The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

more than 80 years of age.
| TIA BILL will soon be presented to the New Jer-
| sey legislature for the creation of a railway
| commission IN that state, the three commits
| sloners TO be appointed by the governor.
A GIANT ICE MAKING MACHINE was shipped
Friday from Cincinnati to Denver, Col 1t
weighed about 500, 600 pounds and thirteen cars
were required to carry it, 1t cost $36, 900.
BILL has been introduced into the Ohio
legislature to appropriate $4,000 to repair the
| cemetery at North Bend, Hamilton county, III
| which President William Fl. Harrison IS buried.
| LUlfBERMEN in Maine are being more success
| full than they anticipated early in the winter
| Along the Kennebec the cut will certainly reach
| 100000 feet, and may possibly be much
greater.
AT A RECENT RABBIT HUNT at Goshen, Tulare
| county, California, 1900 rabbits we're captured
and 200 were shipped to the San Francisco
market. The drivers realized quite respect
able profit.
A MAN who runs an elevator In the New York
produce exchange has good word for women
whom he declares are the best passengers he
carries, because they don't pollute the car with
sunocating cigarettes"
THE greatest emigration society at present is
the Argentine Republic. 1t will spend this year
s., 100000 to bring immigrants from the north
of Europe alone Ships from England, Holland
and France are taking them over in thousands.
THE metropolitan characteristics of the Amer
lean people are noticeable in the following sta
tistics in 1880 one-thirtieth of our population
was found in ctieS in 1900, one-twenty fifth; in
1920. one-twentieth; in 1850 one-eighth; in 1860,
one-sixth, in 1880, two ninths.
FLocKs OF WILD DOGS, possessing all the
characteristics of wolves, infest some of the
southern counties of Ohio They attack every
living thjng-men, women. children pigs
turkeys, geese, etc.-and have been known to
destroy entire f1ockS of sheep.
THE holy City of Tunis, Kairwan, can now be
entered by Christians, and its mosques can be
visited The great mosque has 565 columns Of
marble OF every conceivable color and of every
variety Of architecture, and is, perhaps. the
next IN beauty to the great mosque in Cordova
A CONVERT at q recent revival in Moberly
Mo-, in going forward to make his profession of
change of heart astonished the good pastor by
handing over bottle of whisky and a sluDg-
shot which ne said he wished to renounce along
with his other evils He showed his faith by
his works.
Mrs E. G. MUNDELL OF st. Louis attacked a
burglar who entered her home, and, though she
rather roughly handled in the scrimmage
that followed, she had the satisfaction of send
ing the intruder off with a sore head thanks to
the assistance of heavy stove poker, and
without any booty.
IT Is PROPOSED in Newark, n. j., to abolish
the system of call men in the fire department
At present only the drivers and fremen of the
companies are paid regular salaries, the call
men receiving a small annual stipend and pur-
suing other vOcations during the day going on
duty only when called
A BosToN PAPER tells of a dog that for some
time past has been in the habit of leaving his
home on Thursday evening and remaining away
until Saturday morning. The matter was finally
HStlgated. ba
goes that he spent Friday with neighboring
family where meat was eaten On that day, His
masters family had fish on Fridays.
In 1880 there was dinner given in a country
house in Madison county, Indiana, and the
guests included Governor Williams. Congress
man Bynum and,eleven others. Governor VIII
Jams called attention to the fact that but tbir-
teen were present, and several commented upon
the superstition relative to this number At the
present date only three who were present at the
dinner are living
THE steward of Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht Alva
entered large fruit and confectionery store on
Baltimore street Just before the Yacht sailed
and purchased nearly S75 worth of confectionery
and fruits. Before leaving he asked for some
dollhouse grapes, and was told by the proprietor
that the price would be S. per pound The
steward gave an order for ten pounds and asked
that they be sent to Mr.. Vanderbilt's Yacht
The storekeeper declined to fill the order be,
cause he did not know of Mr.. Vanderbilt
SAYS the New York Ledger: "A well-known
physician of this city, finding himself rather
out of sorts determined to consult some of
his medical brethren on the subject for few
physicians like to trust themselves with the n
selves. lie accordingly called upon five emf
nent members of the faculty in succession and
1t is a positive fact that each one of them gave
a different opinion as to the nature of his dis
order, and recommended a different mode of
treatment 1t is his own belief that they were
all wong"
IT has been estimated that an average of
feet of water falls annually over the whole
earth Surprising that condensation takes
place at an average hight of 1900 feet the
must equal the lifting of 322 60G 900 pounds of
water, 5000 feet in every minute or about
30O,OOO,OO0 horSe-pOwe constantly exerted OF
this great energy very small part is trans
ferred to the waters that run back through
rivers to the sea. and a sill smaller fraction is
utilized by man. The remainder is dissipated
in space
DIR. SCHULTZ Of Vienna has been advising the
citizens of that beer-drinking community to
drink their beer out of mugs and not out of
glasses. The glass may be more agreeable to
the eye, he says but the mug is more hea;ttv
and pleasanter to the palate. If glassful Of
beer is left standing in the open air or set in a
window under the direct rays of the sun in four
or live minutes the beer will contract an I'M
pleasant taste; whereas, beer left in a mug
with cover remains undeteriorated even
though the mug should be exposed to the sun
Direct sunlight will spoil the best beer in a very
short time: and similar injury to taste and
SMELLS effected, though in a less degree nv
gaslight or lampight.
THE following compilation Of facts and figures
will interest those who are curious about the
odd things of the great book: The Bible con-
tains 66 books, 1889 chapters, 80, 1913 verses
173,6 92 words and 1856, 4s9 letters The word
ana occurs 4b,2S' times. the word Lord
1883 times, reverend but once, girl but
once, in third chapter and third verse of Joel.
the words everlasting fire" but twice and
everlasting punishment" but once The mid
die verse is the eighth verse OF the one hundred
and eighteenth Psalm. The twenty first verse
or the seventh chapter of Ezra contains all the
letters in the alphabet except the letter - -
The finest chapter to read is the twenty-sixtb
chapter Of the Acts of the Apostles. The nine
teenth chapter OF Second Kings and the thirty
seventh chapter OF Isaiah are alike. The long
est verse is the ninth verse Of the eighth CHAPTER
OF Esther The shortest is the thirty-fifth verse
OF the eleventh chapter of st. John, viz: Jesus
wept, The eighth, fifteenth, twenty-hrst and
thirty first verses of the one hundred and sew.
enth Psalm are alike There are no words Of
more than six syllables
The great problem as to how the drop
anicke-in-the slot" machines can be beaten
has been solved by the ingenious street gamins.
Experiments were conducted before a good
sized crowd on the corner Of Center and Cham
oers streets, New York, the other day bv two
Italian bootblacks three Hibernian newsboys,