The morning news., 1889-04-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

al various crossings stopped. The railroad is
wiling but under the law has no authority to
take the initiative
A PORT HURON BARBER has found great profit
in the pigs in clover puzzle, as it helps him hold
customers who claim they can't await their
turn Just try that" he says, soothingly,
thrustiug the puzzle into their hands, and when
h. gets ready to shave EN- they're in the shop
yet you bet,
CRowN PRINCE FRANZ of Austria is studying
hard at the new duties which have now become
his through the death of his cousin, Archduke
Rudolph His demeanor is one of courtesy and
dignity aud he has dismissed from his circle all
the young men of light habits who were for
merly his associates.
IT'S TOLD Of a Boston man that he admired
fine painting of house and grounds skirted by
pretty river, but that he would not buy it
until the artist removed the house to hill to be
especially painted for that purpose, because he
did not think it would be healthy to live in
house so near river.
A FEW DAYS AGO George Saxton, a messenger
boy of one of the Western Union Telegraph
offices in Philadelphia. made a wager that he
could walk from Broad and Chestnut streets to
Bristol. Pa and back in one day. He ac-
complished the feat in 10 hours and 40 minutes
The distance Travelled was 40 miles.
BorH BRANCHES Of the Ohio legislature have
adopted a resolve submitting to the people an
amendment providing for BIENNIAL elections.
The election in off years in Ohio is especially
superfuous, because only the minor state officers
are elected, and the people are needlessly per
turbed and the stale put to useless expense.
ANDREW CARNEGIE tells Pittsburg people that
as soon the Allegheny library building is
completed, he will give bis attention TO the
S5O0,OOO public library which he promised the
city Mr. Carnegi4 is inclined to believe that
more good can be accomplished by smaller
branch Libraries than BY one large structure.
TIE twenty-four hydrographcal rock marks
along he west coast of Sweden show that the
land in that part has risen about O.5 centimeter
during the last half century The rising is in
contests ah1e, but varies in different localities,
amounting to almost nothing Ia some places
and to 20 ore than one meter during the century
IN others. g..
Mr. STRAUSS the United States minister to
Turkey, has again performed an important
service by securing from the Turkish grand
viZier an order TO the governor general of Da-
mascus and Beirut to reopen American mis-
sonary schools. recently closed iu those prov
lnces, and not TO Interfere with those schools
without referring complaints to CONSTANT
nopte. ..-
In AN ARTICLE on German universities in the
Journal of Education, L. r. Kemm quotes a
popular professor as saving: "Amercah stu
dents are quick in perception. but they lack the
thorough preparation which we require Many
of them speak German very indifferently.
zeal they fail to derive the highest benefit
from our lectures on account of their Scanty
familiarity with the German idiom."
SOME WEEKS AGO Russell Rice, farmer at
Scottsburg, Ind, found nest of five young
squirrels in the woods and took them home and
placed them in care of the family cat. The cat
at once adopted the squirrels and raised them
IN the same manner as she would have done her
own young. The squirrels are now hall grown
and deeply attached to their foster mother and
when separated from her the other day and
placed in the courtyard park, they acted almost
like kittens, but are now fast learning to climb
the trees in the manner of their nature.
AMzTRA ELKrNs began housekeeping at sey-
mour, Ind ifty-four years ago with young
and handsome bride, with whom he lived
happily for time Fourteen years later. at a
church meeting he and his wife, Hannah, quar-
relied, whereupon he deserted her and his chill
dren and went to Iowa. He has lived there
since without communicating with his wife
friends. Several weeks ago he returned sud
denly and began proceedings in court
for q divorce, which was denied him He is 13
years old, hearty, rich and well preserved. His
wife is past - and iS totally blind. They have
grandchildren married.
A GAINESVILLE, TEX, special says: "A
strange historical discovery was made in cave
on the Red river, in Montague county, on Fri
day, by Henry Stewart and John Wilson. two
citizens of the county The cave was we'll
known in the neghborhood, and Stewart and
Wilson had frequently visited it before. On
entering it last week they noticed hole in one
corner that reSembled the work of wild cat
after some bu-rowing animal A circular bit of
stone was found at the b jttOm of the hOla
which, upon being removed, exposed an earthen
Jar. The jar was dug np and when opened was
found to cootain a yellow faded manuscript
which the men could not decipher The dis
covery caused a sensation in the county, and
the manuscript was inspected by score of
men, but no one could translate it. Latin
scholar was finally found. who after hard
work, furnished rough TRANSLATE n The letter
purported to be- written by Dom Pedro Marques
and was dated Oct % 1912 IL set forth that
in obedience TO the orders of Charles ex-
peditiOn vas sent to rescue lernaudo D. Soto
and his friends. The expedition landed in the
new world on April "a, composed of ia msn
They travelled until 200 miles southeast of the
cave, when the Indians killed sixty three men
The expedition then tried to reach the Spanish
colony in Mexico founded by Cortes and, fear
ing that it would never reach New Spain left
the letter in an earthen jar in the for
friends who should follow. The suppositiou is
that action OF the weather and water buried tue
jar.
A PHILADELPHIA actress expressed herself in
most indignant terms about the subject OF the
latest interview with Mrs. Langtry. The Lily
was reported as saying in part: II should like
to warn ladies' against using cocaine unless ad-
vised to by a physician. | kept spraying It up
my nose to get relief and because the sensation
was pleasant, but | soon discovered that it
affected my heart and had a narrow escape
from nervous prostration. Now, l know that
many of my lady friends are becoming habtu-
ate1 to the use of cocaine, and l wish to warn
them before it is too late, 1t is one of those
habits which creep on people unawares"
The impression created by the whole inter-
view, declared the local actress, sis that many
OF US are addicted to the use OF opium morphia
cocaine and such things guess Mrs Langtrys
lady friends who are becoming habituate to the
use of cocaine are not to be found in the dramatic
profession If they are there are not macy in
danger, for she hasu { many such friends Those
OF US who did not step down off social pedestals
on to the stage, but had to work our way up
from small parts. nave never been accustomed
to spending our time squirting cocaine up our
noses for the pleasure of the sensation. For
this very gratuitous statement TO her lady
friends Mrs Langtry gets a little more free ad
vertlsing from the interviewer but please don {
use my name in this talk, for il is not for the
purpose OF getting it in the paper. | would like
10 give Mrs Langtry O little free advice, how.
ever Ii she will drop cocaine aud Freddie Geb
hardt-or marry him and billiards aud fast
horses and speculations, she might find time to
learn how to act"
THE New York Commercial Bulletin said the
other day with the object OF establishing a
school of weaving number of silk merchants
and others interested in the development Of the
silk industry met on Saturday afternoon IN the
office OF the SiK Association Of America viii
lam Strange. after the meeting had been called
20 order, said that the id OF establishing a
weaving school had been talked Of by men en-.
gagged IN the silk trade for many years out at
time fh,a o f.