The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-04
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renouuced her claim to a pension as the widow
of king. This. however, has caused little sur
prise, as she has always refused 10 accept any
part OF the Wurt emberg budget She is easily
aoie TO make the sacrifice, owing to her i'm
mense wealth, She draws regular allowance
from Russia as a princess of the imperial
family, and possesses in her own right fortune
estimated at 100000 The Duchess Vera of
Nuremberg, niece of the queen, with her two
daughters, is heiress to the immense fortune.
A SEAM of natural coke, clofely resembling
the manufactured article, has recently been dis
covered In New South Wales at the BULL Pass
coal mines The coal measure at this point
covers an area of about $50 acres and is six feet
IN thickness. The upper half of this seam is
coal of character differing but little from the
ordinary Australian Goals, while the lower por-
ton or the measure is a natural coke. The
junction of the coal and coke is clearly defined
and can be traced all through the workings
This natural coke is slightly heavier than the
manufactured article, contains slightly less
fixed carbon but a much smaller quantity of
ASH ana lower percentage OF sulphur. This
natural coko burns without smoke and can be
mined for much less than the cost of manufact-
ured coke. ra
STRAWBERRIES and mosquitoes seem to be
equally plentiful In the neighborhood of Mount
St. Elias. according to the testimony of Prof
Israel G. Russell, who has Just returned to
Washington from that region of eternal ice and
snow In Alaska, where the highest peak in
North America rises to an altitude OF 1900
feet from the midst of a glacier 1,000 square
miles in area and as big as all those of the Aims
put together. Along the edge of the glacier
all the way from Icy bay to Yakutat bay, there
extends strip OF green coast which Is covered
cover the ground for miles, and the verdant
fields are redeemed as far as the eye can reach
with luscious fruit. which compares favorably
10 point of size and favor with the finest grown
in temperate ATTITUDES There ere huckeber-
ries. too, and salmon berries, which are some
timing between blackberries and raspterries
but Of giant size, measuring nearly two inches
in diameter. All the lowlands are carpeted
with violets, buttercups yellow monAey-how
ers and other wild blossoms. Here aud there in
the midst Of the vast ice fields are the loveliest
gardens watered by the melting snow.
BENJAMIN EDWARDS OF Nevada. Is In the city.
He was sitting in the lobby of the Windsor
yesterday discussing the early days of that
state, says the Denver Republican, when the
subject changed to fast riding. you can talk
as you like about the Vanderbilt specials and
other trains that make phenomenal time. but
II you never rode down a lumber dume In
Nevada you don't know what IL feels like TO
cleave through space like meteor. Why, up
in the Sierra Nevada range there are fumes
from five TO forty miles long, built on . regular
engineer 8 grade, with 6-fcot drop to the
thousand. They built OF heavy planks
shaped like V, and carry eight inches Of water
10 the acute angle ana discharge it at the rate of
400 miner inches per minute. l up at
Lake Tahoe one day, which is sixteen m les
from Carson, and after we got IT, iyh
our, business Ed Patton, the superin-
tendent, said we'd better take a flying trip u1ck
to town. He ordered out what he called
yacht, which proved to be a V-shaped canoe
fourteen feet long. 1t had brake which con-
trolled two rubber pads on each side, so applied
as to lift the yacht and let the water run under
meath when 1t became NC sssary. Buft0H up
your coats tie on your hats, and con- Ett
| scared, boys said patton, as we climbed into
the machine, Then he told his men to turn on
three inches more Of waser. Holy Scott but
| how that canoe did iumpl Down we rent
through that thread-like hume, and tie trees
locked ise specters. My teeth tried to chat r
and couldn't make IL, and as l occasionally
opened my eyes and caught a glimpse of the
landscape it appeared to be only blur on my
VISION. We shot around curves with a velocity
that was fearful to contemplate, and find finally
Ed weighed anchor at Carson just eight minutes
from TIE time of starting"
PENNSYLVANIA has an interesting phenome-
non at Mlvale. 1t exists In the form Of a girl
baby, born perfect In body with the exception
OF one arm, which terminates abruptly between
the elbow and wrist. Apparently. there is
nothing phenomenal about this fact, for chill
dren born with bodily deformty are numerous
But to the medical profession the case is ex-
ceedinglY interesting. The cause OF such freaks
In human nature was once considered mex
picable. When one occurred it was simply
termed q "freak and allowed to go at that
But now they can be explained. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Clutter are the parents Of the child They
keep a butcher shop In the north end of Mill
vale borough, at little pace called Bowers
town. Eight other children are in the family
four boys and four girls-ali OF whom are sound
and healthy. Oae day some months ago the
father was called away on business and as
usual left the shop in charge OF his wife The
shop adjoins the kitchen. Hearing knock at
the kitchen door, M 8. Gnter proceeded to
answer it. Opening the door she found await
ing her an aged pedder familiar to that neigh.
borhood. The pe1dler was foreigner by go
means handsome man, and having but one
arm. The other was but the stump Of an arm
which the man always carried exposed to ex.
cite the sympathy of tho people Yarn for
knitting purposes constituted the wares of the
pc tdler. He was Informed that nothing was
wanted but, like other representatives or his
trade, he Insisted that purchase be made The
misfortune of the man was EN- phasized by a
special exhibition of his arm. The lady of the
house became very much terrified, ana finally
to get rid of the peddler, she made purchase
The husband, learning of the affair, became in
diguant, but as time passed by the incident was
forgotten 1t had almost passed out Of recol.
ection when on last Saturday it was vigorously
brought back to memory little daughter
was added to the family. and strange to relate
1t had but one arm, the other ending Just below
the elbow joint. In every other respect the
babe was sound and perfect Still stranger is
the fact that the deformed member is on the
right ride of the body, which corresponds 10
that of the peddler. The parents are verv
proud OF their baby, notwithstanding It's pecu-