The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-20
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gentleman who was walking rapidly along the
street on cold. fair day. and had. by violent
| exercise, brought himself into a condition of
profuse perspratiOn. took of his tall hat in sa-
! lutiug friend. As ne did SO ne was astonished
TO feel what was apparently slight fall of $40 "
upon his head. Upon passing his hand over his
head he found several unmsrakable flakes of
snow. IL Is supposed that the freezing outer
ar condensed the moist warm air within the
| gentle mans tall hat so suddenly that verlta
bic snow storm of miniature proportions was
! produced upon his head.
gooD DEAL of sympathy is wasted on the
New York newsboy AS a rule, he Is an ire
| deemaDle young rascal says the Tribune, who
| hash the faluUest idea of the meaning of the
! WORD gratitude. 4 gust CT wind caught an arm
iul or papers from one Of them the other day
and sent them flying in every direction A
| benevOlent-lOOking old gentleman Joined in tn
| chase for sklmming papers and gathered up
halt dozen or more. He red in the face
| ana was painting heavily when he returned 10
| the boy aud handed him the papers. The boy
! TOOK them without word of thanks and thrust
| Them under his arm. At the moment that the
OLD gentleman was walking off second news
| boy came up well he said, didn't the Old
| man buy any OF you after your hard luck -
| Mop" answered the other, IN a disguised
! tone. well, the old cojger." said the new ar
rival contenptuously He's meaner than
| dirt"
'Mosr PEOPLE SUPPOSE" says an assayer in
the London It'd Bits, that ell gold is alike
when refined, but this is not the case An ex-
| perienced man can tell at a glance from what
part of the world gold piece comes, and in
! some cases from what part of particular gold
| district the metal was obtained. The Austria
Ian gold, for instance, is distinctly redder than
! the Californian, aud this difference in color is
| always perceptible, even when the gold is 1000
| fine. Again, tee gold obtained from the placers
| Is yeIIower than that which is taken directly
| from quartz. Why this should be the case
| is one Of the mysteries of metallurgy, for the
| placer gold all comes from the veins. The Ural
| gold Is the reddest found anywhere Few reo-
| pie know the real color of gold as it is seldom
| seen unless heavily alleged which renders it
| redder than when pure. The purest cCins ever
| made were the 500 pieces that used to be COM
| mon IN California. Their coinage was aban-
| dOned Tor two reaSonS-Grst, because the loss
! by abrasion was 50 great and secondly because
! the interior would be bored out and lead sub
| stltuted, the difference in weight being too
| small TO be readily noticed in so large a piece
| These octagonal coins we're the most valuable
| ever struck"
| Hon T. j. YOUNGER of Osceola, Mo. once a
prominent member of the Missouri legislature,
and who is best known by his full name, Thomas
jefferson Younger, tells this story in the St.
| Louis hepubttc: Some months ago l saw
| statement in a St. Louis newspaper about a
| rooster with a spur on his head that seemed to
| be attracting considerable attention. This ap-
| aren't freak otnature can be accOmpl shed by
simple surgical operation. Take young rooster.
| When ms spur IS only bud MAKE an in
| clsion around the spur; then with the point
! of the knife lift the spur off, taking with it
| the cartilaglnOuS formation; next make an
| lncislOn on the head or any other place
| where the bone can be reached, place the SPUR
| therein. close up tightly the cuticle around the
| spur with few stitches and keep the chicken
| lnCloSed until the graft or spur has healed and
| adhesion has taken place. The spur will then
| be as solid as though nature had caused it to
| grow there, and II Will continue its normal
| growth. The young spur, or the germ of a
| spur, can be grated either on the head or on
| the foot by the same process, which is similar
| to the grating OF budding peaches Squire
Berry of near johnson City, st. Clair county is
| an expert at tina. business, and, while scientific
men may experiment in that direction if they
desire, we stand ready to demonstrate il as a
fact
"GoING from Louisville to Norfolk. Va, sew
eral days ago." says a traveller 81 lay over
| some time at Huntington. There was pretty
hard looking crowd at the depot, SO l set my
grip in one seat and locked it with small steel
chain and proceeded to Kill time as best l could
The chain fulfilled the mission for which il was
intended. and saw a man start to carry off the
grip. He did not succeed, and a gentleman
who witnessed the act said that he knew fakir
who followed u show three seasons and came to
grief by one Of those very grip chains The
man had large valise with false bottom
hung on hinges with four fanges to it. His mode
of operation vas to spot his prey and when a
man set his grip down at a ticket Office hotel or
some good place to work his scheme, he would
walk up and place his valise over the one he
wanted. Wnen ne pressed MS VallSe top OF
the one on the floor, the bottom of his own
opened, revolved over and the four fanges
caught under the lower grip, formed a solid
bottom, so that he could walk off with the
booty at eisure. When the grip was missed
and inquiry made the thief would say he
thought he saw a man go out the door with one
just then. Few men would think of such
scheme, and he worked it successfully but
finally came to grief by putting his "overcoat"
that's what they are caled-over a grip that
had chain to it, He was caught and arrested
WHEN the National Editorial Association met
ip st. Paul there was above the president chair
a flag with an interesting history, says the Chi
cago Tribune. 1t was presented to the associa-
ton oy Col. D. R. Elliott, general land commits
sioner of the Plant system, whose headouarters
are at Sanford Fla. IL was a handsome flag
made Of the best bunting, and was first un-
folded during the course of the Piedmont ex-
position in Atlanta, Ca, in the fall of 1887
President Cleveland was among the visitors to
the fair, and he made an address under the
flag. and he and Mrs Cleveland shook hands
with several thousand enthusiastic southern
admirers with this piece OF bunting between
them and the great glass roof. Henry W
Grady presented the flag to Col. Elliott as a
mark of appreciation for the fine display made
by the Plant system When Col. Elliott went
to Paris in the spring of 1889 he took the flag
along, and July 4, with the special permission
of NJ Eiffel, he carried the flag to the topmost
landing of the great Eitfel tower and unfurled
it to the breeze. No other flag except the flag
OF France allowed on the tower that daY
and it was a special compliment on the part of
the great engineer allowing the stars and
stripes to float above the tricolor. After Col
Elliott's return to the United States he had the
flag mounted on new stick surmounted BY the
Effel tower in miniature and presented 1t to the
National Editorial Association He has been
appointed special custodian of the flag and
keeps it in bis possession between the meetings
OF the association.
Very strange is the adventure through which
a postInan named Boudon has just passed at
Mines. in rance, chroniced in a British ex-
change. He had taken a registered letter to
one Faure, shoemaker and was about TO
leave the house when the man closed the door
pulled a revolver ont of his pocket, and rush
ing on BoudOn. threw him down and bound
him securely. He then informed the terrified
postman of his intention to retain him as a
| hostage until he had received divers
! letters written to him by the
pre- ident of the republic and tie min
! lster OF Justice in reply to his application for
the restoration of $4,000 francs lost in a law suit
! Faure mt a note to the head of the postal de-
! partneat explaining how matters STOOD and ,
WIlle awaiting an answer barriCaded his apart
ment. When the police arrived he called out
That he had provisions for a week, two revolt
| vers and plenty of ammunition and that if they
attempted to force the door he would kill his
prisoner. The situation was extremely .awk-
| ward, The affair had become known in the
nelghborhood, and the adjacent streets were
soon thronged with at least 5000
OF the townspeople. A last at
tempt to parley with the infuri-
| lraF hax nA hort i.-.A