The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


There is for sale in a Chicago shop an
ancient suit OF court garments once worn by
a member OF the Irish parliament atolt the
year IVA, one J. J. o Riley, of County Cavan.
II is deep maroon broadcloth, embroidered
with heavy solid gold bullion.
The wife Of the late Senator H. H. Riddle
berger, of Virginia, has been managing his
paper in Woodstock since his death. Mrs
Rlddleberger has become disguised with po-
| litical parties and factions, and has declared
her intention to make her newspaper indie
pendent.
In the Russian army there is one particular
regiment Of infantry Of the guards, formed by
! Emperor Paul, the men Of which are re-
/ cruited not so much with regard to their
! night or the color of their hair and complex
/ ions as to the shape Of their noses. Emperor
| Paul had typical Kalmuk nose. of the most
eXcruclatlngly up-tilted pattern, and since
! then, out OF com Dltment to him. all the Off
! GERS and men of this particular regiment have
noses OF the same shape the sight
| wnlch they present on parade being somewhat
/ startling.
The House Of Keys, as the legislature of the
Isle Of Man is called, has just passed meas
! ure, duly sanctioned by the governor. remov-
| ing the civil disabilities to which Roman
! catholics have until now Oeen subjected in the
| Island on account Of their religion. II was
! until week or two ago the only spot in the
! BRUSH empire where a Catholic was de-
! barred by reason of his religion from eXer-
! cls1ng his full right Of citizen ship aud tr Jm
! holding any Office from that of membership
| IN the legislature to that OF attorney or con
| stable.
! The expense and eccentricities Of the
| stamp-collecting hobby were illustrated at
/ the Portland Me-, post office the other day
! IN the receipt OF registered letter. bearing a
| stamp Of the "a denomination. The fees due
/ on the letter only called for 10 cents postage,
and the reason for using so costly a stamp
] cancelled : n mn n. Orc = on
/ value to the collector than an uncancelled one.
and he took this method of attaining his end.
| II Is not an uncommon thing for a collector
! InuS 10 use rare ana costly stamp on an or
! dinaIy letter registering the letter as a safe
guard against its going astray.
| M de Lucy, French naturalist, has shown
that the wing area of flying animals varies
from about 40 square feet per pound Of weight
| in the gnat and five square feet in the swal-
| low, to half square foot per pound weight in
| the Australian crane, which weighs 81 pounds
| and yet flies well says the Pail Mall Gazette If
| we were TO adopt the last or smallest proper
| ton, man weighing II stone would require
| pair of wings, each of them IA feet long by
| feet broad or double tie area of an or
nary room door, to carry him, without
taking into account the weight
OF the wings themselves. To pick
! out other aerial instances, it may
! not be generally known that frigate bird
| can travel at the rate of 100 miles an hour by
| chronograph, and live in the air week at a
|
| that large and heavy birds can remain almost
! mot1onless in air for hours without Tapping
! their wings; that birds can exert continuously
| about three times the horse power per pound
! of weight that man can, and about the same
| amount more than horse can. The energy
| given cut by tirds is, in fact, weight for
| weight, UNPARALLELED in nature.
! Seven miles northeast OF this place, lear
| the 10 yansport road, says a Nacogdoches,
Tex, correspondent of the Galveston News,
fz -.
nest-wonde1ful in size, age and locality.
| these little singing flies. or whatever they
| should be called. usually nest in the ground,
! and have one door for entrance and ex L
Their nest is built OF material like wasp nests
! about tn size Of half bushel with several
/ rooms or apartments, and many cells in which
! the young ones are raised. They usually o.
| Cupy nest put Cna yea. The nCSs N QueS-
! tton Is located upon a pine tree. or rather
| around the trunk Of a pine tree. that
! Is about foot in diameter, and it
| Is about eighteen feet above the ground. The
! tree appears to pass tn olgh the very center
! Of the nest, which is conical in shape or as a
| farmer expressed it. shaped just like an old
/ fashioned hoop skirt" but much larger being
| about five feet high and same in diameter at
! the base, which is as fiat as if it had been
! sawed on. 1t appears to be many years old,
| and is built Of the usual wasp nest material.
| The yellow jackets may be seen staudiny at
| the many holes IN the base of the nest or on
| the under side. They are not tightly because
! they are out Of reach of disturbance. The or
! binary ground mes or is always ready to raise
! cain, and woe be to the animal that stands
| and stamps upon it,
! 1t is known that the champagne country
does not produce anything like the quantity
| OF wine that is required for the annual con-
| sumption in Europe, let alone America. SAWS
! the New York Advertiser. What is wanted
! Is imported into the district from Othe Darts
! of France, and there doctored All cham
| payne gets dose of syrup and other ingre
| uIehts DeIore Delng nnaIIy corked, wired, tin
! seled and packed in cases. None but the
| highest priced brands nowadays are genuine
! II you want the real article, the hest thing to
| 90 IS TO BUY 1t on the spot of firm that has
! only one price and one brand. They exist.
! but are few in number. Some persons SUP
/ pose that white wine, and consequently cham
! payne, Is made from white grapes only This
| Is an error. OF course it is made from them
! Dul, as matter OF fact, the great bulk of
! white wine comes from the purple fruit
! When white wine is wanted the Juice is
| drawn off from the butt almost as soon as it
| has Teen trOdden out of the grapes. while to
| produce red wine the skins and stalks must he
| allowed to soak for a time in the generous
! liquor. They give the color New wine inst
| out OF press is OF light orange tint and is a
delicious beverage, but dreadfully PREACHER.
| GUS. Out OF the refuse, when all the Juice has
| been drawn off, the French make a canital
eau de vie OF a light brown color, which they
| call eau de we de marc. CounOsSeurs prefer
! 1t to brandy, except when the latter is of the
| first brand. Burgundy is the great place for
1t. 1t rarely finds its way to England.
! The unwelCome conclusion is forced unon
underwriters that fire insurance is in a had
way. says a New York letter. In 1881 the
! leading British companies paid out for losses
! and expenses over % per cent Of their nre-
| MUM income, and the American companies
! did about per cent. worse than this: while
! in 1892 the principal companies Of both
classes paid out, on the average for losses
| and expenses. all their premiums The wear
| 1893 bids fair to show even worse record AN
| around. The September fire losses in the
/ United States and Canada amounted to $40
/ 5OOOOJ, an increase Of upwards of - 500 ono
| over the corresponding month Of 1892 The
| losses for the first nine months of the present
| year aggregated about Sl22 900 900 an amount
| some So. 100000 in excess Of the corrospend-
ing period of 1892 ana about 500
! 100000 over the figures of 1891 The
! losses for every month of the year thus far
| have exceeded spending months of the
| previous year, with the exception of February
when they were about 81 O1O,OOJ less. AttbiS
ratio of increase the total losses for the wear
/ Will largely exceed those of 1892 A Milwau-
| kee paper remarks on this subject: "If sec
rotary Carlisle had a gold reserve as large as
the values which have Tins been
utterly wiped out OF existence in the short
space OF nine months, the country would he on
! nigh tide Cf confidence and prosperity Ills
/ not wonderful that the insurance cOmpanies
| squirm. There is not only no pront in in
surfing under present conditions hut the
| SURPRISES which have been accumulated
/ during years of pro table business are heinz
/ wiped out, and unless the drain is STONED
] MANY of the COmDavipS 1uust sOOpar - -