The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-18
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and cry licensed guide becomes an as
sistans game warden. 1t IS unlawful for a
nonresident TO kill game unless accom-
panied by a licensed guide. The license
fee is SO a year. According 70 the law,
| residents may, upon payment of 81, and
n0n-residents upon the payment of $40, re-
ceive licenses to kill game animals, but
| there is nothing in the statute making
such license obligatory.
The Queen If Roumanla has presented
to the Church of Curtea d'Argesch, the
| Oldest il the kingdom. a manuscript copy
of the EvangAlium used in the Eastern
Church written and illuminated by her
self on thirty sheets of parchment. Each
sheet has border of massive silver daind
ly engraved, and all are bound together
in a gold hinge Of curious workmanship.
This gorgeous document lies under a glass
dome, which is surmounted by a golden
cross and crown, and is inclosed in case
of carved wood designed by Lecomte de
Nouy, the leading architect of Vienna.
From the corners of this canopy dangle
four lamps of gold, set with precious
stones. An inscription stdtes that the gift
was the work of Queen Eiizabeths own
hands. which We're busy upon it for SIX
years, and that it is intended as memo
rial for her little daughter, Princess Ma
RE, who died in childhood.
There is a queer man in Washington
who makes it a business 10 attend reeep-
tons. teas. weddings and other social
gatherings TO which he has not been in
yted, says the Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Record. He always pays
his respects to the hostess, when he en-
| tiers, makes low bow speaks a few po-
| lite words and then passes into the crowd.
He is never offensive but always defer
entail and is simply tolerated because
that is the easiest way to get along with
him. He lives quietly with his mother and
sister in a well-situated and well-appoint-
| ed house in the West End but the ladies
of the family have never made any at
| tempt to enter society Their eccentric
brother confines his social enjoyment to
| these intrusions, which are harmless and
are so well known as TO cause little re-
| mark. Some ladies have instructed their
| buffers not to admit him. When he is re-
| fused entrance 20 a house ne always re-
| tires in a gentlemanly manner, handing
! his card with a request that his regrets
| be offered to the lady of the house. He
seems 90 think that it is his duty to go
to these places, and he does it in a con-
| scientious manner.
Hank Carruthers of Block Island, r.
L, an old-time fisherman, last year caught
young swordhsh, not more than two feet
| long, which had refused to leave the dead
body of its mother, which he had har-
pooned after an exciting fight, says the
| New York Press. The young fish sur
vived the transportation to a tidal pond
| behind the Carruthers homestead and the
entrance 10 the pond was closed with
net TO prevent his escape. Since then Mr.
| Carruthers has tanned the fish so that il
will feed from his hand, and the neigh
| bors had become so accustomed to the
I s-f.w -
| Last month a French gentleman engaged
board with the Carruthers family. and he
| took delight in watching the antics of
| the graceful fish, which now is more than
| TOUR feet long. Soon he managed to gain
! its confidence, and last week the neigh
bors were called in to witness a most
| amusing spectacle. The French GENTLE
man, who is well-known New York fenc-
| ing teacher, M. Tierce, had been TRAINING
the fish furtively. He had made a soft
pad OF leather, which he adjusted on the
| tip of his sword like the button on a
| foil, and the two gave an exhibition hour
| or Fencing which could not be equaled for
nicely Of action and correctness or dash in
| the Fencers' Club. The fish apparentlv
knows all the rules of the game. and care
fully refrains from committing fouls. He
cuts ana siashes swiftly. and several
| times he caught Mr. Tierce una wares and
| nearly transixed him. The Frencbnap
has offered Mr.. Carruthers a large sum
or money for the fish, which he wishes
to exhibit
Many mixtures have been tried bv
builders and architects with view of nro-
ducing mortars which will really possess
tre-resisting properties, and nothing sat
ls1actory up to the present has been dis
covered; but now some one has discover
ed that serpentine rock, which contains a
considerable amount Of asbestos, saws the
Boston Journal of Commerce, possesses
very nigh increasing properties. This
| rock. when powdered and mixed with GOOD
lime, etc, can be heated up to / 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit without experiencing any
damage whatever. One of the great dan
gers when building is on fire is that the
mortar, after being heated, cracks or dis
integrates when water from the firemen's
hose is thrown upon it. The new material
however, 1t is claimed, can be heated 10
100 degrees Fahrenheit and Immediately
plunged into water without cracking An
other great advantage possessed bv this
new material Is its high degree of elias
ITCHY The advantage of this will be read
lily appreciated by architects and others
who are constantly called upon to advise
with regard to sinking or settling build
ings. As soon as a building begins to set
tie, ordinary mortar begins to crack. hut
lid
not crack, but simply yields to the strain.
But perhaps one of the most remarkable
properties of all is the ease with which
nails can be hammered into Joints made
with the new mortar without damaging 1t
in the slightest degree. 1t flows readily
from the trowel and can be easily pointed
up; II will also receive decorations of va
rious kinds and can be painted either with
oil or water colors.
Realizing the necessity of obtaining.
for scientific purposes, some more accur-
ate method of determining wind velocities.
the Royal Meteorological Society of Lon
don charged its committee on wind to de-
wise more practical system of installing
the official thermometers than the one in
use hitherto The committee has recent
ly reported that the unrelis bility of the in
struments was caused by the infinite num-
Der of obstacles that surrounded them.
not only in the crowded cities, but also
sometimes in rural and coast Observable,
ries They held that the present system
of wind gauge is a perfect trustworthy