The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Blame Tor an explanation Nobody would be
surlrised If the poll e of New York city should
club the kaiser himself into a tomato sa sd but
tins action OF Hoboken's ''coppers" demands
inquiry.
ONE Of group of boys who were snow
baljng a New York watcbmaa was shot by
( him, as last resource to stop their annoyance.
| Inc law VIII deal with the sho ter and let his
tormentors 20 free; but the sympathy of all
| who have suffered at the hands of those
J troublesome and dangerous but WHOLLY ire
4 sponsl'le pests, the street boys, viii be with
{ the man. II he could have his trial in the court
/ OF popular opinion. he would be discharged
VIII the thanks OF the community.
| FRENCH AUTHORITIES are debating whether to
provide all the cavalry with bayonets to their
earbines, as has been done Of late, to great ex-
/ TENT IN the Russian army. At the present the
/ lance IS in high favor with the rench war
ounce, and on That priaciple it is argued that if
carolnes with bayonets we're served out to the
/ troopers the change would bring about a com
plete revolution in cavalry tactics for iris COM
6lnation is intended to be used almost exclusively
| by horsemen who have dismounted
FRANCE has in her territorial army UNIQUE
body of troops for the protection of her rail
| ways in war. Most of them are men living near
| the eastern boundary-amOng them 600 for
| ests aud customs oficials-able to get in the
heid at a few hours notice. Two weeks ago this
railway contingent was modified so that its
einclency might be tested. The mobilization
was not very successful. Half of the men could
! get no overcOats because there were none for
them. The ministry of war is now planning
| thorough oVerhaulng of this service.
Il HAVE, says Maine pension agent, "what
considera funny pension case on hand. Sew
| erai years ago secur a pension for a soldier
| of a certain regiment and company and Them
AFTER his death, l secured a pension for his
WIDOW. Now she comes to me to help her
secure another pension as the widow Of another
member of the same regiment You see that
since secured her first widows pension she
had married comrade-in-arns Of her first hus-
ga "a, ana now that he, too, Is dead with a fru-
gslty and economy tnat is commendable and
according to scripture, she is applying for the
second pension. have never known exactly a
! similar case.''
AT ELLsBURG, w. VA, Miss Margaret Moore
died, aged SO years In some respects Miss
M ores life was remarkable one She died
| IN the house in which she was born nearly a
century 20, and was the daughter of the first
settler at Wellsburg. Immediately opposite
across the Ohio river, was the historic Indian
village or MluRo, then the headquarters of the
| great chief Logan, of whom Miss Moore related
many "reminiscences when child She was a
| great favorite with Logan, and the noted chief
| used to carry her about in bis arms On his
death she was one of those who mourned for
Logan: MISS Moore was never more than ten
miles from the home in which she spent her
| lie, ana never rode on railroa train
The ANGELUs is prayer to the Virgin, intro
troduced by Pope Urban II, in 1885, as an inter
cession for the absent crusaders IL began with
the words Angelus Domini nuntiavit Maria
| The Aneels of the Lord announced unto Mary
| Then follows the salutation of Gabriel-Ave
| Maria, etc. The prayer contai S three verses,
| and each verse ends with the salutation, Ave
| Maria; and it is recited three times day at
| the ringing of the Augelus bell, SO named from
| the first words of the prayer. After the cru
| Sade the custom languiShed until, in 1927, Pope
John XIII. ordered all the faithful to recite an
| Ave Maria at each ringing of the bell. He an
! nounced an indulgence for each recitation.
Other names are the Ave Maria Bell" and the
| 'Vesper Bell"
| w. K. VANDERBILT has developed consider
able amount of athletic agility quite late in life.
Until he was IS years of age he did OF 20 in
| for athletics particularly. He was on the con-
trary, a pretty close stu lent of Wall street
affairs and given over TO an absorbed study Of
1 the aft OF dinner giving and the more sober
/ forms of social entertainment Five or six
| years ago, however, he went in extensively for
| catching, and after his first season in London
! he became an enthusiastic horseman as well.
Last summer he made remarkable sho wing at
Newport as polo player, despite his weight
| which is close to l65 pounds-and this year hR
| has blossomed out as leader of cotillons Of no
| mean skill. He is not the corpulent and
autocratic figure which the caricaturists paint
him, but is the picture of compact, hard,
muscular, and perfectly trained athlete He
has the flush of health in his cheeks, and APP
parently he gets considerably more out of life
|
GEORGE GOULD is growing stout. His cheeks
begin to hang down b low Il g Inc of the jaw
bone, and the girth of his waistband is longer
than the circumference OF his chest At a
rough guess he must weigh at least thirty
pounds more than his father, though ne is him
! self very short in statue For time he as
rather an eager student Of athletics At one
time he was a constant attendant at the New
| York Ath etc Club gymnasium, where he gained
some proficiency in dumb bell Ihdlan club and
horiz nJal bar work He tracticed running on
| the circular track and developed considerable
endurance, thou III he did not attain any par
| ticular speed sprinter. He has given up
his exercise entirely, and he result is an accu-
mutation of weight. His fao3 is destitute of
| color. His mustache has grown so long that
| his appearance has changed radically within
tha past year. He spends more time in the Of
flee than his father, as he arrives at the West
ern Union build ng nt arly Two hours before the
or a railroad adiuster puts in an appearance.
| Both of the millonaireS. however, knock off
| work at 4 in the afternoon.
THERE is great chance for old maids in the
Argentine Republic" remarked Henri Bosquet
of Buenos Ayres at the Rchelieu Sunday in Chi.
cago. There are about sixteen men to one
| woman there and the unmarried males are
| anxious to secure wives This is especially true
! of my city. When a new woman, as we call
| the welcome arrival, comes to town about fifty
men make a wild effort to secure her 1t is
quite an interesting contest, and the one who
! of a hero Tae local pap RS write columns
about it. and about every DO y in the city turns
| out to the wedding. 1t doesn't matter much
! about the woman's age or looks, she is received
| with open arms an married of in jiffy to
some real nice man. The woman will have
about fifty good-looking suitors to pick from, SO
she need not be anxioas about not finding the
kind of man she wants. The iove-making
doesn't last long, however. Three days is the
| usual limit" MIR. 5osquet also spoke about the
| delightful climate OF his country, of the luxury
| everybody there enj Eyed, and if what he says il
true the Argentine Republic is an earthly para
! disc.
THERE is sorrow among senators on both
sides of the chamber at the information which
has at last been given to the public that Sena-
tor Hearst cannot recover from his illness. To
| the friends of the family of the California sena-
| tor iu has been known for some weeks that his
condition was just what it Is now stated to be
| by the phys clans who were in consultation at
his bedside this morning Senator Hearst him
| self has until within the last few days, been
| ignorant of his true condition, ami it was not
| made known to him until it became absolutely
| necessary, that he was affi cted with cancer of
| the stomach. His son was autographed for ten
days ago, and has arrived here, together with
the busin IS agents Of the senator who have
| charge of his vast possessions In California and
Mexico. In the last few days these gentlemen
taking an inventory of his property with view
of having will drawn up as soon as possible
1t is estimated that the senator will leave an
estate amounting to ten or fif cen millions.
Senator Hearst is in his list year. During the
| st fhraA Oh fOur winters his wife ha- opa