The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

OVER 100000 2-cent postage stamps are sold
daily in the New York postofice, while the
amount of all stamps sold each day is over $780,
900.
The GERMAN LANGUAGE alone was used in the
toasts and speeches at the banquet rendered
| to Nr. Henry Willard last week at st. Paul,
Mimi.
1T WAS DAKOTA EDITOR who said that the
| legislature opened with prayer, whatever that
might be- Yet Dakota wants to be admitted
| to the union.
The Mormon church attorneys have appealed
| to the United States supreme court against the
| decree of confiscaton of church property to the
government.
A CLERK at Hong Kong on a salary of $500
a month, engaged in share speculations to the
extent Of about 100000, and speedily col
lapsing, was sent to prison for six months
MALMAIsoN, the famous chateau of the En-
press Josephine. is rapidly going to decay. 1t
has been offered for sale this season, but no
purchaser could be found at the price demanded
$50 900.
A NEW YoRK BANK has lest S., 500, and local
paper says, every man in the bank except the
leading officers, was under close scrutiny. y"
This shows that the leading officers don't
want to find the money.
NERVOUS PEOPLE afraid to attend the serv
ices in Bristol cathedral as the building liter
ally swarms with rats. The creatures are to be
seen running about in the nave while service
is proceeding IN the choir.
WILLIAM BUcKLER, of Trinity College, Cam
bridge, is the winner of the Greaves prize for
the best essay upon The Foreign Policy of
England in the Seventeenth Century" He Is
the son of Dr. Thomas Buckler of Baltimore.
IT Is REPORTED at Louisville that Richard Ten
Brock, the well-known turfman, is privately
reported demented, at Menlo Park, in Cali
foIna. He was born near Rhinebeck, n. y,
and became famous as the owner OF Lexington.
IT is RECORDED as q notable fact that TEN
perance society has been formed in St. Peters
burg-a city which consumes immense quanti-
ties of vodky, wine and beer. The society was
founded by shoemakers, and is increasing at
the rate of 100 new members week.
FRENCH MILITARY WRITER in treating of the
recent military maneuvers in Germany, admits
that the German cavalry is greatly superior to
the French. He emphasizes the fact that the
effective force in Germany exists not on paper
alone, while in France the ranks show great
gaps.
MORRIS R. LOCKE, one of the contractors for
building the Monterey and Mexican Gulf rail
way, was in St Louis the other day, and says
that Gen. Geronimo Trevino, the president OF
the company, is great friend to the United
States and has the entire confidence OF Presl-
dent Diaz. His second wife was the daughter OF
the late Gen. E. .. c. Ord.
IT is SAID that boys in Scotland are not in the
habit of using profane words When gang of
Scottish boys in one of Mr.. Blacks novels sus-
pended one of their MI nber over stream with
the threat that he would be dropped therein if
he did not 'sa a swear" the worst thing that
he could think of was ''Deevi' But that was
considered so bad that he promptly re
ie sed.
CHARLES f. PECK, a retired lawyer of Engle
wood, N. j.. startled the people in a New Yor,
morse car recently by asking policeman to
take charge of him, saying that he was getting
sick, and thought that it was yellow fever
There was a great scamperins out of the car
out a physician who was sent ior found the
patient suffering from heart trouble and with
out any symptoms OF the yellow jack.
GREECE has lost prominent statesman in the
death of Lombardos minister of the interior in
| the present cabinet OF Trikups. Lombardos
who native OF the Island of Zante. headed
the movement in the Ionian Islands for their
emancipation from British protectorate and
their union with the Greek kingdom. For nearly
a quarter of century he represented Zante in
| parliament. He held cabinet positions at var
GUS times
A YOUNG GIRL in Lon ion has turned the pho
tographic art to profit by going about and TAX
ing incidents in the public thorouEhfarcs and
parks She has an eye for situations, AMI
catches them full of natural spirit and action.
She is out from 10 o'clock until 3. and TN Ter her
camera characteristic scenes of city life are be
ing turned into hard money. Her pictures are
used great deal in studios and they are full of
suggestions.
An experienced fisherman at the seaside told
gentleman not long since that he did not be-
leve a lobster was fit eating for any one in
summer He said the only time TO eat lobster
was in fall and winter The statement recalls
the fact that brought to the attention Of
another gentleman, tnat Col. Perkins, the
famous Norwich Conn. centenarian, who died
recently at hotel near New London, was
victim Of lobster
THE statue of liberty on Bedloe illnd has a
wonderful attraction for the swarms of birds
that are at present migrating southwark They
become attracted by the glare of the electric
light, and rushing headlong upon it, are Killed
in great numbers. The other morning no less
than 500 dead birds were picked up at the base
of the statue. Twenty five distinct species were
counted. Nearly all of them were small, and
most of them were yellow" birds A red.
headed woodpecker, two cat birds and several
English sparrows were among the slain.
A BILL has been prepared to regulate Pullman
cars in Kansas. 1t provides that day or night
when berths are not made up, travellers shall
have the privilege of purchasing seats in the
sleepers for short distances. 1t further pro
vides that when upper bertns are not occupied
they shall be kept closed giving the occupant
of the lower berth that much more air. Ii fixes
the prices of berths as at preSent-S2 a night
and SO for twenty-four hours; says the mini
mum pay of the porter shall be 81 so day. in
stead of SIP month. and makes it n misde-
meanor for that official to receive tips or
extra pay from the passengers for services rem
dered.
NOTWITHSTANDING the constantly decreasing
population of Ireland, and its generally sup
posed distressful condition, the last report of
the Irish banks shows a restoration of comb
dence and better financial state of affairs than
at any time since 1883, and a continual growth
of thrift among the people since the esta biish-
ment of the postoifice savings banks There
are now in the banks ESQ, 10000 and in the saw
ings banks f3 1873 900 against 860S 900 in 1871
The Improvement is general, being shown in
these figures that lit is abundantly evident that
the working people in no single county OF the
thirty two have the slightest fea of the sta
ing IL their debtor"
THERE are all kinds Of ways of making a
living, but one of the most novel modes OF earn
ing ones daily bread was illustrated by q man
who called at a house in Roxbury, Mass, last
week. He announced his calling after this
fashion: Madame, every housekeeper has
some odds and ends of no practical use to her
that she would be glad TO dispose of, but does
not like TO throw away. Now am willing to
buy any broken or disused article that you NAV
offer for my Inspection The LADY addressed
said she had nothing that she wanted TO sell at
that time, and he replied: "Oh, You must have
something Now there il a set of false teeth for
which paid 80 cents to one Of your neghbors,"