The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Or the twelve men, including William LLOYD
Garrison. who met in Boston on Jan. 6, fifty six
years ago, and signed the constitution OF the
Anti-Slavery Society, only one, Oliver johnson,
now survives.
PICKEREL FISHING, the only fishing allowed by
law in Maine at this season, is excellent in some
portions of the State. Two men at Welchvlle
recently in z short time caught twenty-elght
that averaged exactly pound each
SOME TIME AGO Queen Victoria presented her
servants with splendid liveries in honor of her
Jubilee wear; but she now informs them that the
cost of these liveries will be deducted from
their wages. The old lady is opposed to squan-
dering her surplus.
A FLOCK of backbirds that must have been
nearly two miles in length was seen by the pas
sengers on a Pennsylvania railroad train re-
Gently. The birds were so numerous that they
darkened the sky for few minutes, and pre-
sented most novel spectacle
A SrEUBENv1LLE (O.) MAN bought rifle and
some cartridges to shoot the rats that infested
his shop. A few nights ago he left some of the
cartridges lying a bench In the morning
he found that the rats had been busy dnring the
night and had gnawed the lead out of nearly all
OF them.
a WRITER in Science comes TO the conclusion
that as a result of his Investigations sit seems
idle to discuss further the influence of forests
upon rainfall from the economic point OF view,
as il is evidently too slight to be of the least
practical importance Man has not yet invented
method of controlling rainfall"
REV. THOMAS L. JOHNSON, an African mis-
sionary. recently addressed a large and rather
distinguished audience in the big dining room
of q Chicago restaurant, where several years
ago he was head waiter He spoke on invitation
of his former employer, and made an effective
plea for aid in the work of sending colOred
missionaries to Africa.
MRS SIMON TowLE, of Hollis, Me-, a young
and apparently robust woman, died safdenly
and remarkably the other day. Up TO few
hours before her death she was in apparently
perfect health; then a birthmark on the side of
her nose became painful; then she began to
bleed at the nose; and the bleeding continued in
spite of all attempts to stop it, until she died.
Two YEARS AGO members of the Salvation Ar
my were arrested in Augusta. Me, for parad-
ing the streets, and their drums were seized by
the City Marshal by order of the Mayor. An
action of trover was brought by Capt. Thatcher
of the Army to recover the value of the drums,
and in the Superior Court he was beaten. The
case went up to the Law Court on exceptions,
and a recent decision is that the City Marshal
was not justified in seizing the drums. This
brings the case back into the courts, and there
will be another trial in February. The Augusta
drum case bids fair to become famous.
VENEER MANUFACTURERS having been put to
much trouble and expense to secure from the
natives of Persia or from French markets, even,
fancy WOOD DufIS from WHICH 10 carve OuU
veneers for manufacturing purposes, have
demonstrated by recent experiments that red
wood StumpS possess meritorlOus qualities for
such use, and will undoubtedly be substituted
for the more costl woods in the future. The
demand for burl and curly red wood for finish
ing work has already reached large proportions
in the West. The large butts of trees
being slain in California forests viii be used TO
great extent.
THERE is Hindoo astrologer named Kashi
at HKbo TO Tpdi NIL hos
been making a stir among the Europeans in his
native country. Thirty-six Europeans and
natives, having looked into his capabilities, tes-
tlfy that there never was such a man. He told
a political officer that Scindia would die on such
day and die Scindia did. He has even test
monials from Lieutenant Generals members of
Council. who note two extraordinary things
about him-f1rSt, that he can tell the present,
past and future of mans life by looking at us
face merely and, second that he is above pc
cuniary views"
THE ADvENTIsTs of Battle Creek, Mich, are
in a state of great religious excitement. They
believe that the final contamination of all
earthly matters is close at hand They have
discarded all their jewelry. Recently at a meet.
ing $4,000 was turned into the church in cash
and s., 600 in jewelry. The latter will be sold to
the ungodly and the money given to the estab-
fishing Of missions in Switzerland Norway
England, South Africa and Australia. On sew
eral occasions before these people have sold
money to the church, with all other personal
property The craze bids fair to go to as great
an extent as have previous ones.
The recent blizzard in the West has brought
out the champion story teller. He resides in
Shebyville, H., and this is the yarn he told on
Monday last: John Walker, a farmer near
Cowden, relates novel hunting episode He
eSpied number of wild turkeys in his cornfield
and went out to get a shot at them He was
struck by something peculiar in their appear
ance, and on approaching nearer found that
their feet We're firmly frozen to- the ground
They had aghted in search of c9rh, which was
plentiful on the muddy ground when the
weather turned sharply colder, and they
Walker had no difficulty in capturing the en-
tire flock
EVEN STUDENTS of languages may be surprised
to hear that the word GUNNER" is not only
not slang, but it is not even an Americanism
being found in the English Market Bylaws"
Of 200 years ago, and appears in several adver-
tiSements in the London Plbiick TntelHgencer
of the year 1860 under the form bummaree 1t
originally meant a man who retails fish by
peddling outside of the regular market These
persons being looked down upon and regarded
cheats by the established dealers the name
became one of contempt for dishonest person
of irregular habits. The word first appeared in
the United States during the fifties in California
and Travelled eastward until during the civil
war 1t came into general use
. L. bARhElT, al electrician, was Sentenpd
to Jail in Houston, Tex, for period of twenty
days for using a pistol in the county court
house. While in Jail he invented an instrument
that he calls microdetector While in work
ing position it will warn jailer if prisoners are
attempting to escape by saving filing or using
any other adroit means. 1t was tested by a
number of citizens, they posting themselves in
a front room in the back part of the prison
with doors closed. A clock was put in motion
Every click could be distinctly heard in the
room. saw was used gently on the bars, and
produced loud saving noise. The instrument
is worked by electricity on a single wire the va
rious noises of the cells coming over it dis
tncty.
Rev. GEORGE F. PENTEcosr has written an
article on THE Pay of Evangests,' in which
he says: lone of the matters that seem to agi-
tate and distress the minds of certain persons
and newspapers, neither of whom are ever
called upon in any way to contribute to the nav
of evangelists, is how and how much the said
evangelSts are paid? For my part. I do not see
why 1t should concern any one who is not a
party to the transaction between churches and
evangelists, to know anything about it, II
would seem that 1t is none of their business "
The Heidl and Ptesbyter of Cincinnati replies
with little side light on the question and saws:
III the people and papers in question have not
been called to pay the bills of evangelists they
ers with whom we are acquainted Our expe-
rence is that Christian people who believe in
conservative methods are repeatedly called on
to pay bills incurred in evangelistic movements
which they do not favor. or in regard to the in
auguratiOn of which they are NOT evan CON