The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t was left for an American newspaper
TO discovere the interesting and important
piece Of information that the Duke OF
Marlborough had insured the life OF the
Duchess OF Marlborough, nee Vanderbilt,
10 the amount OF 10000. The London pa
pers COPY the item. and entally OBJ
serve that they do not see what business
it is Of any ones outside Of the dukes
family, and also say that evidently the
rule of secrecy. universally followed in
English insurance Offices, does not prevail
across the water.
The muzzling of dogs is being rigidly
enforced in London. Dogs appearing on
the street without a muzzle, even though
led by their masters or mistresses, are
Bobby" that spies them. The amusing
sight is reported Of a well-known lady
carrying a little fluffy pocket edition OF
dog in a large St. Bernard's muzzle,
which surrounded her pet like a wire
pasket, while she went calmly about her
shopping, with. the evident self-approba-
uveness of a thoroughly law-abiding
member of the community, secure in the
thought that her dog, at any rate, was
safe II any justification of the muzzling
order be needed, it is to be found in the
number of stray dogs reported as admit
ted into the Battersea Home since the
muzzling order came into force. The
home, at the time the last mail left Lon
don, had received no fewer than $500
dogs, and, Of all these, only $50 had been
claimed.
The increase of the foreign element
in the British merchant marine is begin
ming to cause the naval authorities much
uneasiness, and the discussion of means
TO prevent Il is now in order. In the old
days of sailing vessels the British-born
sailor was greatly in demand, but with
the increase of merchant steamships this
demand has rapidly subsidized. Foreign
born crews can be maintained at less
expense, and motives of patriotism alone
are not sufficient to make ship owners
pay more money for the home product.
The foreign element now amounts to 20
per cent. of the whole. and as many OF
the men are masters and navigatOrs, IA
mil1ar with British waters all over the
world, the danger from them in case OF
war cannot be under estimated. Natural
ly these men, having no race affiliations
with England, will go where they are paid
the most money. and the advantage OF
the knowledge they possess to a power
having in mind the destruction of British
quate way of preventing the increasing
use of foreign-born sailors had yet been
suggested.
1t is an interesting bit of commercial
news that volcanoes are a drug in tine
London market just now, says a London
cable in the New York Sun. 1t is hard
to understand that a man with a vol
cano to sell should put it up at auction in
London at the present moment, when blase
New Workers would probably pay him his
own price for 1t and think themselves
lucky to get new sensation. If there is
anything that Englishmen are anxious to
escape from il is the series of shocks
and surprises which have come upon them
IN nerVe-Shattering succession ever since
President Cleveland launched his Vene-
zuela message early in the winter The
country is on the verge of nervous pros
tratton. And at such q moment there
comes along an idiot who wants to un-
load volcano in full working order at
forced salel 1t is a wonder that the man
allowed a i've &c
age deserves at least the reward Of this
free advertisement of his goods The spe-
c1ncatiOns are these: The island. known
as the Island of Vulcano, lies off the coast
of Sicily in the Mediterranean 1t is
eighteen miles in circumference, has de-
nghtful harborS and shelters, and is in
habited by 400 persons, shepherds. vine
growers, etc. Most of the island is un-
der cultivation, and it contains rich vine
yards and fig orchards. The society of
the island must be ideal. There are no
lawyers, DOCTORS policemen, liquor sellers
or paupers among its inhabitants The
volcano is genuine one, but judging
by It's record it is well behaved ninety
nine years out of one hundred The ven
dor, however, offers no guarantee on that
point. IN 1act, II has been silent SO long
now that there is reason to susnect thai
possibly one cause for selling at the press
emf Time Is the possibility of an unpleas-
ant ebulltion in the near future T'he
price OF this unique property is most
wonderful thing about it. The reserve
price price M s.i the auctioneer in Tobenhouse
was the mere pittance of $40 O00 N ISy
1oIkers win strong nerves are not likely
70 let such bargain go begging
The sale this week of a copv of tba
wicked" Bible, so called on account
of the omission of the negative from
the Seventh Commandment. has brought
to light curious record of ancient mis-
prints or holy writ says the New Yorl,
sun London cable. The COPY sold at
Sothebys came from the library Of IT
j. Farmer Atkinson, member of parlia-
ment for Boston in the last HoiIse of
Commons. When 1t was sold this Iet+er
from Mr.. II. Stevens to the owner: az
congratuiate you on your acquisition of
complete copy of the wicked" Rihle
This, l think, is the fifth now known
Yours is probably the second copv that
IS known as complete with all the zap
paratus," the Book of Common PRAYER
scripture genealogies, Concordance and
Psalms in Meeter, etc. You are
certainly in luck, but as I told the
Caxton exhibition, that though this Sew
enth Commandment was found printed
in the Bible, 1t is not now generally con-
sldered binding. Il is hardly necessary to
state that this edition was suppressed. In
the same library are two or three "Bugpe''
Bibles thus termed from the fifth Verse
Oh the Psalm xci: so that thou shalt
not nede TO be afrayed for any bugges
by night" instead Of 'the terror bv
night as in the authorized version.
somebody who's, time has apparently been
make record of these grotesque mis-
takes, and thus catalogues them: The
,Breeches' BtbleE''Then the eies of them
both were opened and they knew that
they were naked, and they sewed figge
leaves together and made themselves
breaches" Gen. iii, D; printed in 1850,
The "Treacle" Bible-''Is there not treacle
at Gilead? Is there no physician there?"
Ger. viii, 20 printed in 1858 The RIOS
in" Bible-"Is there no rosin in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?" (Jer.. vii
20; printed in 1909. The place makers
Bible Blessed are the place makers: for
they shall be called the children of God"
Matt, v, 81; printed in 1872 The win
egar" Bible-'"The parable of the vine
gar instead of the vineyard appears
in the chapter heading to Luke *. in
an oxford edition of the authorized YER
sion which was published in 1717 The
"Ears-to-ear' Bible-"Who hath ears to
ear, let him ear Matt, xiii, 43); printed
in 1910. The standing Fishes Bible
And it shall come to pass that the fishes
will stand upon it, instead of Fishers"
(EZek., Xvii, 100; printed in 1906 The
Discharge" Bible-"I discharge thee be-
fore Cod q Tim, v. 2D: printed in 1906.
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