The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

be borne out by experience, there will
surely be a great boom in cider, and apple
growing will flourish more than ever.
in consequence of a recent report that
the palace of the doges at Venice had be-
come endangered, owing to the subsistence
of the walls adjacent to the Bridge of
Signs and the decay of the timbers sup
porting the library of ST. Mark. the gov
eminent ordered the distinguished archi-
tect, Signor Boito, and other architects,
to examine The condition of the structure
and make a report upon the same, with
view to its restoration. The architects
declare that the stories of danger are
greatly exaggerated, but probably some
reservations will be carried out.
The fine Crusaders castle, about TWEEN
ty miles from Haifa, near Constantinople,
was torn down a few months ago to build
a stone pier at Haifa for the landing of
the German Emperor and Empress. The
castle, which was a grand old pile was
erected by the Knights Templar during
the crusaders reign over Palestine. 1t
was in such fine state Of preservation
that up to the time of its destruction many
of the rooms were actually occupied. This
vandalism is comparable 10 that which
led the builders of the Suez canal to use
for the lining of the Mediterranean en-
trance of the Suez canal exquisitely carved
sto1ework brought from the ruins of Fa-
magusta, the old Venetian city.
From remote times men have been
fishers. The weapons they used to catch
fish have not been preserved to us in
many instances When the hooks were
made of stone, wood or bone they have
lasted. Fishhooks of siliceous material
have not been found in America, but
hooks of flint, chalcedony and bone have
been found in Greenland. Pieces of bone
or wood, sharp at each end and grooved
in the middle so as TO hold a line are
still used by the Eskimos for catching
seagulls and water fowls. A cord of
braided grass is Topped around the fiat
piece of bone or wood. In the Swiss lakes
have been found hooks of bronze and of
the tusks of the wild boar that belonged
TO ages ago. Clipped flint hooks are found
in Sweden. In our northern central states
hooks of copper are occasionally unearth-
ed.
Inventors Of automobiles to be used
in Paris will have to study with great
care the regulations issued by the Minis
ter of Public Works, which enumerate
all sorts of requirements that the vehi-
structed as not to allow any matter to
escape which might cause explosions or
cause any unpleasant smell. They must
also be so made as not to frighten horses.
The handles regulating the machinery
must be so arranged that the driver can
work them without taking his eyes off
the route he is following. The carriages
must be so built that nothing will OBJ
struct his view ahead, and the various
gauges, etc, must be so placed that they
are lit up after dark Every vehicle must
be provided with two distinct systems of
brakes each capable of shutting off auto
matically the motive force of the motor
and bringing It under instant control.
William and Mary" says a cores
pendent of the Chicago Record, lis the old
est college in America, although Harvard
graduated a class first. In 1856 the Rev.
James Blair was sent over to Virginia
to act as a sort of deputy for the bishop
OF London, who had ecclesiastical juris-
diction over the colonial churches. They
called him a 'commissary.' In 1891 he re-
turned to England to represent to the
King and the bishop the necessity for an
institution for higher education He was
kindly received by his sovereign and nv
the clergy, and in February, 1892. the King
granted him charter and gave him 70 ono
IN cash and the revenues of certain crown
lands. Seymour, the attorney general
having received the royal command 10
draW up the documents, demonstrated. He
saw no need of college in Virginia. The
patient Mr.. Blair explained that II was
needed to educate young men for the min
lstry, and begged the honorable attorney
general to remember that the colonists
mad souls to be saved as well as the peo
pie OF England. Damn your soulsr ev-
CLAIMED the imperious Seymour. Make
tobaccop
Some years ago, writes a Paris cor
respondent OF the London Times, a friend
OF mine was at the Vatican, in the Pope's
private oratory. Leo XIII seemed tired
ana worried but was speaking in a loud
anu uistlnct voice. Suddenly raising him
sen py the AID OF his thin hands from
MS seat, he went to the window from
Whlch the Quirinal is visible. With his
tan figure, then still upright. enveloned
from mead to foot in white he stood erect
inspired and powerful. You went there
Yesterday he said. Then, pointing IN
the Quirinal with outstretched arm he
continued: These two houses cannot 20
main indefinitely divided. and ten ,o,,
that the day will come when thew will
work IN concert for the glory of his
N-SA - anu vi lnlS century. As for mo-,
-ahd his voice softened-"I do NOT cease
10 pray our Lord to enhghten the minds
OF those who direct the temporal destinos
OF the Italian fatherland that thew w..
constantly labor for its true grestnns1
ana may comprehend that Christian Pono,
cannot prolong against its own cbnrnt
tne persecution which caused the coIlansn
ol pagan Rome" After this as if -
hausted by the effort, he reseated bin,se1t
leaned forward, and extending the 49,
ncaI ring dismissed my friend with
sovereign and affectionate gesture.
During the work of rebuiIdin9 -.
royal Bun Hotel at hartford. England -
ola hoste'ry and landmark. some ;ntonoe.
ing ing discoveries We're made last month =.
10. murder had been commltled a. IN IN
house ana the body disappeared rot,s4e 'lie
p I'y. A skeleton now dug up threa ~
below the flooring of an old ceyar ,o ieet
70 the belief that it is the renains ~ aug
victim OF the tragedy A secret Statue Tr oile
was brought to light and as tbts o use
nuhlcates by invisible doors IN az Uo'ri-
OF the cellar with the room in viii "a,is
Tragedy occurred, it strengthens tbe hai u'.e
lndI Inc DOQV fob pNAlcI