The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-21
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n NAN All I1e1ecISlOHLs MI udS Ill cSR WHICH
was laid bya Fiymouth Rock hen which has
clearly defined upon its shell the imprint and
letters OF foreign piece of money. The date
1922 and the word constitution" can easily be
dectphered
A WHILE AGO hotel was built In the desert
near the pyramids. Several hundred acres of
the desert land were bought in 1884 by a wealthy
Englishman, who was q sufferer from consump-
~Aon. He believed that the desert air would be
specific For two years he lived with his vile
in a little house erected on the sand waste he
had bought, and regained much Of the strength
he had lost.
In the cemetery of Jefferson City, Mo, is a
horizontal slab Of white limestone, supported
near the ends, that has sagged nearly ~ inches
IN twenty-five years. The slab is feet long, s
feet wide and inches thick and Arthur Wins
low calculates that under the same stress for
the same time a long 2inch slab Of the lime
stone, or marble. would be bent into q circle
less than so feet in diameter.
CURIOUS taste prevails in many parts OF the
world for clay. According to Humboldt it is
eaten in all the countries in the torrid zone but
the practice is also observed in the north as
hundreds OF carloads of earth containing in
fusor1a are said to be annually consumed by the
country people 10 the most remote parts of
Sweden, and in Finland a kind of earth is oc-
casionally mixed with bread.
THE nickel and bronze 1.cent pieces are a
legal tender in sums of % cents, and SO are the
4-cent pieces. The silver scent pieces are a
legal tender for So and the Decent, 25-cent and
oU-c'nt FOR $40 while in the standard dollars
The legal tender quality is unlimited.
COLLECTORS who PICK up strictly genuine
apostle spoons for couple of dollars a spoon
will be interested to know that set of twelve
such spoons was recently sold at Christie's in
London, for $1,000. They had silver-gilt stems
surmounted by gilt figures of the apostles, but
their great value arises from the fact that they
were present from Charles II. to the wife of
Sir Robert Clayton, lord mayor of London.
SEVERAL TRADITIONS treasured by various
tribes OF American Indians trace the first man
and the first woman myth back to where they
were white and red corni One tribe tells how
the nrst man. while in search of a "helpmeet"
came to the land of the King of the Muskrats
ana asked the daughter of the king for his wife.
AFTER she had been formally presented this red
Adam took her to a certain lake and baptized
her. AS she came from the water she was
transformed into an Indian woman Of average
size and intelligence
The MoNoToNY of life at vinalhaven, Me-, was
relieved the other day by an exciting trial be-
fore justice Of the peace. woman had
pleaded guilty to the charge Of abusing neigh
boris child, whereupOn her husband shouted
She's not guilty" When ordered to be silent
he called the justice liar, and offered to fight
The mother OF the abused child pulled the pris-
oner hair one of the witnesses had two fits
and there was row among the audience dur
ing which the constable got black eye and
the stove was overturned, causing alarm of
| fire. The prisoner was sentenced to pay a
line, ana her husband was committed for con-
| tempt.
The King of Dahomey's Amazon's, who are
now executing ghost dance as it were, against
the French, are made up of three classes OF
women-stout maidens who are selected by the
| king, untaithful wives who sent into service
| instead of being executed, and wives who are
| so vixenish that their husbands cannot endure
them. There are 2, $50 OF these female soldiers,
1,f IL.
| with cruelty. They take the scalps of their
| dead enemies and smear the stocks of their
| muskets with the blood of their victims per
hitting it to dry in the sun until it is caked into
| thick layers The strctest celibacy is enioined
| upon them, and any departure from it is pun
| shaole by death.
MAN in Leeds England, looked gift horse
| In the mouth the other day with profitable re-
| suits. The keeper of a skating rink had adver-
| tised "a great fancy costume carnival, and BY
way of stimulating the invention Of his patrons
| he promised that the wearer of the most origi.
inal costume should be rewarded with a watch
| of the value of 800 The man who won the
watch took it to jeweler, who said the time
| piece was worth only 800. The winner there
| fore, applied to the courts for redress The
| skating rink proprietor defended himself with
the plea that the giving Of the prize was a
| purely voluntary act, and the recipient should
! not take the gIvers estimate too literally. The
| judge, however, took different view, and gave
! Judgment for the plaintiff for 800,
BERL n is to have new cathedral, and the
| budget commission Of the Prussan diet has lust
| voted $75,0 900 as a first installment toward its
| construction. The total sum to be demanded
from the diet is 81 1000. 600 and the rest of the
! funds will be provided for by a private suh-
| scrption, which has been headed by the EN-
peror 1t is notorious that Berlin is very badly
provided with cdurcnes None of them can Law
much aim to ar .hitactural beauty, and the &C
| commodat o which they afford is entirely in
| adequate to the needs of the population. 1t is
| reck oned that no more than 10000 out of FO1.
| 00J Inhabitants could be seated at one tins in
! all the Protestant churches together To
| remedy this state Of things the emperor has
| since his accession laid the foundation stones
| of four new churches, and II is proposed to
| build great many more.
THE blind faith Of the Italian fishermen in the
efficacy of holy relics is pathetic: MANY of
! them" says correspondent. keep themselves
in a state of utter impoverishment in providiny
| necessary amuleJs add charms. Not only il
| the hsperman's person covered with these. but
his boat must also possess all possible saving
power through these religious appliances
Should some great storm arise and genuine
danger come, one of these objects are cast
upon the waves with a faith that is poSitiyelv
sublime. Meanwhile his wife ashore. possessed Of
the same implicit and pious confidence gives
her most precious relics to the sea that her
husband may come safe to land. Aud have
no doubt that when fatal disaster comes as II
alwaye does, this man sinks into the silence
beneath the tempest with his last spark of vital
consciousness an undimmed fame of trust and
faith"
The INTRODUCTION Of the electric railway has
been much slower in England and on the con-
tinent than here, although the first serious at
tempts at electric railroading were made in
Germany; and even now the awakening that
is noticeable on this subject is largely due 70
American example and influence. The only
electric railway IN Italyi is American; and while
England has one or two old roads, the best at
this moment Is the American one at Leeds built
by an American company on the overhead sys-
tenn. This road was inspected recently by a
civic delegation from Glasgow and the demon
tlation was so convincing that the Scottish city
is likely to put in one OF a similar nature. At
Bremen, in Germany. another American road
has just been finished and yet another has been
ordered for city 10 Hungary. There is iikoli-
hood also OF the adoption Of American methods
for new roads in India and Australia
AN improved system of heating and ventila-
ton is being introduced in the Boston school
houses, the result of inventions which have for
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