The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-04
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/ treated by the use OF sodium ethTlate, says the
New Orleans PicdyIne. The mole is painted
with the sodium ethylate, q fine glass rod being
used When this mole has q vanished look the
| ethylate IS gently rubbed in with the glass rod
70 make II penstrare more deeply. This mole
turns nearly black, and hard crust forms over
it, which Is nearly three weeks in becoming de-
| tached- When it comes on the mole Is much
lighter than before. and this treatment can
be continued until the mark is scarcely notice
able.
1T Is TRUE that American negroes are now
among the book writer's OF this country said
learned negro. 81 have made a collection Of
| books by American negro writer's, and there
| may be great many more than have got.
| some OF them are good books, too. Among
| them are works OF poetry and volumes of ser
| mons, besides novels. great many negroes
| are now well educated, and more of them are
getting 70 be. We have negro professors and
plenty of negro preachers. L believe that before
| lOJ years from now the American negro will do
his share Of thinking in the world
WHEN SENATOR SANDERS of Montana was
in New York last week, he filled in the intervals
between the racy western stories which he told
oy giving the particulars of the platform of the
| political party which he says he proposes to
| organize to overcome both the old political par
| ties My first plank will be-" he said, ito
FURNISH money to the people for nothing and
| carry IL to them, as PETER of Kansas demands
| shaI be done. Ny second plank will be that
! every man should work twenty-four hours for
nothing. That would fit in well with the first.
AS IL is necessary to give conference to all par
| Ties by some great moral issue | shall propose
| for my third plank and doctrine that every cir
Gus must live up t. its promises. 1 think the
other two pIanks can hang together on that is
sue"
GEN. FITzHUGH LEE, who is often written or
spoken Of as the son Of Gen. Robert z. Lee but
who is his nephew. looks every inch soldier,
tall. well built, erect. with a frank, open counte-
nance, and jovial manner of greeting friends
de enjoys among al classes of southern people
large degree of confidence and affection
A so der by education and training when the
war closed he went TO the farm and worked like
a IroJan. Later he was drawn inevitably into
politics and became one of the most popular
governors that Virginia ever had. He formerly
wore long, full beard and mustache which
were as black as the ravens wing, and added
much to his striking resemblance to the old
caNaher soldiers OF the trio of great cavalry
leaders on the southern side, Stuart, Hampton
and t1tzhugh Lee the two latter are still alive.
In ALL ATTITUDES the quantity of rain is greater
IN summer than in winter, but in the temperate
zones the showers are more frequent in winter
though less abundant than at the opposite sea-
son: Ihus, says weather expert, at st. Pc
tersourg the number of rainy snowy days
during the winter Is eighty-four and the guam
tity of rainfall about five inches but during the
summer, with the same number of rainy days.
the quantity that descends amounts to eleven
inches. Districts north OF the equator have
Their wet season from April TO October; when
the sun is in the northern half of the ecliptic
tne reverse occurs on the south of the line.
This is a remarkable instance of beneficial ar
rangement, for the rays of a vertical sun would
be insupportable but for the screen of cloud
which is coincidently expanded. Therefore
throughout Central Europe and America rains
are most prevalent in summer, but in Southern
Europe and America the preponderance is on
the side of winter rains.
The ENGLISH BAR SERVICE is almost invariably
by women-in London and the larger towns by
young, sprightly and generally beautiful girls:
IN the country and in the poorer quarters of
the city by the proprietor's wife and daughters
Good ale is three hapence" g centsA a large
glass; small go OF cold Scotch is Tuppence
or thrippence and the largest go or the most
expensive liquor is sixpence in all but the finest
places. The spirit is invariably measured out
and is OF high proof; if it is diluted notice to
that effect is conSpicuouslY posted as the law
requires. My estimate is that, taking a general
average, two Engshmen drink as much as
Unree American men, and ali or nearly all
the women drink the traffic is enormous
nave not travelled any road yet that did not
average a public" for every two miles, ex-
elusive OF the larger villages. And finally. the
revenue from liquor is just rapidly increas-
ing, from which economists argue that the
Iaoorlng classes are prosperous
QUITE business has sprung up in Florida of
Matching alligator egg by an artificial incu-
bator. 1t seems hat the demand for allgators
was so lively that the natives could not catch
enough to supply the market. Some genius
OF splashing round in the water after young
alligators, so he got a lot of eggs, put them in
| an incubator, and Matched out as fine a lot of
young 1r5 reptiles as any one would wish TO see.
| and ugleSt gator that ever scared a picka-
| ninny or devoured a slellow dog He fed them
| at frst on oatmeal, and after a few days of
scotch diet taught them to eat meat by clok-
| lug them until they opened their mouths and
| then dropping bit down their threats The
idea of raising gators for the market took well,
1 GAU inn hat -. =
| hatch1ng out the ugly creatures and half the
| little darkies in the villages are poking in the
| SAND banks all day long getting eggs for the
| artificial hatchers.
| A DERBYsHIRE correspondent of London Rod
and Gun reports exciting episode. Mr.
| John Smedley, of ,datlock Bath, the owner of
the famous Cumberland Cavern, and several
| friends, were cours ng on the nights of NASSAU
1 % mar dlsappear2d down an old lead mine
smart which had fallen into desuetude. Sure
| that 1t was dead, he hired an old miner who
descended the shaft by means of rope. There
! were loot prints, and, believing the hare to
! nave escaped miraculously, Mr.. Smedley low
! cred cabbage tied to string, the depth of the
| shaft measuring actual perpendicular length of
@4o teet g next day, on drawing up the
| Irvine, the cabbage was found to have been
eaten. This seemed proof positive of the es-
cape of the hare after its flying leap A search
partly descended the shaft with lights and re-
freshments, and, after two hours they found
that the annual was lurking in a small heading
at the bottom. They returned to the surface
and continued to lower food, which pussy an
preciated to the full. and on their decent being
made she jumped into the arms of the searcher
squalling all the time like a child The man
wrapped the affrighted hare in smock frocx
and sent her up to the top, where the spectators
discovered that she had only suffered an injury
to one eye.
THE BUDGET of the Paris opera house varies
from little under 1900, 900 francs to a little
over 100000, Salaries are paid to no less than
IOO persons. The enumeration is interesting and
curious. Artistes-which means sir gers-3o
ballet dancers $50, chorus So orchestra 100: az
the booking Offices 30. carpenters 80 gasmen IS.
dressers 20 of each sex, ballet masters stage
managers prompters, ETC., $3.50 the list runs
on till we get the full number. The clauue only
get their admissions-from 90 to 80 tickets for
the pit--some of which they may dispose of.
Every artist has right to dresser who has
charge of his wardrobe and conducts his toilet.
but the artist may have his own valet if he pre-
fer It,. The chorus get each about 500 francs a
year, but they combine the opera with singing
in the chors of churches and also of the con-
servatorles, and have their special employments
during the day. The leader of the orchestra
gets Il 900 francs year and the lesser lights
from 1900 francs to 1905 francs; but they stand
out for their status. Meyerbeer used to call
them " Messieurs les Professeurs," and the
tradition remains. Then there are the dancers
the corps de ballet-who, starting with 1 500
year. get an annual increase OF zoo francs, and