The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-22
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| her child at its birth In explanation OF her
| SAID: shortly after 1 was married about
| year ago, my hus jand went south where a
good situation had been offered him. 1 in
tended to Join him as soon as he had become
established in his business. he was killed in
railroad accident on the journey down aid
was lett almost pennileSS. l am trying to
una some Trustworthy personswho viii adopt
my enid at its birth. an unable to
give IL proper support. and feel that II
would be better for US to part uefore we be-
come attached to each other"
Thomas Staples Martin, who secured the
| democratic nomination for United States
senator from Virginia is not distinguished
man IN appearance, but has a frank couute-
nance and bright, intelligent eye. He is
rather below medium height, has a large
mead, is thick set and clean shayen, with
llght eyes and very little hair He is now in
his forty sixth year and a native of the county
OF AIoemarle. was educated at the Vir-
glnia Military Institute and the University of
virginia, and began the plRstiAe of law at the
age OF 81 Recently he was arguing case in
the United States supreme court at Washing
Ton ana Is said one of the associate ms
tees told the chief Justice to follow his argu-
ment. as he would PROBABLY be the next
United states senator from Virginia. When
~ was er the chief justice sail: -''If heiS
the senator he will do credit to the state"
Everywhere about the valleys of New Mex
leo, invariably upon eminenees. and usually
upon high fat topped mesas or table hills
are the ruins of houses Of the ancient. semi
clVlnzed indian population that lived here
ana titled the soil be ore the coming of the
S9anlards, four centuries ago. The mum ers
OF thlS old population can lie only vaguely IN
terred ny the numerous cooDlestone founda-
lions OF their houses. still well defined above
the surface OF the ground, and by the debris
OF the fallen walls, which constitute hillocks,
grass grown and intermixe1 with occasional
OLD stone utensils and countless fragments of
pottery This pottery when turned up the
spade, IS found to e handsome and varied in
color and as fresh of tint as it could have been
when the village was destroyed or abandoned
ana every tradition of its existence lost in
prehistoric past
This is the time Of year to make widely
known certain facts regarding the whole
someneSS of apples as a food. Apples are
merely mixture of albumen, sugar gum
chlorophyl, malic acid gallic acid and lime
with vegetable fiber and much water; but only
prince OF all he-nists, the sun, can the COM
olnation be made to assume the iuSuiousness
OF the apple. The Germ In chemists claim for
II also larger percentage Of phosphorus than
any other fruit or vegetable; and this b ~
tell us. is therein furni heduS in an admira yle
manner for renewing the vital nervous matter
OF the brain and the spinal cord It Is in
terestlng 10 RENE nbeT, in this connection
that the old Scandinavian gods, when they
felt themselves growing indrm and decrepit.
re o ted to the apple, as it, containing the
tood or life, renewed their vIgor Of mind and
body The North American Practitioner saws
that the acids of the apple are of singular
value to men of sedentary habits, to those
who have awakened TO the unpleasant
consciousness that they are possessed
OF liver. These acids aid in expeIllng
from the system noxious matters which
II not removed produce duh headaches,
sense OF heavness in the brain, and even
Jaun1tce and eruptions. This fact makes thu
menu which provides appl5 sauce with roast
pork, roast goose, and other like ri Oh dishes.
peculiarly )propriate The malic acid neil-
tra!izing the excess Of chalky matter in the
system, will undo the evils of diet in which
there is too much animal food. AS d coun-
teractant to acidity of the stomach lples are
also useful; an in many ways they prove
themselves to De the most wholesome as
they are the cheapest and most hardy, of all
our fr4 Its.
In tropical countries, where the struggle
for life seems to range even fercer than in
the temperate regions. a vast number of ami
mails have teen driven by want TO Sc ok their
livelihood in the dark through stress of COM
petition saws the COrnhIll Ma sazine. There are
the bowler IN JnkeyS. for example, who m AXE
night htieous in large tracts of South Amer
lean forests, beg inning their dismal music as
soon as evening sets in and only re iril g for
the day as dawn puppies the no lion. mere
are the lemurs OF Madagascar. so called Oe-
cause, like ghosts, they walk by nigh and
Withdraw at cockcrow strange. stealshy,
nOiS9esS creatures, with great wistful.
poetical eyes and enlarged pupils; mon
keys that prey On / ir Is and insects in
the gloomy apths Of their native forests.
there Is the slender lOriS. a graceful and
beautiful beast W h eyes like a gazelle's out
treacherouS manners, who pc n :es upon birds |
as they sleep in their little ests creeping
silently upon them from behind like an In
dian upon the war attn, and affOrding no indi- |
cation of his hateful pres nce till he is within
arm length of his slumbering vi tim, there |
is that curioussittle nondescript animal the |
aye-aye, Wlo attracted so much attention a |
few years ago at the Zoo "a quaint SIN II |
beast, half monkey, half rolent. who comes |
forth by night in search of fruits or insects |
and crawls through the woods wi IN |
cat-llke pace upon butterfly or |
caterpillar. And there is that other o Id con
ting link the galeopltheeus or diving, |
monkey lemur we'll on his way to devotion |
into bat apelke in form, nut with me n. |
orane stretched loose between his arms a I'd |
lie IS after the rubin )ntac " fashion OF the nv. 4
ing squirrel, by means of which he glides |
from tree to tree with sort of half iuup
half flight, very curious 20 witness. There |
are but few Of the nocturnal mammals OF tbe |
monkey and lem III type ancient an estors OF |
our own, gone wrong through keeping such
very late hours. and now stranded for the
most part in Islands or peninsulas Of extreme |
antiluity.
Mr.. Gesa Berger, the we'll known actor and |
newspaper man, has IA picture in calligraphy |
that has remarkable histo:y says Lon |
don paper. 1t is il size, 80 x ~ inches, and is |
the work of joseph Low the most notad |
counterfeiter that the Austrian government |
ever knew He eluded the vigilance of the |
author tiles Tor years, and was finally cap
tufed and sentenced 10 fifteen years at hard |
labor in the penltentiary. His work of conn. |
leTeltlnS al DanK notes was so cleVerlV exc |
cuted that they were rea lily passed in the |
banks OF Austria. His cleverness with the /
pen secured him geo place in the prison. |
and he spent his idle time in making the pic |
ture in question. 1t re- resents number OF |
business cards, and so artistically is the wCrx |
done that 1t cannot be detected unless there |
in close inspect on. This picture was raj. |
He'd IN 1916 and was won by the Berger family
and 1t has been in their possession ever
since. Mr.. Berger brought it with him as a |
relic when he came to this country Teow
was native OF Pres burg, and he was Uar.
doned by Emperor erdinand under pc .uliar
circumstan 5es. 1t was the work of HIS pen
that got HIM in prison, and the work of his
pen that gothim out and made him man of
reputation among honest people When AN
ap lication is made for pardon in Austria
the red tape policy OF that country com els
the applicant to address the emperor with
all his titles. Emperor Ferdinand had ABOUT
forty titles Leow engraved all of |
these names, together with his petition
for pardon, on cherry stone The let
tiers were so hne that it required the
aid of powerful micros cope 10 decipher
them. One day when the emperor visited the |
prison, Loew in person pres ented a cherry
stone to the emperor and { Ii him what IL |
contained. The empero made an exlmina- |
ton and was so ma sed at the work that he
gave him an un Conditional pardon Not onlv
did he pardon hum, but gave him position as
detective to trail down counterfeiters
Loew was well-intormed man in all the arts |
and rascalites counterfeiters, and in less
than two wears after his pardon he ran to the