The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-24
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$50 to $4,000 a ton. Thus far no systematic
| working has been made 10 them.
The oldest inhabitant of Connecticut can
reca>> no such Indian summer as the one now
on hand. especially about Weathersheld, where
| mowers are blooming aud green peas, too, lust
as though 1t were May in place of November
''SNUFF DIPPING is said to be growing quite
the fashion in Lewiston, Me. The devotees
| don't inhale the snuff, but make what is called
| a smear with CASTLE soap and apply it to the
nostrils. A species of mild intoxication is said
| to result.
| AN INGENIOUS BLIND BOY Willie Perkins of
| Greensboro, Ky, is said to have invented a writ
ing machine for the blind. and to have received
| $4,000 from San Francisco firm for the right
| to manufacture and sell the machines in the
| United States.
| SOME COTTON baled while damp, was opened
the other day at Washington, n c., and found
| to be almost hot enough to burn Hence it is
| suggested that many cases of mysterious fire at
| sea may have origin in the spontaneous com
| oustlon OF cotton packed or compressed in such
| condition
FARMER in Bucksport, Me, who is a promi-
nent republican, was roo sick to go to the polls
| TO vote at the last election. lis hired man. who
| is democrat, offered to go and vote the repub-
mean ticket for him. The offer was accepted
and the man walked up to the polls and de-
posted clear republican vote.
The towns of Killingly, Mansfield, Norfolk
| and Thomaston, Conn, will be represented in
the coming legislature by members named At
WOOD Four persons of the same name are not
often found ni the same legislature, and Ger
fanny Atwood would not be select ID as name
likely 10 De most numerous in body of 249
men. The four Atwoods are all republicans.
Two boys played a shrewd trick on Boston
photographer. They asked to have their pict-
IRE taken. and when the plate was about to be
exposed one or tae rascals realized that he
would appear to better advantage if he had a
watch. The Photographer loaned his tirnepiece
ana while he was again adjusting the camera
tne customers ran out of the establishment.
AN enterprising merchant on Fulton street.
New York city, has adopted a novel and sue
cessful way of attracting a crowd In front of his
| store. He constructed tall perch in his door
on which he has placed two large boot owls
Ihey SIT IKE statues on their perch throughout
the day and roll their big eyes around with a
vacant stare At night they are turned loose in
] the store TO capture the stray mice which vent
| ure out of their holes on foraging expeditions
BIBLoPHILEs Will be interested to learn that
| there has lately turned up in London a COPY of
| the long-sought-for first-edtion, Guarto, of
Thomas Shelton's translation of the first part of
The History of the Valiant and Witty knight
| Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha " This edi-
ton was printed by William Stansby for Ed
Blount and W. Barrett and is dated London,
l6l2 1t contains only the first part of the i'm
from the edition which was published in 1890
with second volume by Blount alone.
ELECTRIC LAMPS have been used for signals at
the station in Oakland, Cal, of the Southern
Pacific railroad for about eighteen months The
lamps require 2 ampere to give 16 candles but
current of only about 8 ampere is EMPLOYED
which greatly increases the life of the lamps
and yet gives sufficiently powerful light Tor
the signals, Some of the lamps have already
been lighted for 1900 hours and it is thought
that they will last another year. The first cost
OF the plant is said to have been low, and there
Is great economy in the working expenses.
A GENTLEMEN who was out hunting the other
night stumbled over the dead body of a COW in
the Little river swamp. The COW had crumpled
horns, from one of which was dangling a huge
rattlesnake. The indications wers that the cow
had seen the snake coiled and in the act of
hooked the reptile, the horn penetrating the
snakes body, so that the RATHER was unable to
free himself. The cows born killed the RATHER
but the ratter's fangS killed the cow And Vet
TRADITION says rattleSnake'S bite doesn't harm
a COW.
THREE MEN in the Institute of Technology at
Boston had a narrow escape from death while
at work in tho cellar of the Rogers building
One of the steam pipes burst, and allowed the
steam to escape at the rate of eighty pounds
pressure The escaping steam extinguished the
gas light, and the men were left in total dark
ness. w. L. Huffer, an instructor, started for
trap door, but missed his calculations and was
obliged to lie down fiat and place a coat over
his head and a handkerchief in his mouth w
N Cameron and his companion, named Mem
tune, escaped through airhoes and at once
began to rescue Huffer. He was found uncon-
scious, but was soon revived. All we're some-
what burned, but beyond this were not seriously
injured.
The case of G. o. Gill, the famous foot ball
player and oarsman of Yale College, furnishes
something for crack dentists to ponder on Mr.
Gill, while engaged in a game of football
against the University OF Pennsylvania, about
three weeks ago, received a blow in the mouth
which knocked out two of his front teeth He
replaced the teeth and held them in position as
best he could until the game finished, and
then sought the nearest dentist. who fastened
them in, securing them with a silk cord
Strange to say. the strings have since been cut
loose, but the stalwart young athlete now finds
no trouble in using his grinders on almost any
kind of food, and expects that the Thanksgiving
turkey will fall an easy victim to the restored
inciSorS.
AT a recent meeting of the Academy Of
Sciences, Paris. NJ. Faye, read paper by M.
Faurel, communicating the process by which
NJ Dufour has automatically proved that the
altered appearance presented by the reflected
imags of the shore of the Lake of Geneva as
seen in the waters of the lake at a distance of
nine Kilometres, is due to the curvature Of the
earth's surface. He suggests that the same ex-
PLANTATION fully confirms Ricco's hypothesis as
to the reflected image in the water of the rising
sun al sea A communication was also read
from NJ. Jansen, who has taken up station at
the Grands Mulets, near the summit of Mont
Blanc, where he finds the atmosphere extraor-
dinariiy dry and pure and where he expects to
be BILE to carry ont some important investiga-
tions with the spectroscope
THE Lewiston Jou, nal, in an article about
notable Maine trees, says: Au apple tree at
Boothbay is still in active service. though ll2
years old. Bowdon students bold class day
exercises each year under an oak over 20 years
Old, planted by a member of the first class of
the college. An elm in Gardiner, set out by
Josiah Sprague ia 1916 measures llh feet in
circumference at the ground and nearly IL feet
inches higher up. But perhaps the most
treasured tree OF oil is Ia the yard of Charles
Parsons, OF Kennebunk. II originally stood
close to stable, and when il was desired TO
enlarge the building, instead of cutting the
tree down the stable was built around and
tree are seen projecting through the roof,
while the top spreads above and over the stable
looking like gigantic plant growing in an i'm.
mense pot
WHILE the b-year-old son OF John Y W. Pur-
cell was playing boat" in a mud pond or flag
marsh near the town of Rochester, N Y, was
attacked by large number Of swapping turtles,
very numerous in that section and sustained
several severe bites from the hitherto consid-
cred inoffensive reptiles No cause is known
for the attack, and in that section it is entirely
unprecedented. It seems the first warning the
little fellow had was general gathering Of the
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