The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-20
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| tcrinR around him on hetel piazzas as though
ne were the greatest celebrity In the world.
The will Of the late Senator Randall Lee
Gibson, Of Louisiana, leaves the residue Of his
estate 70 the Tulsre educational fund of New
Orleans codicil enioins upon his sons that
they endeavor esrly IN life TO realize that the
only thing more difficult to build than an in
| dependent fortune and more easily lost is
character, and that the only safe foundation
Of character is the Ten Commandments and
ChriSt Sermon on the Mount.
A wild hair" is the most annoying freak
OF nature man can be afflicted with. 1t
grows In from the eyelid, instead Of out and,
constantly brushing against the eyeball,
sometimes causes an irritation that results
In loss OF sight To pull il out only gives
temporary relief, since in few weeks 1t
| comes back, as well grown and strong as
ever. The only way to kill IL is to destroy the
sac from which it springs. This is done by
means Of the electric needle.
Americans first introduced schools into
Siam. Americans first introduced steam rice
mills and steam sawmills An American es-
tablished the first hospital. The first medi-
cal class was established by an American and
is now conducted by him. Americans have
done more than any other nation to establish
a fii endly feeling and confidence with most
OF tue foreign powers Americans do not
harass the Siamese or covet any of their ter
rltory. The kings own words They bring
peace and good will"
The WOman's Suffrage Association Of Bel
GUM shows by the latest census held in Eu-
rope that the continents population com
prtses 170S1S ,56l males and ia GA, 119 females
the latters plurality beng 095, 55S. Among
sixteen European nations the female sex pre-
ponderateS, most strongly in Portugal and
Norway, least in Belgium and France. In
six countries-Italy, Roumania, Servia Bull
garta, Greece and BOsnia-the male sex is in
the majority. In Italy the proportion is 995
to 1000, in Bosnia 895 to 1000
Citizens of bayfield,, Wis, are complaining
with just indignation because thieves are
stealing gravestones from the old burytng
ground at La Pointe, which has been the bur
ial place for the Indians and the old French
settlers for many generations. One Of those
stolen contains an inscription saying that it
was erected to the memory of the lamented
one, who was shot as a mark of affection by
his brother" Another records that the body
lying underneath was that of John Jtbway,
who was killed by thunder"
A curiosity In the shape of a gas we'll has
been struck at Saratoga, N. Y. A well was
being bored for mineral spring water on the
Wilcox place, in the southern edge of the
town Water was found at the depth of 60
feet, but the borers were not satisfied and
went further. At the depth of 80 feet the
water disappeared and carbOnic acid gas made
The gas issues from the 6inch iron tubing
with a force that sounds like the escaping
steam OF locomotive, and 1t can be heard for
more than half mile. The well is a great
curiosity and many people are thronging to
see it.
Thirty thousand frogs week are brought
into the Buffalo market, says the New York
Post. Even the local fishermen are devoting
much OF their time TO collecting frogs, for 100
of which they are receiving 81 at the present
time. Buffalo fish company is the largest
buyer. 1t freezes the legs for quick New
nj and oil Gfn 1n-
quantities for profitable sales at other sea
sons. The business of securing the frogs is
very remunerattVe to the man who knows
their haunts. Twelve hundred were brought
into the city on a recent evening by a fisher
man who had taken them along the lake shore
on the Canadian side. One of them was COW
frog that weighed 2B pounds, and sold for
Sl.25. its legs being as large as those of good
sized spring chicken. There are three meth
DDS Of killing the frogs-with stick by
spearing and by shooting The best time to
hunt for them is about the middle of the day.
when they come out of their hiding places
and seek the meadows, pastures and fields
where the grain has been cut, in search of in
sects. Very few frogs are caught in the
marshes or on the banks of the lakes as it is
only at night that they gather in those local
tiles. In winter they are either caught with a
net, which is dipped under the ice or dug out
with spade from the side of the banks, and
are invariably caught in clusters for they
huddle together.
A Chinese paper describes the seven Won
ders which Corea, like unto other oriental
countries, possesses, and which played a con-
spicuous role in antiquity The Corean
wonders" consist first, of a hot mineral
spring near Kin Shantao, which is capable of
curing sickness and disease of all sorts The
second wonder is the two wells, one at each
end OF the peninsula, which have the peculiar
characteristic that when one is full the other
Is empty. The water of the one is intensely
bitter, that of the other has a pleasant and
sweet taste. The third wonder Is a cold cave
from which there issues constantly an ice-cold
wind, with such force that strong man is
which cannot be eradicated constitutes the
fourth wonder. No matter what
INJURY may be done to the
roots. the young trees spring up again like the
Bile, however, is the fifth wonder-the famous
lowering stone which stands or rather ap-
years TO stand, in front Of palace erected In
its honor. This is a massive RECTANGULAR
one on each end, can draw a cord underneath
the stone, from side to side. without encoun-
terlng any obstacle. The sixth wonder is a
hot stone which has been lying from time i'm
memorial on the summit of hill and evolv-
ing glowing heat. The seventh Corean won
der is sweating Buddha This is guarded
IN great temple, in whose court, for 80 wards
on all sides not a single blade of grass grows,
No tree, no flower will flourish on the sacred
spot and even wild creatures are careful NOT
to profane 1t.
just above the school house, on West Fork
half a mile west Of Hameltown, says the Gin
cinnati Commercial, resides the Widow Mess.
her three daughters and son-in-law. They
run large dairy, and their two-story frame
house is built adjoining pioneer log cabin.
which has stood there for hundred wears
past, from the looks of its moss grown roof
and general dilapidation. Joseph Mess. the
proprietor, died several years ago and the
widow has since run the business. One even
ing last week gardeners going to market no
ticed peculiarly bright light in the old log
cabin. Thinking the structure was afire
they went TO awaken the family. TO their
surprise and horror so they say, they could
not pass the cabin to reach the in
mates of the house, being held as if
spellbound by some invisible power
They were glad to retreat, and regain
ing their wagons proceeded on their
way to market. Since then the bright light
to whom the gardeners told their expe-ience.
1t has been seen TO come with a wavy dancing
motion from the adjacent cliffs, and passing
around the yard, over the house and dairy
barn, at last settles in the cabin, where IL re-
mains for hours. then suddenly disappears
When it is over the dairy barn, the cattle are
intensely excited believing and trying to
break loose from the ropes which confine
them to their stalls. The singular light is in
the shape of man and is supposed to be
either the spirit of an old pioneer who was
killed by Indians in the cabin when Cincin-
natl was village, or that of the proprietor
himself, who IS not pleased at the way bus
mess is being carried on. Mrs. Mess became
so alarmed at the visits of the gruesofne
guest that she had the parish priest come and
bless the place In hopes Of stopping the su-