The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-20

oline Street Methodist Church, of Baiti-
more, got into the study OF the clergyman
the other evening, opened a volume of the
Encyclopedia Britannica, and tore out
sixteen pages of the article on Darwin's
Origin of species" Then the monkey
turned to Buffers Analogy and was ex-
aiming it with great apparent delight
when the clergyman returned and put a
stop to the proceedings
Patrick Hayes a native CT ireland,
who died at Cardiff recently at the age of
los, was the last surviving witEess of the
presence of the French fleet in Barry
Bay in December, 1855, VIXEN Hoche an
Wolf Tone contempla led the invasion #
Ireland. Hayes had a distincl recol &c
ton of having seen the. French fleet in the
bay when child betweer~ four and fiv.
years old. He was in full possession Of
his faculties until the day of his deaf h.
and was able to read without spectacles.
An International anglers cor gress IS
to be held at Paris du Ing the exhibition,
and will be TO Lowell by an angling COM
petition, which will take place in the very
middle of the exhibition grounds, between
the Pont d'Iena and the Pont de Gren-
ellie, On the left bank of the lie des Cyg-
mes. The disciples of Izaak Walton of
every matte nality. whether members CT
recognized ass 1ciations or not, are invit-
cd to take part in The competition, which
Will comm e1ce son Aug. .. Prizes to the
value OF 5000 francs (about $3.50 are Of
fered to the winners.
--Acetylene gas headlights were employ
ed for time on some locomotives of a
Western railway, but the innovation was
not considered altogether successful and
the appara tus was removed. The chief
objections 20 the acetylene headlight were
water could get from one compartment
where the carbide had been exhausted
to the next compartment in the generator,
and the freezing of the water in winter
While the acetylene light was a trife
more expensive than oil. yet if these two
difficulties could De surmounted, 1t has
sufficient merits to warrant its adoption
particularly as oil-lamps could be intro
duced readily in case of any emergency.
The opening of the Worlds Fair al
Paris is near, writes Dr. Karl Blind in
the Sunday Special, and women will not
be among the least eager to see N. They
will be douby gratified to hear that among
the vast structures of the exhibition there
is "Women's Palace" Palais des
Femmes). That palace is to be, first of
all, a perfect home for ladies', with salons
and boudoirs, toilet rooms and attendants
modistes, hair-dressers, tailors and shoe
makers. a restaurant and a confec tioner's
shop and a bewildering array of hats.
feathers, lace, fans embroidery, etc. 1t
is also to contain paintings sculptures.
works in enamel and what not. Things
concerning the education of children are
to be combined with theatrical representa-
tons in which only children will act.
There are to be concerts. mainly by lady
musicians and singers. the preference be-
ing given to the productions of female
III I,,sH I
side of the Eiffel tower, close to the Jena
bridge, has i've verandas with an out
look to the Champ de Mars and across
the Seine river as far as the Trocadero.
The architect, 1t is true, is a mere man
of the name of Pontremoli.
Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany.
is the author of an instructive method of
rewarding well-behaved and diligent pub
lie school pupils of the city of Berlin 1t
cors SITS in their admission to representa-
tons at the court opera given for their
special entertainment. These take place
on free afternoons and the principals Sc
lect the children whose meritorious con-
duet and work entities them to the en-
joyment of the imperial favor. Accom-
panied by their teachers they cheerfully
hasten to the Royal Opera. The girls are
seated in the front seats of the pit and
the boys in the stalls and tiers, full of
expectation in waiting for the appear
ance of the imperial family. which (the
Emperor and Empress with their young
est children) come in shortly before the
rise of the curt ain. With unslacking at
tention the young audience follows the
productions of the stage During one of
the intervals the whole crowd of children
rise to sing the Hell Dir i'm Siegerkranz"
(he Prussian God Save the King')
whereupon the Emperor and his family
less TO add that these performances make
a deep impression upon the young loyal
lists and strengthen their dynastic fealty
and devotion.
"A granddaughter of Napoleon is liv-
ing as a country school teacher at Villeroy.
a small village in the Department de Ia
Somme, France. Nine. Charlotte Mes
nard's father was Count Leon, who was
born in 1906 as the son of the great EN-
peror and Eleonore de la Plaigne, a lady
of the court. The child's birth is said 10
have filed the heart of Napoleon with
great JOY and for awhile to have prompted
him to think of adopting and making
his illegltimate issue his heir. The name
Leon, which he gave 10 the child, shows
how proud he was of him. The Emperor
would frequently have him brought %
the Tuileries where he used to play ard
romp with him In utter abandon. This
continued even alter MS nldrTldSe with
Marie Louise OF Austria; but the bith of
the King of Rome dimmed little Leon's
star, and after the Emperor's downfall
no one of his family cared for the scion
born out of wedlock. He became a politl-
cal adventurer, who not unfrequently an
noyed Napoleon III by Wanting Of his
relationship. He died in 1881 in utmost
destitution which had been his lot for
years. He bore a striking resemblance to
the first Napoleon, his father, and when
he lay dead in a little cottage at Pontoise
people who saw him commented upon the
unmistaka BILE likeness Of his countenance
10 the traditional death-mask Of the great
Corsican.
French scientists have been making
some very interesting experiments in con-
nection with the effect of certain colors
on the nervous system. And people who
have been somewhat scoffed at for calling
red warm and blue cold and yellow in
MIGRATING may now kindly regard them
selves as forerunners of great discovery.