The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-04
ITEMS OF INTEREsr.

A CURIOUS circumstance IN connection with
the recent epidemic of cholera at Hamburg was
the departure of ali the birds from the city only
few days prior to the outbreak.
RECENT experiment has proved that if del.
icate piece of lace be placed between an iron
plate and disk of gunpowder, aud the latter
be detonsted, the lace Will be clearly stamped
on the iron.
IL TIE limited space between Worth street
and the Battery, New York. where there
are many large wholesale houses, it
is stated that 5000 women are en-
ployed as typewrters a single type
writing machine company finds eu1ployrnent,
through It's various Offices, for 10000 women a
year.
People who like to read curious condolences
will find this one interesting, which lately APP
peared in the New York World: "A black
smith of PoUsdam was married Feb. q. 1882.
the same day on which the present German en-
perOr was married. Like the emperor he has
had six sons, born on the sam days as the en-
perOr'S sons. But to make the story encore
lliHS bizarre. as the French say, his wife pre-
sented him with daughter on the day that the
little princess was born
SOME curious facts about the history Of the
Paris theaters during and Immediately after the
war of 1907 will be brought out for the first
time IN a history of that period, written by
Albert Soubies. 1t is surprising to learn, for
instance, that during the first siege of Paris by
the Germans both the AmbigU and the Beau
marchals gave performances almost daily which
were generally profitable. While the commune
was holding full sway and devastating the i'll
fated city the Gymnase closed its doors only on
Good Friday.
RINGS of Italian workmanship remark
ably beautiful. says the Detroit free Press.
Venice particularly excelled in this art. In the
LOndesborOugh collection is fac specimen.
the four claws of the outer ring, is open work,
support the setting of sharply pointed pyra-
mldal diamond, such as twas then coveted for
writing on glass The shank bears a tancitui
resemblance to a serpent SWALLOWING a bird, OF
which only the claws connecting the face re-
main in sight. 1t with a similar ring
Raleigh wrote the words on a window pane.
'Fatn would climb, but that fear TO Isll," to
which QUEEN Elizabeth added. IF thy heart
fail thee, Climb not at all, and implied enc1ur-
aEement which led him on to fortune.
AN AMUSING incident happened at the dsdica-
ton OF the new Methodist Victoria college, in
Toronto, Canada, the other day. says the New
York T'Ib me, The dedtcatory exercises were
held IN the large cOGyOCatlOn nall Of the college,
and went without hitcl until General super
intendent CarmaI asked Dr. Bishop 10 read
chapter from the Bible. Dr.. Bishop at once in
. stitutcd a hurried search for Bible, but az
'eleth "a g. Obj led TO whisper to DR.. CarI. an
that there no Bible 70 he mad. When the
I audience &c lraed That the trouble was there
was general smile, but the programme wa
immediately carried out by DR.. Carman reciting
portion of the scripture from memory
AN ENGLISH scientist has been making ex-
haustive experiments to determine the effect of
the various forms of artificial illumination on
| paper made from wood cellulose, says the New
! Orleans Tines Democrat, The result Of the
! test shows that paper, after an exposure of 552
| hours in an incan iesceut electric light of l44
| candle-power, no yeloWing taEes place, while
! with gas light after 240 hours o. 30 candle power
I slight degradation in tone IS noticeable. 1t
| is 10 be OBJ erved tuar the action of light may
| proceed for some tnue without producing
1 any visible effect; but on treating
such pa per with potash solution Of suol
/ strength only to give a faint yellow color
/ with unexposed material, brOwnsh stain ia
! developed. incidentally he mentions that while
| direct sunlight after few hours causes
! change in paper made from wood pulp, br slt
! dlffused daylight can only effect similar
| change after several DAYS. It was also found
! that the tensile strength of the paper diminishes
| considerably during the process of Yellow z.
| The author concludes that, although gas light
| has little influence on the paper, the mean
descent light is the best form of illumination for
! use in the Libraries.
THE Chleans are the yankees of South
America" said Victor P. Hart now at the Lin
! dell hotel, to a reporter of the st Louis Globe
! Democrat, after several years spent south OF
! the line. Trey are alert, progressive ingeni-
! GUS, and give the almighty dollar as hot a chase
! as any people on earth. The women are re-
| markedly beautiful and the men as fine lot of
| fellows as can be found on earth. They are, for
| the most part, tall, broad shouldered, supple as
| Hindoos and as brave as lions. 1t is peculiarly
| fortunate that the United States did not be
| come embroiled in war with Chile. OF course,
| sucl contest could have but one
result; but 1t would not have been the walk
| over the people of this country supposed. The
| Chleans are not only brave and warlike PEG
| pie, but their mountainous country offers
every advantage for defense 1t is full of
| Thermopylean passes, where handful of men
! could hold a mighty army at bay. Il offers
abundant sites for Notifications as impragnable
as Gibraltar or Quebec. All this talk about
| the Chileans disliking the Americans is the
! veriest nonsense. They regard the United
! States as toe grandest country and the Ameri.
cans as the greatest people on earth. We
should cultivate the Chileans. They are a de-
serving people. and the glory of South America
depends entirely upon them"
A LATE traveller was in Mexico on a botanical
expedition, says The Milton. One day he saw
a dark object on one of the outlying spurs of
the Sierra Madre mountains. He saw it had
long. slender limbs dropping like a weeping
willow They had Shiny, snaky appearance
and at times the whole tree seemed to writhe.
one day he saw bird circle about 1t for some
time, and then a light on the top. Then the
branches began to move and curl upward. They
turned around the bird, which began to cry,
and rev it down until he lost sight of it, The
botanist tried, as he had several times before
TO climb the steep. The rock on
which ne stepped loOsened and
foil himself with it. de was not injured and
he found that The rock had left quite cavity.
| He looked 10 and saw quite a cavern and felt a
current of fresa air blowing on his face. With
| his trowel he enlarged the hole so as to admit of
| his ascent. He saw the flattened body OF the
! bird fall to the ground. which was covered with
| bones and feathers The tree was not over 20
| feet in night, but covered great area. The
| trunk was of prodigiOus thickness knotted and
| sCaly. From the top OF this trunk, a few feet
| from the ground its Shiny branches curved up
ward and downward. nearly touching the
ground with their tips. On his venturing to
touch lightly one OF the limbs II closed on his
hand with such force that it tore the skin when
he wreuched il away. There was no foliage on