The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

once planted an inaccessible crag on the estate
Of the Duke of Athol by shooting tree seeds
out Of small cannon. The attempt was
decided success and the trees now flourish
luxurautly.
ARGENT English visitation shows that with
men over % years of age the Incorporate use of
alcoholic beverages cuts of ten years from life
Also that occasional indulgence, if carried to
excess, doubles diseases OF the liver, qnadrupeS
diseases of the kidneys and greatly increases
death from pneumonia, pleurisy ana epilepsy
THE following facts about the tongue may in
terest some people. A white tongue is said TO
denote febre disturbance: a brown, moist
tongue Indigestion; a brown, dry tongue de
preston blood poisoning typhoid fever; red,
moist tongue, infammatory fever; red, glazed
tongue, general fever, loss of digestion;
tremulous moist and happy tongue, feebleness,
nervousness.
The PRINCESS AMELIA, of Bavaria who went
out of her mind the other night in the royal
box at the Munich Opera house is likely to end
her days in madhouse The duchese is little,
mercurial woman with Shriyeled skin, ana
! could never have been at all pretty. she wanted
to throw chairs down into the pit of the opera
house and when she was prevented flew into
violent passion.
A HARTFORD DOG has been taught to wait at
the gate for the postman and carry the mail
into the house. The other morning there were
| no letters and as the carrier passed without
stopping, the dog jumped from his place and
got in the carrier way The man said kindly
word to the trute and started to walk off, but
the dog barked as if for letter, and when the
latter was not handed over, bit the carrier.
The ANCHORAGE MISSION, of Chicago, an in
stitution established and maintained by the
Central Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
| is receiving constant proofs of the need and
value of the WORK. During the last three months
| fifty-three girls and women have been admitted
and lodging rniShed to. $40. In many cases
| 6PDtlS degradation known
to have been reformed through the influence of
the mission.
RICHARD WEST of Kingston, n c., was out
the other day with his sweetheart horseback
riding when her horse became frightened and
| ran at great speed. The young man spurred
his horse and soon overlook her, and calling out
for her to loose her foot from the stirrup, in an
instant. while both horses were running at
breakneck speed, he caugh her about the waist
and Snatcked her from imminent danger. When
he had stopped his horse the young lady was
completely overcome with fright.
RUSSELL HARRISON is a bigger man" in In
dianapoliS than he was before his visit to the
east The Hoosiers have never treated him
with vast deal of reverence, but since the
newspapers in this part of the country have be-
| gun to notice him his Indiana acquaintance
have revised their opinions of his Importance.
| However, Russell is not TO be caught by chaff.
| He repudiateS Indiana and claims that his legal
| residence is in Montana. He expects to jump
| into prominence when that territory becomes a
| state.
| A sUBTERRANEAN DISTURBANCE occurred at the
Rodera Hot Springs, Hida district, Japan. early
| in December. 1t was attended with noises
| which increased in intensity until attaining the
| loudness of thunder Then frghtful vibrations
| took place door fell, tombstones tOppled over.
| articles in the interior of residences were com
pletely destroyed, the outlet of the hot springs
closed and the stream burst out afresh in other
| places. With recollections of Bandai-san, the
| Mortified people fled to distance of between
seven and eight miles,
DURING the year of 1888 there was consumed
| at the government printing Office exclusive of
| ledger paper used in the building, a. III tons of
| printing and writing paper This is nearly
| double the amount of paper ever used in 3 like
period of the office prior to 1887 The above
! amount does not include the paper furnished by
| the departments and congress, which would
| make many tons more. This goes to show the
! great increase in the government printing, and
| Will prove strong argument in favor of the
| bill to increase the facilities of the printing
| office.
| The curious story of the travels of letter is
told by the following: On April g. 1887, a letter,
| bearing nearly dozen postmarks was received
| at Takoma, D. c. Where it had been since it
was committed to the mail at South Waterford
| Me, on March /, could only partly be guessed ;
| but synopsis of the history of some of its
| travels may be given thus: March 10 arrived
| at Iakoma, w. T., remaied for return eastward ;
March 10, received at Chicago postoffice; March
| ~, mailed at Iakoma, ID. c.: April "a again
mailed at Chicago postoffice; April 5, received
| at Washington, d. c., and forwarded to Ia
| koma, d. c.
LOUISIANA PAPER tells story of a bear a
| negro and locomotive which reads like fable
and may be one. The negro undertook to drive
| the bear out of his turnp patch. The bear
| however, drove the negro out and pursued him
up the railroad track. The negro stepped aside
| to let an express train pass the bear grappled
with the locomotive with the usual results and
the negro skinned the fragments of the bear
and took the meat home to supper. All this
| happened near Bayou Goula. The fable teaches
| that a cool head is rather to be preferred than
| great riches when you are between an express
tram and pursuing bear.
MAN who was condemned to death for muir
der short time ago. and is at present confined
| in the prison of Ratibor, Pa. is being fed by
| force twice every twenty-four hours Four
! days ago he began to refuse all nourishment
| The means employed to feed him are as fol
! lows. In presence Of the prison doctor a screw
IS with great difficulty driven between his
| teeth, and his mouth is kept open by small
| wooden wedges. An India rubber tube is then
! put down his throat, and he is made to take a
sufficient quantity of milk Cruel to keep him
| alive. lie reSlStS the OperatiOn-duriEg which
he has to be bound hand and foot-sturdily.
For months past crows, TO the number of
from 100000 to 5000 600 have swarmed in the
eastern end of Douglass county, Illinois. feed
| ing in the fields in daytime and. collecting at
| night About dusk these birds gather in from
| the surrounding country in myriads and the
! noise they make is deafeniag. Frequently they
/ algat IN such great numbers on the trees that
| large limbs are broken under their weight One
| day last we k black cloud of these birds was
| crossing the railroad track, when the smoke
! from the engine blinded them They flew
| against the side Of the swiftly moving cars and
| persons who watched the strange sight counted
nearly 200 dead crows.
The citizens Of Lynchburg, Va, are aroused
to the Importance Of developing the manu-
featuring advantages possessed by that city.
The latest move in that direction has been the
| organization of land and manufacturing com
| pany. The opera house was crowded. every in
| dustry and avocatOn being represented
| speeches or an enthusiastic character were
made, and in few minutes s093 shares of the
| par value of SS0,S3) were subscribed The
capital stock is TO be not less than $500 co., and
II Is beleyed the necessary amount will be sub
scrioed in short time. The speakers took the
ground that this was not a boom but the wax
ing up OF the people of Lynchburg TO the reali-
zatlqn OF their advantages and opportunities.
BIG dogs are becoming the fashion in New
York. and local dog fancer accounts for it by
saying that persons stay in the country so
long that they grow wonderfully fond of the
animals. The dogs come to town with the fami-
hes and either find lodgings in the private sta
pies OF their masters or In stalls rented from
| livery stables, which have now begun 10 adver-
Use especially favorable accommodations at 80
a week: The attendance upon the dog includes
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