The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A WOMAN 81 years old died a few days ago in
Paris and her 70-year-old husband asked
TO be allowed to remain alone by the coffin for
q while before it was taken away When friends
re-entered b. was found lying across IL dead
with half empty vial of poison in his hand.
A CHILD in Crewe, England, met her death in
a peculiar manner. Her mother had taken
pudding out Of the oven and placed it on the
floor TO cool, when the little girl came running
along, tripp.d and fell with her face across the
dish, the boiling contents going over the child
body. She was frightfully scalded, and died
after suffering in great agony.
A REcEST CIRCULAR issued by the treasury
department proposing u ship free of charge,
tc persons desiring them, nickeis and pennies in
certain quantities, on receipt of the face value.
| has suggested some inquiries in regard TO the
cost of these coins to the United States, and
how it is that they can afford TO snip them at
| par value, paying express charges upon them
The result of these inquiries has beea the dis
covery that the nickel c SITS at the mint less
than three. quarters Of a cent while it is put IN
circulation at a value of five cents.
The figures of the big company that con
ducts the telephone business in New York are
Interesting 1t las earned over 473 per cent
net profits on its cash capital in six years
There was over 1l6 per cent. net profits in 1885
over AZ per cent. net profits in 1856, and more
than 145 pr cent in 1857 on cash capital The
| net earnings Of the company in six years on IN
original cash investment of $4,000 are said to
have REACHED the enormous sum of 81, 843, 454 So
TIE net earnings in 1886 exceeded the cash cap
ital $4,000.
TEN DAYS AGO what is known as modern Lon
don became, for tine first time, an organized
political whole Hitherto it has been composed
of the small original City and numerous par
ishes, each under ntrol Of its own vestry-an
fn pfxr
thing but local gov rnme t, Even now there
| is demarkadon in certain respects between
the City" and the rest of London, so difficult
| Is 1t TO rub out the old lines in England. The
new London county council, with full munich
pal authority has begun its sessions and, as it
| Is not probable tnat matters will run smoothly
at first, is likely to b. engaged in arduous work
for some time to come.
WHEN the old drifts of the Ophir mine, at
| Virginia City, were opened the other day, it
was found that tremendous growth of fungi
had in some places nearly closed the passages
| II grew from top and bottom, and the sides
were dotted with it: but the fungi growing
from the bottom was different from the other
| The foot-wan fungi had in several instances
| raised stones weighing from 80 to 100 pounds,
and some were held in the air at hight Of over
three feet Some of the fungi resembled
human hair, they were so fine; some were five
| or six feet long and as large as a broom handle;
| another kind terminated in a sort of dubious
| blossom; others hung from the roof and looked
| IKE serpents. The heaviest growth was in the
| darkest parts
Tue pigs" in pigs in Clover" are the
ordinary marbles, or "migs," with which the
| festive small boy doth disport himself in the
spring time and thereby hangs a tale There
| are nearly 10000 of these fascinating puzzles
| manufactured daily, and as there are four pigs
| for each one, the enormous number of III, 200
marbles are used daily in making up the pig,
driving outfit. This phenomenal demand for
| little jokers consequent upon the advent of the
new puzzle. has caused the dealers in marbles
ana those having supply on hand, to become
| piggtSh. and the price has doubled already, and
| is still rising, and efforts are being made to
| 'corner" the market. This country has been
treated TO corners of all kinds, but a corner in
| 'mlgs IS unique.
ONE Of the most picturesque and remarkable
bodies of water in the world is Henry's lake in
Idaho. 1t is situated on the dome OF the CONT
nent in a depression in the Rocky mountains
called Targees Pass. 1t has an area of forty
square miles, and all around it rise snow-capped
| peaks, some OF them being the highest OF the
| continents backbone. in the lake is a floating
island about 800 feet in diameter. 1t has for its
| basis mat of roots so dense that it supports
! large trees and heavy growth of underDrush
| These roots are covered with several feet Of
| rich soil The surface Is solid enough to SUD-
! port the weight Of horse anywhere and there
| are places where a mouse could be built The
/ wind blows the island about the lake, and it
seldom remains twenty-four hours in the same
4 place.Ia s1rafa i7r-- ~ ..
I THERE is an epidemic of suicide in the Aus
trian army. The latest and most sensational
| was that Of Lieut.. Mangesius at Klausen-
| burg He seemed depressed, and leaving his
| comrades, went into room where a number Of
rifles were kept Taxing one Of these, he called
soldier and ordered him to show if he could
| aim properly. Point at my eye said the
Lieutenant, and the soldier without any idea that
the gun was loaded, did so. The lieutenant
hn Loo DO
| sent and fire, the soldier obeying each, and
| being horritied at the last to see the gun dis
| charged and the lieutenant fall dead. The cor
| rectness of the soldiers aim was proven for the
| hall had gone through tie left eye. ! he lieu
| tenant had left a letter to his captain saving
| that the soldier who would shoot him would be
| entirely innocent.
CHICAGO DISPATCH, says: REV. James Rllsk
aged 20, of West Madison street, offers medical
science a case probably without parallel Mr.
Rusk has an average heart action OF II pulsa-
| tons to the minute, with frequent recurring
minimum Of II beats to the minute a recorded
suspension OF all action for 10 seconds and sew
era incidental periods of cessations estimated
| at from 80 seconds to a full minute. pulse
under Is is unusual 90 abnoI NAL and beneath
that commonly accepted as the precursor of
dissolution. Mr.. Rusks trouble dates back to
May last, when, shortly after arising one
morning, he fell insensible to the floor. He re-
covered IN about twenty minutes, but was taken
to bed faint and weak. He lay i'll for weeks
aud then feeby resumed his daily rounds Three
weeks later he was seized with another attack
| and since that time be has been very feeble"
AT the village OF Reinberg in Austria recently
very religious family became possessed with
tie idea that they had been bewitched by an
old crone in the village and the man, with his
three daughters aud son and young girl. who
was in their house at the time, locked them
selves in and began TO pray and sing. They
remained without food or drink for several
days, and fired at neighbors who attempted to
come near the house. They threatened to kill
the girl when she wanted to go away. Their
cattle were left to Starve in the barn. At last
the neghhors secured warrants against them as
insane, and force Of asylum officers assisted
I by the peasants stormed the place captured it,
and took the family prisoners after hard
fight. One doctors neck was graZed by bullet
but there were no her casualties The girl
was released, and the others incarcerated in an
asylum.
The natural soap mines Of Owens Lake, Cal.
are thus accounted for by one of the company
now working them He says that the waters of
tie lake contain a strong solution OF borax and
soda. In these aters there breeds a grub that
becomes a fly. TIE flies die in the water and
drift ashore covering the ground 20 the depth
of foot or more The oily substance of the
flies blends with the bOraX and soda and the
result is a layer of pure soap. These strata re-
peated from year to year form the soap mines.
where large forces Of men arr now employed
/ This soap miner is quoted in a San Francisco
pafer as follows: There is another queer