The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

were able to pack neir apparel INTO o. oox.s.
PROF PAUL WIzGERT, a distinguished Ger
man, figures that cents wortl OF food WI
Keep -trong m n in good form from day 10
cay anu tAat We would al be healthier without
una r~eaF or oVercoats.
joaquin MILLER. wno gave to the inciplent
state OF Idaho its names that it is written d
speile lmpr perry. Toe erect form is lahh1
with ie ;csIt o. tn middle syllable. The
name mems the ligat on Ie mountains
The desire manifested by the fair sex {, r
miniature paintings set as brooches amouuvs to
most a craze less pa ntln . arr importe ,,
am iet ins manu- a;tL.ers aim that they
Lave ullh;ulty IN mounting them fast enouS n
10 supply tue demanl.
! STEER which seems destined to a circus life
Is ex ibited at Pimlic ,. MI 1t is years old
IA eel ii leagtI, II la DIS hign, and weig S
4,tOJ 20 MS Not colten5 with sng curi, =
lty as 70 heiSat, the st has added the featu Q
Oh uouo-e ans Ia us legs. -.e
FFrT-FIvE years ago a Rockla | IN - youth
OF ~ wrote letter to Ut h. RS III sc 100
The saddle app :arance of the teacher up that
/ " y IrISnoe ed aim an h tuc6e tle mis- 81 We
Detweel % laths OF the part tIoI behind him
1hS school mouse vas torn doTn the othei day
ana the letter was recovered b he writer.
! The EMPEROR OF G saMANY recently sent a spe:
lmeA rifle To tne 4 aperJr OF Alsc. IA, cue o4.rei
"a Nc uOCS no. grow not. Alter lUJ SuOSS
ma Deem lire tle barrel was merely warm.
ms magdzlle" o. this rih Is in t e stock ami
Cne 10 III consists If twenty cartrid seS. IL can
D; reloaIed ii ave seconds, AMI can discharg.
Sixty shots minute
THE discovery of the curious ice cave in Ash
Ley, in the Rocky mountains, continues to at
tract att ntion. Tom Mitchell, w.o has just re-
turned To salt Lake C.ty fro Il h ere, says That
III the latt part of August he found in the
cave sectlo OF ice % leet hi ana 30 feet
lex at TIE base. a small lake was also DIS
cove. ed. On3 of the rooms in the cave was
over 100 lie t long.
Qua FASHION in furs next wi lter may be conf
IDENTIFY exp -ctel to lean chiefly to tns SKIN Of
the BOkuaran caracal kind of lynx, about ths
size of fox ID of unlfor d brown co4or, b t
WIN long dLu bIacS ears. At tue ,reat fair of
Mini Nov zorro I, W Iicn will Oe over BY The mi l.
Ole OF tn S month, tAiS fur was i the greatest
d,nand, and The entire lot Offered, 100000
SKINS, was bought Tor the American market.
AN INSTANCE of close figuring has come to
light in an America city. A woman wanted
some peas for dinner, and coming down town
ia TIE a ternool, learned that they were Is
cents halt peck After cJusidera bl argu-
ment sue succeeied in getting two quarts TO-
u cents, am tue next morning, as S le need a
halG pec<, she came down town and got the
otde.' two quarts at the same price She saved
cent.
A REMARKABLE ORCHID is exhibited in a Balti-
more florists window. The plant is ,ight en-
inches square. Pendant from it are sixty-file
blooms, eacn bloc n three to four nch across
a u OF golden yellow, shading off 10 CT an.
The scent Is not agreeable, N Nhicl respect it
resembles ne giant lily race Emily shown in Lon
don. Another curious charAct-lisI it pos
Ses eS Is That for SIX months of tae We II it
requires no water Whatever, and its bloom de-
pen Is upon its beng Aept perfectly dry for this
period.
TEIg nf Czay din, in
ened by another catastrophe. Its principal EN-.
bankment. erected ter the disastrous fools
or 1879 at cost OF 1900 900 hJrins, has cola sed
and Is found to quire eltire reconstr ction
1t appears that TIA dam rests a marshy gr run
and has no proper fOun ton. This failure
Will bring much severe criticism on the Hun
gar an goVernme II, W 10 viii be leil responsible
FOR the bad engineering, as tIe worhS wero
executed und'r the control of Count Ludwig
lis a, the brother OF the pr ne minister.
"OLD JACK Plipps, Who died lately in Fair
field, Coan., was known as the mode n Pie
Piper of Hamelin. He ma lie a livln- by riding
h uses OF raLs, and with ais ferrets in a oox in
one II nd and several nets in Gle o. her h was
often Seen on TIE SlreeS of this city. Aftr
leavi e here he we 1t to New YORK and then to
| Connecticut. His illness gan two months ago,
an al during it his faithful little ferrets were
almost incoaSull L. His death seem ID to break
their hearts I ley won d not eat or drink. ID
ca, ly in the other morni : one of them ''Ne
lie,' quietly breathei her last. A few ours
later ner brother, Ted went to join her in
the ferrets' hereafter.
ACCORDING to customs of Chinese society,"
the wife of the Chinese Minister to this county
Will comb her hair up from her orehead, to
show that she is married Her tresses reich
to her feet, and difficult is tle task of tre s.
ing them nat one arran Sement lasts several
d Iys For the preservation of the Couture
liei Will asleep on willow pillow as fin ly
as an Impo ted nm t, shaped like
loaf Of bakers br al. TIL maids dress their
back hair i ! q cue aud arrange a Ia q O and
a half inc he doep, from ear 10 ear OFT of
coluetry is splayed by al owing pgle lock
to float loo ely ia front of the face and over the
should r. lne hair OF tns Chinese girl is never
cut, and as result of the splendid care be-
flowed IL flows luxlri unity.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS. both agricultural and
Industrial, say s the New York star, is forcing
itself on pubic attention. Toe activity of ous.
ness in that secti n is shown by on fact Iasi
week b + weed S3.000,000 ald 100000 wera re-
mtted to the inter O.. through the ire slry t.,
sup ly he demands for t., mo cment of he
Gro s a "a the requirements of bus ness. OF this
amount tn sout er state abs bou tue reater
p lrt on. The cotton crop o last year is no p,
shown by actual enumeratiJl 10 hav4 been
almost 10000 bales The Incr ,ased acraa re-
a I'd gene ally adorable weather promis, to
make tins years yield even la ger in lis propor-
tions. But this is OF the onl element in the
prosperity of he south. The estabi hme It of
ment OF tloSe now III existence in that S ction
goes on apIce There is a heavy inflow of
northern capital the iron and coal industries
of Alab ana and TIE neSSee. The eff ct of all of
this is shown in the mere sing traffic and earn
lngS of the southern railroads. The develop-
me It Of the Y ired reSou ceS of the south was
never so active.
THE problem Of the battle Of life" has iu t
beel we'd n a m )st ex,rao binary manner by
three danes of a certain age-sisters, to all ap-
pearance, and co Mort 1bly endov ed with this
wo. ID S goods who resided in a pleas SAINT villa
at lie NeSn t. For some reas n nth rto IN
expla ned they were weary of ext tence an
determined to die toSet III The three sisters
having previously provided tie nsel e; with
perfect arsenal of revolve s. set fire 10 heir
mouse on No lday morning Tley tn n, in tne
most met OdIcal ulanner, bad eaca other a
'st farewell, and tdrned tn -lr weapons aga n It
them elves. In two cases tn sh )Us were hred
with fatal effect, two OF the sisters fa.liny O
! tue grOu noaaly woun lei. TIE third in
tct q severe injuries on h r elf but no es of
| her recove Y are entertained Some passers-py.
| perceivng smoke issuing from the villa ran in
and found the two corps S, while tn third sis
| ter was seen lylg insensible on the floor The
| in a iitanis seem utterly at loss to account
| for this extraordinary tragedy, which has
| natur ally caused intense excl enent in the
neIghbor ood The w ole thing was mani
| testify planned with deliberate l. care being
| taSen to kill horse and dog both old favor
| ties.
J. STEWART Ross, who is defending Mrs.
Swinton AMI her son Josh, or ''Dotty," Mann.
is one of the handsomest members of tie New