The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE art atmosphere that we hear so much
about does not exist in America" says an old
traveller, You get little OF it in the cities, to
be sure, but it has not Affected the people You
md no art IN the carving or weaving or pottery
making Of our rural population. Now, look at
TINS, and he produced delicate little vase of
rlch red clolsonnee, with a graceful design about
the neck Imagine an American armer turn
ing out such a thing as that! Yet got that of
Japanese IN a way back mountain district-a
man who had never been to city, had seen
Little of any sort except his own, and. in fact
had 10 communication with the world in a
mountain village in our country you would find
a saw-mill, or. at most a chair factory but
nothing that could pass for an art. But the
Americans are the quickest people in the world
and they Will come to it IN time.'
THE little old-fashioned globes" for gold fish
are disappearing, and so are the tanks made Of
window glass, cemented into a zinc or iron
frame, says the New York Sun The modern
aquarium is cubcal in form. and is made of
slng'e piece or glass, without joints or metal
work. and holds from two TO four gallons, with
| aboutone fish to zach half gallon The bottom
ls covered with pebbles and sand to a depth Of
II inches, and IN it are rooted water plants
that not only add TO the beauty of the acqua-
rum, but absorb impurities and keep the water
clear III plants enough are used il is sufficient
to odd cup full of wafer once week to re-
place what has evapoTated, If there are not
plants enough the fish will stay at the surface
ana Gasp until the water is changed. Inmarine
beautiful forms OF sea life thrive. They as
easy to maintain as fresh water aquarla be.
cause, as salt does not evaporate, they only need
occasional additions of fresh water.
SOME TINE great deal OF money will be
made by the sale of islands that line the shores
Of Puget sound and extend northward along
the coast to Alaska, says the Chicago Herald
There are thousands of them, varying in di.
mension from mere points of rock unc 1vered
at low tide, to woodet areas lar ger than Staten
Island and much more picturesque. Tor every
where IN view is green aud placid water en-
hVened by the painted canoes Of the Indians
vessels hewn from mons;e or Iogs-a and there Is a
background Of magnificent mountains snow
topped and Alpin- in outline. There are no
such places for summer residence in the world
and although farther north than New York tie
climate Is softer aud more eqUable than on this
coast. They could indeed be occupied the
year around by men doing business IN Semitic
Tacoma. Vancouver and New Westminster
| provided they had private steamers to take
them TO town. In the matter of beauty this
great archipelago far exceeds the Thousand
Islands of the ST. Lawrence that sprang into
popularity twenty five years ago.
MOUNTAINS and mountain ranges in the
United States, and, indeed, the world over
have usually been named not by the mountain
GERS themselves, but by the dwelIers in the
| plains, who saw the mountains as more or
| less distant prospect. it sometimes happens
| that mountain or mountain range bears two
| names because OF different aspects present to
jewellers upon each side. The several Blue and
| Blue Ridge mOunta ms were named maniPesrlv
| by those to whom the ranges presented them
| selves against more or less distant horizon.
| One OF the Green mountains in Vermont il
called Bald Face by DIV ellerS in the Adirondack
! region about Paul Smith name iustifi. ID bY
| the aspect Of the mountain from that part OF
the wilderness. The Adirondack Sugar Loaf
| could never have been named by a dive Ter upon
It's own top. The Orange mountains took their
name, however, not from their sunset aspect as
| seen from their lOwlands. but are only another
evidence OF the affection with which Dutchmen
| cling TO the name orange an affection that has
led them to fix that name on the man m what.
ever part of the world they may have tarried
The question what shall become of our boys
| is at present agitating the minds of the French
parents. writer in The Paris Figaro answers
1t by RELOCATING the male offs pring OF the grand
nation" to the Kitchen, and pictures the career
| OF the chef-de-cuisine in the most Rlluring.
| colors. The great lords of Berlin London ST
| Petersburg, Athens and Stockholm, he tells the
| sorrowing fathers of France still prefer the
| French chef" for their kitchen. Most of them
| are wn1t9d In England and Russia. Across the
! channel the salary of French cool, is between
400 aud $50 francs month. The culinary office
| is frequently better paid than the diplomatic
The COOK OF the London Rothschid recently
] purchased an establishment in Paris for 900 OOD
francs cash. His annual income had been from
10000 to 10000 francs. His Predecessor Lived i'm
such grand style that RothschIld thought best
10 dismiss him. Present usage prescribes nav
ment per meal. wealthy Austrian FANNY AL
Vienna, for instance pays lG francs a plate.
On the occasion of special dinner party this
piic i? Is uouoleu aho sometimes quadrupled &C
cOrdlnR TO requirements This special chef
figures his income at DO, 900 francs The United
States seem destined TO become the Fldorado of
the French cook unless native connection
should prove too strong for him, but as vet
there is little danger from that side,
PROF. SoPHUs RUGE in the Globus, of Braun.
schweis, tries to answer the question, WAS
kostete die Entdeckung Amerikas?" or what
cid the discovery OF America cost? The sum
required for the equipment of the three vessels
forming the feet of Columbus is uniformly
gwen in the records as amounting to 1I4OGC
uaravedis. But it is very difficult to ascertain
wnat this amount would be in our own money
| Opinions greatly differ with regard to the vaIne
OF the maravedi. This was a small coin, whose
name Is Moorish and whose value at the end az
the ntteenth and beginning of the sixteenth
century determined all prices and monetary
| transactions. From various royal decrees ia
sued by ferdinand and Isabella of Spain Prof
RuRe concludes that the value OF a maravedi at
the time OF Columbus was 2.56 German pfen.
nge, or little over 2I6 cents United
states. The whole amount contributed
would therefore be 29IS4 marks, or 81 s9S
Without forgetting that the purchasing power
OF money was of course much higher in those
I days, 1t must not be overlooked that the town
| OF Palos from its own means had to eouip
man and provide for one year two caravels to-
| ward that object Thus, then. the government
| did not spend more than 81, 1876 on the expedi-
| ton. or this sum the admiral received an an
nual salary Of 1885 q $50 marksJ; the captains.
| Martin, Juan and Antonio Perez, Sl53 so each:
the pilots from Si42 40 to 1872 So and the surgeon
| only $50 72 per annum The sailors, for provis-
ions, received ducat, or about s. month Al
a recent auction in London q copy OF the frat
printed report OF the Columbian discovery
brought S945 1t is Latin poem of four pages
consisting of only thirty-three lines and en-.
titled: "Espitola Christofori Columbo de In
sulis nuper lnventis." printed in Rome l49s
A. D.