The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-26
THOUGHT SHE WAS ABABY.
A Drummer Wished TO Furnish a
Cradle for The Ilianta.

The dense ignorance of some of the
American people, in regard to affairs in
the country whose queen sent Christopher
Columbus on his voyage of discovery was
evinced on several occasions, says the
Baltimore Americans Chicago CORE
spondent.
One gentleman, commercial traveller,
representing a furniture house in Michi-
gan, when he heard that the infanta
would be entertained at the Palmer sup
posing, because he has stopped in the
house a number OF years, that he islands
in with the management, asked one of
the clerks if they had a cradle in the
house. The clerk is u new hand, and
assiduously went to work to find out about
the stock of cradles in the house
eyes, we have one he said returning,
.'that is in pretty good condition"
THAT will never do" said the drum
mer
You will have to have new cradle of
the very finest material for the infanta
Surely MIR. Palmer will not think of put
ting a royal baby to bed in an old cradle
or trundle bed. Will you take my card
to Mr.. Palmer?"
'Mr. Palmer" he began, II don't want
to sell you cradle, but my house will
make the finest cradle that it can turn
out and make you u present of it. You
can merely tell people where the cradle
came from"
''Cradle!" exclaimed Mr.. Palmer,
"what on earth do l want with a cradle
| now2"
ITO put that baby in" said the drum
! mer.
Young man, will you please state your
business explicitly and then retired"
Il have as well as / can" replied the
| young man whom Mr.. Palmer was cycling
so sharply that he became completely
| ratified. II want to give you cradle for
that royal baby"
II haven't got a royal baby or any
other kind, said Mr.. Palmer, softcning
as he imagined he saw signs of insanity
in the drummer's eyes, 'now go to your
room and be quiet and stop thinking about
babies, royal or otherwise"
Il mean that infant whatever her name
is, that's coming from Spain"
Mr.. Palmer did something then he
was never known to do before with a
| stranger He took him kindly by the
| hand, made him sit down, and then
walked himself around to the newsstand
and bought an afternoon paper which
contained a picture of the Infanta Eulalie
| There's your infant" he said, as he
pointed 10 the cut in the paper and read
! the date of her birth. ''This infant is 30
! years old and has husband. You can
send the cradle if you want to and wen
| give it to the princess as souvenir"
sAMoANs' TATTooED GARMENTS.
The Salnoans were working like Trojans
| to get their village in shape, says the
Inter Oceans woman writer on world S
| fair topics They were deliberately
| dressed-in tattooed bare skin. For
extra dress they had their hair matted
| down with something that looked like
| white paint With all due respect to the
signs decided | would go under the rope
to where a man was sitting who was
! dressed like-well, who was not dressed
| / wanted to make some inquiries about
this race, who seemed SO civilized in man
ner and yet so savage and unconscious in
! the matter of dress.
=, This man did not look exactly like an
! American, or else | am getting so mixed
up with this daily mingling with other
| races don't know an American when
see one. Anyway 1 would be sure to be
| on the safe side by asking him. He was
under tent where there was long boat
l said, as encouragingly as l could:
do you speak Englsh"
Well, said the man, Il don't speak it
very well, but | can make signs"
Then two men who were standing near
laughed, but they gave me all the informa-
! ton ] wanted.
The boat l spoke of is sewed together
with ropes made from the cocoanut bark.
And prominent shipbuilder said that he
never saw a more perfect keel ON a boat
| than one made by these Samoans.
| The white paint on the hair of the
natives is a paste made with lime and
water. 1t is put on for two purposes for
| cleanliness and TO bleach the hair. The
cleanliness is rather reflection on their
neatness, but they are sure that there are
no intruders creeping around their heads
when. they bath them frequently with
| this preparation. They are very honest
| and Industrious people and good Christ
ians. The only trouble they have at all
with them is the wearing of some little
clothing.
They do not see the necessity of it. 1t
bothers them, and then it covers up all
that beautiful tattooing which has cost
money and pain. The managers try to
teach them a little respect for a civilized
country in this way, but they see no con-
neetlOn between clothing and civilization
WONDERFUL GERMAN CLOCK.
One of the curious articles on exhibit
ton is a geographical, astronomical and
. Ginning art clock, the value of which is
said to be 81, 900, according to the Chicago
Herald. This clock rests upon pedestal
made of American walnut, richly carved
and treated in the style of modern rem
naissance of the sixteenth century. The
I clock and pedestal have a hight of about
eight feet. The front dial is made Of
| ivory, ebony, rosewood and mother of
| pearl The other dials are made of
enamel, the figures and hands of fine
! gold Besides the main dial the clock
| has on either side of the case eight dials
which indicate the time of these
towns: Berlin, Stockholm, St. Peters
burg Constantinople, Vienna, Rome,
Paris, London, Washington, New
York, Philadelphia, Caracas. Buenos
Ayres, Quito, Mexico and Sau
Francisco. On the side opposite the main
dial there is permanent calendar move
ment which indicates the day of the
week, the day of the month, the time diff
ference between mean and actual solar
time and the phases Of the moon. This
movement effects automatically the
change Of day in leap years. The clock
MEDICAL.
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