The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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A WASHINGTON LADY recently purchased in
winchester mahogany sideboard over 100
years old and shipped it to the wife of er-Presi
| dent Cleveland az present.
FARNzR in Brooke county West Virginia.
has an old-fashioned pocketbook. carried bv
himself. his father and his grandfather. He
estimates that it has contained more than
A LITCHFIELD, Mich, COUPLE who havs been
married thirty years had a misunderstanding
about two years ago, and since then they have
never spoAen to each other, though living in
the same house.
| FRANKFORT MATHEMATIcIAS, Dr. Bein, calcu-
lates that two men playing dominoes ten hours
day and making four moves a minute could
continue us .0O0.Oo years without exhaustn :
ali the combinations OF the game, the total
number OF which is 2S4. 52S, I'll $40
ASUsBER OF PRINCES received prizes at the
Paris exposition. The Due d'Aumale obtained
his for the Zucco wine. which he makes on his
land IN Sicily; the King of Holland received q
prize for beer from the royal brewery, and Car
wine.
AMONG the many curious sights the traveller
witnesses in the lower Columbia is men on
horseback. wading about in what appears to be
an almost aimleSS manner Taey are in rpalit =
nsnlng for salmon with huge seiaes, which are
SO heavy as 70 make the assistance of the horses
imperative.
A NJ BIsBEE, who is the Chinese delegate to
the maritime conference at Washington, is an
adventurous yankee, born and bred on Cape
Cod. In his travels he drifted across the con
tinent and over the Pacific and he is now chief
inspector of the imperial maritime customs
service of China.
IRE FLArHEAD INDIANS OF MONTANA differ
widely from most other tribes on this continent.
They are not warriors, nor are they lazy and
good for nothing. On the contrary most of
them ara thrifty farmers, whose industry and
SKIN are attested by big stacks of hay and grain
about their dwellings,.
JAMES WATKINS, who lives about six miles
north of Golconda, ILL.,, recently took to town
the skin of monster catamount which he killed
on DIS place. 1t is pronounced by different peo-
PIE the largest one they ever saw. Where it
came from is a mystery as wild aninals of ali
KINDS were exterminated in that section years
ago.
DANIEL FREDERICK of Knox county, Ind, was
lOO years old Oct. 16. He was born in Knox
county and has always resided there. His life
pursuit has been that of a farmer, and his nab
Its plain, simple and regular He has never
been sick but twice in his long. quiet life ana
to-day he is a remarkably hale, spry and viva
clous old man. His hair is still black, with yllt
lew silver threads, and he has no use for spec
tacles. P
Two HALLowELL (ME.) sPoRTsMEN saw an in
terestlng family in the Cobbosseecontee stream
the other day They suddenly found their boat
surrounded by young muskrats, who we're as
playful as kittens, diving and coming to the
surface again, swimming around the boat and
looking up to 1t with eyes that did not betray
ene least suspicion OF danger. For some minutes
tne gentlemen watched their maneuyers until
Two old muskIats made their appearance, The
IaIIer came out from tue shore and dived with
spi9sn that seemed to be the signal for the young
ones to follow, which they quickly did
THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS of the London news
papers have recently announced that nine can
nibals from Terre del Fuego wouid be fed tl,rse
times day in view Of the audience at the
aquarium. The family now in London includes
woman about so years old her son, a tall and
not oad-looklng specimen of his race his two
wives and their five children ranging in ACE
from TO 10 years. The thing about the Onas
which most stimulates scientific interest and
Pop9ar curiosity is the fact that they are re-
Earded oy some authorities as the lowest stratum
OF unclvlllzed humanity that has yet been dis
covered. -
ONE or the most wonderful of fishes is the
one bearing the name of chiasmodon niger. or
1he great swaliower. The body is elongated. of
nearly uniform thickness most of the length of
the Ilsn. The jaws are very long and fitted with
sharp teeth some of which seem to be reyersi-
PIE. Inc manner OF feeding is to grasp a fish
Dy the tail and proceed to climb over il with its
Jaws AS the captive is taken in, the stomach
anu ln1egument stretch out, the distended belly
appears as great bag. The fish will swallow
another one six or twelve times his own sjza
rms rapaclty proves his own destruction. as the
gas formed by the process of digestion makes n
pa naalioon OF MS stomach that brings the fish to
the surface. AS his habitat is supposed to he
LOU feet below the surface this is the only wav
ne came to be introduced to the pubic throu01
tne three specimens now on exhibition in
museums. IA
VERY nearly everybody in Charleston. s. G.
has something to suggest in the way OF making
her coming festival more attractive The latest
and most novel suggestion takes this form:
Let the executive committee ask the narents of
all the children VINO were born in Charleston
curing the earthquake to bring their earthouake
babies to hall a given date and hold a
leSception; IL might be as we'll, perhaps, to
oIrer a prize for the biggest, the healtbiest or
the prettiest earthquake baby, although Pm
sure the parents Tould gladly come into the
arrangement without any offer of prizes or re-
muneratlon 1t would be a most intel estiny
and attractive feature of the festival IF the
executive committee haven't time to attend to
10 what the matter with the Chrysan themun1
snow people Incorporating that feature in their
eXmoltlon? The earthquake babies among the
cnrysanthemums and opponax would draw nm
dredS of visitors
The DOCTORS OF New YORK have adopted n
special vehicle. They now drive in Carriages
That are similar enough to have been manu-
featured from one pattern. 1t is buggy with
top or hood, which is complete projection
from the weather. 1t differs from a light trot
ting buggy, as the box is big, roony and com
Portable, and the hood is arranged in several
joints, so that portion of it NAV be rushed
back at time. The wheels are almost heavy
| enough for light T-cart. The doctors driva
two horses, usually handsomely matched. wen
oult and stylish animals with docked tails
The coachman is uniformly In snug livery with
corduroys and vanished boots AS the horses
are harnessed well TO the head of a long mole
and the harness usually siyer-mounted the
whole outfit is decidedly handsome and i'm
preSsive. There are at least ten or twelve of
them In town. Tney have entirely Superseded
| the brougham among the doctors because. in
| the first place, the buggy can be driven much
faster than heavy brougham, and in the
second place, there is no slamming of doors and
drafts from the windows if they are open The
| doctor gets the benefit of the fresh air. going
from one place to another, and as the distances
| IN New York are very great in the practice of
the more celebrated physicians, speed is of i'm
portance. The physicians seem to have struck
the right thing in vehicles, and undoubtedly the
Doctors buggy has come to stay.
NEARLY all the continental powers have now
chosen their magazine rifles. Germany has
adopted the Mauser and Lee system, with a
fixed magazine and caliber of rs millimeters
with charge Of Duttenhofer powder of 26
grains, almost without smoke France has ais.
carded the Kropstschek and Gras, the former
until recently, the rifle used in the navy in
favor OF the Gras Lebel, weighin 1850 kilo-
grams, of which /, 400, 900 have already heen
delivered. The magazine Is halov opd -