The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN OF BosTus passed
away on Wednesday under circumstances which
VII arouse feeling of sorrow in those who
realize bow life might have besn preserved.
Ex-mayor Samuel G. Cobb ives one OF the
sturdiest Of Bostonians But gradually he BE-
KAN to Tail ia health, with such slowness that
| the decline was not noticed until il bad gone
| 1ar, very lar, but with fatal sureness that no
medical skill could, at the last, avert. IL was
| al mystery. The physicians doctored him
| 1or this aud for that sgrmising now one disease
| and another, until at the last moment, lust a
Few weeks before his death, they discovered
the real trouble. Arsenical poisoning had been
\ steadily going on for years. His curtains, his
wall paper, and. more particularly. bis favorite
easy chair were made Of material that con-
tanned the deadly arsenic and the Door man
| mad unknowingly been breathing in the poison
while supposinK he was resting and gaining
| strength. II was very sad.
SENATOR JOHN c. SPooNER Of Wisconsin sat
beside little table in parlor Of the Fifth Az
enue hotel not long ago. and told few friends
how he earned his first dollar He was not. at
That early time compelled to earn the dollar by
necessity, for his father was a fairly successful
| lawyer. But the future senator was ambitious
and ne wished to give his father unnista cable
evidence OF his Yankee grit and buslne ability
Accordingly young John Spooner went forth
| into the world, about seven blocks from
| nome, and made contract to
saw cord of wood for 81 Then he secured
more contracts and sawed his way into the
pOsecsSlOu o. 81. AT TINS point the senator in
troduced pig into his story and from that time
to the end of the tale it was nip and tuck be-
tween the pig and the moral for the interest of
the listene s. The 81 was invested in pig and
some OLD lumber for pen. The hand that was
TO handle toga built the sty But alas when
the sly was finished the pig was dead. but
nad the sly, anyhow put in the senator as a
| chncher at the end OF hi anecdote He prom
ised TO tell another story at another time, and
| ne further promised that there would be more
moral IN 1t and less pig.
AS AN ILLUSTRATION of quick success in New
York, starting under the greatest disadvant-
ages tse following should be interesting The
writer was accosted on lower Broadway, during
| OCTOBER, by young man who desired immedi-
ATE assistance. He was apparently go years
OF age, short, well built, extremely homely
dirty and ragged. but of good manners and con-
vsrsatlon. He stated that he had tramped from
new orleans and wanted aid in obtaining q
position He did not know a single persen in
the city, and had never been above Cort-
landt street yet. During December and
s sns IL nave 1rs.,, repeatedly met him,
stances. He does upper BrOad.
way now, dressed in the hight OF fashion-dia-
| m9nds galore and very evidently enjoying life
Win no apparent occupation His acquaintances
| OF to day would be more than surprised II he
were TO appear among than as he di In Octo-
Der Iast A curious thing in connection with
this successful southerner happeaed recently
Wien pointed him out to fellow newspaper
man. Upon comparing notes | found that my
| friend had been approached by the southerner
| on the same day that had been, and that he
mas been noting the fellows evolution Just as
| intentiy as l, and intended to do him up in a
paragraph at an early date.
YEAR AGO, says the London Daily Neacs
| helsingfors correspondent, Imentioned the Pc
| culiar mode Finland has of dealing with its
| paupers and aged, and am glad to be able to
| say that great deal has since bean dene to get
| the lnhuman practice of selling the poor Great
| aflRftnn bod 4
been awakened to the fact that the habit is bar
| barous and entirely cut of accord with the 9th
| erwlse cultivated institutions of Finland. An
instance of the dreadful MANNER In which these
auctions are held may be recorded. A very old
woman, sick and weary of hfe almost too fee
| BILE to exist longer. had been sold
70 farmer. Her term was up last wednes
day, when she had TO be resoiA 1t was an
exceedingly cold day and a fearful snowst0rm
was raging. The poor old creature knew that
she could not live over the night. 50 abe asked
ner owner II he would allow her 10 die 10 her
corner, whore she would be as quiet "a possible
and give no trouble, and moi eat anything.
She begged hard, but her request was
not granted and she was sent out to che
very low, poor thing for every one
knew that she could not last long. After
the sale was oyer and the buyers were prepar-
vonaA was found dead She had been no
trouble TO any one. bat had died without
| murmur.
TIE most dangerous attack on Greek In tho
schools and colleges yet seen. says tie New
York Nation. wac made the other day In Eng
land at a meeting Of the head masters Of the
| ster, Charter House, st. Paul's, Clifton and
oUher schools one of their usual annual or semi
annual gatherings. 1t was led, or In feet made
| 9y MT: Weldon. the head master of Harrow.
He afvocsted the abolition of obligatory Greek
10th ct school and college, and the substitution
OF seienee or modern languases, on two grounds.
| The arst was the need Of adapting eddsati0h 70
second--in the interest Of Greek study Itself
wes that the Greek Languages might be
| left In the hands OF those VINO reilly loved it
| and could cultivate il with success-to a sort of
classical elite, in short, who would rescue it
from It's degrading condition as the bugaooo of
ounces and Safeguards. The Q was a good deal
OF discussion. pro and con. whioh eliotsa moth
| two votes Of carrying his resolutions, tails ad-
verse mojgrity To ng obtaiped by the adhesion
Of two OF the sma lsr schools. We doubtif any
thing SO pnlnous for Greek has yet occurred,
for the English public schools are fts strong.
hold to-de5, and, indeed. England may Do said
to be It's main iaInpion. II has navsf struck
suea deep roots in education and general
culture on the continent or in the country
TEE following is such q remarkable story.
says the New York World. and considering the
occasion and the actors, that it Is to be credited
only on the authority of gentleman who tsav-
elei on the parlor car which carried John Jacob
Aston and bis bride from Philadelphia TO BALI
| more. This gentleman's seory Is az fellows: II
engaged chair In the parlor car on the Bati-
more and Ohio road from PHILADELPHIA to Rslti-
mere. was surprised when boarded the car
to see that John Jacob Astor and his bride were
to be my fellow passengers. had supposed
that they would travel in @ special train
at least, as / understood there were
$50, 600 worth OF flowers at the wedding In
order to assure myself that my eyes had
| not deceived me asked the conductor " no the
gentleman and lady in the drawing groom were
| That's John Jacob Aston and his BRIDE was
his reply. You can go in there If you like; Mr.
| Aston didn't buy the whole drawing room; he
| simply purchased two chairs in IT, and when
asked him il he wanted 1t all he said NO ;
| just then saw the porter bring Mr. Astor a
| pint of appolinaris and modest lunch, which
consisted principally Of soup and bread and
butter. AS the waiter came out of the draw
| ing-room with his fee in his hand he seemed
| greatly cast down. He evidently thought that
| on such day from such a nan dollar gold
| piece at the least would be but trfae He
| complained bitterly nat the bridegroom had
given him a quarter for tip and requested is
cents back in change"
BULwER in his Artificial Chan ceiling, ~ makes
mention of one John Simons native of Berk-
shire. England, born without arms or hands.
who could write with his mouth, thread needle.
tie knot, shuttle. cut and deal pack of cards,
| etc. This wonderful personage was exhibited
in London in 1868. Stowe gives an account Of a
Hollander, born withoue arms, who, while on
exhibition In 1881, exhibited sur prisnr feats of
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