The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
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/ laugh at, laugh az your neighbOr. He is prob
! ably improving his health by laughing al you
The Berlin Tdgbldtt announced this week that
its literary judges have been unable to fix upon
the author whose efforts were worthy of the
prize Of 10000 marks promised for the best essay
on the Historical Progress of the Unidcatio1
| Movement Amongst the German People" The
prize money will therefore be devoted 70 some
charity.
A PATHETIC UTTERASCE Of the Duke Of, Cum.
berland, which is not lacking in the humorous
| element, IS reported in connection with the
| present Guelph fund debate The duke has
| been asked to renounce bis rights to Hanover in
I order 10 be allowed to succeed in Brunswick
| What" cried the duke, "a Cumberland bowling
| 70 the orders CT a Prussiang Never never will
! give the HanOveran peasant, meeting me al
| the Brunswlck frontier, the chance to be in the
| position to fling the word traitor at my head. -
TIE BARONESS OF WASHINGTON. who died in
Berlin the other day. was half sister of the
present Grand Duke of luxembourg. and a sister
| OF an eX-queen OF Greece wife of Prince Otto
| or Bavaria. Her maiden name was the Ouch
| eSse Frederique, and she wa ted thirty-ti five
| years before she exchanged it for that Of Bar
| oness Washington The Washingtons claim tc
| be descended from the family of the immortal
! George Nashington-that is, of English birth
| lhey received the proud title of Bavarian bar
onS IN 1872, that is nearly ten years after Ouch
| esSe Frederique's birth.
THAT enterprising class of stock raisers who
| keep cattle with view to having them killed on
| the railroad and collecting damages have had a
| severe setback in Indiana. When sued for a
| couple of Sahara desert COWS the railroad com.
| pany turned around with a counter suit alleging
| that the cows were trespassing and asking for
| damages done to its engine. This was a new
SITUATION IN COW suits, and after careful hear.
| ing the farmers suit rejected and the rail.
| road company awarded tine damages asked for
| in its petition. And thus doth the gentle art of
cattle raising for profit receive discouraging
| blow.
The late Mr.. Barnum showed his customary
| good sense when, after making his will, several
years ago, he called in a number Of physicians
and caused himself to be examined as to his
| mental condition, the physicians attesting that
| ne was entirely sane. The result is that his
| Will has been promptly admitted TO probate
wlthout so much as the suggesting of contest.
| Many OF the prolonged will contests which have
| occupied the time of the courts in recent years
| might have been prevented had the rich men
with millions to bequeath adopted course sim.
lIar TO Mr. BarnuLns. AS example il car
rleS a lesson that ought not to go uuheeded.
TALKING of anecdotes good one Of Talley-
rand is now being related. 1t was in 1896. The
| diplomatist, old and feeble, had himself drawn
| In small vehicle by his servant into the park
| OF Nallancay, on the occasion of a communal
| fete. A gendarme approached him. what do
| you want with me, my good fellow?" asked the
| prince. " am now done up and can be of no
service to you" The gendarme answered: The
Iact IS NJ: lie Prince. my comrades and myself
nave made bet. We were talking together
about the Russian campaign, and everybody in.
| quired what on earth caused the emperor to
taEe us there. Nobody could say why There
on said would ask you, and made a bet that
you would be aole to tell me-" Talleyrand
smiled and said: Yes, you are right my friend
] can tell you what made him take YOU to
hu-sia lit was his taste for travelling"
Four wooDsNEN from Ottawa, Ont, had
desperate fight with pack of wolves while re-
turning from work to their camp on the Kip
pewa river Two brothers named Barrett
stopped on the road to examine a trap and
their two companions went ahead The latter
had not proceeded far when they heard loud
shouting, mingled with the barking of wolves
They hurried back and discovered the Barretts
with their backs to a tree, desperately defend.
ing themselves with their axes against
pack of ravenOus wolves. The men
looked about them, and were pIalled to see
That the pack was being reinforced by num-
Der OF equally desperate animals. After fully
ten minutes of fighting for their lives the men
fortunately killed seven of the wolves. which
mad an effect upon their companions, for they
turned and fed All the men were bleeding
from the legs and sides where they had been
bitten.
The METHODIST CLERGYMEN of Boston held
their conference last week and of one of the
best known ministers good story is being told
As he himself relates the anecdote with many
laughs, there can be no harm in giving names
lie was addressing the Sunday school scholars
at a certain gathering-and by "he" refer to
the Rev. j. f. Berry-when, to get them in fell
| lowshp with himself, he referred to the intro
| ducton OF the superintendent, and queried,
| with smile: Now boys, what kind of a berry
| do you take me to be?'F "a strawberry. :, sang
| out a roguish lad in the front seat "a hucklee
Derry, chuckled that lads neighbor Then to
| Keep the ball Of good humor rolling, the Rev.
| Mr. Berry called out to an old coored woman
| IN the rear row. well, auntie, what kind of a
| berry do you think amy" to which that keen
ms 6a aDSN
| gooseberry shou' say; an don reckon you'll
| ever ripen, eitherr'
| PROBABLY in no quarter of the union can
| feminine beauty be seen in greater perfection
| or in more varied types than in the Gulf states.
| writes an enthusiastic Chicago NeUs man who
| is following the Harrison procession through
| the country The ethereal blonde the glowing
| brunette, the winsome chatain stately or
| petite. with features statuesque or piouant
| seem TO find in our soft and languorous climate
| conRenlal atmosphere that aids the full
| poisoning of their loneliness. But the true
secret of their power lies not only in their I'M
deniable possession of the fatal gift but also
| In their charm of manner, which is gentle with
out Delng Inslpld, and faScinates as much by
| the warmth OF itself in word and expression
| This is recognized abroad as we'll as at home-a
fact illustrated by the position accorded the
| bellies of the far south and the admiration they
| ELECTED when, like Bonnie Lesley, they under.
| take to spread their conquests further"
| The temperance movement which was re-
| Gently introduced in Russia leads to some very
1 amusing Incidents. LtStok of Saratov reports
| the following: Three peasants of the village of
| Potrovsk pledged themselves not to take any
| liquor during the Lent season. The one who
| should break his pledge made himself liable TO
hne OF 70 ruoleS or to receive twenty lashes on
1 his naked body. Not many days passed before
| two OF the company found their third associate
| drinking vodka in grog shop. They required
MN to pay his fine or submit to the lashinp
| The former he could not do because he
| had no money, so he had to accommo.
| date himself to the latter. He was
| stripped naked and dashed. But in their ardor
| his companions in the temperance cause forgot
| the count, and administered to him more than
| the twenty blows that were due him He
| calmly put on his clothes after the operation
| and claimed that now his companions had
| broken their pledge, giving him more blows
| than their agreement had called for. The peo-
| pie assembled In the inn recognized the Justice
of his claims and adjudged his companions to
| pay their fines or submit to the same chastise.
| ment as he. One of them submitted, and re.
| celved his twenty blows without a murmur
| The other one preferred TO pay his fine Siuce
their agreement had been bro zen already his %
| rubles were spent on vodka, by which half the
village got Keeling drunk.
IT HAS LONG BEEN popular saying in Wash
| ington official life, says the Sun, that a man
| who holds the office of controller of the cur
rency is sure to be called at one time or another
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