The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DURING the last two years the chewing-gum
trade has increased over 100 per cent
OVER 10000 pounds of cheese were shipped
to Liverpool, Eng, from Crosswell, Mich, last
week, the price being "a cents a pound.
sam LEWIS (colored) was drowned in Pearl
river, east of Canton, Miss, while attempt
ing to save the life of young lady. He
succeeded, but lost his own life
The POLICE made raid on rendezvous for
tranps in New Haven, arresting a number of
outcasts. On one of them, named Dunn, were
found three bank books. showing deposits aggre-
eating S4,330 %. 1t is thought Dunn is insane.
WooD-sroNE is the name of new COM
pound material composed of sawdust and cal
cined magnesia. The mixture having been
well worked up with water, is put into molds
aud pressed into whatever shape may be de-
sired. scientific authority says it is ncom-
bustible and lmpermeable to water, is suscepti-
BILE of fine polish, and is adaptable to numer-
GUS uses.
OF PUNDITA RAMABAI, who visited this coun-
try year or two ago to arouse interest in a
scheme to help the child widows of her native
India, the Sacramento record Union says:
Now comes the intelligence that the Pundita
Ramabal is residing near Bombay, having a
hodse a little out of the CITY, and having Gagged,
corraled or capt ired for the purpose of her ex-
pertinent one child widow. JUST exactly what
| manipulation this single occupant of the great
reformatory is to undergo to reform her from
the original depravity of beng a child widow
we are not Informed
The REPORT that the famous firm of Dwyer
Bros is to dissolve is confirmed by dispatches
| from Saratoga, where Philip Dwyer is stopping
The two Dryer brothers have been in partner
| ship for many years. first they were butchers
| in Brooklyn, but, beginning in small way to
| buy at hrst trotting and then running horses.
they finally abandoned the butchering business
| and established one of the most noted racing
| stables in the country. Tnere have been many
| stories of disagreements between them of late,
but Phil Dryer says that they part as good
friends as ever. They will own separate stables
next season.
| THE GREAT ATTEMPT of the American SWIM
mer, Davis Dalton, to swim across the English
| channel resulted in his success recently, when
| he arrived at Folkestone, after traversng
| distance of sixty miles, and being in the water
| twenty-three hours and twenry-eight minutes
| continuously. The beach was thronged with
people awaiting his landing, and small feet of
| crafts were sailing the lookout for him.
| There was great enthusiasm in the crowd on
| shore and afioat, and murmur of genuine
| sympathy went up when Dalton finally stag
gered up the sand and fell fainting "a few feet
| from the waters edge.
FROM the Arizona ranches comes a breezy
story of unique wedding, also of whimsical
| wedding present There were two couples to be
| married, and at the time appointed, 200 we'd
| ding guests, all mounted rode into and occu-
| pied the main street of Payson, Arz. Then
| bronchos, aud justice tied the nuptial knots.
| The brother of one of the brides large cattle
raiser, had promised as wedding present as
many head of his cattle as the bridal pairs
| could find and brand before shutdown. The wild
| western fun that followed the nuptials may be
| imagined. The brides, carrying branding irons,
| and the grooms, with laSsos, rode out on their
| hunt. Before shutdown thirty six head of cattle
| had been branded.
| THE REMARKABLE CAREER of John Ruskin the
famous English critic, seems to be rapidly
drawing to close. RuSkin'S health has been
| wretched for long time, and he has teen sub
Jsct to fits of petulance and moodiness, which of
late are said TO have developed into positive in.
| sanity. With all his eccentricitieS Ruskin is
one of the great figures in modern English liter
| ture. Like Carlyle in some important paruicu-
lars he resembles him in nothing so strongly
i as IN the dogmatc tone of his utterances
| Ruskin may be said to have worked revolution
| in English art criticism and in modern English
painting, and his writings show wonderful
| mastery of the principles and literature of art
| He also devoted tins and money to the propa-
CATION of communistic ideas, and yet, .stran kely
| enough, was a reactionsry and ,sentimentalist
| worshiping the good old times and abomi.
| mating railroads and other modern improve
ments Ills alleged reason for never visiting
this country was that we have no castles here
and consequently no medieval picturesquenesS
in Our life,
The NEWS that the Mt Athos monastery has
been partially destroyed by fire, twelve monks
| losing their lives, is of interest because the
monaSteries of Athos are strange institution
| in strange land. The peninsula is the one
| through which Xerxes cut the famous canal for
| his ships in his invasion of Greece. In olden
| times it contained fourshing cities and a tenn
pie to Jupiter. Byzantine princes subsequently,
| erected hermltages and monasteries on Mount
Athos, of which twenty still remain The
| monks belong to the Greek church and admin
| lister their own affairs, but pay tribute to the
Turks. Their old time rights Were secured to them
in the treaty of Berlin the reason that thew were
| not overlooked being that Russia has large in
tiuence with them, and, it is said, uses them as
political entS The presence of large numbers
of Russians at Athos gives the latter fortress
or stronghold in Turkish territory. No female is
permitted to enter the peninsula, but the monks
| themselves have estates in Greece Bulgaria
| Roumania and Russia which they visit and it is
| charged, engage in political intrigues during
! their travels. They are said to number about
900, and, although tributary to Turkey, are
| equally antaSonistic to the Turkish govern ment
| and to the Roman church.
EAST INDIA PAPERS describe the difficulty at
| tending the disposal of the body of an elephant
| at Nowsaree, as illustrating the Indian saying
| that an elephant must be buried where it dies
1t appears that tame elephant, which had
! been Kept at Nowsaree for many years past
| died suddenly. The news was at once tele.
| graphed to Baroda, and sanction for expenses
| incidental to the burial of the animal was OBJ.
| tanned. The local authorities then held A conn
| Gil as to how the remains should be removed to
| distant part of the town, where they could be
| Inferred without endangering the health of the
| inhabitants. 1t was suggested that the BODY
| should be cut up Uto pieces, which
might then be removed and disposed
Of, but this idea was rejected. Ii
| was then resolved to drag the
remains out of the town, and with that object
| 70 pull down one OF the walls within which the
animal had been confined. Hundreds Of coolies
were pressed into the service, and number of
| carpenters, iron.smiths and other artisans
were engaged 10 construct a huge car on wheels
20 convey the dead animal But the body, which
weighed several tons, could not be lifted much
| less removed from the place where it was
Various attempts were made for three DAYS
but they failed one after the other When the
authorities saw that they wers bafied they re-
solved TO adopt the suggestion made at the out
set, aud eventually caused the body 20 be cut
| into nleces. MhIch Mnr. then hurlal nj a shnrt