The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two MEN of Lead City were in love with the
same young woman They decided first choice
in a match of sevcn-up, six best games IN
| eleven.
| MIsPRINTs on occasions are of very painful
nature. The editor of temperance paper who
wrote. Getting drunk is folly was horrlhed
to read in his sheet next day that 'GetVlAS
| drunk is jolly
wv. SIREN. Of Waverly, Mich, walked right
through the handsome plateglass window of Il
Kalamazoo bank few days ogo. He said after
ward that the glass was 50 clear tnaI ne IOoh IL
| for an open door.
MARY BAKER, the once famous fasting girl Of
! White county. Indiana, is now employed in
restaurant at Monticello and weighs 100 pounds,
whereas at the close of her long feast she kicked
the beam at 3515 pounds.
IL the window of a fancy goods store on Broad
way, New York, is a little coffin about feet
long and 10 inches wide. In it is the body OF a
stuffed dog, sign over the coffin reads "Ihe
latest for dogs. bargain.
Miss EuNIcE HoosER, of ElltOn, KY. has just
completed a calico quilt that it composed Of
"a, OsO pieces and the local newspaper says that
she is not only skillful neAdlewOman, but one
of the prettiest young ladies in the county.
A CURIOUS coincidence was brought to light
IN the death of Nathaniel Witherwel who died
at Glens Falls, N. Y, at the age of 81 He was
the thirteenth child and seventh sen Of his
parents, while his wife who survives him, was
the thirteenth child and seventh daughter Of
her parents, and both were the youngest OF
their family. The couple had lived together %
years.
Two little schoolboys of Leechburg, Pa, are
twins, and look so much alike that the teacher
doesn' t know them apart One day one of the
boys failed to recite his lesson to the Satisfac-
ton of the teacher, who ordered him to remain
ar,k,1, II hA ahsar' IA
turned the boys changed places, and when the
teacher resumed her examination she got cor
rect answers to every question.
Mrs. JOSEPHINE BRoMBERG, who died in Louis
vile few days ago, was a woman with an in
teresting history. She was native of Prussia,
and for many years occupied the position or
head cook to the Crown Princess, but having
lost her heart to young Prussian she emigrated
with her husband to America Their sole pos
sessions on starting out were 100 thalers and
prayer book bound in gold and inscribed with
the Princess own autograph.
Mrs. JAMES, of Syracuse, Kan, discovered her
5year-old boy stirring around in a basket of old
clothes that had been placed in corner of
the woodshed to be out Of the way. Upon
the child looking up and hastily leaving, Mrs
James concluded to see what he about, and
to her horror discovered a nest of rattle-snakeS
six young ones and an cid one with eight rat
ties. A scream brought Mr.. James to the scene
and he hastily disposed of all of them. Cues
tonng the child. it was learned that he had
been caring the snakes since warm weather
He could handle the young reptiles as he pleased
and the old snake never objected
THE usefulness Of tungstate of soda in i'm
parting the quality Of non-imfiammability to
various materials is now largely utilized Cloth,
when soaked in a solution of this kind, say of %
per cent. and allowed to dry, viii not burst into
flame when brought into contact with fire, the
simple effect of the latter being to cause the
cloth to slowly caTbonize or Smolder In pre-
pairing linen and light muslin garments in this
manner the solution is usually mixed with the
starch, and the addition of about per cent. Of
phosphate of soda to the tungstate is also said
| to be an Improvement Wood can be treated in
similar manner, but it is rather an expensive
process when undertaken on a considerable
| scale and as it does not render the wood really
incombustible, is not important