The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-25
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| IHE throes Of inventive genius have resulted
IN the birth Of another scheme for utilizing the
| power of Niagara. The last project exploited
| contemplated transmitting the power of the
IS,lis 70 New York city through an electric cable
| aoout the SIZE of barrel. and at roughly
| estimated cost of SIS, coo, 900 a mile for plant
| and operating expenses.
IT IS SAID that during a recent visit of Mr..
Balfour to Ireland he asked priest who was
not nationalist, if the Irish people were really
| as hostile Co him as they were represented to
pc The priss. is said to have replied: Since
you nave ASKED Inc, Will tell you the truth. If
| our nocks hated sin half as cordially as they
nate You tnere would be no use for priests ia
| Ireland"
Two BARRELS of fish, entirely new to New
| 4 rk markets, were received lately at the Full
! ton wholesale fish market from the Bermudas.
| Iney looked little like pOrgies, and everybody
| VINO bought them supposed they were porgies
| though four months ahead of the season. They
| were punish or Charleston Dream. These fish
are usually so small off the South Carolina
| coast that they are not used as food. OFF the
| Deruudas they grow large and fat.
| THE largest bowlder stone in the world is the
one situated in the English lake district in Cum
berland county. England. 1t has the shape of
| q snip Keel. and weighs nearly 2 900 tons. The
| stone measures &c feet in length SO feet in
/ hight, and is assembled by balustraded stair
4 case or eighty steps, Like all other curious
| geological attractions, no one knows it's origin
| or hi story. 1t stands in such position that a
/ person on top of it can sway the stone per-
| ceptiOly.
| The rabbit-proof fences erected by New South
| wales and Queensland will, when the one at
present being erected on the South Australian
boundary line has been completed. be 81 miles
IN lenStn- 1t is estimated that the one in course
l OF ecectlon will cost about $4,000 This fence
| starts from the Murray at Chowilla, and runs to
| the northeast corner of this colony, distance
Oh of0 miles. The completion of the scheme
/ being carried out by the two governments will
| embrace SS7 miles of fencing, of which 627
/ miles will have been erected by New South
| wales and 2tO By Queensland.
| The CosTLIEsT CIGARS sold in New York are
| the big Henry Clays from Havana, which come
in fine cabinet box and are wrapped in gold
| foil There are only twenty-five in d box and
| retail at 81 DO each Does anybody buy and
| smoke them? Inded, yes. There are plenty of
| men who think it smart to buy such uxlries
/ William l.. Scott, the Pennsylvania capitalist
| and politician, has been known to smoke them.
| Not long ago Chicagoan, who was in New
| YORK for good time, bought a box in the
| Fifth Avenue hotel barroom and gave them
| away to friends who were with him
| CALIFORNIA PAPERS agree that large acreage
| of new raisin vineyards will come into full
bearing this year, but some state that owners
| are greatly exercised over the labor problem
| The exclusion of the Chinese has had ten
| dency to concentrate the coolies in the cities
| where they get better wages in factories and
| domestic service than they can secure ia field
| WORK, and 1t has been found impossible to
obtain a sufficient supply of white help. The
| labor of picking grapes and curing raisins is
| not hard, and even women and children earn
| over 81 per day. including board, while active
| men can make double that amount.
| THE Highbury Place Strict Baptist church in
| London admitted to membership without regu-
| lar immersion lady afflicted with deformity,
| which made it almost impossible for her to
| undergo the ceremony OF immersion. For this
| the church was expelled from the organization
| OF Strict Baptist churches, and, after a long
| fight, the congregation and elders have just
| acknowledged their mistake in "having been
| too ready TO accept the plea of mpossibility ="
| and the matter has been ssttled by the INNER
sion of the lady seated ina specially constructed
| chair. and wearing a dress specially designed
| for the occasion. Upon this the church has
| been restored to membership.
| Four YEARS without sleeping a winki That
| sounds preposterous, but it is exactly the case
of an old negro now living in Athens, Ill.
| Charley Harden is his name, and the SHOWS of
| age have settled down upon him. In slavery
! times he belonged to John White. Charley was
seen on the streets the other day talking to sew
eral of his friends and telling them of his curl
| GUS condition. For four years" said he II
| have not slept q wink. l hear continually a
| buzzing sound, and it seems as if several per-
| sons talking to me all the time At night
| l lie in my bed with my eyes wide open, and, if
| do sleep, never close them, and always hear
| the talking. 1t is an awful thing to be talked
| to for four years and through the long nights
to have to listen to this nonsense"
K1LRAIN's DEFEAT and his other sorrows have
set people talking. The Baltimore pugilist
seems to be victim of melancholy, according
| to the stories that are floating about He mas
| lost good deal of his interest in fighting and
he has not that wild and exuberant flow of
| spirits which occasionally distinguishes the
somewhat cratic life of John L. Sullivan.
| When Mr.. Sullivan feels sad and gloomy he
| engages in large and usually rather exciting
encounter with his friend John Barleycorn.
| When he is happy he not infrequently goes
| through similar programme. 1t is only when
| his temper is equitable that he INDUCES in phi-
| loSophy and abstemiousness, but these violent
| shades OF life keep the Boston slugger in what
might be called good mental condition. Kill
| ram, on the other hand, according to his COM
| panions, is giving way TO a sad and persistent
1 attack of melancholy. He is not quite savage
enough for successful fighter.
| WINE worth 100000 a bottle is drink that
in expense would rival the luxurious taste of
| barbaric splendor, when priceless pear S were
| thrown into the wine cup to give rich flavor
| TO its contents; yet in the CITY of Bremen iuS,
| such costly beverage may be found. In the
| wonderful wine cellar under the Hotel de Vile
| In the Rose apartment, there are twelve cases
| OF nOly VINE, eacn case inscribed with the name
| of one of the apostles. This ancient wine was
| deposited in its present resting place in the
| year 1624-266 years ago. One case of this wine
consisting of five oxhofs of 204 bottles cost 500
! riX-dollarS in 1924 Including the expense of
| keeping up the cellar, interest on the original
| outlay, and interest upon interests one of those
oXhofs would to-day 555 657. $40 rix-dollars:
| three single bottles, 2.213,S12 rix-dollars; a
| glass, or the eighth part of a bottle. is worth
| 80 476 riX-dollars, about 854 476; or at the
| rate OF DO rlxdouarS or E55 per drop.
| A DISPATCH from Birmingham, Conn, saws.
| Miss Christina Mansfield, a beautiful Young
woman of this city, promised her hand in mar
| rage some months ago to Albert Bersnger.
| Before the date for the wedding the young man
| developed symptoms of consumption and went
| south for his health. Three weeks ago he wrof a
| to Miss Mansfield, saying his illness had deyel-
| ope1 into quick consumption, and, as his case
| was considered incurable, he would release her
| from her engagement. He added that he in
! tended committing suicide, but would live long
| enough TO get an answer to his letter. Instead
| of writing Miss Mansfield answered the letter in
| person She went south, brought Ler lover
| back and had him placed in the New Haven
| the privilege of nursing him. She sold her
dresses and jewels TO get little luxuries for her
unfortunate lover. Saturday night Bersinger
died, and yesterday Miss Christina saw him de-
Gently buried. The expense of the funeral viii
| be borne by her, and will be paid out of the
wages she hopes to earn as a seamstress.
DR.. +. MENDAL announces in the British
| Medical Journal the result of Investigations