The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-27
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the duke ded from the effect OF a bullet wound
through his heart. and that he committed sui
eide while suffering from temporary insanity
during an attacE Of pneumonia. The whole af
fair IL shrJuded in mystery. Five days elapsed
before TIE duge's death was registered, and the
news apers pin 10 cansurinZ the attempts of the
various public officials concerned to hush the
matter up. The BODY Of the duke was cremated
after the inques which was conducted m Sc
CT Z. 10 such an extent was the policy OF Sc
crecy followed that even some of the members
the duke lamily were not aware of the reaB
cause OF his death until the facts were published
in the newspapers.
NEW YORK has become q city Of extravagance
in dinner giving, and many of these entertain
ments, with all the delicacies of the season and
rare wines, cost from so to 500 per cover OF
course the latter is the outsi figure; but reck-
oning that on gives dinner once q week to a
party OF, say flite5 n. at the first named figure,
It will prove a snug sum at the end of the year
In order 10 render these dinners complete and
perfect. the hostess must possess a dinner SER
vice more or less elaborate; and L is rarely, If
ever, that the majority of outsiders stop to con-
slider what these consist of and how much
money is spent in this direction. In the old
Roman days no greater magnifcence could
have exis ed in the way OF table decorations,
wines and service. than a millionaire New
Yorker displays when his wife gives large
dinner.
Miss VIRGINIA ScHLEY, daughter of Capt.
Winfield Scott Schley. commander of the man
ofwar Baltimore, and Mr.. Ralph Granville Mon
tagu-S teuart- Wortley of England, the second
son of the Earl of Warncliff aud vice president
| of the Atlantic and Danville railroad, were
married ursday in Baltimore by the Rev. r.
r. Graham. The church was handsomely dec
| GRATED with tail palms and potted plants. Miss
Schley entered the church leaning on the arm
! OF her father, who was in full dress uniform.
| She wore rich white corded silk costume, cut
| high neck and long sleeves, trimmed with old
point lace, which has been handed down in the
Scnley family TOR generations. She also wore a
| White tulle veil, caught In her hair by orange
| blossoms, and carried a bunch of white lilies of
the valley. The bridal couple left for Florida,
and In few weeks will sail for England.
SIN THESE DAYS." said a well-known practi-
toner, 1.-THE city court is regarded by good
many people as a place of torture, and even
lawyers look upon the proceedings which take
place within It's walls with disfavor. 1t is a
. ace where the poor wretches who are in debt
undergo examination in supplementary proceed
lngs. and creditor can always subject hls
debtor to q very bad quarter of an hour within
this tenn pie of justice. He can haul up his vic
tim and force him to tell, under a solemn oat .
all about any kind of property in which he may
have an interest. 10 an honest maa who is ia
debt through misfortune this process is
Illuminating and accompliSheS no good while
WIN scamp 1t 10 equally valueless, because, if
be intends TO defraud, he has usually made such
disposition of his property that the law cannot
reach him. and the sa City of an oath has no
terror for him. de goes through the furnace
and comes ovt with conscience unsecured"
By HIS manners and ways of life Benjamin
Franklin became most popular man in France
50 that when he gained his presentation to the
king ms future was assured. AS he passed
through the streets of Paris he was followed by
admiring eyes and cheered loudly by enthusiast
TIC voices A contemporary writes: "a friend
OF mine paid something for a place at a two
pair f-stairs window to see him pass by in his
coach, but the crowd was so great lat he could
put ga ely say he saw him. He was the French
mans embodiment Of the ideal citizen, republi-
can, philosopher and friend. He completely
captivSted and captured the people of France
whom he perfectly understood and he well
kne" "tnat popular man becomes soon more
powerful than power ITSELF" Condorcst said:
1t was an honor to have seen him. People re-
peeted what they had heard him say Every
fete which Re consented to receive. every house
where ne consented to go, spread in society new
amer can revolution"
THE Vanderbilt awning, says the New York
sun, was as much an object of curiosity on
upper Fifth avenue. New York, as anything
that has recently teen built in that section OF
the town. 1t was a marvel of modern AWNINGS
in design, general scope and interior finish It
was practically series of rooms built out over
the sidewalk and up the steps to the house, de-
signed to shelter the people who were expected
aG the ball. There were entrances at each side
OF the awning so that pedestrians could pass
through, but they found themselves in a sort of
canvas tunnel which was quite distiact from the
big rooms which led to the steps, People who
arrived in carriages stepped directly upon
thick, warm carpets and under the canvas
apartment, which was banked on all sides by
magnificent ferns, heated by steam pipes and
lighted by hundreds of electric globes. When
they reached the steps they found two lines of
footmen, and so rich was the decoration and so
lavish the display of flowers that it was dificDlt
TO tell where the walk left off and the house
began.
AT ONE TIME there was not in California any
vehicle except rude California cart; the wheels
we're without tires and were made by Telling an
oak tree and hewing it down till it made solid
wheel nearly foot thick on the rim and a little
larger where the axle went through. The hole
for the ak Q would be eight or nine inches in
diameter, but a few years use would Increase il
to foot. To make the hole an auger, gouge
or ch1sel was sometimes used, but the principal
tool was an ak. A small tree required but little
hewing and shaping to answer for an axle
IheSe carts were always drawn by oxen, the
YOKE being iashed with rawhide to the horns.
TO lubrlcate the axles they used soap THAT
is one thing the Mexicans could make) carry
ing along for the purpose a big pail of thick
seapsuds. which was constantly put in the box
or hole; but you could generally tell when a
California cart was coming half mile away
by the squeaking. have seen the families Of
the wealthiest people go long distances at the
rate OF 30 miles or more day. visiting in orc
OF these clumsy two-wheeed vehicles Thew
had little framework around it made of round
sticks, and bullock hide was put in for a floor
OF DoUtOLn some INES the better class would
have little calico for curtains and cover
There was no such thing as a spoked wheel in
use then.
For MANY YEARS scientists have been per-
picked over the phenomenon of a certain well
at Yakutsk, Siberia, says the Chicago Herald
As long ago as 1923 Russian merchant began
TO sink this noted well, and after working on il
three years gave it up cad job, having In
that time sunk it to depth of thirty feet, with
out getting through the frozen ground He
communicated these facts to the Russian
Academy OF Science, who sent men to take
charge Of the digging operation at the wonder
ful well These scientific gentleman toiled
away at their work for several years. but at
last abandoned it when a depth o $50 feet had
been reached. with the earth still frozen as
hard as rock. In 1874 the academy had the
temperature of the soil at the sides Of the well
taken at various depths. From the data thus
that the ground was frozen to a depth exceed
ing COO feet. Although it is known to meteorolo-
gists that the pole OF the lowest known temper-
AZURE is in that region of Siberia, il is conceded
that not even that rigorous climate could force
frost TO such great depth below the surface.
After figuring ON the subject for over a Quarter
of a centu y biologists have at last come to the
conclusion that the great frozen valley of the
Lena river was deposited, frozen just as It is
found to-day, during the great grinding up era
of the glacial epoch
ROBERT s. BRIrroN Of Manchester. England
who was guest of the Fifth Avenue hotel. New
York few days ago, gives some interesting.
as well as surprising, information in regard to
the condition of the farmers in England Our
people of this side OF the water have hean ar