The morning news., 1889-02-06
ITEMS OF TERE5T.

! = Cgyvr~7!cuT LAD complained Of pain in an
{ a-1--.-a-el hand uu. the feeling, it is said,
/ uass4d OF when the member was dug up and
Tue fingers Whicl were clasped, Strengthened
OuI.
A. RqrssELs an elephant attached to TO cir
Gus. becoming enraEet at an attendant, seized
him bv the leg aud dashed him against wall.
DEAN was instantaneous. The unfortunate man
had been teasing t1e animal
TEE EXPERIMENTS with Zaliuski's pneumatic
gun. vhea uine shots were fired, cost between
$500 and $1,000 4 heavily armored monitor
Is ROW demanded for target. lie big 100
/ round l-GIe5 dynamite proJec.iie still remains
/ in the ms gaZine CT Fort Lafayette New York
harOOr.
Az r,---REsTISG RELIC Of the late war is soon
70 b utilized a. tne Norfolk navy yard. The
FIRE. so-o-ors Lell. formerly in use on board the
w3rlt--eroECet Gerrimac is TO oe placed IN
position flr the purpose Of summOning and reg
ulatj1Z the movements Of the operatives con
nected VITA the yard
An Emperor William clock has been made
in Berlin The case represents the old En-
pe.9r's palace Wien the hour strikes, tie
pa. see guard marches past, and William l., with
his first great grandsou-now the little crown
priuce-appes at the historic corner window
where he 50 often showed himself 10 his people.
ANEW REMEDY for skin diseases, says the
Rosot .al. is continual bath, the patient eating,
drinking and sleeping there until cured. One
patient has been kept IN such bath for 3o5
days. He IS tied up always at night TO prevent
bin from slipping so as TO be drowned The
palms and soes become much shriyeled. but
the r-st Of the SKIN IS unchanged The water is
kept al 9Ss.
FRANK SARGEAET. skating on Lake Mascoma,
y r. broke through the ice. John Greeley
went TO his aid with a plank, and Sergeant
grabbed il. VIII Aldrich came to the aid of
Greeley. and while they were pulling Sargent
out the Ice broke again. and all three went
down into the water. Then Mary B. Greeley.
ran TO their help, and aided by her father, who
followed, got the young men out safely.
A MORTAR MIXER at a new hotel in Portland,
Ore, was observed TO be heating his kettle of
coffee the other day in a way which was no
novelty to him. but seemed strange to re-
porter. He dug a hole in pile Of sand, placed
lump of lime in it, sprinked some water on
the lime. placed his kettle on it. and banked
sand up around it. When 12 o'clock struck, he
shouted; Come to tea; your coffee's a bilin'."
a CURIOUS STORY of temperance medal comes
from Queensland. The medal was found in the
interior Of the crocodile, and the crocodile itself
was caught in the Daiutree river Queensland.
The medal bears the name Of J. D. Edwards, is
Of the sort issued By the temperance societies
established by the Rev. Father Mathew. and
bears date of Is>J. tn. local inquiries which
have been made do not seem to show that any
person OF that name IS missing in the neghbor-
hood.
ACCORDING TO an English authority there are
this year 6,799 students in the four universities
Of Scotland. which is just twice the number
recorded in 1862 There are no fewer than J, 4G0
students at Edinburgh. and Glasgow comes next
with 300: then Aberdeen with 9!S. aud ST.
Andrew with 22l OF all the professorships
those of the Edinburgh medical faculty are con-
Side-ed the m-st valuab'e. some of them being
worth about Is $40 year The chairs of Greek,
latin and mafne0lacics are each worth about
&lS00 year at Glasgow, and average 81 400 at
Edinburgh.
The spelling programme is not unknown in
standard literature. Carlyle, who, to be sure,
was sometimes a law TO himself in such mat
ters. does not hesitate to use it. In his chapter
on Model Prisons in Latter Day Pamphlets
there Is an "a lily found example. After calling
upon the authorities to whitewash their scou =
drel population, and to cleanse their CUTTERS
II not in the name of God. We british slatternS
then in the name of cholera and the royal col
lego Of surgeons'-he sums up with the the
placid remark, We'll. here sure is an Evangel
Of Freedom and real Programme OF a new Era.
A SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS escape is recorded
to have taken place at the Wright Steam En-
gine Works, at Newburg, y. Y, few days ago.
pulley weighing nearly eleven tons was being
adjusted IL a lathe when suddenly the cham by
which il was suspended parted, allowing the
wheel TO fall into the pit below, a distance of
eight feet where it was broken into eight pi ces.
AT luP JlfDt tQe CLaiQ parted one OF the turner's
was standing on the hub of the wheel and was
preciptated to the pit below. Those who wit
messed the accident rushed to the spot, expect
ing to find him crushed beneath the enormous
mass Of iron. but ne was discovered alive and
sound, although the pit was only five feet wide
The ECONOMICAL REFORMS in the Queen s
household, TO which it is said the Prince of Wales
has been decidedly op posed, have revealed a
couple Of queer facts. The custom has been to
present Epiphany offerings of gold, franklin
Cense and myrrn' on behalf of the sovereign at
the altar of the Chapel ROyal of St James pal
ace. The Offering was supposed to consist of
80 soyereigns, until Prince Albert who had a
keen scent for abuses once went to the veStry
before the services and opened the box. where
he found ten saliliDgS only. 1t was explained
that an old habit gave the rest of the money to
certain officials and perqusites. Another queer
custom appropriated at the beginning of each
year 80 bottles of royal Madeira, whereby the
officiating clergy at st. James were supposed to
regaie themselves each Sunday after morning
service, Yet none Of the clergy had ever seen
drop of IL.
\ WRITER in the Epoch says: In fifteen years
Of observation of the guild l have known re-
porters to develop into the following characters
and callingS: Two assistants to theatrical man
ayers. an actor, half dozen plavwrights and
about four who live mainly by the authorship
OF books: eleven politicians of more or less
prominence Including Joan /. Davenport, Con-
gresham Merrmau, Postmaster Hendrix of
and JacobS-the latter an ex-senator. a college
professor. three lawyers, five successful news
paper owners two successful press agents i'm
the show business, thirty editors of manuscript
copy and eight general correspondents. That
answers the question for seventy-three re-
pOrterS. FOrty-five of these remain in thu
business as elitors, correspondents. copy
rea 1ers and prOpret1rS. The authors and the
press agents also continue To live by their pens.
To these add eight or ten critics who were re-
porters when the others We're"
A WOMAN who bore a good reputation was
arrested in Hoboken, n. J.. a few days ago on
suspicion of having stolen a gold watch and
chain She stoutly maintained her innocence,
but, nevertheless was locked up. Friday her
daughter, aged 8 We lrs, with tears streaming
down her face, entered the police station, and
begged Recorder McDOnough to release her
moluer. There was no evidence that the
woman had stolen the watch, but the recorder
said: Your mother can NOT be re eased until
she returns that watch she stole "Why,
mamma bought that wat n only last night"
said the child innoc ntly. IF get it will you
let her 20 home with me?' DO you know
where It is;' asked the recorder. "Oh, yes!
exclaimed the child. "She put it between the
mattresses on the bed" The recorder directed
policeman TO 20 home with the child and in a
short time she returned with the stolen watch.
When the prisoner was confronted with the evi-
dence Of her guilt she broke down. She was
admitted to bail in the sun of $500.
Notes and Queries is discussing the influence
Of longitude and the difference of time on the
law. T. Adolphus rrolope began the discussion
by citing an imaginary case in which married