The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-29
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this last week. The friends of Julio Null
er, son of a Panama merchant, had as
sembled to attend his funeral He had
taken an overdose of antipyrine, with ap-
parently fatal result, even the attending
physicians pronouncing him dead His APP
pearance aroused the suspicion among his
TRENDS that he was not really dead. The
authorities were called upon to make an
investigation. When they arrived the cot
nm was already closed. After its being
opened-lo! there was Muller alive and
wondering what was the matter.
"A man who initiated Christ endeav-
ored to walk upon the waters near Def
ance, o., the other day and met his death,
says the New York Journal. He sought
to demonstrate that his faith was equal
to that of the Savior. His name was
Charles Gosler, and he lived at Transport.
Gosler was an ardent Seventh Day Ad-
Ventist, and recently became demented
over religion. Since then he had spent
all his spare moments in reading the BIZ
BILE. He was cutting corn on a neighbor-
ing farm with companion, and at noon
they started for dinner When they
reached the dam in the Tiffin river, Goser
refused to cross on the apron, saying he
would walk on the water He spent some
moments in prayer and singing hymns and
then started out boldly to walk across on
the water. Some boys who saw him said;
He appeared to walk all right for sew
eral PAGES; then he commenced TO splash
and founder and finally sank from sight,
still singing"
The cod is the most useful fish in the
world. AS an article of food-wholesome
| and substantial-either fresh or sailed
and dried, it forms a valuable addition to
| the food resources of the world, and IN
| this and other ways few members of the
! animal kingdom are more universally
serviceable. Enormously prolific zone fish
| producing 100000 eggs) and widely dis
| tributed it's usefulness is appreciated al
most everywhere. The tongue is consid-
| cred delicacy the swimming bladder
| furnishes isinglass equal to that got from
the sturgeon, while cod-liVer oil has
| worldwide reputation as a medicine and
| food in pulmonary and other wasting dis
eases, where its highly nutritive proper
| ties give it great value. The Norwegians
| give Gods heads mixed with marine plants
| to their cows, to increase the yield of
| milk. The Icelanders give the bones to
| their cattle, and in Kamschatka the dogs
are fed on them, while in the icy wastes,
| destitute of trees, they are frequently
dried and used as fuel
| To-day, seventy years ago, says the
! Pittsburg Dispatch, of Oct. IS, the last
| state lottery was drawn in England
| After parliament had established lotteries
| as legitimate institutions, in the latter
| part of the last century, they became so
| popular as to threaten to eXtinguish the
regular industrial modes of money-mak
| ing. So 1t became necessary to enact a
! law against lotteries, which went into eff
! feet the 18th day of October, 1926. The
| first of the English lotteries was organ
! led in 1867 by no less a parsonage than
| Queen Elizabeth herself. The greatest
| prize was 5000, of which e., 900 was to be
| paid in cash, 600 in plate and the rest in
good tapestry meet for hangings, ana
| other covertures, certain sorts of good
| linen CLOTH" After that lotteries became
the rage in England. Sometimes it was
! money; again plate and jewels, or books
and even deer. 1t was even suggested
| that "a lottery for ladies' be established
wherein the chief prize was husband
and coach-and-six. Husbands of various
! grades were offered as second, third and
| fourth prizes, and then a lottery for wives
was advertised on a somewhat similar
plan.
One of the most curious results Of the
craze for bicycling is to be observed in
the ancient city of Coventry, saws the
New York Tribune 1t is, as is well
known, the center of the bicycle manu-
featuring industry of England. There
has consequently been a great rush of
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OF the workshops, and the city is unable
| TO accommodate properly this addition
| TO Its population. EVe"y available house
is hlled with tenants, and yet there are
| homeless men on the Streets-industrious
workingmen with money in their pock-
| cts, but unable to find vacant lodgings.
| Inc health officer reports that more than
5000 houses are so overcrowded as to be
| in an unsanitary condition, while the
| vaccination law has become practically
dead letter from the physical impossi-
bility of executing it. Hundreds of new
houses are going up as rapidly as car
penters and masonS can build them but
| they are only small fraction of what is
really needed, and in the meantime work.
lngmen are camping out in tents and i'm
| provised sheds. And all because of a
style of riding which good Lady Godiva.
never so much as dreamed of.
John G. Warren, a young musician of
Philadelphia, purchased an organgrinder's
monkey some time ago because he was
| charmed with its dancing and thought it
| would add pleasure to the evenings at
home, when he played the violin, with
which instrument he is a fine performer.
Noting the perfect time kept, and also
mat MS monkey was apparently able to
initiate every act it saw, he concluded to
try to teach it to play a violin. saws the
Philadelphia Inquirer. For some time
very slow Roadway was made, but finally
Jocko seemed to catch the idea and would
| ply the bow over the strings, with. how
| ever, very little regard to time or tune.
For an hour each day his master tried to
| teach Jocko the elements of music. and
after the mans patience was almost ex-
hausted his efforts were crowned with
success, and the monkey began to play
one tune fairly well. That tune once mas
tered seemed to awaken all of the latent
musical talent of the animal and he be-
came passionately attached to the violin.
| becoming more proficient each time he
| played the instrument. Now he executes
several waltzes, taking the violin in his
arm IN correct position and keeping time
with his feet and head as he plays. not on
| ~ furnishing the music but Waiting at
| the same time. While his master does NOT
expect him to become model to play. he
is nevertheless very proud Of his monkey
and claims that he is a better player than
the average man who considers himself
fairly proficient. Mr.. Warren has almost
closed deal by which he is to dispose
! n xrfa1 int