The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-07
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a young woman Of Paris was found locked
up ina police station on her wedding morning
boy the man who came up from the provinces
60 marry her. She had stolen the trousseau
of wealthy young woman which had been
sent to her to have the initials embroidered
in il.
The marble gavel used by President Wash
ington at the laying Of the cornerstone Of the
Capitol a century ago is claimed to he in the
possession Of the Potomac Lodge of Masons,
Of Georgetown. The gaVel is OF fine marble,
slightly yellowish, and about eight inches
long. The relic is now stored in the vault OF
"a prominent Washington bank, where it can
not be removed, except on the order OF the
lodge.
san Francisco music house has pub
hshed a number of Zuni songs that Dr. Frank
Cushing committed to memory while he lived
with that interesting people Some of the
melodies are lullabies and lovers MARBLES and
others sacred religious songs which were
taught Dr.. Gushing while he was one OF the
high priests of the Zunis. In order to pre-
serve the songs and give the public an idea of
what they are like DR.. Cushing sang them to
Prot. Traver of san Francisco who notated
and harmonlzed them.
A camel has twice the carrying power of an
OK. With an ordinary load of 400 pounds he
can travel twelve or fourteen days without
water. going forty miles day. They are mt
TO work at years old, but their strength be-
gins to decline at % although they usually
live to 40. The Tartars have herds of these
animals, often 1000 belonging to one family.
They were numerous in antiquity, for the pa
trtarch Job had 5000 The Timbuctoo or Me
harri breed is remarkable for speed and used
only for cOurierS, going 800 miles in eight
days, with meal Of dates or grain at night
fall.
For more than ten years Miss Susan Friend
of Prestonburg, KY, has lain in a sleep or
stupor that nothing can arouse her from.
Ten years ago she fell and cut her hand on
the stump of sapling. The wound did not
appear to be serious. and healed in due time
but gradually there came q change in her con
ditiOn. She grew morose and silent, her
health gave away, and finally she lost the
use OF her lower limbs. Following this came
drowsinesS that nothing could shake of, and
she was placed in bed, where she has re-
NAMED ever since.
Mount Kineo which rises precipitously 700
feet out of Moosehead lake in Maine, is
wholly composed of hornstone, and is the
largest mass of that mineral in the known
world. There is no true flint In the United
states, but hornStone so closely resembles 1t
that it takes an expert to tell the difference.
This rock supplied arrow heads to In dians
hundreds and thousands of miles away. The
discovery of these arrow heads in the Missls
sippi valley has led to the belief that system
/ of commercial exchange must have existed
among the red men in former centuries. Ac-
corCtng to an Indian tradition the mountain
Is the body OF monster moose that was slain
by giant
There is a quaint old rail fence on the Mid
way Plaisance Of the kind that Abe Lincoln
used to split, 1t appears to be part OF the gar
deners' or florists exhibit, but it is labeled
| Things to hit with a hoe, =" and around about
! 1t and completely hiding it from sight is as
| choice collection OF weeds as ever grew on a
prairie lot. The collection is contributed by
/ the Orange Judd Prairie Farmer and in
/ cludes only l25 varieties of weeds that are the
( bane of the farmers existence The tall and
/ nOddiug come kiss me" is over abaft the
| Mayweed. In spite of the fact that they are all
| classified as weeds they make a pretty effect
as they curl in and out Of the old rail fence and
| the noddtng blossoms seem to kiss hands to
| everybody who passes.
Two cows recently went astray at Newport
News Va. One belonged to a negro and the
| other to a white man named Shields. A
! COW answering the description of either of
/ the two animals was purchased by a farmer
| not long since. The bereaVed men heard of
the purchase and each claimed the animal
| and presented proof equally convincing The
. case came up before judge and the jury
| heard the evidence, but as the witnesses for
| each party described the same COW, they
| were unable to give a decision. Then the
| judge said he would turn the COW out on the
green. If she went toward the negro S
| farm she should be his, If she went toward
| Shields farm she should be his. The COW
was turned out, but she found the grass SO
satisfying that she went neither way.
In the days when he was poor lola found a
few sous worth of bread and cheese sub
stantial meal and now that he is rich he is
still temperate in eating and drinking. lam
not success as gourmet he said to a
friend recently. The novelist thinks that
Guy de Maupassant did not owe everything to
his much-bewritten seven years apprentice
ship with Flaubert. Doubtless something is
to lie said for such a course of training" said
lola Uut the rough and-ready way Of having
ones manuscripts rejected in their crude
state also has its advantages. Much depends
upon temperament, and it is always a mis-
take to prescribe hard and fast rules for
genius or even for talent. Maupassant's sue
cess was due to the fact that he was French
to the core and that he had for literary an
| cestOrs Rabelais, Montaigne, Moliere and La
Fontaine."
The first convention in the United States of
the Daughters of the King win be held in
Baltimore at Ascension Protestant Episcopal
church, beginning Oct % and continuing
three or four days. The society takes its
name from the Hebrew words, 'Bathmelic"
daughter Of the king and is a Protestant
Episcopal church organization distinct from
the undenOminational Kings Daughters -"
with Whlch III IS often confused. 1t is a sister
society to the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
working through parochial chapters and ad-
hitting only COMMITMENTS OF the church as
4 members. There are several chapters Of the
society in Baltimore, and about three hun
| dred chapters in the country, with about
5000 members 1t is expected that about 100
of these chapters will be represented at the
| first convention. over which Bishop Paret
will preside Miss f. L. Ryerson of New
York is general secretary Of the society. The
badge OF the organization is little silver
cross. somewhat different in design from
that Worn by the Kings Daughters.
a London cable of Saturday says: 1.-The
end of the Pappenheim marriage is undoubt-
eddy the most curious of any alliance vet
contracted letween an American lady and
foreign nobleman. On his side the count
says that the existing difference is trihfng
and ploOably will be adjusted Richard
Mccall Elliott. brother-in-law to the countess
speaking in behalf of the family says that three
weeks ago the count was ordered by the count
ess to leave the house at Ryde, and he left.
taking all his goods and chattels. never to re-
turn. Mr.. Elliott adds that the count never
will be permitted to return. The cause which
led to the breach is best summed up in Mr.
Elliotts expression: The man is simply un-
bearable, and could not be endured any
longer Mr.. Elliott said: After his mar
riage the counts gambling debts in va
riOus cities were a continual source Of annoy
ance. He owes so much money in Rome that
{ he cannot go back there 1t was in small
ways that he made himself disagreeable His
unceasing need of money and the devices he
adopted to obtain it, placed him in a most un-
pleasant light. He would obtain money from
the countess for certain specific purposes
but would spend it in his own way letting the
bill be sent in for the goods which he was