The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-15
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| the exhausted leader. Thus they place their
available strength at the service Of the party
! Somebody out in the Indian territory sent a
bald eagle to Gov. Mckinley little while
| ago. The bird was a fierce fellow, and totally
unnt to be made pet Of by the children.
! None OF the governors friends were willing
/ TO take MIN as gift and attempt his subju-
gatlon, and he has been compelled to consign
/ him to the Cincinnati Geological Gardens
MADE famous some yelrs ago by donkey
/ tight with lion, from which the king of
beasts came out singularly bad second.
Thompson Chandler, Lyons Farms IN. j.
farmer, is the father of two boys according
| to local paper, the eldest being 60 years of
| age and the youngest s. His eldest son has a
| son 10 years old, who in turn is the father OF
| boy 10 years old. The latter is twice the age
| OF his granduncle. While Farmer Chambers
| e-year-old son is going to school at Lyons
| Farms, his 60year- old boy is a prosperous
business man OF Nineland, n. j.. and the
latter's 4O-year-old son is a bank director.
The English clergyman who said the other
day that he knew the story Of Jonah and the
/ whale to be true, because when he was trav.
| cling in the east he was shown the spot on
| the shore where the whale threw Jonah up
thinks he has got the higher critics in chan
ley, ana expects that they VIII soon cry for
quarter. But he is probably mistaken, says
the New York Tribune. Like as not, some
perntckety old higher critic will find a spot
on the shore where the whale didn't throw
|
proved all over again.
Persons who never visited the Worlds
fair but who want to make a blun success.
fully that they did So are now buying for 10
| cents certificates to the effect that they took
ride In the Ferris wheel" said a man to a
| Cincinnati Times Star reporter. The certlfi.
Gates are sold at several news stands, and the
| demand for them shows that great many
persons need some sort of 'afadavit' to
make their friends believe they We're actually
IN the wheel, which is 260 feet high. For so
| cents you can make your friends believe that
you rode I'VE or six times in the Wheel
What is said to be the smallest working
model OF locomotive is that made bv w. b.
Gallant. Chicago jeweler, says the Loco
| motive Engineer. This elaborate toyis built
| TO run on track 3 -ineh wide and has a total
length OF ga inches, with tender included.
| Ihe cylinders are 4xSs inch, the driving
! wheels are l5-16ineh diameter The boiler is
| 2X3 inches. The total weight of the engine
| and tender is 9ls ounces. Gold, brass steel
| and nickel are the materials of when the en-
| glne Is made and the pilot is of wood 1t is a
| real working model and spins along in good
| shape, with its own steam, a spirit lamp sup
| plying the required heat.
The English naturalist, Morris Gibbs. de-
voted years of study to birds nests, their
| formation and their contents and asserts
mat Dlrds lay their eggs in accordance with
| geometrlcal lines. so that every inch of space
| Is used to the greatest possible advantage
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat. Birds
which Jay many eggs arrange them in circles
the pointed ends turned to the inside. 9th
| ers, whose eggs are elliptically shaped place
them in longitudinal rows If an egg is
| moved out OF its original position by an in
truder, 1t viii be found on the following morn
| ing that the bird has returned it to its first
| position. Among the numerous and often
| dlf1cult cases which Gibbs made matter of
study. not one was found that would not do
| credit to mathematician.
A marriage under what may be Justly
called distressing circumstances is reported
to have taken place at Melilla Gen. Mar
gallo, VINO recently met death while fighting
against the tmpulstve assaulting MoOrs The
bridegroom was Lieut.. Saltos who had been
an aide camp of the general, and was des-
perately wounded while fighting by the side
OF his general and defending him. Lieut.
Saltos was brought from his own residence to
mat OF Nine. Margallo, the brides mother,
on couch carried by servants The mar
rlage took place in the drawing room and the
otnciating priest was one who was in the SER
vice OF the army corps the deceased general
G 'j4i1il Inc words OF his nuptial bene
uctlon were frequently interrupted by his
| bitter sobbing. Only three of the family
were present during the ceremony.
Atpresent there are no cultivated rubber
| orchards in Brazil, but the destruction of the
wild supply by the rubber gatherers and the
rapid increase In the demand for rubber are
making imperative the necessity OF establish
ing large plantations OF these trees Arubber
tree requires twelve years to mature Short
crops may be obtained after the sixth wear
When in full bearing the yield is an average
of three pounds to the tree. The value of the
rubber on the spot will probably never be less
tbGn 90 cents pound. Two hundred trees
can be planted on an acre OF land without
undue crowdtng, and when once in bearing
they VIII continue to yield for periods of from
seventy-hVe to 100 years The trees REQUIRE
to be planted in alluvial bottom lands, sub
/ Ject to annual lnundation. Enormous areas
| OF SuCh bottom lands. somewhat inoiIa in
| character to the Yazoo and Tensas basins Of
| the Mississippi. exist in the valley of the
Amazon, and can be obtained from the gov
eminent at nominal rates il intended for
actual occupancy.
THE Chinaman is a polygamist said
William E. G. Guffy, of Grand Rapids. Mich
to party of friends at the Riggs house last
night, but he only has one wife whom he re-
! CARDS as his truly own. This is the spouse
WIZ WIZ t the NIUE rect. In Ghinamans house
bear the wifely relation to the lord and mas
ter, but all of them are drudges exceDt tbe
bright particular she whose pedal extrenit tiles
retain their original infantile size. She ia
the only one of the wives who never does =
stroke of work. She is the lady OF leisure
and the others spend their time in attending
TO her wants. These brevet wives are of
common stock, if there Is such thfne, in
China, where pedgrees Of a couple of thou
sand years are as common as apples in this
country, and they are purchased Won can
pretty well estimate Chinaman's financial
standing by the number of his wives becauSe
he keeps on buying them as he continues Ia
prosper. But, as l said before, there is only
one real wife in his establishment, and she
usually rules the roost, just as wives in other
countries occasionally do"
Reports from Asia Minor say that the per.
secution of the native Christians by the Mo-
hammedans has been renewed,with Increased
barbarlty ina following is related as a lair
sample of almost daily outrages: When the
government officers were searching a house
Tor certain young man he fed from roof To
root until he reached the roof of the house
where he was caught. 1t happened that The
house belonged to the male cook of the we'll
known Anatolia College, established at Mar
Sovan. The government, inspired bv its did
hatred of that college. imprisoned the cooIY
as well as the young man, although the latter
again and again declared that the cook had
no share in his flight. The poor cook was i'm.
prisoned, and beaten at Intervals
by the officials. He was bnng |
on beam and his arms stretched tight
Heavy blocks of stone were attached 10 each
OF his feet, Then he was put in small cell |
and cold water thrown under and over him |
All this because the poor fellow did not con.
sent to sign paper presented to him stat |
Ing that the American Protestant rnission |
aries distribute arms to the people and excite
them to revolt" BY and by the pressure he |
came so intense that the poor fellow was |
Obliged TO sign the paper. but he added Ia IN |
the words made under pressureis The !
Turks remarked the addition and began N |
beat him more. What finally became az the |
man Is not known, for the Turkish govern |