The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


With the object of ascertaining what the
effect would have been had VaiIfants bomb
exploded on the floor Of the Chamber of Dep
uties instead OF in the air the French police
tied twenty unfortunate dogs to trees 10 rep
resent the cabinet and the deputies. A bomb
Identical with the one thrown BY Valiant
vas then exploded on the ground. and every
dog was killed and terribly n1angled. This
shows how providential and marvellous was
the escape Of the French legislators.
In every country in Europe there is evil
dence Of an increase Of consideration for do
nestle animals. In Belgium dogs are now &C.
corded the same rights as human beings on
the government railroads; in Germany men
nave been imprisoned for calling the emper-
or's horses hard names and now the magis-
trates Of Zurich, in Switzerland, have de-
clded that II can no longer be considered an
Insult to apostrophize man by the name OF
an animal, and that one may call ones neigh
Dor pig. a donkey, or even a "calf's
mead, " with impunity.
Indications OF the increasing friendly rela-
tions between the vatican and the quirinaI
are apparent in a decree bearing King Hum
bert signature providing for the precedence
ana military honors TO be accorded to the
great d1gnitaries of the Church of Rome.
Thus the cardinals are to have precedence
over everybody else in the kingdom not be-
longing to the reigning family. enjoying the
pas" even over the knights of the Annun-
ziata, while the military honors accorded to
them are the same as those conceded to an
admiral or general Archbishops rank with
vice admirals and bishops with rear admirals.
A queer story comes with frstclass
recommendation all the way from England.
Ihtrty-three years ago, In 1880. member Of
the Chaplin family died at Blankney, Lin
colnshire and was laid in the family tomb.
This particular Chaplin was a naturalist
and, among his other pets. had q large gray
bat. That bat was permitted to enter the
~ Iad I'M " all rKuf1h ffa
corpse of his dead master. In 1866 the vault
was opened and 10 the surprise Of all the bat
was alive and fat. On four different occa-
sions since the Chaplins have looked after the
welfare OF their dead relatives pet, and each
time 1t has been reported that the bat was
still in the land OF the living although occu-
plying quarters with the dead. He was seen
In 1892
Many of the narratives supplied by incom-
ing sailors of their adventures appear more
like the creations of a novelist than hard, &C
tual fact. says the Westminster Gazette The
Norwegian ship Msrguereta was on a passage
from Rugenwalde to West HartlepOol with
timber, part of which was on deck. When the
tempest was raging its hercest. Capt Dahl
tells Robert Coulson, the weil-xnown pilot
what looks like large white cloud was seen
gliding toward the vessel. 1t proved to be a
gigantic sea. Capt Dahl left the wheel and
he and the entire crew ran below. The next
moment a thunderous noise was heard; the
wave had passed right over them. When the
men returned on deck not scrap Of cargo re-
manned, and the boat, ropes and even the
winch had been swept overheard.
In the general passenger agents once OF
the Lake Shore road at Cleveland is. a. rare
collection Of old tickets. says the St, Louis
Globe Democrat. One>, H. destroyed could
never be replaced Every issue OF That road
from its earliest down to the present has been
kept. Several roads which how form part cf
that system are also represented The Oldest
ticket Is coupon issued IN 1857. tits printed
on green paper OF the cheapest kind: From
It's typographical face il was evidently turned
out Of an old-time hand printing press. There
is no signature, number or limitation placed
upon 1t. The route which is represented was
combination Of rail and stage lines. 1t was
a serious matter TO undertake journey in
those days. The first cupon in one old-timer
was good over the Cleveland and Erie from
Cleveland to Girard, distance eighty miles.
Then transfer was made to the Ohio Stage
Company's coach. and the traveller was
transferred from Glrard to Erie, fifteen miles
AT the latter place the journey was resumed
on rail to North East. A transfer was again
necessary at the latter station, this time to
the Buffalo and State line, finally reaching
Dunkirk, Three changes in 143 miles would
rob the modern traveller Of all the pleasures
OF journey, and hfteen-mile ride IN the
finest stage coach would forever kill a roads
business with the commercial world. It was
patched-up trip the old ticket represented
but it was the finest in its day.
Hon. David I. Little, OF Illinois, is a con.
ington, says the Washington Post. He is
taking life easy now and living on the fat OF
the land. He has farm out in Illinois which
raises the finest corn, hogs and cattle in the
country. He has got tired OF the un-Ameri-
can and imported custom OF course dinners
and entered his emphatic protest against it
last week. He says 1t is fashionable plan
to starve man TO death. So he sent out to
his farm for 100 pounds OF pork spareribs
sides backbone, and tenderloin, chickens
turkeys, sweet and Irish potatoes, celery and
"ttxins," and had John Chamberlln cook half
OF them into dinner. Then he invited all
square meal. Two days later he had the rest
cooked, and invited all his confederate
friends in. He didn't dare to mix them, for
there is no telling what brave men will do
when they get good meal under their belts
There were Joe Blackburn and half a
dozen more old-timers Of the same sort, and
everything was brought In and put on the
table at once. in good o,d-fashioned way. SO
they could tell what there was to eat and plan
their campaign accordingly. And the way they
ate was caution. 1t seemed as though none
OF them had had square meal for three
months. The sparerib and turkey and
chicken and "fiixin," simply disappeared like
a snow-bank in July. Senator Blackburn was
telling a friend about it afterward Il was
having a good time" said he, with my face
up against as fine bit of back bone as ever I
tasted, with the dish right in front Of me
when in slid little scrimp of a fellow from
Missouri, named Vest, who just fell on that
dish OF backbone and l didn't get another
smell OF it the whole evening" Vest tells an
other story, but 1t does not matter.
A great impetus was given to the efforts of
those who are devoting their energies to the
artificial reproduction OF the real diamond bv
the discovery in 1891 OF actual diamonds in
fragments OF meteorite from Cano Diablo
In Mexico, which from its com position was
held to throw some light on sne Chemical ,
constituents ofthe precious stone and proved
the not very practical fact Of the presence OF
diamonds in other planets than our own The
latest process is that of M. Moissan a French
chemist who has come more nearly than anv
other to the achievement Of practical success
10 obtain the powerful pressure which he
judged requisite to the formation of the dla
mond M. Moissan conceived the idea of uti-
LIKING the property that certain bodies
possess OF increasing their volume when cool
ing from liquid to solid state. He placed
silver and charcoal of sugar in an electric
furnace and fused the metal to a state of ebuI.
lttion: certain quantity of carbon
was thus absorbed by the metal The mass
was then thrown into water, and
at once formed shell of solid silver, When
this was Withdrawn from the water and al
lowed to cool slowly, the pressure OF the
kernel OF molten silver contained in the ex-
terror shell, which expanded in the process
OF cooling, precipitated the carbon'in the form
OF microscopic black diamonds Following
this experiment M. Moissan enclosed in a
cylinder OF soft iron certain quantity of
charcoal or sugar and plunged it into a hath
OF liquid iron placed in an electric furnace
he plunged it in water and allowed the mass
as soon as the exterior shell was formed 10
cool gradually. The result was the produc.
tion OF genuine diamonds microscopIo IL