The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
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can explorer. recently elected a member
of the English Royal Geographical socie-
~, Is the only woman ever thus honored.
She is an American by dbirth.
President Tiresias Augustine Simon
Sam of Hayti is said to lack altogether
the firm hand which made his predeces-
sors rule so successful. Under President
sam the government has become corrupt
and the people so dissatisfied that a rev.
OlutiOn is feared.
-Tartini, the great violinist composed
the Devils Sonata" under the inspiration
of a dream He fancied the devil invited
him to a trial of skill upon his own in
strument and woke with the music of the
sonata ringing in his ears. He at once
traced it on paper.
Capt. Frederick Chatard, who has just
died at St Louis, was the oldest surviv-
ing officer of the confederate navy, and
was a member of the well-known Balti-
more family of that name. He was a
brother of DR.. Francis Chatard and an
uncle of Bishop Chatard of the Catholic
diocese of Vincennes, Ind.
Men exposed to the rigors of the Alaska
winter never wear mustaches. They wear
full boards to protect the throat and face
but keep the upper lip clean shaven. The
moisture from the breath congeals so
quickly that a mustache becomes imbed-
ded in a solid cake of ice and the face is
frozen before a man knows it.
Duck boats made of steel are coming
in favor among sportsmen because of their
strength and lack of weight These are
made in sections, each piece being
stamped in a die similar to those used
for cornice and galvanized iron work,
and they are then assembled and soldered
together. The result is a boat which is
light, strong and durable. Boats for all
kinds of service are regularly turned out,
but the family row boat and the duck
boat are the most popular.
"A convenient idea for a sick room,
says the New Orleans Tfmes-Democrat,
is a sand bag. When the sand has been
boiled and carefully dried afterward in
kettle on the stove so as 10 be purified,
1t is ready for use. Make bag about
eight inches square of flannel, fill 1t with
the sand, sew it up close and cover with
cotton case, so it can be heated quickly
without sitting out. This is better than
hot bottles because it is not likely to
break, and can be tucked up to the back
or wherever it is needed, and the sand
holds the heat a long time
Kaiser Wilhelm rejects both the
French playing cards and the devices
thereon, and uses only cards made in an
Altenburg factory and exhibiting old Ger
man patterns. A symbolism of the triple
alliance adoTns the backs on which the
Prussian eagle, the Austrian double head
ed fowl and the silver cross of Savoy oc-
cupy red field surrounded with ivy and
surmounted by the imperial crown. Like
designs are introduced in the corners, and
the four colOrs are strewn over the cards.
The pictures of the court cards are also
unique, the queen of hearts being repre-
sented as Gretchen, the knave of dia-
monds as a Knight of st. John, etc.
"A great many people do not know, says
an exchange, that Moses, the prophet,
did most of the talking for him. 1t may
also be balm to some people who STAN
mer to know that Eesop, Virgil and De
mosthenes were likewise afflicted. Demos
themes is said to have cured himself by
learning to talk with pebble in his
mouth. Mrs. Inchbold, the famous Eng
fish actress, was another who triumph
ed over a difficulty of speech. More than
one of the French kings have been STAN
merers, as were also Claudus Michael
II, Emperor of the East; Mahomet-el-
RAISER, King of Spain; Eric, King of
Sweden; Admiral Annebant. Tartaglia the
painter David, the critic Hoffman, Camille
Desmoulcris and a host of others.
Paper cupolas for building are remark
able for their lightness. A cupola of that
! kind consists of from twenty-four to thir-
ty separate pieces, and is produced over a
wooden model by FASTING huge rolls of
! suitable paper one over the other. Every
| separate piece runs from the base to the
| top of the hemispherical roof of the cupo-
| la, and thus from a Vault-like strip which
! IS broad at the bottom and narrow at the
| top, says the Philadelphia Record. For
| the production of these separate parts of
| the cupola roll paper of very good quality
is used, which is first cut into the requi-
! site length and breadth, then moistened
/ and stretched over the wooden model.
| Upon the first strip is pasted another also
| moistened, over this a third, and so on
| until the necessary thickness is reached.
| The moistened strips of paper adhere firm
| ly to each other and retain their concaVe
| shape, and after being dried constitute
! hard, resisting pieces, which are made
| weather-proof by oiling, polishing with hot
| irons, asphalting and vanishing, and are
| then put together in the hape of a round
cupola.
Here is an interesting instance, which
the Boston Traveller says is true story,
of feline intelligence: Mr. Black is a
! suburbante who delights during the sum-
| mer afternoons to go in quest of spar
| rows Early in the past season a family
moved into an adjoining house With the
! family came a cat. One afternoon Mr..
| Blank, returning from a cunning expe-
| dition, spied the cat doing on the piaz-
| "a. He threw a sparrow to her. The
| cat was quickly at work, and in a short
time there was little left of the sparrow.
| The following afternoon the cat was in
| the same place, not doing, but quite wide
| awake, watching for the returning sports
man. Her watching was rewarded by
| two sparrows being laid in front of her.
| Now the cat was somewhat curious, con-
| sequenuy the next afternoon when Mr.
| Blank started out on his usual hunt he
| was Joined by the cat who stuck close to
| his heels, and when a sparrow was brought
down the cat would take it in her mouth
until home was reached, when the de-
vouring would begin. Every afternoon
after that until the season waned the cat
would be seen following close at the heels
of the suburban sparrow destroyer
A unique utilization of railway car vi
brations is reported from packing house
center in Kansas. The roadbed of the