The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Crown Prince to the meanest subject, is
obliged to learn some useful trade The
present Emperor mastered the art of book
binding. though this is only one of his
accomplishments, for he could probably
earn his living as a musician If anything
happened TO mis- throne.
In Essex. England. the unwonted spec
tacle of monks riding bicycles may be
daily witnessed. The Franciscan Fathers.
who have charge of the mission at Brain.
tree. have also to attend the spiritual
needs of two other missions at long dis
tances. and, in order that they may ac-
complsh this work they have, with the
permission of Cardinal Vaughan, invested
in bicycles, on which they ride from one
mission to another
Live poultry commands a high price
and ready sale in the Hawaiian Islands,
and Missouri figures largely in supplying
the demand The Kansas City Journal
notes that C. E. Lightner, of Trenton,
Mo- is to begin a once the forwarding of
a shipment of 200 600 live chickens to Hon
olulu. Forty standard poultry cars will
be required for their transportation to San
Francisco, and 1900 pounds of feed wiz be
taken along in each car.
The British are about to commence
their Pacific cable, extending from Van
cOuver via certain islands to Australia and
New Zealand. Ii win be 5000 miles long,
and complete the electric circuit of the
globe. The cost is placed at $4,000 600. and
is to be borne by Canada, Australia and
the British government, but chiefly by Aus
tralia. The object is to unite the scat
tered fragments of the empire more close
ly. and also to reduce cable rates.
A petition is to be presented to Con-
gress at the next session asking that
steps be taken to protect against van
dals the buried cities of a wonderful pre-
historic race in Southern Arizona. The
ruins of an ancient temple at Casa
Grande have been preserved by the Gre
alton of a government park and Congress
will be asked to create a similar reserva-
ton embracing the best preserved re-
mains of prehistoric cities in the ella
valley.
"A convict in the Kansas state prison
has written a book on prison life. He
urges the granting of permission to smoke
and the abolition of the lock-step, and
says: Without doubt there are men
here who are where they should be; there
may be some who should have been born
here. On the other hand there are I'M
quesuonably some men here who will
make good citizens some day. The writer
believes that the average convict leaves
the prison a better man than he was
when he entered there"
"A party of geological students from the
University of Chicago have started for
Arizona, where they will spend several
weeks. Prof. Rollin D. Salisbury is con-
Quoting the students. The first stop win
be made at Las Vegas, N. NJ. Thence the
party win proceed TO Holbrook, Ariz.
where they win visit Chalcedony Park and
view the petrifed forest of that region.
Flagstaff AriZ., will be reached Aug. Is,
and about Sept. the party will enter the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado where ten
days win be spent n studying the many
and interesting geological formations be-
fore returning TO Chicago.
Domestic servants are agitating for
their rights in Berlin with a spirit not to
be exceeded by a trade union in this coun-
try. This is said to be due, moi to any
initiative of their own, but 10 the prompt
ing of the Social Democratic party, who
do not scorn TO take advantage of this
welcome accession to their ranks. Con
siderable eloquence has been displayed by
the revolving cooks and housemaids of the
German apital. The full attendances al
some of their meetings have, however,
been attributed to the fact of their mis-
tresses being out of town in large num-
bers.
There are a dozen kinds of hog-flsh,
but the" hog-flsh makes his home in
Chesapeake bay, says the New York Press.
Maryland and Virginia swear by him. He
is the colleague and compa trot of the ter
rapin, the LynnhaVen bay oyster and the
canvasback duck. He grunts as a hog
hence his name. But there is nothing
of the swine about him. The oldest in
habitant says he is the most aristocratic
IF q
Before the war his name was myriad in
the waters around Norfolk, but with the
destruction of the Congress and Cumber-
land and the investing of Norfolk by the
Northern troops he disappeared and for
four years remained out of sight. When
the Yankees came back home Mr. Hog
fish returned to his old haunts, and he is
biting there now. l suspect he was a
Southern sympathizer. But he certain
ly is fine eating
"A Chicagoan recently returned from a
protracted visit 10 South America relates
that the Indians in Ecuador Peru and Bo-
liVia make an excellent musical instru-
ment out of the wood of the hormaguila
a tree that grows abundantly in those
countries, says the Chicago Chronicle. The
instrument is on the principle of the well
known Xylophone, only that underneath
each piece they construct a sounding box
the note to be augmented and sustained
Some of these instruments are mounted on
stands and have as many as forty-fve
tones. These large instruments are played
by four and five operators. The tones are
quite unlike those of the Xylophone, as
they are not short and sharp but are sus-
tanned by the sounding boxes, so that at
a short distance they give the impression
more of an organ than even a piano. Ex-
pert operators play opera pieces and the
latest music upon the large instruments
with most remarkable effect. This iustru-
ment is said to be a very old one, tradition
dating 1t back to the days of the Incas
being one of the few remaining evidences
of the old prehistoric civilizations.
party of Peruvians lately Travelled through
Mexico with one of these large instrl-
ments and created quite a sensation
among the music-loving Mexicans.
Over in England they are again claim
ing that seed found in mummy cases has
been planted and produced blossoms, says
how