The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Turkish Ministry OF Public Works
has determined upon the reconstruction
salem, dating from the age of King Sol
omon- BY this means IL would be pos
stble 20 convey 1900 cubic meters OF
water daily to the Holy City. OF this
il is proposed TO give 100 meters away
free Of charge to the poor Of Jerusalem,
the distribution TO take place at the
Mosque of Omar. the Holy sepulchre,
and other places.
Gov. Coffin OF Connecticut has signed the
bill abOlishing days of grace, making pro-
vision as to the time of payment Of notes
falling due on holidays, and providing
for the closing of BANKS at noon on Satur-
day, which, so far as the payment OF
notes is concerned, is made a holiday.
The provisions as to Saturday closing,
fixing Of holidays, and payment of notes
telling due on a holiday, go into effect
June /. 1895, the latter applying at that
time TO notes dated after the time of
signing of the act, which was April ?,
1895.
The first lightning rod was not con-
struCted by Franklin, nor set w IN Amer
lea, but by a monk at Seuttenberg. BO-
hernia, named Prohop Dilwisch. His
apparatus was made and put together
curing me sprng ana summer OF the
year l154, and was first set up in the
garden Of the cure of Prenditz (Aloravia).
on June Is of the year above named.
The rod attained as much distinction
as that later made by Franklin. and was
the cause Of the inventor being presented
with much money and large estates. His
FlAtAAlEo tAdiuuEu ILdL the roo was the
cause Of the great drought of 1857. 1z5S
and 1859. and upon the matter being re-
ported to Vienna it was ordered to be
taken down.
The newest society Sensation in St
Petersburg is an old peasant woman with
wonderful memory. Her name is Trina
AndreJewna Fedosova; she is seventy
years Of age. can neither read nor write
but knows by heart over 1900 legends.
folk songs and poems. When she gives
puphe recital the scene is striking one.
little bent figure appears, hobbies on
to the platform, sits down on a chair,
with hands folded, and withered face
quite eXpressionless. Amid hush of eX-
pectation she begins TO speak; then her
face brightens, her eyes open widely and
sparkle, while her voice grows clear and
penetrating She looks ten years younger
in her enthusiasm, as she half speaks.
half sings the legends of her youth, tales
of great wars, old fairy tales, long-lost
tragedies or tender love stories while the
audience carried away by her strange
magnetism listens spellbound, laughs and
weeps at her will. She is the rage" in
the Russian capital, and 1t is said that
two eminent literary men have written
down number of her memory-stCred
treasures which they intend to publish in
book form, which viii prove a rich ind
for lovers Of book lore.
Recently Prof Carl Meyers has COM
pleted at the balloon farm at Frankfort
n. y, the first of q series Of balloon
outfits to be supplied to some sixty yes
sells belonging to New York parties for
llte-SaVlng purposes in case of ShipWreck.
says the Utica Observer. Each outfit
consists of an automatic apparatus gen
Grating hydrogen gas under pressure. so
controlled by a stOp-cock that the clos
ing Of this Immediately stops the genera
ton or flow of gas and retains it stu
under pressure. This is used to rapidly
initiate balloon of sufficient size to carry
life line ashore from a wrecked Vess 81
by means of which a heavier cable may
be drwan for communication or passage
of crew or goods, as now practiced by
the government hfe-saving crews where
stations exist for throwing a line by the
use OF mortar. The defects of the
mortar system are that the stations are
infrequent on the coast the difficulty
great IN throwing line against the wind
at so small mark as a ship and the dis
lance which frequently makes such eff
forts futile. The balloon system has the
advantage of requiring no special appar-
atus on shore, while the bOlloon simply is
drifted toward a line of coast by the same
wind which blows the ship ashore, and
drops Its line when the shore is reached.
Morgan Johnston who resides at Blen-
nerhassett Island, made strange dis
covery yesterday while walking under
and examining the bank of the island,
says Parkersburg CIV. Na) dispatch.
AT spot opposite Ames ripple Johnston
come across place where the bank had
been badly washed, Protruding from
the freshly exposed earth Johnston saw
a tremendous skeleton. 1t was that of
man, complete from skull to feet The
skeleton measured six feet seven inches
in length and the bones were of great
thickness. Close by and also protrudinc
from the bank he found curious and
large piece of ancient pottery. 1t was in
the shape of a bowl or jar, measuring
nearly two feet in width and nearly eight
cen inches in depth. The strange piece
OF pottery was ornamented on the out
side with the shells of a cruStacea, I'M
known in this section. Between and
around the shells the piece of pottery was
etched IN a crude manner very similar
to several smaller pieces found in the
same locality several years ago The
place where Johnston made his find is
only short distance from the ground
where the relic hunters have dug up
within the past few years many valuable
and interesting relics, such as stone and
flint arrows and spear heads, stone pipes
axes, mortars, pestles, skinning and dress
ing knives, ornamented and etched pot
terry and many other articles of use and
ornament. The ground had been at one
tune Durylng ground for some extinct
race, who, is is believed, became extinct
long before the presence of the red men
in this country.
During the reign of Louis XII of
there was attached to his court one Ab,
bot de Baigne, a man of considerable wit
The abbot was somewhat unsteady in
clined, and delighted the court with in
YenuonS of odd musical Instruments One
day the king, after having enjoyed
hearty laugh over one of these curious
contrivances, and desiring to battle this
musical genius, commanded him to nro-
duce harmonious sounds from the cries
OF hogs. This seemed an impossibility to
INC hlAi6s anu ne prepared nlfIlSelI 10 en-
joy the discontinue of the abbot Much
to his surprise, however the abbot readily
agreed to produce them. All he required
was a sum of money, upon the receipt
of which he declared he would invent
the most surprising thing that ever was
heard. He secured the country, and Sc
cured a large quantity of hogs, trying
their voices as to pitch and quality ami
finally, having fully satisfied himself. he
arranged the animals in a sort of pavilion
richly decorated. The day of the trial
arrived, and the king and his court en-
tered the pavilion prepared for some
thing, but greatly in doubt as to the sue
cess of the abbot with the hogs. However
there were the hogs sure enough, and
much to the surprise and delight Of the
king, they commenced to cry harmonious
~ and in good tune, rendering an air that
was fairly recognized The abbot had ar
ranged series of stops that were con
nected with the hogs, and upon pulling
one of them out caused a spike to prick
the hog it connected with making him
squeal his note. The rest was easy, for
pulling out the different stops he produced
the tune. The king and all his attend
ants were highly delighted with it.
Awarded