The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR does not take at all
kindly to women of literary or learned proclivi-
ties, and is said to have once remarked that
for his part he preferred lady with talent for
making Jams TO one who had an aptitude for
discussing the constitution. - Now, If his i'm
perlal majesty will come over to America he
will find large number of ladies who cannot
only intelllgently discuss the constitution, Ger
man or American. but can also make truly de-
hcious jams. 1t is evident this young Hohen-
zollern does not appreciate the versatility of the
i'm dlJ steele woman.
AN invariable custom prevailing among Creole
women is to insist that at the marriage cere-
mony the bridegroom shall receive narrow,
plan gold wedding ring, which he Is obligated
never to put from the third finger Of his left
hand until death parts them twain To be
without this seal of wedlock is held shameful in
wife, but now, for the first time women
everywhere are making positive demands upon
a 1alr exchange in the matter. These latter
day brides give their liege lords no costly orna-
ment for the hand to attract admiring atten-
ton but severely simple jewels of heavy pol
lshed gold, that both weight and purity may be
accepted symbolically, aud the peculiar. style
may publish them to the world as benedcts
SIMON STEVENS, a New York lawyer, has a
miniature opera glass, not over two inches in
length when closed, and capable of less than an
men or lengthenlng, which is a marvel In its
way and has a curious history, 1t is a field
glass, and tested il on the seashore with him
miles away into clear vision. 1t was made in
Paris for Jefferson Davis during the war, and
was the sample Of lot of 100 orders for the
use OF confederate officers Sixty of them wera
delivered by blockade runners, but the others
were captured and came into the hands OF D
Van Nostraud, the military and scientific book
ana supply man Of that day, Of whom Mr..
stevens bought 1t for Sc 1t would bring 300
now as a memento, as well as for its value.
PROF G. W. TURNER of Ash Grove. Mo- is said
to possess a very important historical relic
which he will put on exhibition at the world 8
fair. IL is silver medal about two inches in
diameter, and bears dates OF more than three
ana helf centuries ago. IL is said to be a relic
OF the great Spanish explorer, De Soto and in
all possibility was worn by him during his cam
palgn with Cortez and PiZarro between the years
1881 and 1545 These dates are stamped upon
the medal. On one side is a repre- sentation of
the Savior's crucifxion aud on the other the
last supper 1t was found by a negro in a
neld While ploughinR near Ash Grove mo-, about
eighteen months ago, located near a cold spring
or fresh water. 1t is not improbable that De
Soto and his followers camped near this locality
Just before beginning his disastrous return to
the Mississippi river He was next heard from
where Hot Springs Ark, is now located aud in
May or June, 1872 died from fever, when his
body was wrapped in a mantle and sunk at mid
night in the Mississippi river.
TIE sANCTIrY of a Siamese white elephant
dates from the earliest period of Buddhist his
tory. One of the proudest titles of the King ~
siam is Lord Of the White Elephant In 1850
real white elephant, one who exceIIed all of
his fellows in beauty, was brought into Bankok
with all the pomp and ceremony that could pos
slbly have attended the arrival OF an emperor
He was quite an albino, the whole body being of
pale reddish color, with few white hairs on
the back The iris of the eye the color of
which Is held to be a good test of an albino, was
a pale naples yellow, in fact. more red than
yellow The next day he was blessed aud pap
tized in presence of the king and all the nobjI.
lty. One of the high priests of the ceremony
then presented the sacred beast a piece Of sugar
cane, on which was written the elephant name
in full, The beast readily devoured it-proof
that he had accepted the honors conferred upon
him. The following is translation of the in
scrlption that hangs the stall of this sacred
SIameSe elephant: This elephant is a lineaI
descendant OF the angels of the Brahmins A
perfect beast in color, hair and nails; a scion of
high and noble family; acquired by the power
and glory of majesty the King of Siam. He
is source of power and an attraction for rain !;
the purest of pure crystal and Of the highest
value to his owner, our Fling" The elephants
constant companion is a white monkey from
Ceylon.
Conn, oil and wine was the food of the ancient
world, and we may be brought even in this era
OF prohibition to appreciate the diet fully in
the hight OF Signor Luigi Barzellotti's declara-
ton made before recent convention of olive
growers and oil manufacturers in San Fran
cisco Signor Luigi Barzellotti stated that
olive oil is a cure for drunkenness" and valua-
bic also for veterinary purposes. He declared
Lndl IL was tho greatest SODerlng- up article in
the world, and said: IF pure olive oil be drank
by man quite inebriated he will get well in an
hour We are also told that it will soothe
fretIul babies as we'll as sober drunken men.
and now with such Information before
US we may understand the value
placed by the ancients on the stapls which
fed their teeming millions They no doubt
fought grape juice with the oil of olives but
VIII 1t conquer John Barleycorn and the Juice
OF the native American still? We have found a
use Tor oil in storms at sea to quiet the troubled
waters OF the ocean, and our ships are now pro
vlded with petroleum oil bags for every such
emergency. There are troublesome waters in
all phases OF human life, and if sweet oil will
make things sweeter and help people to keep
SOBER, let us encourage the growing of olives
ana the manufacture of oil and get back to
hrst principles and old-time staples The
Caltornlans are doing all they can to make
good olive oil as well as good wine. and
under the protective tariff which almost for
DDS foreign commodities of this kind there
ought to be DO difficulty in supplying the pure
and wholesome article to our tax ridden
mlillons. There is steadily growing demand
Tor olive oil in ali the markets of the world and
there IS no country where thesarticle is scarcer
than the United States. The fact that the sup
ply is 80 limited, in comparison with the de-
mand, causes hundred of firms engaged in the
OIL business to supply as olive oil compound
which has not trace of the product of the
olive in it. If, as has been stated California
car grow olives in as great PERCUSSION as grapes
and that both native products, vine and oil,
will bear favorable comparison with the best
foreign articles of the same KIND, we ought to
have the home market quickly and cheaply
supplied, so that the entidote would go along