The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-25
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The weather in the Alps has been so bad this
season that the hotel Ike spers look in vain with
dismal faces for the usual stream of foreign
guests. A continuous rain has been calamity
| to the region.
WILLIAM BRADFORD the artist has sent to the
Martha's Vineyard club some flowers picked
within 300 miles of the no nth pole, and piece
| OF an American flag carried by Lieut.. Branard
TO the northernmost point reached by explorers.
THE limited space under many corner pea
nut stand in New York, the Tribune states is
not only used for a sleeping place by the thrifty
ltalian owner, but dodgers are taken in and lie
| packed like Maine minnowS in French Sardine
| box
AN ENGL1sHMAN has invented an electric gun.
There is small storage battery fixed in the
| stock, from which current strong enough to
| explode the cartridge is communicated. 1t is
| SAID that one charging of the cell will explode
5000 cartridges.
FARMERS in Missouri, who ordinarily do no
blowing during August, owing to the parched
condition of tho ground have thus far this
| month continued at work without the slightest
| interruption, frequent rains having made the
| ground workable.
| PERSONS who respond to an advertisement
that promises ''25 useful household articles for
% cents are receiving by return mail literally
| pointed responSe-25 needles. The surprising
|
| the scheme doesn't send pins, they are
| cheaper.
| A PORTLAND (ME.) MAN has invented bicycle
| engine. The machine contains one large ground
wheel, which will run two rails, on on the
| ground and one suspended over the engine. The
| inventor thinks a speed of 100 miles an hour
can be obtained, and he intends to put the ell
| gine to a practical test
I DECKERTowN, n. j., comes to thu front with
the champion lightning fighter, one Coyken-
| dali, who has had four tusSels with the electric
| fluid and still lives. His last encounter took
| place during the past week. He in hay
NOW at the time and he was badly burned and
| considerably shattered, but is recovering.
A SERIES of letters in London journal under
the head line lis Marriage Failure?" included
| one recently from a woman who signed herself
| Wife of Knickerbocker,' vigorously declar-
| ing that, whatever might be the cese In England
marriage Is success in this country "because
American wives know how to manage their hus-
! bands"
| THE latest trout story comes from winches-
| ter, Eng. An angler is said to have captured a
| fish in the River Itchen there which weighed
| sixteen pounds and a fraction and measured 81
| inches around. This sportsman ought to come
over and catch the sea serpent people are con
stantly seeing off the coasts Of Rhode Island
and Maine.
THE French national debt is stated to be the
| largest in the worlds, 900 OO0 OOO; annual in
terest 1924 OG0, COO. Thus the interest alone is
yearly $4,000 600 more than the total wants of
the United States government The per capita
| tax OF the French people is S15, perhaps the
| largest of any people. The president receives a
salary of S153,900 year.
THE longest straight reach of railroad in the
world is on the new Argentine Pacific line 1t
is 211 miles in length, without single curve;
nor is there br dge upon it, nor n single open
ing larger than an ordinary cuvert; no cut over
A depth hon I'd
high There being little no wood along the
line, iron ties are employed almost exclusively
MRs. w. w. K1rTREDGE of Vinalhaven, Me-.
claims the distinction of being the first person
| born in a United States lighthouse That event
| took place forty-four years ago in the tower of
Saddle Rock light Cthe dwelling house had not
| then been addedl, situated in Penobscot bay be-
| tween Fox Islands and Ise au Haut upon a
| ledge barely large enough to hold the necessary
| buildings.
! c. observation-disclosures, NJ. P, an English
man, who is best known as the writer of de-
| lightful stories for boys, is in New York Mr.
Kpatchbu.i- Hugessen has been a member of
parliament for some years, and is a quiet, cult
| waited gentleman, who finds something to inter
| est and attract him at every turn in this new
l. country, so unlike the England that he knows
| and describes so well.
YOUNG MAN of Rocllland Me-, got I'D in his
sleep III other night, and dropped fifteen feet
| from his bedroom window. Then ne removed a
screen from a first floor window, raised the
window and got into the room, awakened two
persons sleeping there. and talked with them
for several minutes before he awakened
Then he had not the faintest knowledge of his
sleepwalking performances.
| Princess PAULINE METTERNIcH, it is related
recently paid a visit to the observatory of
Vienna in company of a circle OF friends. Spe
cial attention was shown her, and as she entered
the department of the Astronomer PaIiSa he
turned TO his neighbor with the remark: Per
haps the princess will bring m luck, and may
yet discover a planet tonight" The augury
was fulfilled. Toward midnight DR.. Palisa
actually discovered new planet, to which he
gave the name of Pauline"
THE leading American etchers have formed
society having for its objects, first, the eleva-
ton of the art of etching in this country; sec
ondly, the limitation of editions, each publica-
ton by the members OF the society being guar
anteed by the stamp of the society of American
etchers, in the same way'as English prints are
protected by the print sellers stamp. The
officers elected for the ensuing year are Thomas
Moran, president; c. Y. Turner, secretary, and
Frederick Dielman, treasurer.
ACCORDING to statistics furnished the war de-
partment at Washington, the following is the
latest horse census: Russia, 81 $50. 900 horses;
America, 1900, 900; the Argentine Republic a.
000, 900; Australia, 3,500OO0; Germany, 3,35O0OG;
France, $50 200 and 100000 mules; England
2790,OO horses; Canada, 2,624OO0 Spain, $780,
horses; Belgium, 1873 000 Denmark, $4,000;
Australia, 30l 0O0 Holland, 121 900, and Portu-
gal, s., 900 horses and $1,000 mules
"WHY can't they make these dummies more
llfe-lilSe?" said facetlous fellow, hating with
friend in front of a clothing store in Phladel-
phia, and slapping figure vigorous blow on
the cheek. The dummy" turned suddenly, let
fly his left. and the facetious man went down
on the pavement though struck by a light.
ming express. The dummy in question was
nJted local pugilist who has many a time fronted
Arthur Chambers and Billy Edwards with
gloves that were hard enough to break the
proyerbial drummer's cheek
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, has a realistic romance
that quite lies over the penny-dreadfuls Ten
years ago Harry Lienton loved Efie WELLESLEY,
and, as the father disapproved Of him, prepared
TO elope with her, but the old man got wind of
it. ana coming upon the youngsters dealt the
lover a blow SO stunning he fell as one dead
To escape prosecution for what he thought was
murder, Wellesley pere at once went to Canada
and as LentonS body was not discovered no |
trouble came of it. Now II turns out that he |
was only stunned, and upon recovering CON
seriousness SCI out to win fortune and his lady |
love. Ten years have sufficed for IT, He is now |
home from the West ricn man, and will wed |
the true, true love who has waited so patiently
for him.
TEXAS furnishes a first-cass snake story A
moccasn snake moving about in the grass on a |
prairie was observed to stop suddenly, lift its |
head slowly In q and than, a ort al. I.k4