The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A CLAUSE OF the marriage contract between
the late DR.. Schliemann and the Greek girl
whom he made his second wife was to the effect
that she should improve her knowledge Of
Homer ~ Learning and recitIng fifty lines OF
the Had nightly. Schlismann, when telling the
story 70 his friends, always said that neither
tears nor entTsaties ever induced him to let her
on single hDe
Coon AUssUIMASs in Agra may well have
held up their hands In establishment at the sight
OF the famous TAI Nahal brilliantly illuminated
with the eectric hight. II vas on the occasion
OF the viSit OF Lord and Lady LansdowRe that
THIS nagn1dceut sepolcher. built Of pure white
marble. in honor Of the memory OF the beloved
vile OF the Emperor Shah-Jehan, was thus
made to dazzle tbs eyes OF al beholders with its
rich nosaics asd glitterlnG minarets rising high
above the stately dome The entertainment,
n e,O e.rsBS 's1 r. t5s T9 me-
oncsre OF the garrison, is described as ex-
quistely beautiful
MONTERREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Is becoming
famous the world over for the remarkable lon
gevity OF some of it's aboriginal inhabitants
few months ago The IRder gave an account
Of the life OF old Gabriel who was 1871 years old
when he died. March IS last. Old Gabriel's son,
Zachariah, by his third wife, lived ia years.
Then there was Casiano who died few years
ago aged 1S6. Another Ipdian named Lauriana
died at the county hospital some four years
ago. at the age Of 10 years. These are all we'll
authenticated cases Now comes old native
woman known as Mrs. Olaria, who claims that
she was IL years of age at the time of the
building Of the Carmel Mission in l772, which
would make her $50 years old at the present
time. The ancient lady lives with relatives
over on the Carmel, and has retained her mental
strength and physical Ugor in a remarkable de-
gree.
GEORGE B. SMITH, mechanical engineer,
living with his wife and children at l25 wythe
avenue, Brooklyn, was committed by Justice
GREETING recently for examination as TO his
sanity. He was arrested early in the morning
while attempting TO stranRle his wife. Mrs.
Smith thinks that too close study of the Bible
was the cause of her husbands mental de-
rangement. For the past twelve months be
had devoted all his spare time to reading the
scriptures and he had believed he was In per-
sonal communication with the Almighty. He
imagined that he had been commanded to ex-
terminate his family, and was In the act of
carrying out what he believed to be the divine
injunction when he was arrested. 1t took two
policemen to put the handouts on him He
had TO be carried before the justice. He is 80
years old He has been acting strangely for
some time.
BLIND Hal, the sparrows' friend" is one Of
the most interesting inmates In the quarter for
blind men at Blockley Alushouse Philadel-
phia. He has been a resident of the ward many
years, and has made it his practice to feed the
little birds In one corner Of the yard three times
a day, rain or shine. The birds have got to
know him, and just before feeding time will
congregate in numbers outside on a tree, close
by the door through which he comes. They
have learned to know him, and, on his appear
ance hail him with a storm of their chatter and
song. They fly to meet him, and will light
upon his shoulders and head. He carries a
stick, yet the little feathered friends never fear
him, and keep close TO their friend, Blind Hal"
When he is i'll the birds seem to know it, and
keep up such a noise that they have to be
frightened away by some of the officials.
Blind HalS is never so happy as when feeding
his little feathered friends.
TIE LATE EDWARD Rowland of New York,
whose death in Mexico has just been announced,
belonged to one of the wealthy old families of
New York, and was son of "old Ben sHow-
land, the great cotton broker of Wall street.
All the family, both boys and girls, were highly
educated, and Edward, who has Just died and
two OF his brothers were graduates of Harvard
Edward went into business here vita his
father, but he did not like commercial life and
being wealthy young man, gave himself up to
scholarship, and took an interest in sundry
benevolent projects. At one time he established
here literary and critical periodical called the
PhtlobtbLiorl, and he also furnished money TO
sustain another weekly paper. He spent sew
eral years travelling IN Europe, and lived for
good while in London, where he kept house In
st. Johns wood, but afterward returned to
New York. In course of time he became i'm
poverished through an unfortunate business
investment. The last years of his life were
passed 10 Mexico, at La Logia, in the province
of Sinaloa. where he died at the age of So leav-
ing no family.