The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-24
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graveyard. IN addition to the initials Of the
deceased and the date Of death. a stone has
inscribed in large letters the words He
Was Two OF the strungest, as we'll as the
shortest epitaphs are ASLEEP las usual, on
the tombstone OF large Individual by one
who knew him well, and Lett till called for
Is carved on a giaYestone in Cane Hill Gene
terry, Belfast A photographer has this IN
scriptton over his grave: Here l lie, taken
from llfe.' On the tomb of Charles the Great,
hrSt emperor Of Germany are two words
only, Cara o Magno."
A map Of the United States in flowers is
an attraction proposed for the mid-winter fair
at San Francisco by Mr. Marsden Manson Of
that city, says the New York Post. Lay OF
in Golden Gate Park" he says "a nearly
level area of few acres, each state being
represented in its rrOpOrtionate size, pos1tlt
and lines. Plant each space thus laid of in
the state hower-C alifornia in peoples, Oregon
IN oregon grape, Washington in rhododen-
dron, etc. Make the border lines as follows:
where rivers separate the states plant mar
row line of deep blue flowers, lobella for in
stance; where mountains form the dividing
lines, rich red border line; where
the dividing lines are artificial, plant
dwarf box or other small evergreen
shrub, and keep the same trimmed In
pyramidal form. Where a state or territory
has adopted no state flower. plant its area in
wild flower characteristic OF the state. If
possible, border the extreme east, south and
west sides of the tract with small lakes,
whose shore represent the main features of
our coast, and mark the northerly and south
erly borders Of our country as already out
lined. Elevated walks along the lines OF
main transcontinental and Interstate rail
roads will permit Of a close inspection Of the
whole area. Such a floral map Will cost but
little more than to highly improve an equal
area in any other way, and will afford an
interesting and instructive object lesson
In both geography and botany to young and
old"
contributor to foreign journal furnishes
the following, taken from an old scrapbook:
On the coast Of Portugal is to be found the
submerged city of Cetobriga or Troya, as the
Portuguese of to-day call 1t, and which is said
to have been built by the Romans on the site
of town founded by the -'hoenicians. 1t was
only by accident at the beginning Of this cen
fury that the city was discovered. A fisherman
pursuing his avocation along the coast was
astonished to see the walls OF houses par
| italy standing. and well-paved streets under
the water OF the Bay OF Sines, and he soon
| communicated the wonderful news to the in
| habitantS of Setubal On examination they
| founda city in part submerged and running in
| toward the land. A society was formed I'M
! DER the protection Of government to make
! investigations. They found that the city had
| stood on a strip of land nine miles long by
three wide, bounded on the south by the Bay
| of Sines on the north by the river Sado, and
| opposite was Setubal. Every old record was
| searched, and at length it was surmiSed that
| the newly discovered city must have been
! Caetobrix or Cetobriga, from chance notices
/ "
! history or fate. Another city submerged by
| the sea for LOCO years has just reappeared
| above the waters. The town Of Hagen, north
| of Ming pc, in China, was completely over
| whelmed during the Sung dynasty and lay
! buried till quite recently, when the sea grad
| ually receded, and exposed the remains OF
| buildings
Tricycle., bicycle, unicycle-three, two, one
the march OF invention is ever toward
| greater simplicity says the Scientific Ameri-
| can. Who can predict where it will end or
| where the wheel Of the future will be? A
| wheel which can be easily steered and pro
! PEELED, and which is designed to enable a
! rider to attain a high rate Of speed is the
! latest production. This wheel has an inner
| wheel supporting suitable framework and
| having double rim, the two parts of which
| engage ball bearings of inner annular ianges,
| and the rider in his seat holds the framework
in normal position, the inner wheel not re-
vOlYtng. Between the two ball bearings in
! the rim is an internal gear in mesh with a
| gear wheel on a shaft in the framework a
| sprocket wheel on this shaft being connected
with similar wheel on the treadle
| shaft by the operation of which the
! large gear wheel is rotated to give motion to
| the exterior wheel BY means Of brake le-
! yer pivoted on the steering lever, q lrdke
may be applied to the shaft of the larger gear
| wheel to stop the machine The steering lever
| is arranged in front OF the riders seat and
| by means OF the mechanism connected there
| with, friction rollers may be brought into en-
| gagement with opposite edges OF the double
| rim, Jn6 rOl1tr coming IN contact Win one
| edge OF the rim, turning the wheel in the OPP
| postte direction, and when engaging the
| other edge, moving the wheel IN the reverse
| direction. One can easily get into the ma
| chine by turning the framework half way
| round, allowing the saddle to come back into
| place after stepping in.
On certain parts OF the coast of France, in
/ GLIDING the channel, mists occasionally APP
| pear which are generally called 'perfumed
mists." They come in the morning, especially
| during the spring. says the Paris Petite
| Revue, and, strangely enough. only when the
| wind is In the northeast. Sometimes they
| only last for few minutes. at others they
hang about all day. They have a character
! iSttc smell. IN lar to that of a lime kiln. The
| origin of these mists is a mystery. In one
district the Inhabitants thought the smell
| clme from some lime kilns some miles
| to the northeast, and they may have been
| right; ut that was not an explanation
| of the phenomenon, because the smell from
| those lime kilnS could not have been car
ried by northeast wind to all the other
! places where the m1StS were seen and the
smell noticed. In one of these places the
northeast wind comes from the sea, in an
other it comes overland. The smell does not,
therefore necessarily come from the ground.
During the past few weeks the northeast
wind has been very prevalent and the mists
frequent. The best explanation given is that
the clustering northeast and east winds
sweep up the dust, gases and germs of the
ground over which they pass, and drive them
toward the sea. When this wind has con-
!
tity of these things as to affect all our organs.
| I hat is the cause of the complaints which ap-
| pear when the east wind blows, and it may lie
the cause of those ''perfumed mists"
Some Free Methodists," says the New
| Orleans Picayune, holding camp meeting at
Shullsburg, Wis, recently. LISA sect which,
among other peculiar tenets, holds that no
man can be a good disciple of Christ and pos
sess any great amount of worldly goods.
One of the ministers who attended the camp
meeting, Rev. Mr.. johnson, was arrayed in
a handsome suit of clothes and wore gold
ring and glittering shirt buttons which made
the other brethren think that he was not all
that he ought to be, and two of the preachers
even asserted that he must be possessed of
the devil to be so regardless of his Christian
duty as to dress like one of the unregenerate
Accordingly they carried him into a tent to
see what could be done for him, and adjured
him to confess his sins and repent. He said
that he was not conscious OF any
sins that needed repentance and
| this confirmed them in the opinion that he
| was under the immediate control of the devil
| So they threw him down, and one sat on his
| head while the others prayed for the devil to
| be cast out. This treatment was evidently
| Intellectual, as the captive struggled and pro-
| tested against it, so the praying preacher got
| up from his knees and endeaVored to kick
| the devil out of the unhappy victim, while
| the congregation danced and sung hymns
| around him. johnson would probably have
1 been killed then and there, but that party
/ of the unregenerate. who were in attendance
] found out what was going on, rescued him