The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BY the naval maneuvers now flushed in the
Irish SEQ it appears that ''the average speed of
even the best ships was much below the figure
given in any authoritative naval work. "A
Cunard steamer ran by them as though they
were anchored.
| THE French government is said to have or
dered 800 portable cooking stoves for camp
use for the army The inventor, on test,
served up dinner of three courses Tor thirty
persons at a cost for heating and cooking OF
less than cents He uses steam as the basis
of his heat.
THE average price paid the average Iowa
"schoolnarm" by the year is S2i2 As Presum-
| ing that her board and washing costs her about
% per week, and her clothing and incidentels
$50 more she will then have a surplus of 10 d
| year TO build up bank account which, IN
twenty years of hard work, would amount to
| little more than $40.
ABOUT 70 persons left Laconia, N. H., Tues
day night for the church at Ste.
Anne de Beaupre, Canada, to be cured
ton of young lady who was formerly
cripple and returned home few mouths ago
entirely cured They do not term it faith cure,
but one resulting from prayers by the priest
AFTER HOPING for rain for weeks. but in vain.
the people of Fort Scott, Kan, decided to try
the efficacy of powder. They bought $50 worth
OF the explosive and shot 1t heavenward. Little
time elapsed before the much sought for rain
arrived and since then they have been debating
whether the downpour was due to the shooting,
or came along in the natural course OF affairs.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRrGAN, of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of New York, has forbidden sisters
belonging to any order under his jurisdiction to
90 to horse races for the purpose of getting
contributions from the winners of wagers. The
practice was of several years duration, and a
sombre- CARRIED sister was an iucongruous figure
in or near the betting department at jerome
Sbapn4hpad Ra nd Island
TWENTY BAGS containing $4,000 were being
conveyed by two men in a cab from one of the
London banks recently, when the bottom of the
cab gave way and all the bags fell in the street.
1t was minute or so before the men could at
tract the attention of the driver and get him to
behind. They were all there, however, when
the men hurried back. There were few persons
on the streets at the time.
ANOTHER AMERICAN LADY, signing herself "a
| Yankee Matron,' sends her opinion about mar
| rage to the Daily telegraph. She points out
| the superiority of American husbands in
| thoughtful attention to tueir wives Upon this
| the st. James Gazette says: 'Some time ago
| a we'll known man of letters wrote in these
pages to vindicate the superiority Of American
manners. and said Americans were more polite
| than EngshInen, which we believe TO be true,
especially where women are concerned"
| AT the florists convention in New York one
| of the florists trade in this country. In 1910
| Isaac McKenna was one of the few florists in
New York. He worked like slave, standing
all day long on Wall street with basket of
| flowers on his arm, shouting his wares and con
| graduating himself when fortune smiled on
him to the extent of So per day. Now some
$4,000 buds year are sold in New York alone,
and thousands of stores are devoted to the sale
| of flowers The meeting wound up with the ap-
| propriate tune. only pansy blossom"
AN English lady living temporarily in the
| United States notices that the house servants
| do a great deal more work here than in the old
| country, yet that our servants are relieved of
| some work that is necessary there-the taking
| of hot and cold water to sleeping rooms in some
| houses and the care of fire in every room by
| reason of the furnace in the cellar. She insists
| upon the superiority of stoves here over fire.
| places in England In cold weather. The indie
| pendence of Jhe domestic servants in America
| is another noticeable fact, as might be ex-
! pected in democratic country. And as q sam
Pile of the greater conveniences here, the carpet
| sweeper is mentioned, with its dustless work.
] in place of broom. which is solely used in
| England