The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-09
TTKAES OF INTEREST.

7 citizen from Lancaster. Pa and recently he re
I ceivei letter ncloSing thai amount and SO Il
/ interest
A FARNEz near Mexico. No. sold 3 load O.
Z dressed hogs az two and three-fou-rhs cents pes
( pound. and then went into 8 store and paid
/ thirteen csnts per pound for s sugar cured ham
/ he Tow believes the packers use too costly sugar
I - cure hans.
4 WOMAN who figured IS q ps1per died IL
/ San Francisco. leaving Ss,l92 which she had
I accumulated BY begging. Three benevolent
1cietiss that had befriendsd her to the amount
I Of SS49. SSs5 and S905 respectively. have begun
suits 70 recover the sums named from hsr
1 estate.
THERE IS story told of French savant who
was shown s priceless jewel by q great duke.
| Thank you. my lord duke said the man OF
science, for allowing me 10 share With you the
I possession Of 50 grsaE 8 treasure" In what
/ way said The duke. Why, your grace can
/ DO no mere than look AZ IL and you have
/ allowed me 70 do tbs szme.H
II Is SUGGESTED that some one capture sew.
eral hundred Texas mocking birds while young,
| and take them TO Germany. There they would
I be intrusted for year or so 70 the peasants OF
the Hartz mountains district, where the night
ingale, the golden thrush, the Innet, the ball
nncn and dozens Of other sweet warblers fly
| Wild II would not be long before the Texas
Knockers would be singing all their songs
! sweetly. Then bring them back 10 the United
and let them teach their fellows the songs they
| had learned abroad.
Miss MAGGIE A. Swell got Judgment in the
| Memphis circuit court recently for 90, 500 dam
| ages against the Kansas City, Memphis and
| Birmingham Railroad Company for an Injury
received under peculiar Circumstances Miss
o-WeH was seated IN q sleeper that was being
switched from one track TO another The train
man whose duty it was TO unloose the bell-cord
neglected to do SO. and when the engine pulled
On from the car the cord snapped, and one part
| o. :. w-.zze1 back through The car, the metal
cap striking Miss Sewen in the eye, almost il
not quite, destroying the sight OF that organ
Hence the suit
A PIGEON FARMER in Hamme, Westphalia
made wager that dozen bees, liberated three
miles srom their hive, would reach it In better
time than a dozen pigeons would reach
their cot from the same distance The com
PetltltOrs were given wing at Raynbern, a vii
lage nearly league from Hamme. and the first
Dee finished quarter Of a minute in advance Of
lie nrst pigeon, three other bees reached the
goal before the second pigeon, and the main
body of both attachments finished almost
simultaneously an instant or two later. The
bees, too may be said to have been handicapped
in the race, having been rolled in -four before
starting for purpose Of Identification.
TIE most unique penancs yet heard Of for
the Lenten season is that put upon themselves
by two young, beautiful and vvacious Brooklyn
ladies. These young ladies, it is claimed by
their friends are nothing, il not original They
have decided that during the Lenten season
they will swear on having the gas lighted when
their very best beaux calls This in a measure
VIII save dear papa toe expense Of the gas, and
they insist that this in itself is a true sacrifice
OF course they would like to see the young men
IN the light, and they would also ike to show
their pretty gowns, but above all consideration
for their personal predictions, they say that
dear papa must be thought Of and that this
Lenten sacrifice on their part shold be fol
lowed by other young ladies' Some OF the
skeptics say that this penance is like unto some
OF the chaps w1o swear of drinking water with
their whisky during Lent.
THE CEREMONY of comforting the order of
knighthood at the hands Of the Queen is not i'm
posing. 1t is not. in fact, a public ceremonial.
and only those are permitted to witness it who.
by their official connection with the Queens
household, may attend her. The loyaI subject
upon whom such distinguished honor may be
conferred may not even invite his "beSt man "
nor the members Of his personal circle of rela-
tives or friends to be present. Arrayed in what
ever uniform he may be entitled to wear or
| whatever dress court etiquette and the time OF
| day make proper, If he be civilian the subject
| presents himself before his sovereign and kneels
! at her royal feet. Seated on the throne chair the
1 queen lays the shining blade of n sw-ord acrosS
| tie shoulders of the kneeiing but exalted bene-
| nclary, and says, using the title which she is
| about to give, "Arise, Sir So-and-so" Plain
Mr. Cheltenham Brown is thus, by a single
| stroke OF her majesty's sword transformed
| into sir knight, and he is permitted, purchance
to kiss his sovereign's fngertips in grateful
! Acknowledgement OF the distinguishes honor
/ In other cases than this of plain knighthood
and when the title &C rries with it decoration
| the gracious queen, with her own royal hands
| pins the Offering aad much coveted bauble
| upon the coat of her elevated subject This Is
| all the ceremony connected with the conferrinp
OF knlghthood, but it is a great deal to the re-
| ciplent.
THE all-vex question of the day, sDoes
Sockless Simpson wear sockss'' is settled. To
the Rev. William Hudson, young Presby.
terrain clergyman Of New York, is the public in
debted for relieving public suspense. The
| young clergyman met the Honor able Jerry last
| month on train between this city and Wash
| ington. When l went to bed last night" said
| Mr.. Hudson, "the sock problem had entire
| possession OF my mind. Turn over as 1 would
| those wheels sang in unison, Does he wear
| socksY Does he swear socksg / changed nv
20 stion longitudinally and tried to sleep with
| my head toward the engine but that didn't
help me bit. 1 was wide awake,
after AIT tbs several etrectI hours concluded to
jumping ous of my BERTH it was an upper one
| lost my balancs and fell through the curta ms
of the lower opposite BERTH in which Mr. SiInp-
son lay. The moon shone through the incur
| tanned windows, and the night being warm the
| bedclothes were flung back. SIMPSONS panta-
| looms were or and revealed the long hidden
| secret. 'Sockless' Simpson does not wear socks
He does not have to. He wears what seemed to
me to be stockings that buttoned at the waist
| or drawers and SOCKS combined, but which a
| young friend Of NINE, to whom l related nv
| discovery, tells me are what are known as
| theatrical tights. Immediately | recovered
| from my establishment and withdrew without
| awakening the statesman. A restless feeling
came over me, and crawling into my berth fell
| at once into peaceful slumbers"
ALFRED ADAMS of New Haven, Conn, has for
some time observed change in the conduct of
| wife in domestic matters and has been unable
to account for it. Her changed temperament
| has taken much the form Of mental affection
for which he could not account, and has caused
him much solicitude. He is now convinced that
she is a victim of hypnotic influence. Thursday
| night Mr.. and Mrs. Adams were on their Way
| home through Hudson street, returning from a
| social call. Suddenly, aud without any appar-
| ent cause, Mrs Adams stopped and appeared
| unable to proceed, Her husband inquired as to
the reason of her detention, and was answered
by his wife that something was pulling her back
| and that she was unable to go further of her
| own accord Mr. Adams searched, but
| could discover nothing unusual and tried
| to disabuse his wife's mind of what he
| considered a vague Authorization but with
| out success Suddenly the door of a house. in
| front of which they had stopped was opened,
| and Mrs. Hoyt appeared, and called to Mrs
| Adams The latter appealed to her husband to
| take her away, and he attempted to do So but
| Mrs. Hoyt commanded Mrs. Adams to ter the
| house. Mr.. Adams attempted to prevent this.
| but Mrs, Hoyt seized him by the throat backed
him against a tree and held him there while
his wife, crying bitterly, backed slowly into Mrs
| Hoyt's house. Mr.. Adams used all the persus-