The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Bernhardt in Joan Of Arc Is almost unprece-
dented- The success Of the piece is unques-
ton d and IN two days the receipts amounted
TO S6.p0.
OK JAN. 10 the statue Of Rowland Fill.
founder Of tie penny post. which stands oy the
royal exchange. in London, was adorned with
evergneens in celebration Of the jubilee Of the
penny post.
PETRIFIED APPLE was discovered at Har-
rington, Ne, g few days ago by some boys. It
had changed 10 the color Of marble. Toe stem
and blossom were apparently as perfect as when
the fruit fell from the tree.
TIE vULTURE is 100 times as heavy as the
swallow, but its wings are only fifteen times as
large. The Australian crane weighs 3.e00. coo
times as much as the gnat, while the latter mas
80 times as much wing surface per unit of
weight
THERE has been a monster baby show in Mel
bourne, Australia Upward Of 700 infants were
on view and 81. COZ people went to see them
Ine exhibition he's aroused an indignant protest
AGAINST the employment Of babes for the enter
tainm=nt of adults
AT CAsTUA. a small town in Austria, all the
couples who become engaged during the year
are united in the bonds Of wedlock at one and
the same marriage ceremony. In virtue of this
ancient ceremony thirty young women were the
other day led TO the altar.
Bray, near Dunstable, England. The bride
whom he had taken out Of the Leighton BuZ-
Zard wOrkhouse. was Sc years of age, and had
been a widow thirty-six years
THE EUROPEAN INFANTRY in India is 70 be
armed with the magazine fe. and first sup
ply Of 5000 is about to be sent out toward the
total of over 50.O0o. which will be required to
complete the armament Native trooDs ara
DalDU vi ha a mi Has,rx
The OLD PALACE of the Tullieries has not en-
tirely disappeared NJ. Picart. the contractor
who undertook to dispose of the ruins, had
many of the stones broken up into paper
weights, in which form many relics Of the
famous building are no doubt still extsnt.
The hardness Of hsirpin in the hands of a
woman has long been no secret or mystery
From buttoning boot to mending an umbrella
1t IS useful in almost any emergency. but a
New York woman has capped the climax by
utilizing the ever-present hairpin for stabbing
policeman.
JOHN WESLEY ELKINs, the - year-old lad who
has Just been sent to the Anamosa ua.) peni-
Tertiary for life for numbering his father and
mother, is said to nave expressed the opinion
that the authorities are rather severe on a poor
orphan. Some people are born "Aickers and
don yol forget it.
The London Geological Society now possesses
white peacock. This bird preserves the
markings which distinguish the species par
| ticularly the large eyelike spots on the tail
| feathers The effect IF these spots Is remark
| able. They are exactly like the pattern on a
| damask tablecloth.
| JOHN BIDDULPH MARTIN and Sir Francis Cook
| advertise in the London Times that they will
| pay 5000 to any one who shall reveal the
| identity of the person or persons concerned in
| the conspiracy to defame their wives. Mrs
| Victoria woodruff now Mrs. John B. Martin,
and Tenme c. ClafIn, now Lady Cook.
THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA is again to be
used as political prison. This time, instead of
| affording shelter to another world-dictator, it
will be the home of certain Zulu chiefs VINO
dared to fight against England in defense of
their fatherland. Evidently a rage for the
| burlesque has taken hold of the Tory govern
| ment.
! 4 WONDERFUL AMOUNT of physical energy was
| developed by Cincinnati policeman ON Satur-
day. man who had violated the law climbed
to the top Of an electric wire pole to avoid ar
rest, but the gallant cop" nothing daunted
mounted after HIM and effected his capture In
such circumstances Philadelphia policeman
would have gone asleep at the bottom Of the
pole until the enemy captulated
EDISON, the inventor is busily engaged in
pushing forward to completion an electric mo-
tor for street railway cars. His idea dispenses
| with the overhead high tension wires and also
J with the storage battery. In few weeks Mr.
Edison expects to give his invention q public
trial on one of the street railroads in Orange
II Mr.. Edison will now perfect an invention fol-
| the manufacture of Beautiful Snow" anC
such other accessories of winter. be will confe
| a lasting benefit on the suffering iceman ant
sleigh contractor.
| Il the western part of North Carolina is wha
has long been known the haunted spring
While the singular phenomenon may possibly
at some time be explained, il has up to thi
hatfield GEantiRQi no eprip
comes from underneath huge rock AMI FIRE
quently tempts the thirsty traveller 10 dismount
Nothing peculiar is noticed until a stoopnj
| posture Is taGen over the spring for the purpos
OF drinking Then a most frightfal face az
pears in the bottom. and as the person face al
proaches the surface OF the water this specie
face, with most horrid grimaceS rises to NEE
| 1t. No one has ever been known to have thu
| courage to drink the water after the appear
ance OF the apparition.
NEW JERSEY has a school fund Of 81, OO0. OO(
and dom know what to do with it. 1t can't b
used for anything but the public schools, an
not very much of it is allowed to go there onl
part of the annual income being available. S
| jealOusly has the state constitution guarded it
| sacredness. Meantime it is piling up ever
1 ! year. and the commissioners are at their wits
| end to find an investment for it. The origina
| idea was to have fund large enough to entirel
| support the public schools throughout the state
but that. it is said would take $4,000 900: anC
besides, it is generally believed that it is bette
. | for the school system 10 have the local schoo.
| directly provided for by local taxes Peopl
? | take more interest in something they have t
pay for.
A NEW INDUSTRY has for q long time been sue
cessfully developed in Arkansas by gang {
S horse thieves. The remarkable thing abor
this gang was that not only was it particular
active and daring, but the horses stolen by
were never afterward recovered. A doctor VIII
was called in to attend one of the gang who ha
! been shot in a quarrel, went by mistake int
the wrong cabin. Before he could be hustle
out he saw enough to arouse his suspicious
These he reported to the sheriff, who with
posse, managed to surround the den of tn
horse thieves and capture some of the gang
8 When the posse entered they found horse ell
z veloped III jacket made of rubber coats, bein
q treated to sulphur vapor bath. The appl
ances were most ingenious and worked YER
well. A black or bay horse would be stolen an
y run into the beachery. After its color wa
u changed and its tail and name trimmed the di
great risk the animal could be taken in dayIlgI
through the very district from which it ha
a been stolen The animals were forthwith riddle
o out of the country.
/. AT A RECENT meeting of the New Englan
o Meteorological Society in Boston there was
= interesting discussion of the characteristics {
the climate of New England. DR.. W. D. Hodge
e read a paper concerning the summer temper,
ture of certain towns the Massachuset
n coast, embracing line of stations of observ
ton extending from the New Hamshire line