The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The highest observs tory in Germany is
now completed. It is situated on the Sen
nee Hoppe, the highest summit of the S.
lesian mountains, al an e.eyat!on of 5.216
feet 1t viii be managed as a Prussian state
institute.
"A few years ago a Berlin cigar dealer
paid $3.50 for a corner lot measuring six
feet by six, and the other day he sold
ii for $4,000. This was at the rate of
1898 80 per square foot-the highest price
ever paid for land In the German capital.
"A football team composed of Kaflrs
from the Orange Free State is now In Eng
land. IL is composed principally of men,
bers Of the Basuto tribe, though two are
Hottentots. All Of the players speak Eng
lish fuently. and profess unbounded 10y
atty TO the Queen and British au-
thority in South Africa. They look upon
the Beers as enemies who kept their kind
in slavery until Great Britain interfered.
The Bulletin of international Stats
ties just published in st. Petersburg, es-
tabllshes an interesting comparison be-
tween divorce figures in the different
countries of Europe. Switzerland takes
the lead the divorces among the Swiss
being al the rate Of forty per thousand.
France holds the second place, with twen-
the divorces are least numerous, not ex-
ceeding one in every 1900 marriages.
-Slgnora de Riva MONT, who has been
Several months ago the Mexican Cen
trail Railway Company imported several
hundred Chinese laborers to work on its
roadbed, and it is now reported that many
of them, having become homesick. have
entered the United States by way of Texas
in order to secure free transportation home
under the provisions of the Chinese exclu-
sion act. Unless the federal authorities
shall find some means of crcumventing
the designs of the willy Cinnamon The
United States government viii be a heavy
loser, as the cost per head of deporting the
aliens is about $500
in France, at small place near Quinn
per, a statue of a local hero was ordered
of a sculptor and in due time tie work ar
rived. One of the authorities of the town
was not acquainted with bronze sculpture
and was greatly disappointed when he
saw the duh color of il, which was OBJ
tanned with infin te care and labor by an
expert colOrer of bronze. The official or
dered that the surface should be rubbed
with emery paper until it acquired the APP
pearance which was considered necessary.
1t is not likely that the official will ever
become a minister of fine arts in France.
For several years attempts have been
made at Omaha and Los Angeles to hatch
the egg of the ostrich artificlally, but so
far these attempts have been unsuccess-
full, the difficulty being the application of
moisture. Now, however, an ostrich farm
in Florida can boast of the first incubator
Matched ostrich in the United States. The
incuba ton required forty-one days of care
fui watching, the thermometer was kept
at 10 degrees and the moisture was ap-
ufactures many incubators Tor use n Gaze
Colony. The incubators are large enough
TO hatch seventeen eggs at one time.
The little band of religious enthusiasts
who went recently from Missouri to Pal
estine, expecting there to witness the sec
ond coming of Christ, are in a bad way.
The pilgrimage was the result of a tract
written by Mrs Ida Dickinson, called
THE City of the Great King" 1t con-
WINGED some farmers in Belham township,
No. and others in Michigan that if they
went TO Jerusalem they could see Christ
come again in all His glory, and that the
faithful would be Caught up to Him."
The pilgrims were headed by Mrs Dickin-
son and her husband. They sold all their
possessions and started for Palestine a lit
tie less than year ago. A letter has
just been received from them. The pill
grims are crowded into one small house
They are penniless and i'll, but they are
still hopeful that the Lord will come and
they are waiting.
The Queen of Roumania, who is in her
self proof of the fact that it is quite pos
sible for a woman TO combine great taste
in dress with exceptional mental gifts and
culture has just ordered three thoroughly
smart and up-to-date outdoor garments
One, long mantle. cut in the newest fash
ion, is of richest black velvet (the mate
rial which, perhaps, of all others best suits
the poet-queens effective and uncommon
style of beauty, trimmed round the edge
with two moderately wide and rather full
flounces of chiffon, surmounted by a strik-
ing wreath of flowers and leaves in black,
gray and white heads. More simple, but
equally chic, Is the driving coat, fitting
tightly to the wearer's slight figure and
made of dark blue cloth, the high storm
collar and smart lappets being covered
with the glossiest black astrakhan The
third, in a soft material, is a long coat
suitable for walking in winter, and is
made on much the same lines as the blue.
except that the plaits are somewhat fuller
at the back, and it is devoid of trimming
or ornament of any description.
1T has been decided, in spite of the
wailing of some artists souls, that the I'M
finished friezes of Puvis de Chavannes in
the Pantheon are to be completed by an
other hand. Some consolation will no
doubt be found in the fact that the work
has been intrusted to NJ. Cain, who viii
bring much love and generation for the
great master, who was also his friend 10
bear on his delicate task, which win he
carried out in strict accordance with the
directions left by Puvis de Chavannes
himself. The sketches are at the present
amount in the Pavilion de la Trerno le al
the Louvre where M Cain having al
ready spent some time in the composition
of the requisite tones and co!oring viii
shut himself up with a few willing pupils
in order that the mural decorations of tn.
Pantheon may be quite finished before the
opening of the exhibition of 1900. Some
other interesting works of art to be given
to the world next year are three memoir
ials 10 Alphonse Daudet; two by Falguiere
a statue for Mines, and medallion for
the tomb of the great wri ,er; and statue
by Saint Marceaux to he erected, IL is
hoped, somewhere on the Champs Ely
sees.