The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The LOWEST BODY OF WATER on the globe is
the Caspian sea. Its level has been gradually
lowering for centuries, and now it is eighty five
feet below the level of its neighbor, the Black
sea.
THE CHATELA1NE which Mrs. Kendall wore in
the first act of THE Squire' recently was of
pathetic interest. On it are five merry sound
| ing little silver bells, each one engraved with
the name of one of her children.
GRAIN of pure musk will scent a room for
twenty years, and at the end of that time will
not show that it has diminished in the least A
grain of carmine or half grain of aniline will
| tfnge hogshead of water so that a strong
microscope will detect coloriug matter in every
drop
IT IS MISTAKE to suppose the weather is
colder the farther north one goes The north
ern pole of greatest cold is only about 300 miles
northeast of Yakutsk, Siberia, where the mean
| annual temperature is little lower than in the
| highest ATTITUDES reached by Mares and CIreelv
| 1000 miles farther north.
MOST useful electrical street sign has come
into use. light brass framework is fitted
with opaque glass bearing the signs desired, the
| name of a firm, railway station, theater, as
| the case may be. These tablets are visible by
day as well as by night, and as the obstruction
| to light is inappreciable, they are becoming as
| popular as they are effective.
NOVEL CASE was tried at Keyser, W. Va
| last week. D. j. Moran deprived his daughter
Maggie of her jewelry and fine clothing, owing
TO an alleged report that she was about to elope
| with drummer. The daughter being q years
of age sued her parents for $3.50. The verdict
was given in favor of the plaintiff for $780, or
the return Of the jewelry and clothing.
| A MACHINE which furnishes hot water is in
successful operation in various parts of Paris.
| Nine quarts are delivered for confines. A
| coil of copper wire inside the machine is con-
| nected with street main. end is heated by gas
| burners. Housekeepers use the water for max
| ing tea, washing and other purposes. A SINH
| lar machine supplies glass of hot wine for the
| same sum.
IT is SAID there are only two words in the
English language which contain all the vowels
| in their order They are ''abstemiot1s' and
"facetious" The following have them in
| irregular order Authoritative, Instantaneous,
| encouraging, ef1cacious, instantaneous i'm
Fortunate, mendacious, nefarious, precarious,
| pertinacious, sacrilegious, precarious, tena-
| cious, unintentional, unequivocal and vexatious.
INTHE FIRST VOLUME of the WARS of Freder-
lex the Great" just published in Germany,
there is the following will, written by Frederick
during the first SieSian war in Is41: 81 am only
| king so long as am free. If they kill me l
| wish my body to be burnt in Roman fashion and
my ashes to be inclosed in an urn at Rheims
| berg. In this case Knobelsdors (his architect
| shall construct a monument for me like that Of
| Horace at Tusculum."
A COUPLE living about five miles east of St.
Joseph, Mo-, took their infant to town the other
day to be shaved. 1t was born with a growth of
hair on its face which grew SO rapidly that at
| the age of months 1t was eighteen inches in
| length. This so distressed the mother that 1t
was decided to have the Objectionable coat of
hirsute removed, which was skilfully done by a
| tonsorial artist at st. Joseph. The baby stood
the ordeal surprisingly well.
A SINGLE BLAST at the government rock
quarry at Apple Creek, ILL.,, in addition to turn
ing up several barge loads of stone, killed 800
pounds Of catfish confined in a water box locat-
ed 100 yards from the explosion, besides
| dottiDg the bosom Of the river with dead fish
| killed instantly by the tremendous conclusion
of the explosion. Another singular fact is that
not fish of any description has since been
caught in the neighborhood, which heretofore
has abounded with the fnny tribe.
THE most muniflcent restorer of Windsor
| Castle was George w., whose architect was to
him what William of Wykeham had been TO
| Edward I'LL yet George the Magnificent rarely
lived in the castle itself, his favorite residence
and the place where he died being an uninter-
| estng but most costly example of rusticity
| called The Cottage. 1t is since the accession of
her majesty that Windsor has resumed even
| more than its pristine state and magniicence
| and within little more than generation.
A NAVAJO pupil at Teller Institute in Colorado
was found to have one Of his feet endowed with
| a surplus toe, and the superintendent ordered a
pair of shoes for him from a local shop at a
cost Of SIS. Secretary Noble disputed the bill.
| tary: Indian boy here with six toes. Can't
possibly wear government SHOE What shall 1
DOR The secretary answered: "Of with bis
toe" Next the superintendent answered:
(which toe?" and the secretary answered:
Sixth toe, of course" If the secretary thought
that that ended it he was wrong Again the
| superintendent addressed him, saying: TOE
off. What shall do with it?" To which the
secretary made final answer: ship it to
| Topeka for interment in government grave
yard"
| ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS of the catastrophe
which occurred on Sunday last near the mining
city of Catorce, in the state of San Luis Potosi,
| Mexico, are to the effect that a cloudburst
| on Conception Mountain and great stream
poured down the mountain side. sweeping
everything in its course. The habitations &C.
cupled by the miners were swept away, and the
tunnel of Gaudaloupe mine filed with water,
drowning several miners who were working in
side. A number of people living in cliff dwell
ings we're buried alive At LIE Crucea and FL
| Potrero, on one side of the mountain, and Los
Catorce on the other, fifteen dead bodies have
been recovered. The mining company's losses
are heavy. Large quantities of high-grade
metal were carried away by the flood at the
Conception property. Hundreds of pack ami
mails were drowned and roads were destroyed.
I'll GENERALLY BELIEVED In America that
Benedict Arnold died miserably in disgrace and
that his descendants never held their heads up
before their fellowmen. Now let US get at the
facts. Recent cyclopedias and writer's and
uOUAoiy WIlLer III bn6 RnuaQelp0la PTeSS,
throw new light upon the Arnolds. After
Benedict Arnold's death in England his widow
never rested until she paid the last cent OF his
debts, contracted in unfortunate speculations.
That was the only cloud on his name In Europe.
Otherwise he stood well and enjoyed the favor
Of brave and distinguished men. The young
| Arnolds went to the front. For fifty years they
| fought like heroes for the British flag. At
| Suriam, James Robert Arnold led the assault,
| captured the fort was presented with a $500
| sword, made aid-de-camp to King William,
and died a acknowledgement in 1854.
| His nephew. William, an English captain,
| was killed by the Russians in desperate fight in
| the Crimea. OF Benedict Arnold's other sons,
Edward died a paymaster in the English army
| in India where he was noted for his good and
charitable deeds. George died lieutenant colonel
| of the Second Bengal cavalry. William, the
| father of the captain killed in the Crimea,
| was q country gentleman in Buckinghamshire.
| One Of his sons was the Rev. Edward Arnold,
| who married Lady Charlotte Cholmondely.
| Altogether, there have been few families drawer
more successful eRd more popular Fortune
has favored them from the time of Arnold's
] treason, and while millions of Americans have
| believed them to be suffering disgrace and pow
erty, they have been exceptionally favored. All
Of which goes to show that much of the stuff
called history and tradition Is worthless. His
tory is very often mere fiction.