The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The wreck Of our war vessels in the Samoan
ha-hor of Apia e1tai'et q loss to the United
States Of over S2,50o,000.
A NAN has just died at Lancaster, Pa. after
ffty-three years of illnes,. When boy of 10
wears be became affiic.e with rheumatism and
fr m that time until b. death was confined to
his d. His body was that of boy with the
hea of a full grown MAJ.
THE STORY which has been Waiting around
the country t the effect that Tex IS settlers
contributed the fl st white bab7 to the popula-
ton OF Okla IONA has been halted by the Ar
kansas City T rUeler, which say tnas that dis
function attaches to a chill now 8 Y arS cd. of
Boomer Andarso ! OF CowIes county, Kansas.
In a rrytown sanitariun is petriied IRE
historic lizard, II feet and inch long, IS nche
broad at the shonlt rs and 9inches the head +,
AMI wi ming 300 p funds Its e. o" il gray and
its substance sandstone. The Specim n, which is
almost rtect. was ex umad on t shora Of
CcarleStown lac, five miles from FarmersviIle
Province of Ontario. in July last.
The idea Of a Lo7don testimonial" to the
Kendals, prior to their departure for America
has been abandoned in consequence of st ong
opposition. M~S Ken al is not D ,puiar from
and members of her own profession, without
Su dc mt eminenc n warrant such action. If
she purSueS this policy in merica, it is likely to
lnjure her chances o. success.
ONE of the most useful men in the military
balloon departm mt at Berlin is "a to be a
young acr bat, who is serving his three wears
in the German army. He eli nbS and mounts
where no 1ody else dares to ca l. a when his
work IN he regtO i above this neither world is
done he lights his coura les by performa &c a
on the trap z, with which he fills up such leisure
no IFS as fall TO the share of the German soldier.
Two DOGS. a Newfoundland belonging 70
John Halland, and a fox hound owned by man
named Mason, TO ighr at the shore of Highland
lake, near WinStel, c nu.. the OF 'er afterno d.
Toe fig It ended by the big Newfoundland
dragging the houl into the lake a d hold ng
fis n ad under va e. uni' he was dead. TT
( no nd was worth $50, nj Mason win sue
the owner of the Newtound an dog W ich
was the aggressor, for the value of the drowned
hound.
An unusually large number Of vipers infest
the neighborhnod of Wardnell Wood Newing-
lard, England near there, where se~eraI of
thesA da1yarous reptile ave been killed dur
in e past few days. No less then ten vioers,
inc uding one or two snakes-the less dangerous
speci.nsn of its species have been kiiei, AMI
the Gotta rers who live in the neigh oorhoo l.
eagerly seek at the vi erS when dead
from whlc they extract oil, which they de-
clare u be sure antiiote to a bits from a
viper
RECENT DISPATCH from Wabash, Ind, has
the following: Last evening Jordan hhodes,
the most desperate criminal for his age III
yaars) ever tririsoned acre, escaped from the
deputy sheriff and boarded an east bound
Wabash Il ain. He was he r from at Roanoke
tais moroing, where he had burgarizsd house
last nigh. securing numb r Of valua oles.
r lodeS W to have b 'en taken to the state re-
for II sClon to-day for larce V. The lad was
captured this noon at Union Station by Sheriff
SquireS."
THE ancient Japanese custom of hari-ka |, ar
happy dispatch. has received setback For
centuries it has be N the custom for officials of
m ba off nd hair
eTelEn, to disemb )wei Themselves upon II ma
ton from g mikado. Not long ag1 an Cd an
trusted official wounded e feslin;s Of the
monarch, t3e next day an officer hr yht
n y the fatal sword, a magnificent apon, in
CT ed wit rae 4weis. The culprit rece. we'd
ths vor pack d his vallaoleS and took the
steamer for Havre. IN routA for Paris where he
sold tn sword of honor for $4,000.
In the Rerue Scientifquo, NJ variot gives
the followin as a m-tlod for ram wing tattoo
marks: The skin is first covered with concen-
trated solution of ta1nn and retatto Del with
th in the parts to be ciea ed. Then an ordi-
nary Mir lte OF silver crav n is rubbed over
these parts which becomes blacS by for nation
O. t4nnate of silver in the superficial lay of
the der MS. Tannil powder l. sprlnkl on the
surface sever al tim s a day for some d lys to
dry 1t. A dark or Ist forms. viii n 10 'es color
IN three or four days, and in a fortnight or so
comes away, leaving re dish sclr, frsa OF
ia to- marks, and. II 8 { w months, little
noticeable 1t is well TO do the work in patches
nerson can then 60 on with MS usual occupa-
ton.
The returns for accidents on the railways Of
the United Kin dom du ilZ ths year of 1888 are
j terestiny. Eleven pas sen -ers wer. K ed and
594 1ured as az i s. Is pas -ng-rs kille ID
53S I'M lred 10 1887 There we're 81 iliuries from
otn-r ca IS S than those d IL TO co'Iisions and
mec IA al Elects OF s-ryants Of the com
NAMES thee werA $50 deaths and 2,IC0 INJURIES
Fifcyt nree perso 8 p4ris Ell at grade croSsi ,gs
: . fTl . y To- ar.IQ int, -al
IN connection one way anot with tn ra /
way syst m. There wer IS lis ns betwe n
pa ssn FER trains, and 81 tween passenger
and freight trains. There wre 2S5
futures Of axie' tn renter part belo Qgiag 10
engines In 1872 the railway deaths were / In
100000 passengers carried. 1t is now in
7O0100J0.
TIE Farriers' Company. in order to promote
progress in their at, nave arranged with the
Roya Agricultural S Jciety to hold horseshoe
ing competition at the forthcom ny show at
Winds n The works of Old writer's on the SUD
ject ot hOrsehOeing atfurd lterrsttug study. Xe-
npphon never mentions horseShOes lie recon-
mendei only stone fl boring in tn stables to
harden the hootS. as did also Vir H. Perh ps
the first mention of an iron horseshoe occurs In
'onnaction with Cuillrich. VINO lived A D. 4Sl
an from drawn OF that sh ne it is apparent
that II did not difer m literally FIR m the shoe
OF the pres Mt da p. In the midi Of the last
century La FosSe farri4r to the king OF France
advocate half moon shoe, or tio in order to
uliuS tut lTOG on tue -TOuHu, theory which
has its advocates to-day.
A SEWING MACHINE AGENT in Brooklyn has had
high old ii ne trying to collect mouey from a
woman who keeps rant store. He visited
her place. a1d in asking for an iuStalment on
her purchase, she said didn't have it, but If
he would send customers to her store she would
be able to pay. Then mu 1t take the
machlnA, " said the ag mt. You can't for I've
got my spring Sc wing to do" retorted the
woman. AS the demand was reiterated she
seized u handful of dry red paint and threw it
over him. He brushed II of aud returned to
the alta *, saving: "EoI must think us green
If you fancy you can bulldoze us in that Wav"
BF way OF reply, the irate woman grabbed a
pail OF liquid gree paint and threw il over him
1t rune his suit of Globes, and be went home
and secured a warrant for her arrest. In court
50 admitted throwing the paint, but said she
had sufficient proyOcation. The hearing was
adjourned.
THE great tim desgne to hold champagne
in the Paris exposition and now being dragged
along the roads toward its destination by twelve
Jokes Of oxen, recalls the hi tory Of the tun OF
Heidelberg. The first was begun 1913 and
vas made 10 con 81 i've ty one p pes An.
oth r, be -un in 1853 and finished IN three years
rad Ola .e-er of IS feet au ED IFS F. g,ish
hogsheadS. third va made Il Ioll so no rs
heads ~ 1861, anG was destroyed by tAe + lgsh
four wears later. TIE on who at present is
mold 4rlag away. and according o Long How.
l. "dext to he Al Imb one OF the most mag
nlti emit ruins of the mid II es, wastegd
IN 1'5i, and va cap Ihle of hold ng rs, 900 Dot
ties. For nearly twe-ty yeas II was kept
ste Oily re 1lsnished. at every win sya the
"a Id fs.se H.