The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Junction, Wash. recently, workmen found
an almost perfect cedar tree buried at a
depth Of 10 feet below the surface of the
earth. So well preserved was the tree
that the grain of the wood was easily dis
cernibie.
The japanese residents of Chicago
nave organized club, which they have
called the Chicago Nfppon Club Nippon. -
says one Of the members, lis really the
name or our country, and the nickname
Japan came about in this way: The Chi
then the Portuguese traders shortened 1t
into Japan, but the japanese speak Of
their country as Nippon, so our club is
the Chicago Nippon Club "
1t is estimated that more big game
was killed in Maine forests during Oc-
tober and November this year than dur
ing october, November and December of
last year. According to records kept by
game, 10 deer. "A moose and IS caribou
We're Killed during October and Novem-
per this year, while during the three hunt
ing months OF last year only 1,o01 deer,
40 moose and 50 caribou were killed.
One of the largest vessels ever placed
IN the cotton trade between this coun-
Try ana Europe is the American, recently
launched in Belfast and now en- route to
New Orleans Her total cubic capacity
is 5SI,220 feet, making her easily the big
gest snip ever coming to New Orleans.
She IS 800 gross tonnage, Ats feet long
between perpendiculars, So feet beam and
depth of hold 80 feet inches. There are
nine engines on her and she is loaded
through six matches. Her water ba-sast
is l,oOO tons. She can carry 24OO0 bales of
cotton.
Victoria, the smallest dog in America,
died a few days ago at Railway n. j.
ana was Inferred with honors worthy of
a human being. Poor Victoria was only
SIX inches long, and her head was but
TOUR inches from the ground. When real
pump she weighed Is ounces. Her coffin
was nine inches long, five wide and four
high, and was covered with embossed
push. The sorrowing mistress was a
Mrs. Garbonetu, who nineteen years ago
was a star horse performer in Barnum s
circus. Since leaving the sawdust she
has made her home in Railway.
An English magazine says that the
original John Bulr' was DR.. John Bull,
the nrst Gresham professor of music
organist of Hereford Cathedral and COM
poser TO Queen Elizabeth. John, like a
true Englishman, Travelled for improve
ment, and, having heard of a famous
musician at st. Omer, he placed himself
under him as novice; but a crcum.
stance very soon convinced the master
that he was inferior TO the scholar. The
musician showed John a song which he
had composed in forty parts-telling him
at the same time that he defied all the
world to produce a person capable of
adding another part to his composition
Bun desired to be left alone, and to be
INDUCED for a short time with pen and
ink. In less than three hours he added
forty parts more to the song, upon which
the Frenchman was so much surprised
that he swore in great ecstacy he must
be either the devil or John Bull, which
mas ever since been proverbial in Eng
land.
"A correspondent of the Boston Trav-
eler describes the queer cemetery of the
Mexican city of Guanajuato. There is
hardly room in Guanajuato for the liv-
ing, so ii behooves her people to exercise
rigid encOnomy in the disposition of her
aea tden T b burial Ea Place is on the t top Of
consists of an area inclOsed by what ap-
pears from the outside to be a high wall,
but which discovers itself from within to
be receptacle for bodies, which are
placed in tiers, much as the confines of
thelr native valleys compel them to live.
Each apartment in the wall is large
enough to admit one coffin, and is rented
for 81 month. The poor people are bur
led in the ground without the formality
of a coffin, though one Is usually rent
ed, in which the body is conveyed to the
grave. AS there are not graves enough
to go around, whenever a new one is
needed a previous tenant must be dis
turbed, and this likewise happens when
a tenants rent is not promptly paid in ad-
vance The body is then removed from
its place in the mausoleum, or exhumed,
as the case may be, and the bones are
thrown into the basement below.
"A suggestive article on the subject
of occupation upon facial expression is
contributed by Dr. Louis Robinson to
Blackwood's Magazine, the types Select
ed by him for the purpose being profess
sional musicians, priests, actors, actresses
and blacksmiths, the pursuits of these
showing, he AYERS, strongly marked IA
cial expression. Even the style of hair,
he says, which has become associated
with musicians is not altogether depend
ent on fashion, but is evidence of trophic
changes resulting from mental habits.
the growth and vitality of the hair being
profoundly influenced by emotions. Fur
ther priests cannot change their priest
ly countenance if they wished-for some
mysterious reason the simultaneous It's
sue over the cheek bones and under the
Furr~ Of he a1e - Goo
supply of nourishment, which leaves dis
tinctive marks, while the consciousness,
perhaps, of share in the apostolic ser
vice gives muscular set to the lips The
other classes mentioned are discussed in
a similar strain by the writer, the aim
being, as intimated, to aid those who
are endeavoring to place physiognomical
indications on sound basis-a difficult
task, because, as DR.. Robinson admits
not only may the organic part of a man
show every sign of guilt when there is
no guilt, but there may be only tempta-
ton.
II. Sladen of II Cauk street Leicester.
writes as follows in the London Era: at
may be interesting to old Shakespearean
actors to learn that there exists at the
present time in the town of Lancaster
a ruin of a temple dedicated to Janus
This ruin is known as the Jewry Wall
and is in danger of being swept away to
make room for the new railroad station
of the NJ s. and L. Company in connec-
ton with their trunk line to London. The
cluded this remarkable ruin in the sale
of their property, although the vicar and
church wardens OF st. Nicholas, who claim
the ruin as theirs, have protested. From ac
counts in my possession it appears that
King Lear founded the town or city of
Leicester 1874 years before the birth of
our Savior and that he built therein a
temple dedicated to Janus and placed
therein famen Ga pagan priestj 1t
further appears that King Lear was bur
led in the temple by his daughter Corde-
liza; also, that another king of the Britains.
named Archigalls, was buried there. AS
an action in the matter is pending, / am
sure the vicar and church wardens would
be glad of any assistance. Their object
is not only to prove the rightfuI owner
ship, but also to preserve this important
and interesting relic intact. Leicester has
in the past lost too many historic relies
so that we ought to draw the line some.
where. Not far away stood the inn where
Richard III slept on his way to Bost-
worth; also the Bow bridge over which
the king and his army passed. The the
alter where Grimaldi performed has dis
appeared but the room where Shakespeare
read his plays remains intact in the shane
of the old town hall. Gopsan hail, too