The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ceived large sum of money, determined to
put on a style BETTING his changed condition
of life. With this idea he invested $500 or 800
of his money in a hearse, which some livery
stable keeper made him believe was just the
thing for family carriage With pair OF
big-bellied ponies to draw it, he is perfectly
happy driving about perched ON the seat and
his squaw and papooses squattirg inside.
In MOST, if not all, cities of the country, po-
licsmen are privileged to ride on street cars
without giving up the usual nickel and until
yesterday Washington, says the Post, never had
an instance of peace guardian who refused to
accept the hospitality of the company. The
conductor of the avenue car upon which the
blue-coated oihcial had taken passage almost
mad Mt when the coin was silently placed be-
fore him for acceptance. The other passengers
looked askance, and the knight of the bell strap
FASTENED to explain that "coppers" were per-
mitted to travel on the deadhead plan. But the
policeman gravely informed the conductor that
ne had joined protective society against mo-
nopolies, and hereafter he intended to pay or
walk when street car was concerned. The
ticket-puncher blushed, while the other occu-
pants smiled broad grin.
A LADY residing at Tribes HILL N. Y, is in
possession of massive copper teakettle which
dates back of the days OF the revolution and has
an Interesting history. saysG cd Housekeeping.
1t then be onged to Adam Fonda. whose fail or
was tomahawked during Johnson'S raid in 1850,
his house being burned at the same time. Adam
Fonda lived on the banks of the Cayadutta, and
his house was also burned One of the tories
who was engaged in this vandalism saw in this
house teakettle which was TOO good to be
destroyed. and he took it and filed it with but
ter which had just been churned He then hid
it under the Cayadutta bridge, expecting to re-
turn that way but he never came back for it,
and not long afterward some children playing
under the bridge discovered il. This kettle was
the only article saved from the house.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Daily
Graphic. writing upon the locust plague in
North Africa, says I'm reference to the diet
Of st. John the Baptist, who lived on locusts and
wild honey in the wilderness, there are Sunday
school teachers who cannot believe that any
one would voluntarily live on
such food. and, therefore, say that
| tree, is meant by the writers of the New Tesla
ment. can onlyreply that the locust cricket,
| the acridum pelerinum, order orthoptera, vari-
! ETY. Saltatoria-the flying sauteree of Africa
| is sold at half penny per pound in the market
| place of Biskra (Which is the second oasis from
the north in the Sahara), and that there it is
cooked by boiling in salt and water, as shrinps
| are boiled here. myself have little doubt that
it is more nutritious than the latter, because in
| March, when the insect is gathered and is dried,
| it is as full of albumen an egg"
ONE of the Paris journals, in view of prevent
| ing the performance of "Lohengrin'' ola Patrie
| en- Danger'9 spread the news that Nine Wag
ner had arrived in Paris to witness this per-
Torrance, and was hidden in the Opera After
the dress rehearsal, as NJ. Gailhard was standing
| III one OIL CcS passages OIL Ln0 OUSra Win M. La
| moreux and several friends, a reporter rushed
| in to interview him about the alleged sojourn OF
| Nine. Wagner in the building, Zone instant"
| says Nj. Gailhard, and opening door, calls out.
| 'Cosima, Cosima, ma cherie veux-tu decendre
parler I'm mons eur Qui Went prendr5 des tes
nouveleS? Heinz" and then, feigning
| to have received an answer. turns round to the
| excited reporter, and explains: "Cosima vous
prize de rexcuser; VOLTA trois jours qu'elle est
| enfermee dams un maRasia de decors; ellie desire
I preudre un peu de movement maintenant-
alors ellie Sc fait trainer sur la scene dams le
bateau de Lohengrir." The d propos of this
| repartee saved the situation.
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL's determination to vol
unteer for service in the Zulu war was due to q
sudden impulse born of the excitement of see
| ing his brother-cadets from Woolwch set out
for the seat OF war, says Wide A~dke. At the
| same time he had long been eager to dis
tinguish himself In the hereditary profession Of
| his family. He was brave to rashness, and,
being very young, he was stung by the taunts of
| his political foes in France, who were forever
sneering at his life Of sloth He left Camden
house in February and sailed the same day
| from Southampton. During the voyage to the
| cape both his horses wellt trained animals that
knew him, died, and at Durham he bought the one
| that failed him so diSastrousy at the fatal mo-
ment. On joining Lord Chelmsfords army then
| just entering Zuluand, the prince was employed
| IN various light duties, and he was also allowed
| to take part in some accommodating ex petitions.
| On June the prince, along with Lieut.. Carey.
six troops and a Kaffir guide, started out to
| lii%hO d AcSOunOSodnCE, uufluS WHICH BleY IN
tended to complete certain sketches and maps.
| The party rested awhile in an abandoned Zulu
| kraal where they unsaddled their horses The
| prince, who was in command of the party
seems not to have used any of those precautions
that are necessary to the safety of small par
ties III the enemy's country He probably did
| not understand the strategemS Of saw
| age warfare; at all events there were
no scouts posted. as while they sat
sketching the Zuus crept softly up con-
cea Ell IN the long grass. Just as the prince
| gave orders to mount, the hidden foe poured a
| volley among them and then rushed up One
trooper fell. but the Others got into their sad
! dies, all except one, that was the prince impe-
rial, the best rider in WOolwich. No one will
| ever know how it happened, but probably the
! lll-trained horse escaped from his hand as it is
! inconceivabe how il the animal had remained
| under control, SO expert rider as the prince
| could have failed to gain his saddle He caught
| sprung forward, but it gave way in his hsn1,
| and with it vanished the last hope of life.
| The rest of the party were far ahead, the
| riderless horse gallOped on, and the son of
| France was LETT alone TO face death. He met it
| brayely, and fell at last. covered with wounds
there were seventeen of item, and all in front
| The monuments erected to his memory both at
Windsor and at Westminster show how deeply
! England deplored his tragic end, but neither
monument covers his mortal remains. He lies
beside his father, the Emperor Louis Napoleon
in the mausoleum at Marlborough, built by the
Empress Eugene, and there near them. she
dWells, amid her recolections. In far-away
Zululand there stands a white cross on the spot
where the prince imperial fc'l. and the savages
that dwell there have sworn TO forever respect
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