The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

aso tray Containing an enamelsd cigar stump
| lying beside tne wo ds MY last"
SOME very attractive hairpIn tops have been
| devised a. globes. with a Grecian border out
lined with diane ds encir ling each.
STAMP BOXES include ladies' small hand
sachsL When the catch Is slipped one side
drops open and diseloses {. . stamps.
BROOCH that claims attention is formed by
two n1oonstone hearts set beside each other In
a gold rope ciccls with overlapping ends.
SILVER NAPKIN RrNos are seen in imitation of
| low butter tubs with the bottom knocked out, q
series OF hoops encrc5ng tbs entire ring.
TEE sport-loVing public will hail with Pleas
| ure horse-collar scarf pin. which has its outer
edge set closely with pure white diamonds.
A oHARnNe Continuance for holding pens and
ink is oxidized silver figure with old-fash-
Toned yoke snd milk pals fitted to his shoulders
NEws comes from Washington of a highly
| commendable innovation, which. 1t may be
| hoped, " Il soon become the fashion in London
| Toe Invitation cards to smart wedding.
| which recently took place there. bore in the
lower left=hand corner this pleasing intimation,
| mo presents"
TIE recent sale of relics at Philadelphia
which were once the prope ~ OF Gen George
\ Washington. has awakened a new interest in
/ curiosity seekers. A Md letown (Pa.) editor
has be IN shown brass fiint-lock pistol "a regu-
| lar old-time) by F. H. Barr, which was owned
/ BY the fat er Of his country, havi x the name
G. Washington, 1749, engraved on the barrel
"MINoT HOUSE, (for Thoreau was born in the
home of his maternal grandmothe- Mrs. Minot,
! in July, 1872 stood on the right hand side of
| the Virginia road" as you come from Lex
| ington to Concord by that route. Tho
| reau only lived in this house eight months yet
| such was his memory that he could remember
| a flock OF duck which his baby eyes rested on
| there.
THE late Joseph Edgar Boehm, the viennese
| sculptor, who was so great favorite of Queen
| Victoria, was very fond If horses and trained
his own to pose as models for his equestrian
| work. one OF these animals. a thoroughbred
| mare, having learned to pick her way about he
| studio without disturbing a tool or cast and to
rear or hold leg immovable in air at her mas
| ter's command.
GEN. SHERMAN goes about town almost in
| variably in the street CT 8, says the New York
Sun. As a rule one of his daughters acc M
pa 1ies him, and the old warrior, in Jumping on
d off the steps, is as young as many men
| forty years his junior. Cabs are all right to
look at, he said the other night as he sank in
the corner of a Broadway car at Fifty nth
street, but they are te ribie things TO ride in.
The paveme ITS are so bad that one is iolted
about from side to side. aud the noise browns
ell attempts at conversation. The street cars
arr clean and comfortable, and they roll
smoothly over the rails. In this way it Is a
great improvement on any carriage in New
York"
PERSONAL MEETING with Capt Edgar Allen
Poe, of the Princeton football t am. says the
New York World, when that red 1ubtahle player
Is In rect attire is g cd deal IN nature of
a surprise. On the field he seems an engine of
| force, siren tn and power, and be throws him
| self with indomitahe pluck against snch giant
OF strengt as Hed finger with Wis bic effect
In private life he Is short and not particularly
robust-looSinZ young man who appears only a
y ar or vo older than the average schoolboy
ne has frank, easy and pie asant manner and
lis face would look poetical if it were not for
bis historically abused nose. Tee swelling of
that member has subsidized, but there are evil
denceS of e wound Of mean proportion
He is called Peter Poe, probably because that is
not not his name. He bears the famous name
OF his great uncle, the poet.
CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT was created in
Elba, Tex, recently. when it was learned that
an ancient sapulch n had been discovered near
there by Dr. Fears ard Maj Fidler of thai place
and Prof. Ashley of Springfield, III. The doctor
made his first di-cOvery six years ago, since
which time he mas emit much of his spare time
IN the region making investigations Some
months ago he took Maj. Fidler into his conf
dence. The eXhumjng of the ancient resting
place Of the dead began in a very Quiet way It
was soon discovered that something of an his
torical nature had been brought TO light when
ProI. Ashley was wired to come at once The
catacomo CO tains many petr fl ID remains of
human beings some very ancient sculptures and
weapons of war. The professor claims there is
some clue to dates that will be of reat his
that considerable treasure has been found
LOCAL APPLICATIONS over its seat bring relief
in some cases of neural ;ic pain, while in others
| they do no good whatever. Among the many
domestic enedies commonly resorted to are
heat, mustard plasterS, the half of mon
landanum and sometimes ice. These coca
81 nally act well. Medicines to stupefy the
nerves OF the affected parts are also frequently
| self-prescribed. Chloroform lniment is one of
these; and sometimes pure chlorofo m is used
nd aff haTv, e.
ruoo ID on the spot IL is quickly covered with
oiled silk or severa folds of flannel. But. as a
rule none OF these applications are as effectual
as manthol in a solution of alcohol-one drachm
to an ounce And this is especially to be pre-
ferred TO tie other preparati ms mentioned for
reason that 1t is perfectly SAT-. 1t can be
applied with small sponge, or a thin cloth be
wet with it and laid onto the painful parts
The mu,h-wronged rvisn queen, Natalie,
has at length been persuaded to Withdraw the
memorandum which she intended to submit to
the Skuptschinl It was represented to her
that she would bs doing serious injury to her
son and to the dynast il she raised a parlia-
mentary discussion of the events which pre.
ce1 led her q vorce and she appears to have
yielded to this consid ration. In return the re-
gents have promised the5 they will do cir ut
most to procure for her more frequent inter.
views with ner son than had been arranged for
her by King ailau 1t is not to b, expected
however. that Queen Nata lie should ceas alto
gether fro attempting to get her div roe
quas ned The opinion expressed by t,e Metro.
poittan Michael as to the invalidiy of Arch.
bishop Thaoio siu5 decree has eoDered the
whole question, and the queen has manv mora
partisans now than she ha a ort time ago
COMPARED with natural gas paid for by meter.
artificial fuel gas is not by any means the ex.
pensive fuel that many people imagine it to he
The gas apparatus at the Beaver Falls Mill of
Carnegie, Plipps & Co. Is said to produce gas
at q cost of cent per 1000 cubic feet, usinp
coal at 81 per ton. About 5000 cubic feet Of
gas have been obtained from a ton of coal
There are eight producers. each consuming Ave
tons or coal every tweDty-four hours the entire
set yielding $3.50 900 feet of gas per dav
By the use of this gas the fuel con.
sumption has been brought as low as am
pounds per ton of iron. In some rolling mills
where coal is used in the heating furnaces lie
fuel consumption runs up to nearly the weight
of iron made. To puddle ton of pig iron re-.
quires about 5000 feet of natural gas or one
ton Of COAL Producers gas at cent per ,0f0
feet shows wide margin of advantage over
coal at 81 per ton.
ONE of the Springfield GLASS. hotels occasion.
ally has queer lodSer. He was formerly an
engineer, but is now a United States boiler in.
spector. While an engineer he was severeIv
scalded on one side, and is unable to sleep com
tortably when lying upon that part Of his bIjv
Wherever he happens to turn UPON the tender
place be makes great disturbance in his slsen.
but is difficult to arouse The other evening
was one Of his n ghtS, ana he awoke half the
guess in the house. The landlord was INF
upon the point oe climbing through the transo,o