The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| Tenn, was married last week TO woman IS
years old.
Four MILLION SHOE BOXES were used by New
England manufacturers last gar. They cost
| from . TO 30 cents each.
A FRENCH SOLDIER at Oran, Algeria, has inst
been condemned to deathf for striking superior
| officer with qmd of tobacco.
GRossN1rH, the English comedy actor, is to
| write G book on his travels, and something after
the Marx Twain style is promised.
THE so-cALLgD ANTIQUE OAK is ordinary
American oak sawed in a peculiar way, and
| stained to look like the old English oak.
TIE London Court Journal says that Mrs.
Lsngtry is endeavoring to get a publisher for
'Endymion," a novel Of English society life.
TIE total Indian population of the United
States in 1896 was 247, 761, and the Indians had
| 2l2 4i6 square miles of territory reserved for
their use.
SONG Of the long handles of parasols now
the prevailing style, are made in two pieces,
like a fishing rod, to admit or their being
| easily packed in q trunk.
In the southern portion Of New Hampshire,
where year ago there were two feet of snow
| on the ground, farmers are planting peas and
| getting ready for spring work generally.
GAD's HILL PLACE, the grave, red brick
house" which Charles Dickens bought about
| thirty years ago. and in which he died dozen
| years later, is said to be now on the market.
THE AsroRs have recently added five miles Of
! property to their already enormous holdings,
| and on those five miles they are building as fast
| as masons and carpenters can execute their
| orders.
EDWARD ATKINSON claims that the distribu-
| ton Of bread after it is baked now costs the
| average workman in the city as much as it
does to grow the whe at, mill it. barrel 1t. move
it 1900 miles, and convert IL into bread, all put
| together.
| The GEAssHoPPEa whichhss acted as weather
vane on Faneuil Hall, Boston, for l47 years, fell
on Monday last when the flag was lowered, and
| it will require about two weeks to get IL in
proper condition to restore IL to its old position
| Within this famous old grasshopper were found
La number of pisces Of paper, considerable
oakuni, Chinese coin, with ''E Vinsl" stamped
| on it, face, cent silver pees Of the date OF
1881, piece OF copper plate. with q rough in
| and several pieces OF newspapers.
TIE Dresden TdosbLah furnishes the follow
ing remarkable story: "A rich man in Sa1ony
| whose wife was dangerously i'll. promised to give
| the doctor half his fortune if he would only
| cure the woman. The patient recovered under
| the doctors treatment, and the husband sent a
| large SUN of money as the fee. TIE doctor.
| however refused to accept the sum Offered.
| and claimed half the manufacturers fortune
| The latter showed no inc nation to part with
|
more, and the physician is now seeking salts
| faction in court Of law
AMONG the American exhibits TO be sent to
| the Paris exhibition is a large book containing
a minute description of the Chicago library. In
the book there are photographs Of every de
| partment of the library, and the whole sy TEN
| is carefully explained. The book was prepared
| at the request of the United States commits
sioners, who wish to show To the FIR nchmsu
| the methods of large American public librar
| In the large French Libraries the books are used
for reference only, none being put into genera.
circulation, and the great National Library Of
| France is frequented chiefly by scholars only
and is open only between the hours of 10 and 4.
THAT was lucky fellow o found SHAKE
speare folio of 1922 in a book stall il he City of
Mexico and bought it for few dollars For
many years the first folio has been valued a,
from So 900 to 5000, acc )rding to it's condition
| There is only one copy at present offered fOi
| sale in the United States. and that is BY g
| wealthy New York puoihins house. which has
| or had not long snce-cOpies of the first
second and third folios QuariJch of Londos
| has copy of the third folio, which is mucn les;
| valuable than the first or second foios, aud car
| be bought probably for ab )ut $500 There ART
not more tlal three or four copies Of the frs
folio in the United States.
THREE SMALL BOYS were discovered lying il
an engine cab in the Pennsylvania railroad yart
on Friday morning in Jersey City When or
dered to leave they locked the door and threat
| ened to start the engine It had about 49,
| pounds OF steam pressure ia the boiler an
| there was danger OF its exploding Switche'
| were turned so that if the engine started il
would run off the track and the wheels wert
| blocked so that il could not back up. Policemen
| were then sent for to dislodge the boys. The
| boys met them with showers Of stones and coal
The policemen drew their revolvers and charge
| on them A short handto-hand battle followed
| ending in the arrest Of the boys.
rr,,,- Z MI -.f,o. A..
ton as to whether town or country life is tn,
more healthful by relating the following cir
cumstance: Something over three years ago
man in Augusta bought farm and settled
| down, with his wife, nine children, mother anC
| brother-in-law, to enjoy life. For seventeen
| years the family had lived in tenement house
and during the time had never experienced 8
days sickness. Naturally they looked for ever
better health on the farm, but the brother-in
| law soon sickened and died of consumption.
short time afterward another child was born
which soon died OF consumption, followed by
its mother in few months. Then the grand
mother of the children died of the same dis
ease, and last Saturday the father
EIGHTY THOUSAND POUNDS of bones form
part Of the cargo which the British steamer
Wingates from Alexandria, Egypt brought t
New York few days since. There were many
human bones among the number. Egypt ha
| become a great source of supply for bones
The cargo Of the Wingates was bought Of
German dealer in Alexandria, who has made Z
| fortune by his business He sends out caravan n
into the desert, and there the natives CLEAN
| harvest without any other effort than picking
it up. The great quantity of bones now founC
| is the accumulation of thousands of years
Those who died were quickly buried in foot OF
two Of sand, and thus every strong wind tina
| blows reveals new mines of ghaStiy treasures
! The Egyptians who gather them have only ons
scruple about sending their fathers skeletons
to become American fertilizers. They will no
send the skulls These are carefully burieC
again by the collectors.
The PROGRAMME of the Paris Exhibition fetes
says a cable dispatch to the New York Times
runs as follows: They are TO cost 100000.
total dividend between the state, the city, anC
the exhibition fund On May there will be {
| grand Inauguration at Versailles. on Nav
the exhibit will be officially inaugurated anc
the public buildings illuminated. on July j.
the annual allow ance OF $40. 900 is to be increas
ed 70 S1.O,0JO. 50 that the national day may b,
made a glorious one. From Aug. 10 TO Aug 3
there VIII be- daily and nightly fetes at til,
PalaiS de FIndustrie, monster concerts for all
nations, bauquets, four balls given to the work
men Of the exhibition. to the syndicates oil
different working corporations and finally, il
September. there will be the unyeiling of I'll,
statue of The Triumph Of the Revolution, "
and on oct. the exhibition awards will bs
given with as much ceremony as for the open
ing Of the show. Five hundred decorations OF
Chevalier Of the Legion OF Honor Will be given
5 Crosses Of the Grand officer, l6 Of Commander
and 10 OF officer.
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