The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14
NATURAL FRUIT FLENoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| "A MOUND containing the skeletons or several
| prehistoric people has been discovered on
T, farm near Carthage, Ill. The skeletons lay in
| all conceivable positions, and are supposed to
be those of warriors who fell in battle 1t is be-
| lieVed that the farm is the site of an ancient
| battlefield The skeletons are of unusual size
and the teeth in the skulls are larger than those
of ordinary human beings The authorities of
Carthage College have received permission to
explore the cave. and noted antiquarian has
been sent for to aid in the investigation.
THE AGE in which we live is disgustingly
prosaic and horribly matter fact The lover
upon clasping his sweetheart to his breast re-
marks How delightfully."- clean your scalp is,
my darling!' And she upon folding him in her
arms eXclaims: Dearest Algernon, if you will
drink creme de menthe, do wish you would
wash your mustache off before you kiss mel"
Only the other day CINCINNATI young lady who
had left her fathers house with the intention of
clipping with her sweetheart turned back at the
railway station upon discerning that she had
forgotten her toothbrush Think of it, shade of
Juliet
IT is NOT an unheard of thing for a man to
delegate to his wife the care of his wardrobe
and the task of keeping the run of his social en-
gagements, but who ever heard of a man who
had TO be sent to his meals? The Brunswick
tMe) telegram has found such a man. His
wife was away and he was to take his meals at
a restaurant. The trst day of her absence he
paid no attention to the supper hour but kept
right on working until it was time to close his
tired without getting any supper. The next
morning he left the house early and going to
his shop began his work, never thinking Of his
breakfast until nearly ii o'clock
PERHAPS the most unique artisan Washington
can boast is a canine tonsorial artist who is
known as "Frenchy'' Smith, says the Washing
ton St0r. He has the appearance, which he
perhaps does not belle, of a French hairdresser
who has turned his attention TO clipping dogs
for the heated term. He goes from house to
house in the fashionable part of the city and
asks servants If there are any long haired Skye
terriers, poodles, Newfoundland or any other
kind of dogs that the owner desires clipped If
there are he will do it for from 90 cents up, &C
cerding to the size of the dog He says that
dogs cannot live through the summer in this
climate and remain healthy unless clipped.
Col. CHARLES MITCHELL, who was adjutant
general on Gen Lees staff, tells an interesting
little story of Gen. Wise and the surrender at
Appomattox. Wise came riding down the road
furiousy TO where Gen. Lee and his staff were
grouped. He was splashed with mud from head
to heels There were great splotches of mud
dried and caked upon his face. Addressing Gep.
Lee he asked, in theatrical voice, us it true,
Gen. Lee, that you have surrendered:" Yes.
one question: What is going to become of nv
Brigade Gen. Lee, and what is going to become
of me?" Gen Lee looked at the splashed war
rior for a full minute and then said calmly and
in low tone; Gen. Wise. go and wash your
face"
ONE DAY / was taken with cbils and head
ache, says a writer. My qunne box was
empty, and was looking forward to a restless
night. In desperation peeled a raw onion and
slowly ate it, then went to bed, with warm feet
and an extra quilt, was asleep in five min
utes and awakened in the morning quite we'll
Our homely but strong friend will be appre-
ciated in time as a medicine, and if agricutur-
lists would turn their attention to raising a
model onion with the strong scent taken out
that tpiDtg the braafh nDnlhaEaDtiv fau
would be- putting such pills in the cellar by the
barrel, and the doctors would take TO onion
farming: The onion acts as a csthar
tie and diuretic and may help to break up a
cold or lessen the bad symptoms A doctor
says: Il always store a barrel Of onions in my
cellar in the fall We have them cooked twice a
week. and whoever of the family is threatened
with cold eats some onions raw. If this vege-
table were generally eaten raw there would be
no diPhtheria. govt, rheumatism kidney or
stomach troubles | know the young men and
women are afraid to eat them. One young man
went SO far as to say to me: IF my wife ate
onions 1 would get a divorce the same day"
Ina morning newspaper yesterday. says the
New York World, appeared this announce
ment "Lonely-Letter received; Will meet
you in ladies' parlors, Aston house, at O'Clock
today; will you kindly wear red pink in front
of dress Confidential" Among those who
read this were the drummers who put up at the
Astor house. They went down into the cor
rdors and laid in a supply of red pinks with
She came promptly at O'Clock. Z. f. Gould.
drummer Of opticians goods went up and
talke to her. He tried to convince her that he
was the man she wan ed, but he failed. He
called attention to the pink in his buttonhole,
but the woman would not be persuaded. well,
if you won't talk to me you surely will to my
friend Mayer" Gould said Gould lafs the side
of the yong woman, making room for Mayer,
when two score of men, all wearing pinks, came
into the parlor. The woman looked puzzled.
"Well, madam said Gould, "if Mayer isn't
the man you are in search of it may be some
one of these gentlemen. They all wear red
prised fiounced out Of the room. She left the
Aston house by the Barclay street entrance.
But where was Confidential ?"
In TIE COURSE of a month, says the Berlin
correspondent of the London Daily Net0s. the
first volume of the late Count Moltkes works,
edited by his family, will appear 1t will be
brief history of the war OF 1870 III The peculiar
circumstance to which this work owes its ori-
gin shows again the imposing simplicity and
modesty of the great hero. The late field mar
shall was repeatedly requested by his relatives
to write down his memoirs, but he always
fused, saying: "All that l have written, and
what is worth being kept, lies In the archiues
are better buried with me-" When
he was requested again by his
nephew TO put down some notes about the war
of 1901. he answered, 'You know you have
everything is in that" Then he added, "Iu is
true this work is too elaborate and only written
for experts not for the multitude. One ought
to make an abstract of 1t. The next morning
he found on his writing table the whole volum-
nous work of the ge neral staff, and understand-
ing this suggestion he set to work without say
ing word and finished il in the beginning of
1885, when he was 81 years of age. When it was
complete he handed it over to his nephew and
never mentioned it again. 1t is said TO be ia
contents and phraseology the best history of the