The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

July d. Ifo5. us lDot0 annual OmmeulOratIOn
VIII be held on the first Monday in December.
REV. Dr.. REAsoNER. of Corvallis county Ore
gon, is the Oldest Presbyterian preacher on the
Pacific coast. He is go years old. but he is able
TO take an active part in the duties of his pas
torate.
Hear HUTE, resident Of Hamburg has pub.
lished book under the title ''Colored Notes, -
in which he proposes a new system Of musical
notation, the value of the notes 10 be expressed
in color.
IT is estimated that there are 5000 oG0 men in
America who get shaved three times week
Thot means expenditure Of 50 cents a weeS
or $40 60 year for each man, or for the 81, 0C0-
900. Sl5,6o0.0o0 annually.
a MAN who was sentenced at the Lewiston.
Me-, municipal court to thirty days in county
jail nnocently asked how much pay he would
gee for the work done there. He evidently
didntwan to go unless he could draw pay
AFTER the labo-s and expenditures Of eight
cen years the French war minister announces
mat TO put the frontier in proper state OF
defense against Germany win require 900 900.
900 francs more. All tine forts that have been
built are useless against the new explosives
IN the last fifteen months 90, 80 600 worth of
new buildings have been erected in Helena.
Mont. The list includes q new marble iron and
orick blocks. 20 warehouses manusac-
tories, etc, l6 remodeled business houses. 400
works in the United States.
IT is SAID that several important English
works, including new volume of poems bv
Lord Tennyson are being kept from, publica
ton until the copyright law is established in
TINS country. Jennyson, by the way, is said TO
have written several lyrics for Miss Mary An
derson to recite on the stage.
AFTER close competition with English and
French manufacturers, Pittsburg firm has re-
CalVad order ba lam
for two mogul ~ inch locomotives to he used
on the Paranai railroad in the Island of fesso
IL Is Sald that the American locomotives and
cars now in in Japan are in hi yh favor with
the government, because of their ability to
| climb sleeper grades than the English engines
MrNEaITsu hurst, Japanese minister at
| Washington, is most abstemious man as re
CARDS stimulants, but being a scholar end
| philosopher he has show an inclination to taste
| of American mixed drinks as an experimental
process. He does not like our funny tipp!es
| however. few days ago he tackled gin-aZz
| tor the first time. ''Ra!'' he exclaimed in an
| Oriental way. lit buzzes like o fly and sting
| like a wasp" He will hereafter confine himse +
| to tea drinking.
| A REGULAR chartered institution, to be known
| as the Sunshine Mission, has been organized by
| a number of ladies of New York Philadelphia
and other cities, of which the headquarters will
| be in New 1ork. Mrs. Virginia " bite Hitch
| cock of Norfolk, Va, is the president. II will
| have for its object the intellectual and general
Amusement of all girls who come under it's
charge. whether they be of American or foreign
! birth, and will endeavor especially to take into
! its care immigrant girls arriving in this
| cCultry
ONE of the results noted of building the
Canadian Pacific railroad across Maine IS the
| increased smuggling of liquor into the state
| from Canada II is alleged that along the line
| the system of pocket peddiing' has grown
| rapidly Of late. ''On the northwestern bound
| airy OF Maine there are 10 less than thirty
| townships which border on Canada soil and for
| oil this line, much over 100 miles i'll extent
there are but two custom house officials and
one assistant. Hundreds of men and women
are ged in this unlawful selling.
A MAN living near Santa Cruz has been catch
| ing quail in a peculiar way. For three weeks
| he has been spreading grain in the road near
his place. where qiiail abound. On the day the
| law was out be put wheat in the place as usual.
| but had previously soaked the wheat in whisky
| Watching ste place. he saw the quail co ne ont
| eat get drunk, ami in a short time lie down
| Stupetied. lie then went to them and gathered
| about 100 into q sack that he carried with him
| few that were not fully drunk were caught by
his dog. He has practiced the same nethOd
since successfully.
In the blizzard Of last March a goodsized
| limb was broken from large elm tree in front
of the residence of DR.. Vile of Daubury Conn
| The limb was not severed entirely from the
trunk, hut hung head down supported bv the
bark on the under side. When the sap assembled
in the spring this branch received none, and
| hung leadesS all summer. Now the tree has
| shed its leaves, and the sap descending has en-
tered the limh. and it is covered with the soft
| light green foliage of June. TIE rest of the
| tree is bare That branch was bound to have
| its summer if it took all winter.
YOUNG WHITE MAN while attending service
| in a Waterbury Mass colored church, was
| guilty Of the improperly of expectorating on
he is off uaS
| deacon, who approached, and said 4 the most
solemn tones: y Dung man, YOU must not spit
tobacco juice here. i few minutes after the
| contribution box passed by that official
and the tobacco chewer paralyZed il BY drop.
| ping in quarter. The deacon looked at tue
| quarter and Mt the contributor n moment.
| then. putting bis hand to his month. he wills
pered to the contributor, in stage aside: SPIT
| i'll the corner,
Two very remarkable clocks are now offered
| for the inspection of New Workers. One IS
about feet high Of solid oil mshogony dec
| GRATED with intrcstely carved bronze executed
wholly by hand. and gilded. even the pendulum
ball being carved, representing a sun. This il
! from the palace of the Tuieries: it was dikcav-
cred in by place in Paris, and its commences
| and historical interest are iInquestonabie. The
| other is mautel clock, not too large for any
parlor, aud is marvel of delicate relief carving
| in bronze. all finished in the genuine aud nov
raro mercury gliding this specimen of French
art goes back TO about the beginning OF the
y
its exquisite beauty.
JAY GOULD HIMSELF admits having 'been a
warm and jealous advocate of Mr. Blaipe's
election four years ago and he adds that he
1 subscribed literally" to the republican cam
paign fund. Three days before election, . he
adds. II was called upon by three well known
republican leaders. who presented an array of
! figures and assured me that with Ss0.0Ol the
vote of the state Of New York and the election
OF Mr. Blaine were assured. ] believed them
and gave them my check for $4,000 The
result you know. After the election was over
learned from q source that admits Of no gain
| saying that not one penny of that money was
| spent on the election The men who had bIed
the wizard" simply pocketed the coin, while
he sat idly by watching the slaughter of his
| favorite
The New York Herald has this comment on
the news regarding Stanley. the African OK.
plorer, published in ali the morning papers;
This cable message brings the first dire, L news
| from the Stanley expedition received since no
left the Congo region But It leaves us still ia
doubt as to his fate Whether he be the white
Pasha. whether he be dead or living theSe,
points remain wrapped in mystery. Old and
experienced eXplorers such rs Lieut.. Wissmann
Sir Francis de Winton, VI. lie BraZza and the
Rev. DR.. Mackenzie have repeatedly expressed
themselves in hopeful terms with regard Ia
Stanley's fate. Aud. later still Stanley q Syrian
interpreter, Farran, declared his firm belief that
his old master had reached Emin. II Is nov
clear that, after leaving the Congo, Stanley for
reasons best known To himself. made n detour
southwark OF Mt least | 900 miles To get to
W. Hal . hat. 10.