The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


a VETERINARY SURGEON of Yonkers, n Y,
says there are quite number of horse now IN
that city troubled with mild form Of epizootic
resembling that Of 1872.
ACCORDING to recent statistics, 653 people
were killed in France from 1852 to 1892 by light
ming OF these 4S7 were men and 166 women
The majority of the deaths occurred IN the open
helds, an not IN mountainous regions. as might
be supposed
HING LEOPOLD of Belgium is not only the
sworn enemy of tobacco, but the is vegeta-
rian, dislikes music, and is the embodiment of
many other eccentricities. One OF these is an
aver 81 IN to wearing his hat in the open air, as
| he believes the action Of the wind on his head
| is beneficial
FIFTEEN PRESIDENTS have visited New Eng
land as Presidents, reckoning the two Adamses
and Pierce among the number, and four went
1 Jhlther before they bee me- Presidents. Tnese
are tn facts IS they are shown by the records
New England and the Presidents have become
pretty well acquainted.
CHARLES FOSTER, an Albany Lad, fell"into the
river while fishing and sank to the bottom. He
was dragged out with graphing irons after no
hal been under water for eight or ten minutes.
The doctor revived him by artificial respira-
ton and has hopes of his recovery. The case Is
considered most remarkable.
ONE of the curl )sities of the Paris exposition
is the Venus of Milo in Chocolates copper-col-
ored Venus. The status is the work of an 1tal
ence for tbs work OF art, in the opinion OF its
French possessOrs, TINT t'av thinG he should
have in view Of his nationality.
THE LATEST use of photography is to make
cannon ball take a picture of it's own wab
blings An arrangement something like
camera is to be placed in the forward end of
the projec lie, anu when it is fired directly at
the sun the light traces lines upon the plate
rom the direction of which 1t en- be told
whether the projectiIe has sept in one position
or has wavered to and fro during its flight.
A NEW DEPARTURE in dairy instruction has
been taken by the Victorian (Australial de-
partment of agriculture staff of teachers
with all tie implements Of bu ter and cheese
making, travel from place to place. AT eacn
place a course of several days instruction in
the best and latest methods of dairyiug is gone
through, all tnat is required of the farmers
being a supply milk aud cream Tor the pur
poses demonstration.
THE total original cost of the British war
ships of all sorts at the last Spithead review,
paraded for the inspection of the emperor, was
el6,S53,765. The number of ships present was
seventy-three; of torpedo boats thirty eight.
| The weight of the metal contained in the heavy
| guns was GOD tons. The tonnage was approx
| imately 100000 tons. Five hun red and sixty
| nine avy guns, irrespective of quick frers anu
machine guns, composed the armament.
THEY are going to have a grass palace at
| Creston, la. Corn palaces have been of late
years rather common but a grass palace is
| something new. This palace, which looks more
Ike castle, is 100 feet square and 120 feet high
and it is corated anside and out with all the
| different grasses and cereals of Sou hwestern
| Iowa. Eighteen counties will have booth each
q ID they Will decorate tie booths with the
| grasses of their locality. If there ever was an
exhibition that will go to grass" it is this one
THREE OAKS, Mich, enjoys the distinction of
being the home of a novel industry-the only
one of its kind in the United States and the
first of its kind in the world 1t is that of max
lug dress stays, dress forms, corsets and whips
from featherOone, or the quill of the goose and
turkey feathers. llr. E. X. Warren. the inven-
tor of tins new and popular substitute for
whalebone, is also the inventor of all the
machinery for tie different processes of the
manufacture. The manufacture of this unique
article was commenced less tnan five years ago
yet the demand for it has been so great that
the capacity has been increased to enormous
proportions and additional factories established
in Canada and France
MIR. EDWARDS, paying teller of a bank in Red
Bank, n. j., was saved from drowning in a sin
guar way. Dr. j. c. Harvey, who br ught Mr.
Edwards ashore, tells this story of the accident
When he first saw Mr. Edwards ruggling in
the water his boat was a quarter of a mile
away, and when he reached the scene of the
accident nothing could be seen except the boat
which was about half full Of water and n fab
ing pole floating near The doctor secured The
pole and wonnd in the line attached to it, The
line was about half in when the hook caught in
somethn and it was quite difficult to pull the
remainder OF the line into the boat. At the end
OF the line was the unc conscious form OF Mr.
Edwards, the hook having caught in his coat
NINE NATIVES of the Samoan islands are now
in Chicago. They are small in stature and tat
tooed almost from head to foot. OF the 4O 600
people who dwell in the Samoan islands onv
two ever visited the United States before
ha inf Of Ia
Princess Sllaulii and her nepaew, tri Sht little
boy named Prince Alasana, were sent to San
Francisco, where thy received an English edu-
cation. The missionaries in the Samoan schools
are not permitted to teach the people English
all instruction being confined to the native Ian
guage, but 1t was thought that the education of
some members OF the royal family abroad
would be the entering wedge, which in time
would cause this law to be repealed.
AT PHILADELPHIA, a small town near Omaha
while party of young men and women were
walking under the shade trees skirtino the
Lafayette cemetery, they were startled by a
numOer of wild cries issuing from the center of
that buryi lg ground Then one of the voun1
men discovered the times of moving form
and another piercing cry rent the air. Satisfied
now that the thing witnin was ghost tney all
ran like mad for tn street. The mystery was
not explained until Officer Smith passed that
way. Just as he reached the vault in question
he noticed the white face of man who was
lying on the floor in ,ide. He promptly broke in
n. O 10
grave digEers, in half conscious condition
leaning against the side of the vault The yonng
man hair, which was blaci the night before
had turned gray, and it was some minutes before
he could SPEAK.
WHY is London the nursery of burlesoue
dancers p said manager just home from the
other side why, because London trains them
makes business OF bringing girls up to sta e
dancing for living and actually teaches them
seven years for nothing Now do You know
or many American actresses or chOrouS cirls |
who would work seven years for nothing and
study seven years harder even than bal ct girls
do-and the &c ie de ballet is proverbiay hard
just to learn how to dance in burlesnue |
That, how sver, is the way the famous London
Ganclng burlesquerS are produced They are
taught Tor nothing, with the understanding that
after their seven years of training portion of |
their salaries shall be devoted each week to
paying in some measure for their instruction |
good many American dancers seem to tnink
pretty face more important than well edu |
Gated feet But it isn't"
AMONG the curiosities which Col. 7 T North
THE Nitrate King" brought back to New
York from Iquique, where Detective Phil Reilly |
let Bushnell escape him not long ago WINS |
miniature canoe, fashioned Of gold, on the lines
on which the Peruvian and Chiiian warriors !
constructed several hundred years ago the war
canoes In which they are said to 6ave made
such good time. The little Canoe was exouis-
itely chased and engraved and caught the eve |
as 1t hung on the Nitrate Kings watch chain |
by the grace of its proportions and ils necnli !
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