The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

has smoked tobacco for nifty years, her averagt
being twelve pipefuls a day.
THE fruit crop is doubling every ten years
and attendant evils have also increased In
sects are more destructive an ever There
are said to be 2SJ kinds OF insects that prey upoT
the apple.
To TIE cranberry culture of Cape Cod is as
crioed indirectly the falling off in the produc
ton If prominent men IN late years. The
wealth thus introduced Oy the sale of that croI
is said to DC the direct cause.
\ TELEGRAPH operator at Carthage. Miss.
considers himself to be the most abused mar
| living He was ne rly beaten to death by
burglars because he wo Ildut pen the safe ID
the oi1ce when he didn't kIOw the comOina-
tons.
i CHEESE mine has been found at Palmyra
Wis In fact, large quantity of cheese which
was buried III NJ years ago beneath factory
mas Just been discovered and the valuable o
duct IS being quarrled out by the present owner.
O. the f4ctory.
TIE trade returns OF France for the firs
seven moaths of the yeIr show imports amount
ing TO 2,45). 600 fralcs, and exports Of
10 10000 fra cs, as against 2,375 023UO0 and
l,fJf, J5O respectively, Ine time last year, al
increase or '5,4I5.OO) francs Imports and III,
o4o,OOJ francs Imports.
The UNITED STATES has lawyer to every
9O9 OF lis p pulation. 1T is pleasant to think -
says the Boston Traasc iDt. ''that tn Sc legal
EeuLIeheu are not likely 10 be bought UP by an
Eh-lSn Syndicate. Therefore, when 909 of our
people Set together they will still have the sat
islac.ion OF KNOWN = ID t their quota of lawyer
IS III the midst of them, and busy as usual"
The CLOVER CLUB. upon learning through the
published interview VITA Mr.. Vanderbilt's SlO,-
~ cook that his chief cause for dissatisfaction
was tne Inited nu nber of people that he was
chdoiei 10 cater for, telegra phed him they
would like to secure his services and TO make
Ihem proposition The following response
was received at the Hotel Bellevue: VERY
hluch honored for your proposal, but must 60
10 farls. WIZ see you later. Dugniol.'
AMONG the reforms asked for by navy enein-
GERS is one in the matter of meals According
70 the present custom breakfast is served at
o CLOCK a. m, dinner at II clock m (only
louF hours later, and supper at O'Clock m.
Lhey ask that breaKfast be served not LATER
IMAM o CLOCK a. ln, that dinner be Served at
t<:7O COCK p: M. and that supper follow be-
Nv ca aud Z CLOCK p. H.; also that some
oHorC be made to bett;r the quality and in
c ease the variety of food furnished
A WONDERFUL Russian giantess is now in
Paris. Her name is Elizabeth Liska. She is
only l! years of age and is 6 feet inches in
hlght. Her parents are of ordinary stature.
ana her brothers and sisters, of whom she has
h'e' are not above the average hight. Her alb
normal growth only began when she was A
years OF age but the doctors say she VIII con-
tlnue to grow for some time. Her development
Is III Keep ng with her stature. She measures
. Feet Ia Inches round the waist and 3 feet II
inches round the chest
UTOPIA, small country station on the Ohio
and Northwestern railroad, contains among It's
quiet inhabitants citizen who has bit OF in
teresting history ami historical relic The
man IS John Cheyne, and the relic is the kew
ougle that assembled the yeonanry of the
guard at the coronation of Queen Victoria.
June ~, 1927. Mr.. Cheyne was one of tue four
ougiers who sounded the reveile for the mus
terlng OF the guard that atten ed the queen on
the way from Windsor castle to the House of
farHahent, where, with great pomp and cere-
monies, she was crowned queen.
The re uoval of the great monolith, the God
dess OF Water. from the ancient Mexican city of
Ieotlhuacan, is attracting wide spread attention
among scientific men. The top of the statue is
below the surface of the surrounding plain and
as IL Is over ten feet lower it is seen taat the
task OF It's removal is no ordinary one. 1t is of
granite, contains 262L2 cubic feet of solid rock
llS WelSnt Is eStin lied at twenty-five tons A
temporary Railroad track n airy three mile
long, VIII be laid from the station on the Mexi-
can railway over to the place where the statue
now stands Its age is supposed to be about
1,400 yearS.s a-s
WOMAN created quite a sensation on Seventh
avenue, New York, Thursday. There was a
picture of an actor on wall and Immediately
on seeing it she she went out into the street
aId procuring a handful of mud. proceeded to
paste 1t over the actors face She was not sat.
lafed uatll sac had completely OBJ iterated his
featur S. Tne only reply that a curious locker
on received, when he asked the cause of the
SIN ular action, vas vol of mud. He with.
drew without further questions, and no one
e,se dared 10 inquire as to her motive Toe
woman was not drunk, but very anary, and at
Ia sl<nt OF policeman two blocAS of she sour
ried away. h7e
A CURIOUS DISCOVERY connected with the re.
| cent disastrous fire at Spokane, W. T., is re.
ported by local paper. A safe becoming
crac ed by the intense heat, the books inside
were cnarred and baked to blackened crisn
though they remained intact. Not o figure
could be read. "One OF the bookkeepers, while
turning over the leaves, noticed that where his
finger, which was wet, touched the page the
figures became leS ibe. lie procured a paint
brush, dlpp d 1t into water and damDened tue
whole PAGE and was gra fled to see al 20 cure
dimiy outlined. Two Doo6keep1 rs tuen went n
wOlK, and uy wetting the pages aId car full Y
turning the leaves succeeded in few d Tvs in
transfer ing all the accounts to a new set OF
books
Two MEN who were examining an old and long
since abandoned coal BANK near BeIvew. Pa
last week, where thoroughly frightened at
Wn&C Iney presumed 10 DE ROBBERS ghosts.
The prospectorS were cropping their way into
the black depths of the old mine when suddenly
their vas cOmmotIon within GnoStIv forms
Scurried past them, AID retreated into the
darkness. With ut waiting to investigate
further they made haSty retreat. thinking
they had stirred up nest of wild animals or
roOOerS or phantoins The owner of the mine
explains the mystery IN this way: He SAYS hi :
sheep are in the habit OF going into the mime to
seek col retreat from the not weather ami
flies, and tina it was 40 doubt so ne OF his South
downs that trig tened the miners.
THE Elizabeth On. j. Journal, in notice of
the family of DR.. Hougn, of that city, under
whose roof five generations are living. saws
The great great grandfather of the baby who
SO recently appeared, reached hone a short
time before &c reporters arrival, having been
at work-llInost very day he works full time
He is in good health at Is years of axe His
vile, Inc ETeau-great grandmother, is also en-
10 lng excellent health aid is 70 years old The
great grandfather is SO years OF Az, and the
great grandmotae is 81; the grand ather is 3
years o d, and the grandmother 81 years: the
fat ler Is :, years OF age, and the mother IS
years. This 10 < line of living ancestors Is all
ON the chld's motnei'S side, and it is the second
time there have beel five generations of the
family. When the baUe's mother was born she
was also the be 5innIg OF the fifth generation
her great-great grandmother being alive at the
age OF IS.
A MAN with q courageous heart will accustor
himself to apparently impossible circumstances.
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