The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-19
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lately acquired collection OF Coresn books
watch possesses considerable Interest," and
importance Inc books. which are Contained
u over hundred volumss, consist mainly of
Corean editions OF the Chinese classics, Of na-
tive historical works, and Of novels.
HEaa EBERs, German eaperimenter. has
found shat tie human eye is more sensitive TO
green rays OF light than 10 red rays, and to red
more than TO blue rays Since the red rays are
| thoSs OF longest wave-length, and the blue
| those OF the shortest wave-length. il follows
that the eye IS most susceptible 70 the rays OF
medium length
TIE WATER LILY is largely used in some parts
OF India as a food stuff. The fruit Of one species
| that grows plentifully in the lakes of Cashmere
| IS rich in starch and has much the favor of a
chestnut If the nuts are dried they will keeu
| Ior long time, and when ground NAV be made
into cakes or porridge, or they MAJ be soaked
| Tor some hours and then boiled.
ONE CURIOUS RESULT OF the French exhibition
| is that the hanson cabs London sent over theirs
have had a singular success, a greater success
| than was expected, A great mum Der have been
bought up by private individuals. lie han
som has become chic, pschittt. U'tGn aud what
ever are the peculiar adjectivcs that garnish a
Paris dandy's limited vocabulary.
YOUTH OF 16, son of a high official in Hun
gary, shot himself the other day with revolver.
He left letter, explaining that the act was due
| 70 So-cailed American duel Cases of this
Kind, where, instead of fighting real duel, the
| quarrel IS settled by lot-the one who draws the
! black ball being bound to commit suicide with n
| a given time-have been very frequent in Hun
| gary of lat years.
| MASS MEETING is shortly to be held in New
York, which VIII probably be the most peculiar
and unique affair of the kind ever convened. 1t
| VIII be meeting of the organ-grinders Of that
city, and It's purpose will be to protest against
the recent ordinance which forbids the playing
| OF street hands and organs. There are 80
| organ-grindsrS in New York making, with their
| families, about 1,U00 of the floating population
| of the city.
HE BELGIAN coUR DE CESSATION has just de-
livered pronouncement which will rejoice the
| hearts of the sporting fraternity all the world
| over Betting on horse races says the
| Belgian tribunal, cannot be included in the
category of games of chance. Although the
| result OF race may be influenced by chance,
nevertheless the qualities of the horse and his
rider are, provided there be no fraud, the
| essential elements of success
| The LATEST DEVELOPMENT of the advertising
art comes from Paris, where an enterprising
publisher has employed large force eff sand
| witch men to advertise a book by walking down
the bouievards and reading it with rapt atten-
ton. An lnquisitiye gentleman, anxious to
| know how far this would have an educational
| effect upon the readers, crept up behind one
| who seemed more rapt than all the others, aud
found that he was reading the book upside
down.
CAPT. CHARLES JoHANsEN of Tacoma. Wash
| ington, is building a small boat in which he
| proposes to sail around the Horn to London and
then return to the states and exhibit the boat
| at the worlds fair The boat viii be twenty
feet long, built of native fir, cedar and oak, and
will be a model of strength for so small a ship.
She will be provisional for $50 days and will
start on Dec. l, stopping at San Francisco.
| After rounding Cape Horn she will take the
| usual course of sailing vessels for London,
where Johansen expects to arrive in April or
| May.
The EXPORT OF MATCHES from Sweden during
| the first seven months of the present year
amounted to 1875, 900 Kilograms, showing an
| increase of some per cent. compared with the
corresponding figures for last year. Swedish
match manufacturers are paying good deal of
attention to the Indian market, and the En-.
koping match mandatory has recently
| exported $50 cases to Madras, each case con-
| tanning 200 boxes. Chinese matches are
| understood to be at present offering at Ham
| burg at q shiilingS, 6 pence per chest cheaper
| than what is being asked for Swedish (genuine)
matches.
Two LITTLE GIRLS both under 10, and them.
| selves the daughters Of poverty, have opened
| and conducted fair on Spring street, New
| York, for two weeks. The proceeds of this fair
will go to the widow and five children of the
| lneman Eardman who was killed by the fatal
wires; Nearly $500 has already been turned
| over by the little maids, and the generous work.
| fed from day TO day by kindly tradesmen and
| merchants, will continue all Of this week. A
| member of the stock exchange, in addition to
| his contribution, promised honorary member
| ship among th9 Kings Daughters to little Flora
| EaSon and Eva Bressant.
| Now that it is known says the New York
| Star, that Mrs. Cleveland attends auction sales
Of rare furniture, they have become more fash
| ionable than ever among the ladies' A few
days ago, just before Lolita went TO Boston, sne
sat demurey in a corner of a wellknoWn Fifth
| avenue auction room aud bid in several choice
pieces of bric-a -brac. 1t is strange what a diff
| ference ones surroundings have to do with
ones individuality. Had anyone present seen
Lolita on the stage he would have recognized
| her instantly; but in such commonplace posi-
| ton as attending an auction, no one seemed to
connect the demure little figure with the favor
1 lite actress of all.
THE FRENCH ARMY has, Theoretically speak
| ing, no generals of the first-class and number
| Of these indispensable officers will soon be
created by NJ Freycinet. the French. war min
lister. No marshals of France have been made
since the fall of the empire; nor is the rank of
full general known TO the French army as now
constituted The highest rank Is that of divis-
ional general; and it is by generals of division
that each army corps is now commanded. An
army corps, however, contains two divisions
| and generals Of new grade are to be appointed,
| VINO alone will be eligible as chiefs of army
corps. General-in chief is the title which it is
| proposed to give them.
WHEN you hear people talk about getting
| Gobelin tapestry says C. r Clifford of the
| UphoLsterer of Philadelphia, "they usually
don't know what they are talking about The
| Gobelin works are in France, and are subsidized
| by the government. They turn out goods de.
| signed for state gifts, and the same goods ere
| not made in Philadelphia. although as the
manufacturer of tapestr es she is the metropolis
of the world. 1t is not that we cannot make
tapestries as valuable as the Gobelin but VINO
would buy them? No one could make them
| without immense subsidy. Chevraul the great
| ceutenarian chemist, used to be the chemist of
| the Goblin works. They spend year turning
out as much of the article as could be made in a
| day or two at our rate Of working. People fire.
| Quently talk about Gobelin tapestry, but they
apply the word to some fancy work done by the
women. There is no manufacturer of it here"
THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT of Arthur Gill
man, secretary of the Society for the Collegiate
| Instruction of Women by the Professors and
Instructors of Harvard college, shows that since
the organization of the society in 1879, in which
year twenty-five students entered, there has
been continual growth, until at the beginning
of the tenth collegiate year there are lis stud
entS, distributed into f1fty-flve classes. and
directed by fourteen professors, eleven assistant
| professors and sixteen tutors-fcrty-o teach
ers in all. There are three classes Of students
In the first class those taking the course of
four years, which III the college leads to the de-
gree of B. A A second is composed of women
who have been teachers or who intend to teach