The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-18
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the deepest spot yet found in any ocean. Its
convenience OF access recommends il as a sum
mer resort.
NOTHING on earth will upset a horses stom.
ach- This is not because the horse does not feel
pain, but simply because the horse has no gall
| bladder. Has anybody ever seen q horse sick at
scar Has anybody ever known an emetic 10
have any effect on horsey Alta bulLfight a
morse may be seen eating with his entrails trail
l ing on tne GROUND As for the contention that q
morse Is not as sensitive to pain man, / think
That horse is probably a great deal more SO.
There Is no living creature. not even historical
woman, so nervously sensitive as a horse.
FROM letter received in New York city from
japan recently it is learned that q craze for
dancing has broken out there. A former secre-
Iary OF the Japanese legation in Washington
Shire Akabane by name, learned to dance W hiIe
| In America and took back with him a Baltimore
| girl as his wife, Miss Helen Barry. Within a
snort time after the diplomats return home the
entire fashionable population of Toxic were
| learning 70 dance. All the popular American
round and square dances are great 20 in the
Jap capital The innovation has worked as
great revolution socially as the establishments
OF parliament did politically.
How LITTLE the people of New York know Of
New York's history says southern man who
has been visiting Gotham. ST asked a uromi-
nent New York politician the other day the
questions That almost every schoolboy should be
aDle 70 answer; yet this man couldn't, and be
was porn and brought up in New York, too
Inc questions were: How did Wall street get
us name! Why is the Bowery so calleds And
why is the park at Fourteenth street and
broadway known as Union SQUARE? He couldn't
answer single question. His failure TO reny
to them encouraged me to tax other we'll
known New Workers with them, and tAey were
NOT any better informed than he. One of the
men is an eT-United States Senator. Verify the
historian mas not fulfilled his Office yet"
Two FRENcHMEN appeared at linen factory
in Jaroslav, in the Volga, four weeks ago. and
told the manufacturer that they were French
government commissioners with an order for a
clo1n case In which to wrap the Eiffel tower in
winter. They presented so many sealed dozen.
ments and letters with the signatures of cele
orated Frenchmen that the manufacturer swal-
lowed their marvellous story and agreed to take
the huge contract. The Commissioners re.
CURED from him 81 200 as an earnest of his in
tentlon to turn out the towers new clothes and
left him with directions that he should 90 to
Paris at once to communicate further with the
CITY oIlclals and to measure the tower He
went with several assistants who were TO helm
him determine the details Of the undertaking
and thereby spent $500 more to learn that he
had been SWinded.
The strange phenomenon of one spot having
served as the burial place for people of three
races in three distinct ages of the worlds his.
tory is met with on bluff of the Iowa river.
some forty miles from its mouth. This thrice
sacred bluff is known as GRAVEYARD Point - II
Is situated on the northeastern corner of Wash
lngton county, Iowa, and is the southern termi-
nus or a line of bluffs extending for sevaral
miles along the west bank of the Iowa the sum.
mlts or which are covered with thousands of
curious earthworks mounds, etc. the relics of
race OF which the Indians have no distinct
knowledge After serving for ages as a ceme-
terry for the mound builders the Indians took
possession of Graveyard Point, also using it as a
burial place. Back in the forties, when white
men drove the Indians out, they, too. began
burying their dead on the bluff the same land
thus serving as Gods Acre" for three different
ana distinct races in three stages of the worlds
development.
CHICAGO CITY OFFICIALS who examine appli-
cants for certificates as stationary engineers
were surprised last week when a young woman
walked into the bare office up in the garrett of
Cue Guy nan and, producing a signed appica-
ton and the necessary So, asked to be exam.
med. She had complied with all the REQUIRE
ments, and was told to take her place in the
lines OF applicants. Finally her turn came
ana she was Questioned as to the size of the
ploW-on required by a seven-horse. power en-
glne, and what she would do if the safety valve
was stuck fast and the steam gauge broken
Sne was not let Off easily because she was a
woman. In fact, her examination if ANYTHING
was little more severe than usual. Neverthe-
less, when she had finished the examiners were
forced TO write accepted" at the bottom of her
paper. The young woman was Miss Annie De
Barr, and she lives at No. 262 Mohawk street
For SIX years She has been working around sta
tlouary engines, and in that time has aCouired
considerable experience. For four years she
ran the engine at the Above laundry No IL
North Clark street. while for the last two wears
she mas been working for the Bee Hive laundrv
at No. 743 Wells street.
APRoPos to the recent legislation against
tights on the stage by the Minnesota Iegisla-
ture Paris newspaper gives some interesting
facts as to the history of these garments IT,
seem S, according to this authority, that tights
are o My the extremely ancient Gallo "braiss"
or closely fitting pantaoons, which in the mid
die ages became the hauJ-de -chausses worn bv
both sexes and which, according to a curious
letter addressed by Heloise to AbeIard. were
donned by the nuns of the convent of the Para
cclete. The "haut-de- chausses'' for ladies' were
discarded when stockings came in, and they
were not heard of In France from
the period of the reformation Co that
of the revolution. Under the director
ate there was a craze for everything
classic-Greek and Roman furniture dinners
after the manner of the aucients, and ladies'
costumes initiated from designs on Etruscan
vases and the paintings at Pompeii were the
delight OF society in the gay city; but some of
the sham antique dresses were SO periIouslv
TRANSPARENT in texture that Grundyism "a la
Parisienne" resuscitated silk tights Such a
garment was worn by Nine Tallien at a ball at
the Sale Frascati. The tights were of roseate
hue, enriched with golden bangles above and
below the knee, and on both her great toes the
elegant citiZenesS wore diamond rings The re-
m6inder of her attire was a single robe of
gauze, which floated in the ambient air.
For the last year or more a deadly enmity
has existed between the families of Robert
Hall and Joseph Steele, which eliminate in a
desperate and fatal fight at Hager Mcdowell
county, West Virginia. $50 miles up Tug river
on Saturday. The families are neighbors and
live only few miles from the scene of action
What was the cause of the trouble cannot be
learned. The Steele family consisted of
father and two sons, Hiram and Samuel The
Halls numbered five, father and four sons
James, Lewis William and Lon On Saturday
which was court day, a crowd assembled at
Squire l.. T. Murphys Office Among
the number were the Halls and Steeles Trou,
BILE was expected, each member of the
opposing factions carried a rifle and re.
volver. While the court was in session and a
witness-a friend of the Steeles-was being ex
amined, a Hall sympathizer denied statement
made and fight occurred. Each side rallied
o the support of its man, and general battle
was the result. Those not interested in the /,
fight fed to places OF safety. The belligerents |
rushed out of doors and opened fire. each man !
concealing himself to the best advantage Tia
fight lasted an hour and about forty shots were |
exchanged. Not until the fire from the Steele |
side was silenced did the Halls cease thar vol
leys. Both Samuel and Hiram Steele were dead
Lon Hall was dying and Lewis Hall was dis |
abled by badly wounded hand The survivors
OF the battle left the scene and have not been
arrested. They were at home at last reports
When the mother OF the Steele boys was notified
OF their death she swore to take arms and
avenge her sons. More fighting is probable.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.