The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

English parties have multiplied since
Mr.. Gladstone took up home rule His
former followers are now divided into lib
eTal unionists Roseberyites, Harcourt,
ties, Labouoherians, Dilonites, Parnellites
and Healyites.
The british inspectors of schools, in
their annual reports. generally agree that
spelling is rather below the mark, and a
chief cause of bad spelling, they say. is
spelling aloud which trains the ear. but
not the eye.
From the top of the cathedral spire In
Mexico you can see the entire city, and
the most striking feature of the view is
the absence of chimneys. There is not
a chimney in all Mexico not crate, nor
a stove. nor a furnace. All the cooking
is done with charcoal in Dutch ovens.
-Abner Forsythe of San Francisco a
man who has had nine wives, is in ST.
Louis, and the papers are excited because
he was buncoed out of $3.50 at the railroad
station. The only wonder is that he has
escaped with his life. A man who will
marry nine times was simply made TO be
buncoed.
"A genuine hearty laugh is an aid to di-
gestion, stimulus to the circulation of
the blood, and positive beautiier. The
whole system is benefited by a cheerful
merry laugh, and ones friends are attract
ed by the bright, wholesome nature that
ripples out in sunny music like a happy
woodland stream.
Requests have been sent out by the of
ficers of the Bridgeport Comm public Ii
brary for contributions to an exhibition of
original drawings for magazines, etc, to
be held in the art gallery of the library
from Oct. 10 to the November q. All pack
ing and transportation charges are paid by
the library.
The popularity of cycling has wonder
fully increased in Spain of late. When one
hears that SO, 900 cyclists have signed a pc
tition to the parliament in Madrid for i'm
proving the roads it may well be suppos-
ed that the roads in Spain are in a very bad
condition. In Russia also cycling has enor-
mously increased during the last few
years.
"A Northern Pennsylvania woman be-
came indignant at her husbands tipping
habits, and the other night, while he lay
on his bed in blissful, alcoholic repose, she
sewed him in the bed clothes and beat him
with a whip. He had her arrested for as
sault and battery. but the judge dismissed
the case and put the fellow in Jail for ten
days.
With wise forethought the Canadian
government has set apart a number of is
lands and parts of islands, from Kingston,
Ont, to Alexandria Bay for park pur-
poses. This has been done on the under
standing that the state of New York would
set aside tracts of land of equal extent on
the American side. The lands put aside
for common use in Canada are for fisher
n pelra
ally.
-Canada's mineral wealth is gradually
being developed, and in the near future
this development is likely to be carried for
ward much more rapidly than in the past
The reports received from the Cheticamp
gold districts in Nova Scotia lately are to
the effect that very rich ore has been IN
covered in large quantities. The assayed
value is over double that first found, and
it was considered rich. Sinking on the lead
continues, and the footwall has not yet
been reached although the company has
penetrated Is feet of ore body.
1t is curious, though true, that Of all the
houses, dwelling, stores, hotels and other
buildings that dot the island of Key West
from one shore to the other, not one of
them has chimney or anything that will
answer the purpose of a chimney, says the
Atlanta Constitution. Handsome resi-
dences and lowly novels are alike in this
respect, and from an eminece gazing out
over acres of roofs on all sides one is
struck with the want of something to
complete the symmetry of the picture.
Wood and coal or fuel of any kind are
unknown quantities, as the tropical at
mosphere furnishes al the heat required
and for cooking purposes sticks of carbon
are used, which are sold by peddlers, who
ov4rlF haf x-ar I1t1 H.
The Natural bridge is 215 feet in hight.
100 feet in width, with a span of 80 feet
says the Baltimore Sun Under the arch
might be placed the Washington monu-
ment at Baltimore. Cedar creek, the
stream over which it stretches its arch,
is clear as crystal No photograph or
painting can impress the mind with its
immensely or grandeur, or geometrical
proportions, or the rich coloring or the
picturesque surrounding. One must feast
his eyes upon the mighty arch to realize
its vastness. Under the arch are the out
lines of an American eagle, formed by
moss and Hchens. Upon one side is
where George Washington, when a sur
veyor for Lord Fairfax. $50 years ago
carved his name in the rock The rayages
OF time and exposure to the elements have
nearly obliterated the name but some of
the letters are quite distinct. In the years
gone by Henry Cay, Daniel Webster and
many prominent statesmen, before rail-
roads We're built, spent days of inconve-
nient travel to look upon this-one of the
wonders of the world Now the iron
horse speeds over its steel roadway, and
in few hours one can reach this destina-
ton without fatigue.
The soldier who serves Queen Victoria
must have his upper lip covered with
sweeping mustaches. and If they are
tawny," as the novelists say, so much tho
better, says the Chicago News. The COM
manding officers in the British army
have lately received from the war de-
parlmeht memorandum, which reads:
"A report having been received in ths
department to the effect that it is getting.
the fashion IN some regiments for young
ofhcers to shave the upper lip, the secre-
tary CT state for war requests that VOL
will be so good as to take such stems as