The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AT the British museum there is being gathered
together a stupendous co lection of newspapers.
A years ad litions include 2.472 sets of news
| papers published IN the United Kingdom, COM
| prlslnS 170.SSS single numbers; 647 of these
newspapers were published In London and its
SUBURBS, 1920 in other parts of England and
| Wales and the Channel islands, 232 in Scotland
| and 1'3 in Ireland
BUCKINGHAM PALACE is of no great historical
consequence. 1t was built by Nash and Blore
in 1925 on the site of Buckingham house. the
| mansion erected by Sheffield. Duke of Bucklng
| ham, in 1903; and Queen Victoria is the first
| sovereign who has occupied the place as a royal
| residence Buckingham house Itself was pur-
| chased by George Ill. in 1881, and settled upon
| Charlotte in l775 in exchange for Somerset
| house.
| \ SINGULAR sight was witnessed not long ago
! in Panama harbor. a man in q small boat had
| succeeded in harpooninR en- immers, shark,
when the fish made off with the boat and the
| man had to shout for assistance. Other boats
| came to his aid, until there were seven boats in
| line; but this did not seem to trouble the fish,
for it continued to rapidly tow them all to sea.
| At last the shark contrived to dissngage him
| sell from tue harpoon, and then escaped
The late ex-Congressman w. L. Scott had
| two pecuiiarties for which he was noted in
| New York-extreme reticence to reporters AMI
| smoking costly cigars He made his home here
| for weeks at time at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
| where his horse trainers came to see him, with
whom Do WOulu Blu on j SOFA IN the Dug DarFOOln
and talk by the hour, but a stranger or news
| paper man who approached him would be told
very fatty to go elsewhere. His cigars cost him
| never less than 331k centS-three for 81. Gen
| orally be smoked 50cen5 cigars Hisdyspeptic
| condition for years was thought by his friends
| to be due to nicotine. He invariably took an
| hours nap about or O'Clock, before eating
| dinner.
MAN who is wise, careful and conservative,
energetic, persevering and tireless. need have
| no r.. r.Dfh ne F,tf,1
| New York banker, in the October Ladies' Home
Journal But there is one other thing He
must have a steady head, one that can weather
| the rough sea of reverSeS from which no life Is
| altogether free, and one that will not become
too big when successes attends his efforts.
| Keep out Of the way of spectators Take your
money, whether it be much or little, to one
| whose reputation Will insure you good counsel.
| Invest your money where the principal is
safe and you will get along. But don't forget
| the acorns. 1t is from little acorns that great
oaks grow See that you begin Alright early in
life. Save your nancy with regularity. By so
| dong, you will more than save your money;
you will make money.
The state of Wisconsin is in a curious predica
ment and the state officials in dreadful state
of mind. The state constitution has been lost
aud all sorts of dire legal complications and
awful possibilities are suggested. few DAYS
ago Allen Warden of Sheboygan, one of the
signers of the constitution, asked permission to
see the original draft. The official said Ger
tainly, - but careful search failed to discover
the precious document and revealed the fact
that 1t had been missing for years Then efforts
| were made 10 show that no engrossed COPY was
/ ever made. but that theory was soon foored by
| Mr.. Warden. The document should be among
| the archives of ethe secretary of states office
but doubt is expressed that it was ever there
the most probable theory being that some dele
gate carried it away by mistake The officials
still hope that the valuable historical relic is
slowed away in some corner aud will yet be
found.
AGED TRIPLETs are coming to the front In
danapolis claimed last week that Adalia
| Frances, Almond Franklin and Almore Frank
ford Young of Winchester county. Ind ana
| wyre the oldest triplets in the country. They
were born on May a, 1857. They are an affec
! rioUate trio and are astonishinglY alike in feat
nres aud general appearance. Adalia weighs
| 1873 pounds, Almore 1876, and Almond 1879. They
| are of the same hight to a hairs breadth-5 feet
! inches. All are healthy and happy. Cort-
| land. n. Y. is said TO have triplAtS born two
| years earlier. They are Alice NJ. Willis and
| Willard Stevens. All three are married and
have families The boys weigh about $50
| pounds each and the girl 150 They too. are
| healthy and hearty. Torrington Village, Conn,
| turned out on Sept. % to help Matthew. Daniel
| and William Grant celebrate their 10Th birthday
! in fitting style The village honored the aged
| trio with public ceremonies in the town hall
| They are all good democrats.
JOHN ". DWIGHT of Tompkns county of whose
great farm of CO., 900 acres in the Red river val
! ley Of North DAKOTA much has been written, is
| in New York to take an ener getic part in the
election of his friend, Mr.. FasSett. for governor;
| but that does not prevent him from talking
| about Dakota crops, on which he is well posted
| He said Thursday to a reporter: There has
never been such period of prosperity for
! North Dakota as now. The crops of this year
will sell for more money than all the land on
which they We're raised would have brought on
sale last spring. With a population of only
20O,0J0 people, the crops of thu state will bring
between $t5. 000, 900 and S50.0oo, 090 into their
| pockets at the lowest estimate OF prices. There
| were 5000 900 acres of wheat, from which at
! least S0000,000 bushels have been produced.
| The price OF wheat there now is so cents, Then
there Is considerable barley, oats and some
! corn. There are fully 500 900 sheep on the
| ranges something new for this section.
| IL his little house by the riverside he sat, to
| drink his coffee from Louis XVI cup, at a
table of unvaruished sandal wood He read
| Horace in the engraved text published
| by Pine in London in 1888 and 1887.
1t was a copy with the corrected
| potest form, but the plates were excellent, the
| binding by Padaloup was intact, and the color
| OF the morocco was OF mstchless blue, the
blue OF the sky in Horace's time. His eyes went
from his book to his garden filed with roses and
to the garden of his neghbor, the lspidary,
whose daughter, vigorous, ingenious and blush
ing like peach, showed when she smiled her
white teeth He loved her. but he had never
ness that lows gives when not
yet troubled by anything not even
by words How old fashioned you are for
young man in New York with the wealth that
you have and your head of a Waguerian mes-
| tersinger" his aunt, who danced with Philip
| Hone at the Boz ball to Dickens whispered.
| He ran out of the house in time to meet the
| lapidary's daughter at the gate. and he said to
| her: Miss YOU are beautiful as the day: I
| should be happy If you consent d to be my wife
| aud l should like to say it to your father"
| ''Sir," she said, my father is smoking his pipe
| in the garden, near the dahlias-there. You
| are very good - How oddly prODORe in