The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE ACTRESSES in Lionel Brcugh's company
In South Africa having found husbands anon g
the diamond diggers, Mr.. Brough has tele-
graphed TO London for fresh supply.
THERE is in the Paris hospital called the Hotel
Dieu woman who can see two different sets
OF objects at one and the same time While
one eye is gazing at a given point the other
remains perfectly still, and vice versa.
SHAKESPEARE is now being done in Japan
under some hard titles. The Merchant of
Venice" is ''Ninniku Shichire Sarban;" Romeo
and Juliet is ''Seyo Musume Setsuyo;" Julius
Caesar" is ''Shisaru Kidan, " and the great poet
himself is Sekisupiya.
An INDIVIDUAL who was clerk in the India
house with Charles Lamb and John Stuart Mill,
has Just died at ventnor, England, after hav-
ing enjoyed handsome position for fifty four
years He had been allowed TO retire. ''in con
sequence OF broken health, - In 1885.
QUITE an excitement existed at a boarding
house in Glenwood Springs, Col, the other
evening. just as the men were eating their
supper large black bear came walking in.
The men all few out of the back entrance but
the cook. who picked up a cleaver and killed
hide.
IN PARIS sardine and other tin boxes, of which
thousands are thrown away every month, form
vast proportions, and in which the entire youth
or the country are interested. These refuse
cans are taken and stamped into tin soldiers by
suitable machines, and thus regiments, brigades
ana corps OF tin soldiers are formed. and are
SOLD SO cheaply that the poorest children can
possess and enjoy them; yet the manufacturer
makes fair profit, which he could not do if he
used new material.
A SINGULAR FACT noted by the Pail. Mdu Gds
zette is that four Of the last five lord mayors Of
London have been more or less directly con-
nected with the grocery trade at some period
member OF provision house; Sir Reginald
Hanson is the head of the wholesale grocery
nrm OF Hanson, Son & Barter; Mr.. Whitehead.
the present lord mayor has been interested in
large retail grocery business; and lastly, Sir
henry lsaacs is principal of the great fruit
mouse which bears his name.
THE JAPANESE MINISTER TO AMERICA, Mr..
hutsu, has just received the decoration of the
order OF the Crown, conferred upon him by
the emperor in recognition of his recent con
ciuslon OF a treaty with Mexico and other ser
vices Tor the state. Mr.. Mutsu had previously
been decorated by the emperor with the Order
OF the Rising Sun. The or Ter was inclosed in
the hollow OF a bamboo stick. method which
prevails in Japan. Mr.. Mutsu is not a noble
man. but belongs to a class in Japan analogous
10 mat OF the gentry in England.
CAPTAIN DAVID G. COMPTON, the commander
- SAS SoSohiCA Lay Ii1A lecDuDuC, W SO
to Hayti again. He says: 'Hayti is all right,
but the people of the country and the govern
ment officials havea decidedly wrong impress
sion or the Haytians." He shows photographs
OF Haytian families, pictures Of people with as
intelligent countenances as can be seen in any
OF our photographers windows. why, to read
some OF the newspaper reports, said the cap
tain, "one would naturally suppose that the
natives were like so many savage tribes. which
is far from the truth. They are fine people,"
THE LARGEST and costliest private mansion
in the world is said to be that belonging to Lord
Butte, called 'Montstuart,' and situated near
Rothesay. 1t covers nearly two acres, and is
built in gothic style. The walls, turrets and
balconies are built of stone. The immense
tower in the center of the building is 100 feet
high. with a balcony round the top. The halls
are constructed entirely of marble and alabas-
ter All the rooms are finished in mahogany,
rosewood and walnut The fireplaces are all
carved marbles of antique designs. The exact
cost OF this fairy palace is not known but it has
never been estimated at less than 81, 100000.