The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

day, at Cleveland, o.
TIE largest continuous sleeping car service
in the world is that on the Santa Fa system,
which runs through sleepers from San Diego,
Cal, TO Chicago, distance of 2.3ll miles.
MAINE WOMAN has secured divorce from
her husband on the ground of desertion
alleging that he went to temperance meetings
SIX Gays during the week and on Sunday went
to church.
WHILE girl in Bridgeport, Conn, was jump
ing rope she became exhausted, and falling
through cellar window, had her eyes sc
severely cut by the broken glass that her sigh
was totally destroyed.
An OHIO FAMILY, while at dinner on wednes
day, were surprised to see walking in their ole
cat. which several weeks before they sent to
town ten miles distant. 1t is supposed thai
| "tabhy' wake home.
MEASLES RACES in Limestone Me- more thar
$50 persons, including many adults, being dow
with it. Chicken pox is also prevalent. Schools
are closed, and communication with other
towns has been almost entirely cut of. The
physicians are unable to answer all calls, and
medical aid from abroad will probably be sum
moned
ACCORDING to the Vossiche Zeitung, of Berlin,
ex-Empress Frederick took with her to England
six large trunks filled with precious articles left
by Emperor Frederick The Prince of Wales
| will receive the emperors chronometer. and
Queen Victoria the desk used by him from the
beginning OF his illness. Each member of the
English royal family will also receive me-
| mortal OF the deceased monarch.
WAGON, bearing mine supplies, slipped into
q rut near Niger Wells, A. T. and the driver
| unloaded by the wayside 1850 mounds of giant
| powder. After the teamster had gone with the
| balance or his load another came in sight. and
| seeing coyote cUriously examining the boxes
| piled by the roadside, took shot at the animal
| The bullet struck the giant powder, and people
| for ten miles around thought there was fear
| full earthquake.
| JOHN WILSON, carpenter, while demolfshing
house at Black Point, near Seabrght, N. j.,
found a wasps nest and knocked it down. The
nest fell on his neck, and several of the wasps
which were benumbed with cold, went down
his back. The heat from his body soon warmed
| them and the insects began an attack. With
the assistance of a fellow workman, Wilson
| tore the clothing from his back, not, however,
before he was terribly stung.
GENTLEMAN who lives in Cheshire, England,
| having discovered proofs that some one made
anocturnal practice of scaling the wa divid-
| ing his garden from the next, devised an ar
| rangement of strong iron wires with view to
| catch the culprit. The very next night he
heard an uproar in the garden and found his
| nelghbor. most respectable elderly gentleman
| shared in the moose. Odd to say, the intruder
could not say how he got there, but believed
that he must have done it in his sleep. He was
released on promising to give up sleep walking
for the future
| THERE appears TO be great diversity Of
| tastes among the crowned female heads of
| Europe with respect to ornaments of dress
The Dowager Empress Augusta had great
| weakness for diamonds and on state occasions
| appeared in flood of light. Pearls seem to
have held the first place in the estimation of
| Empress Frederick, while sapphires are the
favorite gems of her royal mother, who is also
credited with passion for India shawis. The
| Empress of Russia delights in a combination of
turquoises and pearls, while emeralds and peat Is
| divide the favor of Empress Elizabeth of Aus
| trla. Ex-Queen Isabella OF Spain has made a
| collection of exquisite faces The Grand
| Duchess of Baden. the daughter of Emperor
| William l., is said to prize flowers above all
jewels.
LIE TEMPS" tells loathly tale of the Ger
man Emperor's visit to Naples. The King of
Italy, the German emperor and the Italian
prime minister on vessel together
| watching the naval review. The emperor was
| in high spirits. Those OF the minister tagged
You seem out Of sorts, said William TO him.
| IN French, he being ignorant of Italian; Sea
| sick. ehH No, sir" answered Crispi; ''only
toothache. But it is such an exasperating one :"
us it hollow tooth?" Yes sir" We'll. then.
where find the waddingf' An amable and con
desc ending idea flashed across the imperial brain
He took some wadding out of his own sick ear,
and handed it to Crispi, who bowed to the
ground. went to the buffet to soak it in brandy
and then stopped the hollow tooth.
ANTOINE DE CHoUDENs, the head of the we'll
known Partisan music publishing firm. who re-
Gently died, owed the commencement of his
prosperity, according to the ST. James Gazette
to his courage in undertaking the publication
OF Gounod's Faust. The a era fell perfectly
fiat upon the ears of the Parsians as did Car
men some years later; none of the big publish
erS could ee got To so much as to look at the
score, and at last, in sheer despair, Gounod
| took IL to Choudens, who was then a simple
music seller, and had never before embarked in
publishing speculation of any magnitude.
CbOudens mad just $500 in the world at the time,
and he offered it to GOunod, who was only too
glad TO accept it. The venture proved remuner-
| alive beyond all expectation. Choudens Melted
close on TO 10000 Dy Faust in his lifetime,
| and TIL copyright ranks among the most valua-
BILE assets of his estate.
| A CORRESPONDENT who recently visited Sen
ator Beck found him improving in health,
though with little hope of entire restoration.
Absolute rest and quiet" he writes Twas the
order of his doctors, aud hard as it is for him,
| after his active and laborious life to submit to
| the direction, he does so with the indomitable
will and determination which have marked bis
| pursuit of everything he has undertaken in life
| His last prodgous work on the tariff report
that Immediately preciptated his sickness
stands alone in its strength and force the eli
max effort of as long and uninterrupted a period
of health and mental vigor as falls TO the lot of
man TO enjoy. He submits to his enforced idle
ness with grudging grace, but loses no oppor-
tunity the doctor and his condition permit for
active employment. Just now he is devoting
himself 10 tue supervision OF the building OF an
ice house. with about as lively interest as his
large prudence and caution will permit, while
subiecting himself to direction as to his
| health"
The DeutSche Hdndels-ArchiU, the official
commercial publication Of Germany. in re
cent issue discusses the reasons for the small
consumption of tea in that country, and comes
to the conclusion that the enormous retail
price is the real cause. 1t thinks that the spread
of tea drinking in the country is greatly to be
desired; but that this is impossible as long as
the retail dealers perSevere in charging the
present excessive prices. IL instances the es
Adjustments in the West End OF London where
the average price for tea of medium quality is
! shilling pence per pound, including the
heavy English duty Of pence per pound and
the finer sorts may be obtained at shillings
while in Germany the retail prices begin at
shillngs pound for the poorest qualities. aud
go up to shillings For German retail dealers
it would seem that the large and universal fall
in the prices of tea in the last twenty years has
never existed; yet in England the tea that was
shlllings pence pound in 1866 was . shl
inGs Ia pence in 1876, and is now / shilling &
| pence pound.
OS JANUARY /, 1899, the law requiring cleo
tricsl executions in New York goes into effect,
but until Wednesday, when experiments were
made at DIR. Edison's laboratory at Orange re.
lates the New York Times, the amount and
character of current required TO make death
| a N n apfa hoA koa,