The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

. good district comm issloner
TIE New Hampshire constitutional conven-
/ ton has adopted an amendment providing that
70 person SHALL hereafter BE- eligible to citizen
/ shio wao cannot Rad the constitution Ia LII
I g.iSl and write his own name
TAG present police force of the city of st.
/ Io1is consists of 44) pa,rolmen, IS sergeants,
/ 10 Detectives. aud captains, all under the con
troll OF one chief; and an increase OF ~ pa.rol-
men. y seryeauts, ; detectives, and one captain
/ IS proposed.
/ TEE Religious Herald of Hartford thinks that
! tie worst kind Of a church member is the one
/ who IS always ont Of sorts with his pastor A
! small hornet can spoil a good sized camp meet
| ing. and dis runtled churcl member can over
| throw the work Of church.
| FoR the present Honduras has but one politi-
! cal party, President Bogran having succeeded
| in uniting all factions He has just been almost
/ unanimously reelected. The entire revenues OF
] the c1uutry-about $2,5O0, 0l0-are being de-
| voted to making highways and opening schools.
! Every town L. tle country has pubic school,
! with compulsory attendance.
| TIE pot-hoo5 puzzle which every other man
IS carrying in his vest pocket was the accidental
/ invention of an Atlantic City painter whose pot
/ hangers got into a taagle. He finally separated
/ them but showed the trick which he had dis
! covered TO a friend at q hotel travelling
I salesman saw it, took the next train for New
NAAS
/ hundred thousand
THERE are now more prisoners in the MIS-
souri, penitentiary than in any other state prison
| in the United States The number is l, S31.
J This is 1876 more than there were two years ago.
In two years there have been 1855 criminals in
! carcerated ana 1896 discharged. OF those dis
charged only l3 served full sentences. 81 were
pardoned and 49, freed under the three-fourths
ru-e.-hut4S $ ct, StOT.
a Massachusetts, MOTHER went to the room
where her lt,le girl was sleeping, and. when
she turned up the light, noticed something dark
under the little ones chin. STOPPING 10 see
what il wGs a mouse spralg away ike flash
and was gone. The little girl had been eating
crackers il bed aud the crumbs had attracted
mOusey. who tried to hide under her chin when
the lIgat was turned on.
TIE Connecticut State Historical Society, at
its annual meeting in Hartford, arranged for
the celebration Of the 250th anniversary of the
adoption OF the frs, definite draft of a state
constitution. This draft was made by the three
plantations OF Connecticut, including Hartford,
WetnerSield and Windsor, Jan. Il. 1889; but by
the new style OF measuring time the observance
Of the event should fall GA Jan. "a The 2OJh
annlvers nv Of the event was celebrated in
1910, and Noah Webster delivered the Grafton.
TIE Graphic knows of an Italian family in
New York who are rapidly becoming rich in the
organ grinding business. There are several
daughters, and. dress d in the picturesque COS
tunes Of the Roman peaSautry, they wander in
pairs over the metropolis. dis euSing music
| They don't use the Ordinery organs. but supe-
rlOr instruments Of the piano type The in
strGmeutS are carried around on light moving
hand-carts, and bring in to each girl on an aver
age, according to the Graphic, $40 per day.
A PIGEON FANcIER Of Hamme, Prussia, made
a bet that dozen bees liberated three miles
from their hive, would reach it in better time
than a dozen pigeons would reach their cote
from the same distance. The competitors were
given wing at khyuhern a village nearly a
lea que from Hamme and the first bee finished
q quarter Of minute in advance OF the first
pigeon. three other bees reached the goal be-
fore the second pigeon, the main body Of both
detachnentS finishing almost simultaneously an
instant or two later. The bees too had been
handicapped in the race, having been rolled in
-four before starting, for purposes Of identified
ton.
THE workmen employed to raise the roof of
the Ansonia Comm electric car sheds suffered
a strange experience a few days ago that was
unpleasant, but harmless. \ guy rope con
nected with a derrick became in some Wav
connected with an electric current, which as
the rope was damp was rea lily conducted
away. As a result of this when one emDlOYe
climbed la ideT and erasoad an IRON rod he
screamed with pain. and shortly after when
another one picked up a hammer he quickly
dropped it. Il was soon learned that nearly
everything in the establishment was charged
work could be continued
Dumb AnimGis thinks that one Of the best
ways 10 avoid being bitten IS not to NEEDLE
with strange dogs. Persons adverse to doing
this are advised By Dumb Aa{Elrls to proceed
as follows IL making canine acqUaintancss
Put oIt your hand silly ana confidently To the
dog, SO that he may smell II Put il to his nose
II he s1iffS at it and wagS his tail, or otherwise
shows freudliless, then you may speak to him
and pat him or the head if YOU like and per
haps use otOar familiariFies. JJ it. when you
offer your hand, the dog remains sullen and
passive, the sooner YOU take your hand away
the better. Never approach a strange dog with
either timidity or menace.
A MARRIAGE that was attended with numerous
difficulties because of the scarcity of money
came OF in Cincinnati a day or two ago. After
paying for the license Is cents the groom had
but > cents left. H e collected enough from
spectators TO pay the magistrates fee but then
another obstacle arose. The young man said
that il he did not have a certificate to prove his
marriage tie parents Of his bride would not
believe the ceremony had taken place. and
there would be trouble Another collection
was taken and the certificate was provided
Then the couple went away happy. They were
from Hamilton. Ky. and had eloped TO avoid
the opposition Of the brides parents.
FIVE HISTORICAL SWORDS have been left by the
old German emperor to the Berlin arsenal
They are the long sword, with a leather sheath.
which the monarch wore from 1SlO-'34; the
sword worn through the Austro-G German and
the ira cO-German wars, on the handles of
which are inscribed the names of the most
famous battles Of 1856 and lS1D-'Tl: the sword
which the emperor wore at parales, and which
was called the "hOuiEs-saDel:" the sword he in
herIteC from Frederick William " and his
father old sword. which had been through all
the wars against the First Napo eol. and which
had Ks place ext 70 the desk Of William L.
Close TO the famous corner window where the
ed man was daily greeted by the crowd when
the guards passed the palace
RETrFNs Just made to the British war Office
show that, though considerable efforts have
been made during the past year 20 increase the
reserve Of horses for army purposes, the stock
Of animals actually trained as cavalry mounts
mas not been augmented. At the beginning Of
last year Il was ported that during 1897 1000
horses had been added 10 thu cavalry rect
melts and TINS addition has been main aimed /;
but liz present STOCK of trained animals anu
animals IN training is still not sufficient to
mount tT2-1lirds Of the men. There are about
ls,lp0 officers and men in the thirty-one cavalry
regiments Of the British regular service. AMI
when the oihceTs-who provide their own
horses-are deducted. there are 1900 non
commissioned officers and men. for whom II 500
horses are available, leaving 600 men without
mounts.
The HEIR TO the King OF the Netherlands. who
is dying is the Princess Wilhelmua, the only
child of his second marriage, who Is now in her
Stn year. Il has been decided by the Dutch
chamber that, failing the young princess and
her heirs. TIE succession is to vest ia the kings
sister, tie Grand Duchess Sophia Louisa of
SAKE W elmar ESQ ach. and then in the de-
sc--lants ~ the late Princess Marianne Of the