The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I can Boer, has two racing Ostrlches. one
7 OF them has developed q speed or twenty.
one miles an hour and has a stride OF
fourteen feet The breeding OF -ostriches
T for racing purposes has been seriously in
terfered with by the passage Of an anti
I betting law by the English government -
-Four handsomely bound volumes con-
tanning 12,eJ0 clippings from the leading
journals Of the United States in regard TO
T the illness. death and funeral Of the late
Z Emperor Alexander III. of Russia and the
marriage or the present emperor. nave
! been presented 10 the Russian minster,
I Prince Cantacuzene. TO be placed IN the
archives Of the Imperial Palace At 81
[ Petersburg.
As an indication at this late day of the
relative popularity OF the works Of the
I Bard OF Avon. the Westminster Gazette
I learns from the English publishers o.
l SCOTS novels that for 80 copies OF ivan
hoe. 2ae copies of "Naverly, are 500,
z 275 copies of Rob Roy" 365 of ''keuil-
| worth 80 Of Guy Mamnering, 80 OF
"Old Mortality" 80 of The Antiquary,
I 205 OF Quentin Durward, 30 $50 of Wood
stock and 100 Of Count Robert OF
Paris"
A memorial from the legislative assem-
bly, Of Arizona has been presented TO con-
/ gress requesting that the lands covered
/ by the petritied forest be Withdrawn from
I entry until the advisib.lity Of making a
public park Of II can be settled me
I lands are in Apache county. ten miles
4 square, and according 20 the memorial
are covered by trunks of trees, some or
/ which measure over 10 Gcet IN length
and from seven to ten feet in diameter.
! The legislature represents that ruth
/ less curiosity seekers are destroying these
I huge trees and logs by blasting them in
/ pieces in search OF crystals, which are
found in the center Of many OF them,
| while carloads of the limbs and smaller
I pieces are being shipped away TO be
I ground up for various purposes. The
park, or "chalcedony desert" is annual
! ly visited by hundreds of sclentnc men
/ and travellers from evrey state. To make
l il a public park would preserve the tract
( from vandalism and injure no one, as
| there are no settlers upon it.
The most beautiful spectacle ever seen
\ in this part Of the country in the form
( of an icicle is It the big windmill belong
! ing to REPRESENTATIVE Charles l.. Moore
/ says a Georgetown, Del, letter. During
! the cold weather the windmill has been
running. and consequently the water has
/ been pouring down the sides of the struc-
I ture from the waste pipe, and freezing as
/ il trickled down. The pyramidai struc-
/ ture. which is over forty feet high, IS now
/ banked with ice three or four feet thick
| and from four feet wide at the top to eight
feet wide a the foot, thence spreading out
/ around the base, making one grand pyra-
mid of ice towering high in the air From
the main column many little tcicles shoot
off In the sunlight these, with the mass
| OF ice, present "a magnificent spectacle, re
| necttng every color OIL the RAINBOW anu
! sparkling ike a heap of jewels. The pyra-
Z mid is estimated to weigh from six to
/ ten tons, and is still growing. Photograph
ers from all parts Of the state have made
/ pictures this week Of the beautiful spec
| tacle
An inquisitive Frenchman. says an eX-
/ change has thought iu worth while to ask
/ what becomes of the bodies after death,
of the numberless FISH and other living
/ creatures that fill the sea. Of course, they
/ all die, sooner or later and yet il Is an
/ occurrence so rare as 10 be praclically
unknown for anybody who lives beside
/ or on the ocean TO come across the re
mains of even q single victim OF the tate
that awaits all things mortal. In the pro-
I founder depths putrefactiOn cannot take
/ place, so II a dead 1isn once reached those
sanfH d al rrfaVHN
/ until the end of time. Probably, however
/ no such peaceful repOse awaits more than
an iniinitesimally small portion OF the
flnny folk, and no great accumulation OF
I Hfeless bodies exist OF the bottom OF the
: sea. The living eat the dead before they
/ can make the long, slow journey down
/ ward. As a matter Of fact, extremely rev
/ fish and perhaps none, ever meet what IS
/ known as a natural death Almost
! always they are slain and devoured, and SO
! put definitely out of the way
The very latest notion in lamps Is
| charming one. The last whim Of fashion
calls for small lights upon both my lady.s
/ desk and her dressing table, ana lhefe
| are some very fascinating varieties from
| which to choose, says the Boston Herald.
one woman, who is apt to be Httle
/ her toilet table and her desk fitted out
| already, and she is the envy of all her
/ friends. The china chosen for the writing
| equipment is stIl the popular Dresden,
| and wonderfully dainty it is The INK
| well and pen rack are combined, and suf-
ltAenLlA IOOulN 10 SuSSEHt a 6tlltlOtA GNb-
/ ply of ink and pens of many sorts. the
I paper rack is gem in its way and really
! contains a sufficient supply to warrant
its being. The DlOtter the stamp box and
all the paraphernal5a are there, and fin
/ ishing all are the two lamps, which stand
always ready to be lighted and to shed
/ their soft light upon the page. The Varl-
( Gus implements OF the toilet on the dress
| ing table all show handles and backs of
| the fine china, and the two tiny lamps are
| so placed as TO shed q charming light over
| the whole and 10 make the work of selsC-
ton a delight. The w.cks are not large
| enough to show any fierce light nor are
| these lights intended a. means of illumina-
| ton, either There are others with larger
| burners and circular draught somewhere
| around the room, or gas or electricity is
| used. The object Is to throw few extra
| beams on an especial spot and to give
| that final touch of beauty which q we'll
/ shaded lamp can always be trusted TO DO.
The originals Of our yard measure and
! pound weight-otherwise, the British stan
/ dard of weights and measures-are sealed
or walled up in the sides OF me House OF
! Parliament al London, says the Pnllauel-
[ phia Press. The cavity IN the wall in
/ which these precious standards are pre-
/ served somewhat resembles tomb and
/ can he opeued only bv tearing away the
/ wall. The two articles which are therein
so safely cased are both of metal The
! yard measure is Of bronze. in the shape
! Of a bar, thirty-eight inches in length,
/ thrty-siX sections, or one yard, having
/ been marked of upon 1t with some nnely
/ scaled instrument. The weight standard
[ is a cube of platinum. weighing exactly
sixteen ounces. Weighty as it is it is
scarcely more than an inch in extent on
I either side, and, if sold for the metal there
is in it, would bring nearly 500. Once
/ every twenty years the walls inclOSing
I these standards are torn away for the
/ purpose of removing the TWO pieces Of
metal and comparing their length and
I weight with the official standards in use
nv the bureau of weights and measures.
/ These comparisons are made under the
: supervision OF the president of the London
board OF trade and several other oflclals
I appointed by the different branches OF the
queens government Extremely delicate
I and elaborate apparatus for making these
/ COMPARISONS are used. and If the units in
use by the bureau referred to have been
( cSaneed. or deviate the least from the
/ standards with which they were compared
/ twenty years before. they are Immediately
! changed. 50 as to conform with the ori-
/ arinal bronze and platinum types. The cere-
] mony of comparing the standards was
4 last made in April 1892. After the COM
/ PARSONS had been made and no varia-
| ticrs detected, they were again walled up
/ with the understanding that they would
] not be again disturbed until April. 1872
/ PTkIC.E;.S BAKTNG POWDER.