The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-27
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Malta, is one OF the most crowded spots 90
earth. In Valetta itself the proportion is Is, 900
TO the sQlere mile, but in the Manderag9io.
2,544 people dwell on surface two acres and a
half in extent, and this gives no less than
636,0OO to the square mile, or 1017 to the acre,
In the most crowded town in Britain, Liverpool,
the proportion is only l.l6.4 to the acre.
IT has been the custom OF the Delaware leg
islatu for many years to appropriate a small
sum for annual distribution among the Sunday
schools OF the state, of course without any ind-
vidurl distinction as to rect The Delaware
Baptist union. however, is urging the legis-
lature to repeal the law permitting such ap-
preparation upon the ground that II is uncon-
stttutional TO appropriate money for religious
purposes. The Baptists bave few Sunday
schools in Delaware.
LONDON PAPER says that at Besancou,
France, the production of silk from wood pulp
very successful. It has never come into com
mon USE one reason being the extreme inflam-
inability OF the material. as well as its want of
durability. In one OF the consular reports,
quoted in the London Times, details of the pro-
cess are given, and an account of the formation
OF new company at St. Etienne, but the con-
clusion is that the experiments are more curl
GUS than important, and the silkworm will re-
mAin the triumphant producer Of good silk.
ACCORDING to a medical pap n man commit
ted suicide q few days ago from a melancholy
conviction that he was his own grandfather.
He left this singular lstter: 81 married widow
who had grown up daughter. Ny father Wis
tied our house very often, fell in love with my
step-dauRhter aud married her. So my father
became my son-lnlaw and my step-dauShter
my mother, because she was my fathers wife
Some time afterwArd my wife had q son; be is
my fathers brother in-law and my uncle, for
he is the brother OF my stei mothe r. My fathers
wife, that is my step-dAughter, had also a son; ;
he is, OF course, my brother, and in the mean
time my grandchld, for he is tho son of my
daughter. My wife Is my grandmother, be.
cause she is my mothers m0tner. 1 am my
wite's husband and grandchid at the same time.
Aud, as the husband Of persons grandmother
Is his grandfather, am my own grandfather.
Farewell"
THE imperial health Office of Berlin has issued
an announcement to the effect that oranges and
lemons are both fatal to the cholera bacillus.
Placed IN contact with the cut surface of the
fruit, the bacteria survive nut a few hours
They remain Rctive for some time longer ON the
uninjured rind of the fruit but even tDen they
die within tNenty-four hours. The destructive
property as regards the cholera bacteria is sup
posed to be due to the large amount of acid con
tanned in those fruits In consequence OF this
quality, the health officer considers 1t unnec-
essary to place any restriction on the transit
and sale OF those fruits even il il should be
AscertAined that they come from the places
where cholera is prevalent at the time. = OF a
single instance was noted 10 which cholera was
disseminated by either oranges or lemons. This
| is good news for the growers, as well as the
| users of oranges, and will doubtless help the de
mand for the fruit.
WILLIAM II. is apparently an inveterate
matchmaker. He is now trying to arrange an
alliance between his cousin, the young grand
Duke OF Hesse Darmstadt. and the Princess
Fedora, the youngest and only unmarried sister
of his own wife. The young lady is l9, ami the
grand duke is nearly 25. He is a very handsome
Dung follow, having come in for a goodly
share OF the comeliness Of his remarkably
handsome family. His father long cherished a
hope for a double alliance which would have
QiVau hi9 DaanLiful dAu0htAr liz ha LAT
Duke of Clarence. and have secured the Prin-
| cess Maud of Wales as a wife for his only son.
| But for some inexplicable reason the project
| never was carried out. PROBABLY the well
| known distaste OF Queen Victoria for the mar
| riage of first cousins may have proved insur-
mountable. Also the very fragile health of the
| Princess Maud will prevent her from marrying
| for some years to come.
THE champion fish story Of the season comes
from Boston fish merchant He says that he
was asserting an invoice of fish when he came
| across an unusual protuberance that he first
| considered to be an extraordinary collection OF
spawn, but which, on investigation. proved to
| be caused by match safe. The pickerel was
q river beauty measuring "a inches in length,
| and was caught in New Hamps lire. Snuggy
| imbedded in its intestineS was the match safe,
a small tin receptacle about inches in length
and y inches in width. 1t contained a com
munication closely written in lead pencil on
| two pages that were evidently torn from a
small passbook. The statement was the story
following a bear. and desparing OF ever get
| ting out alive for Re had found tue skeleton of
| a man who had been lost as he himself was he
had found an underground river, into which he
| had cast this match box, hoping that by 1t his
| death would become known. me mach y.
| It is said, was not at all corroded, and though
! It was neither air nor water-tighs, II..,44-
script inside it was perfectly dry
A PARTISAN BEAUTY belonging to the purest
Faubourg st. German clan has just had a
ments which caDnot out tempt her far visitors
to become devotees of the fragrant weed. The
deep. low arm chairs and couches are covered
like the walls, with pale green leather, en-
bossed with silver 1eur-1e-lys, two great Rena-
issauce CO binets naid with ivory and mother
of pearl stand between the long, narrow win
dows, which ara draped with curtains OF cloth
of silver dating from the fifteenth century, and
on the floor ar5 blacx bearskins soft and glossy
stretched over one huge sachet, filled with
verbsna powder, in order to combat the smell
of smoke. Several tiny jade tables and Cairene
stools, together with some piles Of cushions IN
pale green silk cloth, are scattered here and
there and the corners of this unique room ars
adorned with groups OF feathery palms and OF
blossoming rhodod.ndrons, both purple and
white. Silver hanging lamps of old Italian
trsnsvorato work depend from the emblazoned
ceiling, shedding pure, soft light on the tout
e semble," and In monumental hearth of
carved porphyry, logs of violet wood and cedar
blaze cheerfuily and fragrantly.
TIE NAME Henrik Ibsen" caused great
trouble few weeks ago ia the tom of Stavan-
ger, Norway. TIE director o. the Stranger
theater received the following telegram one
morning: wish to rent the theater for to-mor-
row nj ;ht. Make announcements in ali papers
that l shall lecture on Women of Modern
Times Price OF admission, crowns. Henrik
Ibsan." The excitement among ths people of
Stavanger was unbounded. They all knew
IbseD, and were overjOysd at the opportunity
to hear his criticisms or women OF the present
day. The town was decorated i'll honor of the
event, every seat in the theater was sold. The
time of the lecture came, and the director, in
dress suit and decorations, awaited the arrival
OF the distinguished novelist. Great was his sur
prise, however, when a blond young man entered
his room aud introduced himself as Henrik
Iosen II was Henrik Iosen. 1t was not the
author of The Ghosts but a drummer" for
a commercial house in Christians, who was pre-
pared to delight the audience 1t was too late
for the director tn reCtify the mistake, and lie
sent the unsuspecting drummer to the stage
Ladies' and gentlemen. ~ he began, Il have the
honor 10 deliver a lecture on Modern Women. y
But the words hardly left his mouth when the
people sprang from their places and threatened
b lynch the poor drummer. They demanded
their money, and forced the police to arrest
Ibsen. He proved his right tolths name, however