The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE are four statues to Christopher Co.
lumbus IN the United Ssates-one in Baltimore.
( one in New York, one in Boston and one in
paramount park Philadelphia.
/ SINGLE SHEET OF paper feet wide and az
& miles IN length has been made at the Water
I town On " Paper Works Il weighed 2207
I pounds, ami was made and rolled entire with
/ out single break.
NEW YORK FARMER fired n shot at the re-
/ lection OF burglar in a mirror and shivered
/ the glasS When he came TO replace the
| mirror he found niche in the wall back of il
I cash.
| ONE of the best records in continuous hors e.
Dack riding that have ever been chronicled was
/ made recently by Lieut. ASST who rode from
Luory, IN Southern Russia, TO Paris distance
! OF l,o3J miles. in thirty days. He rode two
/ horSes, alternately, one English, the other Rus
sian.
THIEF has been arrested in New York for
stealing chairs from restaurants. His plan was
| TO walk into place dressed as a workman lust
When the doors were opened in the morning and
say: Inc boss sent me to get those chairs to
| nave them mended." Generally the mao IA
charge made no objection, an1 the thief would
Walk OH with an armful of chairs which he
afterwards sold to a secondhand dealer
In THE SERIES of testimonial concerts which
| which are intended as an acknowledgment of
ms influence IN the advance of musical art and
IN the cultivation Of popular taste the selection
| Of toe hunters within cert in limits, is to be
! left TO the several cities concerned That the
! choice OF programme should be given, as it
were, 70 u audience, Is the greatest compli-
! IhehI Mr. Thomas can pay to the people he has
done SO much to educate.
THERE is person in Hungary named Francis
Macy. who is 121 years old. He drinks beer
/ M hO ,,.t-. a al L,
regularly every day for century. This is a
nasty one" for the antistimulant people
Likewise, Nagy'S career is a sign that bachelor
| dom is not always a failure. One hundred years
| ago young woman Tilted him. Since then
| francis has spoken TO no woman in the way of
| amorousoess; and here he is, wearing his man.
| hood hal and gr, en- at 12l
| ONE OF PARIS GLORIEs, of which few people
knew, has just gone Thackeray, when in Paris,
used to frequent the Cafe Veron, and there he
| had put for his own special use quantity Of
| London porter. An event e or two ago two
English journalists and naval officer had the
| honor of drinking the last two pints of ThacS-
cray S porter drinking lis health in full appre.
citation OF his fame and of the quality of the
venerable liquid, which was pronounced to be
nectar indeed.
HE GERMAN EMPEROR is said to be fond of
variety. even in such small matters as his daily
bread. Thus, for instance, he takes for break
fast small white loaf, the top of which is DOW
dered over with salt, and which, accordingly,
goes by the name of salt bun. It's cost is one
penny. After 1T h consumes a half-penny bu",
known as the ''Lucca-eye.n For his sandwiches
he requires yet another kind of bread made of
the finest Vienna -four and baked till the outside,
whic Is afterWard cut off is quite black Price
one penny. At the dim n, with the SOUP 30
called 'brothstcksN are served. They are
ma e after an Italian recipe which is tue secret
OF the court bakers, and their value is a half
penny apiece.
is NATIVE Australian art really in so deplor-
able condition? correspondent, writing
from Melbourne says: Il wish you could see
some of the productions of the Victorian ar
tists'-but no, that is unkind of me- No Tot
| tenham court road upholSterer would dare to
Iufulsn with them; no country inn-keeper
would have the temerity to use them, as sign
| boards Yet protection in this colony is C lr-
ried to such absurd extent that recent dep
utatlon to the minister of customs actually de-
handed that q tax of SO should be placed upon
every picture imported so that people might
Dc forced lnto buying and encouraging the Aus
tralan artic e. Imagine living in a country of
little else but kangarooS, gum trees and straight
roads. with your house furnished with these sad
| repr- sensations of them! Happily the minister
snuobed them very neatly before dismissing
tnem The Anglo Australian Art Society has
It's work cut out for it.
AN EMINENT BoTANIsT thus explains in Forest
and Stream why leaves change in color: THE
green matter in the tissue of a leaf is composed
OF two colors-red and blue. When the sac
ceases TO flow in the fall, and the natural growth
of the tr e ceases, oxidation of the tissue takes
place. Under certain conditions the green of
The leaf changes to red; under different coudi-
tions it takes on a yellow or brown tint. This
| difference in color is due to the difference in
| combination or the original cons ituentS of the
| green tissue and to the varying conditions of
| climate, exposure and soil. A dry cold climate
produces more irllliant foliage than one that is
damp and warm. This is the reason that our
| m
| than those of England There are several
Things about leaves that even science can not
exp am. For Instance, why one of two trees
growing side by side, of the same age and hay-
| ing the same exposure, should take on a bril-
liant red IN the fall, and the other should turn
| yellow. or why one branch of a tree should be
mghl colored and the ret of the tree have
only yellow tint, are questions that are as i'm
| possible to answer as why one me amber of a
family should be perfectly healthy and another
sickly. Naples and oaks have the brightest
| colors."
WITNESSED curious scene on Fifth avenue
yesterday morning, says the New York star
in which Chauncey NJ. Depew and newspaper
reporter were the principal actors The genial
railroad president was about leaving his Fifty
| fourth street mansion just as the reporter was
| climbing the stairs for the purpose of securing
al interview. Mr. Depew invited the reporter
| to accompany him on his morning walk to his
office The invitation was acce ted and
| presently the two were a brisk trot
| down Fifth avenue. Every word uttered
| by MIR. Depew was promptly jotted in
| the reporters note book. Along the
| avenue they rushed with long and
measured strides as if engaged in a foot lac.
| At frequent intervals Mr.. Depew would return
the salutation of a passing acquaintance with
out break in his discourse. At one point
during their progress the reporters pencil sud
denly broke off, just when Mr.. Depew was
engaged in one of his most glowing sentences
The damage was quickly repaired. With this
exception the performance for a distance of
half mile along the avenue. and which was
enjoyed by many people en- route, was very
satisfactory one to all concerned The noted
orator and the journalist were seen entering the
Grand Central station Mr.. Depew's lips still
moving rapidly and the reporter still making
notes.
AT the recent celebration in Baltimore of the
18th anniversary of the bombardment of Fort
McHenry and the composition by Key Of THE
Star Spanged Banner" was present Samuel
Sands, who is probably the Oldest printer
living, and who, while an apprentice in the
office of the Baltimore line ycun in 1914 first
put that song into type from the authors
original manuscript d distributed it throu,h
the streets Of that city This fact and the
other one, that in 1885, in the first campaign Of
William Henry Harrison, he had published a
WING campaign paper. The Freeman's Ban
ner. led him to ask PERMISSION, during a break
in the Industrial parade, to pay his respects
to Presd mt Harrison, but the chair
man of the occasion re used to allow
him to ascend the natforpn rao,r