The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The average New Orleans society editor prides
himself on mis- ability to distinguish handsome
girl WHEN he sees her, and to paint pen-picture
of her in his columns. Here is his latest achieve
ment In that line: Miss Henderson is one of
those lovely, nymph-like maidens who seem the
incarnation OF some poets dream of beauty
she Is somewhat above medium night, with a
1.-the, graceful figure, exquisite in its proper
tons, and bearing of mingled ease and dignity.
/ The clustering locks of her bright, golden
| brown hair contrast strikingly with her large
| velveiy lashes overarched by strongly marked
eyebrows In moments of animation or excite
| ment the pale tea-rose tint of her cheeks Deep
ems and hushes like "a rosy dawn, and her brill
| liant eyes glow with redoubed luster Hers
| IS not the beauty of coloring alone, for her
features have cameo-like delicacy and regu-
| larity."
| In the Saga Prefecture in Japan on March II
reinterment of person buried in 1873 took
place. In opening the grave it was found that
| about one-half of the coffin had decayed from
! immersion in water that had drained into it. A
| part OF the body thus exposed 10 Jked curiously
white and undecayed and felt as hard as stone
! The exhumers, much sstonshed, removed the
/ lid of the coffin an ordinary pine tub in which
! the body had been buried sitting, after the
| Japanese fashion-and saw the body Just as it
| had appear thirteen years before, with a
| chaplet of beads around the neck, and perfectly
intact, except that it had turned into stone and
| appeared as though cut out of solidif1ed lime.
| After long wonderment the removal of the body
was proceeded with. but before it could be re-
move to the new burial ground crowds of peo-
pie gathered to view the strange object, many
| OF whom worshiped the body as if in the pres
ence OF miraculous manifestation.
"OSE of the things to be dreaded about te-
male suffrage" said bashful wife in the hear
ing Of New York Sun listener, lis that when
women are party candidates for offices, as they
are in some states already, they are subject to
attacks by the Opposing party Just as other
| candidates are. l should not like to have been
enc of the women who were candidates for
school commissioners in this state last Novem-
| Der. don't think they were much abused by
their adversaries, but dreadful pictures of them
we're printed in the papsrs, with sketches of
| their history, and saw a caricature of one of
| them. Over in New Jersey, where the women
| have just been voting for school trustees, they
heard good deal Of rough language at the
! polls, and in Vineland there was a female can
| didate who was defeated and did not get the
| votes of her own sex. When women run for all
political offices and take the stump they are
sure to be carlcatured and criticised like their
masculine rivals; and it would be hard for me
to stand up against that sort of thing"
The VILLAGE OF CAsTALIA, o., is excited over
a remarkable natural curiosity. Monday after
noon, while A. G. Miller was drilling for water
on the Castalia Sporting Clubs grounds a
stream was struck at depth of sixty feet, and
| water came to the surface with such terrific
force that the workmen we're nearly drowned
| and the vicinity of the well was deluged. Mr.
| Miller had drilled a nine-inch hole, and inserted
| an eight-inch casing. The force of the water
tore up the earth around the casing, and the
| flow last night was described by Mr. Miller a.
| the size of -four barrel and four feet in hight.
| In drilling no rock was found, but the drill pen
etraUed a substance which appeared like white
| lead and had a blush tint. The water is Of
| splendid quality, but what TO do with the over
flow is now puZzling the ps ople of that neigh
| borhood. Another we'll was drilled on the same
| premises about week ago. and when it was
| q flow of Wa III
tanned The stream was two inches in diam
| eter, but the gas made the water unfit for use
The second attempt was pronounced success,
and it is not improbable that an underground
| river has been tapped. The water continues to
| flow to day, and, it is claimed, will ruin the
| Trout Clubs streams and grounds. 1t is thought
that natural gas may be the cause of the phe-
| nomena.
In EUROPE. long before the days of printing,
books were fastened to shelves or desks in
libraries and churches, to guard against their
being stolen, and also to preve MT one student
gaining an unfair advantage over another by
| securing the loan or a book from a too amable
| librarian. The libraries of the English universe
| ties were chained until the latter part of the
eighteenth century, when, on account of the in
| convenience of using them, the chains were re-
moved. 1t is recorded that at Kings College a
| man was paid Ell IS. in 1777 for nine DAVIS
labor in takiny the letters off the college books.
| Accord lg to the AIltiquG ian, there are,
however, a few chained libr aries still remaining
in England. The largest of those is at
the Cathedral church of Hereford, and
is the one genuine survival of an old
monastic library. 1t consists of about 1000
volumes, of which ], 800 are chained. There are
| i've bookca es and the remains of two others
| The catalogue, which is also chained, classifes
| the books, many of which are in manuscript, in
| eight divisions. Each chain is from three to
| four feet long, according to it's position SO that
| every volume can be placed on the reading
| desk. In the center of these chains are swivels,
which are useful in preventing their entangle.
ment Hereford possesses the latest, as well as
| the Oldest, collection OF chained books in the
| kingdom, the library of 285 volumes, which was
| bequeathed to All Saints church as late as III.
LES PEsTIFREs DE JAFFA. is the title Of the
| largest and most valuable piece of Goblin tapes
| try imported to this country. II is the property
of the Societe Franchise de "Reminiscences and
| is now on exhibition in New York. 1t is of such
| size that it reaches from the ceiling to the floor
| and across a room fully twenty feet in width
The subject is that of the celebrated painting of
| Gros, depicting the scene Of Bonaparte visiting
| the temporary hospital at Jaffa, where hun
dreds of his faithful soldiers are lying strick en-
| Win peStllentlal disease. AS the enemy s
| army has approached within a short distance
| Donaparte orders that all those who are able to
stand to be conveyed TO their filters. The rest
are TO be poisoned in order that they will not
| be tortured by the Turkish soldiers who will
| enter the city after the French army withdraws
The figures in the foreground are of nearly
lfe-Size and the entire piecs of tapestry is va
cuted with wonderful decacy and faith
| fulness OF detail TO the original. In the per-
| spective, through Moorish arcades in the build
ing, may be seen the oriental outline of the city
| of Jaffa. In the center stands Bonaparte with
| his hand extended and re ting on the breast Of a
halt-naked soldier stricken with the fatal q l.
sease. who had struggled to his feet to welcome
| his general Behind him stand Berthier Bes-
sleres, Dauer, members Of his staff fun OF anxi-
ETY. at their chiefs sublime foolhardiness At the
corner OF the picture soldiers stricken with the
| plague are cared for by Turks while Mosel let
| the young French surgeon, who fell a victim to
| bis devotion, II assisting soldier on his knees
| Dead bodies lie scattered on the ground and
| some conValescenis are accepting the bread
| offered them by Arabs. The cslebrsted picture
OF dros, OF which this Is a reproduction, Is now
at the Louvre IL mas painted Ia 1904. while the
| tapestry was worked during the nhles IL A
| said that d required twelve years OF constant
labor Of three men 10 compete the panel q
| tapestry