The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-25
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TIE main pipe of the Vienna (Austria) water
WORKS, having diamet r of thirty seven inches,
burst On a recent Saturday night, causing i'm
.feEse incOav-ni nee and confusion u the city
Five Of tn existing nine districts were for two
DAYS without water The hospitals and bar
racks felt me sc lrcity OF water most severely.
All the theaters had 10 get the stage reservoirs
nHed by hard pumping from the old public
wells. The theater in Joseftadt had 10 clio e for
two days for want Of water. wuich IS consider d
absolutely necessary to the safety o. the house.
From some curious calculations made by the
minister Of finance il appears that the loans
redeemable and erp4tual-incurred by France
since the year 1871 are thirty-nine in number,
Iepr -sentin< in round figures seventeen mill
ards OF francs. or 6SO,O 1000 sterling. The
econd empire borrowed four mill ards. and
bequeath d this debt TO the republic which.
moreover. considers the empire responsible for
the i've mi ards which were needed to liberate
the territory from occupation, and the three
billiards required to place the army on
pro er footing in the matter of war material
PHYSICIANS at Springfield, O., recently ex-
amined with great interest, young man whose
heart is on the right side. but who nevertheless
enjoys good health. A dispatch gives his name
IS Broslin and quotes him es saying that when
he was little boy he was thrown rom a farm
wagon, and two wheels passed obliqusiy across
his chest. He was il for som time from the
injury, and believes that the heart was showed
over TO ltS present position by the wheels. The
years ago. when he had pm -umonia, and there
was instant cramp d or stuffy sen sation
about the new heart location"
MUNKAcsY is about finishing ceiling for the
Mus um OF the History of the Arts at Vienna,
which will be exhibited at the Palals de l'Indus-
trie in May. This new composition which is
ten meters squares, represents the alegory of
renaissance In the center Titan is surrounded
by his pupils and several models; in the fore
ground, TO the left. Leonard and Raphael are
taking together; above EN-. Veronese works
upon a scaffol linz: to the right are Michael
angelo AM many ether arts s. Tne other
ngures shown are Pope Julius H.. Bramante,
the architect of st. Peters, and two cardinals
over all these groups hovers the genius Of art,
surrounded by angels.
The huge Winter palace at st. Petersburg,
with the exception of the Vatican and Yer
sailles, is the largest palace in the world in
tended for residence, AMI though tastelesS
ana roc CO, has certain gra eur from its i'm
InenSi,y. Like all the Russian palaces the
Winter pala re is mixture of splendor and
shaooinesS luxury AMI discomfort. In gong
over It visitors see everything gorgeous V
adapted for state csremoniais, but wonder how
ami where the imperial family can i've The
whole OF the splendid interior was consumed
by fire in 1887, but peetily restored. 1t is
SAID that not less than $500 persons have fire.
quenty had habitation Ia the Winter palace
As an Illustration of the ludicrous results pro-
other, c. Sturgeon, s3n of the Rev C. H. Spur
geon, mentioned in a lecture that on one occa-
SO IN Lond IN, wnel he and another gentleman
Wer5 announced to preach special sermons, he
was astoniSaed to read the allowing a inounce-
llenG: 'tlO Reward. LpSt-Two Fat heifeTI.
Mr.. j. J. Knight and Mr.. G. Spurg4on" An
OF 1er read as follows; Pigs fattened in six
weeks on The EHQtis lmdn, edit I'd by DR.. Ken
my Price 2tweekly, and kills fleas, be9tles.
insects ana all kinds of vermln. Perry DAVIS
palnkliler cures smoSy chimneys. and notice to
mothers, iced your infants on Bonds marGing
INK, Cd per bottle"
The SERGEANT DUNN of Austria is an old man
named Peter Lechner. He lives, year in and
year out, in a round tower on the top Of the
Sonnblck mountain in the Austrian Alps--the
hiRnest meterolog cal stat on i Europe-and
perhaps IN the world. Throughout the long
lpIue winter he sees no living soul save for an
hour or two on Christmas day. when party
cuts IL way TO MIN frou the valley below laden
with presents sub ,cribed for in Vienna His
business il his eyrie between earth and heaven
i TO take, three times day, the readings OF va
rlous nstrum, nts, and to telegra Oh or telephone
them to the cl TX of the weather in Vienna.
For months his only chance of hearing a hu-
man voice is through the telephone. And all
inns Peter Lechner is willing to do for $500 a
year
AT LITE DINNER at a New York restaurant
one of the members of the party fshed out
from his pocket an ingenious contrivance,
which he said considerably lessened the miseries
of life for mustached men. The affair had a
steel shank about three ncues long which
fastened by SDrl1g to the handle OF his SOUP
So on. The other cad of the shank SUD orted
silver guard, which lifted his long heavy mus
tacle and held It ont of the way Will the con
tenIS or the spoon wera emptled into his mouth
A touch OF his finger on the andle end of the
shank lifted the whole affair to an upright
position, if he wished, so that tls guard was
was not in the soup at ALL When in plac, il
/ wi Ia uI Off -
out was held by the shank about an inch from
the edge
A CURIOUS LOSS in the mails is told of in the
Adce tier of Boston: AT Christmas time
some person out of town incioseI a gold ring n
lett r as a gift to a friend in this city When
the letter was delivered the ring " as found to
be missing, and clean-cut circular hole
throu{ IN the enveo showed how it had as
capped. A search was instituted and il was
found that the Litter containing the ring had
been placed in the lacka &c beside pa ket con-
tanning quite large sum of money in gre IN
backs. The weight of mail matter upon the
nag containing these letters had forced the ring
| through The envelope in which it was contained
am nearly through tine package Of greenoacks
III which it was found imbedded. When the
money packet was Opened the ring droppe out
| together itl q large number of C rcIlar frag-
ments of greenbacks of the exact size of the
ring, which had been cut out as neatly as with
die"
THE PRACTICE of using a stenographer for
| the purpose Of expediting business correspond
ence," remarked wei known dry goods mer-
chant in the Gisey house, New York, ais one
| that has grown 10 huge proportions, and that.
| too, within very few years. Fifteen or twenty
| years ago II Clerk who could take dictation IN
| sh rthand aud then t.anscribe the letters
| quickly and correctly on typewriter was an
unneard-ot thing. Indeed ut that time tn
| type ritter was in its infancy and was almost
unknoWn IN the commerce al world. With the
| Improv smentS in the typewriter, however came
| tie education of young men and women for this
! peculiar branch of clerical work and now there
Is hard an office in the city where there is not
| me or more amlnuenSes employed and as a
result, business letters are clearer and far more
| iegiule than formerly Every motel that has
any claims whatever of bein cit Ter first or sec
! ond class has its stenos graph Z; ami now comes
| tine a est thing in ths shorJnanl line the plac
ing OF sUenograpn- r and typew tier on the
| limited trains betWe N Ne " York and Chica 20.
| TO men VINO are accustomed to dictate their
| corresp )ndence to theft stenograple S this will
be positive luxury and will enaUie them to do
a vast amount OF letter writlag On the trai n"
wELL-KNowN boat builder on the st. Law.
renee, who has been in New York taking orders
| for the past two or three weeks, remarked that
the English custom of living III house boats was
taking hold here, says the New York Sun.
| AN up and down the Thames, " he said ''tnera
are lots of these pretty lutte cottages built on
| floats and named house. boats. Tuey are toya I
canals and IN ID a,