The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-09
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coast of Labrador on Aug Il had a long
anchor chain wrapped three times around
his body. The anchor, which was stlu
attached 10 the chain. weighed nearly
The latest among these curious time
pieces. says the jewelers. Circular, IS con
structed as follows: A sunfiower Of sill
yer protrudes from white crystal vase,
graceful in shape and soberly decorated
green, the petals yellow ana the heart OF
the flower deeply oxidized. Hour ana
minute marks are engraved around the
heart Of this sunfower which faces the
locker on 4 laCy-bird Of spotted red en-
emelled gold apparently rests on the
flower on The line dividing the heart from
moves imperceptibly by means OF q me
chanism hidden within the flower, shows
the time. BY only a close inspection can
one detect the time divisions on this OTl-
giuaI dial, which is granuIated all over
and is blush black As 10 the hollow cir
cUlar line on which the lady-bird travels,
II Is completely invisible.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Chronicle Jelegraphs that woman named
Marguerite BOuyenval. who fell into
state of catalepsy on May p, 1852, is still
allow her TO be transferred to the Sal
petriere. The story would be scarcely
credible II not atested by medical au-
thority. Marguerite Bouyenval was de-
livered Of a male child, which died two
days after its birth. Suspicion was
aroused, and a magistrate, accompanied
the Bouyenvals, at Thenelles, a village
near st. Quentin. The girl fright was so
bad that she had terrible fit Of hysteria,
followed by cataleptic coma, in which
condition, Notwithstanding the efforts Of
doctors and electricians, she has re-
NAMED for more than twelve years. On
such occasions she has mOaned audibly.
She is fed on milk and peptone, and re-
moved once day from one bed to an
other. IN 1855 an American Snowman Of
fered large sum to be allowed 10 take
Marguerite BouyenVal to the Chicago ex-
hloltion The parents at first agreed, but
they were eventually dissuaded by the
parish priest and local doctor.
Regal crowns are an expensive luxury
for the people Of those backward counties
/ which still prefer TO have kings to presi-
dents, says the New York Tribune. One
of the most costly crowns in existence is
! that of the King of Portugal. The jewels
which ornament 1t are valued at s., 100000
Inc crown which the car of Russia wears
on special occasions is also one of the
most precious in the world. The cross
| which surmounts the crown is composed
OF hNe magnificent diamonds resting on
large uncut but polished ruby The small
| crown OF the czarina contains, according
to authorities, the finest stones ever
strung. The crown of the Queen of Eng
land, which is valued at 8, 500, 900, contains
great ruby, a large sapphire, sixteen
small sapphlres, eight emeralds, four
small rubles, 1850 br1lliants, 1918 rose dia-
mondS, four pear-formed pearls and 269 of
other shapes. In his state clothes, inClud-
ing the crown, the Sultan of Johore wears
epaulets, his girdle and his cuffs sparkle
with the precious stones. His bracelets
are OF massive gold, and his fingers are
coNered with rings which are almost price
less. The handle and the blade Of his
sword are covered with precious stones
The most costly insignia of princelv dig
nlty, however, are those Of the sultan, or
Alanarajah, of BarOda, India The
chlet ornament is q necklace of five
strings, containing 500 diamonds. some of
Wnlch are as large as hazel nuts. The
upper and lower rows consist of emeraIds
Of the same size.
Women appear TO have an advantage
over men IN long living, says the North
Prof, Humphrey Of England in his work
on old Age" show that, as usual, in
records of longevity the women prepond-
derate over men in spite of many dis
advantages they have to contend with
such as the dangers incidental to child
DcarlnS ana diseases associated Herewith.
he attributes this to the immunity of
women from many exposures and risks
to which man is subject. Temperance in
edllis ana drinking; also, freedom from
anXiettes in reference to labor and bust
ness, are on the side of the female sex
NO woman writer has yet taken up the
SUBJECT, | believe, which seems odd as
female physicians are now a necessity OF
modern times. 1t has been often stated
and is probably true, that the principal
authors on longevity have been physi-
Clans, who, as rule, do not reach the
standard OF the average man. Ga!en is
said to have lived to his 140th wear bl1t
the statement is not credited nowadays
Hippocrates died at 104, which was not
doing any better than many day laborers
OF our times Rochefoucauld, that wise
ana obserVant Frenchman, said that Few
people know how to die old" he perhaps
| thinking himself one of them though he
died at the age of CT. In some of its as
poets nothing seems to be more ccDricioIIs
and eccentric than the law in regard to
longevity. Flrst-bo children and also
those born out of wedloCk were formerly
| believed to be more likely to live longer
than any other. The Offspring of cente-
narians, If they would only intermarrv
with their class, might in time surpass
all other people in length of years But
If human beings will not take the trouble
that careful breeders of horses and other
much over century.
During the two weeks preceding an
election in New York city, saws the New
York sun, those sign painters who make
a speciality of political transparencies
have something of 2 harvest. There are
only rev or them, and they divide about
$4,000 PAID for printing on canvas the
names of the candidates and af1xing the
canvas to n plain wooden frame which
serves as flrewood later. after the cleo
ton. Inc average cost of the campaign
transparency stretched in front of a partv
headquarters is So There are about
LOCO such transoarencies in New York
CITY TINS year averaging about thirty
hVe in each assembly district The num-
Der IN different districts varies consider
ably, being largest in those in which thera
are important thoroughfares such as The
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and
Eighth avenue. Tammany has a head
quarters in every assembly district The
republicans have two headquarters in ey-
cry assembly district-those of the reeu-
lars ana the MilhOllandites. Then there
are the State Democracy, the anti-Tam-
many Democracy the Independent Coun-
" Organization the Good Covarnnsn+
Cubs; the German Reform Union. The
New ork or Noorhis Democracy and the
socialists, populistS and prohibitionists
Next comes the business mems assocfa-
tons, the young mems clubs the social
clubs which make political nominations
and such independent organizations as
the ltaHan-American republicans, the
Hungarian democrats and the Swedish
anti ammanyites. Each congress can
dldate usually has separate headquar-
ters. and some Of the assembly and al
! dermanic candidates also open rooms If
thelr own. The most elaborate Of the
campaign tranparencies is of course Ia
( be found in front of Tammanv Hall This
year two changes Of candidates-judge Of
me court OF appeals and mayor-have
been made upon il, which is unusual in
one election. After the battle of the