The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-03
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| ing To the family. which owns some OF the most
4 magnificent pearls and diamonds in the world
| me emperor has had the crown made so as TO
| exactly fit his own head ana it is to be hoped
| that 1t will also fit his successors.
HENRY LABoUcHERE. the famous free-lance
London editor and member of parliament. is a
| little, fat man whom a correspondent who re-
Gently saw hun descSibeS as sitting in a leather
| chair, twiddiug a griZZled beard. He is a
| millionaire radical, an insufferable wag. He
has an eXuberant animOsty for all govern
ments; he is the bal boy of the House OF Com
mons; the fat, licensed, wicked little Jester of
The English press An oily. pachydermatous
little man. wayWard and whimsical; staunch
and true 70 his frieuds; a man who gives
thousands In charity"
G. DE CEDERCRANC, the new chief Justice of
Samoa, whe has held office six months, has so far
done absolutely nothing except to draw his sal
airy OF $500 month. According to this treaty
the United States England and Germany each
contribute $4,000 toward the Justices salary for
the hrst year, after which the Samoans are ex-
pected to pay this dignItary. The residents of
Samoa, so it is understood. are thoroughly dis
gusted with this man, who from the very begin
ming OF his residence at Apia made himself IN
popular. He is regarded as a big indolent
fellow, who thinks he Is far above all ordinary
beings
TWELVE MILES north of Norwich, Conn, is
one of the most wonderful lily ponds in all
America. 1t IS a lake one mile in diameter, so
closely grown with lilies that during blossom
ing time il is hard to get a glimpse of the water
When the wind is strong and the lilies are opsn
the perfume of them is perceptible a quarter of
a mile from the 6rink of the pond So thick
are the lilies, and i'll such tangled masses that
II is almost impossible to propel boat in the
pond, aud the lily gatherers have to wade for
them in hip rubber boots Not only are the
lilies extraordinarily plentiful but the blossoms
are more regal, perfect, lustrous and of deeper
hue than in other ponds.
AT NruNyN,. On x,o,...~o &c., .--.-
scum was opened to the public. The address.
we may observe, is Plankengasse No /, in the
very heart of the city. The museum will be
open to visitors daily and gratuitously. In one
room are shown chronologically all stamps of
which specimens exist from 1910 to 1891
Among the postal curiosities shown are balloon
letters pigeon post and submarine post letters
as they were sent during the siege of Paris in
lS'O- a collection of forged stamps is also very
interesting To the collector. Among the curious
objects shown are letters of the Anthropophagi
III the Dutch Indies, pieces of wood covered
with hierogyphics, and post cards which have
made the tour of the world. For one of these
with penny stamp, which took 119 days to re
turn 10 It's starting point, an offer of 1000
HORNS has been made There is also a case with
a collection of all the coins struck during the
Emperor Francis Joseph's reign. The finest
object in the collection is believed to be a Dun
dee stamp, worth $500 sterling, and a Cape of
Good Hope stamp. valued at 800. The ex-
hibition comprises 1000 900 stamps and other
objects connected with the post.
CRATIC KILLEGA himself, Maltese man. was
born of parents who possessed the ordinary
number of fingers aud toes. He had six fingers
on each hand and six toes on each foot. His
wife possessed the ordinary number of digits
-Four children were born TO this couple. Saliva
tor the eldest boy, had the six-fngered condi-
ton or his father represented in full George
and Andre resembled the mother, but the hands
and feet of the former were slightly deformed
Marie the daughter, had also five fingers and
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were developed somewhat out of proportion As
regards the second generation-all the children
having married partners with natural hands
and feet-of Salvatore four children three
showed the six fingered condition, George had
two girls with six fingers and toes and a third
girl with six fingers on each hand and six toes
on the right foot, but only five toes on the left
and finally boy with the natural number of
digits. Andre had many children but all had
normal hands and feet; and of Marie's family a
boy had six toes, while her other three children
showed no departure from the natural type.
IL THE REIGN of James ". of Scotland John
O'Groat and his two brothers-Malcom and
Gavin--arrived at Caithness and bought the
lands Of Warse and Dugisby, on the beach at
the mouth OF Penland Firth, the northeastern
extremity of the mainland OF Scotland In
time their families increased until there were
eight households of the same name. They lived
as neigh 7ors in the greatest peace and a1nity
holding an annual festival in the Same house
At last tae question of precedence arose among
the younger members and they disputed as to
who should SIT near the head of the table or en-
ter the room first. Old Johnny O'Groat was
made arbitrator of the dispute. He promised
that before the next meeting ne would settle
the question to the satisfaction Of all concerned
Accordingly he built an eight-sided house in
which to hold the annual dinner This octa-
gonal house was fitted with a door and a win
dow on each side, and round table in the cen
ter Of the room, so that the head of each family
OF the Jroats might enter by his own door
and SIT at table which was practically with
out head" This famous house was situated
ABOUT mile and a half west of the point Of
land called Dugisby Head. The site of the
house is now marked only by some grass covered
mounds
No TRUER phAanthropist can exist than the
man who teaches sound doctrines on the cues
tion of cookery for the million. In a recent
lecture Ed win Atkinson stated that, with nine
tenths Of the people, this cost of maintaining
life exceed half the income. The cause of this
is, IN many instances, waste of fuel and i'm
properly cooked food. Mr.. Atkinson showed
that with the improved culinary appliances
which are fortunately becoming daily better
known, the cost of feeding ANYBODY wonId
RANG from 20 cents a day for a hard working
man to l2I2 cents a day for a woman doing very
light work. The Aladdin" stove by which
Mr.. Atkinson accomplished these wonderful re-
suits, Is simply an IRON box, about IS inches
long by "A in hight and width 1t is inclosed
! case made Of wood pulp Under it
IS an ordinary lamp burning about
a hudIt VI hoIOScu0 OH IN eight hours. All the
heat is retained in the oven, and it is never
higher than about 800 degrees. There is abs0-
lutely no smell, and the food is cooked without
dlstlling the juices or dessicating the solids.
With this oven all there is to do is to DIT in the
food, and the lamp does the rest. No attention
Whatever is required With it any one can COOK
ana cook well. In addition to the Aladdin oven
Mr., Atkinson mas invented workman's dinner
pail in which a dinner of two courses can be
carried to the workshop and cooked over an
ordinary lamp during the morning, ready for
consumption at the noon hour.
TIE TOWN of Saint Libory, Ill, comes to the
'front.' year or so ago Chris Bergmier wooed
and won Miss Annie GAMER, the charming
daughter of a wealthy and in fluential farmer
property In her own right Everything went
lovely with the young couple for several weeks,
when cloud in the shape of a pretty and
petlte young lady fresh from college appearei
upon Tue scene. The tickle young man promptly
IeII In love With her and asked her to become
ms VIE. She accepted the offer, which awoke
tAe young man to the embarrassing position he
mad placed himself in by getting engaged to
Two different young ladies at once. Summon
Ing up all the courage he possessed, Chris
went to his first love and told her all. She
heht Win her The thought of giving up the
Oh love for the new was not pleasing to Chris
ana ne begged Annie to remain true to him and
ne would marry her, let come what would. He
next went 70 the college-br girl and asked her
70 release MN from his engagement. She was
sensible and business like. She told the embar-
T'SSeu young man that she considered 500
Ve-y modest price for her release After con
SIDERABLE wrangling the money was paid, and
d.