The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22


Times, the strongest persons who accom-
plish most, and here Is a story TO prove 1t.
which the Rev. Anna Shaw, a woman
preacher, told in a sermon the other day.
oiie said that one day IN prairie town
where she was preaching, the church
doors being open, big Newfoundland dog
walked in and sat himself down in the
aisle; Two or three men got up, one at
Ter the other, and took hold Of his paws
ana tried 10 pull him toward the door,
put the big doggie did not understand
what was wanted Of him, and he was so
strong and heavy that all the pulling did
not bulge him an inch. Then some more
the collar came of over his head, but the
dog sat gravely still. SO he was left in
the aisle and the men went back to their
tie freckle-faced boy, not more than sew
en- years old, reached over and patted
the dogs head, The dog looked up as If
ne liked il and wagged his tail. The little
boy came out Of his pew, and, still pat
ting the big, shaggy head, said, Come
doggie" and moved toward the door. The
dog went with him. Willingly, and in a
moment both were out OF the church. The
boys coaxlng had done what the mems
force could not.
A bicycle bag was recently brought over
from London to New York woman who
has become an enthusiastic wheelwoman.
u Is Of green leather and In size a tri1e
larger than the reticules that come to
hang from the belt on one fat side is a
-
bar, and inserted in one corner a small
watch with the face exposed. Inside
there are little pockets for the money
handkerchief. and the small tools which
come with each bicycle. and which fem
mime fingers have learned to use with
dexterity.
Honor among thieves is precept that
is seldom carried out in practice. says the
New York Tribune. but that gentlemanly
burglars exist is - netimes proven. Some
people, especially old knickerbocker fam
lies, regard their ancestral silver with
superstitious reverence. and the possess
sion of an aDtiquated tea set " hich has
been in the family for successive genera
tions Is considered almost in the same
light as patent of nobility. No wonder,
therefore. that the Misses Schuyler Van
Amsterdam, who prldcd themselves upon
their exceptionally respectable heirlooms,
should cling TO this remnant OF their form
er grandeur with exaggerated pride, and
should somewhat bore their friends al
their frequent afternoon teas
Such genteel functions, you know"
said Miss Hetty. the youngest of the three
sisters. costing almost nothing, and then
we always have the family tea set" In
this way they descanted upon its antiquity
and its dear and gone possessors. Fear
ing the wear and tear of the kitchen, the
eldest Miss Schuyler Van Amsterdam al
ways washed these precious relics her
self, rubbing them gently with the finest
OF rouge, so as not to injure the silver,
and packing every piece carefully in a
big basket. which was carried upstairs at
night by the old darby butler. "Spect no
robber would dare tackle Miss Virginny,"
said the old man. with a chuckle, and this
belief was so generally shared by the
household, and for that matter by the
lady herself. that his was the only pre-
caution taken, ana the silver was left in
the basket at the foot of her bed.
one morning, however Miss Van Am
sterdam awoke with queer. sickly SEN
sauon, and dizziness in her head, the
like of which she had never felt before
and as she tried to rise, her eyes fell
upon the basket Horror of horrors, it was
10 sill KrDes
GINA gave one wild shrek, and then for
the first and only time in her life, tainted
A case OF chloroform. said the doctor.
after he had brought Miss Van Amster-
dam to her sense and had heard the par
tieulars. The thief was evidently an ex-
pert, and gave you only sufficient TO in
helped himself to his booty"
But the tea set, our ancestral tea seti''
walled the sisters. How can we live
Imagine their indignation the next morn
ing when they received, carefully packed in
a large box, their own precious tea service
with the following note addressed 10 Miss
Van Amsterdam:
Dear Madam: Knowing how you value
the lnclosed legacy from your ancestors
and finding that it is only pewter. ana,
therefore, valueless to me. 1 beg leave 10
return 1t. hoping. that you experienced
no III effect from che little sedative admin
istered to you last night by your sincere
Light-Flngered Tom.
p. S.-The plating is excellent. and ts
one of the best specimens of the veneer
of the seventeenth century a much moro
solid process, than the eIectro-platlng of
the present day.
There is a story to the effect that when
the powers that were decreed that
Queen Victoria's daughter, the Princess
Louise, must be provided with a hus-
band there were five of her mafestvss
subjects who were named as being eIisi
bic. The position of son-in-law 10 the
in every way a desirable one. and four
of the noble gentlemen in question. get
ting wind Of the affair, promptly went
for whom they had preferences. The
son OF the Duke of Argyll CHANGED TO
be away on fishing trip at the time
his return TO London, when almost i'm
mediately the hand of the princess was
offered to him, This was, of course,
practically equal to a royal command
and very shortly afterward the marriage
took place.
A Syracuse woman's club. saws the
New York Tribune, has determined to
undertake the solution of the domestic
service problem To this end It has in
the servant question to address the club
at consecutive meetings through the
spring. The matter is to be well dis
tical programme of work is expected to
be evolved. training school will prob
dulg NC the OuAEOIht OI the movement.
A Chicago woman has established such
a training school, and to consume the
food prepared in its cooking school a
restaurant in connection with IL has been
started. A simpler method of procedure
would be to make the training school an
adjunct of some institution, a hospital
orphan asylum, or some similar organfza-
ton, where a ready demand existed for
the material prepared.
Wells are at a premium while the March
winds are blowing. The young person
who wishes to keep her complexion a
thing Of beauty must guard Il at this
season Of the year with special care. To
do this wells are a necessity. The new
French novelty veilings have Just ap-
peared In the shops, and are pretty enough
to make one forget the exorbitant prices
asked for them.
The newest and most novel veil in town
is called the Dresden. 1t has a black
spider web mesh covered with chenille
dots in the iridescent colors-pale pink
light blue and delicate green. Another
! novelty is the brown spider weD veil
sprinkled with black chenille dots.