The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is said that Germany is about to
try an interesting experiment in the ad-
minfstration of judicial oaths. in the hope
of diminishing the number of perjury
cases. The witness win be asked TO make
an unsworn statement in court, and will
then be required to swear to it, first be-
ing permitted to withdraw or correct any
part of his testimony. Heavy penalties
are provided for the willful making of
false statements in court.
The prosecution of Zola has brought to
him many evidences of sympathy from
Italy. The advocates of Messina applaud
his defense of human rights" The stu
dents and advocates Of Resgio Emilia
have followed suit. At Reggia, in Calab-
ria. the other evening, at the representa-
ton of La File de Nine. Angot,' the
audience more than once broke out into
cries of "Vva, Zolar Viva, Zola?' 1t
is as the author OF Rome" that he APP
peals TO the Italian people.
The month of February is especially
rich in birthdays of eminent Americans,
prominent among them are Washington,
Lincoln, Longfelow and Lowell, says the
Inland Educator. The striking thing
about all these is their sterling worth as
men. In celebrating their birthdays this
year why not arouse new interest by
more attention to character and less to
the familiar facts of biography and
achievement? The great, thing is not
merely that Washington led the patriots
through hardship and war to victory-not
merely that Longfellow was the sweetest
singer America has had-not merely that
Lowell contributed so largely to the best
in American literature, both poetry and
merely "a
dent during the most critical period in
our history, and that he did so much to
stamp out the curse of slavery; we do
well to honor their memory for these
deeds, but the worthy thing is the life
and character back of these outward
events that made such achievement pos
sible.
Says the Philadelphia Times: fWhen
Cleopatra reigned in Egypt and the num-
mics now on view in the Smithsonian In
stitution and elsewhere were basking in
the sunshine of her presence, there was
probably not one among the soothsayers
in the Temple of Isis with nerve enough
to predict that away forward in the cen
turtles steel-rail, oad-gauge road would
connect the shores of the Red sea with
the plateau of the Pyramids and that To-
comotives of American manufacture
NOhl0 Will ANCW WOIi TOURISTS through
| the vast cemeteries of a defunct civiliza-
ton. If such prediction were ever made.
it is ten to one that nobody ever believed
| it, and yet the prediction has long since
J been fulfilled in part, and within a month
| or so will be fulfilled in the remainder.
| The employees of the Baldwin locomotive
works in this city are fast bringing to
| completion the fifteen locomotives ordered
|. by the government of the Khedive. and in
! a short time, they will be shipped to
Alexandria. sailing vessel will proba-
bly, be used for the purpose"
If the camel is the ship of the desert.
| says the London Mail the Iceland pony
is the cab, train, omnibus and tramcar of
| the wonderful country to which he be-
| longs. To begin with, he is misnomer.
He is not a pony in the ordinary sense
of the word; he is a horse; in bone and
slneW, in strength and endurance, in man.
ners and Departmental horse in every
| thlng, IN 1act, except inches, and a sober
| steady, Woodworking horse too. He can
swim like a fish, climb like a goat and
jump like a deer. He sticks at nothing.
and takes every variety of travel-bog.
| lava bed, sand, powders and grass
| mounds-with undisturbed equanimty. If
| ne has to ford one or two rivers with
| strong currents flowing girth-deep. it is all
in the days work. Only give him time
and periodical halts for refreshment. and
he will do his fifty miles per day and
| thrive on it. He is virtually the railway of
| Iceland. Iceland ponies trot canter and
gallop, but the pace most esteemed bv the
| lcelander is the amble, or "skeid," in
which the fore and hind legs on a side
| are advanced simultaneously giving a
running action, very comfortable to the
rider.
"A special telegram to the Chicago
| Chronicle from Port Townsend, Wash,
says the British ship Conway brings
news of a reign of terror prevailing at
| Suva Island, where three volcanoes. ex-
tinct for centuries, have broken forth
vomiting molten lava from the bowels OF
the earth high into the air, which. de-
| scending, PUSHES through hill and dale
| completely obliterating farms and killing
| all human and animal life thereon. Since
| the first outbreak the fires of other Graf
| ers long inactive are giving evidence of
early eruptions, in which event the entire
| island Will be devastated, with an appall-
| ing loss of life among the natives The
1rst interruption followed within a few
| hours after the killing of an old wonan
| who previously has been an object of ma
| i've alteration though the wonderful
| cures she performed, but who was CON
demned to death after failing to effect
cures in several instances The natives
as consequence, are in greater state
OF terror than would ordinarily be the
case in that volcanic region beIievin Q
| that the murder of the old woman is ~
bring about retribution beyond compre-
| hension.
The new science of brain buildine
promises to have an important influence on
the future trend of medical DEVELOPMENT
says an exchange. 1t takes into account
ana emphasizes and utilizes the effect n,
the mind on the body, and involves tbe
permanent Improvement in Character ~
the continuous substitution of healthy for
vicious and abnormal ideas. Every nhv-
siclan has observed how quickly happiness
ana good news promote the digestion and
the sleep and improve the general apnear r.
ance OF a patient, and how RAPIDLY grief
| and bad prospects blanch the face and
| lower every vital function The intimate
connection between emotion and motabol.
ism, or the process of physical assimla.
ton and decomposition, is obvious The
| sexual pervert, the kleptomaniac. the child
| OF vicious temper and the person witbout
| natural affection are all now cIassad ae