The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Justice stephen ], Field, of the supreme
court of the United States is making his first
visit to Detroit, Mich,
Bishop Joseph Rademacher has been trans
ferred by the Pope from Nashville Tenn, to
Fort Wayne. Ind, which is considered more
important position. The Bishop Of Nashville
has thirty priests and thirty-eight churches
while in that of Fort Wayne there are 1873
churches and l64 priests. The bishop is ma
tive of Michigan, and is SO years old. He was
appointed Bishop of Nashville In 1888 sue
ceeding Bishop Feehan, now Archbishop of
Chicago.
His excellency Herr Won Brandt, formerly
German ambassador in China, is now living
with his wife in Wiesbaden Herr Won Brandt
it may be remembered, resigned his post be-
cause the emperor would not grant him per-
mission to marry the daughter of the Ameri-
can consul general in COrea. He was one of
the most distinguished members of the Ger
man diplomatic corps. For many years he
was dean OF the foreign representatives living
at Pel1in.
Suicide statistics, as recently published by
an English doctor, show that
taking the entire population Of
the world there is an attempt made
every three minutes on an average by some
one to take his own life. 1t seems that sax
ony is the quarter of the globe where suicide
is the most popular, the ratio there being 400
suicides in l.OJOOO deaths. Portugal. On the
other hand occupies the first place for infre-
qucncy Of self destruction the proportion
there being only l6 to 100000
The Chamber OF Commerce of Rouen have
erected a clock tower which gives the time
on three sides and the height of the tide
on the fourth, namely, that fronting the
harbOr, says the London Times The tide in
dicatOr consists essentially Of a float which
by means OF a cord and counter weight hung on
a drum actuates q series OF shafts with beyeI
a
on dill like that Of a clock. marked with
the necessary nSures 10 show the level of
the tide. The dinls are OF opal glass and are
illuminated ut night. The clock mas an appa-
ratuS for distributing the time to other
clocks in kOUen and also for unity ing the
tl4ae, after the method adopted in PARIS.
~ curious accident recently befeI the 4
year-old child Of Frank Larsen, Swe ie far
mer near Showhegan, Maine in which the
little fellow swallowed newly Matched tur-
tie. The creature, which was about the size
Of half dollar, had been sent the mother of
the child by relative living in the south
and the boy was playing with it. putting il in
has mouth after the peculiar fashion of chill
dren to clap everything there that comes in
their way. The mother heard the boy gasp
ing for breath, and running to it saw that
some hard object had tecome Looked in its
upper throat, A doctor was hurriedly sum
muned. and after some difficulty succeeded IN
getting hold of the obstruction. and drew it
forth to his and Mrs. Larsens astonishment
The turtle had drawn in its limbs on finding
itself in close quarters, and was little the
worse for its singular experience, but the boy
was almost su1ocated.
A Chinese mandarin has forwarded to the
Asiatic Quarterly the menu of q banquet
given at Picking to the foreign dipiomatists,
the menu of which follows: First came four
classic dishes-namely, swallow nests with
pigeon eggs, shark fms with crabs, dOpfis h
with wild duck, duck and caulihower: then
succeed delicacies served in cups placed be-
fore each guest; swallow nests shark fms
plain mort s. vegetables, mushrooms with
duck feet fried partridge, pigeon in slices:
then there appeared four dishes namely
ham in honey, PURGE of peas vegetables and
dOGfiSh four side dishes. haricot cheese with
bamboo buds "a kind of asparagus). roots of
bamboo, chicken ShelldSh; four hors d 'oeu-
vers in duplicate: ham and chicken. fish and
giZZard, pork tripe and vermicelI duck and
pork outlets, Each guest had also placed be-
fore him plates OF almonds pistachio paste
pears and oranges. Finally, the following
were the roasts and boiled meats: Sucking
pug, roast duck, boiled chicken, boiled pork
There was profusiOn of European and Chi
nese wines. No opium was smoked, for ON
cial China is not yet reconcied to the drug
which 1t owes to the East India Company