The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A VERY useful polishing powder for metals
ard glass is made of very finely ground glass
mixed with a small proportion of dried soda
| ash.
| A GERMAN MANUFACTURER is now making a
boiler in which no rivets are used. The joints
are welded, and the cost is said to be slightly in
excess of rivet work.
| Boston is collecting the roster of the patriots
who fell at Bunker hill June II, 1775. The names
of the historic defenders will be stamped upon
bronze and placed on appropriate soil.
NINE government officials at Seoul, in Corea,
| have been beheaded in the streets by the popu-
lace. Foreigners have taken refuge at the con-
| sulates The outbreak is attributed TO Chinese
| inStgation.
BABY Of some 10 months fell from an up
stairs windowin Bethlehem Pa, and was picked
up for dead, but really only breathess, and five
minutes later crawled about as though nothing
| had happened
THE other night a policeman In Chicago was
startled by the appearance of what he thought
was ghost, but which proved TO be young
! lady who had gotten up in her sleep and was
walking the streets.
PORTABLE electric lights, arranged to hang on
a button of ones coat, and with parabolic re-
Hector TO concentrate the light. with storage
batteries weighing u pounds each, are made TO
The average expense of the O)rnell gradual
ing class of 127 members through the course
was $575 year; highest, 81 500 and lowest,
$3.50. The two extremes must have represented
great variety of living, and especially in amuse-
ment -.
AT Btrdsboro, Pa, a woman, upon in1uiring
for William Noble, mining engineer, was
greeted by a man near at hand with Eliza.
is it possible that is your" and, turning, she
found William Noble, a brother not seen before
in thirty years.
THOMAS WELLS of Arthur, ILL.,, was bitten on
the finger by rattlesnake while pulling
weeds in his garden. He procured med
ical aid Immediately but the finger is swollen
to four times its original size, and his recovery
| Is doubtful, as the poison has permeated his
system.
THE rather strange fact is brought out by re-
cent statistics that the Episcopalian is the only
Protestant denomination in New York city that
is increasing proportionately as fast as the popu
latiOn of the city. The New York Sun says that
| the Episcopal churches are the only Protestant
ones that are filed
AN East Mahoning Pa) farmer few days
ago noticed a 5-week's-old chicken tackle a
young house snake about 10 inches long, with
the evident intention of making a meal of it,
and he thought he would watch how matters
ended. The snake fought calamity, but after
| repeated efforts the chicken at last succeeded
| in its designs, and gave its bill a satisfactory
| wipe on the ground and walked off as uncon-
cerned as you please.
| THE cargo of Holsters sent from the Uuited
| States fish commissioners quarters, at Woods
Holl, Mass, to stock streams in California, has
arrived the Pacific coast About 80 of
| them died during the journey. The remainder
| have been placed in floating boxes, at Santa
| Cruz, where they will be allowed to remain
| few weeks to regain their wonted vigor, and
NUb hay will hA hn do
lions of fish and fishermen
Poison for some animals is food for others
Hogs can eat henbane or hyocyamus, which is
| fatal to dogs and most other animals Dogs
and horses are not easily poisoned with arsenic.
Goats eat water hemlock with impuniuy;
pheasants, straponium; rabbits beladonna;
and morphia is said to be innocuous to pigeons
There is some truth in the old saying that
what is one mans meat is another mans
poison" This is due to habits and idiosyn-
CracieS
A CORRESPONDENT of the Frdnkfurter Zeitunq
reports that Hamd Bey, director of the museum
at Constantnople intends to visit SMYRNA and
order careful search to be made for the re-
naming portions of the statue of Apollo, of
which the head and arms were recently I'M
earthed by peasant. 1t is said that for the
head alone the sum of 10000 francs has been
offered the Turkish government. The statue
was not in one piece, the head and arms having
been attached to the body in a most Skillful
manner.
The statistical bureau of the municipality of
Paris has just issued the returns as to the popu
lation of the city and the department of the
Seine at the end of 1886. These returns put the
total population of the department at 2 961 OS9
of whom 2,341, $50 were resident in Paris itself
At the beginning of the century the total popu-
lation Of the Seine only 631 ,585 so that it is
| now more than four times larger than il then
was increasing to ], 200 900 in 1910 and to 400
900 in 1876. It has therefore increased by about
100000 in the last ten years.
THIS is the first time since 1876, in New York
| city, that mayor governor and president are
to be voted for together. The election for
mayor comes the same year as the election for
president. but the election for governor coin
cides with the other two only once every twelve
years., thought it comedies with the election for
mayor once every six. The Presidents term is
four years, the governors three, and the
mayors two. In 1882 mayor and a governor
were elected the same year. In 1876 the demo-
Gratis had big majority for everybody.
ZADBEIL, the London astrologer, stands by his
gloomy predictions for the present year. For
July we are promised great fires in London and
a disastrous earthquake in Madrid Earthuuake
shocks in August are to be frequent and Terrific
in Italy, France, Russia, Turkey and Greece.
On Aug II there is to be mob violence in France
In the United States the President and his cabi
net will have many thorny questions to decide
The trade Of the American people will be
greatly expanded. Sudden deaths will be very
numerous, especially from heart disease in
Charleston, Philadelphia Washington and New
York.
PROF MONROE SMITH tells u.s. in Political
Science Quarterly, some most astonishing facts
OF all the population of Massachusetts, only
855, 491 were born of native parents. while $40.
S69 had foreign parents and 19,741 were born
of mixed parentage That is, Massachusetts
is, in fact foreign state, for So IS per cent of
her blood is foreign. There are sixty-eight
cities and towns in the commonwealth in which
there is an excess of persons of foreign parent
age. These towns have SO per cent. of the
population. while the remaining $50 towns
which contain majority of native born parent
age, represent only ii per cent Of the whole -
That is our foreign influx gravitates into towns
and cities
THE French critic Albert Delpit, New Or
leans creole. and NJ. Febvre, of the Coincide
Franchise, recentlyedecided to settle the diff
ference arising out of the mutual attacks on
each other by means of duel. Their seconds
arranged the preliminary conditions of the en-
counter, which were that Delpt should read
aloud to his adversary fve-act comedy pre-
pared by him for the Coincide Franchise after
which Febvre was to act some of his PRINCIPAL
roles, and the one who first showed signs of
WEAKNESS was to be declared the vanouished
party. Before Delpit concluded the reading of
his drama Febvre. with yawn extended lis
hauds IN token or reconciliation and declared
himself vanquished.
In an interview Lieut.. Frederick schwatka.
the Arctic explorer, said: Future ex
ploratons will be purely expeditions of
scientific research Ono ~ Tho A.. - -.