The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

that the llhai4tion OF tne OdOr IT pine iuuuer
IS the reason why lumber yard horses are 50
healthy.
OS account of the fears that consumption is
contagious the German war minister has de-
eide that the chest Of every soldier is to be
measured once a month
TINS hight of snobbishness is reached at
English bazaars, where money is taken as the
price Of an introduction 90 this and that beauty
OF ut'ed lady presiding cer tables.
The HISTORIC LAMBS at Appomattox Court
House Va, are t. be bong u up for a north IN
syndicate. Ga tious have alreaty been secured
upon most Of the desired property.
LYONS, NEB., claims the champion wolf hunter
in the person of L. d. Hiyley who in three
weeks killed sixty-six Of the animals. The
bounty on their scalps amounted 10 S2t6.
PATIENT GENTLEMAN, who collects statistics,
brings out some figures 10 help the cause of
peace. 1t seems that from 1852 TO 1877 war
Killed .94o' 60 people, and what is still more
won ertu the killing of each man cost mo q
than -, 90 The total cost was e2.4l3.00O,O0O,
~ tnat peace has It's good points from an eco
no meal side.
HERE is scintillation Of unconscious hum)r
trom crowded street in London. A little girl
OF or years rad been lost, and was crying
most bitterly. and would not tell any of those
VINO asked her w at was her name r address,
Seeing the position of affairs, benevolent old
gen len1n Sal Kindly t. uer, MY dear, w0 {
you tel me your nancy Do try and recollec
II can be so long since you We're baptized.
The life line carrying rocket, tested at Wash
lhSton on Thursday, promises to be very use
iuI appliance in case Of shipwreck 1t carries a
line 600 yards. and being fired from the ship
instead OF from the shore, there ought 60 BE- no
uLHculty IN making connections, such as arises
from the bad aim Of guns intended to shoot
me over wrecked vessel. All steam vessels
are to he required TO car. some such device as
TINS after Marcu, 1890.
ALL THE batteries for the new ships OF our
navy are given coat of bronze color as soon as
mounted, the guns being of a bri. bt steel color
when received from tue proving grounds at
AnhaIoHS. II was ut one time the custom to
carry tn heavy rifles brightly polished. but il
was found IN the service that the glare from
the pieces greatly disturbed the am of The
gum rs, be,i eS sc wing rs a ren .ctor to the
ray of me sun and making known the locality
Of e uns.
LITTER New York has great many solid
men or the manufacturers of belts to be worn
with tho flannel shirts have underestimate the
glrth OF the community. The haberdaShers OF
new YORK complain that their stock of be T.
contain Too many small sizes Seven out of ten
OF the men wau call for belts to re worn with
the linnel shirts have a rotundty that is be-
yOhi the belt' in the stores. IL seems that all
& STOUT nHu IN New \ DIRK have beg To wear
hannei shirts ana belts; and tn re is not IL sup
ply OF belts big enough to meet the demand.
As an evidence of the advance made by the
United States in the direction Of providing it's
dweers with suitable Indications, etc, it may
be mentioned at the value Of the Il lding
one produced in the year 1883 was estimated
at 40, 100000, ard that bricks and Tile to the
amount OF Sls.2l3,OOl we're maue. The ma
terias we're stuck t. either with 40, 900 bar
res of lime, valued at S!4 $3.50 and Il. 253 295
barrels of American ceu.snt, worth s., 90
IT IS STATED that Mr. Doremberg, a German
In Pucbla, Mexico, has acquitted Zapotec
codex, very ancient. The hieroglyphs are
painted on the skin Of a wild animal, aud be-
meath each hierOglyph is written in Roman
character its meant * in the Zauotec Ian nag d.
Tie VIII ing must have been tuc work Of some
pri st abo + wear 1850 Tde hisratic charac-
tiers are much Older. The subj ct matter of the
painting see rs to he the many mlgrations Of
the ancient race of Zapotec Indians.
'WHEN your mans asleep is the time to tell
how he stands work, says William Mudoon,
speaking of the amount of training an athl tie
should have so long as h sleeps well he s all
right, but when he begins to b. restless aud have
night sweats and shows similar evidences tn &
ms nervous syst IN is strained, then let up a
little on the work. You've heard
men say they were so tired they
cou dn't sleep; well, that's literally true when
IA man has had much exercise But Won
need never worry as long as your man sleeps
SOundly."
JAKE KftRAIN had raw tomatoes served whole
at dinner a day or two ago The first one was
pushed aside after glance. Bring me a good
one he sal |. The second seemed all right TO
ad ordinary Observer, but the pugist showed II
away also without touching il. "Oh bring me
a good one he said impatently;' you can t fool
me on tomatoes, used 70 be peddlcrn Whic
being true shows that even a great pugilist
may profit b having once followed a re eular
calling. Sullivan would probably have eaten
tue tomato and never suspected he was being
swinde1
NJ. BERT recently sewed the tip Of a rats tail
into its back, and it (the taiD Immediately took
rot in its new position. Then he cut the loop
thus formed by the fan, and the rat had two
ais. He as found, however, that, as a rule
the new tail has no sensation. All this may be
interesting to M. Bert, but it can't be reisbed
very much by the rat. Even for the sake OF
science it is hardly likely that NJ Bert would
consent to have one of his hands sewed into his
back and kept there until il took root There
are evid hutlY tigers in scientific laboratories az
well as in Indian junges.
ONE of the most striking spectacles recently
seen in Madrid vas the burial Of the mother of
the celebrated bull fighter Frascuelo. 1t ap-
pears that she was very timid woman. and
lived in constant alarm during his encounters
Her death took place during bis last great figtt
when he killed SIX bulls Frascuelo showed his
love Of his mother by giving her q priGcely
burial. which is estimated to have cost him over
1900. The coffin, WHICH was in lead and gold,
was carried from the house to the hearse by six
banderl eros, and was drawn by eight horses to
the churchyard, accom- panied by over 100 car
riages. Without any want Of sym uathy for the
sons grief one cannot help reflect ing that an
espada who burics his relatives in this style must
have been making good thing OF it,
SHORT TIME AGO complaints were made to
the management Of the French exposition that
most Of the exhibits Of Tunis, Algiers and
Morocco were not African products at all but
the manufactures Of tie Rue du Temple. in
Paris An vest.gation proved that the com
plants we're true The Partisan firm received
tive lty-four hours notice in which to remove
the bogus exhibits, AMI there with vanished the
major part Of the department Of tie Barlary
staies The north african manufa turers, who
implanted OF the Partisan firm, also told the
management that they were being driven out
% their native Tnarkets by French compel ton.
The weapons, rugs, carpets and leather articles
which several years ago were supplied to
the Barbary states almost entire Y by dom ste
labor came now from France, they said at
prices far below the cost Of the native products
IN iris it is an open trade cert that almost
al NortbsAIrican curios on sale are made in the
city.
GEN PRYOR tells an amusing story. When he
was in Eng and defending the Irish patriots he
was quite dosrous Of spreading his views before
the English public 1t is much hG der to get at
an English editor than at an american, but
fin ny communications were established, and
one evening there was subdued knock at the
DO r OF ais room in his hotel Come ill.," said
Gen. Pryor. The door opened about six inches
and through the aperture sided dilapidated
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