The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-14
ITE-Is OF INTEREST.

calcutta; 1t is LOO miles long, and II is
level. The material of which il is made
Is called bunker, and If you turn that
word INTO concrete you have an ideal Of
what II Is like. The road is hard and as
smooth as prepared pavement. and there
is no dust. When l first got on this road
with my wheel and enjoyed the luxury
Of easy travelling l said This is magnifi-
cent, but l suppose that in a short time it
VIII become gritty and uneven l Went
80 miles, 100 miles, 200 miles, 500, 600, 100,
and IL was always the same, with not
even the smallest stone to give a jog. AL
most the entire way is lined with a double
row of majestic trees. The concrete road
runs like a long, white ribbon down the
center. Along each side of the 'kinkeT'
are loose soil tracks, over which the IA
live bullock carts creak along at the rate
of two miles an hour"
in former times. says the London Law
Times, a seat in either House of Parlia .
ment constituted a complete bar to all
civil actions, and the possession of a seat
either in the House of Lords or the House
of Commons was an unassailable defense
to the efforts of creditors to recover debts
justly due to them. In 1907 a Mr.
Asgin, lawyer of sharp practice and I'M
enViabe antecedents, obtained a seat in
Parliament for the express purpose of de-
feating and cheating his creditors. Asgin
was patronized in early life by DIR. Bare
bones, famous cheat who built the new
square of LincoTns Inn. He was nominat-
ed by Barebones' win his executor and
residuary legatee upon the express condi-
ton that he would pay none of his debts.
Asgil actually summoned the creditors TO
meet him in the hall of Lincoln's Inn and
then gravely read aloud the will and con-
Guided thus: You have heard, gentlemen,
the deceased testament, / will religiously
fnffil the wishes of ha dead -
M. Louis de Champeaux, says the Lon
don Chronicle, is the latest traveller who
has had a glimpse of the abode of the i'll
fated Dreyfus In the first half of last
month NJ. de Champeaux and his brother
took passage on board coasting steamer
from Surinam to Cayenne. With some
difficulty they persuaded the skipper to
run the narrow channel between Devils
Island and the neighboring islet on viii IN
the Governor and the settlement resides.
Scarcely had the vessels bows been turn
ed in that direction before a boom was
heard from the watch tower that COM
mands the prisoners place of exile, and
shots began to splash in the water all
around them. The course was speedily
changed, but they passed near enough TO
see distinctly the warders, rifle in hand,
skulking in the bushes along the shore
10 prevent d idluitiS. he 4llLiS visible
house which serves al prison was clearly
visible, as was also the line of palisades
within which Dreyfus takes his exercise.
In Shakespeare's labored and perfect
plays there are no heroes, only heroines.
There is scarcely play, says Ruskin, that
has not a perfect woman in it, steadfast
in grave hope and errorless purpose. Cor
della, Desdemona, Isabella, Hermione,
Imogen, Queen Katharine Perdita, Sylvia
Viola, Rosalind, Helena and last, but per-
haps loveliest, Vergilia, are all faultless
conceived in the highest heroic type of
humanity. Moreover, the catastrophe Of
every play is caused always by the folly
or fault of a man; the redemption, if there
be any is by the wisdom or virtue of a
woman and, failing that, there is none.
Further, among all the principal figures
in Shakespeare's plays there is only one
weak woman, Ophelia, and it is because
she fails Hamlet, and is not and cannot
be a guide to him, that the bitter trouble
follows. Finally, though there are three
wicked women among Shakespeare's prin-
cipal fgures-Lady Macbeth, Regain and
Goneril-they are felt at once to be fright
full exceptions to the ordinary laws of life
Speaking broadly, Shakespeare represents
women as infallibly faithful and wise
counselors-incorrupdb just and pure ex-
amples, strong always to sanctify even
where they cannot save.
A peculiarly mournful interest is said
to attach to the will of the late Empress
of Austria, which was completed less than
three months ago. 1t bears the date of
June 20, 1898, and the preamble opens with
the remarkable sentence: zone never
knows what may happen" 1t is known
that the Empress possessed a very large
fortune and income in her own right, but
it is not very generally known that her
Majesty's collection of Jewels was not
only unique, but in many respects consid-
cred to be one of the finest in Europe. A
large proportion of the collection, to the
value, it is stated of over 5000 lis to be re-
allied, and the proceeds are to be applied
to various religious and charitable pur-
poses. 1t is the little Archduchess Eliza
beth, only child of Crown Prince Rudolph,
who benefits most largely by the terms of
the will of the Empress of Austria, and
who will likewise receive the major por-
ton of the superb jewels of her grand
mother. These, of course, are the jewels
which were the personal and private prop
erty of the Empress, and are entirely dis
tinct from the crown jewels of the impe-
rial house of Austria, in which she had
only a life interest, and which are as
priceless as they are celebrated. The pri-
waite jewels of the Empress were valued
some years ago, when an inventory was
made of them, covering forty sheets of
parchment, at 100000, one of the most
magnificent pieces of the collection be-
ing a superb pearl necklace, presented to
her by the Emperor on the occasion of the
christening of their only son, the late
Crown Prince Rudolph This necklace is
specially mentioned in the will of the EN-
press as destined for the little Archdu-
chess Elizabeth.
An artificial sandstone is now made In
Belgium which has many advantages over
the natural stone, being better able to re-
sist climatic influences and susceptible of
manufacture at small expense 1t is made
by following the method of natural for
nation which consists in the main In the
presence of hot water and great pressure.
The stone is a silicate of lime, and in its
manufacture so per cent. by weight of
dry, clear, coarse sand is mixed with 20
per cent. of hydraulic quicklime finely
ground and kept in an anhydrous condi-
ton. The mixture is placed in a box of
iron. whose sides are readily removable