The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The greatest naval review ever held
took place at Spithead on the I'D of April
1856, on the return of the Black Sea and
Baltic fleets to England. More than three
hundred ships of war, with twice that
number of store and supply ships, were
anchored in the Solent. The ships of war
carried $500 guns, and were manned by
over 10000 men. The fleets which extended
in a uniform line of five miles, were an
chored in two columns at three cables dis
lance; the ships of the line at one and a
half cables apart, and the smaller ships
at one cables length. The number of peo-
pie who witnessed the spectacle was esti-
mated at 100000. The maneuVerS of the
feet were carried out by the ships under
the orders of the commander-in-chief, Sir
George Seymour, after the queen, in the
Victoria and Albert, had passed through
the lines and taken up a position to the
eastward. At the naval review held in
honor of the queens jubilee, on the 2Sd of
July, 1887, at Spithead, there were 1876 YES
sells, including twenty-six iron-clads, 800
guns, and 1920 officers and men.
The Oldest city in the new world of
which remains exist is that which is now
called Tiahuanaco, in Bolivia, to the south
of Lake Titicaca, says an exchange. Even
the Inca records and traditions, which go
back to the eleventh century, describe it
as the work of giants or supernatural
beings. 1t is notable that its ruins are
distinguished by profuse hieroglyphics,
while the Incas were admittedly ignorant
of the uses of picture-writing. On the
northern continent Tenochtitlan, the CAPT
tai of Montezuma would reasonably dis
pute the palm of antiquity with Quechmi-
cloplican, the remains of which We're dis
covered some two years ago by Mr.. W
Niven. The oldest city in the new world
whose origin can be traced authentically
to European hands is San Domingo, tho
capital of the ancient Hispaniola, now the
island of Hayti. It was founded in 149G,
four years after the discovery of "the
Western Indies by Columbus. The oldest
European town in South America is Tru-
jillo, founded by Pizarro in 1892 and the
Oldest in North America is San AgostinO,
founded by Melindez, in 1865.
"A farmer of Chalfont, Bucks county,
claims to own a horse which cannot be
beaten in his own particular class, says
the Philadelphia Record The horse isn't
a trotter, PAGER or a runner, and it
probably couldn't go a mile i'm less than
ten minutes one way or the other. The
animal is simply a champion eater. From
birth almost the animal has been an equine
gourmand, and never knew when it had
enough. A few nights ago the horse, ac-
with a stout halter, and a generous al
lOwance of feed was placed under its nose
The next morning the farmer discovered
that the horse had broken it's halter. The
feed in the stall had all been eaten, and
besides that big supply of feed which
had been stored nearby was missing. This
included four large sheaves of corn fod-
der, a half bushel ears of corn, a
peck of oats and cake meal, a half bushel
of cornmeal and bale of hay, which had
been prepared for four cows. The farmer
thought a first that some thief had stolen
the feed, but bucket of water which he
had filled the night before was also empty,
and it was quite clear that the horse was
the culprit. Strange to say, the horse still
lives, and its appetite is voracious as ever
Warwick the king-maker, had more
than one prototype in earlier history, and
the earliest of them was something more
than king-maker, for he made and nm
made emDerors at his will and pleasure,
says the Hartford Times. This was RilSi-
mer, who in the middle of the fifth CEN
fury was generalof the barbarian troops
in the service of the Roman empire. Al
though this remarkable man never as
sumed the purple, he was for quarter of
a century absolute master of the desti~
MES of the west. AS the historian says,
He continued until his death, in 472, to
pleased" Not only did he do this, but,
if his imperial puppets objected to the
process of deposition, he had "a short way
with emperors" which never failed. The
next NEST striking example is that fur
nished by Pepin of Landen, mayor of the
palace under Dagobert l of France, and
his successors, who made and unmadc
kings of France, gradually rising them
selves in dignity until Pepin the Short
put his famous question to Pope Zachary,
and received the equally famous repyl
He who has the power ought also to
have the name of king This Pepin was
the son of Charles Martel, and how well
he followed the papal advice is shown by
the fact that he died emperor of the west,
and left an heir who became known to
history as Charlemagne.
"A remarkable and somewhat ludicrous
instance of the story of the bitter bit oc-
Cured in Hndustan, A. d. 1926 says an
exchange. "Dabissalima, sovereign of
Guzerat. caused a hole to be dug under
his throne. in which to confine a neigh
boring rajah, who had fallen into his
power. To increase the ignominy he adj
Vanced to some distance from his can't
tol (capital0 to meet the captive that
the unhappy man might run before his
horse with bason on his head and
an ever in his hand. But, having IA
llS ueu ulllSell, DaDlSSdllIna sought
shade, and lay down to recover with
reds handkerchief drawn over his face
A vulture installing this covering for
prey, soused down and totally blinded
the king with his talons. Amidst the
confusion and uproar which ensued, the
captive rajah arrived and was imme-
diately elected king He put the bason
upon the head of Dabissalima, placed
the ever in his hand. and drove him
before him into the dungeon he himself
had prepared. and there he spent the
remainder of his life" Another striking
example is that furnished by the wife of
Alyattes. King of Lydia, who attempted
to get rid of his son-in-law, Croesus, so
that the crown might descend to her own
issue But the poisoned loaf she intend
ed to be served at the young princes ia
BILE was placed before her own children,
who ate it and died.
-Saghalien, on the eastern coast of 81
IBERIA, presents a very curious anomaly
of climate. says Cosmos. The island is
bathed by two cold ocean currents and in
winter nothing protects it against the icy
northwest winds coming from Siberia. At
the sea level the snow fails COntipual1xy