The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| THEREis very good story told concerning a
certain social leader in Boston. At an evening
musicale last winter she appeared in tres de-
| collete gown with her hands thrust into a muff
of white fur. Sweeping up to her hostess, she
| apologlzed for bringing her muff into
| the drawing-room. But" said she, Il
have such a severe cold really did not dare
| to come without it." and the bystanders look
ing at her bare neck and shoulders, smiled in
voluntarily
THERE is an old story about the merchant of
Milwaukee, who. during the civil war, being an
excellent hand at sketching, drew most ad-
| mlrably on the wall of his store a negroes head
ana underneath it wrote in a manner WORTHY
| OF the Dephic oracle, Dis union foreber"
| whether the sentence meant loyalty to the
union or not was the pulling question which
| the gentleman himself never answered always
replying to inquiries, "Read it for yourselves.
gentlemen" Thus IL came to be SAYING in
| the town that mo one knows how dat darkey
| stood on de war question" Another similar
| story OF more recent origin is about a question
| which is puZzling the young ladies' who attend
western female college. It seems that one of
them discovered that some person had written
| on the outer wall of the college: young women
should set good examples, for young men tOiH
follow them" The question now perplexiug
| the heads of several of the young ladies of the
college is whether the writer meant what was
written in moral or in an ironical sense.
EVEN GRIEF FURNISHES by contrast certain
grade of comedy. The late Senator Hearst.
worth many millions of dollars wouldn't have
cared much if his estate PANIED out hundred
thousand more or less, and 1t may be doubted
II his heirs would care the turn OF hand and
consider plum like that worth pluckiug.
without considering that, however, it will be
interesting to our contemporaries as matter of
news to know that some months prior to his
decease one of those seductive agents known as
life insurance men approachedthet then live and
active senator with proposition to insure his
life for 500 .000 The agent was a discharged
employe of the Equitable Brother Hyde's great
company. Yielding to his Establishments the
late Brother Hearst signed an application for
100000 and paid the premium. The agent of
tn Equitable in San Francisco approved the APP
pllcatlon subject to the Endorsement of Brother
Hyde in New York Brother Hyde, being
golden pillar in the sanctuary of the Rev. DR..
John Hall naturally beloved in original sin, SO
he put his agents to work to ascertain the
physical condition of the applicant.
YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT from the south at
tending lectures in New York tells in New
Orleans paper how he cured patient who was
suffering with with a curious aiIment The
patient was an old negro. who for many weeks
had been gradually wasting away from no ap-
parent cause. When questioned by his family
as to the nature of his trouble, the Old fellow
would sadly shake his head and beg them not to
press the question The young student no
ticed the old mans emaciated condition one
day and, becoming interested in the matter,
made it his business to find
out what the ailment was 1t was
difficult job to extort any in
formation from the aged patient, but finally he
broke down and confessed that he had been De.
witched and had lizard in his arm The
student gravely assured the negro that taking
reptiles from bewitched people was his special
ty, and that he had stocked several menageries
IN that way. He finally succeeded in gaining
the patients confidence, and dismissed him
with a supply of bread pills ard instructions to
call the following week. When the negro put
in his appearance the next time the student had
dead lizard in readiness and convinced his
patient that it was the identical one that form
erly abided in his arm. He straightway began
to improve, and is now vigorous and hearty.
MANY years ago John Cornwall owned piece
of land just on the outskirts of Lebanon, Pa
1t was a ridge of land about one mile long and
three-quarters of mile wide. On the property
was a fine bed of iron ore. number of CAPT.
talists wanted to buy the Cornwall ore banks"
as the ridge was called, and old Mr.. Cornwall
was willing to sell to them at a certain price,
After good deal of dici1ering a price was
agreed upon. The terms of the sale contained
the very serious provision that Cornwall was to
receive as royalty enough iron ore, delivered
free, to run one furnace 365 days in the year.
the royalty to be paid "as long as grass grows
and water runs" The Cornwall Ore Banks
Company, which was the concern that bought
the ridge, thought it could easily and
inexpe asively perform that part of the
agreement, and so it could have done had the
capacity of the furnace been held at it's original
output. But the shrewd Mr.. Cornwall steadily
increased the capacity of the furnace and thus
increased his orders on the company for free
ore. Several suits have been brought by the
company to break the free ore part of the con-
tract, but the courts have uniformly held that
the original contract called for free ore for the
furnace, the capacity OF the furnace not being
specified hence sufficient ore would have to be
supplied to keep one furnace going. Old John
Cornwall has been dead many years, but his
children and children's children have and are
now enjoying the large income that accrues
from the free-ore clause of that contract made
by their astute ancestor many years ago. The
value of the inheritance may be gagged when it
NOnCidArod No a ro vial lie -
iron, besides enough silver and lead to pay the
cost of smelling.
On Oct 16, 1850 three Methodist ministers
landed in San Francisco. They were the Rev.
Alfred Bannister. the Rev. DR.. NJ. c. Briggs and
the Rev s D. Simonds. OF these pioneer Clergy
men, DR.. Briggs and Mr. Simonds are still Iiv-
ing. Recently reception was given in honor
of the latter in San Francisco, and he was given
a testimonial in the shape of well-f1lled purse.
At this reception Mr.. Truebody, the Oldest
Methodist on the Pacific coast, recited the story
Of his devotional exercises in the years 1S40-'56
during which he was preacher, deacon. elder
and congregation all in one. Annis Merrill
said: when bought the Alta California in
1855, looked about for man of ability TO edit
the paper and selected S D. Simonds Hemade the
paper strong free-soil journal, and put in his
spare time fighting the liquor interests. The ed
itor's office was then dangerous one, but Mr.
Slmonds was known to be fearless man and
most dangerous if wrongly assaulted. and the
Alta, although threatened. was never actually
Shasta" said Mr.. Simonds, in tellingof mis- early
experience, was 800 miles wide and 800 miles
long, and to ride 1869 miles in each yearly
round on muleback and camp along among the
wild animals of those land forests. The early
days were more dangerous on account of men
then other animals In 1855, while an editor
published a letter of Victor Hugo's denouncing
slavery. Soon afterward was visiting small
town near San Francisco, and while passing
little GROCERY was invited to
enter it by two very nice-looking men who
L 1 and fOnnd a I'd
pairing his nails with long bowie knife The
man with the knife Immediately began limiting
that he would like to cut my heart out
turned to leave the place, but found that the
door was locked. After thinking good deal in
a minute. l decided to die. began hurting
scriptural texts at my captors until | had re,
cited all the passages could recall bearing on
slavery and sin in general. When got through
the bowie knife man said: Let the pious cuss go
l started. but was called back. and each of the
men insisted on paying years subscription to
my paper in advance. In addition, they de-
clared themselves friendly, and for many
months afterwards received from them comics
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