The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

"A steel DiIu ) nest was lStCAiAis AZ
quired by the museum of Soleure, in
Switzerland. Soleure has an extensive
watch and clock making industry, ana
thin metal filings are continually being
swept into the roads with the waste from
workshops. one day a workman noticed
pair of wagtails gathering steel nlings
shining in the sunlight and carrying them
TO their nests. He made an investigation,
and found that the birds had constructed
big nest almost exclusively of steel III
tngs When the brood Of fedgllngs had
flown the steel birds nest was taken away
and sent TO the museum.
The Glasgow (Ky) News prints Pc
culiar story of how Emmett Seymour, a
young farmer of Woodsonville, Har;
county, lost q work horse. The horse was
being worked in a harrow with mule,
when at a certain point in the field the
ground began 10 sink with the horse, ana
he went down a distance of about four
feet. The boy who was driving the team
quickly unhitched the mule and ran 20 the
house for help in order to eXtrlcate the
horse. He was gone on.y few moneu,s,
but when he returned with help the horse
had entirely disappeared, leaving hole
in the ground about six feet in diameter.
Work was then begun to find the animal
and ii was located at distance OF fifty
three feet below the earth's surface, and
was dead, supposed 10 have had his neck
broken in the lall A lentern was lied TO
a rope and let down in the hole, by which
means the horse could be seen, and when
il was discovered that he was dead no
him
Judge George Beckwith, a New York
millionaire banker, merchant and jurist,
has just purchased Kalmia, a beautiful
suburb of Aiken, S. C., upon which he
will erect a residence which will be second
in the South only to Mr.. George w. Van
derDllt'S palace Biltmore, near AsheVille,
N. c. The residence will be situated i'll
the midst of a park terraced on four sides
throughout seventy-fve acres of land
There viii be thirty-seven rooms, above
the average size, fronting hallway TWEEN
ty-tWo feet wide and siXty-one feet long.
The drawing room will be a dream of lux
ury and spaciousness. 1t will be 10 by
81 feet and adjOin a dining room 10 by "a
feet and conservatory is by 81 feet From
Judge Beckwith's hosDitable board may
be viewed this conserva tory filled with the
choice plants of the world and lighted by
electricity from an independent plant,
which will supply lights not only for the
park, but for 200 or more acres devoted
TO stables and amusement grounds, race
course and polo games. A road to Aiken
will be graded 800 feet wide and finished
with white sand and gravel.
"A dispatch from London gives the par
ticulars of a quarrel between the Earl OF
Tankerville and his medical adviser. It
appears, says the Baltimore Sun, that the
Earl is a robust young man who is only
50 years old and very fond of athletic
sports Last year he gave up hunting
upon the advice of his physician. who
tents privileges of fOrbidding him to jump
over the wall To deprive a vigorous man
of 50 years of the pleasure of vaulung
over fVe-foot stone fence is the essence
of cruelty, in the noble Earl's opinion, and
so he has discharged his medical adviser
and is looking for another who will not
restrict his amusements. Some medical
men are inclined to go TO extremes in the
matter of athletic exercises. There is no
reason why man of only SO years OLD
should not be permitted to play lea pfroe
fences A matter
of years does not count and a man Is
never any older than he feels. The spec
tacle of the noble Earl clearing his garden
wall with a running jump must be an in
spirating one of the "b9ys" of 60 or 70
years whole muscles are not yet developed.
Every fine morning, says a London
correspondent, an imposing cavalcade
may be seen prancing out of Buckingham
Palace gates. The procession consists of
all the Queens horses and its object
Is to give the royal animals their daily
exercise. The sleek, well-kept horses and
the comfortable, well-clad men aStride
them proclaim regal state at every step.
IN horses leave the news a about $3.50 a.
m. for a two hours airing in the parks.
Sometimes 1t is Hyde Park sometimes Re
gents, sometimes the Green and some
times st. James. The white Hanoverians
are the Queens favorites for state occa-
slons. The original stock came from the
Elector Of Hanover stock in the time OF
the nrst George. Their pedigree is traced
back to the days of Wittekind, the Saxon
King, and the sacred horses of ancient
Germany. Until Victoria ascended the
throne most of the recruits came from
Hanover, but since 1897 they have been
bred at Hampton court, and they have
become almost pure English breed. AL
though they have improved in shane since
their Hanoverian days, they are still
trihe clumsy, according to English no
tons. But they, are strong and steady.
tney meyer give n, they are perfectly do
Gle, and II would require an earthquake
or hurricane to disturb them.
Mrs. Antonio Navarro, who sailed for
England last week, learned in the most
graceful fashion that New York had nor
forgotten her since the time when as Mary
Anderson she was so popular, saws the
New York Sun. Everywhere she went there
was Tor her tribute of kindly interest and
she IS SO Attie changed from her appear
ailce IN former years that she was readily
recognized. Audiences got into the HABIT
oil expecting to see her at the theaters ~
winch she was frequent attendant Al
though she was in constant demand bV
friends OF her husbands family she was
seen only at the quietest and most formal
gatherings. Her kindly expressed interest
In al the actresses she saw had one rather
curious result, which so ong "a Mrs Ma
Varro is not in the country can he made
pubic without harm. One night she Went
10 see young actress who was inst he
ginning her career when the former Mary
Anderson retired from the stage Now so
Is star MIS-. Navarro saw her one night
ana
enjoyed herself very much The next dayy
II was announced that she had asked n
meet the actress, gone back to her dressing
room and had congratulated The vounS
woman. She had done the same thing he.
lore, so nobody was surprised TO hear Il
excepting one person. That was the ar
tTess; She was indignant that such a storI,
had been told when there was no tTntb IN
II. Mrs. Navarro had not visited her on ~
stage. 1t was to Mrs. Navarro that her
dispteaSure was chiefly expressed Sha
wrote her an earnestly apoaogetic letter
expressing her regret at what hannapad
and begging her not to hold her Tesrs6nsi1
PIE Tor It.: She wrote that she had never
SAID that Mrs. Navarro came to her dre sSI
ing room 10 compliment her and attrih,75-
60 the statement TO the ingenuity Of ber
press agent, Mrs. Navarro had never bsId
her responsible for the story and toI1 ii NJ.
50 IN a note which ended the whole affajr
very agreeably. "iAaTr
Many young business man in New
York would appreciate the ADVANTAGES os
what is called the cash credit Of Scotch
banks and which enables a young man ~
honor and industry to have a bank 90
count although he may not in reaIitv no.
sessesS any means beyond "a
GaPiital OF OF honesty and caS