he exhibited his
| "Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru picture at
the Academy. and similar instances of sngu-
| larly early developed talents are by no means
wanting. 1t is true that they may be more rare
In the case of women than in those of the op-
| posite sex, but as the facilities for study he
| come equalized with the sexes it may fairly be
assumed that even this difference will disap-
pear. An evidence of this fact is afforded by
| Oho cast Ol q OrlRnCly glIteQ young lady IN the
case of Miss Mary Helen Carlisle. Miss Carlisle
was born at Grahamstown, Cape Colony,
South Africa, her parents being Margaret
| Alce-now Mrs. Carlisle Garland Sidney Car
Isle, While Mrs. Carlisle Cars musical studios
are well known, 1t is to her Judgment and
fostering care that not little of her daugh ters
ever increasing success is to be attributed
Although one is always inclined to look curl
ously for the origin of artistic instinct in a fam
lily, there does not appear to be any link to
trace in this direction in Miss Carlisle's-or at
least more than the not unusual accomplish
mentin certain members of the educated classes
to sketch and draw more or less deftly with
the pencil. When quite child, however, the
young lady S highest notion of enjoyment was
to be allowed to draw, and, curiously enough,
from the very first she-as she rather
| quantity expresses railways persuaded her
| instructors to allow her draw from the cast or
| still life, and not copy little pictures" And
| herein is probably one reason of the almost
| phenomenal success of one SO young. In 1855
| Miss Carr commenced seriously her artistic
training at Calderop's famous school at St.
Johns Wood, and after some months hard
| work there she sought the assistance of Mr..
| Sidney Starr as an instructor. with whom also
she studied diligently striving to benefit by that
| accomplished artists lessons and knowledge
| Under encouraging influences and well advised
Miss Carr in 1888 went to Paris, where in Julian's
! well known studio she had advantages scarcely
ootainable in England and where, also, who her
| first marked success.
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