The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


GIVE HAVE had some curious men on this
line" said New York car conductor but
think about as strange as any was one who had
formerly been Methodist minister How he
came to get on a street car don't know, but
he was a wholesome manly sort Of man, and he
did his work well. though he had at first sim
gular way of doing things. He had been on the
front platform one day collecting some fares,
and when he got to the rear platform passen-
ger standing there told him man had got on at
Houston street and was sitting inside. The
conductor stood in the doorway and looked in,
but he couldn't locate him. Then he said with
perfect calmneSs: viii the gentleman who got
on at Houston street please riser The gentle,
man who got on at Houston street stood up
like man and paid his fare"
81 NOTICE by the papers, said the former St.
Louis coroner that world weary negro CON-
mitted suicide on Christmas night by jumping
from the bridge. This reminds that sui
cides among negroes were entirely unknown
until within the past few years. In 1873 the
first case of negro feIo de Sc In the history OF
st. Louis came to my notice as coroner. 1t was
such novelty as to attract widespread atten-
ton, and many newspapers claimed that it was
the first case of It's kind in the country. Be
that as It may, 1t was but the forerunner OF a
half dozen cases in St; Louis. and the question
is no longer asked, Who ever heard of negro
killing himself? Perhaps, in the purely animal
state, no one ever did. but as the negro in his
free state has mingled with the white man he
sions, fears and prejudices as well -"
R. G. MADISON, travelling man claiming to
reside in Nation, H., says he has been in
Oklahoma within the last few months, and
while there met young woman whose name
was Ida Arnold and who disappeared from the
home Of her parents, MIR. and Mrs John Arnold,
in Mattoon sixteen years ago. She was young
| school girl, and was thought to have committed
suicide. The young woman recogni Zed Madison
and confessed that her name was Mrs. Paul
Pulaski. she having married a good" Indian OF
| that name several years ago She has two
| children by him. The woman said she wanted
| to see the world, and went to the Indian Terri
| tory. where she readily secured position as
| teacher in the government school. She as
| sumed the name of Ida Buckley. She subse-
| quently married Pulaski, one of her pupils, who
| now owns 1000 acres of land in the Indian ma
| ton within thirty miles OF Oklahoma
WHEN the leather in your shoes becomes old
and begrimed with backing you will ascertain
that the feet will be cold remarked the old
| time shoe .seller) says the Shoe and Leather
| Facts Then it is time to cast aside the shoes
| and use them to wear beneath arctics or for
| some other purpose. have seen it referred to
many times but if you want to keep your shoes
| in good condition you should use yaseline on
| them often. The life viii be kept in the leather,
| and if rightly applied you can shine the foot
wear just as well as If the preparation had
| never been used. Put it on at night when
| taking off the shoes There is castor and like
oil, also, that will well serve the purpose and
keep the shoes and boots in good shape. i'm
parting much greater warmth to the feet than
if you allow backing and the like to eat up all
| the life in the leather. When backing COM
| mences to cake on the shoes wash them with
plain wator, no soap"
For the first time since Hayes began the GUS
tom of including the correspondents among the
invited guests at the state receptions the usual
drag-net invitation has been abandoned. Hith-
| erto it has been customary to print paragraph
| in the local papers informing the correspond
ents that they might consider themselves as in
| vited to the receptions, and blanket notice
was posted in the press gallery to the same
effect. This year the correspondents received
| an engraved card of invitation, with its little
| golden embossed eagle, and the courtesy was
| emphasized by its delivery at each correspond
ents home by footman of the white house.
| All this brings to mind the memory of the first
state reception held under the Cleveland re-
gime The announcements OF the recep-
| ton was made through the papers and gen.
| eral invitation extended to senator's and men,
bers. Very few of course, responded, and few
days later one of the senator's who had absented
himself called at the white house 4 did not
| receive card, - said the senator when his alb
sence had been commented on by the President.
"But it was in the papers, said Mr.. Cleveland.
| well, then" replied the senator, with touch
of irony in his voice. you must have forgotten
| TO send me marked copy"
IT HAS OFTEN BEEN CLAIMED that tattoo marks
may be removed by pricking over them goats
milk This is mistaken idea. Chemists and
others have for years experimental with
various preparations in the hope of discovering
some agent TO wholly remove India ink marks
from the human skin. Nothing, however, has
as yet been found that will remove a portion
even of the objectionable marks, unless, posi-
bly,, the attempts be made Immediately follow
ing the tattooing process. AT Mount Washing
ton University Hospital, Baltimore, an expert
ment was some years ago made in the presence
of the writer upon the forearm of noted char
aeter of that city who died there. Before his
death the man granted permission to the stu
dents Of the university to experiment as they
saw fit with his dead body. One of these stu
dents, curious to learn everything possible con-
nected with the practice of tattooing, cut from
the dead mans arm a strip of skin upon which
a coat of arms appeared. Beneath the skin the
design remained visible. BY degrees the flesh
was removed, the design in India ink still re
naming in sight, until finally the bone was
reached. After thorough sponging for the
purpose of removing the blood and pieces of
flesh remaining it was found that the repre-
sentetion still appeared. After cutting away a
small section of the bone the India ink was
found to have not penetrated beyond.
An INCIDENT occurred at the reception of one
of the members Of the cabinet last week which
afforded a good deal of amusement to the
hostess and the ladies who we're receiving with
her. While the reception was in progress a
gentleman and lady, accompanied by boy
about is years of age, came into the paror.
They were entire strangers to every one there
but the lady, with complete self-possession and
an easy manper. introduced herself and her
husband and her son TO each one in the party
In speaking she betrayed a slight foreign &C
cent. Her husband was evidently an American,
aud the trio were aenteelly dressed, and had a
weli-to-do appearance. After making circuit
of the line OF the receiving party the woman re-
marked in a tone that was audible to every one
In the room. I'VE will now look through the
house." This they proceeded to do with great de-
liberation, examining the paintings and statuary
with critical eyes and making remarks that
every one heard This is fine painting" the
woman remarked to her husband as they came
to halt before one of the pictures II suppose
that this piece was imported" she said as they
looked at some statAary With running fire
of comment Of this character the party made a
tour Of the parisrs, and then they turned to the
staircase aud were about 10 ascend when they
were stopped and informed that the upper part
of the house was not open to visitors. They
then quietly left the house with the air of people
who had performed duty in visiting one Of the
public places Of interest in the city The
hostess, who was amused by the incident ex-
pressed regret when she found that they had
departed that she had net ascertained who they
were and what kind OF place they took her
house to be.