The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Vagary and Vacancy"
TELEGRAPHIc wire is the last thing one
would expect to support vegetation. yet a trav-
eler in Brazil writes to a German horticultural
Journal describinga crop of mstletoe which he
found clothing the wires not far from Rio
Janeiro.
AN OLD LEDGER has recently been brought to
light in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1t belonged to a
| me chant of the sixteenth century. At the top
OF the inside board the bookkeeper inscribed
the words: God Bills this bulk and kep me and
it honest.
NOT content with having given some months
ago few millions for the Jews of Russia, Baron
Hirsh, according to the Vienna correspondent
OF the London Standard has Appropriated IL
600 O0of. for the improved eiucation of the Jews
of Galicia.
LARGE SECTION of the city Of Chicago (South
Side) is to b. illuminated by electricity on
Christmas night. Eight hundred and ffty-fve
gas lamps. of 1850 candle power, will gave
place TO la electric lights, equal to 3i2, 900
| candle power.
The tedious work of removing bouders and
the remnants OF an ancient forest from the bed
OF the Thames river still goes on. 1t began
| seven years ago. At last accounts 800 trees and
! l,5oo boulders had been taken out. The latter
varied IN weight from one to four tons.
WRESTLING JUGS" have recently been found
III the ancient burial places of Peru. Many of
| the Whistles in the mouths of these jugs pro-
| uuce SOUNDS representing the notes of birds and
animals II Is possible that the saying WET
| MS whistle" mav have originated with the use
OF these quaint Peruvian vessels.
PRINCE BISMARCK recently informed the King
| OF the Netherlands (who had written privately
| 70 the emperor on the subjecu that the success
sion of his daughter, the Princess WiIhelmina
| Will only be raco guizei by Germany on CON
| ditIon that Holland enters the Bund on the same
I3oting as bavaria an arrangement which will
| place the Dutch army. navy aud colonies at the
| ulspoSal OF Germany Failing the princess
| twho is in her 9th year,, the heir to the throne
| Is Joe King 81 Ster, the Graad Duchess of SAKE
| NeImar- ElSsnach
PARTY of prospectors, headed by Mcdonald
the half-breed, who induced the Flathead In
dlans TO dlvulge long. kept secret as to the
location of some remarkably rich mines in the
| Biackfoot country, while clamberng over the
| deep mountall sides We're Mortified to find the
skeletons of two white men. Que had a bullet
hole through his forehead, and both had evil
| IDENTIFY been killed by hostile Indians Beside
the skeletons lay small pile of quartz. 1t is
supposed they were the first prospectors and
pioneers of the Blackfoot hills, and for years
had lain on the hills.
THE Sanitary Record notes the following
SERIOUS Mistakes" To labor when you are not
fit to do SO. To think that the more a person
eats the healthier and stronger he will become
TO imagine that if a little work or exercise is
| good. violent or prolonged exercise is better
| To conclude that the smallest room in the house
| is large enough to sleep in. To eat as if you
| only had minute to finish the meal in, or to
| eat without an appetite or continue after it has
| teen satisfied merely to crafty the taste. To
| go 10 bed at midnight and rise at daybreak
| aud imagine that every hour taken from sleep
| is an hour gained.
WESTERN PAPER recently offered a prize for
| the best story to be written by a pupil of a
| public school. Here are n few passages from
| the contributions: Cora Brown was fortunately
| the possessor of birthday, for she was the
daughter of rich friends But all this time a
| cloud was gathering over Mrs. Delaney, which
| grew large as years went by, aud that cloud
was full OF grasshoppers." My father desired
me to marry bank president, a handsome
reckless man. fond of naught save the gaming
| table. Vat ] dell you. vat | dell your
| shouted the lrshman." LAS she entered the
room cold, damp smell met her sight"
SIR RICHARD WEBSTER, the English Attorney
General and leading counsel for the London
| Times in its fight with Mr. Parnell, was a noted
| athlete at Cambridge, and he beat the Oxfoi
men in the one and two mile races. At the bar
| he showed himself cool, lucid Woodworking and
\ full of CHEEK" so that though dull man
/ among the lights of the bar comparatively
| clumsy in handling witnesses, and wearisome in
| addressing juries, he got on fast. He always
| knows mis- case. He is greatest in railway case
| In appearance he is rather podgy. He thrusts
| his hands behind his back under his Gown and
| faces jury while he addresses them wahout
| gesture of any kind
| A GOLDEN CROWN beautifully gemned and
| which was worn by some of the most uotabls
| titled women in France, is being exhibited in
| Philadelphia. 1t is massive. ablaze with dia-
monds and tlIrquoiSes and was made in 1920 by
the crown jeweler of France for the Duchess de
| Berri. In the center of the front is a turquoise
| about the size OF a pigeons egg and tue same
kind of jewels are spread over the surface all
| around. About these are scrolls of gold. in
| which are set diamonds 200 in numte r The
| diadem is valued at $4,000, and after the
duchess death 1t passed TO the head of the
| md r,sl..
| worn by the Empress Eugene.
ToLsToI is pictured by an English writer as a
man of 60, with iron-gray hair sunburnt coun-
| tenance. and plentifully furnished with gray
| beard and moustache His hair is parted down
| the middle, and is thick and full. His brow
| furrowed by the ploughshare of thought, is
| broad and massive; his eyes, small aud pierre
| ing. gleam from beneath cushy brows. The
nose, large and prominent. has full and express
i've nostrils. Once seen his face is never forgot
| ten. He dresses neither u Ia nloujk nor vet as
| a nobleman, but encaseS his now shrnn ken form
| in coarse dark blouse fastened round the
| waist with a leathern grdle. The one indulg-
ence he allows himself is tea.
The Wellington New zeaIand) Press relates
that Archibald McGovan, diver, was seized by
a devil fish five fathoms under water. and had
an almost miraculous escape. On going down
for the purpose of laying some blocks ne was
attacked by the octopus, which succeeded in
fastening on to him, and. in spite of all his
retaining wall. McGovan, however had the
good sense TO re main quiet. and the octopus
whose arms measured quite nine feet, quitting
its hold OF the pile, was brought the surface
on the hack Of The diver These monsters are
very numerous in Wellington harbor Evans
bay, and along the neIghboring coast
A CURIOUS AFFAIR is reported from Evergreen.
John Malone, a New Orleans drummer was
| overtaken near that place by man. who gained
MahoDes permission to ride into town with
him. At the hotel the clerk assigned them To
adioining rooms. When Malone awoke he
found an empty bottle OF chloroform by his nil
low. ana his watch, money and everything of
value gone, likewise his friend. Malone curl |
ousy enough, claims TO have had a trance sew |
eral days ago in which he saw himself robbed.
then ii seemed as If a cloud passed over the |
scene. In panoramic succession he saw the |
thief arrested aud stab the officer. but over. |
come by superior numbers confined in prison |
tried for murder, convicted, sentenced to death
and hanged. Malone believes firmly the re.
mainder Of his dream will come true. and |
awaits its fulfllment with profound psyche. |
logical interest.
IL NEW YORK the other day dog committed |
suicide by jumping Off . ferryboat. The owner,
an old woman, asked policeman to detail him |
at the dock until she got aboard but as soon as |
the boat started the dog jumped for the dock |
and by great effort, succeeded in pulling him.
self on board. Then he ran through the womens |
cabin with his nose to the floor, and found his |
mistress on the forward deck. His stumpy tail |