The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

composed of eleven members, none of whom
weigh less than 225 pounds
MAN ON LETTERs-fully half of them--named
Zabediscoffokenonischi, is getting out speci
| mems of the carboniferous era in Schuylkil
/ county for the slight remuneration of about 81
a day.
! In order TO cure whooping cough in Warwick
shire village, England. they cut piece of hair
! from the nape of the childs neck, chop it very
fine, and spread it on apiece of bread and give
| 1t TO dog.
THERE is still in force in Rhode Island a law
forbidden the smoking of a cigar on the main
street of any city in the State, and in Vermont
the smoking of cigar on the street on Sunday
is made misdemeanor.
HANSON CABS containing dummy figures rep
| resenting corpse have paraded the streets of
London as an advertisement of the manage
ment Of the Princess Theater, where THE
Mystery of a Hanson Cab" was about to be
played.
In little German village young girl of IS
has for fortnight lain in quiet slumber She
is kept alive by the injection of nourishing
liquids, and round her bed a couple of medical
men are watching every symptom with great
attention.
THE RAGE in London is Japanese art. Cooks
appertaning directly or indirectly to Japanese
art in demand and japanese exhibitions are be
ing opened on every hand. The first production
OF the new rage was to be the formation of a
japanese art class
THERE is now post office for every /, 900 men,
women and children in the United States II
the expenses Of carrying the mails were paid
dlrect from the pockets of the people pro rata
eacb citizen would pay an average of Csc. year
Tor having his mail carried.
NEAR Galesville, Ill, the 6-year-old daughter
of Mrs John Gallaspey fell into a we'll in which
there was feet of wat''r. The child managed
TO get hold of board, which was floating on
the surface. and chung to it for half an hour
until her mother was able TO effect her rescue
by the aid of rope.
AT Erie two men started out on the ice to fish.
They had not gone far when they discovered
that the entire field OF ice was afioat and drift
ing away from the shore. They rushed to the
edge of the ice and leaped but fell short OF
land. At this iuncture a member of the life
saving service came to their rescce with boat.
JOE STANLEY, one of the wealthiest men in
Denver, and Vice President of the Denver City
National Bank was a poor miner in Gilpin
county, Colorado, ten years ago His wife took
in washing to buy flour and bacon, while Joe
dug his way through 700 feet of barren rock.
When he did strike pay dirt" he sold his claim
for 81 900, 900.
TIE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA has been suffering
severely from rheumatism during the last
month, and the benefit which she derived from
neF lenRJnened stay at HerCuleSDad had not
been permanent. Her medical attendants are
anxious that she should JaSS the winter in
upper Egypt. II is probable that the Empress
will visit Aix-les Bains early in the spring.
ONE of the most interesting curiosities in the
United States IS a piece of mosaic from the
floor of the temple to Astarte built by the Ro-
mans at Carthage, which is preserved in the
National Museum at Washington. 1t is 1000
years old, and represents a yellow lion in the
act of killing horse Eyes. teeth, blood spotS
and all are depicted by bits of stone The frag-
ment is about seven feet square, and is valued
at 81, 900.
THOMAS MAST told San Francisco reporter
that when he was in Bismarck, Oak, it was so
cold that he could not give his illustrated lee
ture, for the paints frOze stiff, and the specta
tors were in fair way to do the same. In Ia
coma the manager of the Alpha Hall wouldn't
permit Mr.. Mast to lecture, because there was
an Uncle Toms Cabin company in town and
the manager didn't think two performances at
a time were just the thing.
ONE of the youngest grandmothers in the
country is Mrs. Clarissa Jackson, of Delaware
township, Ohio. She is a buxom negro woman.
and but % years old. When she was ii years
old she married, and a year later gave birth to
daughter The daughter, nearly as precocioIIs
as her mother, arried at II years of age, and
has recently, at the age of -, borne daughter.
Whether Mrs. jackson will be great grand
mother at the age of 40 remains to be seen
that eats cheese The other day its owner took
home three cream cheeses. When they were
wanted they could not be found. Their disap-
pearance remained a mystery for two weeks,
when one day the mistress of the house saw the
dog pull one Of them from a pile of rubbish in
the yard. He then carefully unroled the tin
foil in which the cheese was wrapped and pro-
ceeded to enjoy his treasured decacy with un-
disguised gusto
SOME ONE has made a study of the different
pig calls in different sections of the country,
and says that in Pennsylvania the farmer calls
"Pig-pig pig, pig-gie;n in North Carolina he
shouts ''Pig-eye pig-eye," dwelling on the
eye" the Hoosier whOopS 'Whoo-ee" and the
hogs answer gladly; the Buckeye calls 500
500, 500, 500, 5000 the Blue Grass pork raiser
shouts "Poo-hee, poo-he-e," and the Dakota
man brings his hogs with whistle.
FREEIAND. a small town in Muskingum coun-
ty, Ohio, is very much excited over strange
animal which has been seen several times bv
several persons in the woods near the burg II
is said by those who have been so fortunate ss
TO get a glimpse of it to be entirely different
from any animal with which they were ac-
quainted, although it is about the size of a large
hog SO excited have the populace of that town
become that they have Organized and will en-
gage In grand hunt after the animal
A FEW WEEKS AGO the cable brought the news
that Mr.. Vanderbilt had leased the palace of
the late King Ludwig. Now it is reported that
Mr., Vanderbilt has given up his lease and New
York Truth processes to be in the secret of his
reasons. One was, it tells us, certain strange
and lneXphcab,e COR, at any rate, unexplained
noises in the castle at night, which broke up
Mrs Nanderbit'S sleep and made her nervous
The other was the undsguised hostility of the |
peasants, who loved the mad King and believe |
he was murdered by agents of the present
regent, Prince Luitpold, and bitterly resented
the letting of the castle to foreigners as an in
suit 10 his memory. Mrs. Vanderbilt believes -
says Truth, that had they persisted in remain |
ing at Lindenfels, they would have been muir |
dered.
THE recent Hygienic Congress in Vienna was |
largely made up of delegates from the Austrian
dominions. But France, Germany, Russia. and |
the Scandinavian countries sent large repra |
England was represented nv n |
very distinguished body, including Sir Spenrnr |
Wells, Francis Cation, Prof Frenkland and |
others equally famous for their labors in sani- |
tary science. The part taken in the discussion |
by the English delegates was very important
and they succeeded in having London chosen as |
the place of next meeting for 1891 Prof PAT
tenkoffer remarked in his opening address that
the study of hygiene as a science is growing be-
You'd the comprehension of the medical pro
fesSion, and unless medical instruction is modi-
fed to include more of this instruction. il will
soon stand entirely free from their fostering
care as an independent science.
AFAMILY OF SwEDEs living in Portland. Ore
had a strange vision the other day. One of the