The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SIR Patrick (MACCHoxBAIcHDE) CoLoUHouS
tae British lawyer, is not dead. as reported.
| 1t was his brother who died Sir Patrick
| was some time Aulic councillor to the king
! of Saxony, and he was the plenipotentiary Of
the Hanseatic republics TO conclude commercial
treaties with Turkey, Persia and Greece. From
| 1852 to 1854 he was member Of the supreme
council of justice of the Ionian islands serving
! part Of the time chief justice. The Ionian
islands " ere then under the protection of Great
| Britain, but in 1864 they were annexed to
| Greco
| A LONDON CONTEMPORARY announces that the
| Empress Eugenie has lost so largely by the de-
! probation in South American securities that she
! VIII probably part with her estate in SwitZer
| land. AS matter of fact, the losses of the EN-
| press have been prep5sterously exaggerated,
! ana II Is quite on tbs cards that her South
| American investments will come round in the
| course of few years. The Swiss estate con-
ssts simply of the Chateau Of Arnenturg, on
| the Inter See, near Constance. and the small
park by which it is surrounded, and is not a
| place of any value.
! A WORKMAN at the Davenport Qa.) gas works
concluded the other day that he would electro
| cute" troublesome cat. He placed the feline
| IN a tub or water and turned on the current. IL
| was found that the tub had to be moved
| slightly, and while moving it the executioner
| got his finger ia the water and nearly electro
| cuted' himself. After he was brought to, with
desire OF vengeance he repeated the expert
| ment: There was no hitch in the proceedings
| this time, for just aSthe cat opened its mouth
for the forty ninth yell after it had been placed
| IN the tub the current was turned on and it
died with Its mouth open.
THE most famous opal in history was that
which was worn in a ring by the Roman Sen
| ator Nonius in the days OF the triumvirate Its
size scarcely equaled that of a medium sized
nazelnut. Yet its beauty and brilliancy rem
dered 1t a marvel among the dilettanti of Rome
especially when 1t was known that the gold
| sIIiths and money changers" had set its value
at ) ,OOO,0O0 Mark Antony made overtures to
| Nomus for its purchase, intending, it is
| thought, to present it TO Cleopatra but the
| senator refused to part with il, and. for fear
that it would be taken from him by sheer force
| sought safety in flight. Here history loses all
Iacs OF tnis famous gem, there being no record
| or Its transferral from Nonius to any of his
| family.
AARON HOLMAN, lifelong resident of West
Mlllonry, Mass, died a short time ago, leaving
an estate valued at nearly $4,000. When the
adminisirato examined his effects he found
| Bible that Mr. Holman had been in the habit of
| reading every morning before break fast The
administrator was told that the owner of the
blole mad used very odd-looking bookmark
| and looked to see what it might be. His sur
| prise was very great when he discovered it to
De certificate OF deposit of 800 in the Worces-
| Ter safe Deposit and Trust Company The de-
| post had been made in Mrach, 1881, aud for
| ten years the 200 had been drawing interest at
per cent The old man had evidently felt
| wealthy enough to use this valuable bit of
paper as a mark in the Bible, and thus combined
| finances and gospel inside the same cover.
| "PEoPLEla laugh at me-" said Mr.. Henderson, a
Pittsburg drummer, because returned an opal
ring and took diamond instead. am not su-
perStitious, but will tell you why l will never
wear an opal again. II started on tour through
the south. Business was good and put on the
| ring, Tor IL certainly was beauty A few
| days afterward lost valuable charm from
my watch ain. Though l offered reward
and ADVERTISED diligently never recovered it.
| a do lofn 7 Nd .Fy,
| pocKetoook, containing fine diamond, consid-
| cradle money and imp rtant papers. 1 began
| 10 susT ect the ring was the cause of my ill luck.
| Dut couldn't make up my mind to dispose of
| 1t week after boarded train going to Co
| lumbus, but changed my intentions and got off
| taxing another one. We were hardly out of
| town before train rolled over an embankment,
| and was pretty badly hurt. Then l was con
| WINGED that the opal was responsible for my
| bad streak, and put it in my trunk / have
| had no accident since, and this is the reason
| why won't wear an opal again. The ieweler
| who sold me the stone wouldn't put on the ring
| for $500 and he now has it up for sale in his
| show window"
In a letter to the Brooklyn Eagle, Rev. DR..
| George F. Pentecost, now in India, writes
| After being honored with a seat at the private
dining table of the viceroy everything else in a
| social way comes to a man or woman. So
| have dined with the lieutenant governor and
! been to various receptions aud evening parties
at both the beautiful Belvidere and the govern
| ment house, the last to receptions hevening
partiesl, one each at the viceroy's and the
| Heutenants governors TO meet his Imperial
| Highness, the Czarowitz.' OF course went to
| see the future car of all the Russias- fairly
| good-looking young fellow OF about 81, with a
look about his eyes and jaws which sug-
gested That he might be equal to any
futurt. | stood by his side for ten
minutes in a crush of two thousand
people, and so had a good look at
| him. am glad that am not cZarowitz and
| hghnagg raf
| Interested me more than this young imperial
| hlghness was the great assemblage OF native
| magnificent and gorgeous attire. l don't think
ever saw SO many jewels in all my life. These
| ola and ana young rinces had evidently
decked themselves out for the occasion, One
| young maharajah had a necklace Of diamonds
| on completely surrounding his neck. six strands
| deep, no one OF them smaller than a large pea
an running up in size to that of large hazel
| nut. Besides such masses Of diamonds there
! were pearls in strings, more beautiful than
| dlanondsl rubies. sapphres, emeralds opals
most most beaGtifgD' and every glorious stone tne
half the society women Of New York and Brook
| Ign mad with envy just to have seen them. And
to think of them being wasted on the men
| Ihink OF hundred diamonds around natives
| neck. and male native at that u Think of great
| strings OF pearls dangling about their shoulders
| and sewed into their garments alternately with
| Emeralds as big as half dollars, surrounded
| with two and three rows of diamonds Ia dozen
| such), used TO button on a mans coat and
SPRAYING over his huge breast, when they might
| be flashing and blazing on some fair womans
| bosom. What insolence. heard a woman re-
| mark, and her eyes flashed brighter than the
| jewels she coveted with the fire of anger and
envy. What waste another remarked, which
| might have been easily cured by handing them
over to her. who could have put them to so
much better use"
DO YOU consider teaching your vocation"
A reporter Of the Kansas City Star, supposed
himself off duty when, in the most causal way
IN the world, he put this question. The young
woman's answer put him back in the harness
again. She met the question with unexpected
seriousness. Il have been asked that ques-
| ton many times, said she suddenly thought
| full, and have always eyaded direct answer
| for have never yet been able to settle the point
to my own satisfaction. Sometimes, when find
my class apparently hanging on my words, SO
to speak, and every face sparkling with interest,
If not with intellect, 1 inwardly smile and
write success upon upon my mental tablet. An
hour or so later, when l return to my sheep,
metaphoricsly, and attempt to draw out a few
| of the facts so SIRE Of ha vi ipoplaptad 7