The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BRooKLYN IN. Y } girl only II years OF age
has found $50 Ineligible words of the letters
found in the word 'incomprehensibility
| A PosToFFIcE has been established at label
Katerin on top of Mount Sinai. That historic
| old mountain is known throughout the east as
| the Mountain Of Moses"
| FRANCE possesses ,102 mineral springs. of
which 1.o27 are turned to account. and Algeria
has ~ in use. OF the total in France 3i9 are
| sulphurous, like that Of AlmoIie-les- Bains; 1854
are alkaline. such as Vichy; 1875 are isrruginous
for instance Orezza; and 80 are of various
SORTS. some containing common salt, others sui
phate OF sodium, aud third group sulphaue of
IiIne. Ihey are not or cold as the case may be,
and ara distributed all over the country: but
they are chiefly found in the southeast half
| from the Pyrenees to Alsace Lorraine They
are source of wealth to the nation. Vichy alone
having sold 3,50O.OO0 bottles of the waters since
1873
TIE TEACHER of one Of the primary classes OF
school out in the western addition of San
francisco propounded question the other day
which proved a 'stumpGr'' to her Juvenile
students She was giving them lessons in
patriotism. and they had successfully explained
the meaning OF the Fourth of July celebration
and how we had licked the Britishers twice
ana could DO 1t again" Then the subject of the
flag was taken up, and the class was asked 10
explain the meaning Of the stars with which it
was adorned. This was pretty easy, but when
she asked who could tell what the thirteen
do one of you know what they mean?" she re-
peated. There was silence for a minute or two
when up jumped 8 little tot of 6 or years her
race aSiow with the consciousness of kno Wedge
not shared by her schoolmates She snapped
her fingers in approved fashion to attract at
tention, and when the teacher gave her Der
mission to speak she explained: I know why
the nag has thirteen stripes. It's because there
we're thirteen peope at the Lords last supper"
at all events the child's religious education had
not been neglected.
ENGLAND is the only place I know Of where
they drive to the left says a writer in the New
York Home Journal. English drivers say that
by sitting on the right and driving to the left
they can better watch the hubs of approaching
vehicles, and thus prevent collisions | don't
exactly understand this, but it is the explana-
ton they give for driving to the left. Quick
going vehicles will turn a corner sharply but
the driver raises his whip to notify the vehicle in
his immediate rear that he is about to turn
'Caobies' are more considerate CONCERNING fell
low drivers than they are thoughtful about
thu lives and limbs of pedestrians
All their attention is given to the road
way. Pedestrians must look out for themselves
or De run over. That is why 80 many OF tho
London police are engaged solely in attending
to street traffic. Yet. with all their vigilancs
more accidents occur ia Lon Ion proportion
atety than elsewhere. London drivers are polite
| ana very civil 20 each other. 4f an obstruction
appears Il front of horse, or if FOR any reason
| ne IS Obliged to suddenly slow up, the driver
will Immediately notify the driver in The rear by
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| sign is passed down from one driver to another
until the very end OF the line OF blocked vehicles
| IS reached
C. SwEETERs and the writer were driving I'D
/ the Pennsylvania Water Canon, and as we
turned bend we a doe and a young fawn
( drinking from the stone ditch. At our approach
| the animals were startled, SAYS the Banning
HerGld, and in attempting to turn and run the
poor little fawn lost its balance and fell into the
/ ditch. AS many OF our readers know the water
and, of course, the fawn was carried down
| stream. The mother deer seemed to loose ali
| fear OF us. and ran along the edge OF the ditch
| trying TO reach her offspring with her head
| Suddenly she ran ahead of the floating fawn for
some little distance. She plunged into the ditch
| with her head down stream and her hIpd0uar
! ters toward the fawn. She braced her fore feet
firmly In the crevices of the rocks to resist the
rush OF water In second the fawn was
washed up on its mothers back, and it instinct
| lVely claSped her neck With its fore legs. The
! doe then sprang from the ditch with the rawn
| on her back. She lay down, and the baby deer
rolled TO the ground in an utterly exhausted
condition. We were now not more than thirty
| feet from the animals, but the mother seem
| ingly unconscious of our presence, licked and
fondied her offspring for few minutes until it
| rose TO its feet and the doe and faWn then
| trotted off up the mountain.
RECENTLY Mrs. Asa r. Woods, respectable
widow of the town Of Washington, Pa, aston
| ished her friends by telling them that she had
| come into fortune of $3.50 900 In a very unex-
| pected and romantic manner. She had been
considered woman of more than ordinary
hard sense. and when she told the story of her
sood luck the neghbors believed &c was true
especially as she displayed documentary evil
dence that appeared TO settle all doubt Mrs
woods story was that William II Jasper of
/ Lewiston Idaho. was her beuefactor Years
| ago, before her marriage 10 Woods Jasper mad
/ been her sweetheart. When she became a
| WIDOW he renewed his attentions, sen. her
| handsome presents. came east to see her sna
CllTlaN
! ney here with deeds aud cheeks u;irUo.r
! ing to turn over u Mrs. Woods real
! eSta ana cash TO the amount of S2lOO10
/ VOW comes the surprising discovery that
/ MS ~ oods never got a cent OF that big for
! tune, ana never Will. There is no. an atom a.
truth 10 the t4iefrom start to lisn and y..r Mrs
! WOODS did not lie. Sle had b zen made the vic
tim OF one OF the Sharpes lnfice 1ca a rnes that
! has been played in Washington county fo1.
years. 1t appears that she correspondent with
a clairvoy ant, and was promised q large fortuna
! from some one" within specified time She
began by sending $40 TO a desi kuatei place
when her correspondent promised she should
receive 2IO IN return This went all right,
Tor the correspondence resulted in bringins
IN return for letters sent in various di-
rectonS numerous sums OF money and pieces
! OF lewelry. ,nqa'lY man purporting to be the
attorney for Wi lam II jasper came To town
with the chez 4, "a ID deeds, ETC. and after leav-
ing the papers with Mrs, Woods aud recaivinr-
generous treatment at her hands, he succeeded
IN getting $500 and q Vold watch from her She
has been so successful with the clairvoyanr had
30 often IA money sent her, and had seen the
promised fortune Undertaking. so much quicker
easy victim when the demand was made upoo
her bank account-which, by the wav
IS not an intentionally small one
Mrs. Woods is unable TO give a very corrac.
description OF the fellow who called upon her
but she has told her neighbors that he took me
deeds back 10 Lewistown for record Wben
sac deposited the checks and drafts It was dis
covered by the banks that they were Of no value
whatever.