The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


according to the Apte ricdn AgricUlturts,, IS
900 000 pounds, or a half pound apiece to the
population.
A TABLE published in the London Economist
shows the increase in the copper output of the
world since 1892. 1t shows the output of the
Lake Superior mines to have increased in that
time from rs, 40 to S,772 TONS and the Montana
output from 4045 to 1898 tons. The total
United States output increase from 40, 40 to
1O3,12S tons
BILLY, q" a horse attached to a police patrol
station in Boston, has become known through
out the Hub by his liberality. A member of the
mounted squad, while answ ering roll call, ties
his horse to the post forming one corner at the
head of Billy's stall, and as soon as the animal
is fastened Billy picks up mouthful of hay,
forces it through the iron grating about his stall
and waits until his guest has eaten it. Then he
repeats the operation and continues his hospi-
tally until the officer returns for his horse.
Billy began to do this early IN the fall without
any suggestion from the men, and he does it
twice day, much to the satisfaction of his
visitor.
ELDER MORRIS related in a Windsor, Ont,
Baptist church the other evening that one of
his recent converts had fearful vision a few
nights ago. The new convert, who is a young
colored man, saw hell, place of liquid, boiling
flames, rolling over and over, and gray haired
men rolling over and over in them; also he saw
and heard lot Of young men popping up in the
flames like a lot of popcorn in stove fire. The
elder drew frightful picture of Gehepna scar
ing his hearers so that several women went into
fits, while men groaned and wept amid great
excitement. The day after Mr.. Morris was no.
titled to drop the old-fashioned hell or stop
preaching.
THE Methodist Recorder tells this story: A
report was circulated that certain old pastor
in Connecticut was in the habit of bringing
politics into his pulpit. friend visited the
place where the minister was reported to have
done so, and asked brother in the church:
Did DR.. Ely preach politics when here?"
Yes" was the response ''he did" What did
witness, more obviously, IF he didn t preach
politics, he anyhow prayed politics" But
what ,. did he say still urged the friend.
"Say?" echoed the respondent, The said:
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall
not go UNPUBLISHED
HAIL STORM which swept across New Han
over county, North Carolina, the other day.
was the severest on record. The hailstones
were of enormous size, and fell in sheets. Many
were as large as hens eggs Much damage was
done, but the strangest fact of all was the kill
ing of Benjamin Moore, young colored man,
by the hail. Moore was caught in the storm in
the suberbs of Wilmington, and was beaten by
the enormous hailstones until he was con-
pletely exhausted. He was discovered after
the storm, lying helpless on the ground He
was bleeding at the mouth and nose and his
condition was so alarming tnat physician
was sent for, but before he arrived Moore was
dead.
AN IDEA Of the wonderful growth of trees in
the fertile soil of CALIFORNIA; growth which
seems almost fabulous to persons living in less
favored regions-can be gathered from this
paragraph printed in recent issue
of the Pacific Rural Press: A fig
tree, planted in 1874, has a top 30
feet high by 30 feet through, with trunk feet
inches in circumference at the smallest part,
which is feet from the ground. California
walnut (JugldnS CdlJOrnicG), planted in 1882,
: ivh wit hoo FOG thrNt 4
a trunk diameter of II inches. An English wal
nut, planted in 1884 is 16 feet high, with a
trunk 619 inches in diameter. The trees are
in Antelope valley, in Colusa county, and have
not been irrigated.
A MISSIONARY of the American Sunday school
union in Texas had the following questions put
to him by people in a district where he was
organizing and working up interest for Sunday
schools: What publishing house do you
represent? Do you sell many books? OF course
you make plenty of money? Where did you
come from? Who sends you out? Who pays
you for this work? Does anybody ever charge
you for staying with them? Are you demo
cratF Do you believe in baptism? And what do
you think about baptism anyway? Who was
Cams wife? Who was Melchisedec? What
church do you belong to? Do you belong to any
detective agency? If l were in your place |
would work for the money" These and many
others Of like character are propounded almost
every day, and show the ignorance and opposi-
ton which is best met and overcome by true
unsectarian. missionary spirit
WAGON with loading recently arrived at
East Darr station, Queensland, from Barcal-
dine, and the driver reports the following terri
BILE tragedy: man accompanied by his wife
and two children, aged years and 1 year.
had pitched a tent on the river bank The first
night the father was awakenen by hearing one
OF the children moaning. He lit a candle and
found the girl apparently IN a fit and she died
in few minutes She was buried on the spot
next day. The infant child was placed on the
bed previously occupied by the deceased the
next night, when the parents were again awak-
ened by the child moaning. The father lmme-
diately struck a light and saw large brown
snake gliding off the infants breast. The
child also died in great agony in few minutes.
Some carriers came and discovered the snakes
hole under the tent. Digging down they
quickly unearthed and killed the reptile.
THE district of Heubode, near Dantzic, has
suddenly become the scene of considerable
speculation and of a good deal of activity in
consequence of recent discoveries of amber
made there The main region of the shores of
the Baltic where amber has hitherto been found
in paying quantities. is between Pillau and
Grosz Hubenlcken, some distance to the east of
the present find. The attention of the author
tiles was first called to the matter some wears
ago by person who offered 1900 gulden about
$720) annually for the exclusive privilege of
mining amber in the district. For some reason
it was not accepted, and the matter was
dropped until very recently, when the offer
was renewed the sum being increased to 5000
gulden. 1t was accepted, and the parties have
gone to work on three years lease at these
figures. After the lease was executed the
authorities received an offer from another Der
son, of LOCO gulden monthly for a period of |
six years, or cash in hand price of 1900 /
gulden Tor the same privilege. These figures
indicate that somebody is confident of finding |
amber in large quantities in the new field
THE Paris correspondent OF the London Daily !
Chronicle writes: "A grave scandal has been
unearthed at the municipal laboratory attached
to the prefecture of police. The object Of the
laboratory was TO detect the numerous adulter- |
atoms Of wine, milk, butter. spices and other |
articles in general use 1t now appears that |
NJ. Girard the director Of this excellent institu-
ton, which is supported by the taxpayers, has |
been guilty of the grossest corruption. He has |
not only accepted sums OF money, varying |
from $50 to f700 from tradesmen and manu-
facturers accused of adulterating their goods |
but has carried on a system of extortn9 |
doucelrs by threats of exposure These scan.
dalS only go to prove what is generally felt |
about the monstrous peculation which is the
rule in nearly every public department in
France. To take only one instance-it is i'm |
possible to obtain the authorization to found a |
club in Paris without spending nearly Rl 600 in |
tips TO the right people. The same remark |
applies TO every concession in which the support 4
OF certain functionaries is required. No better
specimen, however, can be found than this NJ |
drard, who is openly accused of allowing the |
people OF Paris TO be slowly poisoned because
The PRISONERS make it worth his while"
THERE was at least one senator who did not