The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Bacchus and group OF Cupids are repre-
scented in the design.
A poor woman was dispossessed from her
home In a New York tenement on Tuesday for
being three months in arrears for rent After
her furniture had been piled up on the sidewalk
a well-dressed man made his appearance. and.
upon being told the story of distress. offered
TO pay four months rent for the poor woman.
Z he landlord joyfully made out the receipts
and willing hands helped the woman to return
her effects TO her rooms. The landlord re-
turned the generous stranger s52 change out
of a 500 bill, and the latter made the poor
woman a gift Of 81 Subsequently il was
found that the 800 bill was counterfeit;
but the woman holds her receipt and dehes
the landlord.
when a proper young French girl bathes in
the surf, observes London newspaper, her
mother or another female guardian accom-
panies her. She passes from the bath house
to the water completely covered with dell
cately tinted pink or blue sheet which is re
sumed Immediately when she leaves the wa
ter. The beach is roped of in three divisions
one for men, one for women alone and one
mixed, Thus. il women do not want to leave
their husbands they can go into the mixed
bath. If big girl is not yet out of school, or
if her mother thinks it best for her not to
mingle with the world, she goes in the wo-
mems bath In the mixed bath the just and
the unjust splash amicably together"
Charlie Boyd proprietor of Boyd's Cottage,
Creve Coeur Lake, claims that he owns the
champion beer and whisky drinking burro
in the world says the st. Louis Republic.
The animal is two years old and is very small.
When permitted, it enters the bar room and
walks up to the bar and takes drinks with as
much ease and pleasure as do the oldest pat
rons of the place One day las week il drank
1903 glasses Of beer and manifested desire for
more, and did not show any evidence OF
drunkenness. One afternoon IL drank 10
glasses of beer and two quarts of whisky,
after which it went up on the lawn and
picked grass as usual James Fannegan,
Mr.. Boyd's manager, stated yesterday that he
would wager $1,000 that the little animal,
which is known as Baby would drink 100
glasses OF beer daily. Baby is very popular
with the patrons at the cottage and Is the re-
clptent of many treats.
The inadvisableness of disturbing the bal
ance of nature in the relationship of wild
animals is we'll illustrated by what is passing
in San Bernardino county, says the San Fran
cisco Call. A state bounty Of $500 was placed
on coyotes, and this prowler Of the foothills
and plains was then worth powder and shot
So coyote ScalpS we're collected to such an
extent in San Bernardino county and else
where that the lackaSs rabbit had the re-
Straints upon his existence very much slack
ened, and increased in great numbers. 1t is
hardly doubtful that thousands Of rabbits are
worse depTedatOrs upon the farmers thrift
than scores of coyotes, which do not trouble
the crops. but only seize few lambs or sheep
when they get the chance. san Bernardino
is now so peStered with rabbits that the super
visors have passed an ordinance voting 20
cents per pair Of ears for their slaughter
| There Is money in this, too and it will be we'll
Periodical drives by the farmers themselves
should thin out the plague Of this long-legged
hare tribe.
A peculiar means Of making living at Lew
iston, Me, is by the collection of wood in the
Androscoggin, at the foot of the falls, and the
! sale of it for house fuel, says the New York
| Post Hundreds of families get all their
/ Nv roff ta ID md nI,,aE
and pulp wood are often picked up by the
| driftwood hunters. These men, standing on
! the rocks by Boxers Island on the Lewiston
! side of the falls, gather in with poles the
! stumps, roots, boards, planks, and refuse
/ wood that come down with the overflow
/ Boats are also pressed into the service. The
/ driftwoOd hunter has to have care, however,
! what logs he hapdleS. Should stick Of pine
! or hemlOck with private mark on it be
| found in the swirling current, he must leave
! it alone or run the risk of arrest for larceny.
| On the Auburn side of the river there is con
! siderable community with long narrow boats,
| hat-bottomed like scowS. and With these craft
| they collect vast quantity of floating wood,
| often mourning the suspicion of ''poaching."
! Naturally enough this is not considered a
| very heinous crime, especially when winter
| draws near. The lumbermen and water
power companies are obliged to keep very
sharp eye on these gentry, and only recently
| several arrests were made on something more
| than suspicion.
Philip Bruins, well-known Wall street
broker, who had been member of the stock
| exchange for many years, and met with re-
| verses died on Wednesday from the result of
| injuries sustained in a carriage accident, says
| a New York letter. The Equitable Life held
an insurance on Bruins life for $50 OOO and
| this in the mutations of Wall street fort
| uneS and vicissitudes. had been transferred
| to Deacon s. V. White who, in turn. had
| failed for very large amount in the wheat
| crash of last spring. On the day succeeding
| the death of Mr. Bruins, and before he was
| buried, the Equitable paid over to Mr.. White
/ the sum OF $500 Almost Immediately Dea-
| con White began to scatter checks among his
| creditors, saying, it Is reported that he had
| recently made little money in wheat, and as
| he supposed in the pinched condition of fnan-
cial affairs most of his creditors needed
| money he concluded that he would help them
| out by throwing a few checks about. While
| the funeral of Mr. Bruins was being held in the
| Little Church Around the Corner on Thurs
| day, Wall street, the birthplace of more ru-
| mOrS than any other spot on earth, was alive
| with flying gossip that Deacon White would
| speedily resume business. Bruins carried
| total insurance on his life of $4,000. 1t is
| SAID that he died penniless.
A place seldom visited by the public is the
| assay office of the United States, where gold
| is bought for the government, says the ST.
| Louis Globe Democrat. There are but five
such offices in the United States one in ST.
Louis, one in Helena, Montana one in Boise
| City. Idaho. fourth a Charlotte N c. and
"a
fee here is in charge of Mr.. Elliott Jewett
| with two assistants 1t is as complete an
Office as can be found in the world being
| equipped entirely new since it's location in the
old custom house. AS the agent of the gov
eminent, Mr. Jewett buys all gold offered in
amounts above 500 paying for the same as
| soon as it can be melted and assayed. A great
| many people are ignorant of the fact that the
! government buys gold outside of the minis
| The moment the aSSayer begins to drum
| trade. too, that moment he drives it away. BY
| such action he causes the public to believe
] that he represents a private company specu-
lating on its purchases. This idea is encour-
| aged by the gold buyers, jewelers.. pawn
brokers and others, who would prefer held
clear of the United States. As a matter
| OF fact it makes no difference to the
| assayer whether he receives one ounce or
| fixed salary. He receives ANYTHING in the
shape Of gold, whether it be the so-called re-
| torts bars, dust or jewellers scraps What
ever shape il is in, he takes it for what IT is
| worth. The government pays the expense of
| ascertaining this worth. The process of re-
| ceiving and disposing of the gold is of consid-
| cradle interest. On delivery it is deposited
| on scales capable of weighing 5000 ounces
| Troy, though so delicately balanced that Mr.
| Jewett uses them to weigh his letter mail
| Gold brought in early in the morning can be
| disposed Of so the seller may receive his
| check in the afternoon. On being weighed a
| check is made of each separate lot. designa-
| ting the weight. name of seller, origin etc
| When the melting is completed and the gold
| turned out in bars and assay made complete
| record is made. showing the origin, where it
| is possible to learn it, and the degree of fine
! ct . ha al ta 81.