The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-28

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/ that ne was, Immediately after the accl-
dent found life preservers, and in mat
ter-of-fact way started TO assist his wife
10 put one on. But she recoiled with such
horror that for moment he was not sure
but the shock had deprived her of her
senses.
Put on one of those things?" she al
most shrieked. Never! Just look at that
fat woman over there with one of them
on. She looks a perfect sight"
/ And she didn't put the life preserver
on, and it was her good fortune that she
| had no reason to regret it.
What is the largest fee ever received
| for marrying a coupler said a Detroit
minister, to the Free Press of that city.
well, that is hard TO say. but tn tell YOU
| of the strangest fee l ever got, and that
may answer your question. A number of
years ago when 1 was located in a West
ern city, couple called at my house and
| asked me TO unite them in marriage. They
were both rather overdressed and the
man bore an air that you would cal
sporty. l assured them that it would
! give me great pleasure TO marry them.
1T happened a a time in my life when
money was particularly acceptable, and,
| as l always understood that gentlemen be-
| longing to the groom's class were liberal
with their funds l congratulated myself
ing fee.
! 'The ceremony was quickly over; the
| groom placed an envelope in my hand, and
| I bowed them out When they had de-
| parted I made haste to open the envelope.
| To my surprise, all it contained was lot
| terry ticket.
! However, 1t wasn't the first time I had
suffered disappointment, so l merely smil-
| ed bitter smile swallowed my chagrin
| as best / could, and rolling the ticket into
| a pill, I used il that evening to light my
study lamp.
| 1.-TWO weeks later received a call from
| the sporty docking party who begged
| thousand pardons, said it was all mis-
| take and ended by Offering me 500 if l
would return the ticket AS that was I'M
| possible, and he seemed so anxious 20 get
| it again in his possession, l determined TO
| ascertain, if possible, why he was so anx-
| ious to rectfy What at best had been in
| tended as a very silly joke; so l pretended
| to hesitate over his offer.
| I'm rapid succession he raised his bids
until he had offered me a total of $500.
Then 1 gently told him how the matter
| stood, and he was actually hl-mannered
enough to swear in my presence.
"Out of the frightful torrent that he
poured forth, l managed to CLEAN enough
English TO ascertain the fact that the
ticket had drawn $1,000"
One of the oldest tribes that once inhab-
| tied Southern California, says the San
Francisco Call, was the Tanche. To-day
| the remnant of the thousands they once
could raise are a miserable five, who squat,
tolerated but not invited, upon the land
| their forefathers had owned. Yet these
| five would possess a distinction if their
! case were only known, for the oldest is
the Oldest woman in the world, and the
Youngest is almost a marvel of longevity.
| The grandmother is now 145 years of
age. her Oldest child is 120, and her grand
| child. the youngest of the quintet, is So.
| Their united ages are considerably over
| GOO a record equaled by no other family
| on record The old grandmother whom
! courtesy denominates living, is sleeping
| ont her second century. She wakens only
to take nourishment. Her hair is as white
| as carded wool and her flesh has wasted
| away. from inactivity. until nothing but
the skin and bone remain. They have to
| lead her when she walks, her appearance
| reminding the stranger of the sorceresS
"She'' after she came out of the fatal fire.
The minister was preaching a coure of
| sermons in which not only his own people
| but outsiders were interested, and as the
| subjects were announced in advance
| through the columns of the daily papers,
| the people who attended the services
| knew what they were going to hear in the
way of a discourse each night they at
tended. But one evening, says the New
| York Times the minister had a severe
| cold. and it was almost impossible for him
| to get through the regular service. The
| sermon could be omitted, and it was and
the congregation departed with feelings OF
| deep sympathy for the minister. Not SO
| one woman She was not a member of the
CHI l. IL
thought could have been heard, the air
would have been filled with maledictons
Rut if her feelings did not find vent in
words Just then, they did so as soon a
she was within reach of pen and ink She
wrote letter to the minister:
Dear Sir" it began, Il saw the notice
of the subject of your sermon for last
Sunday night in the paper, and was very
| anxious to hear 1t. | do not belong to
YOUR congregation, and went sixteen miles
to hear that sermon, and when reached
the church l found that l had taken my
tourney in vain. 1 realized then for the
first time the truth of David's remark
AN men are liars
The letter reached the minister safely
1t was a letter duly signed and with the
writer's address, and the minister, not be-
ing given to undue meekness, answered
il:
Dear Madam" he wrote, "as you were
Lat the church on the evening to which
YOU refer you must have understood the
circumstances and realized that il was i'm
possible for the sermon to be preached
that night You might not have been en-
tirely out of the way in your quotation,
however, if you had given the whole of I,
for the words of David were, L said in
haste, all men are liars
| Miss Florence Jackson Stoddard who
has a wonderful collection of the folklore
| tales of the South Americans, had some
interesting experiences while she was liv-
ing in that country during the revolutions
One tragedy had for a heroine a woman
who did Mrs. Stoddard's laundry work
Her lover, one of the men sent out TO quell
the revoiution-was shot down and the
woman being near at the time, drew him
to one side of the street An officer who
had not thought the revolution worth con-
sidering, and who was driving by, mo
toned her to put the man into his car