The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-25
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sickness. A story Is tOld OF InOtHSI
who protested against the bleeding OF her
sick child. The doctor assured her that
one more application of the cups would
insure recovery. but when he came the
next morning he found the child dead.
Madam" said the doctor, 'be comfort
ed by knowing that your child died cured
Dixie Thompson, the bean king" of
Ventura County, California, planted 2O,9N
acres of beans last year; which produced
300 carloads of beans, embracing more
than 100 varieties. They are sown ana
cultivated in the same manner as corn.
and are harvested by special machinery
which cuts the vines c.ose to the roots
The vines are then raked into windrows
piled into stacks and are thrashed by
steam power machines, which are alSo
specially contrived for the bean business.
An open competition was recently an
nounced at Eisenach for one of the innum-
cradle statues which are springing up like
mushrooms all over Germany 10 the mem
DRY of the late Prince Bismarck. About
300 competitors took part, and submitted
more than LOCO designs. and the duty OF
the committee was to select the three best
designs without reference to the names
of the artists. When these three had
been chosen and the accompanying en-
velopes opened, il was found that all three
designs had been submitted by the same
sculptor, Herr Kriess of Dresden, a result
probably unprecedented in such compet-
tons.
Chester Beden of Berlin, o., does not
believe in hiding his light under a bushel.
For twenty-five years Mr.. Bedell has been
an aggressive free-thinker and has spent
his time in preaching the gospel of dis
belief and fighting lawsuits against his
relatives. In order that after his death
his fame may not be forgotten he has
caused to be erected in the cemetery at
Berlin Center a heroic statue of himself.
The figure is life size, and represents Mr..
Bedeli standing in an attitude of defiance
with his foot on the rock of superstition.
while above his head is held aloft a scroll
proclaiming universal intellectual liberty
to all mankind. Modesty is. apparently,
one of the superstitions which Mr. Be
dell most strongly opposes.
Miss Emily v Mason, an aunt of Gen
preparing for trip TO Europe, which Will
be her forty-third voyage to the other side.
During the civil war Miss Mason devoted
herself to hospital work and she would
| frequently soothe the boys in gray with
the assurance that If they died she would
| take care of their children. AS a conse~
| quence, thirty orphans were sent by. ex-
| press to her at Baltimore from the South
| after the war, TWO of whom found among
| the ruins al Columbia and scarcely more
| than babies, We're ignorant of their Names
! With the assistance of friends and the
! proceeds of the sale of her collected poems
! Ohe first edition of which brought her
! $1,000, she has succeeded in maintaining
and educating these orphans, all of whom.
! with one exception, are still living and
are self-supporring. Her first trip to
Europe was made in 1868.
1t has been prominent matter of dis
cussion lately what became of the body
of Cromwell. That it was dug up after the
restoration. removed from Westminster
abbey and hanged al Tyburn, while the
! head was stuck upon Westminster hall, is
unimpeachable history, as the journals of
| the House of Commons under date Dec. s.
1860, plainly show. It has, however, long
! been commended chat another corpse was
substituted and Cromwelrs own body re-
moved TO place of safety. One writer re-
| 1eFs 10 a vague memory of its having been
taken to the private. house of a country
gentleman in Yorkshire" This refers ia
Sir George Wombwea's seat at Newbure
park. The supposed tomb of the protector
d
| the head of a flight of steep stairs and is
a very massive piece of worI-apparently
| indeed, made purposely so for safety's
sake Sir George WombweI believes firm
~, as his Cromwell ancestors did, that the
protector lies there.
"A short time ago the proprietor of q
wine shop in Bucharest was murdered and
robbed by some person who broke into hi.
dWp1linor Ur1 DO
and shot him through the head. In spite
of the efforts of the police. the murderer
for some time remained undiscovered, al
| though several individuals were arrested
on suspicion. At the time of the murder
the shop boy was sleeping in the shop anC
a dog was lying al his feet This DO,
stated that he heard the shot and as he
lay quakng with fear u man opened the
back door and entered the shop Az thai
moment the dog sprang up barking ant
the man fled out at the door. followed h,
the barking dog. For some days the dos
was not seen, but afterward came bach
alone AS soon as it arrived, the police in
spector who had the case in hand he
thought himself Of a means of deciding a.
to whether he had the real murderer il
his hands. Accordingly he had the shor
arranged just as it was on the fatal nigh
and then babe the shop boy lie down witt
the uos- hen one by one the SUSPECTS
were ordered to enter the shop. Thre,
Went in and came out again without tn,
dogs making any sign; but as the fourth
man of the name of Dracu. entered. tn.
dog leaped at him, barking and snarling
and the man rushed out at the door stil
followed by the enraged hound Enough ;
remarked the inspector, as he drove off III,
dog detective and ordered the attendan
gendarmes to handcuff Dracu
e. l. Horsman, the Brooklyn kite ex
pert, is perfecting arrangements to send
flag far out to sea on the day that AID
miral Dewey approaches New York. Mr.
Horsman says he has studied The wind
off Seabright, N. j., and is confident TIA
In the month of August winds fevorahl
Tor the experiment may be expected. HI
believes that a twelve-foot flag severa
hundred feet above the water would prov
an inspiring spectacle to the admiral an,
the commander and crew of the Olvrnnia
i and he Will make the trial anyway. Their
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