The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Is france juggling is taught for the benefit
Of tie health 1t brings the muscles OF the arms
and chest and back into play
4 RoczLASD, NE, scHooLAA'AM has paid her
election bet by selling peanuts in the postoffice
al cay and made s37, which was given to a local
charity.
ScME forms Of dyspepsia are caused by def
cheney Of water IN the system, as the drinking
of too little water is much more Injurious than
the drinking of too much.
THREAD from the fiber Of the nettle is now
spun so fine that sixty miles of it weighs only
215 pounds. The same fiber has for some time
been used in Europe IN the manufacture OF
ropes.
A MIscHIEvoUs YoUNGsTER in Milton, N. H..
saturated the tail of the family dog with kero-
sene and then applied a match. The dog ran
off frantically, and. rubbing against haystack,
$50 worth OF property was burned.
A MAN in Craig county, Va, has three children
whose names are, respectively, Jaiey Green
Bird Mayfower Brickey, Oregon Texas Geor
gianna Brickey and Molina Truxilla Eutaw
Sebilla Tootater Brickey. The names are declared
to be SO entered in the family Bible.
A PERFECTLY INTACT TOMB was discovered at
a well in Rome, lately, and Signor Lanciani,
the well-known Roman arch@ologist, at once
proceeded 10 inspect it. II contains 10 vases
They are of a rather common pattern with the
exception of three, which have red and white
decorations on black background
A COURAGEOUS NEBRASKA WOMAN, Mrs. c. w.
Jackson of Beatrice upon seeing her little son
fall into the river, instead of faintng as many
of her sex would have done, were they in her
place, ran to his rescue. When near the child
itated into the water She clutched the boy,
though and. after great effort, got him ashore,
when she fell exhausted.
TIE WALKING DELEGATE who stopped funeral
in Brooklyn week ago because ''scab" driver
sat on the box of one of the coaches attempted
the same thing Sunday in upper New York
city but failed. Several policemen we're sent
for by the undertaken. aud they followed the
funeral to the cemetery and back and kept the
delegate and several associates who Joined him
from interfering with the carriages.
A YOUTH who went into a Buffalo store and
asked for socks not knowing the proper size,
was told to hold out his hand. The customer
held out his hand and doubled up his fist as
directed. The clerk took a sock from box,
wrapped the foot around the fist and guaranteed
perfect fit. Il am just as sure it will fit you
as though had measured your foot" said he,
las the distance around the fist is always the
length of the foot
A DAUGHTER of Editor Mortimer of New
Bloomfield, Pa, brought up out of the cellar a
large head of cabbage to prepare for the
family's Sunday dinner She cut it open and
immediately began to scream loudly. men,
Der of the family ran in and found snake,
nearly two feet long, squirming about on the
table. 1t had been snugly coiled around the
cabbage head under the outer leaves, where it
had probably been making its quarters all win
ter.
AN amusing misadventure happened the
other day to a well-known artist in Paris. He
had purchased an old helmet in a brio. a-brac
shop, and when he got home the idea occurred
to him to try it on. 1t went on easily enough,
but when he wanted to take it off he found it
impossible to do so. Finally he was forced to
go to neighboring gunsmith's to have 1t re-
moved. His appearance on the street wearing
this medieval relic produced decided sensa-
ton.
NANCY AND SALLIE SEvERNs, two maiden sis
ters, aged respectively 81 and 80 years. who have
lived from time immemorial in little frame
house opposite Grace Episcopal church in HUI
neville, Bucks county have passed away within
few hours of each other, Nancy having died
on Monday aud Sallie Tuesday. They were
known to everyone in Hulmevie and the sur
rounding country, and during the past few
months, in which they failed rapidly were
klndly cared for by many friends.
Alta RECENT MEETING of the New York Micro
scopical society there we're shown specimens of
the wonderful Artenna fertilis or brine shrimp.
the only living things which inhabit the salt
waters of the great American Dead Sea- the
Salt Lake of Utah. Specimens of the sand and
water of this briny sea were also exhibited nm
der the microscope. The brine shrimp is del
cate-looking animal of apparently anything
but robust constitution, in spite Of the fact
that 1t succeeds in living in an element contain
ing 10 per cent. of salt.
BILL MATTERS, the hunter and nimrod of
Writ county, West Virginia. caught coon in
box and took it to the county seat Calling all
the dogs in town, many of which had never
seen coon before, he turned the coon loose on
court square, where it licked all the dogs
around, from the poodle dog up to the fox
MI tga1ly
quietly picked the dog meat from it's teeth,
There being no more dogs in town to spare the
coon was shaken from the tree, and Bill" the
nimrod ended its life with club. 1t was tho
Sullivan coon of West Virginia
The NUMBER of children sent alone on rail
road journeys appears to be increasing Within
about week there have been mentioned in the
papers no less than half dozen such travellers
Among them were two New Hampshire girls.
aged and years respectively, who got off the
train at New Haven, Conn, thinking they had
reached their journeys end-New York The
little ones lookef around for their mother who
had promised to meet them at the DEPOT hut
not seeing her. began to cry. Kind hearted per
sons as Is usual in such cases. saw that the
children were safely aboard the right train and
then telegraphed to the mother informing her
Of the girls mistake, and telling when the pair
would reach the metropolis.
A BLAZING meteor fell on Chicago avenue
Chicago, on the morning of Feb. ? soaring
some of those who saw it, aud who thought it a
monster anarchist bomb. IL exploded on strilr
ing the ground and number of pieces were
found, the largest being about five inches long
and half as broad Analysis of a fragment of
the metallic portion showed it to be an ALLOW as
follows:
Per cent.
Iron. Observation-Disclosures. 7s5
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aluminium. Observation-Disclosures. z
S SSeal -, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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