The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01
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| American Electric Light Association in Kansas
City a few days ago was machine to weigh
sunshine
ScoTcHNES banqueting in London are now en-
tertained with music of real northern bagpipes
Played into phonograph and sent down to
London by express.
| PRINCESS VICTORIA, the sister of the Emperor
William, will hereafter live most of the time out
| OF Germany, having an allowance of 5000 a
year Ior that purpose from her brother.
IT Is RUMoRED that the first volume of Bis
marck' s unpublished correspondence extending
from 1862 to 1880, is about 20 be issued and that
Tue second volume will appear soon after the
/ first.
ONE citizen of Augusta, Me-, called another a
| Jackass" about two years ago. The matter
has been in court ever since and the other day.
When finally settled, it had cost each htigant
| over $1,000.
THERE is a new Eiffel tower on the banks of
the Neva, near St Petersburg, constructed en-
tirely of 10000 blocks Of ice with restaurants,
observation platforms and other attractions. 1t
is $50 feet high.
ORIGINALITY manifests itself in the travelling
bags of the hour. the sides Of which are filed
with white oilcoth Kangaroo alligator, ele-
phant and pig skins are the popular hides used
ana shield and bottom rests are plate.
| EVERY COUNTY in Ireland is represented in
| New York by an organized society. The last to
form was of Roscommon men, who completed
| their association few nights ago. This makes
thlrty-two OF these county organizations
| The GERMAN GOVERNMENT is experimenting
with novel kind of a shoe for the infantry
| regiments. The sole consists of a metallic welt
| filled with guttapercha and resin. This costs
| much less than leather and aids in the elasticity
| OF the marching step.
| LATIN ceased to be spoken as language of
the people in Italy about 5s1. 1t was first
taught in England in the seventh century, and
speedily became the learned language of the
klngdom and the one in which English litera-
lure and law were expressed.
AN interesting "bone cave" OF prehistoric
times has recently been discovered in New
Zealand. 1t contains great variety of relics,
| including bones of the moa bird. besides Maori
implements of wood, fishing tackle with bone
hooks and wood carving of dog.
RESOLUTION thanking Divine Providence for
| the general prosperity of the country was intro
duced into the Illinois Swedish Lutheran con-
ference. at Rockford, ILL.,, last week, but was
defeated by the farmer lay delegates, on the
ground that there had not been such prosperity
as to call for special thanks.
The hight of ocean waves has recently been
measured In very ingenious way by floating
| sensitive aneroid barometer, to which record
| ing apparatus was fitted on the surface of the
1 WdtSF. III mas LuuS Deen proved UlaJ J0e waves
| attain hight of forty feet from trough to
| crest in fairly heavy sea, and probably very
| much more IN violent gales.
| LITTLE ToDDLER, the son of an Indiana sa-
loon-keeper, going behind the counter to play,
ran and got hold of some whisky and drank his
| fill, and then stretched out for a nap. When
| FOUND by his parents he was almost dead. Ply
| sicians worked for several hours before he
| covered consciousness. His jaw and limbs were
stiffened like those of corpse.
| DELMAR GUANCIA, q Spaniard, who is now
visiting the principal cities in this country,
| does not speak word of English. He expresses
| his wants by pen pictures. If he wants a
| pitcher of water he shows the picture Of
| pitcher to the bell boy If he desires to attend
a theater he shows picture of stage with
1 actors to the hotel clerk and boy is assigned
| to take him to the best show in town.
CLEVER YOUNG WOMAN in St. Joseph, Mo-,
outwitted tyrannicaI father on Friday and
| without his consent. She managed to become
maid of honor at a wedding where her "best
] man" was also the grooms, and at the conclu-
| sion OF the ceremony advanced with the grooms-
| man, and they were pronounced man and wife
''ere the mother could speak or the father could
| bar"
| AN EXCITING BOAT RACE, to be, in q sense, an
| international contest, is soon to be rowed at
Seattle, Wash, between two four cared crews
| composed of graduates of American and En-
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| dered of Waters of Troy, N, Y, for the race.
| The American crew will be Carter 'S8; Hurd
'8S, and Goodwin, 80, all of whom have rowed
| in the Yale University crew, and Dana, 'SS, of
| Harvard.
AT DINNER PARTY given in New York a
night or two ago set of wonderful doylies that
| attracted much admiring notice were used.
| They are the work of Thomas Nast's daughter,
| who has inherited much of her fathers wonder
| full ability" said the hostess The foundation
| dOViY of sheer hOltinp cloth cd
on silk and decorated with exquisite figures in
water colors, the design on each square being
wholly unlike that on any other
AT THE RECENT SNOW BLOCKADE on the Union
Pacific, an engineer was hurrying several physi-
clans to the scene of an accident. trestle at
| one point appeared shaky. He made his pas
| sengers get off and wax around it. He backed
f. his engine half a mile, opened the throttle and
| ''let her drive" She went like lightning over
the spot OF danger, cleared 1t ana brought the
/ physicians to the bedside of the dying and
wounded in time to render valuable service.
THE Gar of Russia has just decorated pri-
vate soldier whose fidelity recalls the story Of
| the Roman sentinels, who persisted in the de-
| struction of Pompeii. When recent earth
quake destroyed small Russian town in Cen
| trail Asia this soldier was on duty at the mill
| tary treasury. Although the houses were crash
| ing around him, he stood motioness awaiting
| death. Fortunately sergeant saw him amid
| the ruins and Instantly ordered him to quit his
post.
A SPECIAL from Indianapolis says: Last Sat
urday Willie Goodspelt aged ID, was observed
| staggering about the commons south of the
| city and his condition indicating that he was
| drunk, some boys had fun with him by standing
| him up and seeing him fall. Finally his family
was notified of his condition, and then it was
| discovered he had been poisoned. He lay IN
| conscious for many hours, and he has only re-
| covered sufficiently to say that he became
| deathly sick after eating bologna sausage. The
| probabilities are against recovery.
| NINE. ROLE, who was persuaded to lend the
famous Sevres table, for which Napoleon l. paid
the artist Isabey over $1,000, to the exhibition,
and which it was feared had been lost, has, after
all, recovered it, The table is one of the finest
| specimens of Sevres china. and contains in the
center p rtrait of Napoleon, scepter in hand
surrounded by thirteen OF his faithful field mar
| shals. In 1916 it taken from the Tuileres
| by order of the king and sold to collector
who again sold it for $4,000 to NJ. de Series
| from whom it passed into the hands of the
daughter of Isabey. Nine. Wey Isabey left it at
| her death to the present owner.
| AN EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT at suicide has
| been made in Paris. A shoemaker described as
| a decent, Industrious man, having fallen into
misfortunes, and suffering from extreme DOW
| erty decided to take his own life and end the
| struggle. He took a knife used in his trade and
| tn ST h in,