The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Dr. CHAILLE states that the average life Of
woman is longer than that Of man, and in most
parts OF the United States woman's expectation
OF life Is greater.
TIE Vermont Microscopical Association has
announced that prize Of $3.50, given by a firm
Of chemists, will be paid 70 the first discoverer
Of new disease germ.
A DETROIT PAPER prints the following: 1t
rained young goslings on The farm of Fred Hut
eel Of Pittsfield recently. For further particu-
lars write 10 HutzeL This paper IS not given 70
lying
The PARIsIASs. It is said, are shortly TO have
the opera and drama laid on 10 their houses,
ike gas and water. by the theatrophone. The
cables, It Is stated, VIII pass through the Paris
ian sewers.
REPORTS received from many sections Of Cali
fornia indicate that the coming almond crop
will be large one The trees are loaded and
oid Ialr 10 produce yield somewhat ID excess
OF last season.
ONE of the best horsemen in America says
that he who follows the advice of MS jockey
will be ruined. Those who ride horses as pro
fesslon have very poor judgment on anything
outside the actual race.
ENocH townsend of Ssco, Ne, is credited
with accomplishing the feat of riding from
Boston to Portland on a bicycle in SINGLE Jay.
having left the Hub at 5 =. n. and arriving At
PORTLAND at p. m.
TIE new uniform of the Russian Imperial
Horse Guards includes a spotless white coat,
top boots reaching above the knees, and a he'll
met of what looks like pure gold, surmOunted
by an enormous eagle of silver.
A GENTLEMAN who resides in Akron, O., has
leased large tract OF swampy land down in
Kentucky for the purpose of raising what be
calls mos quito wks' He say that they are
sure death to the troublesome insects.
BELGIUM is poor place for physicians.
writer to medical Journal published there says
they have the care of three-fourths OF the pop
ulation, get nothing at all from one-half of
their patients and very poor pay from the rest.
REALISM in art will have an extraordinary
revelation in New York when lion. painted by
Boston artist is placed in position. The own
er OF the picture, hotel man, will illuminate
the lion with electricity and place it behind a
row of real bars.
New YORK physicians say that the mild
weather of the year has caused more nervous
proStration during the past three months than
IN the eighteen months preceding them. The
people who live under tremendous pressure re-
uulre an lnvlgoratng climate.
THE private detectives of a railroad company
must be constantly shifted, 50 that their faces
may not become familiar to the employees ami
arouse suspicion. The cost of secret service to
railroad is often very large, but can never
compare with the proportions of adrolt and sue
cessful freight robbng.
CHARLES CossAcK, a Pole, of Plymouth, Pa.
having been leased by boys, went into an old
mine to hide from them, and lost his way For
three days he wandered in the dark the oil of
his lamp having given out and two DAYS ago
after thirty men had vainly sought him. he
CHANGED to find an exit.
The OLD ELM TREE, withered and dead in the
top from old age, which stands at the entrance
to the south approach to the state capitol at
Harrisburg, was spared from destruction years
ago at the request of Gen. Cameron, who had
taken liking for it aud had asked that IL
should be left untouched during his lifetime
he was so earnest in pleading for the tree that
his wishes were respected
STUDENTS from the school of Mines at Column
bia college to the number of sixty will again
this year constitute a summer school on tn
shores or Bantam lake, in Litchield, Conn
Ihey will be expected to attend lecture each
morning at O'Clock, and afterward the time
until dinner, at l. is to be devoted to field work
surveying and trlangulation.
A FAMOUS NAVAL DOG is attached to the United
States ship Adams. He belongs to no one in
particular but to the ship In general. He has
seen service in all quarters of the globe On
one occasion, when the vessel was out of com
mission for months and repairing in the dry
dock, he betook himself to the receiving ship.
hard by, but promptly reported for duty when
tne Adams was again ready for service.
A New YORK POLICEMAN found a woman
wandering near St. Mary's hospital early the
| other morning. She was clad only in her night
| dress and was asleep. In pocket of the dress
| was found note that said she resided on Park
avenue, and requested any who found her in
| one of her bad spells" to take her home as
| she had good doctor and a good home The
| policeman went to the address given and found
that the woman lived there with her husband
| She has startled the neighborhood several times
| by walking about at night.
BROOKLYN horse lately suffered an injury
to one of his feet and for some time travelled on
| three legs Finally the wound was perfectly
| healed, but still the animal refused to put that
! hoof to the ground A veterinary surgeon was
| called In, who made an examination and then
| pronounced it simply case of nervousness
strap up the other hind foot and you II see
| he said. This was done and the injured foot
| was us forced into use. It did not take a
block S travel to show the horse that his nervous
| fears were groundless and when the strap was
removed be trotted off squarely on four feet
J THERE are in this country 1854 colleges devoted
TO the liberal arts, having about $500 professors
and As, 600 students These figures do not in
| Guide the female colleges and seminaries which
| number 100, and have 1864 teachers and q 600
students or the 80 schools of science. with
| 15,OOO students, or the 800 institutions devoted
wholly to law medicine and theology and
| having over 10000 students The propertv
owned by the colleges of arts and letters must
w
ments as much more. Taking all the HIGHER
| institutions of learning together they are said
| TO represent money investment of $500
| 900, 900.
| A WOMAN DENTIST, says a New England ex-
| change is somewhat of an innovation but that
| she is likely to make her mark in the profession
| is indicated by the high standing of the youne-
| woman who has just been graduated from the
| Boston Dental College According to the an
| nouncement of the dean, she stood No 1 in n
| class of between thirty and forty aud in + .
| race she had run she was so far ahead of her
| classmates that she could hardly hear the tread
! of the fellow next behind her The dentists
chair is not exactly a synonym for everything
| that is comfortable and inviting but the pres
| ence Of gentle woman operator promises to
| detract something from its terrors
| THOMAS CUNNINGHAM Of Fort Wayne Ind.
| called on young married lady there the other
afternoon and requested her to play upon the
| piano for him. She played Nearer to Thee
| 1T is beautiful piece" he said when the
| young lady had finished, "and guess am as
| near my God now as | shall ever be- Sud-
| denly springing up from his chair he drew
| from his hip pocket a small revolver and point
| ing it in the direction of his heart pulled the
| trigger The landady of the house into which
| the wOuldbe suicide had entered unlimited
| happened at that moment to go into the room
| an /, jumping forward, made clutch at the re.
| volyer just in the nick of time, and the bullet
| flew harmless.
| HARTFORD LADY tells a story of an ancestor
of hers, direct descendant of John Eliot. the
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