The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
NATURAL. FRUIT FlEVoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ AAGhAS Or In Il
A SHERMAN YOUNG MAN who thought that an
item in the Record about certain wedding
had particular reference to him, says the Michi-
| gan Exchange, bounced your correspondent in
regard to the matter, and wanted to know by
what right we mentioned it We began to ex-
| cuse ourselves as best we could, when he
reached for his pistol pocket, and we supposed
our time on earth was ended. Imagine our sur
prise when he produced his pocket book and be-
gan hunting for stray V, saying we had saved
him the trouble of popping the question.
RURAL DUNsKY, g Russian emigrant arrived
In New York Thursday on the steamer Rotter-
dam. He was well dressed and intelligent. He
carried a well-worn leather handbag, which he
did not far a second lose sight or hold of When
asked whether he had any money he opened the
bag. 1t was filed with S. $40 and $50 gold
pieces. There was in all $4,000 in the satchel
D1unsNy had changed the money in Germany.
His intention is to go either west or south and
go into business. The barge Office people were
50 surprised that they forgot to question him,
and before they could recover themselves the
wealthy exile had gone his way.
ST. HELEN's WISHING WELL, at Seton, has
just been cleaned out and covered in by Lord
Seton. The well is supplied by a fine spring of
very pure water. and it is a great boon to the
inhabitants of the place. Considerable interest
Is also taken in 1t by Sightseers, who throw a
pin into the well in order to secure the reaIiza-
ton of their Wishes and the water is so clear
that hundreds of pins can be seen at the
bottom. Lord Seton had the well thoroughly
cleaned out, built up with stonework and Gov
cred over with a very handsome roof ut is
said that, while the cleaning was in progress,
pins were thrown out by the spadeful.H'
LADY CoLERIDGE, the wife of the lord chief
justice of England, was divorced from her first
husband under peculiar circumstances, which
We're of character to force her to resume her
maiden name under which she was married to
Lord Coleridge. She is not on visiting terms
with the county society of Dovonshire, where
her husbands country seat is located and her
presence in court during the Gordon-C Cumming
trlal was the first attempt on the part of the
lord chief Justice to force her down the throat
OF society. Her civ1lities on that occasion to the
Prince of Wales led to her being invited for the
nrSt time, along with the hOi poloi to the
annual Marlborough house garden party.
ACCORDING to a London cable to New York
Tribune the Emperor of Russia's new yacht, the
Polar Star, which conveye1 the i'm perial family
from ST Petersburg to Copenhagen, is certainly
the most magnif1cently decorated and furnished
vessel aioat. The cabins are Watnscoatsd with
choice woods IN beautiful mosaics designed by
Naookof, the celebrated Russian artist. The
caoln or the emperor is decorated in yellow
Diroh, with turniturs covered with cream colored
morocco, and the boudoir Of the empress is a
marvel of comfort and luxury. The beds are
| arranged after new system, which prevents
weather The Cabins even OF the vo TUTga
| members of the imperial family are on the
| other SIDE OF spacious corridor. which opens
| INTO ulnlug room containing three tables
| commodating eighty persons. The chairs are
| covered with Shagreen and on the backs are
| golden eagles This room is lighted with sixty
| -FOUR electric lamps. Adjoining is the saloon,
| which Is a smaller apartment filed with flow
| ers. 1T contains piano. three rows of we'll
| stocked bookshelves and a writing table. A
| staircase leads to deck saloon, and above
!, there is Greek chapel with an altar covered
| with red velvet. There are two imperial
| cabins OH deck, one for the minister of ma
| rine and one for Admiral Bassarglne, who
a lFrnV on fh.as,
| we'll as sixteen cabins for members of the suite
| There are seven officers in addition to the cap
| tain, Prince Schakousky. The pilot the four
| engineers and all the sailors are picked men,
! The yacht carries two priests, a physician and
a surgeon in addition to the suite. During the
| voyage the Polar Star, which can maintain a
| speed of nineteen and one-half knots pro-
| ceeded at the rate of sixteen knots by day and
| at night was reduced to twelve knots.
| THE GUANcHEs, the inhabitants of the Canary
Islands are said to be the remnants of the an
| cient race who 10000 years ago peopled the
| drowned continent of Atlantis. says the Corn
| hill Magazine. They are reported to have been
| strong and handsome, and OF extraordinary
| agility of movement of remarkable courage,
| and of loyal disposition; but they showed the
| credulity of children and the simple directness
| of shepherds. So tall were they that the
| Spaniards speak of them as giants, and their
| strength and endurance were great that
| they were conquered by stratagem, but not
| force. They as fast as horses and could
| leap over pole held between two men five or
| six feet high; they could climb the
| highest mountains and jump the deepest
| ravines Their endurance as swimmers was so
| great that they were accust )med to swim across
\ the nine-mie strait between the Bacerote and
| Graciosa having no boats, their method of
| fishing was to strike the fish with sticks or
| catch them in their hands while swimming
| Their skulls, which are preserved in the muse
| ums of the island and of which | took photo
| graphs show marked cerebral development. the
| frontal and parietal bones being well developed
! and the facial angle good. In the early days of
| the conquest. before rapne and murder had
| done their vile work, the GuancheS are spoken
| of as being musical, and fond of dancing
| and singing Though so strong physically, the
| Guanches were, nevertheless, very gentle
! race; they rarely made war with one another,
| and when the Europeans fell into their bands
| they did not kill them, but sent them to tend
| sheep in the mountains. So tame were the
! birds in this happy land that when the Span
iards first minded they came and fed out of their
| hands To kill an animal degraded a man: the
| butcher was a reprisved criminal and out
cast, and lived apart, he and his assistant being
| supported by the state No woman was al
| lowed to approach the shambIes, and in such
| horror was killing held by these gentle giants
| that no man could be enobled until he had
| publicly declared that he had not been guilty Of
| killing any animal, not even goat. Their
| standard of morality was high; they
| were monogamists, and adultery was pun
| ished by imprisonment and death; robbery was
| almost unknown among them, and drunkenness
| not yet invented. The Guanches were bound
| by law to treat woman with the greatest respect,
and q man was obliye to make way for every
| woman he met walking. to bear her burdens
and defereutially to escort her home should she
! wish it. If a Guanche were ennobled for any
| great deed the people were assembled on the
| occasion, and among the questions asked to
which a negative answer must be given before
| the patent of nobility was granted, was: Has
| he ever been disrespectful to women?" The
women are not celebrated as having been beauti-
| full, but they we're almost as agile and strong as
| the men. Even in war the women and children
were protected and pillage was forbidden.