The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tory We're covered, and the heN result was the
capture of one tame fox,
WILLIAM MERz, a San Franciso grocer. while
laughing heartily fell from his aair and broke
two ribs The broken ribs caused such injury
to internal organs that the man hs since died
ALASKA occupies about one sixth It the terri
tory of the United States, and is more than
twice the size of Texas The latter overs 2iO,-
900 square miles and the former 520O0 square
miles.
RECENT RETURNS give the population of the
Russian Empire as los, 1S7 .235. European Rus
STA has ST. rs 1856; the vistula region, 7,6O, 3O4;
Finland, 2176, 42l; the Caucasus ,5fN Sibe-
ria, 43l3,6SO, AMI Central Asia, 5,327 ,O9S
A CITIZEN of Pennington, Me-, received let
ter from a school agent in rural distriht0 in
curing for a school teacher The writer gave
a long list OF the qualifications which a teacher
must possess, and among other thnGs stated
that no one that ate with a knife would be &C
ceptable.
A YOUNG MAN in Caribou, Me-, gave two young
ladies ride to singing school and left them
there to get home the best way they could
while he returned with his best girls. The next
time the two sighted danselS met the fellow
they gave him such fiogging that he was laid
up for several days.
A TORTOISE with the inscription, II. Deibert,
III, " was found in Schuylkill county. Pennsyl-
vania. The name proved to be that of man
who owned and cleared the land in the vicinity
in the early colonial times. On the shell OF the
tortoise were signs of great age part of the let
tering being almost obterated.
CAPT. BAADRY, of the steam whaler Orea, has
has just returned to San Francisco from voy-
age in which he killed thirty-five whales the
largest catch on record. Twenty eight of these,
all the ship could carry. were slowed and yielded
, 500 barrels of oil and $4,000 pounds of bone.
The catch was valued at SU6, 800.
Mrs. WILLIAM DUTToN enjoys the distinction
of being the oldest resident in Effingham coun-
ty, Illinois. She was born in 1876, and will eel
ebrata her 103d anniversary next month. She
has 70 children and grandchildren She used
tobacco until she reached 100, and stopped be-
cause she feared it was injuring her health. She
is still hale and hearty.
A WOMAN in Burlington, he, just previous to
her death prayed earnestly that her babe might
accompany her on her journey to the other
world. The child, who but an hour or two be-
fore was as well as usual playing about the
ROOM Immediately after receiving a kiss from
its dying mother closed its eyes, and in five
I minutes or less was dead.
THE manner in which the spruce and pine
forests of Norway are being exterminated is be-
coming so serious that the government is called
upon to put a stop, by legislation, to the de-
fOrestation of the country. Apart from the
wanton exhaustion Of this commercial wealth,
1t is maintained that wholesale Telling has the
effect of changing the climate in the forest
localities
JOHN PHILLIPS lift his home in Belleville, Ind,
in 1912 to seek his fortune, Shortly afterward
all trace of him was lost and for many years
his relatives believed that he was dead. The
other day, however, he returned to his own
home to claim his share of the estate of his
father, who died two years ago, His sister
failed to recognize him, and declared that she
did not entertain tramps."
A FAMILY living on Butte creek, Oregon, is
very superstitious All seem to be possessed of
the idea that the devil is after them This is bad
enough but lately they have taken to hunting
his satanic majesty with shot-guns. and their
nelghbors object. Several persons have been
fired upon while riding along the road about
their own business and very naturally they dis
like being mistaken for the Old Nick or his imps.
A COUNTY OFFICIAL at Akron, o., has beaten
the record for Observation-Disclosures. He went
with an attorney to a restaurant for dinner
and finishing his meal hastily, returned to his
work The lawyer ate more leisurely, and
when he was about so return to the court house
he discovered that his rubbers were missing
Later he called on the county officer, who
Acknowledged that he had discovered on reach
ing the office that he had two pairs of rubbers
on.
NEAR Sioux City passenger train on the st
Paul railroad was running at a rapid rate when
the engine jumped the track, broke loose from
the train, and went into a ditch without dis
turbing the rails. The cars kept on, passed the
scene of accident safely. rounded a curve, and
came to a standstill Tue p passengers rushed to
the doors, only to find that their engine had dis
appeared from sight. Various suggestions
bordering on the supernatural were made as to
the manner and cause of the locomotives
mysterious disappearance, but after walking
down the track and around the curve they found
the disabled machine in the ditch.
AT Catskill, n. Y, a horse dashed down the
railroad track and upon the bridge crossing
Catskil creek at full speed. As the animal was
crossing the bridge it fell partly through and
became wedged between the rails. The track
at this place takes sharp curve around an en-
bankment 100 feet high. The presence of mind
of a woman preserved the south-bound train
from destruction, and saved the many lives on
board Mrs O'Bren. whose husband is EN-
ployed on the road, heard the noise and as the
pressing danger fl ishe1 upon her seized red
shirt and ran up the track half a mile or more
and stopped the train.
THE seven ages of man" we're depicted by
japanese artists long before they became
famous in Shakespeare's Rotations in this
country, and, perhaps, before Shakespeare was
born On the walls Of great tea store in Cort-
landt street, New York. which has branches in
Hong Kong ana Shanghai hangs series of
Japanese pictures illustrating the seven pctur-
esque periods of mans existence The material
used is mating, not canvas, and great ingenuity
is displayed in the execution of the tableaux
The infant, of course, figures in the first picture
The next shows the boy admitted to a uni
versity. In the third he stands up for be
trothal. In the fourth he is a soldier In the
fifth, much older, he is mandarin. In the
sixth he is dOtard, dying In the seventh he
is a wrath waited away in the wind
A BosToN ELECTRICIAN who had been ANNOYED
by some thief, who stole the milk on his door
step every morning, can and all, made up his
mind to set a trap for the rogue. So the other
night-having previously conveyed a warning
to the milkmau-he quietly connected a tempt.
ing two-quart vessel placed outside in the usual
place, with formidable row of Leyden lars
which formed the business portion of powerful
battery in the cellar. About 4:30 O'Clock the
following morning the family was awakened by
a tremendous naturalization. followed by a
series of unearthy howls from without UDon
investigation a colored gentleman of advanced
years was discovered in q snowdrift by the side
walk yelling with fright and iabbering supplica-
tions for mercy addressed TO the 'debbi In de
can. The victim was subsequently given into
the charge of policeman, but his captor was so
pleased with the success of the experiment that
he refused TO prosecute.
WASHINGTON STREET. BosToN, was completely
blockaded by rat the other day. He came out
of his hole and ran upon the sidewalk brighten.
ing the lady pedestrians so that they began TO
scream. This scared the rat and he took TO the
midd OF the street There he clambered into
passing express wagon and took refuge under
the seat. The driver, not liking the close proy-
unity Of the rodent, jumped fromhis seat and
grabbing his horse BY the head, called loudly