The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
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duced into Dublin by French Immigrants. refu-
gees, at the time Of the revocation of the Edict
OF Nantes, who settled in that part of the Irish
capital called 1.-THE Liberties" The La Touche
family established the first organized manufact-
ory there which commenced operations in 1893
ASTRONOMERS in various parts Of the world
are at present engaged IN the preparation of
the Photographic chart of the heavens which
was decided upon at the recent International
congresses. The map will be a stupendous
work, consisting of some 1900 Sheets Sky
photography promises great results in the near
future. BY an instantaneous exposure only
the stars visible to the naked eye are shown /;
but, as the time of exposure is increased, ad-
ditional stars are seen, so that an exposure of
four or five hours with the highly sensitive
plates now in use has disclosed countless celes-
tial bodies which many of the larger telescopes
had not disclosed.
WHEN young Mrs Blaine was in Sioux Falls
recently, the trial of the Indian, Plenty Horses
for the murder of Lieut.. Casey, was in progress
and she came into court to hear the testimony
her sympathy could not remain unexpressed,
and when the trial was over, Plenty Horses,
with his lawyer, called on her at the hotel
Plenty Horses expressed desire to speak alone
with Mrs. Blaine, which she consented to graf
Try When they were alone he begged her to
give MIN some chewing gum, for which he was
longing, but was to proud to ask in the pres
ence OF others, and when she had given him
gum he begged further for clean shirt and for
blue ribbon such as she was wearing Plenty
Horses got all his requests gratified and has
since given his Indian friends to understand
that the ground Mrs. Blaine walks upon is sa-
cred in his eyes.
LORD GRANVILLE, writes a London CORE
spondent, had an excessive affection for eggs.
AS one might expect in the mind of any we'll
regulated Britisher. this affection was accom-
panied by an honest detestation of shop 'uns :"
So sensitive was the noble lord on this point
tfat he would only eat eggs Of whose history
and paternity he had some knowledge. 1t was
not easy to manage this when he was in town,
but he did it. His favorite place was at
Walmer. There also his favorte hens cackled
he was in town he had every morn
ing sent up from Walmer for his breakfast
table two newly laid eggs. For these two eggs
special boxes were constructed They were
well known on the Southeastern line Inspec-
tors and porters looked with affectionate inter
est after Lord Granves eggs or Lord
Granville's ,empties." The great grace of
courtesy with which the noble earl was gifted
went down Deep and railway men. who al
ways appreciate courtesy, would have done
great deal for good old Granville, - not because
he was peer and a stateman, but because he
was a noble man and gentleman.
ONE year ago Mary Hermann was employed
in a neckwear factory at 254 Monroe street. Chi
cago. Harry J. Dean, who committed suic de
at the Sherman house Thursday, was a travel
ing salesman. Miss Hermann was attractive
and had many admirers. Dean was a dashing
fellow, and on his business trips to the Office he
noticed the pretty girl at work, 1t was a case
of love at first sight One evening Dean es-
corted Miss Hermann To her home at 1,01S
West Twelfth street, and after that he was a
frequent caller. Her family objected to the In
timacy. They quietly stole away and were
married. On their return storm burst over
their heads, and Dean left the house. For
short time the young couple correspondent, but
soon this was stopped. From the day of the
wedding the young bride had never looked upon
the face of her husband until yesterday when
she gaZed upon him as he lay upon a marble
Monroe in ha
rear room the body lay covered with a sheet,
The attendant lifted the cloth from the face of
the corpse showing the features of a cookbook
ing man about Is years old "Oh, Harry,
Harry" moaned tine young woman as she gazed
upon the still face, and then, with lingering
L.ok she left the room. One letter directed to
sorry for the trouble have caused you-forgive
me. Harry"
How JOHN JOHNSON, the Monson Swede, tum-
bled into the slate quarry pit at Lewiston. Me.
has been told. Just how Johnson felt as he went
through his wonderful fall of 100 feet sheer de-
scent is yet to be narrated The man had lust
emerged from the pit box used for ascent and
descent. when, as he stepped upon the edge of
the pit, the box swung, knocking him over the
edge. Down he shot, out of sight of his Mortified
companions. The side of the quarry is not ex-
actly perpendicular. being spurred with shelves
| sloping toward the bottom of the pit. johnson
dropped several score Of feet and struck the first
| shelf in sitting posture. He glanced off into
| space. turned several revolutions and struck
Panother Shelf and then shot with terrific
| force into a deep snow-drift at the bottom of
the quarry. Said feow-workman who had
been with johnson at the edge of the pit: 81
did not dare go forward and look down for fear
| should see the man lying mangled on the
rocks below. While | hesitated up came the
box, and Johnson sat in it uninjured" When
asked how he felt during his tumble he re-
piled that he had no memory of it at all: it was
all blank from the time he left the edge of the
pit until he brought up at the bottom. A pc
culiar feature of the case Is that the man lost
his pipe from his mouth when no fell, and could
not be induced to leave the scene until it had
been found.
LITTLE DORA, the Agar old daughter Of Lin
coin Hamlin, residing near La Harte, H.. is
prodigy. Her father and mother are fond Of
playing checkers, and the child has always
watched them with great interest. Dora is
possessed of the wonderful faculty which is
variously claimed to be mind-reading, or second
sight. This consists in being able to readily
name the spots on any set of dominoes which
may be produced from looking at the backs of
them, or she will select from the set any number
asked for, all the dominoes being turned face
downward and thoroughly shifted about. II
one be slipped ont of the set without her knowI.
edge and it is called for she will quickly reply
| that the number is missing. The child cannot
count from one to six, but will answer the spots
as thus: Five and six, " six and four" or
any other number more readily from
| the backs of the dominoes than from their
| faces. The child has been subjected to over 100
tests and has never failed to call the right num-
| Der. White paper has been pasted over the
| backs of the dominoeS to prevent any chance of
| her having learned the backs and in every in
stance she has successfully indicated the num-
Der on the opposite side. Dora is equally pro
| ficient in naming the spots on playing car g.
but calls them by colors, not knowing the terms
spade" king" queen" ACE" "knave."
heart or diamond" There is absolutely no
deception practiced in the matter and the
child's power developed during last month is a
mystery.
A wELL-KNowN MEDICAL JOURNAL is recon-
mending the kola nut as a substitute for tea
and coffee The nut, it is said, contains little
tannin and not much more caffeine. 1t is
claimed that it will soon take the place of tea
and coffee entirely A botanist, who has made
special study of the nut and its properties said
to Cincinnati TinleS-Stdr reporter: ut is a
mistake TO say that the nut will take the place
OF tea and coffee. 1t has an astringent taste
that is unpleasant, and do not believe it will
| ever be used extensively, at ALL in civilized
countries. The kola nut is a native of the coast
| of Africa, but has been introduced into
and thrives well in the West Indies
and Brazil 1t grows upon tree forty feet
| high, which produces pale yellow flowers spot
| ted with purple The leaves of the tree are six
| or eight inches long. and are pointed
at both ends The fruit consists of five long
slender pods radating from a common center
One of these, when broken open, is found to
contain several nuts. somewhat similar to hazel
nuts and OF about the same size. The nuts are
| solid, being slightly softer toward the center
than on the outside. The natives of the coun-
tries where the nuts grow use them for various