The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany is preparing an elaborate exhibit for the
| worlds fair. 1t will present a pavilion there,
| 10 the middle Of which will be placed a large
| map of the world, on which the daily positions
! Of all the steamers on the various lines of that
company will be represented by miniature
| steamers that will be moved from day TO day
| TO correspond with the movements of the ships
! of the company all over the world. Around
! this large map of the world will be placed the
| six models of the newest North German Lloyd
! steamers and model of a new twin screw
steamer now building for the line between Bre-
| men and China.
| FoRTY-FIvE precious historical documents re-
Iating to the voyage and discovery of America
are to be exhibited at the worlds fair. The
| Duke of Veragua, the living descendant of
| Columbus, has agreed 10 lend them The forty
| five papers form almost history of Columbus
career as discoverer. In the list is the original
commission given to Columbus by Ferdinand
| and Isabella upon his departure for the first
voyage. 1t is dated Granada, April &c, 1892 In
! 1t he is appointed grand admiral of the ocean
| seas, vice king and governor general OF all the
| lands he should discover. Every document in
Sue collection is either written by Columbus or
| signed by Ferdinand or Isabella.
! AN IDEA OF the magnitude of the depredations
| of shoplifters in large cities can hardly be OBJ
| tanned. The losses annually sustained by large
! dry goods houses through this cause alone is
! something almost beyond belief by one not
| familiar with the subject. In foreign cities the
trouble is fully as great as in American trade
| centers. In one large house in Paris, the Bon
! Marche, 100 detectives are constantly employed
whose only work it is to keep an eye on the light
| fingered gentry and prevent the contamination
| OF their designs on the immense stock Of small
| portable articles within reach. That it is an
! economy to pay corps of detectives for their
| continuous services gives some hint OF the ex-
/ tent TO which their employment saves money
| for the house.
| SOME interesting facts connected with Dick
ems David Copperdeld" have been revealed by
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! says, my mothers authority for sayinx-she
| told me at the time of the publication of Mr.
! FOrster's first volume and asked me to make
| the fact public if, after her death an oppor-
| tunity should arise-that the story was event
| uaily I'd to her in strict confidence by my
father, who, at the time minated his intention
of publishing it by and by as portion of his
! autobiography. From this purpose she endeav-
ored to dssuade him, on the ground that he had
spoken with undue harshness of his father and
| especially Of his mother; and with so much sue
! cess that he eventually decided that ne would
| be satisfied with working it into David Copper
field.'''
AN IDEA has gained currency during the past
| few weeks, says Chambers Journal that the
tomato as article of diet is liable produce
| or encourage the terrible disease of cancer, and
! not long ago 1t was also stated that the use of
| this vegetable had been forbidden at the can
Ger hospital. So widely spread has this notion
become that Dr.. Marsden, chairman of the
| medical committee Of the cancer hospital. I o.
QOns mas thought II aQVlG3 Ole to give 1t official
contradiction. He says that his committee has
been inundated with letters on the subject and
he begs publication for the following state
! ment, which we hope will settle the matter
| once for all. 1t is the opinion OF the committee
that tomatoes neither predispose to nor excite
| cancer formation, and that they are not iniuri-
GUS to thofe suffering from this disease but on
the contrary, are a very wholesome articls of
| diet, particularly so If cooked"
A ONCE precious d 'adem, which is now only
an historical relic Of much interest, says the St
Louis Republic. is the ancient crown of the
Scotch kings, kept in the castle of Edinburgh
| 1t is supposed to have been made for Robert
Bruce, and is formed of two circles Of gold The
upper and narrowest circlet being surmounted
by row OF crosses and gem-incruste1
| imitation flowers. The lower ring, the head
| band proper, is adorned from end TO end of the
| golden band with large precious stones of diff
| ferent kinds, mostly in their rough, unpublished
! state. Above rise two arches OF gold which
| unite and are surmounted with the historic
| cross ana ball. Even when the Stuarts be-
| came kings OF England they went to the trouble
, Of going to Scotland to seat themselves for
! few moments upon the celebrated STONE of
Scone" and to have King Bruce's diadem
pressed upon their royal heads. Charles l. de-
clared his intention of removing Scotland's
| famous relic to London that such cere-
| monies could be carried out at home, but the
! sturdy Scots soon convinced him that such q
proceeding would be an infringement upon
their rights, 30 the king had to 90 10 Edinburgh
| as others had done before. Tie wife of a
I PREACHER ny LILO nhIuo Oh Granger once StO q the
| Scotch crown and the other royal insignia, this
In 1852 or 1858, At the time OF the restoration
! they were transferred to Charles ii. They
| were returned to Edinburgh castle in 1907 and
| have remained there ever since.
In THE still hours of the night do you ever
catch yourself wondering what would be the
result should two of the gigantic planets, which
go whirling through space with speed of 6s.-
305 miles per hour, come to q certain ''orbtal
crossing" at the same time? asks writer in the
St. Louis ReDubhc. am not at all apprehen-
sive that anything of the kind will take place
during Growers incumbency; but, to tell the
truth, the very thoughts of such an event being
within the range of possibilities Is enough To
make even conscious-pur democrat quake in
his boots. am looking forward with much in
terest to Flammarion's latest effort, 'Omeza ."
which will consider the various ways in which
our globe may come TO an end" If he brings
in TINS clash OF worlds among the various ''plans
for an end, " which he must have on tap, the
| article Will doubtless be one OF absorbing inter
est. Let US 20 back to the original proposition:
l have already state that our world is spinning
through space at a speed of over COO miles per
minute. Should it come in collision with a
| globe OF equal size going at the Same rata ~
speed, what would be the result? The very hest
thinkers OF tie age tell us that heat enough
would DO generated by the shock to transform
both OF the culiding bodies into gigantic balls of
vapor many times their present circumference
Some have thought that in the confer of
the earth is composed OF solid and colder mat
ter than is the generally accepted belief this
might not be the case But, after searching,
all the leading authorities in order to be able 10
put this subject before the readers of Notes for
the Curious" In its true light, will admit that
/ cannot find more appropriate ''fnis" for this
article than the following. which is from an
eminent scientist: Should such an nnbeard of
event occur the heat generated would be suf1-
Gent TO melt, boil and Completely vaporize a
mass Of ice fully 700 times the bulk of 10th the