The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-20
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he was called upon TO place the deck Of a ship
around which the waves rolled very realistically.
one night one OF the youths who was making
| the waves roll appeared in plain sight of the
| audience through q hole in the canvas Fetcher
| was not at all Disconnected by this apparition
| Man overboardr' he cried, at the same time
| leaning over tho railing of the ship and drawing
| the youth to the deck amid the rapturous a q.
plause of the audience.
Dr.. GEORGE BEN JOHNSTON, grandnephew of
Gen Joseph Z. Johnston, has presented to the
Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association of
richmond saddle formerly owned by Gen.
Johnston. It went with him through two wars.
Twice he was shot out of il in the Mexican war
| and third time at the battle of Seven Pines
| IL Will be placed in the Davis mansion as soon
as that house is made ready for the reception of
confederate relics, for which purpose Il has
been given by the city.
TOMB containing two sepulchral urns, one
OF which contains the ashes of Ecloge the nurse
of the Emperor Claudus Nero, and the other
those OF his mistress Acte, who was converted
TO Christianity by st. Paul, has been discovered
In Rome, In the Vigna Nuovs,o the Via SAHARA
outside the SAHARA gate. The tomb is the ceme-
terry OF Domitian's family. where the ashes of
Nero himself were also buried The fnscription
mentions that Ecloge's ashes were placed there
might be inferred near those OF her nurseling
the emperor. -
PHILADELPHIA is still agitated over the Sun
DAY shaving question. On this subject Henry
Laoouchere has something to say in London
truth, viz: Had Providence intended that
Ghere should be no shaving on the Sabbath day.
froVluence would presumably have prevented
oeards from growing on that day We allow
cows to be MIXED on Sunday in Difference to
the cosmic laws which cause the animals
uuuers TO I'LL on that day. Why not show equal
respect for the laws under which our boards
grow" The introduction OF milk into the cues.
tlon Will give it a new and thrilling interest in
Philadelphia.
The OLDEST WOMAN in Adams county, Penn
sylvania, lives in Jefferson township. Her
name is Mrs. Eva Cross, and if our informant is
correct, she will be los years old if she lives
until June. She was born il New York state
and came to Adams county in 1901. Her hus-
band died in 1886, and since that time the old
lady has lived with her children, eleven in
number. She is spry and active, and once
week walks to the country store, a distance of
two miles, where she does her trading. She is
an inveterate smoker and is happiest when draw.
ing the fumes of jefferson township tobacco
through strong pipe.
''WoMEN play very important part in the
farm work of Germany" said Heinrich Steiner
OF Berlin, Germany. Anywhere you may 90
in Germany you will find women actively en-
gagged in all kinds of farm work. They like
treSh air, and are strong and healthy looking
Flax is raised In small quantities by most fam
lies, and the women get it ready to be spun
when the long winter evenings come. Large
chests of homespun linen represent consider
able money value and descend from generation
to generation. The milking butter and cheese
making, and calf fattening or raising is in the
sole charge of the women. and they also attend
to the drying or preserving of the fruits to be
sold at the fall markets"
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times de-
scribes queer little kingdom which has been
discovered on the Limpopo river, Africa, not
far from the point which Lord Randolph
Churchill has set out to reach. Not the least
queer feature of the kingdom is the king
IODeQOula iupht
palace and throne is an cart. Surrounding
this are the huts of his wives. The king is Sc
years old, maintaining himself with great
dignity toward his people and foreign ENJOYS
although he wears nothing but a bead sash
Life in an OK cart has charms for him Traders
have found that he is very fond of beer, but he
does not like champagne, and when they give it
to him he turns it over to his wives as not being
fit for king to drink.
THESE peacocks, said a New York pedler.
came from Ohio. What are they worth? I'll
sell them to you for S25 pair My pard there
has the female and this is the male. a lovely
specimen, as you see Why do we bring them
along Broadway? Because the swells and your
fine ladies would not see them anywhere else
We work Broadway from Fourteenth to
Thirtleth street. The trouble is we draw such
crowds that the police won't let us stand long
in one place at a time. 1t blocks up the side
walk, You see. We have sold quite a number
| OF birds during the past month. Yes; some
times sell dogs. sold fancy dogs in London
| and in Paris. There amt no place like America
| for one OF us Dead loads of pups are sold on
| the streets here every year. People who won't
| go to dog fanciers are often struck with the
| dog mania when they are confronted with the
live article on the street corner. That's where
we catch EN- on dogs. That's where I've been
| catching EN- on peacocks. We are going to
| run elephants next,
ONE Of the stories they tell in Chicago of
| 'Old Hutch to illustrate his sagacty in dis
covering pecuniary opportunities is this: He
noticed the windows of a big carpet store
| decorated with placards stating that prices
were reduced, as the stock of the concern was
to be closed out Struck with a sudden idea he
went in asked the price of several lines of
| goods, the quantities in stock and the original
| prices. Having indeed gone practically through
the place, he sent for the heads of the firm and
coolly made them a lump sum offer for the
whole stock, good Twill and fixtures of the con-
Germ. The bid was accepted, and "Old Hutch"
| at once gave his check. Then, without leaving
| the place, he sent for a relative, who, by the
| way, was in another line of trade and informed
| him that he wanted him to take charge of his
new acquisition and run it, adding: Eat the
prices paid there is money in it." Events
proved the correctness of his Judgment, and the
business so summarily purcn ased is still in sue
cessful operation.
For 100 YEARS, says the New York Sun, the
old Connecticut country school reader had a
thrilling story about Gen. Israel Putnam's en-
counter with wolf in deep, dark cave at
1OmlTou, WInundIn county, Conn.,, ana every
district school boy that read it made up his
mind that ''Old Put was of just bout the right
sort of stuff. The story was that the old wolf
had rioted in the Windham county sheepfolds
for years, but no hunter was smart enough to
get shot at her, and nobody wanted to call on
her when she was lat home" With a gang of
farmers and his African slave 'Old Putt took
the field against her one day, chased her into
her hole, and Now" said Put to his trembling
black, "Samoo, you take the gun an the torch
and go in and get her" mo, no. masss,"
replied the slave and he fell on his knees in fear
wall, wall, answered Putnam, with string
of oaths that were heard half a mile
eway, Il won't have coward In my family"
and so he took the gun and torch, crawed ana
| squeezed himself into the narrow pitch-dark
cave about twenty-five feet. held the torch
aloft with one hand and blazed away at the
| VOLTS head and killed her. The cave at Pom
| fret has been famous one ever since, and
| thousands OF people coming from all parts of
the country have visited It. But everybody in
this region supposed that the old Queens
arm with which Putnam slew the beast had
been destroyed years ago. A day or two ago
! however, George E. Shaw of Putnam, who has
! gathered many momeltos of the old revolu.
tionary has learned accidentally that the
historic gun was the property of Robert Shaw
OF Brooklyn. N. Y. He visited Mr.. Shaw at
once, who kindly loaned the relic to the visitor.
Then Mr.. Shaw took the firearm to Provi-
dence jewelry firm, who will imprint likeness