The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Out in Kansas. William Office has just
been elected sheriff.
One hundred and nine thousand loco
motives are at present running in various
countries. Europe has O. 100, American 49,
600, Asia, $500, Australia 1900 and Africa
700.
"A Paris man Is threatening 10 precipi-
tate monster law suit. The Kentuckian-
Citizen says: "Dr Current of this city.
after an untiring search for eight months
has at last found the lease in favor OF
the Jarvis heirs of Rowan county. Said
lease was made In 1890 for a term of 100
years and contains about eighty acres of
land in the central and eastern part of
Cincinnati, supposed to be worth at least
100000. The doctor has the power of
attorney TO sue or compromise, as he
wishes and is TO have one-half of the en-
tire estate for his services and trouble in
hunting the lease. He has enga ged the
best law firm in Cincinnati to prosecute
the case, and will begin at once, as they
think il a sure winner"
Even men do not scott at talismans and
many wear them quite seriously, says Lon
don Society. Senior Leon y.Castillo, the am
bassador, wears ring in the collet of
which is a drop of blood which he succeed
Gu III tchAtlS lIoul MS UAtUS HlOlnGE ups.
Gen. de Barail feels most uneasy if per-
chance, when on horseback, he discovers
that he has forgotten a little tooth mount
ed in gold which belonged to his favOrite
granddaughter. The Duchess of Morny
actually spoils the pleasure of her daily
drives in the Bots by constantly looking
round for a horseshoe. When she fails to
bring one home with her she feels abso-
soluteiy miserable, and scarcely dares 10
go out in the evening for fear of an acci-
dent. The Duke. they say, has more than
once put into the pocket of the footman
the eagerly sought amulet, which the man
cleverly drops on the way and pretends 10
discover suddenly.
Mr.. Berlier, who has built two tunnels
under the Seine, proposes now 10 tunnel
the Straits of Gibraltar, says the Rail
road Gazette. He win let England peace
fully watch the surface of the sea while
he will establish safe communication I'M
derneath the water with or without the
permission of England. He would not
cross at the narrowest part of the Straits,
but leave the European coast at the Bay
OF Naqueros and land in Africa at Tan
giers The distance, including the APP
proaches, would be about Al kilometers,
and the greatest depth of the water on
this line would be 400 meters. AT the mar
rowest part of the Straits il is 600 meters.
The tunnel could be built in seven years,
during which time the railroad along the
coast of Morocco to connect with the Al
gerian system could be built. The COST
would be 225,00OO00 francs, and on this
capital, according to wise calculations, a
sufficient interest would be returned by
the traffic; (d'apres de SaVants calculs
seralt su1fsament remunere). 1t is report
ed. also, that Mr. Berler is building sew
eral castles in Spain.
The Kaiser Francis Joseph of Austria
has just purchased for 100000 the Cha
teau de Frohsdorf for his daughter, the
Archduchess Marie Valerie, says the Chi
cago Tribune. The Comte de ChamboTd,
preteuder to the throne of France, died
there in 1888 when his claims descended to
the COmte de Paris; they are now held
by the Due d Orleans. The chateau is be-
ing completely modernized, and the arch
ducal family will not lake possession of
it until the late autumn. 1T VIII be recalled
that before the chateau fell into the possess
sion of the Bourbons it had been occupied
by one of the sisters of Napoleon, Caro-
line, she who was called Queen of Ma
pies" widow of Murat. who, under the
name of the Comtesse de Lipona. retired
there in 1922. In 1914 the Duchess d'Angou-
leme acquired the estate, and in 1916 it
came into possession of the Comte de
Chambord After Chambord died the prop
erty passed into the hands of his heirs,
belonging to the Spanish branch of the
Bourbons. 1t is regarded in Vienna as
doubtful whether any money changed
hands in the recent transaction, for the
heirs of the COmte de Chambord in Spain
had already borrowed from Francis Joseph
more than the estate was worth.
-Wfllde Collins left a missive among his
papers directing that when he died a thor
ough examination of his body was 10 be
made by a skilled surgeon. says Chambers
Journal. Lady Burton, wife of Capt. Sir
Richard Burton, ordered that her body
should be pierced with a needle in the re-
giOn of the heart Mr. Edmund Yates of
the World, Miss Ada CaVendish, Miss Harr
riet Martneau, the authoress, and Hans
Andersen, the writer Of so many fairy tales,
may be mentioned as instances of men and
women who have left nstruC ions that they
should not be inferred until everything
had been done to make sure that they We're
lifeless. In some cases ii was the severance
of vein, in others even decapitation, that
was resolved upon. Others, with similar
end in view, have adopted different means.
The signalling invention of Edgar Al
len Poe, who wrote this subject up in his
Enthusiastically weird fashion, Is famil-
lar to all readers. Then, there is the appa-
ratus of d Russian inventor, which consists
in a mechanism placed in the throat of the
corpse. If consciousness returned, and an
effort were made to breathe, the effort set
in motion certain wires, which resulted in
a bell ringing in the cemetery keeper $
lodge. In "JezebeFs Daughter the idea IS
very similar, save that instead of throat
apparatus. wires were fastened to the
hands of the corpse. Last year Sir Henry
Littlejohn told his students at Edinburgh,
of fancy coffin fitted with patent springs
so constructed that on the slightest indl-
cation of returning life they would imme-
diately open the coffin and thus save the
victim. This may have been a reference to
the Russian invention. seeing that the idea
ence IN detail.