The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


the contractors aver a shortage of American
laborers.
Two ANAcoNDAs that somehow or other got
| into the hold of the barkentine Emma r. Smith
while she lay at Brazilian port, completely rid
| that vessel of rats
THE curio dealers of Koto Japan, have de-
cided 20 open a show room near the kitanc
| Temple, where mo article will be admitted that
is less than 1000 years DID,"
FAIR DAMsEL at Elk Point ate twenty ears of
corn for supper one day last week and went to
camp meeting in the evening. That's the so TT
OF girls they have in Dakota.
IT has been estimated that during lifetime
of three-score years and ten the blood of a
human being travels d. 92 400 miles and that his
heart beats 1855, $4,000 times.
A CHICAGO MAN has devised a pair of boots
whose wooden soles hold a small automatic
press, with which the users name and local
haoitation can be printed all over the side
walks.
THE stuffed skin of black pony which be-
longed to the Queen of Spain makes a novel
hobby horse for the little king. In the portrait
OF his majesty the riding horse is a prominent
feature.
The widow and daughters of old DR.. Wheaton
of Binghamton were attred at his funeral in
white dresses and wore bouquets of flowers,
while the remains lay on the sofa, covered by a
many-colored robe.
A GOLD CERTIFICATE for $500, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription, was received at the Albany
custom house the other day: when became
or age had six of these. This is the last. Rum
and whisky. Dartney."
THE Arkansas City (Kan) Traveller is author
| ity for the statement that an army of ants of
| the red species marched into Silyerdale town
| ship recently. The insects covered a space
| " yards long and feet wide.
SOUTHERN WOMEN are said to have taken the
| lead of their sex in money making in New York
| The head Of the richest firm Of dressmakers is a
southern woman, and women of southern birth
| come to tho front in other directions.
JAMES MURRAY of Salem, Mass, was tee
| totaler until he decided to drink because his
mother wouldn't stop drinking. and is now a
| wreck at the hospital. with ugly wounds made
| by the mother whose example he followed.
SIDNEY NJ. HrNMAN, aged 1s years, started
| from Gravesend Bay, n Y, Saturday morning,
| in a : foot dory for Boston. The boat is made
| of cedar, and is equipped with small mainsail
and Jib. He expects to reach Boston in two
weeks.
A FRENCH TRAVELLER in French Guiana says
| there are in Upper Guiana fifteen Indian tribss,
forming group of at least 1000 persons, who
are not mere nomada but are sedentary in their
habits, and have attained a certain degree of
| civilization.
HOTEL WAITER in Cincinnati who stole from
a guest, hid the money in his 'turn-down" col
lar. He was suspected of the theft, and while
being conducted to the station house. the officer
noticed a greenback protruding from the novel
hiding place.
AN English court that recently had to decide
whether a wild birds egg was the private prop
erty of the man upon whose land it was laid,
after elaborate consideration decided that it
was, and gave Judgment for 81 in favor of the
man whose seagull's egg had been taken by a
fisherman.
In PHILADELPHIA novel occupation of house
keeping for various families has been developed
recently. The professional housekeeper has a
number of houses upon her visiting list an
acts manager to each establishments having
direction of servants and the arrangement OF
the household routine.
A DAGGER eighteen inches long, of finest steel,
inlaid with blocks of gold engraved in Arabic
characters, was found lately by herdsman in
Gillespie county, Texas, ana is thought to be a
relic of the time of Cortez, and to have been
originally bought or captured from the Moors
by some grandee of Spain.
Two NOTABLE things are reported from Sara
toga. The first is that the ladies have discarded
gloves, whether walking dancing or driving
The next is that wine has almost disappeared
from the dinner tables of the great hotels
Although 800 persons may be at the table, it
often happens that not bottle of wine is in
sight.
BUILDING BLOCKS made of corncobs form the
object of new Italian patent. The cobs are
pressed by machinery into forms similar to
bricks, and held together by wire They are
made water-tig by soaking with tar These
molds are very hard and strong. Their weight
is less than one-third of that of hollow brick
and they can never get damp.
ONE Dr. LafTerty of Richmond has habit of
lecturing for pastime, and whenever he Goes it
is sure to rain. So well understood has this be-
come that after Prince George county had had
two months of drought he was sent for as last
resort. He went, spoke and the rains descended
for space of eight days, and now the last
estate of those farmers is worse than the first
THE Superintendent of New York street
railway company estimates the wear and tear
on horses as about $50 year each. Each car
has on the average ten horses. so that horse.
flesh worth $500 is used up annually by each
car. On some Of the longer lines as many as
$50 cars are run, so that the total annual con
sumption of horses would seem to be on these
roads $4,000"
A QUESTION of age and residence was brought
up at the selectmens office in Dexter, Me. on
the morning before the polls were opened. A
name was presented to be entered on the list
Someone was called upon to vouch for the man
as being legally qualified, the man himself not
being present. young friend stepped forward,
and was asked ii the man was Il years of age
the reply being in the affirmative, he was asked
why he was SO positive, and answered BE
cause he Is over ~ " lie was then asked il the
man had wife in town, and the young friend
replied mo, but he is counting Miss -"
The last answer satisfied the seectmen that the
man had right to vote.
JUAN FALCON, who had removed to Texas
from Mexico, was informed that his dead father
had left him $500, but upon going 10 receive
it found that some mysterious legal expenses
had eaten up 81 900, and when he asked for the |
remaining $500, was told by the ucalde that an |
approaching election made it necessary for him
to keep that till the eNigencies OF the campaign
were past. AS a naturalized American he had |
no remedy at law, 50 flung bottle of ink at his
exceliency's head. WIS arrested tried an sen |
fenced to two years Imprisonment but broke |
jail. and is now back in the land of his adop-
ton, much richer 10 experience, though not Ia |
pocket, than when he went seeking his inherit |
lance.
THE national lighthouse board and trustees of |
the Brooklyn bridge are at swords points over |
the question Of the lighting of the great bridge.
Navigators have complained that the lights are |
dangerous and confusing, and the board sug- |
gested that the lights be changed So as to throw
their rays upon the inside OF the bridge only
This the trustees objected to on |
the ground of decreasing. the beauty |
of the bridge, and intimated than the board had |
nothing whatever to do with the matter The |
board contends that the law gives it jurisdiction
over lights on all bridges crossing navigable |
streams, In the general interests of safe navga- |