The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-23
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IT is COMMONLY believed that the "nickelIn-
the-slot" machine is a product of our modern
inventive age, but such is not the case. Ancient
history describes machine that sat by the en-
trance OF Egyptian temples MORE than 900
years ago, In which the worshiper dropped his
coin and received the lustral water wherewith
worship.
( Some small Arkansas boys, while playing on
the bank of brook In Hurricane township
discovered a huge RATHER. Making the fact
known to Calls Harvey and ] A. Bradsher
shey SET out to investigate the place. They
round on arriving slick hole in the ground
from which the kissing sound of poisonous rep
tiles could be distinctly heard. Procuring the
necessary tools for digging, they unearthed
nlnety-one rattlers and three blue racers which
they dispatched in short order. On the Sunday
following, most fitting day for snake hunters
Herman Williford and ]. A. Bradsher dug from
tne ground twenty-five rattlers aud five racers
ABOUT one-halt of mile from the den first men
TONED, some of them being over five feet long
and having twelve rattles
In the straits of Macinac there is operated
boat OF great strength that serves for transfer
ring passenger cars. 1t has enormous CAPACITY.
anu carries twenty-rour steam engines for the
various requirements of its daily business The
hull of the vessel is built in the most solid man
ner, as the weather throughout the winter be-
comes exceedingly cold, and one of the duties
OF the vessel Is to keep a channel open for
AOocAl. Auc DOW Uses from the water
hang over and hammer the ice if necessary In
operation the boat shoves her nose upon the
edge OF the ice and literally lifts itself upon IT,
ana then propeller under the overhanging
BOW sucks the water from under the ice and
enables the weight of the vessel to more easily
crush It, The boat has made for herself chan
mel through some of the thickeSt ice to be
FOUND IN That semLpoiar region.
THE PREDICTIONS concerning Jean de Reszke
have apparently come true He Is the only
hN Inns IN NJ.
ltan opera house during the past seven or eight
years who instantly won the support of the
feminine element Of the audience. This is, per-
haps, natural enough. The Geramn tenors for
order OF attractiveness which occasioued any
alarm in the hearts Of the parents of stage
struck girls There was a suggestion of beer
about them, and wealth Of avoidupois which
was as unrotnantic as IL was unnecessary
Mr.. de Reszke Is man OF remarkable per-
sonal attractions, and it is pleasant 60 record
Is entirely Indifferent to the admiration or stage
struck women. story is current, aud has
been for two years, concerning his infa.uation
for a young woman In Belgium whose family
refused to Sanction her marriage with TIE tenor
De Reszke now speaks good English and he h
devoted to field sports, driving, billiards and
tnl1n 1 Of a IKE nature he speaks of music
Beyond this ha hos an income OF $4,000 a year,
and manner Of perva1ing cheerfulness.
Miss EMMA EAMss finds lot Of things Ameri-
can which strike her as unusual and more or
less interesting, particularly reporters. The
Chicago papers always insisted that there was
a certain amount OF humor In the fact that Miss
Eames was Boston girl born In Chiaa and that
she spent the latter part of her life in Paris.
They interviewed her and wrote about her TO q
really remarkable degree, and as she Is good
natured, she indirectly supplied q very consid-
cradle amount of reading to the Chicago pub
lie When she arrived In New York she went TO
the Aloemarle and registered, and then, not
liking her room, abe went 60 another hotel AS
she was very tired she Immediately went'to bed
The LIGHTS bad been turned oat when there was
KNOCK at her door, 10 which she inst antly re-
Piled: Il know that you are a reporter
There was an affirmative reply. ''How
did you find out whore ] wasp The
the Albemarle. Then Miss Games came 10 the
door and talked In a clear soprano voice to the
reporter for twenty minutes. She explained
that she had had no end of work on hand with
the Chicago reporters, and while she liked them
all she really did not want TO be written about
In New York. The reporter took all Of her vol
uole gossip down In shorthand, aud he thought
It right to tell Mas Eamesso. Thereupon there
were signs of agitation within the ROOM and
she begged the reporter not to print what she
had said In the course OF her twenty minutes
talk. He made the promise and walked away
What is more, he has kept Il, and Miss Eames
probably has reason to congratulate herself
upon the honesty with which her request was
complied with by man whom she has never
seen.
BERNHARDT was telling q New York reporter
some odd experience and was growing excited.
She stood up and one OF her slfppered feet
touched the lumpy portion of the rug, and up
got up one OF the oldest iHtlo animals you ever
where he would not be disturbed IL seemed 10
the nervous gentleman as IL q heavy load hal
been removed from his pind. The quear little
animal was simply one OF the actress old pets.
her latest, and consequently her most favored
1t was an Australian opossum, peculiar little
animal. with big head and a mouth which re-
semoled that OF a hog. 1t was given her ia a
place In Australia called Casilda and the actress
named the little animal after that city OF all
her pets she seems to take more pleasure
out OF this one than any other she
ever had. In some ways the animal resembles
a kangaroo, and the actress considers II great
fun TO see him sit on his hind quarters and
take up hts food in his fore-paws and eat one
DAY the actress was slipping glass Of wine and
she suddenly wondered whether the opossun
would like to have some. "Casilda," she cried
and in an instant the little animal was at her
side, He took in the wine like an old toner.
and in little while was going around the room
with large and elegant jag" much to Bern
hardt's delight Another new pet the actress
has Is large st. Bernard dog. While walking
through Oakland one day she saw the dog going
along the street with his master. She liked the
dog at once and said she would have 10 have
him. The man did not like to part with
the animal, but Bernhardt's greenbachs
were too much for him, and when the actress
left town the dog accompanied her. The dog
Is called Oakland, and just now he and his
mistress are on the outs While visiting the
last dog show Bernhardt purchased a tiny ami
NAL, weighing less than pound, which she
called STAR" He was a playful little AMI
NAL, and during the trip east he one day tried
very hard to get on friendly terms with the bis-
shaggy st. Bernard. The latter, however. did
not seem to think the little mite of dog. who
was no bigger than one of his ears worthy Of
notice. Staar tried to coax Oakland into piav-
ing, biting his ears his tail and his nose but he
could not succeed. Two or three times Oak
land appeared to be mad, and suddenly he put
out his big paw and hit Staar on the head
killing him. Bar nhnrdt for a time .raa i...a..'