The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

EMS OF IN TEREST.
MAYALIPuRAM, INDIA is graced with seven Of
the most remarkable temples in the world, eact
Of these unique places of worship having beer
fashioned from solid grant powders. The
"Hevasa-Goda-Cla," the largest of the seven, IL
SIC stories high, its outlines resemble those OF
an Atlantic steamship lrhe inside of the bowldeI
has been chiseled away until the walls do not
exceed eight inches in thickness.
The other day playful posted at Cambridge
Mass, announced dramatic exhibition with
the words: 1T is to be the event of the season
and is to have the Strongest cast ever presented
In Cambridge" Then follow a list of eminent
Cambridge citizens. including a Harvard pro
lessor, an exmayor. q senator, a representa-
tive and an ex-senator The bill, it seems, was
acctdenty posted over a call for meeting in
favor of public parks, and the result was
startling.
LONDON lid Bits recently offered prize for
the best definition of pluck, which it awarded
to the following: PLUCK is fighting with the
scaboard when the sword is broken" Follow
ing are few of the other definitions: The bow
from which are shot the arrows Of heroism.
Fearlessness. free from foolhardness. The
chivalry of natures knighthood. Honest daring
without caring. An iroa Tonic for invigorating
the nerves. That which keeps man up when
he's down The pulse of enterprise. The off,
spring of courage and the mother of success
Moral grit. Bottled energy, opened by the
coFkscrew Of energy. ~
A NOVEL fight took place In the yard adioin-
ing George Kinkle's residence, in Bridgeton, N.
j., on Tuesday. Mr. Ezfhkle is the owner of a
coach dog and q gamecpeks The latter is noted
dog are enemies, and on Tuesday they decided
to end the matter by q fight The dog fought
savagely for half an hour, aud at every on
slaught was hravely met by the gsmecock
which buried its spurs in the breast and back Of
its adversary until he was bleeding from many
woun is. After fighting heTcely for nearly half
an an hoTr the d9g was winged and driven into
the yard, Growing Justify Sover its victory. Il
lost many of its plumes End zee we'd several
severe bites, but it is nowiitersly ''cock Of the
walk" .7gnd:
IT MAY be safely stated that Astoria. Ore. ia
the only city in the world that can boast of a
tame sea lion. During the fishing season of
last year a fisherman named Pete Andrews,
employed by Devlin's cannery, in making his
haul, brought to the surface baby sea lion in
the net. The little creature was SO helpless and
bleated so plaintively that the fisherman, taking
pity, brought it ashore with him. During the
winter it was fed, and became greatly attached
TO its master. This season the young sea lion
Is allowed to accompany the boat and fol-
lows swimming along astern, even as a dog
will follow his master, When the net is hauled
In the animal will come alongside and bark
until il resolves the allowance of fish which tie
fisherman makes practice of giving it at every
haul 1t is certainly unique pet.
THE local medical profession of Fall River
Mass, is deeply interested in the following we'll
authenticated facts reported by DR.. Casgrain
respectable physician Victoria Berube aged
o years, died after remaining unconscious for
health for two years AZ f9w DAYS ago she went
home from school and shortly after was taken
SICK vomiting black substance. Dr. Casgrain
was called and found the patient insensibIe He
was unable to resuscitate her. Two hours be-
fore her death she vomited dark reddish sub
stance, which on examination was found to
contain partially formed bird. The doctor
declines to advance any theory, but will
report the facts shortly to the local
medical society. a prominent physician
advances the theory that the child may
have eaten par-boiled half -hatched egg
The beak of the bird may have become i'm
bedded in the walls of the stomach. This theory
is strengthened by the fact that symptoms Of
gastro-enteritis preceded death.
In M1NDINAc, the farthest southeastern island
in the Philippine group, upon one of its.mount-
aims, the volcanic Apo, a party of botanical
and ethnographical explorers found recentlv
at hight of 800 feet above the sea level a
colossal flower. The discoverer, Dr.. Alexander
Schadenberg, could scarcely believe his eyes
when he saw amid the low growing bushes the
immense buds of this flower growing like
gigantic cabbage heads. But he was still more
astonished when he found O specimen in full
bloom. 5-petaled flower nearly yard in
diameter, as large as a carriage wheel, in fact
This enorm ous blossom was borne on a sort OF
vine creeping on the ground. The native who
accompanied DR.. Schadenberg called it "bolo.
Inc party had no scale by which the weight of
the flower could be ascertained but thew inn
provised swinging scale, using their boxes
and specimens as weights. Weighing these
Wnen opportunity served. il was found that a
single bower weighed over twenty-five hounds
1t was impossible to transport the fresh flower
so the travellers photographed 1t and dried a
number of its leaves by the heat OF a fire.
The house in which Patti lives is one of the
most interesting of homes. "Craig-y-Nos
castle, as the songstress has christened II. is
hidden away in the wild hills OF the Swansea
valley OF Wales, writes Florence Wilson in bar
charming account of "A Day in PATHS Castle"
in the May Ladies Home Journal would he
one OF the most inaccessible spots imaeinahle
were it not for little railway which runs within
-FOUR miles OF it In pleasant weather il would
pc ui IL, 70 nnd pretter bit of landscape
but In wet ana wintry weather, when storms
sweep through the valley and transform the
tumbltng little Tawy river into foamin1 tor
rent it IS good place to keep away from
Pattis reason for choosing home there was a |
good one. The peculiarly moist atmosphere Of
the place suited her voice better thar
any other locality she could find
on the English side of Dover straits HAVING
once determined where she would live Patti |
began TO build home consistent with her am
thing about Craig y.Nos, 10 that
such an establishment is to be found in such n
remote part Of the country. It is verv much |
as though Jay Gould had built his Iryin9ton
palace IN the heart of the Adirondack instead |
OF on the slope of the Hudson river In roint
of architectural beauty or extent of acraa On ~
would De absurd to compare "Craigv- " NosiS
with any or the great ancestral estates of the
English ar1stocracy The cas- lie takes its name
from huge i'll shaped hill called "Craie.ofthe.
Night" To get around this hill and make bar
house moderately accessible from the raiIt rot
station, Patti spent $40, 900 in building a ro"SS