The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-28
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| IN the past fftyfour years Great Britain has
tripled her wealth. France has nearly quad
rupled hers, while the United States, since 1850,
has multiplied in riches skiold.
THE DUTCH are taking Holland at the rate of
eight acres a day During the last two CEN
| turies, it is estimated. 100000 acres of land
have been reclaimed from the sea.
| PATRICK ENTEGGART, 81 years of age, died re-
| Gently from the effects of a blow in the
| stomach, received while playing football at a
match at Carricklnacross England.
INDIA is beginning to compete with China in
the cultivation and expectation Of tea. The
merchants of China are becoming alarmed, and
are seeking some means Of improving China
| tea.
A READING HORSE that was in the habit of
scratching its nose with its hoof, got its foot in
! its mouth, and it remained there one whole
night before the animal was relieved from its
uncomfortable predicament
AWFUL disclosures are on the tapis. One is
that Vanderbilts $4,000 French cook is no
cook at all, only waiter from Paris restau-
rant. Worse STILL the report is getting round
that SCOTS $4,000 French cook graduated only
as stable groom.
A DRY GOODS MERCHANT in MELVILLE, Cumber-
land county, Pennsylvania, dreamed one night
last week that he was selling and measuring off
great quantities of dress goods, and so realistic
was his dream that he actually tore the sheets
or the bed into pieces.
The fish weirs along the eastern Maine shore
In which sardine herring are taken, are pro-
nounced TO be in the worst condition ever
known. The Toe and gales of the past winter
tore them to pieces, so that not more than five
In hundred are in a condition to take fish.
Count RADoL1N- RADoLINsKI. the successor of
Count Perpoucher as Oberhof Marshall Qord
Chamberlain A the German Ernnpror- iS ona NJ
the weathieSt representatives of the PruSSlan
aristocracy and member of the upper house.
He is a. years of age and Roman Catholic.
The Chinese colony in Chicago consists of
1000 souls. of whom only two are women.
About 100 of them are merchants, several OF
whom have fortunes of 100000 to $500, 900.
Four firms, dealing in ter, coffee and Chinese
groceries, have an aggregate capital of $500, 600
HUGH JONES and his wife, Jane, of Clyannog,
North Wales, recently celebrated their diamond
wedding. Mrs Jones has completed her Tooth
year, while her husband is 81 years old. The
couple have had twelve children and are in ex-
cellent health. They live with a son, Richard
Jones, aged r.
VINES HICKS, of Roodhouse, H., who cele-
brated his Tooth birthday last February, died
last week. He was a veteran of the war of 1912
and also of the Black Hawk war During the
former war he learned to sleep in his clothes,
and kept up the habit until his death. He never
AUGUST BURKHART, of st. Louis, has i'm
mortalized himself. He has been drawing q
pension of So a month for several Years and
the other day wrote to the pension agent re-
queStng that his name be stricken from the
rolls, as he is now perfectly cured and no longer
needs the assistance of the government.
A PHYSICIAN in the american Magazine, il
Illustrating the evil custom of talking to an in
valid about his pains, says that once he re-
quested a mother to make a stroke upon a pa
per each time she asked a sick daughter how
she was. The next day, to her astonishment,
she made 100 strokes. A three months visit
away from home was prescribed
Mr.. ELDRIDGE, of Northwood, N Y, has been
greatly annoyed this spring by bear that per-
sisted in proving about his sugar camp up
setting things and making himself generally
dsagreeable. At last the old man vowed he
would stand it no longer, SO he and his bows
laid in wait for the brute, and when Brutn ap-
peared they just riddled his hide with bullets.
WHILE AGO an inquisitive fish was examin-
ing a thermometer that had been sunk about
half mile under the surface OF the ocean by the
scientific party on the Buccaneer. A weight
which was suddenly sent down the wire while
the fish was nOsng around the top of the instT1l-
ment, killed the unfortunate creature, and he
was pinioned fast between the weight and the
thermometer.
INDIANAPOLIS has dime savings and loan
that aims to increase the saving tendency
among the poor. 1t receives any sum down to
one cent though its usual deposit is ten cents
or upward. One of the prime objects is to
benefit poor people by teaching them how to
save, and another is to help persons to buy
fuel in summer when it is cheap for use the
following winter, when it is dear Last year
was its first, and the experiment proved sue
cessful beyond all expectation.
A CABLE RAILWAY is to be built from Caracas
to La Guayra, Venezuela, under special con-
cesSions from the Venezuela government
Caracas sathe capital of Venezuela and La
Guayra is the principal seaport of the republic
They are only about sixteen miles apart but
are separated by high mountains which have
heretofore prevented easy communication. 1t
is proposed to tunnel the mountains and carry
the cable road through the tunnel. The company
guarantee to finish the road in three years. and
to charge tariff, varying from ninety-six
cents to fifty-seven cents for each passenger.
ABOUT year ago a schooner laden with about
100 tons of coal was sunk in a collision near
Penfield Light, Conn. Her masts and rigging
stuck out of the water Just enough to endanger
navigation, and captains became afraid to pass
the spot, fearing injury to their vessels Re-
Gently the distractions were removed by an in
genious method. Two tugboats were taken out
and after locating the wreck they dragged back
and forth with 50-foot length of gas pipe fas-
tened to ropes at each end. Each tug carried
one rope. The gas pipe sank in the water and
spars and rigging were removed.
civilian REED, of Erie" says a Titusyille
veterinary surgeon, had a horse some time
ago, and think he has him yet, that wears
glasses. The horse was a roadster, and good
one, with one exception that he would shy. I
found the animal was short-sighted He could
not see object until close upon it, and then
he would jump abruptly to one side or the
other l sent TO Philadelphia and had pair of
q mazda rNaft IL,
before got one that was perfectly ADAPTED to
his eyes This was determined by driving him
with one pair and then another. With Ger.
tain pair his sight seemed to be nearly perfect
1t entirely prevented his shying, and although
the glasses cost S27 to manufacture they added
$500 to the value of the horse
George Greene dwells in lonely house near
Spring Hill, Tolland county, Connecticut which
is haunted by a novel ghost In the dusk of
evening colorless human shape inprnts itself
on the gloom of his bed chamber 1t remains
motionless. When he arises from his bed and
lifts the curtain for the light to come in at the
window the apparition vanisheS. In the dav-
time the family hear the sound of an invisible
object moving about the room or in distant
chambers. The furniture responds to the pres
sure of unseen hands Once a case OF dre wees
was thrown down with loud clatter and moth
ing was seen TO touch it, on another day a chest
was tipped over, a table danced, a door opened
and was shut noiSeesSly and a capering of feet
was heard on back stairs. When Mr. Greene
goes out of the house rustic follows him and
when he comes in IL goes ahead of him He
has searched every nook and Granny of the
hall tfaf tAn N Wi an xrNN1u. IT,