The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-12
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ITEMS OF INTB REST.
In the presence Of her parents or narents- in.
law, Chinese woman may not sneeze or cough
neither stretch, yswn nor lolI about when tired
nor may she presume to stare at them She
! should wear happy face. and a mild pleasant
experiment In serving them, in order to soothe
them.
TIE earliest authentic account of lace is
about the sixth century, when high-born Ital
ian nuns wrought it for the adornment of the
sanctuary. Even before the English nuns were
FAMED for the very open English work, wonder
fully lacy in effect. Monks as we'll a. nuns give
their minds to it. st. Dunstan himself did not
think 1t derogatory TO make designs for the
convent workers.
In Pelham's Collection OF ravels' us06), re-
ferring to one of the Pacific islands, mention is
made Of a, woman who was seen shaving a
| child S head with a sharks tooth fastened into
the end of stick. The hair was first wetted
with rag dipped in water, and then, by a
| proper application of the instrument, she com.
pieted the business as effectually as IL razor
| had been employed.
THE WREN is chased every st. Stephens day
on account of its betrayiug the Savior by chat
terinR in clump OF furze where he was hiding.
| II Is called the king Of all BIRDS because it
concealed itself beneath the wing OF the eagle
when that lordly bird claimed supremacy by
soaring highest. Here l am" said the wren
| mounting above the eagles head when the lat
| ter could go no higher.
SPECIMENS of the smallest known species of
| hogs are now quartered at the London Zooloe.
ical gardens They came from the southern
| part Of Australia and are known as the pigmv
9e tg OF the Antipodes. They are well formed
| They are real hogs, and are not to be confound-
! ed with guinea pigs, which are a species Of
| rodent
| EUROPEAN LADIES are often invited to visit the
harems of the rich Moors in Morocco Some
| time ago one of the inmates-a beautiful voun,
! giri-falnted at the sight of one of the lady
| visitors removing her gloves. The young lady
| thought she was removing a thick skin from
| her hand, and the sight frightened her so much
| that 1t was some time before she could regain
| consciousness.
The imperial eagle. the largest of species
known, flies to hight from 10 1000 feet TO Is, 900
feet. 1t is a native of South America and its
habitat is among the lofty mountains of that
country. Its power Of flying to high attitudes
is only exceeded by the condor of the Andes
which is said to have attained the hight of sir
miles, or within one mile of the greatest hight
ever attained by balloon.
The ORIGIN Of the word cigar is Of some inter.
est, and is not to be found in the ordinary
dictionaries. The word, of course. is Spanish
and IS derived from the word eigarra the
Spanish name for grass-hopper When the
Spaniards first introduced tobacco into Spain
from the island of Cuba, in the sixteenth cen
Jury, tney cultivated the plant In their gardens,
which, In Spanish, are called ciHarrales
The newly elected queen of the Paris Laun-
dresses IS Henriette Delabarre. She was chosen
by the universal suffrage of the profession. She
Is young GIRL 10 years old fair-haired aud
pale and was one Of the best pupils with tba
Sisters OF st. Vincent de Paul Her part is to
ride In a triumphal car at Mi-Careme throuph
the streets The sisters are very much dis
pleased at her election, and have warned her
that the ride may lead to her perdition, but she
VIII not reject the honor.
The Norwegian snow aud ice midwinter Is
surprising to any one accustomed to theIEnglish
climate. The very snow and ice Ia what makes
Norway and its customs so particularly inter
estinR to stranger. OF course the cold is very
intense, the thermometer never rising above
1reezlng point Tor months, and often standing
at zero; but at the same time the atmosphere is
so wonderfully dry that the cold is not nearly
so noticeable out Of doors, and indoors the
houses are kept very warm.
DR.. DE RoEvER, keeper Of the archives in |
Amsterdam, announces that he has found n |
hitherto unrecognized Rembrandt, representing |
the assembling of the Batavi under their chief |
Claudius Civiis, just before their revolt against
the Romans about a century before Christ |
The picture has long been attributed to Jureaan |
ovens, an Amsterdam artist OF the middle of |
the seventeenth century, and hung In the |
gallery of the city hall When King Ionjs
Napoleon made the city hall bis palace the
picture was taken from the gallery and was
hung in dark corner OF back room where it
remained unnotced until Dr. de Roever began
studying Il; Dr. de Roever has laid his proofs
before the Dutch government which is expected
to transfer the picture to the Rembrandt
gallery of the Royal museum.
did you ask what would be considered a
small foot?' said a pretty shop girl to a Shoe
and Leather Facts writer as, kneeling before a
customer, she deity fitted pair Of rubbers
WELL should call No a small size and 3l6 |
even. The average is about 5. Seven is large.
although have seen very nice looking feet that
were Ts; l have one customer who wears 9s
and another 1 who wears IS. Quite contrast,
ever saw belongs to one of our Gus
toners; she wears 13's-child's size;
e.1 it isn't 81 pretty bt-it looks so
waiting looked at her own shapely feet (slender
$50 with great satisfaction. q do not care for
excessively sma / feet" she remarked to her
companion, but one thing is certain-feet are
much larger than they used to be when was a
girl Whether it Is because we wear larger
shoes or because we walk so much more, l don't
know but twenty years ago quite number of
my friends wore Is, anc now do not know
soul who wears a shoe smaller than 3s ut is |
the walking, think said her companion, "in
those days no one took any exercise" Yes
and then, too, it is no longer the fashion to
wear short boots. dare say both reasons hold |
good; but the American foot is certainly larger
than it used to be"
BorH Pliny and Decimus Secundinus Incl
dentally mention the Istrian Island and the city
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province of Aquilcia for the years 519 to G26 A.
D. mention two bishops of Cissa." Since that |
time We have no record of the place or what !
became of it. Fishermen have long contended
that they know Of place on the Istrian coast
Of the Adriatic sea. south of the Rovigno light
house, where their nets get tangled on tue |
spires of sunkeu churches and other public |
buildings of q city long since submerged In |
January 1890, the Austrian Imperial Academy |
or Sciences sent convoy of boats and ships
under Rear Admiral Hinke with Instructions
10 MAKE thorough examination Of the
spot designated by the fishermen
The diver who made the descenC
says: con reaching the bottom was astonished :
10 find myself upon the walls OF an overturned
building. Proceeding further observed con-
dnuous rows of buildings aud Streets the doors
and windows being blocked with masses of sea-
weeds and gravel From my observa-
ions should say that had had the unique ex-
0erience of examining what had once been a i
arge and Furnishing city. When I
eft the place brought with me to the surface
cut cornerstone with mortar on one side, the
Mortar being still perfectly firm" Dr. Hilber
wants the Austrian government to make appro- :
'riations for exploring the site, which he firmly
relieves to be that OF the lost Roman city Of
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