The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MA consumes more than half Of It.
TAG United States consumes 100 goo pairs
OF boots and shoes per annun; 100 100000 of
which are furnished by the New England States
Ira PAINE the American pistol shot, is ex-
hibiting his powers at the Foles Bergeres, in
Paris. He claims TO have discovered a process
for the manufacture of gold from an alloy OF
silver and copper, and is trying 70 raise funds
I t. start a workshop for the transmutation OF
I the precious metal
SARCASTIC BRAKkMEN on the New York ele-
waited roads have taken to calling out after the
! name Of the street a warning to the women no:
/ TO take the car along. This extreme measure
/ has been rendered necess 4ry, it is said, by the
! fact that women now and then try TO carry out
/ the iron hat racks and tue Cushions.
A YOUNG WOMAN in Bridgeport, Comm
recently complained to the police that she was
being systematically robbed OF her jewelry by
an unknown thief. 1t va subsequently, found
thar the owner Of the missing articles mad taken
/ the tTinkets herself while asleep and hidden
! them between the mattresses Of her bed.
RECENT EXPERIMENTS with the submarine
| boat, lie Gymnote at Toulon, were very success
! full. The boat moves horizontally as well as
vertically. and is easily kept at any depth that
| is desired. 1t can be run at a speed from nine
| to ten knots. Its crew ordinarily consists of
| three men, but during the experiments five
| persons were on board.
| croft, Ne. set fire the other afternoon 10 the
buildings he occupied killed his colt and goats
| stabbed himself slightly four times and took
paris green and went into the woods to die. He
was found and taken to town, where the physi-
clans relieved him of most of the poison, but do
| not think he can live.
| IRELAND no longer sends the greatest number
of emigrants to this country, being behind
| Scotland and England. During last September
| and October the number of emigrants from
| these countries was three times the number
| from Ireland DURING the ten months OF 1888,
| ending in October, there came 231.Sl4 English
| and Scotch emigrants against 129, 10 from Ire
| land. The influx from Italy also bids fair to
overshadow that from Ireland
| THE logs of the great raft which broke up on
| the New England coast several months ago
have not tloated in vain. They are still making
| their weary way eastward and westward in
| large numbers, and when sighted by vessels a
| memorandum is taken as to their exact position
| etc, and sent to the photographic office, where
| they are compared. As a result chart of the
various ocean currents has been made, which
| could not have been obtained in any other way
A SAN Francisco DISPATCH says the Southern
Pacific Company has made arrangements to
| prevent snow blockades on the Central Pacific
! Line this winter. The snow sheds have been
| put in good order at an expense of 100000, and
| to clear the track not protected by sheds rota-
| ~ snow pillow has been secured which cost SIR
| COO. There has been as yet no opportunity of
fully testing this pillow, but it is claimed that it
| can remove the largest drift ever known in the
| Serras.
| VERMONT has for years paid bounty of so
| cents for every dead fox and it is said in the
two years past $4,000 has been paid in bounties
| The other day countryman appeared before
| the county treasurer with eleven young foxes,
| on which he wanted the bounty Three of
! them were alive, and he thought it was hard
| that he could not get the bounty and keep them
! TNaF- ho fNiA lrnrar tffac
paid on dead foxes only he killed the three little
fellows at once and called for the 81 So
The necessity Of compulsory school law is
beginning to be felt in Indiana, and Mr.. La Fol
lette, state superintendent of schools, in his an
nual report to the governor recommends the
| enactment of such law. Indiana has in round
numbers S15,000.C00 invested in school property.
| and expends S5,000,000 annually in keeping up
| the schools; but the average daily attendance
| is not over % per cent. of the enumeration and
50 per cent of the enrolment, while the enroll
| ment is not over 80 per cent. of the enumera-
| ton
| LA NATURE recently received communica-
ton from a correspondent who thinks that
diagonal streets should be added to the right
angle streets of American cities. In Philadel-
phia, for instancd he says with $4,000 inbabi-
tantS the extreme distances Travelled would De
reduced "a miles The annual number OF pas
sengers by cars being S125 ,000, 600. the saving
would reach S1S0,000 a mile. The passengers
would gain 1866 years in time. and save more
than 5000, OO0horse power now used in round
about tracks.
NIrRo-GLYCERINE bids fair, say the doctors, to
| become an important remedy for diseases of
| the kidneys: and experiments are now making
in cases of BTight's disease. Nitro-glycerine Of
| a pure quality. possessing all the explosive
| powers of the substance. is prepared in alcohol
| (which removes the explosive quality in the
proportion of one part of the nitro glycerine to
| nnety-ni of alcohol, and is then prepared
with sugar or milk in tablets. Thus prepared it
| is called 'Trinitrln. patient in a Philadel-
| pha hospital has had the dose increased until
now he is taking eighty grains a day. He has
| Bright's disease and the effects are said to be
| highly satisfactory
| THE Harvard crew are going to practice for
their annual race this winter in a tank filled
with real water This tank measures about
50x25 feet and will contain about % inches of
water The boat will float in the middle and
viii be fastened at each end Down the middle
| underneath the boat, there will be plank par
| tition 10 divide the tank. BY this arrangement
| when stroke is taken the oars will make the
water in each half OF the tank run around in the
form of an eclipse, with It's longer axis parallel
| to the boat. The current of water makes catch
| ing the water with the oars very much like
| catching it when the boat is in motion. To de-
| crease the pressure the blades OF the oars will
| b cut out little.
| a MIDDLE AGED WOMAN went to a prominent
physician of san Diego not long ago and asked
MIN to amputaie her two great toes He ex.
amined them, assured her that there was
| nothing wrong with them, and said he wouldn't
cut them off. She begged him to, saying that
| If they were off she could wear No shoes in
stead OF Ne. IS as then. Her toes were her
own, SIC SAID, 10 DO what she pleased with and
| she would give $500 to have them cut off The
| doctor refused, an the woman went in quest of
some one with less conscience. A San Diego
! newspaper says that she found some one to do
the job successfully, for TWO weeks later she
went 70 san Franc. SEQ wearing the best pair of
NO. IS that could be bought in San Diego
| ANtRGISIA CITY NEWSPAPER says that a Piute
now in jail on a charge of murder, displays
| great skill in drawing, and has made picture
| OF the prison. as seen from the yard. that is
| really fine The newspaper further states that
! tde Plutes have natural taste for drawing and
tear many OF them are able to draw very good
pictures OF railroad trains and the like Tina
children made all kinds Of animals in CLAW as
| naturally rs white children m 1del mud pies and
even tue stupidas. looking OF the bucks will
! with pencil dash OF without the slightest
| hesitation map Of any portion OF country with
which he 10 acquainted, putting all the rivers
| lakes ana mountains in their proper places and
giving the whole proportional! dimensions
\ MASKED HlGHwAYMAN. armed with a double.
bArreied shotgun, stopped DR.. J. NJ Hurley OF
san Beruardro on his way to Casa Grande.
Art, and placing a black bag over his head
took from him $50 in gold and gold watch.
! atterwsrd returning the watch. He detail ned
! t4s doctor AMI lis driver until the Florence and
! casa brand sage came, and then he stoned
| lLal anl ordered It's driver to throw out the