The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-30
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presence OF the welding guests The last affair
occurred near Berlin. Aich.. last week.
Two GERMAN ATHLETES have arrived in New
YORK whose feats Of strength, it is said, will be
! revelation TO tbs strong men of this country
! one can lift SIS pounds with his middle fin1cr
anu can pass u weight of 200 pounds slowly
/ over MS mead with one haud TIE other Is
/ credited with being able to forca a 6-inch mai
Win MS bare hand through a 2-inch PLANK
Two GERMAN ATHLETES have arrived in New
YORK whose feats of strength, it is said, will be
| a revelation TO tn strong men of this country.
OhT can hIt 14o pounds with his id lie finger
en- can pass weight OF 2JO pounds slowly
over MS mead with one hand Fine other is
! created with being aDls to force a 6-inch nail
VIII MS oare hand through g 2-inch plank
WHILE French girl was playing with a rope
ABOUT her neck the other aft rnoon in Lake
M, ralago n H. tenement house, the building
was struck by lightning, and, as tn story goes
the rope was de 'troyed by the electric CD rent
out Tue enid escaped unin iured. a month ago
$3.50 - Is ajusu' the same glrl was struck I'd
I-Io"n INTO a ditch oy the lOcomotiV OF an ex-
| press train, but was not hurt
THE ACCOUNT of Edison's visit to the Office of
tne Faris Figaro has just arrived A platform
had been erected at the end of the hall and was
a1hlIaoy decorated. A rOphy of French and
a'nSItcah nags, surrounding the United States
SoaT ol a ms, domineered oVef the plato m
W ais I 10 Ners encircled the au ii nee From
tns monograph went out this commitment:
me paper LIE Figaro and its friends writer's
artists, ainters and savants Utfer to the Illus
and sympathy"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, with twenty-one let
eers Is said to be the longest English word Other
| languages furnish numerous EXAMPLES of
longer o-es- For Instance: he of the villages
| III IAe north OF Wales IS called Lllar.airp : H.
| synShgoSerpw landypilwgOgo. On the Isle of
34uAi' In Argyls 1ire, there is place called
| Dry intaldhorlc ,hillichattan. The two longest
| words IN the German language are: Gesund-
| Hei $ observation-disclosures lsain.nenmiscnun S.
| EefhaithlS skuAdiger and Coastantinopolilan-
macaer
MR. JAEGER of Rochester N Y, was fire.
quentlY puzzled by the absence of MS dog. The
| animal was frequently alb sem half day at a
| Iiihe' an last week was missing for two DAYS
| MS owner Advertised for MIN, and on Une foI-
| lowing day lie was returned by man who had
| discovered his p, cliar mania 1t was for rid
| ing on street cars. He will get aboard of a1y
| car Ne sees, and ride till ne is put off Mr.
80 ieI proposes now to get season ticket,
hoou on ali the street railroads. ami attach il t.
the do5 5 collar, SO That tue animal may ind Ice
us street car pop -nsltleS in proper aud LEGAL
| way.
| A cAsr-sTEEL GUN, weighing 235 tons has Just
oeen shipped by AIessrs. Krupp from Hamburg
Tor Cronstadt. The cali er of the gun is 1917
| lhcneS, the barrel is 80 feet in length Tina
range OF the gun is over eleven mI.es and in
| ,syf1t. So
| WIN nre two shots per minute each sDot costing
peIWeel Sl $50 aad 81, 500. At the trials of the
Sun nelu IN tae presenca of Russian officers at
yleppeh. The range OF The Essen Iirn, the pro-
| Jectle, Ieet long and wei xhing l. 800 pounds
| ana propelled by charge OF 100 pounds OF
powder, penetrated 1873 inches CT armor, and
moHC I'oIS yards beyond the tagget. The qua is
the largest In existence.
TAKING of your Melbourne race-course.
says A. H. Axtel land the magnificent grand
| staad there, Melbourne has other SIGHTS ouite
as Interesting and good deal older. The off
CIalS or St. Paul pro-Cathedral there have
ulesseu thelr grI chofisttrS up in surpce and
mo- Vtr Oolfd, and set the town wild with de-
nsnt The CIR s are pretty, and the quaint cos.
CuIleS give tie n a plQuant beauty which draws
d ao cHurch rull at every service" II Axtsn is
Na-ilorhian, VINO haS spent some years in Ans
IlaLia on a STOCK farm, and expects to Import
several Wel-known California stations for A
syndicate OF western breeders.
The STANDARD OIL CompANY's latest and
greatest exploit, according to the gossip of oil
men, is the erection of a new refinery with a
capacity OF forty GOO barrel stills" Iii, hard
70 realize what that means unless one knows
mat still Is ii led with the crud. petro en- n
twice week, aud 100 stills will refine 10 OA1 1oo
barrels or crude oil in year Tat is ab3ut
one-ie tn OF the product OF the entire country
I1e standard s nrw still Is N minslly mt II Nv
the STANDARD Oh Company of Indiana If
which W. II. TidtorI IS president. It is
really the work of the Standard Oil Trust
OF course, and is to cost S5,00o,0 900 STANDARD
money. This colossal new refilery is building
on the Ind aaa shore of Lake Michigan, not far
from Chicago -''-
Z. l.. HoLDRIDGE of South Butler, N. Y. is
the owner Of a toad which has developed a re-
markable degree OF tractability ami intelligence.
In eating tie toad has been trained to use n
small knife and fork and it is said to handle
theSe implements with the grace and skill OF an
epicure. AT the concusi IN of the meal IA toad
regularly uses a small napkin to vine its monIn
an act which 1t performs with becoming gravity
A!r. noldFidg7 Is at pres 'nt teaching the to ID to
us toothplck but it is sill very awkward in
the use or that impleme t. The toad readily
walks upright and apparently ignore, the char
act-rStc mop of its aternal ancestors in the
act OF locomotiOn. 1t is also affirmed that the
toad Is developing degree of conscience os IL
has been known to led tears of remorse unon
several occasions when reprimanded by Mr..
Iioluriu2e ioT some Improperly or breach Of
etiquette at the table.
In these days of rapid railway travelling It is
interesting to r al the following ext.act from
the Belgian NeseS: IN the archives of the
railway from Nuremberg to Furth has been
found protest, signed in 1896 by the members
of the Royal College of Bavarian D lctors noint
ing OUT the danger of the new mode of travel
ing. The following are passages from this ra
inarkablt document: Locomotion by means
OF any KIND OF steam engine should be pro-
hl6lteI IN the interest of the public heat1.
Raind change OF place cannot fail to prOdrcs
among travellers the mental malidy called
detir1tm furt0SIm. Even ii travellers com. nt
to run the risk, the state ought at least to mo-
tect the spectators. Nothing but LOOKING, ut a
locomotive which Is pa sing rapidly is sufTicient
TO produce the same mental affection It is
there ore, Spensaole to erect on eacA side of
the line pallng 10 feet high"
hartley CAMPBELLs widow is consulting
with several well-kuown designers of monu-
ments with view to the erection of a suitable
memorial to mark the grave of her husband ;,
SAID theatrical manager yesterday The fact
that he asked lis name to be omitted il lis re-
marks were quoted is of itself sufficiently
nota lie to warrant mention THE grave IS
absolutely un marked, tn ugh it is easily dis
coveraole, IN the cemetery near PirtshIlrr NV
reason OF Its pr KIM to tuat of his mother
Near its head stands great urn of iyv AMI
geraniumS, and ali the suTrouudin s breefne an
atmosphere Of peace which was very foreign tn
tt career of tbs restless Uniformed geuins VII,
lies under the sod. 1t is curious by the way
how some wives preserve for the memory of
their crring husbands a fDndneSs which oftsn-
often + tlan the sneering worll will aver
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with age into a tender
ness that was unknown be ore the hereave
ment." movement to build Barley Camn-
bell a handsome monument is under discussion
in PittSburg now.
EDIsoS's EMPLoYEs-in Edisonville n. J.. as
it will soon be called-are said to be preparing
an electrical novelty by way of a surprise for
their chief when he lands fresh from his fri
umphS abroad and comes home to the town
which is best known by his residence ThaU