The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-06
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out, and upon the Grain restarting he fell over
the buffers between two carriages. Nearly all
the train passed over him. The potters found
MIN on his rack uninlured and complacently
smoking. When asked If he was hurt, he re
piled Not bit Of it, / have been in the
Crimea."
At Preston, England, James Singleton, a
cattle drover, and Mary Thompson were
charged with illtreating and exposing their
child, aged six weeks. The evidence was OF
shocking kind. showing that the child had
been ha6ttually starved and neglected, and
was almost dying when rescued by the in
spectOr. The latter stated that the child was
called "a coffin baby" meaning that it was
kept in an emaciated'cOndili ion for begging
purposes. The prisoners were sent to prison
for two months.
There is in the royal library of Keonigs-
berg silver library, consisting Of a collec-
ton Of twenty books, mostly theological,
Found in pure silver and having a rich sym
ooEcal ornamentation partly in gold The
library Is in possession of this treasure since
1911. These looks were made by order Of AL
pert. the first Duke of Prussia. in the latter
half OF the sixteenth century. It is supposed
Albert was stationed three years Through
the Efforts Of Islander and afterward Luther,
Duke Albert tecame friend of the reforma-
tlon. Copies OF the silver library are made
| accessible to students by taking photographic
copies of the same,
During a performance of Carmen" in the
! Grand theater, in Bordeaux, two detectives
! observed a tall slouching young man. dressed
IN Ill lifting clothes, approach hing the stalls
I hey watched him closely as he took his seat
and noticed that he wore wig and probably
| false whiskers. All this was proof enough
that the young man was. II not an anarchist
at least dangerous person, so he was po-
Iltely asked to accompany the detectives to
| the police ONCE of the theater He obeyed in
mid. hesitating manner, and was led into
the presence of cOmmissary, who made him
/ n mr4lE aTrS 7saNN
proved to be shams, as the detectives had
| surmlsed. Denuded of his mock capillary
| appendages the supposed anarchist stood
| forth revealed as a young clergyman at
| tached to a local parish His explanation
was, that being passionately fond of music
| both sacred and profane. he had resolved to
| attend the theater IN order to hear Bizets
| strains. AS he could not enter the playhouse
| in his ecclesiastical garb, he bought the wig
| whiskers and a second hand suit of clothes,
and, thus disguised. was about to enjoy the
| opera when the detectives interfered
Speaking of marriage and divorce La
| bouchere says: The divorce law is killing
| society. No woman with a husband worth
| keeping can now endure the idea OF letting
| another person of her sex who is at all at
tracttve speak to him. Enterprising and
dOWerleSS girls marry any one at all who can
| introduce them to rich men from among
whom they can after skillful management
and intrigue, secure husbands. A girl with a
great fortune is pretty certain after marriage
! to get discontinued with her matrimonial lot
and 10 look out TOR some one who suits her
| fancy better. There can be no peace or quiet
ness under such circumstances. The divorce
| suit Is often preceded by an engagement. Gu
| riouS enough, French widows are not inclined
| to marry second time, but the divorce 4
| nearly always in haste to remarry. When
children are young they do not object to this
The daughter of M. Barbe. the minister who
| re ceived 500 900 francs from the Panama Com
| pany, repUdi her husband to take an
other When her little son heard of her sec
ona engagement he clapped his hands for joy,
| ana cried; How delle httul! shall now have
| two papaS instead of one to bring me cakes
| and take me to the circus,'"
singular phenomenon occurs on the
| borders of the Red Sea, at place called
Nakous where intermittent underground
| sounds have been heard for an unknown mum.
| Der of centuries, says the Newcastle (EngD
| Chronicle. 1t is situated at about half a
| miles distance from the shore, whence a
| long reach of sand ascendS rapidly to height
| of 300 feet. This reach is about eighty feet
| wide. and resembles an amphitheater. being
| walled in by low rocks. The sounds coming
| up from the ground at this place re cur at in
| terVals OF about an hour. They at first re-
semole low murmur; but ere long there is
| heard loud knocking. somewhat like the
! strokes or bell, and which, at the end Of
| about hVe minutes, becomes so strong as to
agitate the sand. The explanation of this
| curious phenomenon given by the Arabs is
| that there is convent under the ground
| here, and that these sounds are those of the
| tell which the monks ring for prayers. So
| they call 1t Nakous, which means bell The
| Arabs affirm that the noise so frightens their
| camels when they hear it as to render them
| furious. philosophers attribute the sounds
| to suppressed volcanic action-probably to
| the bubollng Of gas or vapors underground
An ingenious Frenchman has Just published
a number of valuable facts about the street
work Of Paris, the cleanest city in the world.
says Casseus Journal, Every morning 1900
| male and 600 female scaVengers, divided into
| l49 br1gades turn ont to perform the toilet of
the capital The men work from clock a.
m. to O'Clock p m. less two hours off for
meals or ten hours day, earning, most of
| them, from shilltngs pence to shillinCs.
The women are engaged in the morning only.
and being paid pence an hour, make only /
| shilling pence day at the outside Night
| work IN Paris IS, IL seems. unknown-at any
| rate. TO the regular scavengers. Should a
| shower occur in the evening reserves are sent
| out to clear away the slush and make the
streets clean again. In our large English
cities on the other hand, much sweeping is
| done about midnight. AS with US the Paris
| administrative has direct control of its
| scavenger arrangements, which cost R2iO.-
! 900 year In Vienna where the
| same work is admirably done it is
| otherwise. Each town contracts for a nuro
Der OF years with transport geselischaft the
| chief carrying company, for the cleaning of
it's streets in all weatherS. The comnanv
finds both men and materials in abundance,
| as is SHOWN nv some statistics relating 10 a
| snow storm OF short time back Ia O le dav
| there were In use twenty snow Flows twenty
| sweepieg machines, POO two horsed wagons
| and 5000 hand. Berlin. however is made
| presentable much more cheaply than Paris
| the cost of sweeping the streets there being
only fS0.00O year. This sum, again affords
| a curious contrast with that spent in the
| same way ny Manchester. Eight wears AGO
| the cleansing Of Cottonopolis cost 100000 per
| annum: it now costs double that amount
| &ls0000-though. of course, the city has NOT
! increased proportionately. But it must not
| be forgotten that in our large towns the ev-
! penditure on street cleaning has of late wears
| been abnormally heavy. owing to the severe
| winters we have experienced and the conse.
| quent difficulty IN clearing away snow. " hal
| is the cost of London toilet: No statistl.
| clan has yet attempted TO estimate it, and in
| deed the whole SUBJECT mas been neglected.
| This is a pity, since there are some wonder
| full figures ABOUT cleaning the streets of tbe
| metropolis. The most startling perhaps are
| those relating to London bridge 1t IS com
! puted that about 200 0C0 pedestrians and 20 900
| vehicles cross that ST. u ;ture every day Each
| leaves behind little shoe leather or a little
iron-iuSt trihe But when litter and dust
| are addcd to these minute losses the whole
! nils between three Bnd four carts. The most
surprising fact of all, however. is that the in
| Cessant traffic across the bridge reduces 10
! powder about twenty-five cubic wards eff
! granite every year. Where Is there another
| bridge the annual loss OF which is anythIne
like half as much?
POWDER.