The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

angles wen rounded off. The two keeis are Of
brass, and hollow, that the water flows
through them from end TO end.
Two NICE MICH cows, harnessed to a buggy
formed part of an emigrant outfit that passed
down Main street in Baker CITY. Ore the other
day. The old gentleman who handled the rib
oons over this Quaint-looking team now that he
has made his trip the plains across" can
settle down and go to raising cattle,
IN THE postofflce building there are 10000
European postal cards. Ten years ago Post
master General James ordered !, 200, 600 of these
postal cards, supposing they would probably
De used II a year or 50, for they could 90 any
where in Europe and cost only ? cents In ten
years only 100000 of them have been sold.
THE boys of the college for the blind, of Wor-
cester, England, indulge in cricket. and are re-
ported to play very fair game. The ball used
| is made OF wicker, with a bell inside of it.
which rings when it is thrown. The wicket.
keeper claps his hands behind the stumps TO
| guide the bowler, and so expert are the bowlers
that they can hit the wicket with three balls
| out OF six.
"BUDGE" is the name of a tame crow belong
ing 10 Miss Orlie Wheeler of Joliet, Ill. He
goes all over town alone and returns to his
| nome at night. He is fond of beer and will
drink 1t until intoxicated. In his rambles he
vlslte the depot where he found much to in
terest him. He initiates the shouts of the CON
ductoTs and takes delight in yelling 'An
aboard for Chicago"
| IT Is A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE, a London paper
| notes, that Battlecrease house, the residence
| OF the Naybricks should have already found
new tenant, and that no other man than
FLETCHER Rogers, the foreman of the coroner's
| jury before which the inquiry into the death Of
| the late James May brick was conducted The
house, which is finely situated near the Mersey,
mas been thoroughly redecorated.
CHICAGO is about to enter upon the greatest
scheme of public improvement that has ever
been undertaken by any municipality in this
| country. In order to supply the city with pure
wafer and proper system of drainage, $780,
| OOO.OOO will be extended there during the next
| seven years, under the direction of commits
| sion consisting of nine persons, who are to be
Gnoseh at an eiection 10 be held next mout1.
| TIE expenditure of this vast sum will involve
| the employment of 10, 700 men.
| The city of Constantine, in Algeria, has been
| making remarkable fight against the crickets,
| which threatened to strip the town of every bit
OF foliage These pests, which have been try
| ing to turn Algeria into desert. invaded the
| town IN cloud and in few hours they were
| deVouring all the gardens and even the interior
| OF Une houses, the hospital and the prison
| sWarned with them. 1t is well known that the
particular insect which is affictinq Algeria does
/ not lily high. In order to keep out fresh ar
| rivals the citizens lost no time in surrounding
| the entire town With fence of cotton cloth
about 6 feet high and over $4,000 feet long.
| lhen the citizens suspended business aud made
| war on the insects. Loads of them were killed
| and dumped into the river after a week S
| work the enemy was vanquished.
SOME TIME AGO a gentleman visited pen of
tame ostriches in Africa. At his call
two beautiful birds came up to him Being de-
| slrous of testing their speed he arranged with
1 the Keeper that they should run race So he
1 caressed the birds and showed them a handful
! of figs, of which they very fond The os-
| trlcheS were held while the visitor walked to a
| certain distance At signal they wera set
\ Tree. and n q fort ha Rcrc
4 bouddlng along az a terrific rate, taking twelve
or fourteen feet at a stride They ran neck and
neck for more than half the distance, their
wings working like arms and making q great
| sound. Presently one drew ahead, and, looking
behind, as you may have noticed a boy in a
Ioot race 90 to see where his rival was, and
! hndlng him beaten, the winner slackened his
pace and gently trotted up for the prize Of figs
THE FEMALE POLAR BEAR is taught by Won
derful instinct to shelter her young under the
snow. In December she retreats to the side of
a rock, where by dint Of scraping and letting
the snow fall upon her, she forms cell in which
to live during the winter. There is no fear that
she should be ,stified for want of air, for the
warmth OF her breath always keeps a small
passage open. Within this strange nursery she
produces her young, and remains with them
| beneath the snow till March, when she comes
ont into the open air with her baby bears As
the oply use of the snow burrow is to shelter
the young, the male bears do not hibernate
like the females, but roam freely about during
INC NlutSF mouths. BEFORE retlrlnS under the
snow the bear eats enormously. so that she
becomes very fat, thus laying in an Internal
store of food which enables her not only to sup
port her own life, but to nourish her young
during her long seclusion. BY an admirable
provision of nature the young polar bears are
extremely small at birth, and grow slowly so
long as they are IN their crystal nursery, thus
needing little fool and space. When they
emerge from their shelter the mother bear Is
extremely thin aud very fierce.
IN ANSWER to the query of a correspondent,
How many Presidents and other prominent
men were born on the farm, the Pittsburg Dis
patch says: Washington, Adams, Monroe,
Andrew Jackson Van Buren,, Tyler, Polk, Tay-
lor Buchanan, Lincoln and Garfield were all
born on farms. Jay Gould was a country bow
who came TO town with patent mouse-trap
Henry Ward Beecher was a country boy who
loved farm life ali bis days; William NJ Evarts
| came from farm in Vermont; Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew used TO run barefoot
| around Peekskil till Vanderbilt took
a fancy. to him; Whteaw Reid
| IS from OHIO, and was thirty years Kidding MS
hair of hayseed De Witt Talmage first ex-
banded his lungs calling TO an OK team; Sun
set Cox hoed potatoes as a lad on his fathers
farm near GAINESVILLE, Ohio; Abram S. Hewitt
was rosy country lad. whose garments were
| made by the village seanstress. when he first
went to New York; Thomas G. Platt was born
on farm; so was L.. II. Bates, who got his first
commerce. conn. training in tending crossroads
store; Addison Cannack was raised on
plantation; so was Tom Ochiltree. The list
| might be continued indefinitely
| A PROMINENT CLUB MAN was saying the other
day, says the New York World that the officers
of the leading clubs in the city and the Nom
bers of their executive committees are to a GER
| tain extent men who have failed in the active
business of life. They may be men of family
and have some social position, but they have
not succeeded In business or professional enter
prises and have retired behind their club win
dows somewhat disguste1 with the world Tdey
find club life congeuiai to them, and begin to
maneuver and to pull wires for the pur-
pose or achieving the power and infl q
ence in that limited sphere which trey
were unable to achieve outside. They devo5e
| their time and attention to club politics, and as
| they are at their cub large part of the time,
and understand the situation Of the clubs
affairs thoroughly, they are able to satisfy
their petty ambitions and secure places on the
committees, and even capture some of the more
important offices. Having got to this point
they proceed 10 use any opportunities which
the situation thrusts into their hands for the
purpose of getting even with the outside world,
full of the pushing and sue ceSsful nen who
| have ruthessly crowded taem aside. They
have nothidg but sneers for men who have
made their mark either in mercantile or finan-
cial circles, and when such meu come I'D as
candidates for membership they are very apt
| to be blackbaled.
at Is THE English method of Workmanship
that is being taught altogether in the riding
schools of this country now - ssid Cant Nelson