The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| TWENTY-FIVE CASES OF insanity have been
brought before the judge at Tacoma, W. T.,
since last March, and one-half Of the cases are
OF persons who came from the east.
EDWARD NoLF, who lives half way up the Le-
high mountain at Bethlehem. Pa. has produced
some English gooseberries that are egg-shaped
and over twJ inches long.
MAN il Australia has discovered a process
by which he can season freshly cut Australian
lumber in less than seven days. This seems
hardiy credible, As heretofore it has required
several years. Steam Is one of the agencies
employed.
| IT viii be comfort to many timid persons to
remember, remarks the InueatiUe Age, that
deaths by lightning, in this country, average
only ABOUT one IN a million Of the population
annually. Invention will reduce this average.
but cannot give entire immunity
10 TIE QUOTATIONS with which many are
familiar, but whose authors are frequently the
subject of inquiry, has been added the line,
He sleeps the sleep of the just" A CORE
sp0ndent asks its origin of the editor of English
Notes and Queries, who does not offer any
solution.
STATE GAME AND FISH PRoTEcToRs, acting
under the direction of the New York fish com
misSioners, are securing evidence for the pur-
| pose OF prosecuting men who have caught sal
mon with nets in the Hudson river and instead
OF Throwing the fish back INTO the water, have
PUT penny in and you will have surprise"
says the legend on the latest form of automatic
machine. When one has been unwise enough
to comply with this invitation, one receives a
a card on which IS printed: You give me
penny and give you nothing in return You
are surprised VOLTA" sH'f
A CURIOUS FEATURE in ORTHODOXY is reported
from lexington, Yorkshire. England, where a
hen has Matched two chickens from one egg,
both chickens being in a perfect state, except
that they are joined together on one side of the
membranes of the wing. Beyond this they
walk about and feed in the usual manner.
A GREAT impetus has been given to Russian
Industries within the last ten or fifteen years.
Thus, in 1919 all the cotton mills 10 that coun-
| try contained about 100000 spindes while
there are now, accord ng to the latest reports,
ll5,OOOpO spindles, divided between g. mills.
Inc nu noer of cotton weaving establishments
IN Russia Is said to be 45S giving employment
to more than O,00J hands the total annual pro-
duction being estimated at 100000 rouDles.
COUNT Goro, one of the japanese ministers,
has issued to all officials of the communications
department, whether in postoffices or postal
| savings banks, instructions enjoining the duty
OF treating every member of the public, ire
ective of social Official position, with
civlity. Especially in respect of females old
people, and those of tender years, the minister
| dwels upon the Importance of avoiding every
assumption OF authority or show Of Official
| DOM
In 1881 there were only two christian en-
deavor societies in existence having a mem
| bership of sixty-eight. Now there are $500 so
cetles with a membership of 100000, and So
cleties are being organized at the rate of 100
week. The International convention of the
societies, which is to be held in Philadelphia,
July y. ~ and II. promises TO be the largest and
most enthusiastic convention ever held and the
largest delegate convention of any kind ever
| held IN this country.
SAYS a clock manufacturer: THE dial of the
clocks which we make for China is marked, in
lieu of figures, with characters which, suppose
| mean something to them They don't to me
| There are three circles of characters the inner
| one having eight divisions the next one twelve
and the outermost tWenty-four. There are two
| every two hours, while the long takes twenty
| four hours to get around. But how they com
pute time by these is a Chinese puzzle"
AN unusually valuable catseye has lust
| reached London. 1t comes from Ceylon, and
was originally found by laborer who was load
ing cart with earth. He sold it for 80 rupees
ana then IN It's uncut state it weighed AIS carats
subsequently it passe through several hands
and ultimately fell into those of native rice
merchant, VINO gave 5000 rupees for it and had
! 1t cut Its present weight is 40 carats and it is
insured for 10000 rupees. 1t is described as re-
decting four oDalescent rays combining to form
| a simple, brilliant ray.
NJ. AssIEFF, a young Russian officer o.
Dragons has just performed an extraordinary
feat. He has ridden from Pultava to Paris in
thirty three days, by way of Kleff, Cracow. b.
hemla,. Darmstadt, Luxembourg and Rheims
This throws other feats of the kind into the
shade, and the VieneSe, who is now en- route
| from the Austrian to the French metropolis in
cab-a matter of twenty days-will be rather
disappointed when he arrives in Paris to find
that he has been forestalled by the ..bold
| dragon" haling from the steppeS of Muscovy.
THROUGH the kindness of Thomas A. Edison. q
successful lawn fete was given on his grounds
| IN LleweIyn park recently, in aid of the Fair
| Haven lodging house of the Womens Christian
| Temperance Union. When the shades of even
| ing drew on magical change took place A
| Gordon of electric arc lights surrounding tn
| entire lawn suddenly flashed into radiance and
| hundreds OF tiny incandescent bulbs scattarA1
| among the branches of the trees and in the
shrub cry sparkled and glinted, " lille fairy lam
on each table made the whole scene very eftecL
| i've.
DOES it pay to be a hero? is the question
which is agitating Terrence Reilly, of Sing
Sing, N Y. According to the story told abont
him he jumped into deep dam to save Ponazo
| Fabiano. an Italian, who had caught CRAMPS
while bathing. Mr.. Reilly was so incautious as
to leave his clothing on the bank when ba mada
his plunge and when he returned bearing tn
| hteleSS body OF Fa5lauO, whom he mad found il
| impossible to rescue alive, he missed from has
own pocket wallet containing S52 Later on
| ne secured warrant for the arrest of Terese
Fabiauo, sister of the deceased. whom he
accuses of filching the money while he was
| trying to save her brother.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT is about to be
made by Miss Sellers, a lady who has been well
| known as teacher and lecturer in classics and
| French for the last few years in London She
| is goin to start day school for girls on Camp
den hill on university lines, and with I.xami1 a
| lions to be held by outside examiners of him
| university standing, Among the features of
| the system is the intention to use the public
| buildings, galleries and museums of London
| systematically Tor educational purposes En-
glish history and lrefature being Illustrated by
| lessons at West minister Abbey, the Tower etc
ancient history and art at the National Gallery
| and British museum; natural science at the
| Natural History museum, and so on.
In the course Of his address to thu GRADUATING
class of yale Law school this week. Chauncey
| NJ DePew remarked: The gifts Of men are
infinite in character and degree, but the rarest
is the FACULTY for honest work Persistent and
| intelligent industry will command recognition
| Some men are the first scholars of their class
| in colleges and maryels of memory in the law
| school, who are never heard of afterwards
| They are deficient in gray matter and sense
| and should find their places outside the liberal
| professions before their careers are hopelessly
| ruined. | sometimes think that there is no
| limit to what man can do-if the idle hours
| usually given TO waiting for somebody or some
thing to worthless gossip, to the social glass at
| the club in the afternoon which units hin for
| work in the evening, and to the FASCINATING
| luxury of empty Medicines were hailed ne
| special gifts of Providence to be treasured and
used for study"