The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-16
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1915 names last year, showing an increase or
only 7.C0 names
IL the Paris circus trained lion is at present
I being exhibited who rides on horseback. jumps
! through hoops and over bars, ires off pistols
and performs number Of similar tricks
a REAL estate dealer Of Chicago hit upon a
novel way 10 advertise his business and 10 cele-
brate the national holiday July ne held a
jubilee on his allotment and fired into the air
ssSyr0cket to which was attached . quit claim
deed a lot. The man VINO found tie deed
gets the lot.
IT IS to be presumed that London parer has
made its computation with accuracy when 1t
says that all the people now living in the world,
or about l,400, 100000, could find staining room
within the limits Of a field ten mics square,
and, BY the aid Of a telephone, could be adj
dressed by u single speaker.
A NEW shaping tool has been invented-a ma
chine in which two fat surfaces acting verti-
cally or horizontally and moving in opposite d-
rections, with adjustable dies fixed upon them,
roll IN one motion piece Of metal, regular or
irregular IN shape, and OF almost any desired
pattern Al a single stroke OF the mocha ism
may be obtained sphere, a cone, a CHAIR screw,
bolt with thread and head-In fact, an endless
variety OF mechanical forms.
SERGT HAAG must be looked upon as the
Samson of the Jersey City police force, if the
following story but does him justice: "A few
Jay lSO y NV iIlt a Gus III ia lIout
OF the rlfth precinct police station, and man
aged TO kick SO hard aud nigh that he straddled
tie shaft. Ser.t. Haag stepped out and lifted
the unruly beast bodily and dropped him gen, ly
between the shafts. The surprised animal was
instantly cured of his balkIness, and has since
been as dOcile as a lamb"
SAYS an English exchange: Mr.. Gladstone's
50 years lie lighter upon him than so upon most
men. As if the cares or political life, the cause
OF irish Independence and the burning qu stion
OF dlseStao shmenJ were not enough to o cupy
MS oraln and time, he still keeps an eye upon
classical learning aud literary work. His
JuVentus Mundi has been some time out
or print, and, i1stead of repuDlishing it in its
original FORM Mr. Gladstone has in view, writes
correspondent, re asting tue whole book anu
with the aid of other material VIII ca viii take
nm aoout years steady work to put in or .er,
ne hopes TO bring out a revised edition, under
the title of The Olympian DeiteS.'
HERE are some advertisements which have re-
Gently appeared in the London papers: "A
young lady most earnestly wishes to become
acquainted with thorough believers r spirit
uallsm. No triier need answer" "a smart
young novelist wanted at once. Salary about
: !. increase to tO Hours good Cool connec-
ton" Agents wanted to sell beautiful por-
trait of the Right Hon. w. L. Gladstone
printed upon wood cut down by himself"
Young man wants secretaral engagement
with literary man. Q affiliations: Consider
able Ignorance fair Capacity for labor some
literary enthusiasm, and the ability to write
shorthand"
SAYS dispatch from N1illbank, Oak: The
crops in the MILESTONE valley are the best at
the present stage that have been grown 81 nee
1886 Up to June 1S there were grave appre-
tensions that the continued dry spell would
make the GRO of wheat very lg t, but on jun
IS 1t began raining, and rained for four days in
succession, not, however co tlnually, but with
showers each day, thoroughly soaking the
ground, and since that tnere have been other
good rains al short intervals. Just at Jhe
crit cal ii he for the crops the christian people
OF Mbank, without regard to sect or denomIna-
tion held meeting in the Methodist Episcopal
church to pray for rain, and it came as stated
above.'
The Gardeners Chronicle says that the
gingko is proving itself one of the best trees for
street planting in smoky cities, thriving in the
most impure atmosphere, aud not having a 5
yet been attacked by insects or fungus diseases
In tuis country, according to Garden and
FOREST, extensive USE has not been made of the
gingko as a street tree eXcep5 in Washington
where, of course, 1t is not subjected to the st
of an atmosphere impregnated with smoke.
IF it is indeed. able to withstand the most I'M
favorable conditions, it might be more gener-
ally adopted. for 1t grows rapidly, its shape well
adaptS it for ass citation with ARCH. ectural
FORMS and the peculiar character OF its foliage
always makes 1t interesting TO the popular eye. -
IT'S an ill wind that blows nobody good On
receipt of the horrifying intellige that about
100 persons had been killed in the railway acct
dent in a branch line Of the Great Mort. n
there was, says the London Star, at leaS' * e
wide-awake person in Belfast. Though hc;dmg
not single shart in the company he .sIe-
graphed. through a local stock broker to on, of
the Dublin fraternity OF money caaugerS to Sc .
100 shares of the Great Northern railway STOCK
Tney were sold a. 4l26 per share, delivery OF
scrip being, of course, conveniently withheld
according 10 custom for fortnight. Meanwhile
the gruesome news spread, and in few days
he who sold what he had not got was able to
ha
little transaction.
Two MEN, with more enterprise than honesty,
are said to have swindled a number of ST. Louis
car conductors rec emily by a simple contrvance
One would approach a crowded car from each
side and appear as total Surang gers. Both would
crowd Iuto tue center of the rear platform, and
the one fartheSt from the collector would
give the other % cents to hand to the conductor
The latter, in tue hurry and croNd, would take
title notice Oft, but guided by the impression
conveyed by his fingers. would return the
correct change. a mimi e afterward the other
man would look up meekly and ask if that
was so cents or 81, always double the true
amount that he had handed. The conductor
could not say posi- lively, and would appeal to
the stranger who mad acted as middleman. OF
course he would agree WITH the dema der. and
another Is cents or 30 cents as The case might
be, would be handed him. A few blocks
farther both strangers" would alight and
work the next conductor.
AN IMPORTANT LINK between the present and
the historic past. Quebec correspondent mar
rates, has just been broken by the death at
Ponte de MOnts, on the Lower st. Lawrence at
the advanced age of y6 years Of Gabriel Arsnni
pure-booded MontagnaiS Indian. His grand
father Jean BaptlSte ArShlnl, was brought up
and educated by the Jesuit missionary, Father
La BrOSSe. who utilized him as an Interpreter
to evangelize the Indians of the Labrador coast
and to neip him bald the only chapel at Tadou-
sac Jean Baptiste ArSnni remembered we'll
and often related TO his grandson, the details Of
| the In lIsh conquest of Canada and particu-
| larly of the memorable wreck of a pumber of
English frigates at the point now called Point
aux AnglaiS. On the morning of his death
Gabriel cut his firewood as usual He was an
inveterate smoker, and two hours before he eX-
pred told those around him that lie had Smoked
his last pipe add was about to die: yet he never
before had a moments sickness and declared
that he felt no pain.
ACCORDING to Nature" the Russian Academy
of Sciences offers prize of 81, 800 for the best
inquiry into the nature and effects of the poison
which develops in cured f1sn The objects Of com
pettorS must be: ''(l) To determine by means of
exacv experiments, the physical and .emical
nature of the poison wnlc d elOps in fish; (gl
TO study by expert lentS on animals, its action
upon the heart, the circulation OF the blood the
organs Of III eStion and the nervous system; 81
to determine the rapidity of its absorption by
the d sestive organs, and a. to study and de-
scribe the characte. lstlcS which may serve to
distinguish contamlnate4A5 from such as are
not contaminated The fifth and sixth cues
tionS relate to the means of preserving fish from
TIE development of the poison, and to the ques-
ton If counter-posons and the medical treat
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