The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


AN East Limington, Me, resident, a few years
back. helped a neghbor by buying from him a
| strip of land in the West. He paid 500 for 1T,
and is now said to have refused TO sell for $4,000
FARMERS around Whatcom, Mon, complain
that they are unable to protect themselves
against the hordes of deer and antelope which
ravage their orchards and destroy their grain
fields.
THE oldest armchair in the world is the throne
of Queen Hatafu, who tiourished in Egypt 1900
years B. C. 1t is made of ebony and is beauti-
| fully carved. 1t is now one of the most recent
| treasures of the British Museum.
LIGHTNING RODS are now regarded by many as
a superstition of the past. The Electrical Re
rtelC says that the day will come when light
ming rod on a house will be looked on IN the
same light as a horseshoe over a man S door
ANDREW ATLEY, Worcester (Mass.) under
taker, who was an unsuccessful candidate for
Mayor in therecent election, was consoled while
| the successful candidate was being inaugurated
by the gift of a 800 undertakers ambulance.
The Stoughton Musical Society has just cele-
brated its one hundred and first birthday at
Randolph Mass. 1t is one of the Oldest musical
| organizations in the United States and many
noted New England musicians have belonged 10
| it.
CHARLES Lyon, of Denver, has collection of
over 700 pens, no two of which are alike. They
are of gold, amalgam. steel, Inda-rubber and
| other materials of all sizes and shapes. and the
| collection embraces specimens from all quarters
| of the globe.
WILLIAM RoBEY, of Baltimore, recently shot
| in the southern part of Charles county, Mary
| land big fox which he would have called an
| ordinary red fox except that its hair was some
| what longer than common, and It's head was as
| white as snow.
| In SALT LAKE CITY the houses of the Mormons
| all havg two doors, even the smallest of them.
! Some have also two woodsheds and two wells A
| house that begun with one room is frequently
| heightened out room by room and door by door
| as new wives are taken.
AN OMAHA LAWYER took diamond ring as
retainer from man accused of grand larceny.
| On his way to luncheon he slipped inta jew
| elry store to ask what the diamond was worth,
| and the ieweler identified the ring one that
! had been stolen from him.
INDIANA is proud because she claims to be the
| first State to adopt daily weather service.
The headquarters to be at Indianapolis,
| from which 100 kilograms will be sent out each
morning early, giving the probabilities for
! twenty four hours in advance
| Mrs. MARY DoHERTY and Mrs. Ann FaOn,
two helpless old women living at New Bedford,
| Mass, barely escaped drowning in their own
| homes waterpipe burst in the house. the
doors were tightly closed, and the water had
risen to a low sofa on which Mrs. Doherty was
| lying when help came.
A CITIZEN of Wichita, Kan. has an interesting
specimen of ancient American art. 1t is a head
| cut in Dakota sandstone and was found on the
| Saline river, in Kansas, near some sandstone
| lodges. The face is nearly all nose, but the
| eyes, ears, mouth and nOStrllS are well defined.
| and also bands running around the top OF the
| head.
| TRUCKEE, CAL, recently celebrated the sec
| ond anniversary of the expulsion of the Chinese
| no MIA Althn1Uh IA me was
| below zero, large toTChlight procession pa
raded the streets and marched over the ruins of
old Chinatown. There were big bontres, sa-
| lutes from cannon, and speeches by the most
| prominent citizens of the place.
Hon. GEORGE WEST the well-known
paper maker of Balston Spa, recently received
| from China a sheet of paper made from the web
| of the sacred white spider. 1t is almost as
| light and transparent as any spiders Web and
on it is printed clearly and beautifully in English
about 5000 words of the story, How MidShip-
man CoppleSon was presented at the Court OF
| Pekin'
Mrs. JOHN w. BRADFORD, Of Wilmington,
dreamed the other night that some one was de
| scribing to her an accident by which friend
| fell down stairs and broke her neck Mrs Brad
/ ford thinks that in her sleep she rose and went
to the stairs TO see where the unfortunate
| woman fell, for the next thing she knew she
herself had fallen down stairs and broken her
| nose 1t is not at allunlikely that Mrs. Bradford
dreamed about the accident while she herself
| was falling; that the sleep walking had nothing
| to do with the dream, but that the dream was
the result of the fall, and was instantaneous
Ex SENATOR LAMAR is reported as telling the
following story of his experience at political
| meeting in his own State soon after the war He
was one of the speakers, and, abiding to the
| civil war, suggested as parallel case the para
BILE of the Prodigal Son and the joyful reception
at his home when the naughty boy returned.
He was succeeded by a negro, Republican,
/ nfta raTrl Qrya Ia
| spects TO Lamar's parallel. "Forgibenr said
he. "Dey forgi6en-dem brgadiers Why,
dew Sc come walkin' into de house an bang de
do an go up to de oil man and say: "Whar dat
vealT"
A YOUNG American lady, writing from Shang-
hal China, says: What wouldn't give for a
good American breakfast of steak, hot rolls,
coffee, etc Breakfast in this part of the world
Is altogether a different affair First they bring
you eggs of some sort and sherry. Then fol
low three courses such pigs feet, frogs legs
smothered in sauce and served with Claret; then
coffee. When the sight of these things has
taken away your appetite, there appears tiny
little chop in huge paper frill looking oh, so
sad and lonely you could weep for it Then
come queer cheeses of different kinds cakes and
sweet crackers, fruit and cognac, and tiny CUP
of tea to finish with. They have only one way
to cook potatoes here-that is, to boil them
and hot mullins, fresh toast and broiled steak |
are unknown.
a GENTLEMAN, III u1dhlIS CndnSe, gave Ticket |
Agent Gilmore, of Concord, n H., a s. gold |
piece for a penny, of which he had several |
bright ones in his hand. Mr.. Gilmore detected
the difference and handed the coin back. The |
gentleman thanked him, put the gold back into |
the hand with the other coins, picked out what |
he supposed was another piece, and gave it to |
Mr. Gilmore The latter brushed the coin off |
into the drawer with the pennies and the man |
went out and boarded his train. After the train |
had started the man jumped off and rushed |
back to the ticket Office. Il gave you s. gold |
piece for a cent, he said, excitedly to Mr. Gil |
more Yes and gave it back to You, " replied |
the ticket seller. But gave it to you again. |
And sure enough he bad. Mr.. Gilmore, on look |
ing among his pennies, found the coin which |
had passed the owners inspection and his own |
after it had once been detected.
NUMEROUS correspondents of the Jewish pa
pers, writing from Jerusalem, bear testimony
to the exceptionally harsh treatment of the |
Jews at the hands of the Turkish authorities.
Palestine, the holy mother" as one of the |
writer's says lis casting out her children who |
come to visit her from afar, and Jerusalem
closes her gates against them" The govern
ment has issued orders forbdding foreign Jews
who new arrivals in the holy land from stay-
ing there longer than thirty days. Palestine"
say these tyrannical rulers Ifs a country of
holy places and ancient tombs and not of com
nWaAN at VN..