The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the lots was go, 900 Australian opossTtsn skins
At another sale 10000 African monkey skins
were offered.
THz TOTAL RECEIPTS OF the Paris rheaters last
year were S6,5OO.O0o. an increase Of nearly
100000 over 1888. The exposition is sup
posed 10 account for it.
A LONDON WOMAN announces that she is about
to open barber shop where all the BARRIERS
shall be women, and the newspapers speak
favorably Of the scheme
WINE is now transported in Europe in tank
cars, just as petroleum is here Ons car recent
~ carried 1000 gallons from Italy to Berlin and
the contents were received In good condition.
THERE is now on exhibition at the Third
National Bank in Scranton check bearing the
signature of George Washington 1t was drawn
just three mo lths and one day before his death.
CAToNI. giant above seven feet in hight
and stout in proportion, with an enormous
head, has just died iE Italy. Numerous attempts
had been made to secure him by several show
men.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS riding horse is shod with
a new shoe. IL is in two parts AMI has on its
lower surfacs a rubber-like composition, the
object of which is to prevent the horse from
slipping.
QUEEN ELIZABETH PRAYER BOOK is shown in
the Tudor exhibition in London. IL is bound in
enameled gold and printed by A. Barker in
1874 and is one of tine cnIef wonders OF the
Tudor SLOW.
AT RECENT BALL in London the electric light
was arranged to vary il color. being alternately
red, blue, green, and yellow. The ladies didn't
ike It, as lt ruined in alienation the effect of
all their costumes.
II WAS CLAIMED in the meetings attending the
celebration of the 42d anniversary of modern
spir1tualism recently that there are so, COO spir-
ltuallsts in Boston alone, many of whom are
scattered among the various churches.
THE costliest horse barn in the world belongs
to ID. Z. Grouse, and is located at Syracuse, n.
y II nas now cost the owner something like
S1p,OO0 Incidental expenses will make tn /.
stable cost little short Of a round million.
R. WoMERLY of Memphis, Tenn, offers from
80 cents to S25 for old confederate postage
stamps issued in 1861 from Athens or Macon
postoffices. Stamps cancsllsd and left ON origi-
nal envelopes will command higher price
THE ENGLISH POSTAL DEPARTMENT is advertis-
ing for bids for the carrying OF the mails by
coaches between London and several nearby
places. The coaches are 20 run only at night
and to take the mails which go by train
GERMANY is the only civilized country in the
world wherein murderers are still beheaded
with an or sword. 1t might be added that
the United States Is the only country where
all.
AT CANNES, on Sunday morning, the Prince
of Wales unveiled the monument to his dead
brother, the Duke of Albany, which has been
erected by the queen. 1t is a full length figure
in Highland costume. The sculptor is Pelle-
grim. orc
Nor LONG AGO Michael Londergan Of New
Haven. sat down to dinner in high spirits; then
ne made joke, and laughed so violently that
p.ece of meat flew into his windpipe, and ne
was choked to dea5h before he could quit the
table.
THE Geographic postal card is great con-
venience in Paris. Opel cards of this kind are
delivered anywhere in Paris within an hour after
they are mailed for six cents; closed ones
giving as much room as au ordinary letter, for
10 cents
The QUEEN DowA9ER of Portugal Maria Pia
has q passion for witty conversation, and
though always ready with a clever and intelli-
gent remark, is not very laxative In this
respect she resembles her father, Victor EN-
manuel
THERE is said to be a big opening in Madras
and Bombay for American deutists. Madras is
a city of 100000 inhabitants, aud has not a
single American dentist there. Stress is laid on
the word American as their skill is proverbial
III foreign countries. H.
An ENGLISH COOK roasts vensioa in crust
made of equal parts of flour and bran mixed
with water and rolled out as thin as possible
Twenty minutes before the joint is cooked the
paste should be removed aud the Joint Drowned
in the usual manner
1T Is REPORTED in New York that Gov Hill
has secured control of a majority of the stock
OF the Albany Argus, in which case the Times
and Argus are likely to be consolidated under
the management of L. z. Ualcott, leaving
mayor-eect Manning out.
The COMPETITION of Russian traders with the
English in the markets of Persia is already con-
sidered unsuccessful. 1t is said that Russia
must consider ths Persian market us lost for
ever unless railroad is quickly buiIt from
Baku TO the Persian frontier.
NEW MUSEUM will soon be started in Paris to
be known as the museum of the French army.
and to comprise ancient uniforms, equipments.
arms, and everything relating to the history of
French regiments. An enormous amount of
material has already been securei
SEA GuLLs are late in visiting London this
winter. Usually they come up the Thames
directly severe weather sets in, but none have
been seen this season until the end of last week,
when flock of the black species
appeared between Blackfriars and Waterloo
bridges.
ONE of the finest pieces OF WORK ever turned
out at Mare Island navy yard San Francisco is
"a,
to BE- presented to him by this government as
his token of esteem for his kindness to Ameri-
can officers and sailors at the wreck of the
Trenton and Nandailas
JUST fifty years ago in 1910, William f.
Andrews, master mason OF Providence r. l..
stampe his initials on copper cent and put
it in circulation. Last Monday in taking some
change, he found his coIa latter fifty years Of
wandering il had returned. and he would not
take hundreds of dollars Tor it.
RUSSIA is interested in the statistics of T,lsh.
kurof, a traveller and ethnologist who points
out the fact that there are 400 900 heathens and
5000 Mohanmedans ia the russian army. the
latter forming = PR cent of the Cossacx regi-
nentS, and also declares thai christianity is
dying out in Southeastern Russia
Two MEN attempted to cross the ella river
California, in a skiff. They had $4,000 in bull
ion from the Harqua Hala mines When half
way over the boat capsizei. Davis held to tbs
bullion until ne struck bottom and lodged the
treasure behind "A big bowlder. The boat was
soon righted and the treasure safely recovered
A Now WOMAN doesn't claim to be connected
with the English arstocracy, but just the same
she was born on the same day that ushered
Queen Victoria into the world, she was married
on the same day that the Queen and Prince
Albert were wed, and her first child was horn
ON the same day that Albert Edward assumed
entity.
THERE are perhaps 80 caterers within mile of
Nav XOr nf,