The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


! HE EMPRESS and members Of the aristocracy
OF japan have given up the idea of adopting
the western styles of dress for women. The
Farlsian models did rot please the people in
| General, ana the historic costumes viii again be
| worn exclusively.
| IHE FORMAL OPENING Of the new Thames rive,
bridge at New London took place successfully
| last week. The draw Of this graceful structure
| IS the largest in the world. being SOB feet iu
lensta Two clear passageways of 225 feet each
| are AFFORDED for vessels The draw is banked or
| either side by spans 80 feet, and there are two
other spans at either side of the river of $50 feet
| each, making the total length of the super.
| structure l. 23 feet.
OF TWENrY-sIX INMATES of Cincinnati hos
pital who sat down to dinner one day last week.
luteen were over 60 years, eight over 20, one 49,
| dhoGher 81, and at the head of the table sat q
| woman just l04 years old The last mentioned
| was Mrs. Elizabeth Schulten who has been an
| iunlate OF the hospital for two years. ''She was
ooIH IN Nesake, Westphalla, and remembers
ven T seeing Napoleon just after his victory at
Jena II 1906 and later on his disastrous retreat
| from MOSCOW. The old lady for a number of
years ms been strict vegetarian and a grt at
WHILE LABosERs were digging sewer in one
| OF the principal streets of Ticonderoga last
week they struck Tombstone. At the bottom
Oh IL was found a coffin containing human
| DoneS The stone was washed off and found 10
contain the inscription and date of death OF
l LoIu move, who was shot dead in battle at
a aGonaeroga on July 8, 1888. He entered the
army at a very early age, soon rose to distinc-
Iloh, ana In 1857 was sent to this country in
command OF the Sixtieth regiment The pres
e9 eI representative OF the family is Earl Howe
| Vi LanSar, Nottingham comfy England.
AUTUMN, writes Berlin correspondent has
| SET In all over Germany with vehemence and
severity unexampled within the memory OF liy.
only haax coli 4
whd storms raging in the inland parts of the
| empire, but tempests have swept the seas
"hlch pound It on the north, while the mount
ans, which form its southern frontier have
been visited by heavy snow storms. The snow
IeH so heavily few days ago in the Giar {
mountains which stand sentinel between Prus-
s1slu ellesla aud Austria, that a party of six
DitoslduerS We're able to make a so-called
horned-sleigh excursion from the Petersbande
almost to Agnetendorf
HE intelligence comes from Paris that a sub.
terranean river has just been discovered in the
district OF Miers, in the department Of Lot. Two
explorers found the river at the bottom of a
gouHre or abyss known as the Pit of Paderac.
returning thither with folding boat made of
ssdIicloCh, they worked their way down stream
Lor a couple OF miles, through succession of
WONDERFUL grottoeS, sparkling with stalactites
Iney FOUND seven lakes on their way, and had
10 snoot thirty seven cascades or rapids The
TWO explorers intend to start ON a frasa exnad =
tlon 10 ascertain, if possible the outlet of this
unknown river. They conjecture that it Joins
one OF the heads of the Dordoyne, six miles
from the abyss.
QUEER SCENE is being enacted Just now in
the Reading jail. Nine liquor dealers were re.
Gently sentenced to terms of Imprisonment in
49, vI9 Jaf AZ tor violating the Sunday law. The
aSretd 10 make the prison life as pleasant for
Inelr husbands as can be done under the circun
stances. They resolved to furnish their hus-
a
prison author ties to furnish supper and break
Iast one wife cooks and prepares enough for
one olnner for the nine men, and she sees that
me lood IS safely taken to the Jail The next
uay announcer wife prepares the dinner and so on
unIl all nave served a meal, when thew begin
anew Or course each wife does her best And
IN TINS way the prisoners are well cared for the
JAN autnorltles allowing all food to be received
THERE WAS surprise in store for the shah
when he reached Vienna. The Persian minis
Cer 10 Austria has fallen into pecuniary embar-
rassment, as his salary Of $4,000 a wear is an
propilated to the grand vizier to whom he has
also TO send frequent and costly presents The
minister creditors at Vienna assembled few
Jays uays before the shah arrived, and decided to
SEND reputation to wait upon the grand yizier
WIN their complaint, and accordingly that per
sonage received them and was handed an i'm
nense pie OF the inisters unpaid bills. The
result was that the shah paid his Representa-
lives debts instead of taking him homa for
execution. This leniency is said to be due to
the TACT that the minister owns n largo actato
~. turkey, ana would have declined an invita-
.ioh 10 eturn to Persia. The grand vizier told
tne minister that his troubles were entirely due
70 MS own stupidity, since he could have made
large sums by dealing in Persian concessions,
titles and decorations
PARIS is full of fine churches, chiefly Catholic
anu YET the PROTESTANT element is growing in
Une CITY. There is an American church situated
at q Rue de Berry, where many of our countrv.
TRAVELLING in
worship. The pastor is the Rev DR.. Thurber of
new YORK. most amiable gentleman and
earnest preacher. 1t was in the mortuary
chapel of this church that the remainS ~
senator Stanford's son lay for season. The
HOLY Trinity is also an American church. for
the erection of which the Vanderbilts CON
urlou1ed Sloo,OOO The McAll mission, which is
supported in part by the Philadelphia Churches
Is doing a grand work among the people of
Parls 1t has 100 stations in different parts of
the CITY where the gospel is preached with all
simplicity and effect. Dr. McAll, the venera HE
founder of the mission, has large and faithful
corps or teachers and preachers to assist him
IL IS believed that he is exertny a conservativa
influence over the spirit and conduct of the
| commune OF Paris The doctor has the full
| confidence OF the community, and deserves tina
encouragement and aid of all good neonle
abroad. poppy
The IRISH REPORT for 1888 records the deaths
OF 1851 persons aged upward of rs wears: the
20S reputed centenarians were, therefore eoual
to 1875 per 1000 of those who died above the
age of rs years If we measure the go reputed
centenarians in England and Wales in 1sS7 in
the same manner, we find that they were eouaI
to only IL per 900 of the recorded deaths Of
persons aged upward of IS years. We arc
faced, therefore, with two alternatives Either
We must believe that of persons aged inward
of 10 years more than twelve times as MANY
attain the age of 100 years in Ireland as in
England, or we must decline to accent
as trustworthy the statement of The
registrar general of Ireland that 2)S undoubte,I
centeuarianS died in that country during last
year. Indeed. further ground for douhtino fine
accuracy of the registrar generals report as to
Irish centenarianism is afforded by the fact
that the death rate in Ireland among persons
aged upward of IS years Stated by Dr. Grim
shaw to have been 81 per 1000 in 1889 has. IN
recent years, somewhat exceeded that whicn
has prevailed in England and Wales If the
mean death rate among persons aged upward
OF t5 years is higher in Ireland than in England
there is the best ground for disbeieving that the
proportion of survivors to the age of 100 wears
is larger in Ireland than in England
SOME DETAILS of Mrs Langtry's life in Lon
don are furnished by recent visitor, who met
this beautiful and successful woman upon an
equal footing, They go to show that she is not
wasting any time professionally nor ueslecting
any opportunity to have a good time Her.
apartments are simply superb. They consist of
the en- ire second floor of an old ia hioned housa
which has been modernized by plumbers. paint
ers and decorators, and is now a marvel of art
The rooms are six in number-a parlor. library
sittingroom and bedroom. and a model little