The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A cELLuLoID PENHoLDER exploded in the
pocket of a Portsmouth, (N h man, burning
a hole IN his coat and shirt, and tearing out the
pocket.
A DEVIL FISH 20 feet in length, attacked a
boats crew of Victoria, B. c., the other day,
and almost succeeded in throwing the men into
! the water.
| IT IS ASSERTED that nearly all the idols now
worshiped in India are Of English manufacture.
John Bulls principle would seem to be, LET
me but make the idols of country and 1 care
not VINO makes its religion"
| A SYNDICATE composed of Illinois and Iowa
men has purchased $50 acres of unimprove1
land in Pomona Valley, California. and intends
| establishing the largest navel orange grove
| in the world. 1t is to contain 10000 trees.
| NJ Jolly, OF Paris, has recently published a
| pamphlet in which ne describes famous Black
Hamburger grape vine which grows on the es-
| tate of the Marquis of Breadalbape, in England,
and is believed to have been planted in 1882 It's
stem, at one foot from the ground, measures
| two feet in circumference. while its branches
| cover an area Of some 4,75 square feet, and
during the year yielded about 5000 punches of
| grapes.
| THE INsIDIoUs CHARACTER of the danger lurk-
ing in electric light wires in the street was fur
/ tneT eXeHpllIeQ b0e OCDer Gay b0lblInOr6.
! Two individuals conversing close by an iron
awning post observed to fall suddenly to
| the ground. broken telephone wire had es-
| tablished communication between the electric
| light wire and the framework of the awning.
The strength of the current was doubtless di-
| vided, and the victims eventually recovered
their senses.
AT one of the recent Moody revival meetiggs
| on the Pacific coast, the customary request was
made that those suffering from any particularly
heavy burden should stand up and ask for the
prayers of the assembled multitude. After
| few moments silence tall, meek-looking man
arose, and in a voice choked with emotion,
asked that the prayers of the congregation
| might be offered for his mother-in-law. Instead
| of praying, the congregation first began to
litter, and finally roared with laughter.
Mr.. MULHALL. in paper recently read before
the British Association, at Bath, England.
states the energies of the four leading countries
OF the world as follows, the power being given
in millions of foot tons. daily: -
Hand Horse Steam Total
Nation. Power Power Power Power.
United States. ..... $3.50 SO, 900 4S 400 S9,450
United Kingdom. $3.50 800 1880 1880
Germany $3.50. $3.50 1880 1880 1920
| France 500 $500 $3.50 3o,34O
A HALF-BREED Sioux BOY at the Hampton In
stitute philosophers thus: 'When 1 do any
! thing white man don like he call me Iniun;'
when do anything Injun don like he cali me
| lnjun don know so much rs white man; not o.
80 much sense. Viii, e boy he go to school six,
seven, maybe ten years; he know good deal.
| lnjun go to school three years; everybody think
| he ought TO know just as much as white boy.
| What that mean? That mean, / think, IDjun
great deal smarter than white boy!''
! THERE was once, as we know distinguished
person who got married in the morning and
later in the day became so absorbed in his
scientific Investigations that he entirely forgot
| the interesting little circumstance. A CORE
SpOndent tells us of Scots gentleman who was
| even more dreadfully forgetful. He was walk
| ing along a Glasgow street with friend They
| met lady who bowed. and as in duty bound
| both sauted in return. who is that young
| latY? asked the young gentleman of his more
| elderly companion; Il seem to know her face -
| 'Oh, you must have seen her before was the
| reply; that Is the lady you are going to marry
| tomorrow.
| A CALIFORNIA PAPER gives some interesting
facts relative to the growing of grapes. 1t
| says: The total expense of cultivating an acre
! of grapes is SIS; the curing and packing of an
acre of grapes, making 100 boxes of raislns
| S55. The average price for raisiGs for the last
! four years has been about 81 60 per box. Put
| ting the price at 81 80 per box for the four
| acre. Many vineyards do better than the above
| Vineyards have frequently been known to pro
| duce grapes enough the first year after plant
| ing to pay expenses OF cultivation. The second
| year brings from $50 to $50 per acre gross
| third year, $50 to SIS.
| A CURIOUS PRACTICE of the Sh MS was brought
to light the other day by one of the special cor
respondents Of the RnnQooe Gazette with the
| Karenni expedition. 1t appears that when the
| dacOit Bob Twek Nga Loo was shot in his at
| attempt TO escape from his escort and his bod
| buried, certain Shans from HOpen sent men,
| had the body eXhdme |, cut Off the head, and
sent it on to None, the scene of Twek Nga Loo's
| recent exploits, aud there il was KIN bited in
| the bazars. The body in the meantime was
| boiled down into kind of ointment and this is
| now being retailed at high rates everywhere as
| 1t is supposed TO possess extraordinary virtues
and to endow the persons anointed with high
I courage and supernatural abb tiles, such as
| Twe1 Nga Loo was said to posse S.
AN ExSoLDIER in the English army, who had
| long been stationed in India, brought suit il
a Dublin court lately to recover possession of q
\ terrier dog. He stated that he had taught the
dog to understand Hindustani and he was will
ing if the dog was brought into lurt to test the
| quadrupeds knowledge Of the language. If the
| animal did not understand it he would with
| draw his claim to it. The magistrate CON
| Sented and the dog was brought into the bod
| of the court attached to a Chain, which was helC
| by defendants son. The complainant told the
| boy to drop the chain. and on his doing so be
made some observations in HinduStani and the
dog ran quickly around the dock through
| crowd Of persons and jumped into the witnes,
| box and began to fawn on the camplaipaut
yOnd that evidence. and at once ordered the
dog to be given to the complainant.
A MARRIAGE of a somewhat romantic nature
took place Saturday at Portland, Ind, and
telegram from there tells of the aff1ir as fol-
lows: Hiram Glenn of Harrison, Mo-. aged 3S
and Miss Lucy Miller, aged 30 a resident OF
Pennsylvania, met by agreement here Satur
day, neither having before seen the other. the
| acquaintance having grown out of an adver.
| tisement in matrimonial pale'. The court
| ship and engagement were con ucted entirely
by correspondence The bride-elect arrived il
! town Friday morning AMI the other contracting
| party at noon. TIE lady, by Agreement. wa,
| 70 wear n broad white ribbon he had sent hel
as the insignia by which he was to kuow her
| Iney met on tue street, he introduced himself
| and they at once dapa ted To the parlors Of 1
| hotel. marriage licens3 was procured anC
Squire Simmons call d IN to tie the knot. A
| ? O'Clock they boarded train en- route for the
west, where the bride room owns farm
Az THE RESULT Of much study and nvestiga-
ton Of the subject VI. Jansen, the eminent
director of the observatory at Mendon, France
has come TO the conclus on that evolution NAV
| Iva lad 70 ba e.