The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| CHARLES BoLAER OF st. Louis, has violin
made in 1880. His father bought it for $40,
and Mr.. Bolmer has refused to sell it for
] $4,000.
Mrs. THOMAS PELToN. of Washingt ON, Me-, is
such an enthusiastic fsherwoman that, although
IN her 10th year, she landed 176 speckled trout
| this season herself.
The SEALS that frequent the Maine coast are
easily tanned The mate of coasting schooner
has one that follows him like dog and is
allowed to take bath in the sea whenever he
llAes, with no fear of his escaping.
Two YOUNG PEOPLE were caught kissing the
other day in New York by jealous old maid,
VINO had the pair promptly arreste I. When
Drought before the magistrate ne could find
hothlng In the code forbidding the action and
quickly discharged the prisoners.
A VINALHAvEN (ME) Boy couldn't be induced
to 20 to the dentist and have five ugly teeth
pulled until somebody thought of offering him
base ball. Then he fairly Jumped for the den
tlst shop and went through the operation
without gas.
HE Chicago commercial travellers, 1000 in
number, have agreed to take $780, 600 worth of
STOCK of the Chicago Columbus Exposition
company, and to attempt to sell some of the
STOCK of the company to every customer that
tney meet on their travels.
The cision of the supreme court of Iowa
that liquors sent TO that state cannot be confis-
| Gated in their original packages has had a great
erect upon the liquor traffic Travelling agents
OF enterprslng Chicago liquor houses ply up
ana down the state in all directions taking
orders for their merchandise.
The AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT, which controls
the tobacco trade, made a great financial loss
by raising the price of cigars. In Vienna alone
3oOJO,OOO fewer cigars have been sold, with a
corresponding increase in the consumption Of
In al ah
to 40, 900 forms.
AwICKED PRACTICAL JOKER at South Bay. L. L.
has been amusing himself lately by throwing a
| large rubber doll from a wharf into the water
| In the hope of getting people to go to the
rescue OF the supposed drowning infant.
| A number of volunteer life savers have been
already caught by the trick and swear to get
even with the originator of it,
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER has been investigating
the origin of foot cramping by Chinese women.
1 The practice is of very ancient date Some
affirm that it arose in the time of the Five
| Dynasties-that is, in the tenth century, A. D.
| Jao Niang, the mistress of Lii Yu g last en-
| peror of these dynastieS tied I'D her feet with
silk into the shape of the crescent moon and all
| the other beauties Of the time initial ID her.
| Inc literature of previous dynasties does not
| alude to the custom.
THE death of Mrs William Reed Lewis wife
| of The American consul at Tangier, Morocco
dsinherited by his father for his marriage with
his late wife. She was the daughter of Ben
lsmin F. Duane comic recitationist Francis
Lewis, father of the consul, had no objection
10 the GIRL but d1Siiked her fat ner'S occupation
Young Lewis married her and struggled against
| p verify for long time. At last he obtained a
position on the Pennsylvania railroad and was
finally offered a conSulShip by Secretary Bay-
ard Ills wife was direct descendant of Ben
Jamin Franklin.
Few people know that more apple whisky is
| manufactured in Orange county, New York.
| than in all the counties in the United States
combined, said liquor dealer as he took a
grass OF milk, but such is the truth, for thou
sands or gallons are made annually in that
county, and sent broadcast over this country
and Canada. Comparatively few persons know
the taste of pure apple whisky A liking for it
comes only after the most asSiduous cultivation
When the taste is finally contracted apple
whisky may be iken with as much pleasure
and Will with lesser quantity produce as big
a head and as much exhiaration as any known
S lrltous liquor. would rather drink it than
any LIQUOR the bartender at the Hoffman house
could set before me" he concluded, but like
milk best"
ACCORDING to the recent computation of a
German scientist a snail, in one second moves
OOl5 meter, man walking, l. 25 meters: a man
on SnowshoeS 295, the swiftest river a. a hal
loon IN calm Ga, a Splinter III, fly 10 fast
steamboat 80, fresh breeze TO- torpedo boat
10, very fast skater 11.6 running race horse
l26, mountain torrent 14.3 express train is Z
ocean wave 21.S carrier pigeon 81 swallow 81
heavy cyclone ZIG, sound 337, an equatorial
point 463, cannon ball 500. Ia a second the
moon moves kilometer explosion of pun cot
ton So kilometres, sun 7.6, Sirius 1874 the earth
20 shooting star, on the average 40; Haileys
comet near the sun 1893, storm on the sun iD2
cable current 1000 telegraphic current II. $40
Induction current Is. 400 light 100000 DISCHARGE
OF Leyden jar on copper wire IL milimeters
through 463500.
LATE has been found very effective in var
US kinds of ornamental work, but a Dover
(Me) genius is furnishing new illustrations of
its possibilities in this line. He has lust com
pleted CLOCK set in an deliberately ornamented
case Il inches wide, ~ inches high and inches
deep, all except the movements of which is
made of slate. The face is slate lined with rcd
satin The hands and fl ures are also of the
same material overlaid with gold leaf At the
moment OF striking, and at the end of every
halt hour musical attachment is set in motion
and plays lively air. Upon the front or omen
ing Is represented an acove or arched recess.
In winch Father Time may be seen reclinin,
with his Scythe and glass in hand In the rail
ana forming part of it, near the top on the right
6 left, are angelic tigu. es, while the whole is
surmounted by harp The front corners of
the base show two human forms and in the
rear are two deer Birds rest upon the rail or
fence at the front.
WHAT used to be Ward McAllister's house on
Sixteenth street. between Broadway and Fifth
avenue, New York, is now no longer a social or
BUSINESS landmark. Its demolition. to male
room for semipublic structure, is comnete
and it is evident from the disma1tled araa thai
the chief of the 400 had good deal bigger home
Chah lts frontage ever gave casual observer
reason to believe. Now that the Me A lIister
mansion is gone, that particular McAllister
mansion at least. it does no harm to saw that
the attempts TO in AIDE it by the special artists
OF Illustrated society journals and Sunday news
papers were many and varied and ingenious to
degree ana their continued failure NAV h
ascrloed only TO The untagging vigilance of the
colored Cere6ruS in the front hall A champagne
agent once offered the sable "savey'' $50 10 let
Nun get peep at Mr.. McAllister's wine cellar
but to no avail. Had the agents specinI brand
been there the fact would have been known the
next day to every newspaper office in town.
THOMAS HULL, JR., the 15-yearold son of
Thomas Hull of Vinegar Hill, six miles from
Galena, Ill., is one of the most remarkable fast
ers on record. One year az o last April the how
was taken We ry i'll with spinal meningitis. Rv
careful medical treatment his life was saved
but he was left paralytic by the disease. So
complete was the paralysis that even the tongue
was unable to perform its functions everv -,
Gle of his body being paralyzed TWAS t6onght
at the time that he could exist but short lime
in such helpless condition but as time w-ers
on he appears to grow but very little weaker
and death is apparently far off But the strang
est part of it is that life should be maintainsd
so long on the food to which he has heen re-
stricted. The muscles of the tongue and throat
being paralyzed, it is impossible for him to
swallow and every OuncA M food uhiol, H. L -