The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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ing themselves in the mud or under stones
The INCREASED BINDING POWER Of cement due
to the addition of sugar is said t. be due more
to mechanical than to chemical causes. Sugar
retards rather than accelerates the setting OF /
thecement.
A SCIENTIST says that there is such thing as |
a hoopsnake, but that it doesn't roll like hoop. |
It simply makes succession of loops. like the |
inch worm but so rapidly that il seems to roll |
around like hoop.
KuowArTs is the term which is to be used
hereafter to express the power of electric ma
| chimes. The word horse power" will be no
longer employed in referring to the power OF
any electric motor.
DURING last year the London cabmen and
| omnibus and tram car conductors left 23,1e7
unclaimed articles. some Of which were OF con-
siderable value. with the metropolitan police.
| Only 1888 of these were returned TO owners
| THE LONGEST BRIDGE in the world is said to
be at Language, China. over an arm of the
l China sea. 1t is as much as five miles long,
built entirely of stone and has 400 arches, each
| 20 feet wide. The roadway is also only ~ feet
| wide.
TAKING the whole area of the United States,
the farm lands comprise 259 acres in every 900.
i leaving I'll acres unoccupied. OF the former
quantity 1853 acres are productive, 103 woodland,
| and SO unproductive, though partly susceptible
| of improvement.
THERE are 1856 women operators in the great
| operating room of the Western Union in New
| York. In this room husband and wife are
working side by side. They perfectly
matched in skill, but the man gets Sl5 more
month than the woman.
THERE are now such large number of for
eign officers studying at Berlin that the Ger
| man government has established an inter
l national military academy for their accommo-
| dalton. There are great many Turks and also
| several Chinese officers.
The PRoPRIEToRs of the Hotel Brunswick in
New York have found out that gas can be
cheaply and satisfactorily utilized for the most
| delicate kinds of cooking. All OF the old appli-
ances have been removed from the hotel
kitchen, and gas apparatus has been suostl-
| tuted throughout.
THE INDIAN is not dying off and vanishing
from the earth any more than the Caucasian is.
They have for the most part, adopted semi
| civilized habits, and live quiet lives. They are
increasing rather than decreasing They are
| fairly prosperous; are raising families and In
creasing in the land
NEW STYLE of horseshoe has been patented
by two Wisconsin men. The shoe is made in
sections, with elastic cushions between and
| connecting the sections making a shoe IN
which there will be a vertical yielding or spring,
avoiding shocks or jar to the horse while trav-
| cling over hard pavements or roads.
A LARGE TRACT of swamp land on the line of
| JQe JdCkSOnVklI6 OOuLutdSISFu IdlHOdu HcdA
| Mantle. ILL., has been recently drained. The
| result of the thing has been peculiar. In some
| places the roadbed OF the Southeastern sunk
| four feet, and the road was compelled to spend
a large amount of money in making necessary
| repairs.
s BERLIN now has a system of large postal
e wagons-with sorting tables stamping arrange
ments, and everything else used in preparing
= | mail for transportation-which operate on al
the city mail routes. About two hours is thus
,ars,,s oifx lie
as the clerks do all the sorting, stamping auc
buldling while the wagon rolls swiftly along.
In AU SABLE, MICH last spring, horse tina
was sick was taken to an intirmary barn TO
treatment. He was cured and has not sine
been the intirmary until few days ago
| when he was again taken sick Some remedies
4 | were applied. but did not bring immediate re
lief The horse, getting loose, made his way tC
- the infirmary, walked in and lay down on tn
floor He was examined, given dose of medi
is cine and soon cured of his trouble.
RICHARD JONES' farmer living near Rock
ford, ILL.,, has been troubled with muskrats TO
some time. A few days ago he set trap 70
them. Upon going to it he found in it, caugh
preached the trap the captive reared back in a.
attitude of defense He struck it with club
Sc and after hard struggle captured the prou
s. | bird of freedom alive. IL measured feet
lie inches from tip to tip of its wings.
n A SYNDICATE Of New York capitalists ha
rs rs purchased the Dismal Swamp canal in virgini
and North Carolina for S75, 900. The new owl
ers intend to rebuild the locks, and widen an
- | deepen the canal for vessels of the largeS
ae | draught and make this route the connectin
link from Chesapeake bay with the great milan
sd | waterway of the Atlantic coast, deeper an
on | better water can be had by way of Pasquotan
river at the end of this canal than by the hea
of Curtituck sound.
In A MARKET STREET FURNITURE STORE in Phi
adelphia is exhibited parlor suite that is sa
ter | to be unique, with one exception in this cou
I | try. 1t is upholstered with palm-eaf fans.
or | single fan forming the seat and another ii
ars back of the chair. The frame work is of glide
dy bent wood. Two fans make pretty substitn
for the cushioned bottom of tete-a-tete, al
ou even the table top is of fans. 1t was made
for order for West Philadelphia residence, and T.
, | only other suite like 1t is in New York. 30
Inc were modelled after designs shown at the Pal
OF exposition.
mt | The RAPID DECREASE in the number of ka
garoos Is beginning to attract the attention
the scientific societies in Australia. From the c
lective reports of the various stock inspectC
gnu it was estimated that Ia 1887 there were 1888
$40 kangarooS. In 1898 the number fell
1,170,3SO, a decrease of 100. The chief {
| stacle to the adoption of measures for the p
sne lection of the kangaroo is his vigorous appei
| One full-grown kangaroo eats as much as
sheep, and graziers-who as class are not,
is to be feared. readily accessible to the inf
ence of sentiment-fnd that the food eaten
| this interesting animal might be more prof
| bly, utilized otherwise.
A MONSTER CROCODILE, measuring II fee
inches was killed in the Roughly river at
l m terpara, India, in front of Baboo Joykisi
; ;nS Mookeriee's library The superintendent of
'oN' Dakinshaw powder magazine had tried eli
, q shots unsuccessfully, when Baboo SivnaraJ
Iira Mookeriee arrived, and lodged three SDi
; Us | rifle bullets in its head and thus morta
ny | wounded it, The animal exasperated and.nes
'o0U done to death, made for the bank, and on rea
ing it was again assaed by the Baboo wit
| fourth bullet, which put an end to its life.
carcass made its appearance on the surface
the river and was dragged ashore by so
-our | boatmen, who exhibited it afterward to the
r on | habitants.
your c,,pro1-s STORY comes from Italy which sht
nus the abuse to which red tape may be carried
o 60 Neapolitan family some of the children beca
year i'll recently, and the doctor ordered them
we're canri to take salt baths. The children were
had nj to battle in the sea, so the servants W
The down to the beach and brought up sea wa
k in in buckets for their baths in the house, WHIT
dful unon the government inspector arrested
ould Servants because he caught them in the &C
ldeo taking salt in the water without paying govt
lme. ment duty salt being government monop
tlon | in Italv The pere de fdnlite had to appear
lar fore the project in order to berate his serva
d TO who we're not set free until the Neapolitan
as tors certificate was procured stating tina