The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AMONG the relics In the rooms Of the New
York Historical Society is the tail of Georye
III. S horse which was taken at Bowling Green
The glow-worm lays eggs which are them
selves luminous; however, the young Matched
from them ara not possessed Of those peculiar
properties until after the first transformatlo
soNE Of the tribes OF India have e marriage
custom which calls for the presence of q COW
and calf at the ceremony. The principals
and the priest drive cow and calf into the
water, and there the bride and groom as veil
as the clergyman, clutch the cows tail, while
the ohctattng parsonage pours water upon il
from a glass vessel and utters a religious
formula.
RATHER unique institution is to be founded
in New York 1t is to be devoted to instruction
IN fire extinguising, and will bs called the New
York Sc Dol of Fire Extin yuishment Ex- Chief
Sha OF the New York fire department will be
in charge The enterprise, however. will be
private one Many practical flremen will deliver
lectures, The school will have a complete outfit
IN way OF 1re apparatus. TIE promoter OF
the school is Simon Breutano Of entaDo Bros
FRIGHTENING FRANCE carries her contempt
OF religious ceremonies t. interesting extremes
Civic funerals are everywhere the order OF the
Gay. The deputy MAYOR of Verdun has gained
nutoriety by the laconic simplicity with which
he committed to earth the remains of a fellow
citizen the OF or day. Stepping to the side OF
the coffin by the open grave, his uncovered his
"Ci izen Mort, in the name OF the law, we bury
you"
IT Is WELL known that the tails Of comets
| stream away from the sun. and are of very low
density, relates the London Public Opinion.
Various hypothesis have been propounded to
| explain their movement away from the sun.
but the most promising Is that of Russian
physicist who ascribes 1t to the repulsion Of the
! solar radiation acting on a mass OF extreme
tenulty, whist, on the other hand, the stfrac-
at hof . s,. 81,
mass ana the solid nuc Gus of the comet. The
same physicist &c cunts for the mysterious ter
restriai phenomenon OF the zodiacal light in the
same way he believes that that the earth has
also tail of coSmic DUST not luminous of itself
but rejecting the sunlight
NEW PAINT. which Is said to be specially
useful for the protection OF metaIiS surfaces. Ia
prepared, rtoJA cotson sssd oil. A gallon Of
pure cotton ssed OIL ia put into stIits bio iror
vessef ara twenty pou nds Of melted lead usuYed
| into t.. aAfser q tnorourh ssirTdng the lead
separates into globllsA and. whaa the ODD las
b'sn poured on, attos cooling she<s are found
lsad remaining, the other three pounds hAvinR
bt on absorb6 by the oil. On the lead waicb
has shus been employed being egais melted.
ana the operation re- leated to Ihe nftb pouYinS,
the amount ef lead BEING less az each sic
oeedina pturng-tne total quantity OF. lead
aosoFbsd y sabouei ten ,ouDdss Tina oil thus
bsink npldysd IN che ordiaaxy raa1ssr fce
metallic suTfecss - ~
NEXT to the music hall craze In Londoa souass
the pursuit OF tbs clan tartan for home ard
stree stune. Il is sometlras. almost tsrrifx-
ing TO meet London women in ths street, cosaed
as tney are In enormous plaids which accentu
ate all their worst points and are aggressiveIv
loud To bs sure London is a z oomy place at
! TINS season, and, seen through fog, the tartan
Is not so rasping TO the nerves. but even the
prettiest women and of the best form have
thsIf dark cloth tailor-made owns with huge
siseVes OF the Murray, Argyle, and occasionally
elen OF the Royal stuart plaid. The Princess
marie OF Edinburgh, who IS just now preparing
her trousseau, has two stunning tartan cos
tunes OF Scottish manufacturer; but this will
narIly give them the cacnet Of good taste, as
every royal bride g compelled to have a poplin
from lrtla and tartan from Scotland out
OF compliment to the shamrock and the thistle
SPEAKING OF gaIts," said a cattlenan to a
Cincinnati Tines Star writer, did you know
that in its native state the horse has but two
gaits-the walk and gailop? All others such IA
the trot pace, canter, fox-trot rack and SINGLE
foot are acquired and artificial. True, a colt
Will be born that may pace on the DAY of its
birth, but you will find some of its ancestors
nave oeen taug It 20 pace. l have chased and
captured Wild horses in their naive wids and
know this from observation. never saw a wild
morse trot queer difference between wild
horses AMI domestic is exhibited in breaking
them. Now, wild horse tries 70 dismount his
rlder ~ ten ng and buckinK and It Is the aim
OF tie trainers to make him run. Get wild
horse TO running straight ahead and he is con-
que cd and will 10 a short time become docIle
But with domestic stock just the opposite Is the
case A tame horse does not buck as a rule
out wa Is to run. Let him run and ne Is ruined
The phi oeophv Of the business is plain The
idea in bot cases is to bend the will OF the horse
70 the ri ers desire. The wild horse runs
straight ahead because he 10 cowed and afraid
o. his rider aud has despaired Of throwing him
Inc tame horse runs because he has no fear of
the rider and ina ines he is escal ing He is
mace TO 20 slow quietly only through fear and
respect Thus, you see, the wild rise runs to
slavery, while the tame hor . runs to freedom
IHE only funerals that have ever known the
queen or the Prince and Princess of Wales to
attend outside of those of their own Immediate
relatives nave been ose either Of very intimate
personal friends whose obseques have been of
the most private nature, or else the funerals of
olu e1d IaVorlte servants, says writer in the
New York Recorder. Thus the queen has at
u nded the funeral Of John Brown and of maDv
other OF her Scotch domestics while the Princess
OF wales did not consider it beneath her dignity
10 follow the hearsa of her husbands favorite
groom when no died OF typhoid fever at Sand
rinHham alter having been nursed and
attended by herself. In the same
way the car aud his brothers q
couple OF years ago, followed, bareheaded
ana on foot. In the depth OF winter, ana for a
distance OF four miles. the hearse of their old
4! nurse. who had taken care of them in
tnelr childhood. No such honor as this has
ever been paid TO any member of the Auscoytte
aristocTAcy, and even when the chancellor of
the empire, old Prince Gortchakoff, died q few
years ago tue car was represented at the state
funeral by the grand master OF the pperial
household. That the Prince of Wales should
have gone to Newmarket on the day of Lord
leunyson's funeral is perfectly natural, and
certainly more in keeping with the sentiments
OF the major ty of his subjects. For racing is
certainly more to the taste of the vast body of
the English people than poetry, and the great
event Newmarket n int baO he