The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


rope. one at Passy, France. depth, 1000
feet; at La Chapelle. Paris, depth, 1850
feet; at Grenelle, Paris, depth, 1873 feet;
at NeusalWerk near Minden, depth 22SS
feet; at kissingen, Bavaria, depth, 1,7Sl
feet; at Sperenberg, near Berlin, depth,
4190 feet, which is said TO be the deepest
in the world; at Pesth Hungary, depth,
31S2 feet. In the United States there are
wells located at st. Louis, depth, 3,S43 feet;
at Louisville. depth, 2.0S6 feet; at Column
bus, o., depth, 2.75le feet, and at Charles
ton, S. c., depth, 1850 feet.
In an address at Wooiwich, England.
few days ago Waiter Crane said that
London and England generally might very
wisely adopt some organiza ton for circu-
lating exhibitions, so that collections of
pictures could be passed on from one dis
trict TO another, as was often done in
Germany, ana the Whole country could get
the benefit of the best art at small cost
instead of combining the collection to one
town or district. While he belonged to
a school that believed that the best deco
ration for an empty cupboard was a fitch
of bacon he was also satisfied that good
pictures were of benefit to all who viewed
them.
Forty thousand Americans are reckon
ed to have been in London from time TO
time during the season which has just
come to an end. Shopkeepers announce
with satisfaction that the invaders have
contributed largely TO their earnings and
American money has added much to the
brlhancy of certain aspects of a season
said to be the most successful known there
in years. While the great majority of
Americans figured only in the outdoor life
of the English capital some of the most
splendid entertainments have been given by
persons who lived in New York until a few
years ago and still cali New York their
home.
Paris firemen have been out making
successful experiments with the automotor
constructed especially for the service of the
pompiers, after the plans of Col. Krebs.
The vehicle. which is painted red. was
flied with hose and general material. and
with six men on board went for several
miles along the quay in the direction of
Notre Dame Cathedral 1t accomplished
the journey backward and forward in a
very expeditions manner, and without
hitch. The officers of the establishment
in question believe that the new cars which
are. in course of construction will enable
firemen to answer calls in half the time re-
CURED by horses.
The recent elevation of Secretary of
the Exterior Won Bulow to the rank of
| Count has called attention to the great
| antiquity of the Buiow family. 1t can be
! traced back to the twelfth century. The
| Berlin Tageblatt says that on account Of
| the great number of living members the
| Bulows have not hitherto been included
| in the "Gothaische Hof-Kalender," but
! that the family has its own "taschen-
! buch," appearing a t the regular intervals,
| but not for sale. The eminent pianist
| Hans Won Bulow, who died in 1894, was a
member of this family, some Of whose
representatives seemed to be rather
ashamed to have a man of genius among
| them.
Near Beuefontaine, o.. is a character
in real life reminiscent of Victor Hugo's
grim hero, THE Man Who Laughs" Mrs.
Luella o. Cole. now living in Hagers-
| town. Md, wants a legal separation from
| her husband, a farmers assistant, liY-
| ing now near Bellefontaine, O., and she
| makes an extraordinary complaint. He is
! known as the man who grins." She says
| that when he gives way to mirth his IA
cial distortions are frghtful and fiendish
! to witness. His mouth she says, slides
| from ear to ear, the skin wrinkles and
! the eyes are turned up the eyeballs roll
! ing in a grotesque manner. His appear
| ance on these occasions, she says, is so
| repulsive that she fears for her life.
The little town of Morehead, Kan,
| has put the cooperative idea into prac-
tice with considerable success. The place
| has a population of only 800 or Geo. but it
| is growing rapidly. 1t is on the Santa Fe
! Railroad, in the heart of a prosperous
| agricultural section. The cooperative
| principle has been extended to a large
number of interests. Several farms are
| run on it, one of the details being a di-
| vision of crops for the purpose of reliev-
! ing those farmers who happen to suffer
! losses Moreover, the town has a cooper
| alive hotel, laundry, hall, creamery and
| IA,
ing hall, at which perhaps twenty-five
persons take their meals, has just been
! established.
The Militaer Zeitung publishes an in
| teresting article on the escape over the
| frontier of men liable to military service
/ in Austria Hungary. 1t states that
! large business is carried on by the agents
! chiefly foreigners, who assist these men.
! The first essential is a passport, and this
! is generally forged. 1t is known that 1000
| men weekly, on their way TO the frontier,
| pass through Vienna alone, and as most
| of these are young men. it is calculated
| that during the year at least 10000 men
| of those who so pass are escaping from
| military service. Most of these go 10
| America, where, 1t is believed, there are
| at present over 100000 men who should he
| in the Austria-Hungary army or reserves
| ON one occasion, at the mobilization of "a
/
| 1900 appeared; the greater part of the 300
had succeeded in escaping to America.
"A Paris correspondent writes that an
elephant in the Jardin des Plantes has re-
Gently been the subject of numerous de-
! famatory accusations. The animal was
| accused of being professional thief. The
! story went that several visitors to the
| Jardin des Plantes, who stopped to view
| the elephant, had been relieved of their
! purses and on each occasion boys who
| were present affirmed that they had seen
| the animal seize the purse with his trunk
! and carry it to his mouth This week a
! provincial stopped in front of the ele-
| plant and lost his purse He made COM
! plant, and some boys-the same boys, by
! the Way-accused the elephant of having
| taken it, But the animals keeper, recoe-
nizing the boys. became suspicious and
| had them searched, with the result that
| the missing purse was found The CORE