The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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TEE FARAeRAPz in New YORK evening paper
announcing tie sale Of tie stallion Ko the King
a. Lexington for S3i. O00 caused not q little in
guy On the part OF horseuen as TO the identity
I OF Inc horse, but on the 0ther hani il was the
source o. a good deal Of amusement TO tele
Srdpn Q Operators, or those who understand tue
Morse alphabet -'kO'' is the term useI by eff
Gent telegraph operators 70 denote colon lust
/ = 81 Is the marx Transmitted for senic Don.
/ ne young man no copied the dispatch an
! noInciny the sale Of Tns King ths famous son
I OF lIeorgs Wilkes. br1Tely put down the "Ko."
ana the copy reader graFely inserted il in the
/ headline
| TIE CORRESPONDENT OF the London Tsmss az
Su-z, describing the arrival Of Stanley at that
place on Jan 10. says: Stanley stood on the
QuaTter-deck dressed in gray tweed, his figure
very much sllShter than three years ago, his
close-clt and almost perfectly white hair show
ing on his bronzed face with its HARDEST lips
ana cold gray eyes As I looked a. him he
seemed the embodiment OF physical endurance
aud mental self control, and noticed more
an ever that singular part resemblance to
men as different from himself as from each
o-her-CIen- Gordon and Capt. Burton He has
lne eyes o. GordOu and the lips of Burton
though generally free from mysticism. there
are times when Stanley's eyes seem TO have
toat far-aEay light which was the most strik-
lnZ charecte Flstlc OF GordOn's personal appear
ance, and there are times when -Stanleys lips
nake you feel that you would rather not
quarrel with him
| IT Is REMARKABLE how inexorable is nature"
SAID a New York physician the other day Il
was thinking Of it in connection with friend
| OF mine who is also an occasional patient
| though not for the cause OF which am about
| 70 speak. he Is musician, composer as well
| as a performer, and man on the sunny side of
| 40. In youth he contracted the habit OF listen
| Ing ana iooHln more with his left ear AMI eye
| IMAM with the right; it grew upon MIN until il
became natural to incline forward constantly
| the lett side of his face and head As result
| now these parts have abnormally developed.
his LETT eye Is very perceptibly fuller and larger
than its fellow, his left ear is not only keeuer
| IN ITS hearing properties, but of decidedly
greater size than the right. and most curiousIy
soo, 1ne entire pony structure OF the left front
| hsad- eye socket, and cheek bone are consider
| aoiy more prominent THAI the other. If he has
| headache, it is always on the left side: his
mar Is quite gray on his left temple; his eye
| oFo| and mouStache, too, on that side are
| thicEiy bespriukled with white. while on the
| other side the natural color is retained All
| TINS IS not. perhaps, noticeable to the casual
| observer. but by trained eye like that of a
physician or photographer il is at once dis
covered.
a LONDON ENGINEERING JOURNAL gives some
further information about the successful ex-
pertinent, conducted in Port Chester creek, of
! jumping torpedo boat over boom The ex-
| pertinent was made by the officers of the
| vernon. Inc boom, which was twenty feet in
| lehg a, dl1ered from the usual spars which are
| used Tor the defense Of haroOrs against torpedo
| attacks, in that it was six feet broad and snr
| mounted by number of spikes. which it was
| supposed would receive the boat and hold it a
! prisoner No. a fi-st-claSs torpedo boat which
had been strengthened for the purpose. was
| selected to attack the boom. Having made
Few preliminary runs in the harbOr ro anablA
her engines to obtain full speed she made a
| qasn at the boom at the rate of about twenty
Knots. At this speed her stem was lifted one of
the water almost as high as the boom itself
| "hlcn sunk on impact, and before it could rise
| TO the surface the momentum Of the craft had
| carried her over. She was subsequently berthed
| ana II was found that neither her cut-water nor
| propeller had suffered in the least, nor had a
| singe place been bulged or started The result
| OF the experiment goes far TO show that either
the oooms must be duplicated or that they
| must De supplemented with nets with the
object OF entangling the screws of the attacking
boats.
Or GENERAL SHERIDAS's CHILDREN a Wash
ington correspondent writes "Au three are
| pupils OF the Convent of Visitation, on Con-
| necticut avenue. They are day scholars. living
IN retirement with their mother in their plain
quiet home on Rhode Island avenue MARY
| the eldest, is about Il. and resembles her
father both in face and figure The twins
| Louise and Irene, are ~ years old, and LOOK
| very much like Mrs. Sheridan. They are
dressed in plain black frOcks and coats 50 er
actly alike that their best friends cannot tell
them apart. They wear their brown hair in a
deInllength that admits Of neither plat nor
| curl Iney have the pretty, convent bred man.
| ner OF paying instant attention when SPOKEN
| TO- and are as serious as little nuns But there
IS naive originality about them that is charm
| ing. 1t was the twins VINO made that pretty
speech Few years ago. They were out walk
| ing when some strangers stopped them and
asked if they were Gen Sheridan's children
No, said Louise, gravely we are the twins
They are Gen Sheridan's children said
| Irene. pointing back to Mary and little Phi.
who were following with their nurse The bow
IS not only the idol of the home but of the
whole neighborhood his usual coe-nornan bainey
Ilrtle
where except to church, and that is usually
to early mass
The defeat Of New York for the worlds fair
and the death of John Jacob Aston have each
an important bearing on the prospects for the
erection of st. Johns cathedral. the great
SIS Q0lO structure that the Episcopalians of
New York contemplate erecting under Bishon
Potter's direction. says the New YORK Pres
The site for the cathedral is part of the ground
that was Included in the worlds fair site II
nad oeen given to the use Of the worlds fair
committee and the commencement of work on
the cathedral was thought thereby to have
been postponed for several years Now fhe
prospect IS tha- ground will be broken next
year In the Trinity building architects are az
work daily making drawings and preparing,
| plans for the cathedral, using the four prizs
plans a basis OF their work. The plans alone
| cost S35. 900. They al contemplate the use of
the finest granite, such as is put into govern
ment buildings at Washington. John Jacob
Astor's interest in the cathedral was yery deem
nc vas, Al-4ccu ScCOUu only 70 BlSlOD Potter
urging on the preliminary steps for the catbe-
dral, and had expected to spend So OOOOOO or
S3,OO0OOO to put an Aston memorial in the
church His interest in the cathedral made il
certain that between his bank account and the
Trinity church millions there would be no lack
of funds for the work when once begun II is
said that his son and heir. William Waldorf
Aston, intends to carry out his fathers wishes
IN respect TO the cathedral. so that with the
site not wanted for the worlds fair we NAV
soon look for the breaking of ground for lis
foundations
In THE NAVAL ACADEMY at Annapolis, SAYS the
New York Sun, is the son of a wealthy and hon
ored Japanese, who is taking a course of train.
ing preparatory to entering the mikado's navy.
This cadet has an enemy, another Jap, who is
living ID Washington. 1t is said that in a three
cornered Irritation between these youths and a
beautiful maiden who resides in Toxic the naval
cadet came out victorious. Unable to control
himself the anquiShe rival at last took refuora
II that meanesC of warfare, the telling of tales
he wrote to his friends in Japan that the cadet
was bad man, described his faults and made
the poor fellow appear q heartless ogre These
tales finally reached the ears Of the girl who
said she didn't believe the n. Then she sat down
and wrote her cadet lover all she had heard In |
due time her tear-Stained miSsive reached An
napollS. and since then-a month ago-the ma
hgned Jap has eaten beet by the pound and |
given himself up to swinging Indian clubs spar-
ring and practising the broadsword exercises !
A week since he found himself devoid of an |
ounce of superiuous flesh and thirsting for |