The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-15
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good pianists among US as this season. We nave
had Rummel, de Pachmann, Bloomfield
Leissler, Aus der Ohe. Joseffy who however
mas not played IN public this winter. and to thi:
| list We must now add Arthur Friedheim, who
made his American debut in New York this
week Another pupil Of List, A NJ Bagby
said OF HIM IN an article which appeared in the
! century q Few years ago: No living pianist
helm"
SAYS clerk of western hotel: There are
lots of whimsical people in the world. There is
travelling man, for instance. who always in
slsts on occupying room 444, says il insures his
DONG a good business. Then the superstitious
people are simply without number The most
supeISCiIlouS people In a hotel are the walters
ana oenooys. II they are crap-shooters or
| poiicy-plaYers they pick up all sorts of num-
oeIs ana use them Some walters will not want
| 70 serve the guests where there are thirteen
seated at table. bellboy who is called at
| elght minutes of y o'clock to room IS would
rlsk MS money on the combination S-12-45 com.
| ing out at policy The belief in signs of good
| or Ill luck is not as noticeable however. now as
m the past Among the hotel guests l notice
| mat IL Is confined more to southern visitors
/ and from the reason that it is learned from
| coIored servants or nurses.
| JACOB MENDoCk, a farmer of Pittman. this
county, died and left fortune sewed up in an
overcoat. and which has become the property
OF scheminG tramp. Mr. Mendock's wife died
/
mas llVed alone, having q brother in the Mahan-
tonga valley. He employed several farm hands
anu oelng prosperous accumulated a large
amount or money IL was reDOrted that the old
man was rich and while the story was going he
rounds tramp put in his appearance and next
uay applied for work on the farm He gave
MS name as Charles Wilson and related pitiful
Cale 70 Mendocd about his past misfortune and
struck sympathetic chord, which resulted in
ms securing employment. few months later
Aenqock ded and before departing left several
| FpEaF a..
nam, whom he expected to visit him Learning
inst there was money secreted about the house
wilson ranSacked the place and found BIO 600 in
paper money IN old coat which he captured
In the letter MendOck stated that the above
named amount was concealed in the attic and
he bequeathed it to his brother William.
THE wealthy men of today" said an old
fashioned business man to the New York SIM.
who have acquired their richess. not bv the
laoorlous old-time methods, but by Sudden
strokes, ought to be extremely Charitable 7
nave Tor some years been placed in a position
Whers could Judge OF the comparative generos-
lty OF some of the wealthiest men IN this
country. have frequently had to call upon
them for subscriptions in cases worthy of every
man s charlty, but it has always proved very
olsheartenlng job The men who Sc fortunes are
80 large That they themselves can hardly know
the extent of them, are the hardest man in the
world to get a $50 subscription from whatever
the purpose to which it is to be devoted. They
are Inuch closer with their money than the men
whose fortunes are only moderate and who
acquired their money by slow and laborious
methods. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the
TACT That these extremely wealthy men are
oVerWhelmed with demands for assistance and
cannot AFFORD to waste time in answering all of
them; but even if such be the case il is no ex-
cuse for neglecting the calls worthy charities"
AT AN AUCTION SALE of autographs in Lon
don, recently, one of Ben Franklin's fetched e6.
Some valuable memorials of Goethe, Including,
autograph verses to julia. Countess of Egloff-
stem, ana two portraits of the great poet
painted by the countess, realized R1OS Three
letters OF Sir Walter Scott averaged f4 each
and letter of Charles Lamb IS An important
collection of documents relating to ,Jeane
jacques kQsseau we're sold for e68 Two auto
graphs OF Lord Eyron brought G5, and one of
Lady Byron refuting certain state
ments of her husband went at los. Lord
Byron wrote thus to his sister, Augusta
Leigh. on April p, 1915, after signing the deed
OF separation between himself and LADY Bvron,
My Own Sweet Sis: The deeds are signed so
that all is over. ! have now nothing to say or
desire on the subject, bu. that Won never men.
ton or alluoe to Lady fYrOn's name again in
any shape or on any OCCASION, except on ipdis-
pensble business OF my own. Dearest kindest
oesG BIS, ever thine. This fetched go los
ana t5l was given for an interesting lett n from
Lord Byron giving a complete history of his
relation with the CountSs Guicciali and written
to the same sister,
WELLGRoo8ED OLD MAN who looked very
| like Jesse Seligman, th banker saws the New
York Sun, sat in one corner of a Broadway
horse car the other morning An old woman
shaking with a mild attafk of the palsv tot
tered in. She had q BASKET on her arm and
was poorly dressed. Just as the car rascbad
| the Hoffman house the oh man signaled the
conductor to stop. He pt up quickly, but
hat and say in voice tint appeared to indi
cate long acquaintance VIII her How do Won
| dog She seemed surprise, but could NOT do
less than take the hand e offered her He
| shook her hand in jerky, ,brupt manner and
! then rushed out of the car The old woman
evidently had never seen htubefoTe and looked
with amazement at @ silver dtar which he mad
| left in her palm. She made n, ATTEMPT to con-
ceal the coin, but stared at nin amazement
while all the other passengers miled broadly
After few seconds she lookeolp aud. seeing
them, began to smile, too For ne next dozen
| blocks and until she had arrived d her destina
ton sue continued alternately t, stare MT the
coin and to smile at her fellow pa@engers.
that there are more ways thaone of get
ting thing was strikingly illustrtsd the other
| day at the Grand Central depot, Sis the New
York Record, when one of the Understanding
| of all astounding requests for pass went o6 |
record. 1t was made by the wifi of a wall
| known actor and man about townae nenhev
| Of one of GOtham'S most promiat literary
women. The actors wife came in it'll a naive
| smile and asked for Mr.. Depew. Fpon bain1
| informed that the urbane PRESIDENT the Nays
! York Central would not De able teee her ner |
/ sonally, she remarked that her tsness was |
| very urgent, very Important, and Old Onlv ba
| arranged by Mr.. Depew. After SOB DELAY the
| affable secretary of the president Rde his an.
pearauce, and told her he was authized bv M
Depew to attend to her wants, assthp her that |
| he would do all for her that Mr. lpew would |
| do Very well, she said. My the is Mrs
| Blank. My husband is an actor. 3 went orr
| on the road recently with a certacomnanv
! which is now stranded in Rochester The mar
| ager has absconded, and my husbaiis without
| funds-uDable to get home. l havno nnonev
to send him, but want him HON / should
| like a pass for him from Roches- to New
| York" May l inquire madam, "sked M
! Duval, what claim you have on Mranew In |
warrant your making such a request None
| whatever" was the prompt responss Don't |
| him make a speech on his travels it7urona |
| Shouldn't know him if he walked of bis
Office this moment. But know he hs ki1J |
! heart, and want my husband with mpThat
| all" Come here George" called D1Ivoi |
| to one of the clerks; write this lady ,ass ss
| she directs. Good morning, madam. hone |
you and your husband may spely be |
| reunited"
| THE latest statistics show that blindn Is On
the increase in the United States, s. Dr
| Grueniug in the Epoch. This increase New
York state is attributed to the failure GARRY
| ing out the law which requires midwiveo ra |
| port to the boards of health all cases ooIan
| norrhoea i'll newborn children. In fact law
| is a dead letter, which is a great pity, i,nsa |
| in the asylums for the blind there are n1toeo |
pie who have become blind from havinssen |
| neglected when infants than from any-bar |
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