The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-19
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his case OF suiks. He has been seen In an
Annapolis street with dress suit case in
his hand, which shows that he is begin
ming 10 take notice" of the social amenl-
ties.
Prescott Ariz.. claims that it furnished
The first volunteer IN the present war, and
that from that place the first company
started TO the front. The volunteer was
Capt. OMEN of the Rough Riders, and a
monument to his memory is to be erected
on the court house plaza of Prescott
Charles Lowery of Portland, Ne, at
the age Of II years enlisted with his father
and five brothers for the civil war, and
ali seven served through that conflict. At
the time of the NHginius affair he again
enlisted, and in the present war he has
been sailor in the blockading fleet off
the south coast of Cuba.
For several weeks a big bonfire has
been glowing on the side of the Mount Ka-
tahdin, Me, near tue summit. The fire,
which can be seen for forty miles in some
directions, was kindled by party of New
York sportsmen in celebration of the de-
struction of Admiral Cervera's squadron,
and has been kept burning ever since.
In Tatamangalam, says a Palghat
correspondent of the Kerala Sancharl, a
Hindo yogi had himself buried alive re-
Gently in a grave the sides and bottom of
which We're of masonry. He gave instruc-
tons that the grave should be properly
closed and not reopened until after The
lapse of a fortnight. On the sixth day
after the interment a magistrate heard
OF the extraordinary burial and forth
with went and had the grave opened
when, 10 and behold, the yogi was found
lying within alive and well. This appar-
entity alayed all apprehensions, for, the
correspondent says, the grave was again
closed over the eccentric. 1t should be
added that the man took with him into
his grave three plantations. We have not
heard the subsequent history Of the Won
derful yogi.
While the ships NJ Z. Watson, which
has just arrived at Girard Point from
South America, was lying becalmed In
the South Atlantic ocean, she was sur
rounded by thousands of fish Of an I'M
known species, which completely cleaned
her bottom of all grass and barnacles that
had collected during a long voyage says
the Philadelphia Record. Capt. Wilson
declares that during the three weeks his
vessel was becalmed all the foulness which
had seriously impeded her progress, was
removed by the fish, and the expense of
dry docking was saved. Hundreds of
these piscatory scavengers were caught
by the crew, and they were named bal
loon fish, because, when laid In the deck
they flied themselves with wind and
bounced about like little rubber balls TN
til they were dead. One of them was
stuffed and Is now on board the boat
awaiting scientific classification. Off the
Falkland Islands the Watson encountered
a terrific gale which smashed three boats
and tossed the vessel violently about in the
sea. .7
The wells in parts of Arizona have re-
Gently become producers of hot water,
and apprehension is felt by many of the
residents of the region affected that they
are to become participants in a grand
volcanic drama, says the Omaha Bee. In
some of the wells the temperature of the
water rose 20 degrees in a single night. In
a few the phenomenon disappeared soon
after its appearance. In a majority of
cases, however, the wells fairly steam
from their newly acquired heat. The first
known of this curious state of affairs was
a report that the wells at Maricopa, on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, thirty
miles south of Phoenix, had suddenly be-
come hot. It was four days thereafter
that the phenomenon first was noticed a
dozen miles west of that place. A test at
one well showed4a temperature of nearly
100 degrees. No difference is noted in
WGiIS IN tne IHlIQGuldlG NlClIllIy Oh RnOGDAX.
The line of subterranean heat wave fol-
lows the general direction of the Sierra
Estrella mountains a volcanic chain ly-
ing Immediately south of the ella river
Thence it appears to continue on in the
direction of the Harqua Hala mountains
near which are number of large and
modern volcanic cones and hills of drifted
volcanic ash. Further to the east the
lava flows are so geoiogically modern as
10 have overwhelmed number of
places the cliff dwellings of the ancients.
Prince Victor Duleep Singh u.s. It is
said, about to resign his commission in
the First Royals, in which he is a cap
tain. It Is interesting to note that the
stringent rule debarring Eurasians from
holding commissions in the British army
was relaxed in the case of the son of
Duleep Singh, says the London Court
Journal. The commissioned ranks of the
army are supposed to be open to competi-
ton by all British subjects, but there is a
rule that all candidates must be British
born or naturalized British subjects of
European birth and parentage, and the
greatest precautions are taken to inforce
this condition, even color and skull forma-
ton of candidates being examined by the
medical officers, with a view to discover
ing any trace of non-European origin. The
greatest possible care is taken on this
point by the medical BOARD, before which
every candidate who proves successful at
the educational examination is required
10 attend. But under favorable conditions
it is possible for an Euraslan candidate
to get through if has color does not betray
him, for his father may have been Brit
sh with an ordinary British name, and
that being so he might possibly have been
born in England, in which case there
would be little to raise suspicion if the
doctors failed to trace his origin. A strict
examination of birth certificates Is also
made both as TO place of birth and as to
the origin of any name which is not palpa-
bly, British, in order to prevent any can
didate of Asiatic or Eurasian extraction
entering the army.
"A Photographic manufacturing COM
pany of Rochester. N. ", are to manufac-
ture three Photographic films, each 10000
feet in length. for Ellis b. Dunn, says the
Philadelphia Record. Mr.. Dunn is better
known throughout the country as Far
mer Dunn the man who recently resign
ed his position as weather observer in New
York. OF late Mr. Dunn has been devOt