The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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the subject Of signs was discussed, and q num-
Der of illustrations we're given of signs where
| the names OF men or Of firms bore close rela-
| ton TO the business in which they were engaged.
A suggestion of an ideal sign was that Mr..
Fischein should be dealer in anglers materi.
ais. The head master of a well-known school
| not 1000 miles from New York bears the name
| of Dumbell. What professor Of physical cu-
| ture man with that name would make. Who
can say that there isn't anything in a name
| when he remembers that within the last few
| days. in neignboring city, Mr.. Downward at
tempted to murder his wife and then killed him
self
CITY paved with marble! It sounds
strangely enough. yet in the heart of poverty
stricken Ireland there is just such city. says
the Dublin independent. Kilkenny one OF the
Irish parliamentary boroughs, is not only paved
with the costly stone but many of its houses
are built with the same material Half mile
outside the town are the famous black marble
quarries, which turn out the c. DIGEST marble in
the British Isles. From time immemorial the
civic authorities have been accustomed tc buy
this stone, undressed, to pave and build with.
The old Norman walls OF Kilkenny were OF mar
BILE throughout, as is the cathedral OF St Carnice
to-day. Kilkenny has two other peculiarities
Its water is wonderfully clear and pure while
the coal used in the city, coming as il does from
the slere Marge anthracite region emits no per-
ceptible smoke. All these qualities are cele
brated in the time-worn distich: IN Kilkenny
you will find, air without smoke, water without
0THE telephone, even when first brought out,
was marvel of simplicity and effectiveness. a"
says Prof. Elihu Thompson in an article on
THE Future of Electricity" in the NetD Eng
| land Magazine. When we consider that BY
| its means we may converse with and even r G.
ognize the voice OF person distant from us a
considerable fraction Of The earth's crcumfer.
| ence, we cannot fail TO be impressed with the
| wonder Of il. Can we. however, anticipate
such an extension Of the power of the telephone
| hat No l.
as the line over which speech is to be conveyed
| To answer this question in the negative would
| be to set a limit to the capacity OF the human
| intellect to make future advances; nevertheless
| there are reasons which are cogent enough
tending to point to the impracticablity of tele-
| phonic transmission through cables OF great
| length. In such cases a retardation aud au OBJ
liberation OF the delicate pulses or current which
| characterize electrical speech serve to prevent
the reception Of speech at the far end Of
| the line"
THE curious turnout of Mr.. bennett of Cape
Elizabeth, Me-, who supplies the cottagers with
milk. eggs. strawberries and other country
produce, attracts good deal OF attention, says
! the Boston Transcript. Mr.. benefits team
| consists of a 2 year-old bull with a ring in his
nose, bearing crooked woke on his neck, har-
! messed to q flat bottomed cart which will float
in the water The animal is driven by Mr.. Den.
nett like horse. ReinS Of rope are attached TO
the ring in the bulls nose; they pass up owe
| the horns through the rings attached 10 them.
trip TO the beach two or three times q wees,
| fording the Sperwink river at high tide. I. q
bull swims the river like dog and the cart
| floats like boat, and will sustain the weight OF
| Mr. bennett and his load of produce safely
| When Mr.. bennett and mis- team are seen ap-
| preaching the cottagers throng the backs OF
4 the river in order to see him make the passagn.
| Some Of the most adventurous ones have tried
| the trip and several narrow escapes from cap
| sizing have occurred.
| Nor the least interesting study at the worlds
fair will be the exhibit in the liberal arts de-
| partment under the direction of Supt Rosenau
| Of the bureau of charities and corrections To
the great majority of mankind it can oe happily
sad that the conyict's cage and the dark prison
| walls of so-caled houses of correction are like
| bad dreams and vague nightmares. The life of
| the French galley slave as seen through the
| lines Of Victor Hugos Lies Miserables" is a
| picture that can never be effaced from the
mind Of a sympathetic reader. The very name
| brldeweH, TombS, or penltentiary carries with
! it feeling of dread. and the thought of pun
ishment rather than that of correction or
| charity. Man is advancing, however and
| his ideals, II not his actions. are approaching
nearer to the time OF universal brotherhood. In
developing the exhibit IN penology 1t is the aim
| OF MIR. Rosenau to show the advancement made
with the growth of civilization from the days
| OF early history down TO the present time;
| advancement IN the manner OF handling truaut
] members of society Visitors to the fair can
take their choice between burning at the stake,
which se6ms since the discovery of fire TO nave
| been the favOrite method of capital punish
| ment up TO the time Chala Ekke made the first
| rope, or being electrocuted after the manner Of
| Kemmler. It's all the same thing in the end
Illustrations of prison cells in Siberia will be
| placed side by side with those of Joliet and
| Sing Sing.
THE famous Ara Coen Banbino, sacredly
guarded In a church at Rome, the building it.
self bearing the same name. is simply a wooden
| figure less than a foot in length. This notwith-
standing. it is the most valuable and Ito some)
the most sacred piece Of wood carving in exist
ence. Tradition says that ST. Luke carved the
| figure from section OF one of the trees that
formerly grew on the Mount OF Olives: another
account says that the wood was taken from the
Garden OF Gethsemane carved by st Paul and
painted by Luke. Be this as it NAV, it is a
relic OF undoubted antiquity, ami is known
to have been in the Eternal City"
| 1900 years at least, and the last thousand
years in the Ara Cuel. The word bambino
says the st. Louis Republic, simply means
baby" therefore it is called the Ara CoeI
Bambino (babyl. This miraculous "Bambino'
is kept in a "mauger" literally crusted owe
with diamonds, rubies, Sapphires emeralds
and other precious stones. In early ages Of it's
existence, on account of its sacred associations
the" Bamolno" was held to possess miraculous
healing powers, and was often taken TO visit
high church people who were TOO i'll to pay the
| baby and its jeweled manger pilgrimage 10
the tenth century an attempt was made to
steal this sacred wooden baby, and since that
| time it has never been left alone for a single
| hO1ri Great indaad 10 alrr