The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-27

about going into the manholes that IeaA
70 the Water-tight compartments bervrae-
N n outer and inner smells. The space be-
wen the NO huils IS barely Two feet
high and the manholes admit only y
small man. But IL a fellow gets awav in
there and becomes scared" said a u-0~l-
man the other day. as he screwed on IL
manhole cover he VIII swell up. and ~
can't crawl back through the hole to save
his neck. ] was in that third comparr
ment the other day, and when I tholIeh-
now aWful II would be 10 have the outer
cover screwed on v lille was there, eor
panlcky ana tried 10 crawl back
couldn't get through anyway althoueh 7
had gone in easily enough. The harder 7
tried the bigger ] sWelled. and the mon
finally had to pull me out. When they-
got me through the clothes We're torn ~
my back, so tightly had I been squeezed. 3
One Of the oldest places in Havanra
IS the theater. Here, as elsewhere tho
men and women are seated apart. In
some of them. at the end Of each acf ~.
house is emptied. and patrons are com
PEELED to purchase a ticket for every ac-
of the performance. II is a sort of sea
ing the snow on the European plan d.
connection with the theater. however. IL
IS worthy OF note that Havana is probably
the only city of little over q quarter OF a
million population on this great CONT
nent that supports comic and grand
opera for consecutive months with sears
selling for $ and upward. The home of
opera is the TacOn theater, which vqa
erected in 1887 at a cost of 100000. since
Wnich Tine more than 5000 has been
expended at different times in repairing
il. There are fourteen exits and "a.
seating capacity is said TO be 4 go
visit to this house on an evening whei,
some favorte prima donna is to appes-
IS one long to be remembered.
A remarkable work of art has been dis
covered in Brooklyn in the form of an ,r
iginal pen and ink sketch of Napoleon
Bonaparte, with uniform, and BACKGROUND
finished in sepia. What gives the picture
even more than a passing interest is the
dsct thaI y was the production of John
Irumbull founder of the Art Academy in
New York. The picture viii appeal N
once to all admirers of Napoleon II is
set in framei of ebonized wood, and he
perforated with wormholes, each Sc ,arata
one adding TO the value of it in the eyes OF
lovers Of antiquities. Under the bust is
a lockct containing a burning heart I'm "A
wreath of fOrget-me-nOts, surrounded by,
a border of hairwork woven from his
parents hair Underneath this is a small
Ter case containing an unwoVen lock ~
the great mans own hair. On the back
OF the frame IS pasted copy of the New
YORK Mirror dated Aug 10, 1895 contain
ing anecdotes of Napoleon. In the uppcr
left-hand corner is pasted piece of paper
bearing this Inscription in Trumbuns
Parents Hair; His Hair in Small Case.
J. Il. LS0S."
In no capital in Europe is it possible 70
see worse driving, particularly on the
part or the coachmen of public vehicles
such as omnibuses, cabs and carts of ons
kind and another, than in Paris. Things
are bad enough in this respect in fine
ton of the dreaded vergias, the state OF
AFFAIRS in the streets develops into a
pandemonium. Nerglas is a combination
of sleet and rain, that freezes as quickly
as 1t touches the ground and converts
the asphalt and wooden pavement into
one vast sheet of ice. As it inevitably
comes without warning, the horses ara
not prepared for it and their shoes are
not roughened, the consequence being
that they founder about in al directions
Many of them come to grief and lay on
the ground. Others stumble slowly along
led by the drivers. whose feelings for
once in a way. were too deep for words
Omnibuses and heavy vehicles of ever,
kind were totally unmanageable wherever
there is the slightest incline, and Paris.
like Rome, is built upon hills. Any at
tempt to put on brakes made the omni-
buses skid across the icy pavement as II
on runners, and there was a constant
series of collisions between conveyances
thus rendered unmanageable This YER
glas is the one visitation which gets the
best Of Partisan equanimity. AS a rule.
nothing can upset the latter Parisians
are accustomed to make fun of every
thing, to find in all things comic ele-
ment, a subject of merriment. The only
exception to this rule is the dreaded YER
glas.