The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-03
ITEMS OF INT REST.

VAMPIRE BATS are so destructive TO cattle in
the Brazilian provinces of Natu Grossi and
Entire Rios that stock raising has bscome un-
profitable. The government offers 81 OD0 re-.
ward Tor the sugg -stion Of any plan which will
tend TO abete the pest. In a single night aS
many as twenty of the winged blood slIckers
attack single COW. leaving il heiDJess On tbs
field. '''0
81. JOSEPH and Independence men have or
gained in Missouri an expedition to 20 to Ari-
iona and search for the Lost Vegas" a nine
OF fabulous richness, which was worked n
century or two ago but the location Of which
mas been for long time unknown Before in
Vestln any money In the scheme these gentle
men might learn something to their advantage
oy corresponding with David T. Weir Of Kansas
City. Mr.. Weir has lately been searching for
lost ana hidden treasure, and has succeeded in
accuhuIatlnX rich store of valuable eXpe-
rience and faded hopes
Tls COMFORTING TO the national pride to
learn that the original hight claimed for
Mount st. Elias, in regard to which doub Is
were raised by a party that ATTEMPTED 10
ascend IL last year, has been restored to It
Late advices from the eX lorers sent ont
ny the National Geographical Socie ty of
washington this season are to the effect that
tney tailed TO reach the summit, as they had
hoped TO do, but descended Co a point over
l4,oOO feet above the level of the sea, and found
from that point summit, yet TO be scaled, be-
tween 1900 and 5000 feet higher as nearly az
could be calculated. This puts the hight of the
great Alaskan peak at the figure
Win which 10 mas for many years been credited
VIZ: about 1900 feet. Let the eagle scream
accordingly.
LU PENN is dead. He was prince of royal
Corean blood in practical exile. He came to
this country years ago as member Of an en-
hassy. The others went back but he wanted
to stay and study. He had studied in China
and Japan and was looked uBon as a man Of
rare scientific gifts. He had a liking for agri-
culture and studied at the Maryland Agricllt-
ural college, from which he graduated last
June-a man Of A.. To follo'g up his
Investigations he got work under
Secretary Rusk in Washington and
report the results Of his studies La Penn was
a nobleman Of wealth, but his long absence
without leave was dispieasing to Corea. and il
Is said MS estates were cohtiscate1. At any
rate the Corean legation did not recognize him
or1icially. Tuesday night be was run over by
an express train aud killed. Admiral Ammen.
Assistant Secretary Wilets and few intimate
friends be had made among public men A.
ranged for his funeral as the Corean caarp
adaras could not compromise the legation b
doing So.
The following extraordinary obituary ap-
peared in the Washington Star of Oct. rs, the
name of the deceased, which Is there given III
full, being here suppressed: In the death on
the 10Th instant OF Mrs. - ---- .----, VIII
i OF Maj. - formerly Of the Iay
firm of -. & - Cincinnati o
and also protector OF the iutercontinental raj!
way in prospect now OF being built, the JOY of a
once happy family In which. as an inspiration
her GENTLE and smiling presence moved, is Ger
Swallowed by the most severe of all trials the
loss Of model wife and mother, who, as the
idolzed daughter Of an eminent LAWYER -
-, nephew to Admiral - of Napoleonic
fame, brought also eS the aunt TO Count Mana
tri Of Pisa, Italy, unto the select circles into
which she with grace and charm of person
moved, beloved by all, not only distinguished
pedigree, but womanhood of deep religious
piety and sincere Christian charity, o'ershai-
owed by the brilliant accomplishments that
now from the two sons and three daughters who
| remain TO revere her memory give back reflect
OF a mothers gifted soul"
TINE is great factor in ocean freight trans
| portation as well as in the passenger business.
In the old days when tho clipper ship was con-
sidered perfect type of ocean travel, twenty
days was quick passage between New York
ana Liverpool, and when The He'd Jacket made
| her Famous trip in 10 days, hour and % min
| utes, t3e feat created as much excitement as
| the breaking of a record by an ocean greyhound
does IN these days of marine triumphs The
! trip was made in 1884. and was an eastward one
| the sailor logging S,017 miles from Sandy Hook
| to Liverpool. In the following year the
| clipper ship Mary Whitredge ran from Balti-
more to Liverpool in % days and hours; she
| Travelled 1900 miles. Another remarkable trip
| was made by the Dreadnaught in 1859 She
| sighted the Irish coast in days and II hours
after leaving New York but it took her three
udyS iOuBof ~ TodCQ LIVERPOOL. An instance
showing the sailing quality of the old clipper
ships occurred in 1854 The Adelaide, of the
Williams Guion line, white on her way down
New York bay, was passed by the steamship
Sidon of the Cunard line: but the A ielaide az
rived in the Mersey before the Sidon having
made the passage in i9 days and hours
IN A LECTURE before the Commercial Club of
Knoxville recently the Hon Albert Roberts
gave the following facts about the timber re-
sources Of Tennessee: There are thirty seven
varieties of native TT es in the state In the
oroer OF their commercial value they incIude
Whits and yellow poplar; oak eight
varieties; walnut. two Varieties: ash
three varieties: elm. two varieties; hick-
oFy four varieties; locust, three varieties:
maple. three varieties SaSsafras, two varieties:
besides Teach, birch, buckeye, box el Ter cherry,
cedar. chestnut, coffeenut, catalpa c Jttonwood,
cypress, cucumber, dogwood, fust.c or shittlm
gum, molly, hacKberry' haw, hemlock. iron
wood lynn or Eastwood, mulberry, per
simmon, sycamore, sourwood. sumacn,
willow and white pine. Poplar trees
never reproduce themselves aud the area
of the poplar timer lands in the United
States is comparatively small Nowhere
do poplars grow exclusively. In East Tennes-
see there are vast tracts of forest land for sale
at 81 > So an acre. 1t is a singular fact that
not stic& OF yellow poplar grows on the west
side OF the Mississippi river, except in South
eastern Missouri. 1t is estimated that of Ten
nessee's 5000. 0a0 acres of lAnd one half is in
forests. The timber wealth OF the state is now
beng developed by 43G saw-mills. 142 planning.
and twenty shingle mills, besides plants for
making barrels.
The oldest church in continental Europe,
says the Boston Trdnscript, is the Church of
Sta Maria in Trastevere in Rome. In the year 221
Pope Calixtus l. obtained permission from the
Emperor Alexander Servus TO build a church.
This church, It is said, was the first that Yves
made public i'll Rome, 1t underwent number
of repairs and was rebuilt from the foundation
in 1888 II the foundation is taken into consld-
Grafton it is the Oldest. TherS is, however, an
other old church in the same city
which has not been built over.
IL is ST. Clements. and is reputed to be
on the site of the house of st. Clement; it was
built in AN and its primitive style is still pre-
served. The mosque of st. Sophia, CONSTANT
NOBLE, was originally a Christian church, having
been built in 32b by the Emperor Constantine.
It was destroyed by IRE in 404 and rebuilt
upon the same foundation in 4l6, and again de-
stroyed about $50 and rebuilt in 532. When Com
stantinople was captured by the Moslems il was
converted into q Mohammedan mosque. In Spain
the Cathedral of Zaragoza is said to have been
the Temple Of Diana, and was converted
into church after that city the first in SPAIN
protested Christianity under the preaching of
st. James AS he suffered martyrdom in the
year a. this places the Cathedral of Zaragoza
in the fore rank, but the authenticity of its
antiquity is defective. In England is claimed
for cue Abbey Church of the Abbey of GlaSton