The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06

| ious amount of wickedness displayed on that
day throws nature into commissions.
| A PHILADELPHIA SHOE HOUSE recently received
an order for pair of slippers from member
of the japanese royal family, the Princess
| Tanabe Kin The order was accompanied by a
| piece of paper on which was traced the outline
| of the royal foot, with the necessary measure
mentS 1t calls for No. 2I6 slipper
| New YORK DENTIST recently received an or
| der from popular actress to make her false
| tooth, inserting a diamond in the front of it.
| Since filling the order he has received half a
| dozen similar ones He predicts that it won
| be long before there will be big craze among
| women to have diamond-studded teeth.
| A NEWSPAPER in the North of England labor
| ing under the delusion that the late meeting of
the American board at Springfield. Mass, was
| a convention of boarders, goes on to comment
upon the fact that so many Americans prefer
boarding to Keeping house. ana to express the
| hope that the example will not be followed in
| England.
| LAST WEEK the bookkeeper of the Jackson
Iron Company at Escanaba, Mich, drew out of
| bank Sl5,0 900 with which to pay off the employees
After getting into his sleigh with the money
and starting for the office his team ran away.
| scattering $4,000 in gold through the streets
| After an hours search, however, all but S25 of
| the money was found.
| GEORGIA has a population of 1912, $50, and has
| 231 newspapers; Massachusetts has population
| of 1,7S30S5. and has 5S1 newspapers; South
| Carolina has population of 995 81, and has %
! newspapers; Kansas has population of $50 O96,
| an has 5!o newspapers; Louisiana has popu-
| lation of 939,946, and has 100 newspapers Cali
| fornia has population of S64, 694, and has Ala
newspapers.
OF 600 tornadoes of which record has been
! made in the United States not more than rs
were east of the Allegheny Mountains. The
warm air tempestuousiy driven from the Gulf
of Na1In
by the polar winds and driven in gyratory tor
nadOes across the praires. Appalachian range
serves on the Atlantic slope as a barrier against
the storms of that sort.
AT one of the revival meetings in Cedar
Rapids, Ia, Belle Boon, colored girl, aged II
who had never spoken a word in her life, sud
denly sprang to her feet eXclaiming Behold ~
| loud enough to be heard distinctly by every one
in the house. Then peculiar halo of light illu-
minated her head and face for few moments.
1t startled the audience and has created quite a
| sensation. Scores of eye-witneSses testify that
this is fact.
THERE'S remarkably tame caribou near
Limerick, Me-, who evidently knows that this is
the close season. The other day he walked into
the dooryard of Selectman Bradbury, looked
around bit, walked down the mafu road for a
mile or so, and went into a swamp, where he
spent the night The next day he met a party
Of school children, and quietly turned out until
they passed, and then went on his way in the
| road, not bit frightened.
AN UMBRELLA that was brought to this country
from Holland in 1880 is on exhibition in Albany.
1t bears the name Of an Italian maker. 1t has
been asserted that umbrellas are a later inven-
tiOn than 1890, and that an Englishman first ap-
peared in the streets of London in the last cen
tury with one to protect him from the rain. The
fact is, however that umbrellas were in use by
the Egyptians 1000 years ago. The umbrellas
seen sometimes attached to a vehicle in the
streets are seen pictured upon the wall paint
| ings of ancient Egypt
RIDER HAGGARD's IMAGINATION did not soar
| far from the reality when he described fount-
ain of fire in the midst of flowing river At
one place in the Indian gas field the surplus gas
from gas well is carried off by 3nch pipe
and turned into the river; when the full pressure
of the gas is turned into the pipe the waters of
the river are thrown to height of from 80 to so
feet and fall back through the immense flame
made by the burning gas. The varied hues i'm
parted to the falling water give it the appear
ance of true fountain of fire.
AN ANARCHIST in Paris committed a very
grave offense. He went to one of President
Carnot's receptions, wearing, as is required, a
dress coat. His fellow reds the equals" of
Montmartrie, summoned him forthwith before
them to explain, if he could, how he came to
have a dress coat The man said he was form
erly an actor, and that the coat was part of the
wardrobe of his profession With rare policy he
then added that the coat was at the service of
any of his companions who might wish to use it,
That saved him. and he was acquitted
A CHICAGO MAN, during the burglar scare. put
in an alarm box near his bed. His business kept
him out late and his wife attached a string TO
the alarm and tied it to the bead of the bed The
husband came in during the small hours and
stumbled over the string in the darkness He
recognized the situation in an instant however
and grabbed the box just as it commenced to
Whir, otherwise i'll another moment the neigh
borhood would have been awakened by The olaf
Tar Of ha 81 g
bell The alarm was next day relegated to the
attic.
YEARS AGO a movement was started in
Northumberland county, Virginia, to erect a
monument TO George Washington's mother
and now the United States Senate has voted to
appropriate $4,000 in aid Of the enterprise.
Upon this the Cleveland Plain Deaier saws:
with all due respect to the worthy woman
who gave to the world the father of orr conn
try we are inclined TO ask how much monument
airy glorification the Washington family is en-
titled to? Why should not the first Presidents
father have monument raised to his honorp
Perhaps the government might also reduce the
treasury surplus a bit by putting up tablets
somewhere TO the memory of Adam and Eve
from whom the Washington family was de-
Cended
AN EXAMINATION of the water of New York
harbor has been undertaken for the purpose of
determining its character. and how long it
would support life OF the different micro
organisms, more especially that Of Asiatic
cholera. Specimens were obtained at different
places, the first at the Narrows, the second
alongside the steamship Britannia dying in
quarantine): the third at Hoffman's Island, and
the fourth at Swinburne Island. The results of
the chemical and microscopic tests were such
that the investigator, AssiStant-Surgeon j. J.
kinyoun, NJ II. s., says: After closely study.
ing the currents Of the upper bay am led 10
believe that, If deiecta from cholera patients
should be thrown into the lower bay cholera
could gain a foothold on the contiguous shores
where every condition favorable to its
exists
MEDICAL JOURNALS continue to lend their col.
umns to the propagation of the hydrophobia
excitement. Even such leveheaded publica-
ton as the London Lancet treats the ALLEGED
prevalence of the disease av serieux aud gives
space TO correspondent who announces that
rabies is very prevalent in various parts of
ireland, and the Enniskillin guardians have re-
Gently requested the local government board TO
order an inquiry into the McGovern treatment
OF hydrophobia reverend gentleman, who Is
very enthusiastic with regard to the method of
treatment referred to, has written TO q Dublin
newspaper giving description of some thirty
people who suffered from hydrophobia OF an
acute character being successfully treated bv
McGovern.n The cause of the hydrophobia %
Is st9ted to have been due TO the parties having
Plrtaken Of the flesh Of a large pig bitten by j