The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

experienced the coolest weather known
there for twenty years. During January
ana Februaryft1e temperature was never
above zero at juneau or Sitka, and snow
tell almost continuously.
The quaintest store in New York. says
the Journal, is in the Salvation Army bar
racks, on West Fourteenth street. where
may De purchased almost everything from
a hymn book 10 a pair Of susptnders. Its
interior presents a strange appearance.
suspended from the walls are tape meas
uIes, OWlne, and miscellaneous collection
OF suspenders. hosiery. gloves and rib
pons- The tables and counters grOan IN
DER collection Of every kind OF article in
the category. including war crys, books
on sacred subjects, knick-knacks and odds
ana ends in endless variety and profusion
Although the prices are made as low as
possible, they are still high enough TO in
sure a neat profit Notwithstanding the
Iact that comparatively few persons are
aware OF its existence, the store does a
rushing business being patronized by
many shoppers who give it the preference
on account OF the worthiness of|its cause.
About the planet Venus we read thus in
The Story of the Heavens:" Its beau
ufully clear evening; the sun has just set
me lover of nature turns TO admire the
sunset, as every lover of nature will. In
the golden glory Of the west a beauteous
gem IS seen TO glitter; it is the evening
star-the planet Venus. A few weeks later
another beautiful sunset is SEEN. and now
the planet is no longer a point low down
in the western glow; it has risen high
above the horizon, and continues a bril-
liant object long after the shades of night
have descended. Again, a little later, and
Venus has gained its full brlliancy and
splendor. All the heavenly hOst-even 81
RUS and Jumter-must pale before the
splendid luster of Venus, the unrivaNd
queen of the armament. After weeks Of
splendor, the hight of Venus at sunset
diminishes, and its luster Begins gradually
TO decline. 1t sinks to invisibihty, and is
70 nv he tori rf
kind; but the capriciOus goddess has only
moved from one side of the sky to the
other. Ere the sun rises the morning star
Will be seen in the east. Its splendor
gradually augments until it rivals the
beauty of the evening star. Then again
the planet draws near to the sun and re-
mains lost to view for many months, until
the same cycle of changes recommences,
after an interval of a year and seven
months.
old and Young explains that Hohen-
zollern is not the family name of the Ger
man line that is now upon the throne It's
true name is Zollern, Thassilon, the first
count of Zollern having founded the
race about 500. In the year 1860 the Zol-
lern family had two male descendants,
the Count of ZOllern and the Burgrave of
Nuremberg. From the latter comes the
present royal house OF the German en-
pire. So William IL is William Zolern.
The King of ROumania is another repre-
sentative of this line. and has precisely
tue 0eiAilt lldllts VI 0lutIDuIESa IOullNtu
by Count of Oldenburg, who died in 144O,
there are many. The chief of those to-day
who are entitled to use this family name
are Christian TX of Denmark George /,
King of Greece, the Grand Duke of Oiden-
burg, Ernest, Duke of SchleSwig- HOlstein
and Nicholas II, emperor of all the Rus
sias. Emperor Nicholas is a Romanoff
only through the female line. Rightly he
is an Oldenburg, having descended from
Peter III, a member of one of the Hol-
stein branches Of that house. Francis Jo-
seph, emperor of Austria-HIngary, the
Queen Regent of Spain, and Frederick
Grand Duke of Baden, are Etlichons. The
original Ethichon was Duke of Alsace,
who lived about the year 6L Humbert
king of Italy is Mr.. Savoia, and Oscar II
of Sweden is Bernadotte. The original
of this name was French general, who
was made King of Sweden in 1918, and
was called Charles XIV Pope Leo kits
real name is Joachim Pecci. Alexander
of Servia has the name of Obrenowitch
and Nicholas /, prince of Montenegro is
Mr.. Niegoch.
A traveller is especially struck with the
fine roads of France. of which the people
are Justly proud. The government keeps
up a perfect system of care ami inspection
and wherever one goes, he may be sure
of finding the principal roads|in excellent
order. They are often borderel with trees
for miles. and are in a perfect state for
bicycle riders. All the underbush, small
twigs, and even the lower branches of the
trees have been cut for firewopd: and not
a tWlg Is wasted. All are gahereQ anC
tied up in bundles ready for use. Every
foot of ground is cultivated, or so it seems
to strangers. There are mountains anC
barren places where nothing will grow, but
every bit of ground that can produce any
thing is made to do So The winter is sc
mild south of the Loire that vegetables
are tiourishing in the gardens at all times
There are, of course, certain SEASONS fol
the different ones, except the haricots
Verts (string beans) and the dwarf rad
ishes. These are always in season, anc
the quantities eaten in France must be
enormous. The neldS are not generally
separated by fences or hedges. The diVid
ing line is, however, clearly shown by the
sort of grain growing in them. As mos
of the farmers keep sheep, the absence
of fences necessitates the shepherd OIL
shepherdess. Wherever one sees a small
number of sheep there also is to be seer
a guardian with them. Alasl ii is no
the beautiful shepherdess of the poets anC
paintersi l suspect she never existed eX
cept in the fertile brain of these artists
In reality the shepherdess is often an ole
woman, who leads her flock from one
spot to another, TRANQUILITY knitting &
stocking while her sheep nibble the grass
The success of the electrical fountain:
at the Chicago and Atlanta exposition:
has given quite an impetus to the installa.
ton of modified forms of means of produc
ing the fascinating effects of the play o
colored light on moving water, in parks
plazas and other places of public resort
Such an installation has hitherto been
somewhat expensive dHdlr, out a Simple
form of the electrical fountain has beer
produced. which is so cheaply CONSTRUCTED
as to be we'll within the resources of mos
municipal corporations. With this foun
tain the most elaborate and beautiful eff
| fects can be produced. Incandescen
| lamps of different colors and candle powe
are used and the principle of the fountain
| is that these lamps are immersed bodil,
| in the noZzles from which the jets ar
thrown. The internal reflection is sucl
| that every drop of water leaving the nOz
Zle will be Illuminated when the lamp il
| lighted. The lamps can be changed a
I will, so that any variation in the arrange
ment of the color design can be quickl!
made. The jets can, of course, be mad
| in any form, and the amount of waite
used can be varied to suit any conditions
| from design of many jets using larg
| quantity of water TO one throwing moth
| ing but a mist The fountain has five rim
fan jets, as well as two center drum jets
| Each rim jet is provided with three colors
| The lower central drum has lamps of tire
| colors, alternately around the inside o
| the drum, and the top drum has four col
! ors By making a suitable connection, tn
| three rim colors may be revolved in on