The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Among the lions Of TIE day in Paris is the
| Raiah Of Bobhili who has arrived there from
/ Madras with a numerous suite, comprising a
[ priest, doctor, q SECRETARY. a pedicure.
/ manicure, and several cooks. lt Is said that
everything he eats and drinks is hrst OF all
I examined by the doctor and then Blessed by
I the priest His IndiGnl htghness is particu-
1 larry fond Of mutton ard fowl, which are cut
/ up into small pieces. Knives and forks being
| obnoxious TO him. he s9metimes uses a spoon,
/ but more often his fingers. This is the first
| time he has visited Paris, where he intends
to stop fortnight to study the manners and
| customs Of the people
A Peruvian inventor has according TO the
| Pittsburg Dispatch, endeavored TO provide
4 against the danger to which vessels are eX-
| posed when In the vicinity of icebergs or
| other impending collisions by designing
| means OF stopping the vessel suddenly. A YER
tically sliding frame on post at the bow OF
| the vessel has on its sides pivOted wings
| which win expand transversely when re
qutred. The wings are held in their normal
position by means OF chains attached to Tor
| ward projection OF the frame, and other chains
| connecting the free ends of the wings with the
| sides of the vessel. A winch the mechanism
of which is under thecOntrol of the Officers in
| charge, is placed On deck, and holds the
| chains or ropes which actuate the wings As
soon as danger approaches few turns OF the
! winch will throw open the wings ana resist
| ance will thus be offered to the forward mo
tion Of the ship which will have material
! effect in bringing tito standstil
The following extract from a contemporary
may interest some leaders: The process by
which nature forms Accommodations of silver
are very interesting It must be remembered
that the earth's crust is full of water, which
percolates everywhere through the rocks,
making solutions Of elements obtained from
them. These chemical solutions take up
small particles of the precious metal which
they find scattered here and there. Some
times the solutions in question are hot, the
water having gone so far down as to be set
a-boiling by the internal heat of the globe.
Then they rush upward, picking up the bits Of
metal as they go, Naturally, heat assists the
performance OF this operation Now and then
the streams thus formed, perpetually flowing
hither and thither below ground, pass through
| the cracks OF cavities in the rocks, where
they deposit their loads OF silver This is
kept up for great length of time, perhaps
thousands of years, until the assures OF the
| pocket are filled up. Cranntes permeatlng
the stony mass in every direction may be-
come filled with the metal or occasionally
chamber may be stored full of it, as if a
| myriad hands were fetching the treasure from
all sides and hiding away future bonanza
for some lucky prospector to discover in an
other age.
The Rev. t B. Pandian of the Baptist Mis-
sion Madras who has been interviewed by
the Christian Commonwealth on the woes Of
the Pariah mentioned as one of them that the
marriage laws OF the Parlahs sadly need re-
vision. Polygamy is rampant, and the igno-
rant Parah Graves for fresh bride every
year, and he never troubles his head as to
what becomes of his old wives when he takes
a new one. Likewise the wife no longer 10t
what becomes of the husband when he has
taken unto himself another wife, trying to
marry again herself. And they both leave the
children of their marriage almost as waits
and strays. Another misfrtune, Mr. Pandtan
went on to say, was the cheap labor
exacted of the Pariahs by the land
lords and Zemindars. The Pariah is
made to work everywhere-in the garden, the
field, by the we'll side, in the cowshed in sta
r.rnaRr r,ara ~ rNrha ara
Their pay Is simply miserable, and IL Is a
problem how some Of them manage to exist.
They seldom ply trade and AFFECT slavery
seems to be their fate Separate schools
should be provided for these people, taught
and inspected either by Christians or men of
their own class. Caste people should have
nothing to do with them. Industrial schools
should also be established in convenient To-
calities. In order to elevate these people two
things are necessary: First emancipation
from the disabilities under which they now
labor: and, second, educational facilities, both
intellectual and industrial must be placed
within their reach, untrammeled by the inter
ference OF hostile official.
The Kew Bulletin informs US that the gov
eminent of Trinidad has passed an ordinance
for the determination of ''parasol ants" so
far as its power extends. The pest has be-
come unbearable. In fact, from the nature of
things, wherever this ant is found growing
civilization must wage war to the death with
1t, for the creature strips trees Of their
| leaves, which IL neatly trims to the size and
shape Of threepenny bit and carries to the
nest An army of 8codoma cephalotes at
work is one Of the strangest sights in tropical
| America The column may be followed for
mile, three or four inches in width, a serried
mass Of ants each carrying aloft upright as a
| flag its green disk. They will strip large
tree of which they fancy the leaves in twenty
| four hours. But nature has limited their raw
ages in the way which Darwin and
| Wallace teach us to expect Many species Of
| tree are quite protected against them by pc
culiarites which we cannot detect Many
others are so far protected that the ants will
not attack them If they have the choice. But
the enterprising foreigner brings his useful
| fruits and plants from every quarter of the
world, and establishes them in the domain of
the Rcodoma. Then there is JOY unmixed'
With unprotected food in abundance the ants
multiply as they never could before. So the
Trinidad authorities have made law that
the warden OF any district may authorize
landowner who suffers or is likely to suffer-
from their raVages to enter any ne1ghbor S
ground and destroy the nest-if ne can, be it
understood. and any one Ohstructing such pro-
ceedings when duly authorized by the war
den becomes liable to fine of 910, or i'm
prfsonment for three months with or without
hard labor.
According to the Talmudists, Satan whose
real name is Sammael or Eblis, was orig
/, inally an angel with six wings. He is also
known as the Old Serpent, the Devil, Beel-
; Zebub, the Unclean Spirit, Leviathan and
l Asael says the st. Louis Republic. In the
! East Indian story Of the Fall he is referred to
represented as the great serpent Vrita
aIaipst which Indria fought and which, after
u desperate struggle he overcame. In the
Persian tradition he is known as Ahriman,
. and 1t is believed that at the time of the last
day. after he has been purified by fire, he
5 will return to obedience and again occupy the
realms Of the just as angel. In Morse
mythology the evil spirit is Loki, and it was
believed that the wolf and the serpent
! were his vile progeny. The Egyptians
l believed that he was a full brother OF
Osiris, their god, and that he rebelled and
: was thrown out under the name of Typhon
! The people of Tyre and Rhodes spoke Of the
evil one as Opinion or the Serpent, which will
account for the fact that all serpents are to
this day classed under the generic name of
! the ''Ophidia,". "Chronos Titan is the same
as the Arabic Seheitan, the Erse Teitin the
Time God, the Biblical Satan or Lucifer the
Son of the Morning" The Greek story Of
Prometheus stealing fire from heaven is be-
lieved by many learned commentators to be
identical with our fall of Satan. The Caro-
line Island Indians have a similar myth
That Merogrog (Satan)was driven out of
heaven and that he took with him
I rIy Of