The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-26

| IS not yet relieved from the jurisdiction
| of a nurse. That she is a self-poised young
woman, says the New York Times and re-
/ markably self-contained, the two people
I who have the honor to stand I'm parental
1 relation to her have quite recently discoV-
cred. The story of the discovery hinges
upon a gold thmble. The thimbe was
lost. 1t belonged to the young lady's NAM
ma and was highly priced. Every effort
was made to recover it. Hadn't the little
! daughter of the family seen it, and
couldn't she tell where il was? That quas-
ton was put to the small woman many
times, but always with the same result,
a negative answer. No she hadn't eeen
the thimble and she didn't know at oil
where 1t was. Time went on, and every
now and again an effort was made to find
some trace of the lost thimble Finally,
one morning, the situation took a new
turn. IL was not long after breakfast end
the small lady of the family turned to
her mamma and asked: HAS papa
gone. Yes" was the answer You are
sure he will not come back for anything?"
Beng a precocious infant she had ell
ready learned the habits of the man who
ives out of the city. No" said the moth
err he will not be back" WELL" said
tne httle lady Il know where your Thin
Die Is. dropped it down the heater"
A bomb dropped suddenly into the bos-
ON OF an innocent and unsuspecting fam
lily could not have had a more exciting
erect. The wrath and Indignation of that
mamma and of that papa, when he heard
the true story of the disappearance of that
thimble, were unbounded A workman
was sent for, the thimble was found in an
elbow OF the pipe and Notwithstanding
the modern researches of mothers con-
crosses and child study clubs, the self
poised little heroine of the story was treat
ed to the good old-fashioned corrective
measures which spare not the rod and
spoil not the child. That the remem-
brance of them fingered at least In the
memory, for some time, was made ap-
parent not long after. Aren't you glad
that mammals thimble is found?" asked
the nurse perhaps with desire of Sc
curing an evidence of conscience in her
little charge. But she reckoned without
her host. Il don't wish you to speak TO
me about that again." was the answer 81
have been quite enough upset about that
thimble already" a statement which was
literally as well as figuratlvely true.
neonstancy.-From the New Orleans
Picayune.
I hold, Sweetheart, Loves other name
To be-lnconstancy;
For love cannot be aye the same,
Nor ever changing be.
The song that charmed the ear to-day,
The rose that pleased the sight,
Are on the morrow cast away,
They no more give delight
So loves of yesterday grow tame
CFhe gods have made it so);
My love for you is not the same
As in the long ago.
My love is not the same, l say,
But, oh, il still Is true,
It's true to you, and every day
/
Each day you dearer grow to me
Than you have been before
And so my loves Inconsistency
Is that l love you more.
Perhaps says the London Mail. there is
no staple article of commerce about which
less is known by the average persons than
human hair 1t will doubtless surprise
many to learn that the dealers In human
hair do not depend on chance clippings
here and there, but there is a regular
hair harvest that can always be relied up
on. 1t is estimated that over 1900 pounds
of human hair are used annually in the
civilized world for adjoining the heads of
men and women, but principally the fair
sex
The largest supply of hair comes from
Switzerland Germany and the French
provinces. There is a human hair mar
nees, held every Friday. Hundreds of hair
traders walk W. and down the one street
of the village, their shears dangling from
their belts, and inspect the braids which
the peasant girls, standing on the steps
of the houses, let down Cor inspection. II
a bargain is struck the hair is cut, an6
the money paid on the spot
A woman's hair may grow to the Length
of six feet. A single hair will bear up q
weight of four ounces without breaking
but the hair thus heavily tried must bC
| dark brown, for blonde hair breaks under
a strain Of two and one-ha,f ounces.
Dealers in human hair can tell in a mo
ment whether the locks offered them hav,
| been cut off or combed out. They do thi,
| by rubbing the hairs through their fingers
If the hair has been cut from the head anC
| has not been misplaced it remains in II,
original position. If ii has been pulled o.
combed out and put together regardless o
| the direction in which it grew, one portion
| of ii will slip to the right and the other Il
the left. 1t does this because the jagged
edges catch upon each other and pull il
opposite directions.
1t is odd, says the New York Tribune
how many apparently really good peopl
| hate to give of their substance in char
ity Although the appreciation of their as
| sociates is of the greatest moment to then
| and most ass4duously cultivated in othe
things, they will without hesitation shov
a side of their character to those VIII,
make any demands upon their generoslt,
that is simply pltiable. Yet these sam
good people will not hesitate to sduande
q large sum on some passing fancy, an,
will make costly gifts to their friends
but the word money" seems to cause tn
milk of human kindness to evaporate lik
the morning dew.
Il was anxious to get lame boy int
a certain hospital" said a kind-hearte,
young woman, and calculated that /
each one of my intimate friends woul,
give 81 the thing could be done. so 1 Sc
out to ask them. OF course many CAV
willingly but others, to my great sur
prise, actually made excuses and prac
tically refused One of these was a cir
whom | had always liked, and even ad
mired for her unselhsh kindness, and We
when asked for only 81 from her liberia
allowance she hesitated.
" Perhaps next MONTH she said. grudg
inely, I might give it, but this one
really can't. / have to pay for a pear
ring, and / am awfully short'-this sal
seriously. without any perception OF IN
incongruity OF her speech or of her ow
heartlessness.
why do you take all that trouble?
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