The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-03
ITEMS OF interest.

. the congo Free state al Dis oeath beiN lQln
/ will succeed 20 his rights in the state. and
will have the right 10 annex H. In the state
az present there Is a population Of about "a
uO00n. OF whom IA are Europeans OF these
SIS are Bclgians. The state is governed by a
central government az Brussels, with local
government at Bona, the capital OF the state.
The. registrar OF the Paris morgue while
noted for his unfailing consideration for the
people who go to the morgue 10 identify
friends and relatives. is no less famous as a
| humorous song writer. He has written 800
songs and ballads. A garden which he has
planted outside the windows of his ONCE Is
full OF sweet pea blossoms. The seeds we're
taken from the pockets of a dead person found
in the Seine.
Cairo, Egypt, is to have new street rail-
road system, according to information re-
ceived at the state department from the
United States consul general there. and the
Egyptian government has invited bids for its
construction. The matter is attracting some
attention among European capitalists, and
there is likely to be active competition. Bids
VIII be received by the minister of public
works in Cairo up to Feb /, 1894 Cairo has a
permanent population of 100000, and this
number is greatly augmented during the win
ter by the influx of travellers.
It was the Duke Henry of Brunswick who
was first observed in the intervals of a ban
quet to scan carefully long strip of paper by
guests ventured to inquire into the nature of
his studies he explained that it was a sort of
programme of the dishes which he had com
manded from the cook TO the intent that If
some delica"y which especially appealed to
him were marked for a last stage in the re-
past he might carefully reserve his appetite
for IL. The simplicity and beauty of this idea
appealed instantly to the good dukes con
wives, and the menu card became an instltu-
tiOn.
What animal can make the most noise ?
The elephant. During the breeding season
in the forests of India and CeylOn the trum-
petlng and roaring of the animal is continu-
Gus and terrific and can be heard for miles.
The feline family are wont to scare their prey
thoroughly by their Overpowering noise.
Ihus the roar of the adult lion is terrific, the
wlndp1pe being enlarged so as to give the
animal a larger volume of air prOporttonately
than any other animal The male gorilla
has an awful, lOud-sOunding voice, When at
tackled 1t utterS a short, Jerking. acute bark,
ike that OF an angry dog. To this succeeds a
'0w growing. which might be mistaken for
distant thunder.
The goat has long been regarded as the
most omnivorous animal that roams but
modern investigation may rob that sportive
animal Of its laurels and transfer them to the
broad brow of the humble cow The men at
the various sladghter-houses and abbatoirS
have learned to regard the cows stomach as
a Verltable prize bag. It is no uncommon oc-
them, and sometimes there is a vast collection
of brlc-a-brac in its mysterious folds. An
animal recently killed at the West Philadel-
ph1a abbatOir had a masonic mark a door
hinge and part of a rat trap in it's stomach,
while another had small medicine bottle
and part of crOquet ball.
Mr.. and Mrs George w. Childs are among
the many well-known Philadelphians now at
the worlds fair. Mr.. Childs has won the
Chicago heart by predicting in an interview ",
that instead Of period of depression the fair
Will be followed, after Jan next by the great
est era of prosperity and growth the place has
ever known. Visitors to the worlds fair
have, Mr.. Childs says, learned to appreciate
the fact that Chicago is certain to be the
great central city Of the United States, and
that it will be to their advantage to have
some business interest there. Their eyes
have been opened and prejudices dispelled.
They now know Chicago and the opportuni-
ties onered IN that part Of the country
BY far the greatest freak on the Midway at
the fair, more blatant than the Cairo donkey
boys, more ubiquitous than Buffalo Bill, and
exceeding in picturesque garb Rosa the Con
stantinople muscle dancer, is George Fran
els Train. He dresses in white duck with
red feL cap and red sash around his waist and
as he passes waves his hands in a ia ia Style
at the groups OF pretty women who turn their
heads to view this strange personality, often
without knowing who he is. His faVorite
haunt is Old Vienna, where heis welcomed
as one of the curiOsities, and there he may be
seen these chilly evenings with an Indian
blanket thrown about him listening to the
superb music of the Royal Austrian Band and
slipping the coffee in long, narrow glasses,
which only the Viennese know how to make
trying his best to keep warm in the nipplng
Chicago autumn air.
Among the rare eggs Of birds still living
that of the blue red-winged grosbeak is prob
ably the most valuable, well-marked set
being worth anywhere between 81 800 and
s., 900 At a recent auction sale of geological
rarities in London fine set of golden eagles
eggs, two IN number, were knocked down"
at $40, ana { ID were exchanged evenly for one
egg OF the swallowt tailed kite. The egg of
the Pallas sand grouse is usually quoted by
dealers in natural history specimens at about
So, but there are exceptions to this as to all
other rules 1t is an Asiatic species and was
never known to nest farther west than India
until the year 1880, when a set
was taken in England The iden-
tity of both bird and eggs was GER
tain, and the egg collectors went wild forth
with The first offered ten times the market
value of such eggs, but competition was so
lively that they there were two OF them
were finally sold for 5000, 100 times usual
list pric
The business of capturing" prominent men
is one Of the amusing sides of life in Wash
ington. First Senator German captured Sen
atOr Brice and the two together captured
Senator Hin and played him as pawn on the
presidential cheSS-board; the three. German
Brice and Hin, captured the House of Repre-
SentativeS and created Speaker Crisp and
when the JOB was done BriCe and Hill found
German in possession as sole proprietor
This was in the last congress. but of late
another man has gone into the capturing bus
mess with a good deal of success. President
Cleveland set his net for Crisp and with Car
Isle as chief fisherman landed his man.
That state of things continued during the or
ganization of the house the appointment of
committees and passage of the repeal bill at
the popular end of the capitol. For a time
something very like a coldness prevailed Re.
tween Crisp and German. and Secretary Car
Isle seemed to have supplanted the man from
Maryland in the speakers affections Now
the scene shifts again. They are whispering
in the cloak rooms that the status quo has
been resumed and that German has recap-
tured Crisp.
Senator Hill appears to be going it almost
alone in the Senate. He has few warm friends
and apparently does not care to have anv
more. He is not on good terms with the adj
ministration, as everyone knows; he does
not possess the confidence Of Speaker Crisn
whom he helped to elect; he has no tntimate
relations with Senator Voorhees, the repeal
leader in the Senate, and since he discovered
the manner in which Mr.. German and Mr.
BriCe induced him to destroy himself in al
tempting to destroy Cleveland a wear AGO
that the aforesaid German might bag The
presidential persimmon Senator Hill and the
Senator from Maryland no longer exchange
condolences. Mr.. Hin therefore, is running
as a sort of wild train. AS to the possibiIit1 |
of securing action in the Senate through the