The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Helens, in LancanShire. 1t is sixteen
miles long and underground from end to
end.
According to the London Mail a spe.
cially built railway station constructed
for the reception of the car and named in
his honor is one of the latest projects ike
ly to be adopted in Paris. Another pop
ular idea is to erect statue of Alexander
III opposite the Palais de TIndustrie, so
that 1t may be one of the most notable
objects along the route Of the car in his
entry into Paris.
THE glazier Of fifty years ago." said a
Maine man of experience in the business
to the Lewiston Journal, worked differ
entity from what we do to-day. Glass
was very costly then compared with pres
ent prices, and much of it was so warped
and crooked it would be a curiosity in
these times. Owing to the cost we had
to be very careful in setting it and the
glazier of that day had to be a wood
carver as well as a man of putty. The
warped panes had to be laid into the
sash and their shape then cut away so
as to make the glass fit into place. Now
adays the glass is tolerably true, and
besides 1t is so cheap that we never stand
for fit. 1t is sprung into place, and if
1t breaks it is thrown aside The old
SAOOhCN SldS5 was, some Oh OF Sup6-
rior quality. This was known as Boston
crown glass or Berkshire crystal. 1t was
clearer and more brilliant than most mod
ern glass. Only the better quality of
houses had this kind, but there are still
many old residences throughout Maine in
which it may be found"
Conviction of a misdemeanor or felo-
ny involving Imprisonment with or with
out hard labor is, according to the regu-
lations of the English army, held to en-
tail dismissal of any officer holding the
queens commission. Much establishment
is therefore felt in London, says the New
York Tribune, at the failure on the part
of the government to enforce these rules
in the case of Maj. Sir John Willoughby
and of his fellow-officers who took part
in the Transvaal raid and are now confn-
ed with DIR. Jameson in Holloway Jail.
Two month ago it had been decided by
the cabinet that the officers in question
should lose their commissions in the Eng
fish army, but should receive at once
equivalent places in the Egyptian army.
But it looks at the present moment as if
this determination had been reconsidered
and that the military inmates of Holo-
way will be allowed to retain their rank
in the British army. One of their num-
Der, Maj. Coventry, son of Lord Coven-
try, has already been released on the
ground of i'll health
No stronger indication could be afford
ed of the sagacity and craftsmanship of
the present pontiff than the tendency
which he manifests to comply with the re-
quirements of the democratic spirit of the
age, says the New York Tribune For
centuries past the Catholics are annually
called upon, in a midsummer papal brief,
to make use of prayers for 1.-The peace
and good understanding of Christian
princes and rulers" In the brief that
bears the date of July l last, containing
the customary instructions with regard
to these prayers, the ancient formula dis
appeared and the pope, instead of calling
upon the faithful to pray for 1.-The union
of Christian rulers" asks them to pray
for the freedom of the church, and for
the peace and union of Christian nations"
no mention being made of the ruler
Attention is called to this omission by the
"Osservatore Cattolico,' one of the semi
official organs of the vatican, which does
not hesitate to describe the brief in cues
ton as a sort of indirect command to
abandon the special prayers for kings and
emperors.
1t is a well known fact, says the Kla-
math Falls, (Ore.) Express, that at GER
tain times of the year Link river, a stream
mile and quarter long, which con-
meets the great water systems above and
below this point becomes almost dry.
This state Of affairs, however, lasts, as a
rule, but few hours, during which time
people have been known to walk across
the river, 800 feet wide, without getting
their feet wet. The bottom of the river
has been dug out in many places by the
action OF the water, forming large pot
holes and when the river becomes dry
these holes are fi11ad with tro,,t ryl,;o, -
left stranded. At such times it is com
mon occurrence to see men and bows
knocking the fish on the head with clubs
and in this way they secure many a good
meal. There are many traditions regard
ing this phenomenon among the Indians
here, but the real cause of the low water
in the river is the action of the wind. The
course of the stream is southeast and the
high winds which prevail in the spring
and fall are from the south and blow up
the river. The outlet from the upper lake
being small, the force of the wind keeps
the water back in the big lake, causing
the river to become very low.
Hundreds of ancient cleaners of mis-
cellaneous curios, legends, myths and ira
ditions give US to understand that Cush
was born on the ark, says the St. Louis
Republic. Others claim that there was a
child born on the sacred vessel but that
IL WdS SACRIFICED TO one OF the wild beasts
Noah declaring that no person should
leave the ark who had not gone on board
in the regulation manner. The weight of
the evidence as it is given by the Tai
nude writer's is to the effect that Cush
is. the person referred to by the old-tinne
mystery-gleaners when they speak of tho
"ark-born" man. The sacred books. as
well as the scores of Biblical encyclope-
dias, hand books of ancient history. etc
are silent on the subject. In a reprint of
one of the rare old Saxon Chronicles" Is
found a clew to the mystery, and another
slight hint in an explanatory note in Her
bert's "Nimrod." In the Saxon Chroni.
cles" the following occurs: "Bedwig was
the son of Shem, who was the son Of
Noah, and he, Bedwig, was born on the
ark" Herbert's note in "Nlmrod." vol
ume II, page 81, says: "Kybelc is the
ark, and, as Cush was begotten In the arls
his posterity were, in peculiar sense
descended from that ship" Althoupb
Herbert made no direct reference to tba
fact OF Cush being actually born in tho
ark, he speaks of him in several places
as ''Cush, the ark-born." The Talmudic
writers discredit the Bedwig story bnt
declare that Cush was born on the dsv
that Gods covenant (the rainbow frst
appeared.