The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

OOul " fsFS0hCes buS IulbcQ SIdtCot
which has an assessed valuation of S47, 49,
100000, next coming Great Britain with
S43, 900 100000. France ranks third with
$40 800, 600 900; then Germany with S31. SOC. 000
Austria follows with $50 ,000. 600. and Italy
succeeds with 81, T55, 100000. Spain is worth
$7,965, COO 0oo the Netherlands, 81. 935. goo 600;
Belgium, $4,000, 100000. The assessed valuation
of Sweden is S3,415, 900 900; of Canada, 81, ESQ.,
600, 900; of Mexico g. $50 900 eco; OF Australia,
$2,950. 600 900; OF Portugal. Si.sS5,0oo,0Oo; of
DenmsT6 $3.50 o LOO bot of the Argentine con
$l,6aO. 600 900; Of Norway, 100000; Of
Greece, 81, 055, COO COO.
The Vienna 'eue Freis Presse reports curl
GUS divorce suit instituted by blind old hus-
band against his young and pretty wife on
grounds hitherto unheard Of in forensic expert
ence. Having married man whose age was
almost three times her own, Nine. x was in the
habit OF procuring a substitutes female Of her
size, voice and years to entertain her blind
conSort whenever she felt like indugins in otit-
door pleasure and Irritation. The pseudo wife
was enjoined to talk as little as possible ring
this matrimonial recess of the le Ultimate spouse,
so as not to arouse the invalid's suspicion who
would only occasionally complain OF his dear
little wlfes strange spells OF taciturnity. and
even urge the substitute to promenade in the
prater or visit TO the opera. The unexpected
appearance or a friend who inquired for madam
was followed by a somewhat drau attic scene of
detection. And now the court has not only
granted the husband divorce, but madam a
AASANA . IL 90 uOSA u III tu0 pCnlLOhbdIF.
PUBLIC ATTENTION does not seem to have been
directed toward Napoleon's mother until her
son was proclaimed emperor in 1904 saws
Chambers JournGL She then received the title
OF Nine. Mere aud an income OF / 600 600 francs
was settled upon her And that she might have
made protectrce generate of all the charitable
institutions OF France. Such an office edmira-
bly, suited her. She frequently solicited favors
OF her son for others, and was happy whenever
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sion, upon learning of the arrest of the Due
d Enghien. she even threw herself upon her
knees before Napoleon, impioring mercy tor the
lety she thus laid aside that
habitus dignity which the following
incident illustrates: Soon after Napoleon's as
sumption OF the imperial purple be CHANGED to
meet his mother in the gardens OF st. Cloud.
He was surrounded by courters and half play
full y held out hs hand for her TO kiss. mot So
my son, she graveiy replied, st the same pre-
senting her hand in return; 1T is your duty to
kiss the hand of her who gave you life." After
this, It seems pity that truthfulness must
| make us say that even this great woman had
one littlenes. II we may call il So of character
She evlnced sometimes resemblance to the
| brother, whose parSimony her sons had re-
| sented in their childhood, by showing love of
economlzinR, even upon tritiing occasions This
proved q source OF frequent amusement among
the gay circles OF Paris The emperor himself
was sometimes little scandalized at her &C
tons, although this did not hinder him from
ONE OF the most interesting and historic
streets of Paris, the Rue Denfert- Rocnereau.
| formerly Rue 'Enfer, is being Quilted at the
present moment for the tunnel which is TO unite
| the Sceaux railway with the new station in tho
Rue Gay -Lussac, near the Luxembourg gar
| dens, says the London Telegraph. In the days of
the Romans the place might have been called
| Tombstone avenue or Corpse road, for many
bodies were buried there. Only few years
| ago twenty-five tombS, containing bones and
Gallo Roman funeral urns, were discovered dur
| ing some excavations made at the three cross
roads formed by the Rue d'Enfer, the Boule-
ward Montparnassee and the Boulevard St
Michel In another spot close by a collection of
urns of the same kind were dug up and sent to
| the Carnavaet museum After the decline of
pagansm the Christians regarded the locality
| as hRu ted and placed it under the patronage
| of St Michel. the determined and unconouera-
Bile opponent of Satan The name OF the chief
street, however. remained unchanged, and.
down to our own time. retained it's dlabolicai
| appeLlation. Here was reared the Hotel
Vauvert, once supposed TO be the de-
mons country house; and hence the old
vert Saint" Louis. however. handed the
hotel over to Carthusian monks, and q part of
| the wall OF their convent now serves TO inclose
that notorious hauntof students and modern
! Rrissttes known as the BAL - or "Jardip Bull
ier." Later still there stood in the locality
place called the Maison Msudite, where it was
execution. The tenants of this mansion
showed remarkable tendency to die off, popu-
lar superstition ascribng the mortality to
supernatural influences. when it was probably
caused by bad drainage. The whole quarter
| in fact, is rich in legend and folklore Many
suppose that il still contains interestin relics
| OF the past, and Archaeological enthusiasts are
accordingly entreating the city authorities TO
| order the excavstors TO 60 gently with their
| work in Rue dEnfer. The navvies, however
will have to hurry on, as the railway company
| is waiting, and they can scarcely afford to
waste time over examining old pot pan and
| fragment of crockeryware that may be brought
TO light during the digging for the tunnel.
SUCCESS in oyster culture, says writer in the
Washington stay. depends to a great extent
upon the feeding conditions which the oysters
can obtain. The French have shown that
oysters should be well fed, like fowls, if they
are to be marketed probably. IL has been
proved that e cultivated oyster may become Of
marketable size aud quality in one-third of the
Gated condition. Accordingly, the United
| States hsh commission has devoted much at
tention TO studying the food supply afforded to
oysters by the Carolina waters One way in
which this Investigation was conducted was bv
examining the contents Of oysters stomachs
This is done by rem owing with a clip OF the
scissors the tip of the soft body of the oyster.
pointed pipette is then introduced into the
stomach cavity. and the fluid contents are
drawn out, TO be subsequently put into labeled
homeopathic vial. oyster food consists mainly
of diatoms. The latter. unlike any other plants
are incased in pair Of saucer-like CLASSY shells
| lifted one TO the other like the top and bottom
of a pill box. The oyster rejects the shells of
| the diatoms after digesting their contents
Animal organisms also enter into the diet Of
| oysters, such as minute crustaceans and eggs OF
shrimps and marine worms, but chiefly proto-
zoa, The oyster is quite an epicuro in its feed
| ing. With shell slightly open and with the
dark colored margins of it's mantle protruding
| IL draws in a food bearing water current from
| which it carefully screens out the minute food
particles Pollen Of cone-bearing trees is
| commonly found in the stomachs Of the
| south Carolina oysters. The oyster crab
as messmate of the bivalve has
been subject of comment from prehistoric
| time. IL Is parasite which finds In the oys-
ter's shell refuge and lives upon the spare
| scraps OF the oysters food. Pliny quantity
speaks OF it as a discreet doorkeeper. who, in
return for safe quarters, pinches the oyster
whenever there IL danger, warning IL TO close
It's shell. Plutarch states that there is a part
| nershtp between the crab and the oyster the
crab contributing eyosight and the oyster the
entrapping shell. Prof. Ryder says that the
crabs are found "a as many as per cent. OF tho
oysters opened. Never more than one 10 found
10 single mouKk. The crab Ia usually found
eneconEcad snugly between the OYSTERS paipK.
where food organisms are constantly collecting.
20 that II readily helps Itself 70 selfish share Of