The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-11
ITEMS oF INTEREST.

The earliest passenger boat propelled
By electricity is believed 70 have been
that OF Prof jacob OF St Petersburg.
Russia. II was = feet Ions Z IeeL VIDE
- and carried fourteen persons. Inc cleo
lric motor was operated ~ means u ~
Daniel cells This was IN $50. on the river
Neva- The earliest passenger car pro-
PEELED by electricity IS BELIEVE Ell 70 De that
Z OF Alexander Davidson OF Edinburgh IL
was in operation October. ISL
Gold. because il was found pure and
fairly tractable. was probably the urst
metal used by man. Copper, II is true IS
found as d metal. but only in one com
paratively restricted locality. Occasion
ally gold fsh-hooks have been discovered
in graves in New Granada IL mining
T tunnel In Cauca, a gold hook was found
in lss2 nifty feet under the surface OF me
( ground and beneath what must have
once been the bed of a river. Copper hsh-
I hooks have been found i'm many Of the
I ancient burial mounds of Peru
The FlemingsbUrg CKy) Gazette says:
I Few citizens OF this commonwealth
/ are aware that when they 20 slelshlnS
/ with bells on their horses they are VIC
| lating the law, and are liable to fine or
[ from 3 to s. for each Ofeuse. Yet such
{ is the case. and il now develops that
/ some of cur officials and most prominent
/ citizens have been violating the law with
/ frequency. The last general assembly
passed law making il an offense 70
/ appear on the public highway with bells
! on q horse"
The trolley cars advance in Cleveland
I has been so rapid that horse car Is
{ looked upon a IS a curiosity. IN sol OF TIE
street railroad offices, especially - those
of the Big Consolidated pictures are
now freely displayed showing the morse
ears as they used TO appear en- the East
End lines These pictures are framed in
oak and are highly priced by their own
ers. The horses ana their drivers the
latter with the bell ticket register car
ried,by strap from the neck, look strange
in the light of the rapid motors ana the
patent regis tiers.
Whipping is stiu used TO punish Grim
. r.+f ID
AlphOuse Lausaudeau received tWentY-
FIVE lashes. the maximum penalty. After
the fourteenth stroke lac began TO moan
but when il was all over he shook NM
self like dog who had just had swim
and walked out TO the hospital, HIS back
covered with a cloth STEPPED in brine APP
parently none the worse Tor his expert
snce LaTendeau Will remain in JAN
for another twenty-five months, and Two
weeks before the expiration OF ms sen
tence will receive another twenty-five
lashes.
The following is an extract from
letter written by a French lady ln Scnt8al
and published in Paris neW%sPaEgt, re-
fefring to a visit 10 King. BENJAMIN. no on
DehOmev on board the SECOND; lhe
king. followed by five wives ana iouI
children. of whom one IS a handsome poN (:
then came forward in silk mantel
STRIPED with black and blue and eie-
gantly drdped. His head was bare ana
he had on his feet sandals held on D[
crossed bands embroidered IN WOODS OF
manly colors He smoked "A large ebony
pipe the bowl and shank OF Whlch were
circled with silver His French Is Aml-
tel to hon jour and ami and am me
first white woman he ever saw ana me
sight of me astonished him. ne al mrs.
gazad at me, then roared with laughter
and when he had laughed till he was tired,
looked around and asked where my nus
band was. The interpreter having poHlte9
him out, he took him by the snoulder anu
gave him friendly shake, WhlGh was
as much as TO say, What a lucky lei
low Won are one 81 the five wives cooks.
a
stand around the deposed KING. ne
Youngest has always in her hand 2
wooden bowl filled with s3Wdust, j., NV, ~
his spittoon. She Is the taVorle. Inc
. children are very nice. Behdnzm Il elu-
( erly about So, and has white hetd on
hair He hardly knows how to walk pc
/ cause on account OF MS rank ne hd7 Ill
ways been carried.
The latest lamp shades, says the New
York World. mark "a departure even more
absurd than that which has gone peiore-
p TheV are OF paper They are StuI ana un-
{ COMPROMISING. They show no SoltenlnS
tints. and their one claim to popularity lies
E in their having portraits, or presumabie
portraits, Of celebrated beauties painted
at intervals on the cream-whlte paper ol
, which they are made. Whether they are
to be success cannot yet be predictgu.
1 The crepe paper at least tempers the l!"ht:
one may look upon n askanee as an All
too probable cause of ire. or may Feel
keenlv irs general tawdrness and map
prOpriateness to the use demanded or IL,
/ but in spite of all the light rs pleasant
J
nor OF any service. so far as one can judge
They ara merely the fad, and as the fad
are given "a certain place. Globes OF porce-
lam and tinted glass are coming u9re dIlti
more to the front. and are graceful ia the
extreme. II only makers ana dealers
would heed the fact that the shape and
dimensions of the ordinary shade are such
as TO make satisfactory lighting impossi-
bic, We might see even better things.
There is no reason, so far as the locker
on can see. why the shade should not be
deeper and the tripod or ring be placed
/ several inches lower down. so that the
eyes could b. protected from glare We're
this done, all lamps would be improved,
and we might have absence of glare at
the same time that we secure artistic
effects Porcelain may he severe. as IL Is
often declared TO be. but it is iignited aud
satisfactory. These latest curiosities.
which resemble a drum in shape. and are
inhexibly hard and ungracefuL neither
improve the light nor add to the ''pretti-
ness of the room
1T is to the Tartars who conquered
China several centuries ago thar we are
indebted for this much discussed Queue"
said Wing Lock, prominent Chinamau.
to a writer for the Pittsburg Dispatch.
~ on hear great deal about the laws of
China relating TO the wearing of queues &:
how Chinaman cannot return to his
country without his queue, and all that
well. il is all bosh. The wearing Of a
queue is no more required by law than
YOUR gentleman wearing whiskers 1t is
custom and a style and Chnaman
realizes some truth in the saying that You
might as well be out of the earth as out
OF style. a ChlnamaD retains his queue
: simply because if he should over return to
/ his native land he would not care to 90
about among his friends and make him
self conspicuous by such a radical depar-
ture from The style of so many millions Of
people. Strange, too, that the Chnaman
should hold 10 his queue with such tenac-
ity when it was originally imposed upon
him as mark of subsection. When the
Cartars came over and set a ruler on our
: throne they decreed that every Chaaman
should wear queue such as they did
OF course, this was at first CALLING to
them, for they could net see or touch their
5 plated hair without being reminded of
their conquest But time heals all wounds
and il was not long before the Cinnamon
began to cherish the marks of subsection
as a good fashion or style This was also
true about the style of dress the China
men now wear. 1t is in the queue that a
Chinaman wears his badge of mourning
/ When & Chinaman' 5 father or mother dies
there is sent TO him. as to ali the members
/ of the family. ColOred gartere. These are
not garetrs, as We understand, but sort
Of ribbons, white, green or blue which are
plated with the hair White green and
blue are the cOlors of mourning. while
the ribbon that is ordinarily plated in the
black These