The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Rather a ludiCrOus incident occurred al the
Fairmont Methodist church, Baltimore, the
other night An election Of trustees was to
| ne held at the close Of the prayer meeting
| and as there has ceen some friction in the
| congregation the pastor had reason to sus
! pect that 1t would result disastrously to him
| Those opposed to him mustered in force in
| side and outside the church. and waited i'm
| patiently for the meeting to close, but they
| were disappointed The meeting went on,
] with hymns and prayers, exhOrtations and
| experiences till long after midnight; nor did
! 1t reach the benediction until the waiting ad-
! versaries were wearied out and went home to
bed.
| 1t appears that counterfeits of the world s
! fair souvenir half dollars are in the market
! already, and, as they are made of coin silver.
| they are not easy to detect 1t is said that
! they are just trife light in weight. and are
! a shade smaller in circumference than the
! genuine, which, however, only appears when
! they are stacked up together. In the words
| Columbian Half Dollar the D is not quite
! perfect, and the medallion head of Columbus
| leans little to the right AS it takes about
| 30 cents worth of silver to make one and
! their market value is 81, their manufacture
! leaves good margin of profit. AS the coin
| bears no mint mark, it is comparatively easy
| to counterfeit. Several Of these commercials
| have fallen into the hands of the government.
| received in deposit from bankers, but the
| bankers do not know from whom they re-
| celVed them.
| Here's something that will interest you -
| said physician, as he placed a lump of slatv-
| looking stone in the hands of New York
| sun scribe. "A patient of mine gave me that
| TINS morning with grand an air as if she
| were giving me silver dinner service No
doubt she thought 1t had as great value
| IL maidstone, You've read accounts of
| them Put them on dog bite and thew will
| suck it and give off green froth and ali that
sort OF rubbish. There's no such a thing as a
maidstone in the world. Touch the stone to
your tongue. Notice anything? Sticks, doesn't
II: That Is because it is anhYdrous 1t has
gone through a slight chemical change and
has lost part of the water that was in its
original composition, so that it readily alb
serbs moisture. twill stick to a cut or a bite
or anything else that is wet and that is all
there IS to 1t. But it's a harmless sort of
superstition, and if it makes any poor devil
comfortable, for goodness sake let him be-
Heve in it,
The Peabody Institute, says the Baltimore
American, has received one of the most valu-
able books known to the literary wnrld II
being Photographic fac smile Of the Vatican
Codex of the Old and New Iestaments AZ
cording to the Septuagint version in five
volumes. four of which, comprising the Old
Testament having been received and the
NTH, comprising the New Testament. is ex-
pected shortly This is the first time that the
COdeX was allowed to be copied in any wav
and it was only through the broad Hherality
of Pope Leo Kill that it was per
were allowed to he made. the one belonging to
the Peabody being the seventeenth in mum
Der. The volumes are large folio in size and
mace If The original nIi VI ne iiHe
the Greek letters with ey,erI- 5efot ~ ~
the velInT, itseIf % LII ueleet tIIo IS on
placed upon the original and how closely il is
guarded II may he stated that the great Ger
man atHoiaE. flScHehdor1, was not allowed to
lGoN "u H. W I'li d IosCope' even through the
Sl"9S 0d9oo'
In the reign of James w. OF Scotland saws
the PHILADELPHIA Press Jobn O.c,roa+ and hi
-. - ~ ii' MS
~ W. pLoIneIS; EldlCQIIn ana Gavin arrived at
Cdituueso anu pou2nt the landS or W1rSe and
| Dusl39y. near the heach at the mouth Of Pen
Gnu II5n, tae n9rthsaStetn extremity of the
iildIlllduu ol >>CoIlanu Ia tlne thelr families
ny m tdseu ulIll IneI6 were eleht households
I 81 ne sdule name lheE llVed as nelghhOrs
~ ~ ,IlS ElcalCrt pG5Ct ahu amlty, edch year
i polul4E d ISSliVal IN tne original house At
one On u me- dnI,lal SatherlqRs the question
~ ~ '.I - ~ o9t 'HioIE lile younger mem
oeIo ave me- ulsPtGe9 as TO whom should sit
nearest tne hed9 o! Ine tlple or enter the
| room HISt, ne Ola grandfather,
| JolnhS NIodU' OF history. was
| ndue drolIldior' ne promised to have
| on SATISFACTORILY setteu p} the time OF the
| next annual meeting. Accordingly he built
| an Slued mouse In winch to hold the annual
| Juoilee ms 0ctdgohaI domlclle was fitted
| WIN do0r dhC WINDOW on each side, and
ROUND tdoIe IN tne center. lhlS arrangement
| maze IL poSSlole Tor each family of the
| y GrodtS 10 enter ny MS own door, and to sit
AT IdoIe Whlth WdS pr3cucallY without
| heaQ. ms famous house was long a land
mark IN br!t2ln ana even to this day is one
urement-, Land end to Johnny OGroats
sl2nl3lh8 from one ehd OF England to the
! othef.
James Corbin. an old resident of Canton