The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-03
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usual, the guide gave them the opportunity Of
1 holding S1,O000O0 in their hands AS Miss
/ Gould led the money, the Hibernian guide, who
/ had no idea who the visitors were, remarked:
| och, Miss, ali yeZ only owned the loikes av
\ that now, yeZ wouldn't be nadin to worry about
where yez would be getting your spring wraps
at ahl, at ahl.n
| If you do learn your speech by heart, do not
embellish it with unnecessary apostrophes, like
a member of the French Chamber who in the
midst of the most profound silence, said: In
vain does your clamor try TO stffe nv voice:
your rude bowls do not intimidats me;" or
IKE Qulntllians orator pleading against Cas-
sus Severus, who suddenly, stopping short
cried out to his opponent. why do you fix on
me that angry scowl?" 81, =" said Cassius, sur
prised, Il was not even thinking of you, hut
since you have it written so, I am ready TO
oblge," at the same time making hideous
grImace which threw the audience into fits of
laughter.
SENATOR HANsBRoUGH of North Dakota is one
of the new senators, but he has served term
in the House Of Representatives and has learned
the ropes at the national capital Twelve or
ntteen years ago Hansbrough, who was born in
New York. was practically tramp printer, He
drlfted out to st. Paul and later into North Da-
kota, where he succeeded in establishing a num-
Der Of small newspapers. With these papers
ne made himself felt in politics and succeeded
IN getting sent to congress. Then there was a
deadlock In the legislature last winter over the
election or a successor to Senator Pierce and
Hansbrough was lucky enough to draw the
prize himself.
In ITS EXPLANATION of the Sunday school
Bible lesson on the book Of Jonah, the Baptist
Teacher took the following extraordinary posi-
ton: 1T it had pleased GCd so to order it
would have been entirely possible even for an
oyster to swallow Jonah-Quite as easy as for
Jonah to have swallowed an oyster" JJpon
which the COngre0dtiOndlist thus comments:
II 1t hat pleased God so to order, it would
have been entirely possible for him to have
made an oyster Sunday school teacher; and it
would hardly have been more remarkable than
that one who could write such nonsense as the
comment quoted should be chosen for that
place. But the oyster, if allowed to follow his
natural instincts, would have kept his mouth
closed"
PRINCESS MARIANNE BoNAPARrE, who died at
the age of 80, on the same day as "Plon- Plon,"
was the daughter of Signor Conchetti, the
sculptor. She and her husband, Prince Luclen
bonaparte, for time dwet in the second story
OF the mouse IN which Napoleon /. was born, in
AJacco. After married life of eighteen years
the prince made repeated efforts to get a
divorce from the princess. He offered her
large sum OF money to consent to the legal
separation. mo, she replied to his offer the
name of Bonaparte is worth more to me than
the greatest fortune True to her word she
lived and died in the Napoleon house. She re-
ceived from her husband and the ex-Empress
EuGenie an annual pension of G,O00 francs
Prince Lucisn has lived for many years in Eng
land, where he has devoted himself TO scientific
study.
For the first time in the history of Texas a
Chinaman married white woman last week
The groom Is Sue Lee. He was married under
the name of Lee Thompson. The bride is Mrs
Annie Livingston of Eastern Texas She is said
TO be divorced wife and was welded as Mamie
wilson A negro preacher named T. c. Dun
nam performed the ceremony at the house of
man named Lawson. IL was private. Sue Lee
has the small frame and almond ewes of his race
and speaks English very we'll He is proprietor
ma Of h. L.
theaters, and is prosperous Mrs Lee is a hand
some blue eyed and yellow haired woman, not
more than % years, with white teeth and plump
figure. She exp essed herself as altogether sat
isfied with her choice The couple will not be
disturbed, though it is claimed that owing to
the miscegenation law of Texas, the marriage
VIII not hold.
AN AMERICAN GIRL in Paris writing to friend
in this country says: "We generally managed
to make our French understood enough to
order what we wanted. But the rub came
when papa wanted some mustard w. asked
for 1t in French, Italian and Spanish but all TO
no purpose, till mamma said: Mustard, you
ldlotP %, mustard said the waiter in utter
contempt; why didn't you say 50 Defore?' In
Parls one day papa noticed stop q man
who was walking in front of him and address
him in French. He was evidently asking a
question IN regard to his watch, which he held
In his hand. But the other failed to understand
him, and he left him much annoyed, and, turn
ing to papa, repeated the request in French
stu pointing to his watch. Papa shook bis
head and said, L speak English only %, do
your said the stranger, why, SO do 1. 1 am
from LouSiana.'n
A HINDoo GIRL BABY is an unwelcome addition
to the family her birth is supposed to be no bless
ing, but curse and q sign of divine wrath. saws
the Chicago Herald. Rukhmabai saws that
when the newborn baby is a girl the father
crashes his teeth and stamps his fest The
mother IS sorely disappointed, and although her
tenderness may bring its sure wealth of love-
she curses both herself and the child There is
moreover a notion that women who bear only
girls are sinful, and this intensihes the grief"
Another h1ndOo woman gives the same testt-
mony. Ramabai (high caste Hndoo wiiowl
says In no country in the world is a mother 80
laden with care and anxiety in anticipation of
the birth Of child as in India. All her hops of
happiness depends upon the sex of the unborn
child A wife who bears daughters and no sons is
frequently put away by her husband Hus
bands sometimes threaten their wives that if
the coming child is daughter the offending
mother Will be henceforth banished from the
society OF her lord and master. a new wife will
be installed in her place and the offending wife
VIII be made into the servant and drudge of the
household. Ramabbi does not merely make
general statements to the effect, but gives sew.
eral special instances that have come within her
own knowledge among her own friends and sc-
qualntances of punishment having been melted
out to mothers who gave birth to girls Mothers
try to avert the bad luck of having a daughter
by superstitlous ceremonies previous to the
birth of the child.
THOMAS ALLEN celebrated bis Tooth birthday
Wednesday at the farm Of Howard Gather, n ear
Pennington, W. Va. Several hundred of his
friends and neighbors were present. Mr. Allen
was born in Newcastle Tyne, England, He
enlisted in the British army in 1910. and was
among those who witnessed the famous burial
of Sir John Moore in Spain. He served under
Wellington, and at the battle of Waterloo
acted as courier, carrying dispatches over the
field. He shook ha' DIS with Napoleon I after
his capture, and was among those who heard
him say Give me British soldiers and French
| ofhcerS ana l Will conquer the world" He
came to the United States in 1921 and
has travelled extensively since He en-
listed In the Third Virginia Infantry on the
union side in 1862, at the age Of H. but was re-
turned from the frontier on account OF his aqe
But he WIS finally put down as Is by the med
zeal examiner and allowed to return 10 the
field. Has drank liquor all his life going on as
ne says, "sprees about six months apart hay-
ing good time with the boys and then going In
work again" He used tobacco in every form
until he was 81, then gave it up because he
thought he'd had enough" He reads without
glasses and is thoroughly posted on the events
OF the day. His hearing is perfe t. and in an
pearance he Is about 60. His grandfather died
atthe age OF l35, and the last he heard of his
rather, twenty years ago, he was alive and
We'll aged ITO His mother died at about 40
Mr. Allen, who is a bachelor is a miner bv or
cupation, and has followed that calling in many
parts of the world
No ONE needs to be told that human pature
hne d.