The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


gagged in raising frogs for the market. He esti-
mates that he has lost 100 dozen of frogs this
winter. all on account of the sudden changes of
| weather. He talks of moving to Alabama and
| starting a frog farm of magnificent proportions.
A CURIOUS LETTER from Napoleon Bonaparte
was sold in the Hotel Drouot, Paris, recently,
for about 93 los. In the epistle, which adj
| dressed to Citizen lie Tourneur, President of
the Executive Directory, by ''Bonaparte, Com
| mander-in- Chief of the Army of Italy," the
writer says that he has commissioned Citizen
| Barras to announce to the Directory his mar
| rlage with the Cheyenne Tascher Beauharnais,
as he felt it his duty to the Directory and the
republic to, do so, owing to the confidence that
had been placed in him. Moreover, - he added,
| 1t is proof of my firm resolution to look for
safety no where but in the republic"
CHICAGO is not as big as she was last Thurs
| day The Supreme Court has decided that the
by which the town of Hyde Park was an
nexed to Chicago at the elections last autumn
! is unconstitutional. In view of this decision,
| chicago finds itself in municipal and fiscal
| complication that promises tn be extremely
| awkward. All that has been done as regards
the redlstricting of the city and the addition of
| new wards goes for nothing, aud the registra-
ton for the spring elections is completely multi
| fed, as the voters have registered in wards and
precincts which have no legal existence
SAUsAGEs, cooked or half raw, highly spiced,
| are an essential of German cookery. In order
| to prevent the Germans from exposing them
SELVES 10 q NUMBER OF PAD diseases lDclQenUal TO
| pork, the authorities insist upon the pigs being
| examined before being offered for sale. peas
ant was arrested for evading this law, and upon
| being asked to explain. said that he hau most
accurate method of determining the SoundneSS
OF pork. The pastor of The district was always
hungry, so the peasant always sent him the
| first sausage made from each pig slaughtered,
and week later called to inquire his health. II
| 1t was all right the pork went to the market,
| ana examination fees were saved.
LORD SHREWSBURY and Talbot have gone into
| the coal trade, in imitation of Lord London
derry. and advertises his wares in his hanson
| cabs Lord Shrewsbury and Talbots hansoms
| are SAID to be the most convenient and well-ap-
| pointed in London The driver open and
| close the folding doors in front by pressing
a spring. thus saving the fare a good deal of
| trouble. Inside are printed instructions for
| communication with the driver by whistle sig
mails; one whistle means turn to the right, two
| whistles to the left and so on. 1t is suggested
| that small silver whistle should hang up in
| the hanson for ladies, as it cannot be expected
| that they whistle with their mouths.
DEACON ISAAC DENIsoN, of Mystic, Conn. had
a bill of 81 80 about four months ago against a
| coored man for groceries, which he could not
COLLECT, so he seized the mans horse as security
! with limit of four months in which the colored
| neghbor could pay up or have the animal auc-
toned to pay the debt The limit expired Tues
| day and the horse was trotted out to be sold to
| the highest bidder. There was an immense
| crowd assembled when bids were opened The
| sympathy of the people seemed to be with the
| colored delinquent, and the bidding was lively
raising 1c. at time. 1t kept right on until it
| reached W H. and at this sum the horse was
knocked down to Roswell Brown. Then the
| crowd Clipped in enough to pay for the horse
| and to buy bag of meal, and they turned the
| horse and meal over to the colored man as a
| gift, and he now wears a smile clear around to
the back of his neck.
On large rancho in Northwestern Chhua-
hua, known as Rancho Jose de Babicora, and
belonging to Senator George Hearst, of Califor
mia, and Mr. Follansbee, of Ell Paso, have been
| found the remains of an ancient city, hewn and
| carved out of the solid rock, like the City of
| Petra, in ancient Edom This ancient city lies
IN the Businesses of the Sierra Madres, and the
| approach to it is difficult. Even the natives
| travel but seldom that portion of the
| mountains. There is tradition existing re-
| garding the city anywhere, but the remains
| show that the inhabitants of this prehistoric
| place were at least partly civilized. There are
| hundreds of rooms excavated in the solid rock
| on the hillsideS, and the stone taken therefrom
| is used for building and walks outside There
| are different tiers of rooms and starways cut
| In the rock, leading from one TO the other. In
| many places the rock is finely chiseled and pol
lshed- Col John &. Follansbee, one of the
| owners, will shortly make careful explora
ton.
PROBABLY few men have experienced as many
serious accidents as Theodore Gehringer, who
| died of apoplexy In Philadelphia recently
| Thrty-five years ago he was run over by a
heavy Conestoga wagon, five years later he was
| badly crushed. it is said. by the elephant Romeo,
| and two years after that horse kicked him and
fractured leg in two places Scarcely had he
| recovered from the last mishap when another
| horse kicked him and broke both his legs
| About 1850 he was the victim again of a vicious
the Cresheim bridge near Mount Airy and frac-
| tured an arm, besides receiving severe internal
| injuries. In July 1885. he fell down stairs
broke his collar bone and otherwise in
| TyEnN aCrn ha II, Liolva ~
| a horse and on Feb. y last he received severe
| injuries by falling on the ice from which he
contracted erysipelas. He had almost recov-
| cred, when he received the stroke of apoplexy
| which resulted in his death.
The CREW of fishing schooner that arrived
at Portland. Me-, the other day gave a thrilling
| account of an attack made on their vessel by a
| whale. While at anchor they sighted large
| black object floating on the water about half
| mile astern. At the time there were two men
| in dory alongside the schooner and two more
| by the rail. They tried in vain to make out
| what the object was, but it soon disappeared
| In a few minutes something came up under
| meath the schooner, raising her stern six feet
| clear OF the water The two men by the rail
| were nearly Knocked overheard, and the two
| men in the dOry were nearly capsized by the
| sudden upheaval. 1t did not take the crew but
| few minutes to define the cause of the trouble
| 1t was huge black whale. After nearly sink
| ing the schooner he disappeared again and
| came up short distance away, lashing the
| water INTO huge waves with his tail; then an
| parenty satisfied he sank beneath the water
| and was seen no more The vessel received
severe shaking up, almost everything on her
| decks being displaced.
| A SPECIMEN Of a and wonderful enamel
| for porcelain is on exhibition in Baltimore. It's
| history is as follows: Some time since Paris
ian jeweler, reading of remarkable enamel
cup belonging to Francis l., the present exist
| ence of which is unknown conceived the idea
| of reproducing like vessel if he could find a
| sufficiently skilled workman. An exhibition of
| the products of Barbedienne had at that time
| been challenging the admiration of Parisians.
and to Tismar, Barbedenne's most skilled EN-.
| ploye, the jeweler made the proposal The
method of manufacture, as described was care
| fully studied and the work begun. The frame
| work was modelled with gold wire other metals
not possessing the quality of withstanding the
| repeated ltirings that were to ensue In the in
| terstices left by the wires emamels Of different
colors were placed and fired and again the en-
amel was applied and the baking repeated Ten
| times was this process repeated TO bring the en-.
amel even with the delicate wires The slow
and tedious processes occupied eight months
and the then finished cup left the makers
hands. The enamel is in eight colors, all blend
| ing tremendously, and seen by transmitted
| light, is most beautiful.
| RUSSIA is well supplied with candidates for