The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Patrick Carroll, who died lately in Aus
tralia az the age of IS, had one great cpl
sode in MS life. when 45 years ago he saw
ed the life of the future minister OF the
crown and speaker of the Victoria Far
Lament, Peter Labor. Lasor at that time
happened to be a proclaimed outlaw. ne
headed the revolving gold-diggers OF BaIia-
rat when they rose gaiust the eXacuons
Of the government, and a large reward
was offered for his body, alive or deau.
Carol was a carrier between Ballarat ana
GeeGong, and he agreed to conceal La-or III
the bottom of his wagon. The journey
was full Of risk, and the wagon was stop
ped more than once by mounted police
but the gantlet was safely run. La,or
afterward became the first member for
Ballart, postmaster general, minister OF
trade and customs. and speaker of Par
lament. He was offered a knighthood
but declined it,
IA Washington dispatch says an ellipsoid
safe float is the name of an invention re-
Gently submitted TO the navy department
for adoption on warships, the object OF the
affair being to preserve silver, gold ana
valuabl in case the vessel is wrecked
and possibly also log books and other I'M
portant documents. The invention Is an
egg-shaped device, fire, water and Dur
glar proof it is claimed, and designed 10
float under all conditions of weather, ana
yet 20 heavy and strong as to make It
difficult 10 be broken. II is designed 10
rest in a cradle built upon the deck OF a
vessel from which it will not move until
the vessel founders. Then it floats, ana
the action of the water raises a flag Slg-
nal, rings a bell and starts a light when
viii burn for several weeks The lnVen-
tor hopes to have every warship fitted
with one of his contrivances Oticers
VINO have examined the float say that II
would be of great service in preserving the
records of a ship, and in making 1t more
certain that in event vessel went down
at sea some one might pick up the float
and secure the log books.
Mrs. Mary Boysen, Red Cross nurse,
native Of Sacramento, Cal, is the only
woman known 10 have been on the firing
line during a battle says the New YORK
World In the fighting before Malabon,
Mrs. Boysen volunteered as nurse IN the
First Reserve Hospital and spent the day
on the firing line assisting Maj. Eilis. On
starting back 10 one of the hospitals in
the rear a soldier who was assisting her
in car was shot. There was not man
in the whole army corps but would have
charged 10 the very gates of Maiabon had
it been necessary to do so for ner sake.
Her presence at the danger points was an
insuira ton to the men, and they fought Is
they never fought before. Gen. wheaton
perceiving the brave little woman, who
acted under the most terrifying condluohs
as If she were attending to the duties, OF
her household, said TO her: i congratulate
YOU on your GOODNESS. For the first time
in nv life 1 have seen a woman on the fir
ing line" It is said that with the bull
lets 1ving all around her Mrs Boysen
kept up with the firing line and rendered
efficient and timely aid to many sol
der in whom an surgent bullet had
found resting place. She even snatched
a rife from the grasp of a wounded SOL
der and fired a few shots at the insur-
gent trenches, amid the cheers of a group
of volunteers.
A dispatch from Chestertown, Nd,
says: An unpretentious looking brown
stone. which was once traded or exchang-
ed for 800 acres Of the most fertile Nlr-
ginia land is now in possession Of Prof
James Roy Mcou of Washington Col
lege. This curious vest pocket estate is
| a maidstone, which has been in the Micou
family of Tappahannock, Va, more than
a century and a half. However wavering
may be the faith of many in the efficacy
of the stone to prevent hydrophobia, the
held by the present owner of the Virginia
maidstone, Prof Micou. The receipt is
| given by the family physician of the MI
ecu family, and disCloseS that a substan-
tial bill for professional services had been
cancelled by the use of the stone on pa
tents bitten by dogs mad, or supposed to
have been mad. 1t is stated that in no
case where the stone was promptly APP
piled to the wound has hydrophobia ever
l. T,,,k
a few weeks, and was applied to the
wound of pet dog several days ago.
The wound was an old one however, and
though the stone promptly attached itself
to the injured part and dropped off at the
end of fifteen minutes, the trial was not
a fair one. The maidstone is peculiar in
that 1t has a fondness for the virus or
poison left in wounds inflicted by dogs
suffering with rabies, or by poisonous SER
penis. After being taken from a wound
and placed in a glass or fresh milk it is
claimed that heavy green scum forms
on the surface of the milk. These stones
are extremely rare. and one is reported
as having some months ago sold for 81, 200
Three persons and about fifteen horses
and cows Independent of a great number
of dogs, have been bitten in Kent within
the last twelve months by supposed mad
dogs.
When a company of Washington vol
| unteers was ordered. on Feb. 5, to clear
the village of Pace, near Manila, of in
surgents, the men uttered several loud
cries and went and did the work. saws
the New York Times. 1t was NOT e9sv
work or safe work. The rebels were well
armed and fought from behind stone walls
Their most determined stand was made
In church, from which, encouraged bv
a white priest, they kept up a hot fire
upon the Americans. AT last the latte,
charged across a bridge to and into the
church, which they Immediately set ON
hre. Such of the natives as had not been
killed escaped by a covered passage. at
any rate, it was supposed so, after hastv
| examination of the burning church had
been made. One rebel, however. had lin
| gered too long for final shot at the in
vaders, and what happened to him is Tins
| described by Capt. F. f. Adams. in let
ter printed by the Sattle Post-Intellieen-
Ger: We now left the church, as the fire
was very hot, and 1 had just reformed
the company when we heard loud crics
for help at the southwest corner. LOOKING
over that way, l saw an insurgent stard