The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PHILADELPHIA PAPER is responsible for
this: "a fashionably dressed lady had Just fin,
ished making a purchase in a Chestnut street
Jewelry store on Saturday when another lady
entered. What are YOU doing heres' inquired
the latest conner. o, I've been buying my
husband the sweetest little present. confided
the former lady. Tomorrow is my husbands
birthday and am going to give him such de-
llghtful surprise. have bought him a hand
some new gold watch in place Of his old one for
only $50 just then the clerk approached
Shall charge thaty he inquired. OF course
was the reply; to Mr.. -"
MANY BANKS in New York are subject 10 a
good deal of petty annoyance from small &C.
counts kept by young men who believe, and
reasonably enough, that to have bank account
and pay by check gives one a certain standing
| Many OF these small accounts are perpetually
upon the verge of extinction, and if many trans
actions In che cks could be traced 10 their he
ginning 1t would be found that one man with a
perilously small account had sought the aid Of
his nelghbor a little better off and used
the latter,s check for few
Gays In order to maintain fic-
| titlous appearance of prosperity Some men
| deliberately borrow $500 or $500 to begin bank
account, and check it out to the lender as soon
| as they are able to make a second and smaller
| deposit.
THE HIGHT of the Madison square tower.
which was opened to the public in New York
Tuesday last is to the head of the statue of Di.
ana 81 feet, but the highest point q which the
| public is admitted is 800 feet That is the tall
| est thing in New York, certainly north of the
| Pulitzer building. The latter stands 500 feet
| above the sidewalk to the lantern, and $40 feet
| to the top Of the flagstaff. The Madison Square
garden tower Is thing Of beauty. and will GER
| taInly be one of the sights of New York There
| are three lamps in Diana's forehead, 200 in the
| crescent under her feet, 800 in the tower and
| 1850 on the roof garden. There is search
light at the hight of 252 feet, which is mounted
| on carriage and goes rails all the way
around the tower. This light carries a distance
| Of three miles.
FRENCH BARRIsTER, NJ Desmarets, lately
wrote to Signor Crispi pressing him to take the
| initiative in organizing the United States Of
| Europe This was Crispis reply; THE league
| of the three monarchies, Italy, Germany and
| ustria-Hungary, has been formed to guarantee
| the peace of the continent aud without any de-
sire of conquest. 1t is henceforth the kernel of
| the European confederation. If France chose,
she might, join the three powers,
who would receive her into their
company with enthusiasm. Her example
would doubtless be followed by the other
nations, and We should have at once and with
cut difficulty the United States of Europe.
| General disarmament, the tightening of taxa
tlon and the welfare of the taxpayers would
| naturally follow. In this great European
union, removing all reason for the preponder-
ance of one state over another, the question of
nationalltleS would be quickly AMI amicably
solved by the confederates. 1t would be mat
tsr of internal organization and nothing else. 3"
A VERY PRETTY, brown-eyed little English
woman, about % years of age, filed a petition
in the superior court Of San Francisco few
days ago for the annulment of her marriage on
the ground that her husband is a Chinaman,
aud that he married her under false pretenses
claiming that he was an Englishman The wo-
mans maiden name was Esther Allen, and the
English-lookin@ Monaghan calls himself William
Mount He was visitor at the houss in liver
pool where she was a servant He said he was
an Enghshman, and everybody accepted the
statement without question They were mar
ried Jan. 10, 1887. Then Mount told his
bride that he was o steward, and she had to sail
with him on a merchantmen bound for San
Francisco For two years she sailed with him
and last May they arrived in Sydney, Australia.
The authorities wanted to collect from Mount
the $50 tax on Cinnamon or secure from him a
bond not to remain in the country. Then Mrs.
Mounts eyes were opened, and
spouse aghast. She wanted to leave leave
him, but no opportunity offered. Now she has
arrived in the United States and takes the first
opportunity to secure q divorce. Mount is
good looking, wears his hair cropped close his
eyes slant but little, and he talks English with.
| out accent
CovINeToN recently had the most exciting
and sensational fire that has occurred in Ken,
lucky for years and the hero of the day is a
| small shepherd dog. The fire broke out shortly
after oNcl ok in the one-story frame occupied
by Mrs. William Smith, at Fifth and Bullock.
The mother and her four children were asleep
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for the remarkable intelligence affection and
other human qualities displayed by the family
dog the entire family would have certainly
persisted. The animal was permitted to sleep in
the kitchen, and some time after
the fire had broken out he man
aged to reach the bedroom adjoining
and jumping on the bed barked and scratched
at the face of Mrs. Smith until he aroused her
Both the rooms were now in flames, and an
other moments delay would have been fatal to
the entire family. The mother managed to
| oh fha from md hAr II
tue netghbors, and then she fell to the floor
overcome by the dense smoke. Several neigh
bors who responded on the instant succeeded in
dragging the children from the building which
was by this time completely enveloped in
flames. The dog who aroused her aud thus
saved her life and the lives of the four children
had the hair badly scOrched on his body
THE MOTTO IN God We Trust" which is now
stamped upon all gold and silver coins of the
United States, was suggested by au old farmer
living in Maryland This conscientious Chris
tian gentleman thought that our currency
should indicate in some way the Christian char
acter of our nation, which, he argued. could be
| best done by putting motto upon our coins
expressing national reliance on divine support
in governmental affairs 1t was in 1861 when S.
P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury, that
1 this man first wrote to Washington regarding
his pet idea. His letter was referred to Mint
! Director Pollock, who discussed the question in
his report of 1862 Pollock and Chase were In
favor of introducing the motto at once, but con-
gress gave the suggestion no attention what
> ever In his next annual report Director Pol
lock again referred to the matter, this time in
firm theological argument, saying: THE motto
suggested, God Our Trust is taken from our
national hymn, The Star-SpangIed Banner
the sentiment is familiar to every citizen of our
| country; the time is propitious; It's hour of
national peril Let us reverently acknowledge
, his sovereignty, and let our coinage declare our
trust in God" a 2-cent bronze piece was
authorized by congress to be coined the follow
ing year, and April %, 1864, the first United
! States coin was stamped with the legend, I'm