The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06
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MooNsHINERs' WHISKY seldom becomes a week
old, and very often it Is drank warm from the
still, having the effect of broken glass on the
palate. 1t is frequently adulterated, tobacco
being added to make it bite and rattleweed to
make 1t bead. In the moonshine districts al
most everybody drinks-men and women, old
and young.
The peculiar custom of lovers breaking q
piece of money. each retaining onehalf as
token OF remembrance, has come down from
ancient times. Long before Europe aud Asia
were provided with inns or public houses OF en-
tertalument. 1t was the custom for travellers TO
seek lodgings with private householders. and on
parting pebble, ring piece of money other
token was broken, each taking half and re-
tanning 1t, that the host at some future time, IL
necessary might claim a return OF hospitality
by presenting the token.
A SWAPPING OF wives Is virtually the sequel to
an elopement in st. Louis Henry Boardman
and Oscar Rossel were chums and their wives
became intimate friends but soon after their
marriage Rossel ran away with Mrs. Boardman
The injured husband traced his wife to New
I ork, took her back to st. Louis, sent hcr to
her parents. and sued for divorce. Rossel who
mad sold his property and put the proceeds In q
bank to the credit Of his wife did not return to
st. Louis, and his vile sued for divorce Sew
eral months ago the injured husband and the
injured wife learned that Mrs Boardman and
Rossel had married. Last week Mr.. Boardman
and Mrs. Rossel applied for marriage license
for themselves
born and died on the same day" was true
Of the following conspicuous men: Shakespeare
was born April %, 1884, and died April %, 1916.
Raphel Segio dUrbino the great artist, was
born on Good Friday. 1883, died on Good Fri
day, 1920, aged 81 Good Friday Is a movable
feast. so the day Of the month may not have
been the same, but the "Encyclop@ liza Britain
MICA" says The died aged exactly ST." Sir
Thomas Browne, author OF "Reilgo Medici."
was born Oct. 10, 1905, died Oct 10, 1882. limo
thy Swan, composer, was born July g. 1853,
died July %, 1S42. st. John of God. one of the
most eminent of the Portuguese saints, was
born March g. 1895, died March S, 1850 John
Sobieski, King of Poland. who delivered Vienna
from the Turks, was born June II, 1929, died
June II, 1896
IF Bret Harte we're to revisit Roaring Camp
or Poker Flat" or any other of the localities
he made famous near the old Cape claim. or
along the bed of the Feather river in Cali
fornia. he wouldn't know them. No more ex
traordinary Transformation scene has ever been
effected than Maj Frank McLaughin's turning
or the bed of the famous Feather river, and
consequent exposure of the golden sands which
for forty years the gold diggers of California
ached In vain to get at Mclaughlin himself,
whether at the home Of the old folks In New
ARK, n j., or around town with the boys in
New York. or wading waist deep along placer
preserves the fine old breezy good-fellowship
and rough and ready wit and open hearted
honesty which Bret Harte long sincs taught US
TO look for in the gold seekers Of 40.
IT Is NOT generally known, says writer In
Iron, that the light of the sun and the moon
exercises deleterious effect on edge tools
Knives, drills. scythes and sickles assume blue
color If they are exposed for some time to the
light and heat OF The sum; the sharp edge dis
appears and che tool is rendered absolutely
useless unless it is retempered Purchasers
should therefore be on their guard against buy
ing tools from retail dealers aud pedders
which, for show purposes. haYe probably been
exposed for days together to the glare of the
sun. The observation-disclosures Of tools acquired
under these conditions is generelly wrongly
attributed to bad material or to inferior work
manShip A similarly prejudicial effect has
been exercised by moonlight. An ordinary
cross-cut saw is asserted to have been put out
OF shape in single night by exposure to the
moon.
WHEN ayoung man, Lowell used to visit the
White mountains. and he related this anecdote
as one of his experiences there: II was walk
ing through the FrGnconia Notch and stopped
to chat with hermit who fed with gradual logs
the unwearied teeth OF a saw-mill I asked him
the best point of view for the old Man of the
Mountains ' Dun no-never see it Too
young or too happy either to feel affect the
Juvenaan Indifference, l was sncerely.aston
lshed, and expressed it. The log-compelling
man attempted no justification, but after a lit
tie While he asked: Come from Bawsn? Yes
with peculiar pride). Doodle to see in the wy
entity OF Bawsn.' %; yes | said; I should
You've been there often, hkely?' Moo I'M
willingly seeing the little end Of the horn in
clear VISION at the terminus Of this Socratic
perspective 'Awl. my young frien', you've
learned now that wut q man Kin see any day
for nothin', children half price, he never does
see. Nawthin' pay. nawthin' vally."
A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR on one Of the single
track roads leading out Of Pttsburg had an ex-
perience last week that will last him a lifetime
The young man became careless, as dispatchers
sometimes will. and he gave orders for a freight
and passenger train, moving in opposite direc-
tions to 10 to a certain station. When the
trains had started the operator suddealy remern-
bered that they couldn't reach the place with
out collision 1t WAS too late to countermand
the order, and In his agony cold drops of pers-
plration ran down over his face. In describing
his feelings afterward he said he lived years in
the few short minutes which would decide
the fate of the trains. He was startled and re-
lieved by seeing the engineer of the freight walk
into the tower The engineer had received his
orders. but when he reached switch he had a
premOnitiOn there was something wrong and
he turns in on the side track. His train was
scarcely out of the way when the express
Numbered by. The next day the operator went
TO the superintendent of the road aud told him
what had happened, at the same time handing
in his resignation. The manager looked at him
for a moment and then said: ''Go back to your
work, my boy. This experiences has been a les
son for you. don't think it win occur in the
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