The morning news., 1890-11-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| with her eyes flashing, everybody looked i'm
| mensely interested, until courtiy old gentle
man rose up from MS char End. bowing most
graciously. responded, 30. madam, how thank
| full we are that you came back to this country
| alive"
DR.. LYMAN ABBOTT. who has just made an
| extended trip through England, expresses this
interesting judgment about the American
church: Possibly it was an accident but we
neither saw nor heard in our brief visit in
England of parish house, such as appertains
to st Georges parish in New York City. And
lt seems 10 me to be typical fact. that evea
wnen churcn is beng rebuilt. to fit 1t. one
would Imagine, for modern uses, the rebuild
ing IS always spoken of as a restoration and
the enceavor seems always to be rather to pre-
serve stately memorial than to prepare for
present eXlgencv. Sententiously expressed
the established church of England of to-day
appears TO me to be beautiful monument to
the life of the past, rather than a skilfully
ADOPTED instrument for the work of the future -
E. BERRY WALL appeared in Wall street, New
York, several days ago. aud announced the
fact that be had become an insurance agent
he is no longer king of the dudes, and his dress
attracts very little attention berry is a has
been, said a broker who saw him, land
MS reputation as dude, whether a just one or
not, has injured him greatly in his business
prospects AS an agent for brand of cham
pagne 1t was good advertisement, but in any
other business it is az injury. The word is al
ways used in contemptuous way. Wall is by
courted that kind Of notoriety. BY the way, it
Is an interesting fact that the eight other men
employed In the same insurance agency with
him have the reputation of being ex-million-
aires know for a fact that one of them at
least Is, and 1t only shows how 1ckle is fortune
on the street"
FATHER OSBORNE, High Church Episcopal
clergyman. well known in this city and Boston,
has concluded to remain in South Africa. To
Boston friend he writes THE Kafrs have
talrly won my heart / shall not forget the feel
ing that came over me when l went to q great
hquor law meeting here, at which the native
question was prominent one. Forty Kafir men
came with me. Going through the streets of
CdpetoWn WITH such an escort in wonderful ap-
parel felt as if l was in a Christy minstrel
show, but coming back with then, and listening
70 them softly singing hymns as we went along
IN the dark, and remembering how few wears
ago not one was baptized and many were naked
savageS, Learned deep lesson of the reality of
the work here. Contrast your Bible-cass in
Boston with this. Fifteen stalwart men in q
dlngy room painfully and anxiously spelling out
the gospel story from their Testaments with
absorbed interest, and as anxiousiy explain
ing word by word through an interpreter and
wondering II | was making myself under
Stood"
IHE NECESSITY of having reliable method of
effecting communication between the shore and
a ship in dis. .ress or between one vessel and
another, has always been recognized, and to
this end various line throwing appliances have
been brought forward from time to time. The
latest of these is the shoulder line-throwing
gun invented by Capt D'Arcy-Irvine. r. N
This apparatus, which is not an expensive af
Ialr, consists OF shoulder gun having the cop,
or con or line, suspended in case carried under
the oreech of the gun. rod is inserted in the
oarrel, the fore end of the rod being connected
with the end of the liue which is in the center
OF the cop. The line is 1a4 yards long. and the
charge or gunpowder used is two drains. Upon
the gun being fired at high elevation the rod
is projected upward and forward, carrying the
hne trailing away after it. The object is of
course, to land the line over the ship or other
ooJect. the rod dropping beyond it. BY this
means a rope can be made fast TO the tail end
of the line by the succoring party and be hauled
on board by those in distress.
But few of the descriptions of the recent
marriage of Archduchess Valerie of Austria
have made mention of an incident which oc-
CURED on the eve of the wedding The emperor
and empress hal prepared charming surprise
Ior tne bride, always their favorite daughter
and still more dear to them since the suicide of
Their son Rudolph at Meyerling. Baron
fozecny, director of the court theaters, had re-
celved orders to summon with great secrecy To
lschl the members of the famous quartette of
the Vienna opera From the railroad station
Inc singers were driven to the house of the
master OF ceremonies, and conducted to a room,
Wnere they received four copies of song,
which they were requested to learn. A splen-
did dinner was served to them in the same
room, In which they were to remain until sum
woods to the imperial villa and placed under
the cover OF heavy clump OF trees opposite the
terrace of the residence, with instructions to
await given signal before beginning their song.
AT last the empress appeared, holding her
daughter by the waist; behind them was the
emperor with the bridegroom, the Archduke
salvador. AS they were all silently standing on
the terrace Prince Hohenlohe gave the signal and
from under the deep shade of the trees there
hoated UP the sounds of an exquisite song the
words and music OF which had been composed
by the young bride herself some time previ-
ously. The arc duchess rose toward her par
ents, her eyes filled with tears of emotion and
happiness. Then the emperor went down in the
garden and presented each singer with a da-
mond scarfpin,
AN English resident in India thus describes
in Lon9man's MaquEine, the performances of
the large IsabelIfne bears which are OCCASION
ally brought from Cashmere to display their
tricks at Calcutta The greatest objection is
that each poor bear has all his teeth pulled and
then wears a muzzle in order that the spectator
may not notice the denuded state of his mouth
Before the combat, the man has covered hi,
naked back with thick piece of cowhide. but
the rest of his garb is little more than pocket
handkerchief. He slaps his naked arms and
eness Sansss with nth his his hands. and chal-
standing fully as tall as he, waddeS
forward with his head comcally on one side
and arter a few feints and passes the man is
locked in the bears embrace. The cowhide on
the man S back protects him from the bears
long claws, but to those who see the contest for
the nrst time, the position seems very danger
Gus. Inc man struggles and twists about and
tries In vain to tip up the bear; all the time
ne Is talking loudly, abusing the bear and all its
ancestors While he seems to grow more and
more exhausted. just as the spectators become
really anxious for his safety there is a sudden
IWlSt- PROBABLY preconcerted signal to the bear
and the pair roll over on the ground the man
promptly rising victorious and planting his
loot on his confederate'S neck Thron1hout
the combat the bear usually wears a stolid LOOK
OF IN !lfference, but often as have watched the
struggle there are still times when it seems 10
me that some one ought to interpoSe If Won
pay a visit to the huts where bears and man
usually pat up together, on the outskirts Of a
town, you will find them living in a most ad
mlrable intimacy; indeed, il they are roused in
the early morning during cold weather it is
uIncult TO distinguish man and bear as they
begin to arise from their slumbers on the same
bed of straw.
EARLY in the year 705 A. D., John VII. at that
time Pope of Rome, published letter, in which
he made the startling announcement that he
mad just deposited In the Church of St. Maria
Maggiore, in the Imperial City, the only
authentic portrait of Jesus in exis1enca il was
the bloody likeness of the Savior, which was
mlracuously imprinted on a piece of liner
winch st. Veronica had received from, the |
hands OF Jesus himself The story of st. Veronica
ana the bloody portrait according to Eusehius
whose legends have been quoted in former in |
stalmentS OF Notes for the Curious" is as fol |
lows. Veronica was resident of .Jernsalen |
during the ministry of JaSua and mo,