The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-15
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soil, says an exchange. The principals,
Edward Doty and Edward Lester. were
servants of a Mr.. Hopkins, one of the
New England cOlonists. The men had
quarreled over some trifiing matter, and
resorted TO the field for it's settlement. The
affair was stopped by the authorities, but
not before one had been wounded in the
thigh and the other in the hand There
was no law covering such matters, but
the governor of the province decided that
the men should be punished neyerthe-
less. At his orders they were sentenced to
have their hands and feet tied together,
and lie in that condition twenty-four hours
without food or drink. They suffered so
much, however, that they were released at
the end of an hour
The news from the seat of war in In
dia is that the conflict has ceased for
the winter season, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. With the coming of summer it will
be resumed again, and again blood will be
shed in cause that is nearly 1900 years
old and for which millions of lives have
been offered up in sacrifice. The present
war IS not a question of geography. It is
religion again. 1t is the old grudge of
Islamism versus Christianity. For the
time being the field of battle is the noun
tain nights of India, instead of the vicin-
ity of the Holy Sepulcher. But it Is the
same old affair of the Christians and Turks
over again. 1t is unfortunate that present
cessation of hostiities did not mark the
permanent close of the conflict. When it
begins again in 1898 the hordes of the fan
atical East may join in with their Indian
brethren.
Early in the year 1898 the throwing
down of a big apple tree in a Kentucky
orchard during a wlndstorm revealed a
pathetic memento of the days when the
ha mol Of for -ocG ion
of the wonderful land of the bluegrass. 1t
was the skeleton of a child, with a toma-
hawk blade sunk to the heft in its deli
cate little skull lying in the hollow trunk
Of the tree. The remains were those of a
little girl, probably or years old, and a
fine strand of golden hair awakened in
the Imagination a picture of childish love-
illness before the savage hand had marred
it. 1t was thought the child was killed
in the mothers arms, and the latter fear
ing further mutilation, concealed it in the
tree before death came to her in turn.
II is strange to think that hope of
Christian burial for her darling should
be realized a century afterward.
The beginning of the new year is the
time for holding wassail, a favorite festi-
val with the people of oden times,
says an exchange. That some of our read
ers may celebrate the occasion after the
usual custom, the recipe for preparing the
wassail bowl. the popular drink of our an
cestors, follows. Simmer a small quantity
of cardamons, cloves, nutmeg mace, gin
GER cinnamon and coriander in a teacup-
full of water, then mix this preparation
with gallon of port, sherry or madeira
wine, sweetened with pound and a half
of sugar. Set the mixture on the fire, and
while it is warming add the yolks of
twelve and the whites of six eggs While
raj ion il faIx q
teacupful and then another and another
cupful and then another and another and
another After a little, when the mixture
boils, pour these gradually back, stirring
all the time sufficiently to cause a froth.
Then toss in a dozen of fine, soft roasted
apples and serve hot. The amounts of each
spice required for gallon of wine would
be as follows: Thirty-seven grains of car
damons, q grains of cinnamon, 46 grains
of ginger, 10 grains of coriander seeds, IS
grains of ginger, 10 grains of mace and Y
grains of nutmeg.
The late VIM. S. Roose, who for so
many years sold cigars at the hotel stands
owned by him in this city, and at his
several stores, always disliked to sell CT
gars by the box TO any of his regular Gus
toners, says the Washington Star. His
theory was that customers who had a
box of their faVorite cigar handy were apt
20 smoke too many, and the inevitable
result was that they soon got tired of any
faVorite while they would smoke the same
cigar for years without any but pleasant
consequence if they bought them in small
quantities. The only remedy that l know
is for a person, the instant he feels any
unpleasant effect from a cigar, to throw
it away, rinse the mouth out with cold
water, and drink a large glass of the
same. A large quantity of cold water in
the stomach seems to neutralize the eff
fects of the cigar better than anything
know Of My experience is that cigars
are a barometer by which persons are
readily forewarned as to their physical
condition. The mere fact that a regular
smoker does not want to smoke shows that
there is something wrong within him, and
1t is best TO pay attention to the indica-
ton and leave cigars alone until he feels
that HE can enjoy them.
"A number of medical students played
a grewsome joke last week and as a re-
suit the victim is i'll with nervous pros
tration, and the jokers are awaiting expul-
sion from college, says the Philadelphia
Record. The scene of the joke was the
fraternity house in which the victim and
his tormentorS roomed. The whole plot
was the outcome of an unpleasant habit
of the victims which leads him to get
beautifully drunk about three times a
week. IN these occasions Ilte was made
unbearable to his roommate The in
ebriate would insist on pinching his bed
fellow and mauling him about the bed
every few minutes. Finally the long-suf-
fering man threatened to leave if the
nuisance wasn't stopped, and as he is pop
ular his pals thought out plan that they
felt would have the desired effect After
much scheming a cadaver was stolen from
the dissecting room and placed in the tip
piers bed on one of his "off" nights. About
l o'clock home he reeled, singing college
songs, and after disrobing fell into bed.
while the jokers, concealed nearby, ex-
pectantly waited. Instead of discovering
at once that it was a corpse, as the jokers
expected, the victim simply tossed about
in his usual fashion and finally went to
sleep. He awoke next morning and dis
covered the thing lying beside him. 1t
gave him such a shock that he is still in
the hospital.
According to the Revue Scientifoue
Paris) NJ. Phisalix an authority on the
venom of insects and reptiles, has discov
cred that the poison of the hornet in sufH-
cient quantity is an antidote for that of
the viper In his experiments NJ. Phisa-
lix extracted the poison from the stings
of the hornets and then inoculated guinea
pigs with it,. The result is said to have