The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24
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dollars IS harvested annually
A THRIFTY Hoosier who deposited his savings
/ for thirty years in n sand bank in the rear of
his house now wishes he had not put them In
real estate. Dishonest neighbors discovered the
bank, and started run" that drained the
| bank to the bottom.
THERE are ninety -seven artesian wells in Da-
kota, extending in line from Yankton to Graf
ton. They have cost from So 00Oto 81, coo each,
| and range in depth from 52S TO 1859 feet. In
| several of the towns the water from the wells
is used for fire purposes.
The engineer of a Montreal printing office
saw what he thought was a large piece of paper
! on the inner rim of the hywheel of the engine,
| but five hours later, when the engine was
| stopped. the object was found to be cat, very
much demoralized by its long ride.
In Paul Bourget' s last novel, Les Messonges, "
he dressed his heroine in black corset, and
thereupon received numerous notes, some coro-
| neted saying that it was not fashionable. Bour-
| get is now going about among the Partisan
dresSmakerS to get data to establish his theory.
| Il SOMETIMES THINK" said NJ Renan, the
other day. that from the depths of hell shall
manage to win the relenting favor of God; pro-
| vided, that | am allowed to talk to him in
| French. Therefore ! trust that French will be
| the Language of eternity. If it is not, l am
| loSt''
| MoNDAMTN QowA) YOUNG MAN was so excited
at being taken to a leapyear party by one of the
| bellies of the town that he thought he would do
well to quiet his nerves with a little red liquor.
He succeeded in quieting himself all over to
such an extent that the girl had to go home
alone,
STURGEON are being caught in Oregon rivers
| in such great numbers that the local market is
overstocked and Eastern men are buying up
the fish and shipping them to Chicago. Thirty
of the fish, averaging 100 pounds each, were sold
| to Portland dealer in one day by successful
| fishermen.
The following is the seating capacity of the
| eight largest churches of Europe: st. Peter,
Rome, 81. 900 persons; Milan Chathedral, 81 900;
st. Paul, Rome 25,O0O; st. Sophia, CONSTANT
nople, $4,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 81 200; Flor
| enoe Cathedral. 20 600; Pisa Cathedral, 1900;
| st. Mark, Venice, 1000.
A PINE TREE was cut recently in Sullivan
| county, Pa, which measured feet 8 inches in
| diameter at the butt and was cut into fourteen
| logs, which scaled an aggregate of 13. 179
| Eighty-fo four feet from the butt was a branch
| measuring S3 inches in diameter; 90 feet from
| the butt a second branch measured 25 inches in
7 diameter.
PROF. MALcoNsoN, of Dallas, Tex, who is said
to be a teacher of some learning, advances the
| theory that the earth is fiat and also mo-
| tiOnleSs neither rotating on its axis revolv
| ing around the sun de also believes that the
sun and moon are smaller than the earth, and
| that the light of the moon is her own and not
reflected from the sun
A MAN in Lewiston, Me- felt crawling SEN
| sation in the sleeve of his coat and he slapped
his hand over the spot with the frenzied motion
| of man grabbing a flying street car The
| crawling sensation struggled feebly and died
| The coat was removed, and lOl the body of
| tiny mouse was found. He had crept up the
sleeve, the gentleman knows not when nor
| how.
A MAN will some times get queer notions in his
head. For instance, the Rev. w. Whistler
| once rector of Hastings, gave it out that he had
made up his mind to be buried in coffin made
| out of an oak of his own planting. He planted
the oak, and it grew into a stately tree, but for
some reason it suddenly up and died. long be-
| fore Mr. Whistler was ready, and he was forced
| to give up his pet scheme.
WHO would think of calling deaf men by beat
ing drum2 Yet this is exactly what is done
| in the institute for the deaf and dumb at Flint
Mich. With the drum resting the floor and
| beaten in the usual way, everybody in the
| building is awakened in the morning. 1t is also
used to call the boys from the Fairgrounds
| The teachers state that those who cannot hear
at all feel the vibrations and answer the sum
mons.
AN enormous eagle has been seen lately at
Lander, Wyos 1t is believed that the bird is
fully five feet in height, and that his powerful
wings measure fifteen feet from tip to tip His
legs are almost the size of a mans. He gener-
he will fly from cliff to cliff on the mountains
all the time keeping up piercing scream. He
has been shot at dozens of times by excellent
markSnen, but SO far he has safely avoided the
flying rifle balls, and each shot only seems to
| make him yell louder, as if laughing at the
efforts of his would-De slayers.
GEORGE MITCHELL, Of Liberty, No, was out
squirrel-hunting short time ago when he dis
covered squirrel in tree little ways on. He
| fastened to the tree and was closely scrutiniz-
| ing the top branches of the oak where he had
seen the game, at the same time walking slowly
backward with his rifle ready to quickly throw
| to his shoulder, when 10! the weapon went off
accidentally. This surprised him greatly, but
he was much more aStoniShed to see the squirrel
drop out dead il having run down the trunk of
| the tree below where he saw it first, by chance
getting in range of the rifle Just it accident
ally fired at the right moment.
To Detroit belongs the distinction Of raising
| the most sappy jury timber thus far fed into the
mills of justice. A day or two ago Willie Sack
ett a 12-year- old lad, pilrered till of 40 cents
At the trial the evidence showed that he was
hayward rather than vicious, and the Jury, after
being out few minutes announced that it &C
Quilted the boy. Justice Millar replied that only
the court could do that, and directed the iury
TO retire to its room, after explaining that the
verdict should be one of guilty or mot guilty"
The jury went out and wreStled for an hour and
| returned with verdict of guilty" The judge
promptly released the boy under suspended sen
tence, and the jurors being told they could go,
went out and tried to find the way home.
A HOTEL CLERK in Matteawan, N. Y, has a
remarkable curiosity in the shape of a watch.
He purchased it several years ago from a Ger
man, who bought it in pawnshop in Germany
at cost of not quite 81 American money The
curious part is it never has been wound for
eight or niue years since he has had it, for two
reasons First, 1t does not wind with a kew
nor is it a stemwnder, nor is there any other
mechanical means to wind it. 1t winds itself
simply by the motion of the body while walk
ing natural motion Of the body during the
day. 1t has an hour and minute hand also
second hand, is solid silver, and has an indie
pendent second hand that registers the number
of hours it is wound 1t also has a peculiar
centerpiece that, when touched, places the
hands backward or forward at will No manu-
facturer's name can be found on the works or
in the case; the only letters are on the works:
Perpetual Manometer."
An INQUEST was recently held near wigton,
England, upon the body of the Rev. John Nor
daunt Lowther, rector Of the parish, who had
died the day before by his own hands The
cabman who drove to the rectory to take Mr.
Lowther to WigtOn said that the rector went
behind the carriage standing at the rectory
door, and said Farewell, little church, |
have long been fourteen years with you! And
farewell friends, all about me; farewell Bow
den referring to his pony, which was in the
field before HIM! May the curse of God be on
Killhow and all the family, and may the curse of
God be on The Rouledges and all the family for
generations The raCtor ebau 20 ia