The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Though thirty years have passed since
Macmillan was shot in Mexico, his broth
er, the Emperor of Austria, always holds
memorial services on June 10, the ami
Versary of that tragic event. At the tas-
tie of Miramar, near Trieste. on the Adri-
attic, the rooms occupied by Arch1uke
Maximilian before leaving for the new
world are kept, by the Emperor's orders,
just as his brother left them when he went
TO his death.
The British governments exceedingly
anxious to improve the quality of the
Indian cotton staple, and has experiment.
ed az its farms with a variety of imported
seeds, but the upland Georgian is the only
one which gives any especial promise of
success. Egyptian seed has also been
planted, but the hide-bound conservatism
OF the authorities initiates against any
changes in date of planting or manner
OF cultivation. Bombay mill owners how
ever, who are determined to accustom
their workmen to the higher class of tex
TIE craftsmanship, are steadily importing
the long-stapled Egyptian, but are handi-
capped by the migratory habits of the
workers, who are also far inferior to Eng
hsh operatives. In England one spinner,
one piecer and half a creeler "a man who
attends two machines) run pair of mules
with from $500 to 5000 spindles. but in
India pair of mules of from ]. 500 TO 1900
spindles require one spinner, one creeler
and four piecers. Still, there is an i'm
provement among the workers which rem
ders IL only a question of time when India
cottons will supplant Lancashire goods a
nome, and perhaps compete with them
elsewhere.
In this country the italian is the typi-
cal "dago." because he is the only IA
miliar representative of the dark-skInned
nations of Latin Europe, says an edito-
rial in the Cleveland Leader 1t is the
Spaniards, however, whose language fur
nished this slang name for the men of
the Mediterranean countries who come to
the United States. One of the most famil-
lar names borne by Spaniards is Diego. .
lt serves nearly as well as John in this
country as a typical name for boy or
man. English sailors long ago came to
know Spaniards as "dagoes," because ''da-
go was about as near as they could
handiiy come to Diego" which sounds
like "De-ah-go" In Spanish. 1t was rot
for jolly seamen to discriminate too close
ly between Spaniards and Portuguese or
even between the Spanish and the Ital-
ians. All of these nationalities looked
much alike, and the general sound of he
languages they spoke was similar So
they were all ''dagoes," for seafaring pur-
poses, and from the coast the nickname
followed the immigrants from Meditarrau-
can countries to whatever part of the
United States they made their way. Be
cause the Spaniard is little known in this
part of the world, he is not often thought
of when men hear the name 'dago but
it fits him more accurately than it does
any one else.
A New York special to the Chicago
Tribune says: Should clerical celibacy
prevail in the Episcopal Church? is a CUES
ton that has started violent agitation
among Anglican priests in this city There
is a small but very vociferous party in
the church that is bitterly denouncing the
married clergy, and especially those who
have married after ordination. The feroc-
ity of some of their attacks, say members
of the clergy outside this party, know
neither religion, charity nor rea son. Priests
who have married after ordination have
been called no better that heretics, and
the Rev. John A. Stanton, Jr., curate of
the Church of st. Mary, claims that one
of the opponents of matrimony among
priests has gone so far as TO say that
even proffigacy is preferable to matrimo-
ny. He also claims that members of this
party have made it their business to break
the engagements of brother priests and to
keep them from SHINING. I have known Of
a priest, monk in this case, says the
Rev. Mr.. Stanton, who, when invited to
a parish by a rector to do spiritual work,
so far violated the obligation of hospital
ity and the promptings of manliness as to
endeavor to break up the engagement be-
tween his host and a lady of the parish
who had kindly entertained him. And
these are not isolated cases, but types and
examples of what Is constantly going
on"
"A cents worth Of electricity can be
made to go very long way sometimes,
says the Philadelphia Record. This fact
has been discovered by crowd of small
boys in the southern section Of the city.
who frequent the neighborhood of Thir-
tenth and Porter streets. On the pave
ment outside cigar store at the corner
of Clarion and Porter streets there is O
penny-in-the-slot machine, which, being
fed with a copper cent, dispenses enough
electricity to make your blood Jingle
pleasantly or to make you jump about in
a hysterical frenzy. On Wednesday a
dozen or more youngsters, headed by a
boy Of about 10 years, who was the proud
possessor of penny, swept, whooping and
shouting, around the corner of Thirteenth
street and bore down upon the electrical
machine. There they lined up in a half
circle. The boy who was supplying the
capital grasped one of the handles with
his right hand, and gave his left hand TO
the next boy. Thus they all joined hands
in semi-circle. the last boy grasping the
remaining handle of the machine. The
keeper of the cigar store. who had been
intrusted with the penny, cried, Are you
ready?" The boys yelled "Yesr' in a
chorus, and he dropped the penny in the
slot. Cor The two end boys pulled
out the handles gradually and the whole
line began a wild dance, which increased
in historical frenzy as the power increased.
The cents worth lasted for perhaps a
minute, and then petered out
The 18th of March, says the New York
Times, was the sixtieth anniversary Of
Bismarck's entrance into the Prussian
army. The Prince began his military SER
vice as a one-year volunteer in the Pots
dam Rife Guards. He served the second
half of his year in the Greifswald Rifles
and was appointed a non-commissioned