The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The prima donna is only 300 years old. A
little after the time of 1.-THE glorious revolution"
of 1858, the first Italian opera singer Of distnc-
tlon-Margarita de rEpine-arrived in England.
THE ordinary Chinese girls demeanor when
among those not of her own race is proper to a
preciseness. She holds a handkerchief TO her
face, never smiles, and under no circumstances
expresses surprise.
THE finest roses are selling In New York at
cent each. They ara cheaper than vegetables,
but not quite 80 nourishing. 1t is said, however,
them with butter.
6OFooT finback whale recently captured by,
the schooner John w. Swart and landed at
Provincetown, Mass, is being embalmed for ex-
hlbltlon by Boston embalmer The whale
weighs nearly 20 tons and the cost of embalm-
ing will reach nearly $1,000.
APPLICATIONS were received by the Boston
fire commissioners Tuesday from two local fire.
works firms for firemen to be placed in front Of
their premises TO prevent persons from entering
the same with lighted cigars. 1t is thought
probable the request will be complied with.
PusLIo SCHOOLS in Washington, D. c., closed
Wednesday for the summer vacation. AS to
length of the latter there is just nov some I'M
certainty. Heretofore the schools have re-
opened about the middle of September, but
there's a movement to extend the time this
year 70 OcJOOeT.
A CLOCK that kept time for Gen. Israel Put
nam is said to be still doing duty in publishing
office in Norwich, Conn. Its case is of polished
cherry, nearly ~ feet high, and it is by that
rather than by its works, which have been in
terpolated, as it were, that it is known as the
old revolutionary hero's property
Mrs. WILLIAM SAMaoNs of Randolph, Ark,
the other day gave birth to four children-two
boys and two girls, the former dying-aud at
about the same time Mrs John Reed of Tippah,
Tenn, duplicated the remarkable occurrence,
except that her little ones were not so equally
divided in sex. Mrs. Summons on a previous
occasion gave birth to twins
OF Mrs CLEVELAND, a correspondent OF the
New Orleans PicdyIne, who called upon her,
says: After half hour passed in her company
one ceases TO wonder at the extraordinary
popularity to which she has attained. Her
manner is charming in its simplicity destitute
of any show of assumption or affectation, with
still trace of girlish naivete about it, and
united to becoming dignity of bearing and
vivacity of expression"
WHILE shearing sheep at Chatfield, Mimi last
week, son of d. Hsey noticed something
peculiar about the appearance of a sleeps
tongue and, calling his fathers attention to the
fact the sheep was was caught and examined.
Upon opening its mouth it was seen that a ring
of some kind)was around the Sleeps tongue
After few moments it was taken off and found
IL
valued at about 81. How the ring came on the
sleeps tongue will probably remain a mystery
as it had been there some time, being deeply
imbedded in the flesh,
A CAT with more than the traditional tenacity
Of life was rescued from singularly perlous
perch in the fly wheel of the engine in a Bristol
worsted mill a few days ago. The wheel wa
making 100 revolutions per minute, and the
intermittent howls of dismay which escaped
the terror stricken feline attracted the atten-
ton Of Simon Baker, the engineer. When the
engine was stopped the cat was stiff with fright
and its whole body seemed to have been
absorbed by its tail. 1t recovered after a few
spasms on the ground The engineer believes
that the cat had been cliuging to the wheel for
at least two or three hours.
FEW days ago the treasury department re-
ceived from Brooklyn the half of a $40 note
and an affidavit made by Mrs. Ann Ennis. of
that city, in which she swore that the other
half had been chewed up by her child The
next day the tIeasury department received an
affidavit from John Shea of New York. which
also contained half of a 800 treasury note
which he desired to have redeemed Shea's
affidavit stated that the bill had been torn in
half accidentally, aud that he had lost the other
half This half bore the same number as the
half which had been received from Mrs Ennis
the day before. The two halves we're laid to-
gether, and it was found that the torn edges
matched exactly.