The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LARGE FORTUNES sometimes grow from queer
beginnings. A Gardiner Cds paper is respon-
sible for the story that one Of the wealthies
nrms In the state began business On IS, 900
winch sister OF the partners got in a bre Ach
OF promise suit for damages against a wealthy
man.
The RUSSIAN CLERGY have set up a massive
clock to commemorate the Borki railway acct
dent, In which the car and his family mar
ro"ly escaped death. The clock faces the
scene OF the accident and once a year, at the
exact hour, heavy silver bell tolls for five
minutes.
ACCORDING to paper read before the recent
meeting OF the Library Association, shorthand
has hourished more or less for 1000 years
Cicero famous writer. Trio. Is known to have
mad rivals ia his own time, and Caesars feats in
olctating several lettsrs simultaneously while
Iavehng still remain unequaled. But short
nam, as nov understood, is the product of the
present century. 1t ID computed that the liter
azure relating 20 the subject would fill no fewer
tnan 1900 volumes, and England alone has
given birth to 3O7 different systems
THERE is at least one woman in North Der.
WICK, Me-, who wastes no time ad niring her
self before lookin glass. and she proved it
last sunday by attending church and Sabbath
SCHOOL with her bonnet adorned with half
dozen cards which a masculine sinner had
Iucked IN among the trim nings a day or two
D5Iore' probably supposIng she would see them
"hOA SLo put on 0er mead gear. But the good
woman mind was on Sunday school lessons,
not 0onnets, when she dressed for church, and
SO the Sunday school got caance to giggle.
ACCOUNTS have been rec ived of a socalIed
snow flower, said to have been discovered by
Count Anthoskoff in the mos northern portion
OF siberia, where the ground is continually
covered with frost. The wonderful object shoots
1ortn from the frozen soil only on the first day
OF eacE succeeding year. 1t lives for but sin
gie day, then resolves to its original elements.
Inc leaves are three in number, and each about
tnree Inches in diameter. They are deyeloped
only or that side of the stem toward the north
and each seems to be covered with microscopic
crystals Of snow.
ONE OF the most remarkable feats of photog-
raphy on record is the photographing of the
terrlole explosion at Ant werp, or if not the
explosion, the immense cloud of smoke pro-
quceq al the moment. The current number of
u nature gives an illustration copied from a
photograph of the huge cloud that shot IN in
tne ar. roughly in shape like an inverted Flor
t ence mask, when the explosion occurred. 1t has
oeen estimated as beiag 100 or 1900 feet
across, ana, according to the journal quoted
the cloud remained motionless for about a
Quarter OF an hour, preserving the form re-
corded by the photograph. 1t seems very re-
maria kaole that Just at the instant some one
should have been ready with camera and plate.
anu quick Wltted enough, Notwithstanding the
shock, to secure the view in time The
author OF the negative is Given at NJ n Von
Neck. - $50
SIxTEES-YEAR-oLD HARRY SPENCER Of Ran
som, Pa, is successful crow trapper Young
Harry's gu n "a hens got in the notion of laying
thelr eggs the bushels back of the house last
summer, and every now and then the crows
would sweep down and carry off the eggs At
nrSU Harry was at loss to account for the dis
appearance OF the eggs, but one day he caught
TWO crows IN Il e act of stealing them, and he
stralghtway we4G to work to outwit the black
thleVes Out in the field he built little well of
Sous. with an opening on one side wide enough
ior crow to pass through, and in the passage
ne SET steel trap Then he placed an egg in
the center of the well, and the first crow that
saw 1t ahghted on the outside of the circle of
Sods, trlpped into the opening after the egg
ana got It's FOOT In the trap. The ow began to
nutber like fury, and Harry ran out and ciubbed
IL 70 death He has caught nearly two dozen Of
Cne Sly olrds IN that way this season.
In the western part of North Carolina, about
seven miles west Of Hot Springs, there lives a
family named Brooks 1t is very interesting
one and many a visitor to the quiet little town
OF Hot Springs has had his curiosity SO aroused
by stories of this family that he has hired a
team and driven seven miles to the Brooks resi-
dence. This consists of little, low log cabin
In an unsettled district, and is occupied by
rather, mother and twenty exceptional hand
some children. Every one is a blonde, with
yellow-golden hair and peachy complexion, and
all as Ignorant, wild and untutored as thew are
beautiful. In addition to the above family
proper the two Oldest girls are married One Is
widow with two children, and the other has
three children and husband. Both these little
families are living with the old folks at home.
maNing In all family of twenty eight wnen
none are missing. The home, or log cabin. con-
slsts OF but one ROOM and that very small one
The family sleeps in berths ARA ged like those
on ship.