The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AT BAYREUTH, the other day, an amusing in
cident took place. N. Van Dyck the tenor,
was playing .Parsifal'' 10 Mime. Materna's Kun
dry" and 10 trying to escape from her wiles, be-
ing overcome with enthusiasm, he seized his
hair with both hands. forget ting the presence of
wig. The udicrous scene may be ima gined,
and poor Van Wycg was obliged TO return to
the wings for mirror.
= PROMINENT lumberman Of Galveston, Tex,
bas in contemplation, it is said, unique
project, nothing less than shipping huge raft
% logs from Galveston to London. He thinks
there is less risk in shipping from Galveston to
London nan IN shipping from St JOINS. y. b,
10 New York The raft viii be butt in three
sections firmly lashe1 and spiked together. It
VIII be composed OF yellow pine for building
purposes.
CALrFoRsIA WILL make a good showing as
producer of beet sugar this year. The Chino
factory expects 10 produce 5000. 600 pounds of
sugar, the MatSOnvilie fact ~ S,000.000 pounds
ami the Alyara1o factory 100000 pounds.
THIS makes a total OF 800 tons, which seems a
large amount, but the United States imports
sugar TO the value Of Sl0000,oo0 annually. 1t
will be some time before We can MAKE all this
sugar at home.
PRINCE COLLARS AND CuFFs" the future
King OF England, perhaps, was most wonder
fully attired when az the fashionable Dnblin
horse show He wore a small round hat aud a
snowy collar OF such dimensions that the mys-
terry was how he could turn his neck The am =
ne folds OF a large blue-spotted butterfly neck
tie appeared prominently outside mis- tightly
buttOned overcoat, loud yellow cloth gar
meut. HIS huge buggy trousers were Of a large
giarng check material and stuffed into yellow
CATERS. On mis- hands was a pair Of canary
c0lored kid gloves ami he carried lightly re-
tween bis fingers dapper little cane. Alto
geihe bis appearance was rather appalling
DR.. ELLIOTT CoUEs. the American theoso-
cThigr Tells vi a ttrn hafr9aN laftar ia
sucn as Mrs. Annie Besant claims to have re-
ceived from NINE. blavatSSy. A mahatma, be-
Ing person of great occult powers write
a letter with pen aud send it By post, but he
scorn TO do that. To show his superiority to
ordinary beings he places blank sheet before
him, forms an image Of the word he desires to
put down and then by a coup un Known to mod
ern science preci pilates it on the sheet through
the eye. When the letter has been written
Gfler this fashion he folds il up, puts 1t in an
envelope. demateriazss it, fires the powder
along to its destination and rci7tegrates il 10
its original form under the very nose of the
person addressed. lie is something new for
Hermann.
AUDRAIS COUNTY. Missouri. has a ghost
sto-y. In days gone by there was man aud a
maid who loved each other with that very fierce
caloric ardor that animates all such affairs in
Audrain county. But the parents objected and
they were separated. 10 the vicissitudes of the
years they lost sight of each other, but they
never forgot nor we're consoled, and both died
or broken hearts on LLG same 0AE. In the old.
happy days of their freshly budded love they
used to take buggy rides on the Range Line
road and now their sDOoks continue the bliss
ful excursions. Every Sunday night the spectsr
lovers, with horses and chariot from spirit land
may be seen hding noiselessly along the old
road. An effort has been made to authenticate
the story by the statement that the female
ghost always does the driving.
THE MOST ELEGANT and poetical compliment
ever paid to women, says DR.. Brewer, twas
paid to Mary. Queen of Scots, by Shakespeare,
in Midsummer Nights Dream. Remember
the Mermaid is Queen Mary the Dolphin
means the Dauphin of France, whom Mary mar
ried; the rude sea means the Scottish rebels,
and the stars that shot from their spheres
the princes who sprang from their allegiance to
Elizabeth These stars were the Earl Of North
cumberland, the Earl of WeStmoreland and the
Duke of Norfolk:
Thou remembers
Since once l sat upon promontory,
And heard mermaid on a dolphin's back
Uttering such dulcst and harmonious breath
That the rude sea grew civil at her song;
And certain stars shot matly from their spheres
To hear the sea maids music"
The OTHER RAINY MORNING New York man
carrying a gold headed silk umbrella entered
place on Broadway, near Chambers street
AS he went IN he looked up and down the street.
noticed that every doorway was full of people
who had sought shelter, and the umbrella was
deliberately lsft standing against one of the
heads we're poked out to take look. Fifty
still small voices observed that it was a good
opportunity to gobble up good thing, but AS
everybody was looking no one dared
make a move. 1t rained and driZzled
and poured, and fifty pairs of eyes kept
watch of tbat umbrella for fifteen minutes.
Once pedestrian halted with a sudden start
! but he soon discovered how Things stood and
passed on A woman with basket of peanuts
on her arm surveyed the umbrella from across
| the street. but shook her head and retired I'M
der an awning. Soon the owner came ont
raised the shelter over his head, looked up and
down and bowel to the rigat and TO the left,
and, as he trotted off thr ugh the rain, there
was sigh Of relief which sounded like the
smothered notes of a fog horn He was phil
oSopher and a student OF human nature
A PHILADELPHIA PHYSICIAN tells the follow
ing story: AT one time when was a medical
student nv class had been for several days
studying the bones OF the head. To aid In this
/ q number OF human skulls had been brought
| into the lecture room, After We were through
| with them they were thrown 10 leap INTO one
| corner One night CHANGED to BE- left alone in
! the room. Finding 1t quiet and pleasant in
! the half light, l sat down 20 smoke cigar. Inn
| mediately facing me was the PIE OF SKULLS.
| They presented very uRcanny appearance as
| the light from dim gas burner played with a
certain play Of ex preston. One particularly big
| fellow, lying right on. top OF the
! pile appeared actually to wink at
| me from its lidless eye sockets, while
| the teeth in the gaping mouth grinned horrt-
| bly, Amused, 1 winked back and offered my
| cigar when suddenly there was slight noise
/ aud the skull inclined slightly forward as if
/ bowling acceptance. There was no mi take
| about it. II moved. not only once, but twice.
dropped my CHAR and sat up straight in my
| chair, nv eve fixed on the grewsome thing.
| There was another louder noise and a stronger
| movement of the skull, when down it came
crashing TO the floor and bounded to my very
| feet In an instant was on the table near by
| gazing upon the strange thing and ready for
| precipitate flight Then the skull gave vio-
| lent shake and turned over and out jumped a
| big rat, which scsmpered across the floor and