The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The State of Sonora, Mexico, leves a tax of
SO on every baby born within its limits, and
charges the farmer five cents for every chicken
| he raises and fifty cents for every sheep.
THE fashionable rage for turquoses this year
has been a blessing to jewelers. who happened
to have a stock of the little blue stones. Gems
that sold for 81 each year ago now fetch
from S12 to SIS.
IKE SMITH, who is young negro of Millers
! burg. Ky, is a giant indeed He weighs 2fO
pounds, is spare rather than stout, and stands
six feet seven inches tall in his shoes, which are
the largest in Kentucky, being No. Is.
SEVEN YEARS AGO merchant of Ellsworth,
Me. added by mistake doc r-mat to the pur-
chases which lady had made He didn't
know anything about it, but she did, and after
suffering the constant prckings of conscience
| for the seven years she sent him the price OF
the mat.
AN Anthropometric Laboratory with Francis
Cation as President, is now being built in South
! Kensngton. The purpose is to measure every
| bodys physique and senses at various ages, to
/ record family pecuiarites, and gain much use
| full knowledge of the human race that is now
wanting.
Two Chicago men applied to the Health Com
missioner the other day for license to run a
| shop for the sale Of horse meat, They said that
they had carried on the business in Germany,
and knew that horse meat was good Inc COM
missioner gave them encouragement to believe
that he would grant the license.
A PIPE connecting New Haven house with
sewer was recently examined to see why it was
choked up. 1t was found that roots of large
| elm in front of the house had entered the pipe
at the point of two sections, and then had grown
so luxliriously that for feet the mass of fibre
like roots completely filed the pipe, rendering
it useless
A WOMAN of fine complexion has admitted
that it is due to the milk in the cocoanut. Her
formula is this; Take a fresh cocoanut, CRATE
it, place it in a CLOTH and squeeze out the milk
Wash the face and hands with the liquid. rub
bling great deal, the more the better, and wipe
with soft cloth The effect is wonderful and
instantaneous.
A YOUNG THEOLOGICAL STUDENT in Pittstield,
Me, who preached in town several miles dis
tant, undertook to walk to his church during
the late snow blockade. He started on Satur-
day, but found the roads too bad for walking
Instead of giving up he got down on his hands
and knees and crawled, and was in his pulpit
early Sunday morning.
GEORGE w. CABLE lectured the other evening
in the Boston Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton hall for the benefit of the association, and
books served as admission tickets. The idea
was o secure a library, and any person bring
ing book entitled to hear the lecture.
What the public wants to know now is what sort
of a collection Of books resulted.
A NEGRO TRAMP called on dentist in Mans
field, Mass. the other day, and asked him to
extract pin from the back of his neck. The
dentist sent the man to a surgeon, who by hard
pulling took out a big brass shawl pin. The
negro said that he had thrust it into his neck to
cure ringworm The pin had been in the flesh
for some time and was much corroded.
MEssRs. STRONG AND TAvERNIER, who are de-
scribed as well known San Francisco artists
went to the Hawaiian Islands to do some work
for the government. The administration refused
to pay for the work, the artists hadn't money
to pay their board bills and when they tried to
return home they we're not permitted to embark,
and it is said they are detained there yet.
In a barrel of fine apples opened at Oshkosh,
Wis. the other day was a note purporting to be
from Clarence Gam. Corinth Mich, which read
like this: Il right this line to a friend unknowen,
won't the furst young ladey that gifts apples
ought of this Darl to right me letter gust for
the crusity of it and if you due will make you
present of a bari of chous apples next fall.
AT some recent balls in New York there have
been marvels of electric lighting. An accumu-
lator or storage battery, has been placed tenn
porarily on the premises, from which wires have
been run all over the house. Lights peeped out
of the rare exotcs and plants in the conserva-
tory, in the halls, on the stairways and in the
salon. They twinkled even in the table bouquets
and ornaments.
SHERIFF MATsoN, of Chicago, received letter
from a woman in Cerro Gordo, Ill, recently,
asking him to send her one strand of a rope
that had been used to hang some person. Her
little boy had been having fits for four years,
and nine doctors had failed to benefit him. A
neighbor had told her of the rope being used in
such cases with success and she was willing to
pay any price to secure a strand of one.
THE editor of the Conway Log Cabin does not
take chances, as he says in his editorial columns:
I'VE received letter from lady the other day,
living in Arkansas, stating that a certain cancer
doctor had butchered up her husband and
killed him, and wanted to advertise him as a
fraud. Our will is good to accommodate the
lady, but our financial condition is such that we
do not feel like we could afford libel suit"
AT THE canonization of the new saints in
Rome. after the Pope's speech, the Cardinals
presented his holiness with the customary gifts
for the newly canonzed saints, which consisted
of a thick wax candle. two bowls one silver and
the other gilt; three cages. one containing
pigeons, another doves, and the third canares
and greenhnches. There were also two small
barrels one filled with water and the other with
wine.
THE Brooklyn Coffee Stand Association is the
name of a society that is doing a vast amount of
good among the poor in that city. It gives
nothing away, but sells food at remarkably low
rates For / cent the purchaser gets a half-pint
of coffee. with milk and sugar and a slice of
bread. The Association was started during the
winter of 1887, and in three months fed no less
than 1O4, 033 persons. Thus far this year over
|, 600 day have been supplied.
W HlLE tue Ice III Jne MuSklngum river at
GAINESVILLE, o., was breaking up the other day a
rabbit came down the river on a block of ice
and passed over the dam in safety. The little
fellow appeared rather disconnected by his
strange surroundings, but managed to jump
from one piece of ice to another until he was on
one of rather fair dimensions. He was about
in the middle of the river and was watched
until he passed out of sight down the river
SINCE Christmas the retail price of strawber-
ries in the New York market has been about
So 80 per box, each box averaging fourteen
berries 1t is expected that the price will be
raised to about &c. per berry next week The
principal source of supply is the greenhouse of
New Jersey enthusiast, who sells about
enough berries to pay the expense of raising
them. 1t takes only about 900 berries per day
now TO supply the demands of the whole city
THE Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany has resumed its examinations for color
blindness among its employees. The investiga-
ton consists of tests for color sense accuracy
of sight, range Of vision. and ability to read
train dispatches at different foci Of seventy
five conductors, engineers, and fremen exam
ined, per cent. were totally color blind, and
10 per cent. more deficient in one or more of the
tests
The Congregationdlist takes issue with Car |
dinal Manning and others who teach that a |
man may steal to save his life. Il says that |
many man has died rather than steal to save
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