The morning news., 1894-05-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

were struck by passing train. one or them
was thrown upon NalllngtOn knocking him
into a pool OF water. He claims that he was
permanently injured, but the railroad com
paDy denies its responsibility and declares
that he was negligent
Rev. J. T. Shelton, well known minister
in Little Rock, in a recent sermon made use
Of the following language 'LaForing men
Will remember that during the strike in 1SS5-6
l predicted from the pulpit Of the old Scott
Street Christian church the present turn in
the warfare for the recognition OF the rights
of the individual. Again, in 1890. l prophe-
sled every movement that has taken place
since ana all that will be. in a general way
until 1880. The present. movement is a fer
mentation OF toafiicting thoughts. Look out
for he'll and fury in the next six months, with
more to follow until 1899"
The chameleon craze has developed a
knotty point Of law in Montreal The Cana
dian criminal code prohibits cruelty to do
meStic animals. And under that law mer-
chant Of the city was arrested for expos ing
the reptiles in the window of his shop. When
the case came up in court, the question arose
whether the chameleon is a domestic animal
within the intention of the law. when chain
is attached to 1t. On one side il was con-
tended that it is not, because it is not
tanned, ." and on the other de it was as
serted that, though the reptile is not tanned -
1t is tame" and therefore domestic. The
police magistrate has thrown the case out OF
court but it Is intlmated that it MAJ be ap-
pealed to the court Of highest resort. and
possii ly final appeal may be taken to the
queen.
Did you know that whenever a visitor en-
ters house in Japan he must lay aside his
street shoes at the door. lest he soil. the i'm
maculate mats inSide?" inquired Alexander
L. Snow OF Baltimore of the corridor man of
the St Louis Globe-Democrat. Il spent a
few months in that country two years ago,
and while there party OF US paid a visit to
several OF the palaces. AS we entered we
6nf nj pef in fho rrf7 7ora
take of our shoes and put on soft. thick. gray
felt slippers, in which we passed noiselesslv
over the polished floors, leaving no mark
upon their shining surface. these shoes CON
stSt merely of toe and sole, with no heel.
We were ca n obliged to step in turn before
the guard who dropped them before us. and
then skate over the slippery floor as best We
could. No attention is paid to the fit; each
one must take them as they come. Mine
were large enough for the largest feet I ever
saw, and lshad to slide along very cautiously
less should lose them of. The occasional
gIlmpSeS We caught of ourselves in the mir
rorS were ridiculous in the extreme"
Mention has beea made OF the fact that on
May /, occurred the semi-centenniaI of the
completion of the first telegraph line IN this
country In this connection the following.
published in the New Iork Herald under date
Of ''Washington. May 1. 1874" +" " II lie of in
tereSt: The cars at this moment are at the
lUn.tion, twenty-five miles distant. on their
way from Baltimore to Washington. This
fact we learn by Prof Morse : wonderful tele-
graph, now in full operation for the above dis.
tauce of twenty-five miles BY this telegraph
we also learn that Mr.. Clay has been this
day nominated for president, and Mr. Ere
hnghuysen. Of New Jersey, for
vice president. Prof Morse has
politely given me part of the paper
on which the news is contained, which I send
you. II contains the word Frehnghuysen
with the g left out through haste. and was
written with pen twenty-five miles long. BY
this wonderful invention and achievement
distance is literally annihilated. 1he fluid
trayerseS the whole twenty-five miles ana
back again, making forty four miles in no per
ceptible part Of a second of time. People
first carried news on foot, then on heavy wag-
OnS, or in schOOnerS. next came steamboats,
then railroads, speed increasing all the while
III geometrlcal progression. Now the news is
transmitted by lightning and SPACE is no
longer accounted. There is therefore, now
nothing left for invention to achieve but to
discover news before it takes place To this
attention Will now be exclusively directed" )"
Visitors to the big midwinter fair in San
Francisco, says the New York sun. have been
able recently to enjoy among the midway at
fractions very effective illusion, accom-
plished by the use of giant mirror set at an
angle upon the theater stage. The illusion is
called The Aerial Lady" When the cur
tain rises comely young woman appears TO
float into view suddenly from the back OF the
stage and remains poised in midair. floating
from side to side as if resting before the sur
face Of lake. After "a few moments her
arms and legs go through a number of COM
pncated but graceful gyrationS. and her body
assumes variety Of postures. She dances
and finally turns complete somersault in
mldatr The Somersault is executed slowly
and puzzles the spectator, for il Is readily
seen that the body of the performer has no
support upon which to turn. None
OF the spectators knows that
what he is looking at is not the agile woman
athlete, but a reelection of her in the giant
mirror which is set at an angle of nearly
forty-tve degrees over an open pit Quilt in
the stage, at the bottom of which the per
former lies on her back upon a circular re
volvtng platform. The platform is made of
thick plate glass and revolving metal cast
ers. The platform ttS into an opening in the
side OF the pit, ami as it IS slid through the
opening into place the illusion is produced OF
the woman coming into view of the audience
suddenly, ana apparently floating uLon air IN
defiance OF all natural laws. AS the woman
lies stretched on her back her image is re-
llected upon the mirror as if she were stand
ing upright, and the positions are changed Nv
simply revolving the glass platform one wav
or the other. 'Lne mysterious somerSault is
effected by turning the mirror completely
around.
We know that Venice is city without
streets, without horses. except four or five
bronze ones; without carriages, without trees.
except in one garden, and without woolen
houses. But there is city still more pecn-
liar than Venice says the Baltimore Ameri.
can 1t is in Mons Ola, close TO the borders
OF Russian siberia. and is named MaiWat. hin
and 1t is the only city in the world peopled bv
men only. Ihe Chi ese women are not only
FORBIDDEN to leave this territory. but even TO
pass the great wall of kalgan and enter into
Mongolia. All the hinese of this Lorder citv
are exclusively traders and they accum ulate
money Till their trading with Europe through
Slnerla, has created a sun cieut fortune toen-
able them TO return to their native cities and
i've there in ease with their families Their
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separated from the street by a CLAW wall
rather ugly, it is true, but surrounding gener.
ally very elegant looking house, before
which are gamboling those sleek.loollinc
plump cues, with unusually big eyes. such as
are pretty faithfully represented on Chinese
vases ana screens. The man part of the houses
OF MalwatchIn is divided into two comnart-
mentS, and that which is behind is raised
F1res are Kept under this platform which is
covered with mats that serve as seats nv
day and beds by night. Opposite the door a
meme Is generally seen, where the domestic
IDOLS unaccustomed to attitudinize to pro-
iame eyes. repose behind an ornamental
ollnd. The wall OF the reception room are
lacquered In red or black, and sometimes
covered with figured silk, according To the
wealth and taste of the owner The apart
ment overlooking the court is generaIiv NJ
light wood. perforated and carved and over
these openings colored paper is stretched
producing something of the graceful eject
OF stained glass. The idol temples are por
geous buildings, It seems strange. indeed
to go through the streets of the CITY and en-
ter the houses and nowhere to meet a
woman nor hear woman voice What a
lonesome time the men must have, shut in