The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| ONE OF the members Of the distinguished
! Washourn family gave the writer the following
anecdote of his boyhood memory. The town
where he resided. in Maine. near the seacoast
was one OF many communities inhab ited by
men OF q cross between farmers and skippers
| therefore not fully proficient in either call.
ing. Their land. naturally Of thin soil, was
/ also neglected. The minister of a neighboring
town, coming 10 exchange with the pastor. was
| Jolhen Oy one OF the deacons in his walk to the
meeting house, and, as there was something OF
orought; was asked by the deacon 70 pray for
ram At the fitting place in his service the min
lster uttered himself as follows: 20, Lord, thy
servant IS asked by this people to pray for rain
and ne does so. But thou kuowest, o. Lord
that what this soil needs is dressin'"
The FOLLOWING STORY, which has been started
somewhere in reference TO the Center county.
Pennsylvania, jail, has been resurrectsd by the
Oll Slty SLzzard: Unless something is done to
IeMueI the jail q sure place of confinement it
VIII become as much of farce as the old jail
was curing the term of certain Dutch sheriff
rom the lover end Of PENIS Valley. 1t IS said
mat ne used to go out on the front porch and
ring the bell at meal times for the prisoners
ana used TO SIT up at nights waiting on them to
come IN to go TO bed. He got tired of staying
. up 80 late. and one morning he called them all
togetner IN the Office, and said: Look here
yous-o-kuns, dis ting of me stayin' oop al night
Vatep on you prisoners to come in is blayed ont
AI1er dis any prisoner vat doesn't git in dis Jail
at CLOCK gifts locked out"
THE death of the Rev. DR.. Thomas Pitts of
flttshurg last week, gives to medical science
one OF the strangest cases ever known in
pathology. An autopsy has disclosed that the
Iate minister had veritable thorn in his brain
III. samuel Ayers, the specialist on diseases of
tne Drain: conducted the post-mortem When
Sne skull was opened a bony plate was dis
oUo1, II was two inches in length three
quarters OF an inch in width, and had
very rough surface 1t was found
occupying part of the membraneous
partition between the two hemispheres of the
Drain The minister died suffering from CON
vulslons which were doubtless caused by the
presence OF tais bony growth. This also ex-
plans all that seemed unaccountable in DR.
I ElLts erratlc condnct and actions during the
last lew days of his life. DR.. Ayers said he did
not believe there was g similar case in the his.
TORY OF medicine, AS yet he is unable to ex-
pam the presence of this strange growth. There
Is more or less bone deposit in the brain, but
why tnls form was taken is still unexplainable
On HOWARD STREET. in San Francisco, the
other day, benevolent old gentleman beheld
little 6-year-old girl walking gravely along with
basket on her arm. Patting the chubby tot
under her chin. he said: And where are you
going my pretty maids" Give thee good
aay graybeard," replied the midget my
b sSner oade me to the shambles HE Tor fat
party. HAPPY thou knowest him-the good
man Skidmore?" inquired the tiny dame
400, said the gentleman. much puzzled
X
and IN buy you soma candy" "Alack, am
forbid to tarry, gentle sir. I need be blythe.
l patience stays upon my coming" Good
by, then, said the old gentleman. Rest you,
the mite trotted off Bless ne S What t0 an eSy
trsordinary child" said the gentleman TO a
D. oy bas %! that's nothing" replied the
heavy tragedlan at Morosco's theater, and
suppose they talk SO much Of that kind of
lingo in the family that it comes Natural to her.
Dont near anything else, you see"
You NEEDN'T TELL Me-" remarked Lewis A.
Rice, son of the late John A. Rice. to a Chicago
Post reporter, that dogs can't reason. There's
my bull terrier Jack. I'll bet you a hat he
SHOWS as much as anybody, and Ill tell you
away from home, leaving Jack behiad with the
FAMILY The first day after left he wandered
up up anG down the house unhappy. He wouldn't
pad The third day he got into
my room and found there a pair of nv
cufs which had besn forgotten These he
carried on and secreted and then came back
ana ate square meal. When he had satisfied
MS munger he got the cuffs, put his paws on
them and went contentedly 20 sleep For weeks
ne carried those cuffs with him wherever he
MN. At last somebody did steal them. and
JACK refused to eat and moped around discon-
solateIy Then he found them again and was
nappy. Now: say that shows that Jack has
longed to me, and as his affection for me was
great they comforted him little in his sorrow
at my absence,
In MODERN TIMES we have only to look to India
to be convinced of the great usefulness of the
elephant. To the agriculturist. who uses him
before his wagon or his pillow, he is indispensable.
and for the transportation of heavy articles he
has no rival We see him carving immense
Tree TRUNKS out or the Indian forest, and by his
ing on large stones, aiding the construction of
roads and railways, writes a contributor to
Gotdthn dite'S GeogrGpitc1t Magazine. For
labor OF this kind coolie receives from four to
eight annas, while five and SIX rupees are maid
for the daily work Of an elephant From this
TACT we conclude that enc elephant performs the
work OF from twelve to twenty-five coolies
from the record OF the British expedition
against King Theodore of Abyssinia, in 1865 we
learn that forty-four elephants were shipped |
from Bombay for use in the campaign. Each |
animal was in charge of two men. OF this
number five succumbed during the campaign. |
The remaining thirty nine rendered valuable |
services, being entrusted with the transporta-
tlon, through mountainous country, of can |
non, ammunition and supplies. It was fire.
Quently very difficult to procure proper food for
them, and as it was often necessary to traverse |
great distances to reach the watering places |
the death of the five animals is ascribed to /
these hardships. Although the elephants move |
slowly through mountainous country and |
soon become footsore, they performed their /
TASK WIN admirable talthfulneSS, Without L
them it would have been necessary to await the |
building of wagon roads.
SCORE or more cash boys employed In a
New York dry goods store organized strike
about ten days ago, says the New York Times.
They wanted an increase of so cents a week in
their pay and the abatement OF two or three
obnoxious rules relative to fines The deter
minatlon to strike was unanimous and each
boy was taken, as fast as circumstances per-
mltted into the remotest corner of the cellar
under the store, and made to swear upon |
honor" that he would not back out Of the move |
ment until the objects sought were attained A |
day or two before the day fixed for the strike |
q mousing porter caught three of them to- |
gether III the cellar, and his threats to re-
port them for attempting to steal frightened
them into telling him their secret Utterly
disregardng their pleas to keep still
about it," the porter went directly TO the
and exposed the plot That
very night all of the cash boys were Summoned |
before the superintendent after the store had
been closed. IF there is to be any striking in
this store" said the superintendent II pronose |
10 strike first. Now l want every boy who is
pledged to this movement to step forward -
Only one boy stepped forward and he proved
20 be the most Industrious and Trustworthy how |
n the store. Each of the other bows. beno, |
questioned in turn, denied any completely in the
proposed strike. The superintendent was a !
shrewd man. He soon ascertained all of the
acts and found that the one plucky bow pro- |
posed to stand by his ''strike OATH until 1.-The
objects sought were attained" 20, very we'll -
aid the superintendent dryly, "As you are the