The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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loader, ca alb Of penetrating at 5000 feet three
one-inch boards two feet Opart-
THAT sincere and amiable end-of -the-world
crank. the Rev. Mr. Baxter, Of England, has re-
vised the date for the great smashup. He now
declares that it Will occur on April II, 1891.
THE number OF wolves in European Russia is
estimated to be about $4,000 These wolves
destroy annually $4,000 head of cattle So, 001
sheep and 10000 dogs, besides $50 human
beings
Or the birthday Of western editor who was
fond Of writing extremely long articles, he re-
ceived an anonymous gift Of q can of con
denSed milk with the words verb. sap,
scratched on it.
The run of salmon In Alaskan waters this
year is only about a third what it was last.
Certain fishing stations which last year sent
220OO cases to market have packed oAly 5000
30 ar this season.
THE superintendent Of the building depart
ment in New York city thinks that in actual
construction this half year just closed is the
busiest that has ever been known since the de-
partInenJ was created.
A FINE YOUNG TRoTTING COLT belonging TO
John Deaver Of Paris, KY, stuck its head
through hole in the ba and threw its feet
from under its If. delib rately committing sui
eide lie was valued at $500.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES have been made by
the Italians the site OF Adults, in Africa,
where, in the sixth century, the monk COsmas
ludlCOpleuS Is found TIE Marmor Adulitanum,
which records the conquest5 of Ptolemy Euer-
getes. So far the columns of some public build
ing and number of ancient coins have been
brought TO light.
AT SALTWATER last week the 5-year-old
daughter of John Carl Of Oak Park fell into a
barrel of rain water and drowned. There
was only one foot of water in the barrel and it
Is oelieVed the glri had been reacnlsg over the
edge OF the barrel trying to dip out water with
a tin cup, and fell in and was unable to give an
alarm or extricate herself.
The KING OF HOLLAND, who had almost fully
recovered from his serious illness, brought him
self to the brink of the grave by piece of folly
During the recent hot weather, after he had
been out for some time in the gardens at Loo
he ielt thirsty, and insisted upon drinking a
large tumbler OF iced champagne, IN which
number Of wild Strawberries were mashed.
A LARGE EMIGRATION from Scotland is now
going to Chill, and the newly arrived write
home most enthusiastic accounts of the country
anu the chances for sec ITing an easy livelihood
there. At first it was only mechanics skilled
and common. who went, but now it is the farm
ing class also There is a regular Chilian emf
grants correspondence department in some of
the Scotch weekly papers,
ONE of the most noticeable of the foreigners
now in Paris is a Russian who has been in the
exhibition every day since its opening, and
wGose special mania Is TO taste every cosmo-
polltan dish that is prepared on or n ar the
Champ de Mars. He has eaten hing, iu-
Guiding the upsavoTy messes of the Annamites
and Intends to "a on with his gastronomical ex-
pellence until he has exhausted all the interna-
tlOnal menus
MRS. kEUTER of Wisconsin recently got the
better of a Iutfiaply tramp. When the fellow
ntt Il ..ls..
a loaded revolver, ordered him out on the road
and thence to the ralcoad, following him two
uIles down the track to where her husband was
at work. Then the latter and his companion
took the man and marched him into the Justice
office in New CaSsel. where ne was given thirty
days in the county jail. i1s
LIQUOR SELLERS in Orange n. j., are much
worried BY a recently .discoveeel provision in
an old law, conYictionfot illegal selling works
revocation of the license OF the offender and
makes him Ineligible for Il new license for six
months. Almost every liquor seller In the city
has, at some time or other. been convicted and
the chances for a sweeping drcapitation are
good. Marshal McChesney started the ball
rolling on Thursday evening by sendieg formal
notices to five liquor dealers that their licenses
we're revoked through the operation Of this sec
ton OF the law, and warning them against fur
Their selling.
AN AVERAGE Of five feet of water is estimated
to fall annually over the whole earth and.
assuming that condensation takes place at an
average hight Of 5000 feet, scientists conclude
that the force of evaporation to supply such
rainfall must equal the lifting Of 322 600 600
pounds of water 5000 feet in every minute or
about 30O0000G0 ,000-hqrSe power constantly ex-
erted. OF this predigious amount of energy
thus created very small proportion is trans
terred to the waters that run back through
rivers to the sea and still smaller fraction is
utilized by man; the remainder is disspated in
space. flb saI
DINAH SALIFoU, the black king OF Rio Nunez
in Senegal, is now in Paris with his queen and
suite. Dinah is % years old tall and intelligent.
He wears a white boubou, or mantle, and a vel
vet skull cap, The queen is almost a girl her
name being Phillis aud her age 49, She no =.
wears n simple colored p ttcoat and a ''caftap -
but will probably return to Rio Nunez in a
Partisan costume, as Sinca her arrival she has
eVinced womanly interest in the wonderful
millinery of France The king s suite numbers
about twenty five persons, including the YOUNG,
princeings, who are with the dusky sovereign
as hostages 2t-
FIGURES about redmen, gathered by the st.
Paul Globe: There are 81 Indian agencies; the
number of houses occupied by Indians is ?, 232:
the estimated number OF Indians in Alaska is
10000; the number of Indians living on and cul-
tiYating lands is 9,6i2; the total Indian popuIa-
ton of the United States i 247, ;6l; the number
of indian church members in the United States
is e, SOB; there 10 Indian training schools in
different parts Of the union; the number OF In
dams in the United States wao wear citizens
dress is 81 ,62l; the number of Indians in the
United States who can read English is but % =
4g5; the number of Indians in the United States
who can read Indian language is 1907
THE SHAH OF PERSIA has museum in his
palace that is described as curious place. eft
contains jewelry and treasures of different
kinds worth fabulous amount. The so-called
Peacock throne, carried off from NDelhi. $50
years ago, is alone valued at many millions In
this museum you may ais see vases of agate
in gold and lapiS laZuli, said also to be worth
millions; and alongside of them empty perfume
bottles OF European make with gaudy LABELS
| that can be had at 4 cents apiece. You will see
| priceless mosaics and exquisitely painted Guns
some European p 'tentate; and side by side with
them you will notice horrible daubs, yerirsble
10 cent chromos, picked up no one knows how
or whore. You will perceive glass cases filled
with huge heaps of rubies diamonds, emeraldS
sapphires, turquolseS, garnets, topazes, beryls
of ali sizes, and kinds, cut and uncut; and cheek
by jowl with these your eyes will see cheap
music boxes, jews harps, squeaky hand organs
The Sha must also be in condition to "bull"
tue market on pearls, for here is, for instance
a big glass case "a inches loug by 10 inches
wide and hi III which is more than half flied
with pearls (mostlI fro n the Persian Gulf fish
cries. of all sizes and degrees of loneliness"
AN INCIDENT of an impressive character &C.
Cured at the Chicago board of trade last week.
The room was in the usual uproar, it being
within hour of the closing time when the
old cat started to move her family She
marched out of her quarters carrying a kitten
by its neck in her mouth. She walked very