The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-05

OF a naile in fourteen days
"A dispatch dated Valparaiso, Chilli,
Dec. %. says: A fossil, evidently prehis-
| toric and cross between an alligator and
a lizard, was found at Caldera seaport
J of Chile, by Archie Mackenzie Aug %
| last, lying on sunken rock near North
! Beach. He reported the find to the au-
thorities and, by order of The intendente,
! Senior Carlos Savage, it was lifted out of
| the water in sections and brought ashore,
where it was Photographed 1t is now be-
| ing boxed preparatory to removing it to
| Valparaiso. Evidently and uucommonly
low tide at the time of the discovery had
washed back the sand, which, perhaps.
had covered the fossil for many years. and
| left it exposed to view. 1t is estimated TO
| weigh about six tons and measures, ap-
| proximately, % feet II inches in length.
| The head is 8 feet and the tail IA feet II
| inches long. Across the back it measures
| 8 feet inches The fossil is well petrified
and has considerable stone hanging to it.
The Beni-Israen children of Israeli.
| who, the government of India has just de-
| oided, ere to be enlisted in Two separate
| conn anies of the Bombay army, are an
| eXtre mely interesting race of Jewish orr
| gin, found chiefly on the west coast of In
dia. They have, says the Lahore Civil and
| Military Gazette, hitherto been freely en-
| listed in the Bombay army and have been
| regarded as fairly good Sepoys. They COM
| rrisa two classes Familiarity known as the
white and black. The white Beni-Israeh
| claim 20 be the descendants of the original
| Jewish Immigrants into India, while the
| black are simply descended from native
| converts to the Hebrew faith, or from the
| offspring of women of the country. The
Eeni-Israel faithfully accept the teach
| ings of the Old Testament and observe the
| rite of circumcision. Their language is
Marathi. but in their synagogues the scrip
| lures are read in Hebrew. II has been sug-
| gested that the Beni-Israeli are descended
| flom the lost tribes of Israel as they, it
| is argued, possess none of the sacred writ
| inss of the Jews subsequent to the period
of the captivity.
The Chicago Tribune says: "a postal
| official at Davenport who has charge of
a free delivery route in Iowa. declares
| that the chief beneficiares of the innova-
| ton are the women. The bulk of the rural
| mail handled is to and from the farmers
| wives and daughters. This is not sur
| prising. Aside from business letters,
man writes seldom, unless it is to his wife
when away on a journey. He seldom
| writes to his masculine friends, while the
women carry on correspondence with 9TH
| er women whom they may not have seen
| for years. Hence, in the city as well as
| in the country the personal correspondence
| is largely between women. One factor in
| increasing the proportion of mail matter
| received by women is tho circulation of
| the monthly periodicals. The magazines
are most popular with women, while the
| greater number of periodicals. of the thr-
| ty-two page octave type is published ex-
| clusvely for readers of that sex, as the
mail order advertiser recognizes that the
| farmers wife makes the purchases for her
| household These facts account for the
| preponderence of mail for women a the
| rural postoffices."
| -Palmists say a curious thing about the
| hands of actors and actresses is that in
| 90 Der cent of them the head line-which
| runs across the hand horizontally, is sep
| arated at the beginning from the life line
| The reverse is found in the hands of sci
| entists doctors end the like, says the
| Chicago News. The head and life lines
| are always joined in their palms. A
| player with these lines closed would be
| more scientific and calculating, but with
| them open is self-confdent daring and
| dramatic Among literary people the
| head and life lines are always Joined for
quite a way into the palm. In the hands
| of Mernhardt, Media and Calve the pc,
culiarty of the separated head and life
| lines is noticeable. In ts1e hand of Sir
| Redvers Butler, now in Africa, the life
| line passes the head line and ascends
| straight toward the first finger and the
| mount of Jupiter, which signifies power
suit. This combination is found only In
| the hands of statesmen and men of au-
| thority and indica ties the power to rule.
| Both these peculiarities are to be found in
the hand of Joseph Chamberlain.
| 1t is an odd comment on civilization.
| says the Jewish Daily News to learn that
no wealthy Jew in any European capital
| save London feels secure in house unless
| il is almost a fortress. In Paris the
| Rothschilds are intrenched in their bank
| on the Rue LATTE and Chausee d'Ant n
as if they were living in the Middle Ages
| Indeed, the picture of the Jews given in
| SCOTS "Ivanhoe'' might be almost dupli-
| Gated in the cases of the millionaire Jews
| of Paris. Berlin, st. Petersburg and vi
| emma. Yet marriages between great no.
| bles and Jewesses have gone on for years
| even in Germany. In France a score of the
| great houses have Jewish duchessas, mar
| quisas and what not of aristocratic caste.
| 1t was only few months ago that King
| Humbert was scandalized by the Pope's
| reception of the Princess of Wagram
| This title was the reward Napoleon con-
| ferred upon Marshal Berthier. 1t was
| Berthier who made the decisive charge at
| Wagram aud routed the overconfdert
| Austrians, who for once beat Napole on at
| his own game and had more forces at the
decisive point than the French. For his
| part in the battle Berthier was made
| Duke of Wagram-stin later Prince of
| Neufschatel With this rank he was an
| thorized in asking the hand of a Bavarian
| princess in marriage. II is the grandson
of this marriage, the present Duke of
| Wagram, who married daughter of the
| Rothschilds. She brought the Duke an
enormous dowry, second only. it is sad
| to the fortune Hannah Rothschid brought
| the Earl of Rosebery when he turned his
back on British prejudice and welded a
JeWesS.
Some curious details are published
about the meals of the German Emperor.
William II is the first King of Prussia,
who has ever visited his kitchen. At ordi-
rary times the imperial family have three
meals a day The Emperor prefers sub
| S antial dishes For his breakfast he has
| coffee, tea, eggs, beefsteaks and veal or
mutton cutes; for lunch he has soup,
| differe mt kinds of meat, with egetables