The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The greatezt known depth of the ocean is
midway between the Island Of Tristan d Acunha
and the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The bot
tom was then reached at depth of AZ, 2s6 feet,
, or eight and three-quarter miles.
A STATUE of the late Louisa H. AIcott is to be
modelled the coming winter by Frank E ElweH
| a Concord sculptor. an intimate friend of the
authoress. There is umor that the statue
may be placed in the Free Pubhc Library of
| Concord.
AN English tenor. who gets about 500 for
singing at concert at home asked 5000 to
sing in five concerts in Boston He explains
| why he asked such an exhorbirant price by say
| ing that 1t Is worth that TO sing in an American
provincial city.
| The first lot OF ivory that has beer i'm ported
into Belgium direct from the Congo has been
| sold az Antwerp and realized very nigh prices.
/ ranging Iron sji!lngs pence 70 II shilling 5
| pence per pound. There were !, 80 elephant
| tusks, weighing 3,2o0 pounds
MISS ANNIE JOHNSTON went down and
| stayed in the water at a summer resort in Eng
| land minutes 10 seconds which beats the ANA
| teur record OF minutes 5l4 seconds Miss
Johnston is only 10 years of age, and is ac-
counted the best lady swi inner in the world.
THERE is a secret organization in Baltimore,
Nd the object of which is 10 protect its menu
bers from unfortunate marriages. When one
OF The club feels that he is falling in we he
SOuioooCH 10 us Tell DIV me tlners ana they
point committee to investigate the matter and
advise him therein
The ARCHBISHOP OF CAxTERBuRY has aston
ished his realm by sudden movement against
the dress coat. He objects 10 it in church In
order To keep it out OF church he has directed
that marriage Licenses shall not be issued for
later hour than O'Clock, tnus avoiding the re-
qulrment of evening dress.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD has received a great many
honors on account of his literary achievements.
Besides being kuighte1 by his soverei IN and re-
celvlng the order of the Star of India he has
been invested With the Order of the White Ele-
phant by the King of Sam and with the In
perlal order OF the MedJidis by the Sultan of
| Turkey.
JAMEs PAYNE, the popular English novelist,
had twenty-sx articles rejected in one year by
| various periodicals Still he persevered, feeling
| that ne had somsthing to tell, if he only knew
now to tell it, and could get an editor to read it,
| He did finally write something worth telling and
| made successful hit, and has since written
| thlrty-slX novels, all more or less popular.
MAN from Chicago cousin of the superin-
| tendent of the Hudson river tunnel went down
| into the tunnel last Monday with the superin-
| tendent: He spent nearly an hour in the air
JOCKS. When he came out he complained of
Ieenng SICK. Early Monday morning he died.
| lie had been suffering with Bright disease 1t
| is thought the compressed air in the air locks
| aggravated the disease.
NEW PROCESS for burning coal without
| smoke has lately ben discovered. IL consi Sta
| in sprinkling water containing a special prep
| aration over the coal, and the result is that
| there is no smoke, and the glow is as intense as
| coke. An English company is to be formed to
| work the new patent. An authority vouches
| for the fact that it works admirably and in its
| tire is remarkable impro veneer on coke
THE largest brook trout ever caught on tn S
continent was landed recently at Spring Creek,
4 E,l.
ounces, and its proportions were perfect. This
was one Of the species of brown trout. the
| spawn of which was imported from Germany
| on Feb. 10. 1884, so that its age cannot have
| been more than between and years. The
largest ever caught previously weighed trifle
| over five pounds
| A BUFFALO CARPENTER committed suicide last
week and left letter alleging as his reason for
the act. that having been engaged in the car
| renter trade for many years, he had decided
| upon doing something hi cher and better. The
| Bible, he continues, says that in my Fathers
| house are many mansions, and some of them
must need repairing. So having been a good
| carpenter on earth he guessed he could get
along in heaven" He then shot himself.
ALTHOUGH people talk gliby about a million
| bushels of wheat, but very few of them, saws
| (ho7l) realize what vast amount that renre-
| sents. II million bushels were loaded on
| American freight cars, 500 bushels to car it
| would MI a train over fifteen miles long; il
| bushels
| wagon, it wo Id make line OF teams i42 miles
! long If made into bread, reckoning bushel
| to sixty pounds of flour, it would give each
man, woman and child in the United States q
| 2pOund loaf Of bread.
A DISCOVERY referring to the iron age has
been made at Gloppen, on the coast of Norway
A burial chamber, tw I've feet in length al
formed of stone slabs, has been uncovered, con.
| tanning the remains of q man. Around the n, OK
| OF the body was cloak in a perfect state of
preservation which revealed woI d rfuly r oh
embroidery of images of animals. In the hanas
| had en- placed three lnterlaced wooden rings
| resembling the well-known puzzle RI lgs--an Oh.
| lect never before discovered in ancient graves
| The discovery has given Norwegian arcua.oIo-
| glstS much food for speculation.
PARIS went wild this afternoon saws n Sc tur-
| day cable to the New York Sun, on the report
that Gen. Boulauger had secretly left London
| ard taken up his quarters in Jersey in order to
| be nearer his beloved France while still ON tha
| safe soil OF England during tho critical period
| of the general election. Boulanger, however is
| still in London, for saw him this evening at
the Savoy hotel, where he was dining serepely
with Sir Morell Mackenzie, Col. Clarke, and q
| few other friends He has been much over
worked of late, owing to the enormous amount
| of correspondence and other business, open and
occult. connected with the elections but he
said he felt very we'll indeed, and he certainly
| enjoyed bis dinner.
ONE of the very interesting things seen at the
| APOoAtAOAi
| japanese horticuturists are showing. and
| which are attracting much attention Pines.
| thujes and cedars, said to bs 100 or $50 years
| DID, are only Is inches high, and with such
| SPECIMENS 1t would be easy to have a coniferous
| forest on balcony. These arboreal deformi-
| ties are produced by great labor. and if the
truth is told about their ages. this work of ar
Resting the tres development and forcing it
INTO contorted forms must he persisted in by
several generations of foresters All tois pains
taking is hardly paid for by the beauty Of the
resulting abortions, but a look at these trees
VIII explain where the fantastic ferns come
from which serve as models for the plants we
| see on the lacquered trays bronzes and en-
broideries which come from Japan.
The CABLE CAR COMPANY, i'll New York, in
| tend running drawing room car on their line
to see If it will pay. The car is SO feet long,
with rounded ends, and Will seat twenty-eight
| persons The windows are heavy plate glass
and blue shades with gold borders hung at each
Inc interior OF tue car is finished in bird 'seye
maple and French walnut. 1t is furnished with
| cushioned seats covered with dark green
| leather. Sixteen of these seats are parlor
| chairs turning on pivots Ten of them are