The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There is an old miller 81 years OF age
living nine miles from Versailles KY, who
has been running the same mill for about
eighty years. He started it before the war of
1872 when but boy, and the waters of the
Elkhorn creek have kept it going for him ever
since. He can shoulder sack of corn with
great ease, reads without glasses, and his
mind is as clear as il ever was Hid away in
the quiet regions of Elkhorn creek he
scarcely knew that there was a war raging
around him from 1851 to 1866
The British museum has been presented
with rich addition to its archaic Greek
sculpture, consisting of a remarkably in
tereStlng fragment of pure white marble, the
form OF mans head life size and of fine and
reSolute expression. The head is peculiarly
Ornamented with small roSettes reaching
across the crown from ear to ear and the de-
sign OF the sculptor may have been to repre-
sent set locks or curlS of hair. The relic
dates about 600 years B. C. and is nearly per-
feet, 1t was found in long disused building
on the land of "a farmer and given by him to
the museum.
A novel kind of swindle was practiced in a
German town the other day. A man strug-
CLING along under heavy burden suddenly
stumbled and crashed through a plate glass
store window. The proprietor of the store
demanded payment. The porter said he had
no money. PasSers-by advised that he be
searched A thousand mark note was found
on him, which, he said belonged to his en-
ployer. The storekeeper, however, deducted
100 marks for the value of his window and
handed 300 marks change to the porter who
went away swearing and protesting. A little
later the storekeeper discovered the 1000
mark note was spurious.
April 10 was the anniversary of the publica-
tton in 1888 of Dr. Samuel Johnson s great die
tiOnary of the English language The fact is
recalled that when Andrew Millar, the pub
Usher of the long delayed work received the
last proofSheet from Dr. johnson he wrote
him this brusQue note: Andrew Millar sends
his compliments to Mr.. Samuel Johnson, with
the money for the last sheet of the copy of
he has done with him" To this the doctor
replied: Samuel johnson returns his com
pliments to Mr.. Andrew Millar, and is very
glad to find, as he does by this note, that An
drew MlIlar has the grace to thank God for
anything"
The most curious oil we'll ever known, ex-
cept it NAV be the famous Sunday well in
Venango county, Pennsylvania, which never
yielded a drop of oil except on the
first day Of the week. is in Wheeler
canyon. California; said ]. c. Doe
rum of the Empire Oil Company a few
days ago 1T is known as the Lunatic oil
spring When the new moon appears this
spring begins to flow oil, which increases in
volume as the moon grows. When the moon
is at its full the spring yields three barrels of
oil day The quantity decreases with the
waning Of the moon, and the yield of oil ceases
entirely when the moons last quarter is past.
phases of the moon
The Queen Of England evidently still recog-
nizes Liliuokalani as the queen of the Sand
witch islands and has written her a letter in
her own hand to express her sympathy in her
troubles. The letter is as follows: Victoria
by the grace of God, queen of Great Britain
and Ireland, queen. defender of the faith and
and Empress of India, to Liliuokalani Queen
of the Hawaiian Islands. Sendeth greeting:
We have received and referred to our ad-
lot ta~ a1nf tf
kingdom. We sincerely trust that your ma
JeSty will arrive at a happy issue out of your
present troubles We take this opportunity
of assuring you OF our continued good will and
commencing your majesty to the protection
OF the Almighty"
The Philadelphia Times in a recent issue
prints some two pages of short letters pre-
sumably from prominent men who were asked
to tell why. in their opinion. the men don 20
. church. Judging from the answers given
there arc great variety of reasons hut the
most OF them seem to agree that il is the
Chur, fault in the long run 1t is unprO-
presslv6 or II Is ttreSOme. or the preachers
are not up to the times, or something or other
else IS the matter with the chur h One
writer says. however that the trouble is with
the Sunday newspaper and thinks that men
would go to church If they djdu have that to
read. Another, speaking strictly for himself
says that he stays at home to play with the
baby as 1t Is the only time in the week that
he can find for that amusement Two of the
1t is reported from St Petersburg that all
Tartary is profoundly stirred up over the
assumptions of one Meniis Khan who calls
himself the prophet of the prophet" and
aspireS to lead the Tartar tribes on an expedi-
tion of glory and conquest. such as cOnVlIlsed
the nations and changed the map of Europe
in the middle ages Menjis Khan tells them
that if they will follow him and put their
trust in Allah and his prophet they can easily
vanquish the Russians and overrIn the whole
of Europe as their fOrefathers did. 1t is said
! that his words have met with a ready response
in the hearts Of the 1artars. and especially of
the restless and warlike KirghiZ and that
the utmost efforts of the Russian auth orities
TO calm the excitement have been in vain. II
is thought that there will have to he blood
shed tefore the Tartars can he brought To
realize the foohshness of their aspirations
The spelling reform fad has struck France
and with considerable force A committee
on the subject has been appointed nv the
French Academy, which, as Prof Max Muller
says in the Contemporary Review. lin liter
airy matters is no less dictatorial than Bis-
marck himself" and this committee has re-
ported in favor OF q number of reforms TO be
incorporated into the next edition of the
academy's dictionary. Hyphens are to be abol-
ished IN all such compound words as
eau-de-vie,' and likewise the apostrophes
IN such words as "entr' aides"
Foreign words are to be spelled so as
| to Indicate their pronunciation. thus "break'
will be spelled "brec' and spleen" will be
spine Latin plurals as "er-
rata, will take an s. thus
''erratas.7 Phi will be changed into (, and
the plurals in x, as 'paux." will have an s in
stead, ''paus.' Max Muller thinks that this
entering wedge will cost the academy and
others no end Of trouble. There is certainly
plenty Of room for spelling reform in the
French language as there is in the English
says the New Orleans Picayune, but it is a
! different thing to manage as the faddists for
reform in the English have found out Per
haps the authority of the immortals however
may be able to control the situation and carry
their point.