The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-02
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once with a muIlnOus crew when coming
from Boston, made his men live on molas-
ses candy throughout the homeward run.
the candy being made from the mOlasses
N the cargo consigned to Rockland mer-
cnant. The men Of that crew didn't care
to look any more mOlasses- in the face for
some time afterWard.
in ancient times a seal incIosed in a
case was attached to the Papal Bulls by a
string. The case. commonly OF lead, was
called Dulla, Latin word. which origi-
nally signihed bubble of water, and
anything which had the circular shape
OF bubble of water, such as amulets
made Of gold and silver, which were worn
by the freebOrn children of ancient Rome
IN the process Of time the name of the
case was transferred to the document.
An English automatic gas company
does a iuorishing business. Last year
its penny-in-the-slot customers consumed
on an average 1875 cubic feet a month, and
the amount received from the meters in
the past six months was 40. The whole
OF that sum was in Dennies-7,370, 535 in
number, and weighing over sixty-three
tons. There is some difficulty in getting
rid OF so much copper coin, but they do
so by the payment of a small percentage.
-Horseless carriages are subjected to
strict regulation in Paris. All persons
intending TO use one are required to GER
tlty, besides the fact that they are compe-
tent TO manage an autOmotor that they
are living in Paris, and to send in a copy
together with two unmOunted photographs
OF themselves. The photographs are for
use IN case of death or accident, in iden-
tlIylnS the owner Of the electric carriage.
California produces more honey than
any other state in the Union. The bees are
steadily at work from March to August.
ana gathering thousands of tons of fra
grant nectar from the flowers which nod
IN endless profusion on every hillside and
meadow Inc mountains, so densely clad
q "a raj ,9,.1.
pasture whose like is found nowhere else
IN the country. There are no winter storms
20 KlII IN me busy workers, and they thrive
ana multiply with amazing rapidity.
"A Ratchet bearing the name of Robert
La Sale, the French explorer, the motto
"Ad Majorem Del Gloriam," and the date
1000, was found embedded in the trunk
or a tree which was cut down in South
e 3 Cheboygan county, Michigan, few
grown completely around the Ratchet. and
there was no sign of its presence on the
outside our The date is probably. that of
the manufacture of the Ratchet The
motto is that of the Jesuit order to which
La Sale belonged.
The Louvre in Paris will come into
possession this winter of the rich col
lection of works of art bequeathed to it
by Leonce LerouX. He was an intimate
friend of Theophile Gautier. Arsene Hous-
save, Jules Depre, the Coignard brothers
and Leon Gozlan. Among his treasures
are some unique examples of enamels.
silver, f7ience, metal-work and tapestries.
cepted on behalf of the Louvre the Grand
1dier bequest, consisting of a collection
OF Japanese ceramics, worth $1,000.
"A semi-royal Bohemian died lately in
Vienna in Count Eberhard of Wurtem-
berg, a grandson of Duke William and
the Baroness Tunderheld. When a young
man of p his eccentricities were so
marked that he was imprisoned in the
fortress of Ulm. He escaped by swim
ming across the Danube and fed to Aus
tria, which he never left again. The
King of Wurtemberg paid him a pension
for forty years, which he regularly spent
OF the time by various expedients. He
was musician, and the Austrian bands
still play some of his marches.
"A foreign journal describes a wonder
full mechanical continuance, a watch made
in Switzerland that calls out the hours
in voice like that of human being This
mechanical curiosity is the invention of
one Casimir LVan, who based its princi-
pies upon his knowledge of the workings
of the photograph. The case, instead of
containing a striking apparatus, as some
of the late costly watches do is provided
with Photographic cylinder which is
ntted with a sensitive Photographic plate
which has received the impression of
human voice before being inserted in the
watch.
"A strange custom prevails among a
certain tribe in the Caucasus When a
single young man dies some one calls
upon the bereaved parents who have car
rled TO the grave marriageable daughter
in the course of the year and says: Your
son is sure to want a wife; I'll give YOU
my daughter and you shall deliver to me
the marriage portion in return" A
friendly offer of this description is never
rejected and the two parties soon come to
terms as to the amount of the dowry,
which varies according to the advan-
tages possessed by the girl in her life
time Cases have been known where the
young mans father has given as much
as thirty COWS to secure a dead wife for
his dead son.
The average man in the street saws
the London Sketch, is strangely unfamil-
lar with the personal appearance of
statesmen and princes. I have heard men
talk of statesmen in the most familiar
names, and seen these same men pass
the people they are accustomed to dis
cuss SO frequently without any recogni-
ton One afternoon in the spring fol-
lowed Mr. Gladstone half way down old
Bond street; he was never recognized
The other afternoon l was strolling for
nearly two hours along Regent street
Pail Mall and Piccadilly. l noticed two
cabinet ministers and several statesmen
OF high degree. Nobody appeared to rec
ognize them. A well known actress
passed a crowd of people staring at a
photographers window, where her own
photo was very much in evidence 1 saw
ers for brief moment; but still no
body noticed her. On that particular af-
ternoon the West End was crowded with
people who possess claims upon the pub
lie attention, yet no one needed them.
"A city merchant once caused his
friends much sorrow by disappearing in a
strange fashion, says an exchange. He was
last heard of at his bankers where he
deposited nearly $1,000 to his bank ac-
count. His subsequent wherea bouts were
enveloped in mystery, and years elapsed
without any explanation being forthcom-
ing. Ten years later his wife was driving
through a west end district, when she
recognized in the figure of a crossing
sweeper some semblance of that of her
husband. She Immediately stopped her
carriage and found that the sweeper was
her missing husband. He was inclined to
resent her Dersuasions to return to his
home, but eventually succumbed He af-
terward explained that he had amassed
sufficient money to keep his family i'm
comfort, and, tormented by the fear that
he might be induced to speculate and lose
the whole, he determined to disappear and
leave them to its enjoyment He had
lived in common lodging-houses. and was
content in his adonfad h,,si,,os.- :,