The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THIS is the land Of opportunities for true
greatness. a little over year ago, =" Kansas
l editor says, we were present at an orgy where
Judge PETER was voted leather medal as the
champion oyster eater. And now he is United
! States senator"
But FEW MEN have ever fallen into a Dot of
molten metal and escaped with a few trifinR
burns, but John Adams Of Tacoma Wash did
It the other night. He is an employe of the
| Ryan smelter, working on the night shift, and
| II Is only through great presence OF mind that
he was not burned 20 death. By some misstep
he lost his balance and STARTED to fall headlong
! INTO an immense pot OF molten metal AS he
| ieI he caught the rim OF the pot and, although
/ ne was immersed almost to his armpits ne
! drew himself out, and, with almost super
! human enort. threw himself into an adjoining
/ pot filled with cold water Some OF his fellow
workmen saw him cast himself into the second
pot, and, rushing to his assistance, rescued him.
| he hands were badly burned, but otherwise he
/ had hardly a scar on him. The secret Of his
| escape was that he had on heavy wooden under
| wear and outer clothing, and before it had been
ouIht through Adams was in the pot OF cold
water
! Gen. George Pearson, ex-Gov Beavers pri-
yate secretary, says the Philadelphia Reco- d, is
another victim Of the photograph. While at
| Harrisburg he made frequent use of the instru-
ment, and often entertained his friends with
cornet solos, Sousa marches and operatc airs
one day relative of the same cognomen Wis
l.
secretary was out, and the young man. who I'M
deTstood it. started the photograph for the
young ladys edhcation. Securing new CYL
lnder he told the maid to talk INTO the tube.
She did so, somewhat in this vein: ~ love YOU
George George kisses her and the phono-
graph records the smack. viii you always be
| con tant and truei" lisped the maid, aud an
other KISS went on record. That eveniny Secre-
tary Pearson took his wife and party of friends
TO his office. They listened to Levy play the
coTnet; Gilmores band and heard Dr. Talmage
n pna6 Thap fba1 t,,Ir
tary placed the cylinder used by the lovers on
the instrument ito see what it was and
heard. So did Mrs. Pearson and her friends,
IL TOOK MIR. Pearson week of Sundays to ex-
plain the matter to his wife's satisfaction. He
mas never used photograph since.
a TOM CAT and tin can frightened Balti-
more family Just before daylight recently The
cat found a tin can in the yard and stuck his
head into 1t to feed. He could not get his head
out, and in mis- efforts, to do SO he made great
noise by running the can against the fence. The
man OF the house was called up, and, arming
himself with revolver, he proceeded to the
yard to make an investigation. 1t was too dark
70 see, ana he attempted to light match. Then
the cat, which had become frantic, rushed to-
ward him, aud tue sharp edge of the can came
torclbly in contact with his skin. which was but
scantlly covered The unlocked for assault took
him by surprise and his feelings were further
wrought upon by pain He yelled; the pistol
dropped out of his hand and he retreated pre-
ciptat 4ly INTO the house After a consultation
with the family strategic movement was
adopted. The gas was lighted in a room so as
to reflect in the yard. Then the bruised hero
made his observations from window of dark
room. Nervousy he waited for developments,
and finally his patience were rewarded and his
pent-up feelings was relieved by the tom cat
reappearing and then disappearing down tho
alley, carrying the can with him. The ladies
went TO bed and the hero lmped back to his
room, armed with bottle Of arnica.
Iris related of Lord Granville that when GER
tain commercial questions, touching the bound
airy of India, were under discussion between
England and Russia he invited a secretary Of
the ears embassy in London to visit Walmer
castle and bring with him certain maps to illus
trate Typographical intricaCies with which that
oflclal was particularly familiar. PANTY
fdtr thus describes the incident After
breakfast on the morning of his arrival Lord
Granville and his guest retired to his library,
where the elaborate maps which were on
grand scale, were spread upon the floor Lord
Granville paid the utmost attention to the read
ing OF the various reports on the subject. which
were illustrated by constant references to spots
pointed out on the maps. At length when the
minister appeared most deeply interested in
the somewhat dry lecture, the library door was
suddenly opened, and IN burst the CHI lren,
then very young, who had probably been re-
leased by their governess. In another minute
what was the visitors surprise to discover his
host spraying over his cherished mapsia e real
or pretended effort to catch his children, who
were lodging him round the legs of the table
Lord Granville had mad quite enough of Central
Asian geography for that day, a I'd accordingly
proposed ride before lunch time. 1t was now
mis- turn to be master Of the situation, and he
led the way over some fences with which his
guest was somewhat less familiar than he was
with the passes Of the Hlndoo ,Koosh"
A FEW DAYS AGO the friends of a prominent
Louisville society woman were startled by the
report that she was dangerously ILL The
CoRiherc1dI Town Talker, in speaking Of her
Illness to particular friend of the lady
| brought out the cause of her illness She il
husband for
dresses, During the last social season she
bought so many handsome ball costu mes that
her allowance only seemed drop in the bucket
toward paying for them. Her costumes at
tracted so much attention that her vanity was
excited, and she endeavOred, with each succeed
ing dress, TO surpass the last. This she sue
corresponding reaction. Her pleasure, caused
by being the best dressed woman in
Louisville Louisville, has given place to her
the largest millinery bills of any woman in
Louisville. The bills were sent to her, amount
ing to $1,000 She Immediately retired to her
bed. Doctors were sent for, but for a week she
continued to grow worse. Her husband became
alarmed and told her that if she would Just get
well he would do anything for her She said
she could not AT last, in desr air, she told him
II he would just pay her bill and forgive her she
would try and get we'll He promised He paid
the bill, From that moment she began to re-
cuperate, and in few days was almost entirely
well. She then confessed to her husband who
forgave her. She has promised to live within
her allowance, which he has increased. So they
are happy again.
MARIE JANSEN, Marion Manola, Bessie Ceve-
land, Mrs. Langtry, Cora Tanner Lillian Rus.
sell, Carmencita, Marie Haton aud many other
actresses of prominence make garters a study.
and II they were TO let loose their minds on the
subject they could tell lots and lots of interest
ing stories about carriers which will probably
never be known. Fay Temp eton, in speaking
or carriers one afternoon, told several chums
that since she was girl she had never worn
garter except present or two which she wore
so loose that they did not actually have any
effect on the stocking. She always wore sun
porters from the waist, she said and remarked
that any woman a fool to spoil the
shape of her limb by squeezing the flesh
into smaller space than is actually'reuuired to
thrive IN. Minnie Palmer has the largest and
most valuable assortment of carriers that il
known OF, and II what is said be true she never
wears the same pair twice in a month Corinne
is also another lady who has fortune to hold
up her stockings with. When she was ID wears
of age she had fOrty-three pairs of garters and
now she has 149 different kinds, worth from A
to $4,000 % a pair. Fanny Rice is another
actress who can show an almost unlimited
stock of carriers. She has in ali 212 pairs wbioh
are valued at S21 ,0C0. She takes a great deal of
interest in this part of her wardrobe and when
she was playing 'Javot" in "Erminie'' it was
said that she never wore the same pair of gar
tiers in the second act. when she wore the real
snort skirts, twice in the same season.