The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| a WATCHFUL terrier in Chicago jewelry
manufacturing establishment aroused the
Waichman the other night just in time to pre-
| vent thieves making of with valuable plumber.
The owner Of the ostrich farm in Lower Cali
fornia paid 81 900 each for his birds, and he has
quite a number of them. Twice year their
| feathers are plucked, and each pIucking is
wot $500.
BIRD sEED forms a considerable item in the
export trade of some of the Moorish ports. Thus
from Laraiche last year in a total export val
ued at 46O, 79l the bird seed exported was valued
| at 1910, and the quantity was 3457 quarters
Ia lSS' tie quantity was 401s quarters, and the
| value eS, ala.
AN OLD OBSERVER of Washington life says
that each new President begins his term by
spending more money on hospitality during the
| INST year OF office than during any of the sue
| ceeilhg ones. The expenditure decreases grad
uaily, IL is said, until the fourth year. when the
ordinary President begins 10 think more about
| SdVlng money FOR the coming rainy day than
ABOUT spending it for dinners and receptions.
The GREATEST WHEEL OF it's kind in the world
very wonder in mechanism, stands in the main
| shop of the Dickson Manufactur ng Company
| IN scranton. IL was built for the Calumet and
| Hecla Mining Company of Lake Superior. Mich,
| LOT the purpose of lifting and discharging the
| tallngs, a waste from the copper mines. into
| Ihe lake, and its diameter Is 81 feet while its
weight in active ope alton wi / be 200 tons
IL Is called 50foot sandwich, but its extreme
| dimensions are 81 feet inGiameter. Some idea
OF It's enormous capacity eau be formed from
tie TACT tnat It will receive and elevate suff1-
clent sand every twenty four hours to cover an
acre OF ground foot deep, m
CURIOUS complaint has been raised in Phila-
delphia about labels on bread. The question
seems TO be, Which is preferabe-a tin tag or
one oil paper? Tin tag adherents claim that the
paper suckers are often affixed to the loaf by
al Iva 81 tEnr,. Al =
pleasant to find bit of printed paper swim
ming IN your conSomme. They state that it is
| equally undesirable to find your bread papered
on The under side, or to taste the flavor of gum
ARABIC In your pudding The other faction
CLAIMS that piece Of painted tin is neither
nutritious nor pleasant to the taste, and that a
TIN tag tangled in ones wndpipe is a consum-
nation devoutly to be avoided.
The BANK OF RUSSIA, ST. Petersburg CORE
| spondent says, has just made dsagreeable
discovery, viz. that the bills of 25 roubles,
which we're put into circulation only a short
Time ago, have already been for ed. Only ex-
| perts OF the bank are able to distinguish the
forged bills from the genuine ones and in a
couple of weeks they have confiscated about
10000. Several hundred thousands OF other
Forged bills are supposed to be in circulation
throughout Russia, and, the bank does not
pay any indemnity, but simply confiscates the
Forged bills which are presented TO be changed
AT It's Offices people will soon cease to pres Mt
bills of rs roubles TO the bank and thus it may
become difficult to clear the market of tae
forged bills. II is supposed that the bills are
manufactured IL England or in the United
States.
THERE are tortoises in the South sea islands,
out their she'll is of little value, and on the
Galapagos islands a species ext is which some
times attains weight of half ton. A seaman
OF New Bedford whaleship some years ago
was missed by his companions on these islands
Ihey sought for him for several days without
success, and were about to leave without him,
when they were surprised to see him cominR
down from the mountains, driving one of these
huge brutes with a club. This was the largest
specimen ever heard of, and was probably nun
dreds OF years old. The sailor had spent sew
eral days and nights, with true yankee perth
nanclty, in guiding the clumsy brute from the
mountains to the seaShore These tortoises and
multltudes of hideous iguanas seem to be the
only inhabitants of the Galapagos which are a
mass OF extinct and barren volcanoes.
SoRosIs, the famous woman's club of this
country, has resumed business at Delmonco's.
| after the most of the members have enjoyed a
pleasant summer at various resorts or abroad.
Inc organ cation is now discussing how it can
pest use its influence in the general work of
philanthropy, and it was discussed with great
deal or spirit after eating one OF Delmonco,s
| lunches. 1t was also proposed that Sorosis build
club house of its own but it is not proba e any
thing will ever come of that as long as the MEM
| berS can enjoy other peoples cooking as they
| now do. But SoroSis has done a great deal Of
| good in its twenty years career, and is always
willing to do more. 1t has never tried to take
| the world by the coat collar and shake it into
| shape; it has quietly, through its individual
members, sought to help women in every walk
| Of life, and it has had great success, though
never blazing its achievements through the
| newspapers.
NJ NANTET, the Belgian author has Just
| made the trip from Brussels to Paris in a
phaeton drawn by two dogs. He was seven
| days on the road, but he thinks his dogs could
easily make the journey in much less time. He
| drove all the way, unless when there was a
| steep hill to climb. At a place called Louvroil
| the MAJOR heard he had come into the town
and informed him that his equipage came
within the reach of the Grammont law for the
protection Of animals. Every well, " answered
| the Belgian, who was preparing to start and he
ordered the dogs to get into the phaeton and sit
on the seat, while he drew them. They obeyed
| and staid there until they were beyond the
\ bounds of the commune when they descended
| to be harnesSed These industrious animals are
| of average size and strength When at an inn
| their master used to unharness them and take
| them with him into the coffee-room, where they
| rested at his feet
| DR.. LEWIS DODGE, an old resident and for
merry practicing physician in Chicago, now
residing at 1901 Wabash avenue, claims to have
| been defrauded. in a very curious manner, out
| of $4,000 worth of property in the last two
| years by series OF very peculiar real estate
l
| and his wife, of Grown Point, Ind assisted by
| an attorney named W. w. Nichols, also an In
| diana man, have systematically worked fraudu
| lent deals on him until ne is now almost penni-
| less In one transaction he claims to have
| decided Corbn valuable property for piece of
| land which the latter claimed to be free of in
| cumbrance but which was in reality incum.
| bered to its full value. In two other cases he
| says he sent deeds to Corbn to be recorded
which the latter not only failed to record. but
on the contrary sold the properly to third
parties and pocketed the proceeds To recover
some of his lost realty the doctor Tuesday
brought suit in the superior court against
| Corbin and his wife for $1,000. He will follow
the petition up with another suit to the amount
of $4,000.
RATHER UNUSUAL SPECTACLE of a stalwart
and robust negress about 40 years of age,
riding through Central park was presented yes.
terday, says the New Y DIRK sun. The horse was
worth several thousand dollars If he was worth
that would have attracted attention even in
Ireland. The negroes was of monstrous size.
She was followed by a trim little English
groom, accompanied by e white man
in top boots and cap, evidently a
riding master. She rode at savage
pace, but as she had a magnificent seat there
was no apparent danger, despite her great
weight and bulkiness. Why the riding master
accompanied her is more or less of q mystery.
for she rode great deal better than he did
After riding up Seventh avenue as far as One
Hundred and Twentysfifth street, she turned and
rode at a hard gallop Co the Fifty-ninth street
entrance, emerging from the park there In a
condition that suggested sultry August day