The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two years ago James Brown was at
the deathbed of an old Indian woman
who lived on the upper Umpqua, and be-
fore her death she told Brown the follow
ing story: Thirty years ago three Ger
mans discovered a fabulouslY rich mine
in the Bohemia district, and while they
were at work were murdered by the In
dian womans husband, says the Oakland,
(Cal) Gazette. She told where the bodies
We're buried, described the locality, and
told where the picks, shoyels, etc, were
hidden, and described a chopped tree that
stood near the mouth of the mine. About
three weeks ago Brown impaired this in
formation TO viii Marcy, brother of the
Marcy brothers of Oakland, and the two
men left for the mountains. They re-
turned a few days ago and report having
found the ruins of the cabin, the chopped
tree and the caved-in mine; also what
seemed to be the grave of the Germans
They had no tools with which to open
either the grave or the mine, but will out
fit and return in few days, when it is
promised some Interesting facts will be
developed.
"A new kind of kite was flown in the
air at hight of 1000 feet from the roof
of the stock exchange building all day
yesterday. Its inventor, Silas Conyne, S6l
North Whipple street, says it combines
all the perfect points of other kites, says
the Chicago Tribune. Being different in
shape from most other kites, many PEG
pie on the streets who saw it hailed it as
an airship. 1t consists of two triangles,
connected by a light framework and hav-
ing wings on each side after the Malay
pattern. 1t is a combination, in fact. of
the Hargrave and Malay kites. 1t weighs
seven and one-half pounds, and has nine
square feet of surface. 1t leaves the hand
at an agile of 10 degrees. The inventor
ha p
turn to him without its once touching the
ground, provided the wind is as favorable
as it was yesterday. He says he has test
ed its carrying powers, and that it will
bear a load of four pounds in the air
Conyne says he has a kite four times the
size of the one which he flew yesterday,
and that he will experiment with that
next week from a downtown point to see
whether it will carry a weight of twenty
pounds. 1t is sixty inches high and meas
ures fifty-four inches from tip to tip of
the wings.
The most wonderful child that ever
lived, or probably will ever live, in tho
history of the world, was little Christian
Heinrich Heinecker, born at Lubbock, Ger.
many, Feb. s, 1721 and died June q 172i.
When but nine and half months old this
child could pronounce every word in the
German language; when year old he had
summarized himself WIN all the leading
events of the worlds history and knew
more of the Pentateuch than all the learned
men of his day. At fourteen months he
could give a complete history of every
book in both the Old and New Testaments
and before he had passed his second year,
could answer all questions correctly in
geography, or ancient history. Before his
death, which occurred in the fifth year Of
his age, he conversed 1iuentiy in Latin,
French and Dutch. A short while before
his death he was called before the King
of Denmark, and he pleased his royal high
ness so well that the king had every mark
of respect paid him. Returning home he
was placed under close study of new
branches of knowledge, which proved too
much for his delicate constitution, and this
child who had been a baby, boy, youth,
man, and savant, in less than five years,
died leaving a record which will probably
remain forever unbroken.
Chang Yen Huan is famous throughout
the Chinese empire as the dandy of the
Orient. Rich and radiant is the far east in
color and magniicence of costume, but by
the sile of the most respondent of his con-
tempOraries Chang Yen Huan stands out
like a peacock i'm 4 crowd of barnyard
poultry, says the London Mail. Satin is his
favorite material, and as far a 5 possible
he sticks to satin. But with regard TO col
OF luFI6 Is no 6AcluS4NeueSS III MS TASTE.
He has satin robes in all the bright colors
of the rainbow, and when he takes a
walk in the grounds of his palace in Pekin
the populace knows of the circumstance
by the reflection of the sky. And not only
in his clothes is he Respondent. His dia-
monds are the envy and admiration of all
the most famous burlesque actresses in
China, and his collection of precious stones
is the most valuable in the empire. He
never wears the same gown twice in the
same season, ans for every fresh gown he
wears a special set of jewels to match
But not diamonds, nor his emeralds, nor
his rubes are his chiefest glory. Fortune,
said the philosopher is a jade. But Chang
Yen Huan's jade is worth forty fortunes.
Jade is Of all highly priced stones the one
which is most highly priced in China. He
has one necklace of the rarest and most
beautiful green jade, which is valued at
over 5000 pounds, and he never wears this
except with a special costume which ex-
actly matches in color. He has examples
of jade carving which are upward of 1000
years old, and he has carved jades which
show the progress Of Chinese art from
the dawn of history down to modern
times. Chang Yens is a fine figure for the
display of glowing costumes and glitter
ing jewels. for he stands over six feet in
| hight, is bfoad in proportion, and, not
withstanding his 81 ears, carries himself
| as erect as a tower.
"A ship-of-war is in her design, but a
combination of compromises, says Cas-
| siers Magazine. For one service, she
may be given great speed; for another,
| great battery power. Whether either Is
excessive that service In naval war alone
will show. In considering speed, per Sc.
| as an element of offensive strength. the
weight of expert opinion seems largely
| in its favor, as compared with other quail
| tiles of a war vessel In the swift prog
ress of naval science the gun, the means
| of attack, has dstanced. time and again
the armor, the means of defense, and the
] theory Is no longer novel or wholly I'M
| supported that armor will yet be aban-
| doned, that "armored ships will be as OBJ
| solete as mail-clad men" Indeed, Lord
! Armstrong is credited with the statement
| that, in the future, flight vessels OF great
| speed, armed with quick-fring guns are
| likely to be the order OF the day" Speed
/ Of hull and rapidity Of fire would seem
70 me, with him. the primary essentials
! The ultimate test of expert opinion as e
| the cardinal Importance of speed as a fac
| tor In sea fighting lies In the incessani
/ striving TO attain il that Is seen in hat.