The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ENGLISH CAVALRY OFFICERS carry their watches
set in strap on the wrist.
| YOUNG GENTLEMAN of France, one evening
| after dance. made bet while supping, that
ne could swallow raw egg without break
ing the she'll, and he did So A few days after
| ward he experienced violent pains, the doctor
administered strong emetic, the egg came
back, but broken and out sprang young
chicken. The warmth Of the Young man
stomach had produced the unexpected result,
and II any doubts the truth of the story, say
those who vouch for 1t, he can go to Chalons
| ana see the chicken that was Matched
A WASHINGTON newspaper says that few
| days ago, at the races, Senators ingalls, and
| Blackburn were in the club house having q
pleasant time with the edibles. when Col. Jim
Williams, the Kentucky horseman hove in sight.
well. he said, with more vjg)r than appears
in this print, are you fellows friends; thought
you were thirsting for each others blood. y
oh, no; we are friends" laughed Senator
Blackburn. 'aint we;" turning to Mr.. ingalls,.
| Yes, " replied the Senator from Kansas, with
| that peculiar edge which shows through every
| tone: 'Oh, yes. We are friends-here."
They haven't got through telling blizzard
stories down in Connecticut yet John Clark,
near Danbury, has this yarn about his dog: On
| the morning of the storm Clark worked his way
| through the drifts to the barn, and the dog fol-
| lowed closely in his footsteps When CLARK was
ready to go TO the house he whistled for the dog,
| but the animal was nowhere to be seen. The
| master made his way to the house with much
| trouble, and two hours later the dog scratched
| at the door. He was covered with snow and
quite tired out, and it was evident that, having
started for the house and being unable to walk
| on the snow, he had burrowed under 1t all the
way from the barn.
f. G. OsGooD, of Maine, has curious walking
cane. The stick is ootagon in shape and is of
| white maple with cherry head the entire body
being made hollow with the displaced wood
nj daciorpc md Loft in tha ho1
| low space. In the carved head is set compass;
in the first joint hollow space is three loose
| balls; in the second three dice; in the third, a
mounted cannon; In fourth, rolling pin In fifth,
a chain; in SIXTH sailors log, and in seventh,
dumb bell and nondescript somewhat reSem-
| bling an hour glass The whole is tipped off
with an octagonal ferrule of brass. In circles
around the cane is the following inscription:
Made by f. q. Osgood Portland, Me-, in 1884.
Total abstinence from all that intoXicateS-E.
| c. o." Mr.. Osgood has been offered quite
sum OF money for the stick to place in the Bos
ton Museum.
1T is estimated that the railroad mileage of
Mexico owned by Americans is nearly 1900
miles, and that the capital thus inves ted is up
ward Of $50, 100000. The amount of American
capital invested in mines is thought to be near.
| ly S20OOO,0OO. In 1873 the imports Of Mexico
were $40 166 013 and only So 23 255 of this came
from the United States, and of this latter
amount only very small proportion went
across the frontier. Last year the exports from
| this country to Mexico were about S100 900,
of which moro than half went by American
railways to the border and thence by rail to in
terror points. The International Company of
Lower California has grant, estimated at IT,
OOO,0OO acres, and a brisk town is now eStab-
lished about 100 miles south of San Diego Cal
Exchange on New York in Northern Mexico is
sold more largely than on any other city, and
in the City of Mexico is second only in demand
to that on London.
CHICAGO has a new contribution box or
rather several churches in Chicago have which
| seems destined to make material change in
| the amount of the Sunday collections. It's ap-
peaCance and methods are thus described: ''If
one could imagine cigar box apotheosized and
put to better uses, with its cover cut off and
partly sunk into the box, with an expectant ex-
preston at its front end and O long wooden
handle at its rear, one could form q very good
idea of its appearance 1t seems to be a very
harmless ordinary sort of substitute for the
common plate, but it is in its simplicity that its
effectiveness lies. For instance, Mr. A in pew
preached by the collector. He puts upon the
| fiat, sunken top of the box his contribution
say nickel The coin remains In plain view as
the collector carries the box horizontally until
pew No is reached. The box is then passed
before Mr.. B., who is thus advised of what his
| nelghbor In the seat ahead has given Before
b can put in his offering the box is turned up
at an angle of 45o, and AS coin slides through
the opening into the interior Of the casket and
is no longer on exhibition. This done the box
returns to the horizontal with the cover blank
and empty for BIS coin to rest upon until the
evolutions are performed once more at Cs
pew" IL is said that it is working like a charm
in some of the churches; but a prominent mem
Der of one congregation is thus quoted: II
can't say like the COMPOUNDED thing; it is too
much on the drop-in a-nickle- and find outflow
much-respect-them man in the next pew will
haveforyou plan, but it works.