The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-10
NATURAL FRUIT HEYoRS.
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JUsT when you think ''the war is over" some
thing like this happens: A man bought 81 worth
Of fruit from Pittsburg vender, and gave the
italian what appeared to be a Si00- bill, recev-
ing 800 in change. When the Italian took his
money to deposit in bank the teller threw out
TIE 800 bill, because IL was a confederate bill
The Italian nearly tainted from the shock ahd
insisted on the bank officials making his loss
good. He finally became 50 violent that
policeman was sent for to put him out Of the
BANK.
The emperor OF Japan, TO whose sagacity the
rapid progress made by the Land of the Rising
Sun is largely due, Is SO years Of age Born in
1852, Mutsu Hito succeeded his father Ia 1857,
aud was crowned in 1868; year later he mar
ried the Princess Harnko. The emperor is the
one hundred and twenty first of his race who
mas ruled the country. He is a great believer
in western civilization. and in 1889 he freely
granted a constitution to the people. whose rep
resentatives met for the first time in the au-
consort are popular, and European travellers to
Japan invariably speak in the highest terms OF
them.
THE Duke of Newcastle, it is said has given
orders for the produducsion of exact copies Of
the four famous copper candlesticks which
adorn the choir Of the Cathedral of st. Bovan,
Ghent. He in ends them for the altar of his
chapel in Clumber, England These candle
sticks are very curious relics OF the English re-
formation. They bear the arms and cipher Of
Paul's a. tbs time Of the commonwealth The
dean and chapter Of st. Pauls have several
times endeavored to buy back these candle
sticks, but the chapter of St. Bavon could not
part with them without obtaining the special
permission Of the Belgian government, which
certainly would not be granted
BALL OF FIRE about the size Of a wagon
wheel, says the Williamsport Qnd.) Leader,
was seen by Joseph Zimmerman and his brother
on their farm, about O'Clock Christmas night
which unnVR6 n n al airhe linaa h1.,f
rect from the earth, whirling rapidly In its
flight. The two men were awe-struck and ran
at the approach of it. When nearly opposite
where they stood the immense ball struck tree
and tore through the branches, setting them on
tire. hundred yards further on it struck an
other tree, and in an instant disappeared as
suddenly as 1t appeared. The mysterious and
trightful spectacle was witnessed by others
about that hour, and the authentic statement of
the spectators Is borne out in proof through the
| burnt tree. which is positive evidence that 1t
was not freak of the imagination.
THE Bank OF England doors are now 80 finely
balanced that the clerk, by pressing a knob I'M
der his desk, can close the outer doors instantly,
and they cannot be opened again except by
special process. This Is done to prevent the
daring and ingenious unemployed OF tho great
metropolis from robbing that institution, The
bullion department of this and other great
English banking establishments are nightly
submerged in several feet OF water by the action
of machinery. In tome of tbs London banks
the bullion departments are connected with the
managers sleeping rooms, and an entrance
cannot be effected without setting off an alarm
near the PERSONS head. If q dishonest official
during day or night, should take even as much
as one from pile Of thousand Of sovereigns
the whole pile would instantly sink and pool
Of water would take Its place, besides letting
every person In the establishment know of the
theft
OLD HELEN GUMpEL queer character In San
Francisco. died In a hospital there a few days
ago. For more than twenty years she had lived
the life OF a hermit amid sQualor and filth
almost beyond belief, yet she died worth more
than $4,000. She had only one relative In San
| Francisco, but had one brother in Brooklyn and
another IN Germany. Helen Gumpers first ap-
pearance in San Francisco was az q beggar
twenty-five years ago. She accumulated money.
and then for time disappeared. She back
again, however, and from that time till the day
of her death the old woman became worse and
worse in her habits. flthier and hthier In her
| dress, viler. If possible, in her language and
| importuntae Ia her appeals for charity. Her bent
and shrunken form. her face and hands caked
with dirt, her eyes bleared and hloodshot she
| hobbed about the streets year In and year out.
begging from door TO door, and generally fol-
lowed by crowd of boys who hooted her and
| pelted ner with stones and mud In answer the
! curses aud epithets she hurled at them. She
made will and left two thirds Of her fortune
| to charities.
The constellation of Pegasus. or the Flying
| Horse, " is said TO be the horse which miraeu-
]
! Perseus had cut Off her head According to
! Hesiod, he received his name from being born
near the source of the ocean Ovid says that
Pegasus ranged about on Mount Heoon where
/ by striEing the earth with one of his feet. he
: rails I'd the tabled fountain called Hippocrene
| Afterward he became q favorite with the
| MUSES.; and, being tanned by Neptune or
| Minerva, he was given TO Bel,erophon, son OF
| Glaucus, King OF Ephyre, to aid him in con-
| querlng the Chimara, hideous monster that
continually vomitet flames, Besides being I'M
! canuy in many other respects this same
! Chimera had three heads, that of lion, a
! goat and dragon. The fore parts of its
! body were those Of lion, The middle
| those of goat and the hinder the exact
/ counterpart of the caudal appendags Of a
| dragon. In mythology this beast is supposed
| TO have stood as representing Lycia, of which
the top (head, on account OF Its desolate wilder
| ness, was the resort of lions; the middle which
| was fruitful, was inhabited by goats. the hot
| tom, or marshy ground. being the resort Of all
| kinds of serpents. Bellerophon was the first TO
| make his habtation upon It, After the destruc-
| ton OF the Chimaera, according TO the fable
| BellerOphon attempted to fly up to heaven
| upon Pegasus, but Jupiter was so displeased at
| this display OF presumption that he sent an
| insect to sting the horse, which occasioned the
| melancholy fall of the rider. Belerophon fell
to the earth. but Pegasus continued his flight
upto heaven and was placed by Jupiter among
the considerations; The constellation Of
the south, only few Of the stars in
| the group being visible to us. Accord
| ing to the beliefs OF the ancients. this
| group Of stars figure man, Lycaon, King OF
| Arcadia, VINO lived 1880 years before Christ
| He was changed into wolf by Jupiter because
| he offered human victims ON the altar of the
| god Pan. Some attribute this metamorphosis
| to another cause The sins of mankind as thew
! relate, had become SO numerous that Jupiter
was forced to visit the earth to punish its wick-
eduess aud impiety. He first came to Arcadia
where he was announced as god the people
| paying all due respects TO his divinity. Lycaon
| however. only laughed at them and to trv the
divinity Of the god, served up human flesh on
| his table. This impiety so offended Jupiter that
he Immediately destroyed his palace and trans
: formed the king into q wolf