The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-19
ITEMS oF INTEREST.

are ooaStlng OF the TACT.
Rider Haggard has taken to farming in the
Waveney valley, in Eng and, and does little
literary work, except in the colder months.
The children of Jesse Callahan. Of West
Virginia, sued the proprietor of a Cincinnati
hotel, at which their father had blown out the
gas and died, for $1,000 damages. The court
has Just directed verdict for the defense.
Mrs. Elliott, of Delaware county, New
York, started down a flight Of stairs with
lighted lamp in each hand and the pancake
turner she had been using held in her mouth.
she fell the handle OF the implement was
driven through her neck and the blade had to
be cut of before the rest OF II could be pulled
out. And she is recovering.
William H. Mills. of San Francisco, has in
his library two books written by John Wes-
ley, in which he says the founder OF Metho-
dlsm puts forth the theory OF evolution. These
books are entitled "Wesley's Philosophy
and were printed in New York in loZ3, by
Mason Il Bangs. In these books are many
passages. asserting in the strongest terms
that there is a unity In creation, and contro-
yerting the theory of special creation.
Says the Philadelphia Record: THE ordi-
nary Oolong tea costing 60 or 70 cents pound
has CAP acity OF about 10 hahpint cups to
the pound, while the same amount of Ceylon,
S1lyertlpped tea, costing 1872, will supply over
1900 half-pint cups and in addition Is vastly
superior to that OF the common brands The
intrinsic value of imported teas rarely eX-
ceedS that figure, but in certain instances,
where the tea market has been cornered, as
high as Si75 for pound has been paid in
London. society people have lately declared
in favor of the expensive teas and the dainty
clock teas are no longer the economical
social events OF Yore."
The little leaf1et called Our Language" is
still engaged in promoting the reform of
spelling. Its scheme of "diagraf clfabet'
is very well illustrated in the following ex..
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In Mexico the scorpion in damp or wet
weather is omnipotent, and in hotels he can
be seen to run up and down upon the walls,
SAYS the Globe Democrat. He is only aoOut
Tour TO SIX inches In length, and Is not partlc-
ularly Tepulsiye in appearance but his sting
generally results fatally. l was in a hotel a
one time, where two other statesmen stopped
in the Same room, Ond as we went to go to
bed, saw the scorpions chasing each other
up and down the wall. l called my fellow
travellers attention TO them, but they thought
that they could protect themselves, and we
mon in that country, but my friends were not
used TO this protection and in the morning
the man who thought he was safe was dead. 1
never go to bed in Mexico without thoroughly
protecting every exposed portion Of my badly.
A Rochester IN. " physician tells about
patient that he had, not long since, who
poisoned hersef by drinking vinegar. She
Logan TO use 1t TO improve her complexion,
but soon grew to like 1t, and after time it
became a necessity to her. AS the habit
grew she stronger and StrOnaar pradaS
until she was daily consuming large quantI-
ties of almost pure acetlc acid When he
was called to attend her it was long time
before he could make up his mind what was
the matter with her. Her compile Xion was of
a deadly white she had no appetite, and could
hardly be persuaded to touch iood ofany sort.
-Four eminent physicians, who were called
in consultation, failed to diagnose the real
cause of the trouble, hut attributed the
lady condition, one to one thing ana another
to another. Finally the attendant physician
though the lady'S servant, found out the real
root OF the trouble. but too late to do his pa
tlent any good. He said this was the only
case IN his experience OF person forminga
vinegar habit, but he was persuaded that
good deal or the Ill health Of many ladies was
due TO their using too much vinegar, with the
idea that it would improve their looks
Rev. A. Routh of Piney Flats, Va, has
written a letter to the Boston Courier, in
which he says: AS various and erroneous
reports about myself and my family have
been going the rounds IN pa pcrs OF late. 1
hope you will give me space in the Courier to
give true version of the case, not that am
offended at those who gave said reports to
papers, for they write very kindly ABOUT me,
and Of course they thought they were giving
| correct version Of the case. 1 am seventy
hVe years old, have been married three times
ana we have booked twenty children
twelve sons and seventeen daughters. Eleven
are dead, All died in infancy except on.
So have eighteen living children, and at
present we have four children with US.
have been actively engaged in the ministry
forty-hVe years, and have all the time heen
greatly blessed id my labors. 1 am as lie
TO travel on horseback and car preach with
as much ease as 1 could hfteen years ago. In
conclusion let me say what very few men of
my age can say / have never owned a gun
or pistol in my life, never had q lawsuit Of
any kind, never had but one fight, and that
was when was boy. and NV father gave
me hogging for it, and concluded to quit
the business"
II the rest Of the country is suffering from
hard times there are no indications Of it in
the book auction rooms, SAYS the New YORK
Post. For example. at the two days SAFE
ended yesterday afternoon Of DR.. Moore S
collection OF autographs by Bangs & Co..
letter Of Nathan b ale. tie Martyr-Spy whose
statue now adorns the City hall Park, was
bought for Sl,lCO py Dodd, Mead Co The
bogus Washing tonian of two years ago-the
long bun, china dinner plate" etc, for all
this period have put such matters under sus-
piclon. But at the sa Q a two page letter OF
| Washington's, fine e. ample, but worn in the
lOlQS. was, dlLeT a spirited contest Dy me Ben
jamins. Sabines Burns and others knocked
down for sl3250. Ittreated Of his personal his
tory and began: You have inquired in refer
enCe to the genealogy and armorial bearings
or the Washington family, etc Two sigma
lures and seal brought Sll so The third
item Of extraordinary interest was a muster
roll Of the Twentieth British regiment signed
by Gen. Wolff Burns captured 1t at 847 SO
An unusual amount of Daniel Webster man
uscriptS were on the catalogue. some fifteen
or twenty. AS indicative of the statesman's
of hand and rather careless habit one-thrd
was undated and signed simply ID. w"
Z hey went low, no doubt from their multi
tudinousness the prices ranging from 20
cents to 81.
Lord Wolseley has raised again the old dis
cussion OF the subject Of the mysterious NAL
ady Of Napoleon l. says the British Medical
Journal The nature of the first and last i'll
ness of Napoleon Bonaparte is well known.
but the precise character Of the ailments from
which he suffered between those two maladies
remains little uncertain. At the seige of
Toulou in rs he undoubtedly contracted
scabieS when working at cannon with
gunner who had that loathsome disease.
The hero was unsklfuly treated and
seems to have suffered from
scauies for several years. In
Egypt (l7SS) he had gastric catarrh, and DR..
Cabanes asserts that he was inoculated with
scabIcS then believed to be a counterfeit
tant. When NAPOLEON was at the height OF
his glory, he drank coffee very freely Tor the
avowed purpose Of keeping himself awake.
He admitted to DR.. Arnott his Partially for
coffee at st. Helena. During the latter part