The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
! FANCHER from a backwoods district en-
| gagged a room at hotel in Seattle, Wash The
! house is lighted by electricity and the bell boy
| turned on the light in the newcomers room.
| Inc farmer didn't know how to extinguish the
| hight and. after exaausting his ideas, uncoiled
the length OF wire by which the light hung and
| stuck the lamp in the bureau drawer, smother
/ ing it under his clothing. The next day the
| lamp was found slowed away there and still
| burning.
| JUDGMENT has just been rendered that
strikes pretty hard at Prince Hatzfeldt. son-in-
! law of the American millionaire, c. P. Hunt
| ington. Some time before the marriage of the
| prince he had game of baccarat with a man
| named Dubuque, living IN Geneva, the result of
which game was that Hatzfeldt gave Dubuque
| his note for 1870 francs. Dubuque assigned
| this note to a man named Betrix who was I'M
able to get the money. and Dubuque threupon
| fought the suit on the ground that
| the note having been given for a
| gambling debt could not be collected under the
| civil code of France. The plaintiff contsnded
| that Betrix discounted the note in good faith,
| being aware that Hatzfedt had met similar
notes to the amount of 100000 francs. The
court had the case under consideration for
some months and has now decided that the
| prince must pay the note, together with the
cost of the action. and interest. This decision
| shows that gambling debts may be collected by
! law in France.
RATS have multiplied to such a degree in
| Brazil that the Inhabitants rear a certain kind
| of snake for destroying them says the Chicago
| Herald. The Brazilian domestic servant is the
| giboia, a small species of the boa about 70
| feet IN length and of the diameter of a mans
arm. It is sold at from 81 to 81 so in the mar
kets of Rio Janeiro. Pernambuco aad Ba ia.
| The snake, which is entirely harmless and slug
| gish In its movements, passes the entire day
asleep at the foot of the staircase of the house,
dnirpniDEr n re haaH q ha an.
| proach of visitor or when strange
noise is heard in the vestibule. At
nj htfan the giboia begins to hunt,
crawling along here and there. and even psne-
| trating the space above the ceiling and beneath
the flooring. Springing swiftly forward it seizes
the rat by the nepe aud brushes It's cervical
| vertebr8. AS serpents rarely eat, even when
at liberty, the giboia kills only for the pleasure
| OF killing It becomes so accustomed TO ITS
! masters house that if carried TO a dis ance it
! escapes and finds its way back home. Every
| house in the warmest provinces wher rats
abound owns its giboia, fixture by destination,
and the owner of which praises its qualities
| when he wishes 20 sell or let his house.
| A GENTLEMAN who has recently returned from
abroad said the one American over there who
is enjoying himself to his hearts content is
| Albert Porter, United States minister To
! lay. Mr.. Porter left Rome shortly after
| Baron Fava left Washington. and the feeling
seems TO be that not until Baron Fava returns
here. or some other man is assigned to the post,
will Mr. Port 4r return TO his Official duties. Mr..
! Porter is spending his somewhat Indifferent
| leave ct absence travelling aud gratifying his
| taste for collecting Sric-a- brac. He was en-
| gagged on history OF Indiana when
appointed minister to Italy No man is
better fitted for such a work. but
| long absence from home spent In duties SO very
| different from those of collecting and arranging
| data for local history is likely TO permanently
| change the whole current of his life and en-
| deavors. Mr. Porter never was able to remem-
| Der the names OF the people he met on his
| stumping tours. So when he found himself APP
| preaching a town for a second visit during q
campaign he would telegraph ahead to sons
| personal friend living there who would meet
| him at the train, take him in charge and whis-
| per the right name as the people came up.
| How STRANGE 1t is that so many of the prom
inent statesmen of Europe should be foreign by
birth to the country whose government they
| help to administer and direct, says the New
| York hecOrder. In Germany quite a large
| number of the leading ministers have been of
French origin. such as for instance the late
minister of Ewar, Verdy du Vernois, Gen. Bron-
| sart, and several others-Gen. de Canrivi, the
present chancellor, being of Italian descent. In
| France, on the contrary many of the most
I powerful ministers bear names that are dis
| tiuctly German. M. Spuller, the late minister
OF foreign affairs, is a case In point Gam
| betta, too. was an Italian, Washington an
| Englishman, while Marshal MacMahon was of
Irish origin. In Russia there are many
| Poles, Armenians, Swedes and Ger
| mans among the advisors OF the emperor. Thus
| Gen Loris Mekoff, the most powerful Russian
] prime minister of his time, was Armenian,
as is also D linanow, the present minist OF
| public instruction. NJ. Grote, the secretary Of
| state. is a Swede. Count Palen is a German.
| So too il NJ. de Giers. In Holland the EXPIRE
mier, Baron Mackay, is a Scotchman The
minister of finance, M. de Beaufort bears
Frence name. In Austria the prime minister,
! Count Taafe, is of irish descent, and in Eng
land the chancellor of the exchequer MIR Cos
chen, is a German Hebrew by descent, although
not a Jew by faith.
| Fortunately there are few American women
who would exchange places with the proddest
sovereign in the world, says the Troy Times
| But if any daughter of Columbia envies the
/ Empress Of Germany she will cease to do SO
| whea she has read this narrative of that
| eIniG6le womans daily duties. She rises at
! O'Clock in the morning, and has accomplished
| half days work before half the women who
are not queens are out of bed No wife of the
present eye is supposed to look at er her hus-
| h'n IS linen; she is too busy with studying
| IL owning ald political economy, But the
| faithful kaiserin has personal charge of
the linen belonging to her royal spouse and
the honor OF sewing on button or putting a
few stitches in an imperial sock is one rarely
coveted by the maids of honor When one re-
members that this august person travels with
twenty-five tin cases containing his wearing
apparel, cooked hats, helmets and uniforms,
and reflects upon the amount of linen required
it may be inferred that this care Of the linen is
no easy task One servant has charge of the
headgear, another mental OF the boots the wife
OF the royal shirts. And what is the Empress
OF Germany doing just now, when the average
wife has sent her children to their grandmother
or has left them In charge of maids while she
dances from one delight to another? The en-
press is at FeliXstowe with her five boys teach
ing tnem, or at least all of them that can navi-
gate, the noble art Of swimming, at which she
is an expert
I'm LEFT" she sighed, when the young man