The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-18
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GERHARD RoHLTs. the African traveller, pro-
poses popular subscription in Germany to
raise Sl25.OOO to enable Emin TO extend the Ger
man influence TO Ugunda and Unioro, and TO re-
conquer his own lost province.
THE DESIGN for bronze statue Of Shake
| speare by the sculptor William Ordway Part
ridge of Boston has been accepted by the
Chicago authorities. The statue viii be erected
In Lincoln park at cost Of $4,000.
The BANK OF ENGLAND has now maintained
its rate of discount at per cent. for over six
weeks. The rate had not been as high as per
cent since 1852 when il was only maintained
twenty-four days from Jan. 30 to Feb. %.
CHICAGO is TO have five miles of elevated rail
| road. The road will run out one of the principal
| business thoroughfares to a fashionable suburb
and the city will have the privilege of buying it
at an apprais I'd valuation after the twenty five
years franchise expires.
OPPOSING LAWYERS in Selma, CAL, who bet
| $40 in court, and made the judge stakeholder,
afterward regretted their action, for as soon as
| quiet was restored the judge picked up the coin
and ordered his clerk to enter fine or $40 each
against the attorneys for contempt.
ADvIcEs from Shanghai report that the juno
ton of the Chinese telegraphs with those Of
France in Tonquin and with the Russian lines at
hlathKa IS expected in few months. The
governor of Formosa has been captured and
beheaded with the remaining rebel chiefs.
The MUNICIPALITY of the town of Kherson,
Russia, has decided to hold solemn service on
the Tooth anniversary of the death of John
Howard the English philanthropi.t. who died
at Kerson on Jan. 20 (old style) 1890 The
memory of Howard is kept alive in the town by
the monument.
A MERCHANT in Nebraska had only 81 to put
into his safe the other Saturday night. He put
up placard to that effect, but burglars blew it
open. and were so mad at the Smallness of the
sum that they went to the merchants house
ana hauled him out of bed and thumped him
almost to death.
JAMES A. BRADLEY of Asbury Park, has been
putting up drinking fountains for men and
horses, and beneath some of them are little
foot-high water troughs. Over one of these lit
tie trOughs Mr.. Bradley has thoughtfully caused
to be painted a small sign, so that no dog who
has eyes need go thirsty. The sign reads, 'For
dogs"
AN INNATE of the Camberwen Nondon) work
house. has just died at the age of 1O4 years, and
Isaac Bone of East Tested is reported to be
102, and William Harbor of Binsted. 101 years
old. Both the latter are great smokers and
moderate drinkers, and Bone is parish clerk of
his town and assisted in singing the carols at
Christmas.
w. D. HowELLs denies that he had anything
to do with the appointment of his brother as
postmaster az JEFFERSON, ", ana Tor himself he
says: AS to the report which is in circulation
that myself am seeking the Paris consul gen
eralship, it is wholly without foundation.
would not accept any consulship in the gift of
the President"
AN ENGLISH militia captain, recently asked to
resign on account of his age and to make room
for younger man, replied to the authorities
that If they would send on a dozen of their
strongest young men he would walk them forty
miles, and then lead them to the top of the
highest hill III the neighborhood The authori-
ties declined the challenge, and did not press
for the resignation.
The expenditures of Paris actresses for their
dresses have reached such an extravagant figure
| that at least one wellknown actress has refused
to continue her engagement because she could
not afford to buy the dresses needed for a new
| play that was about to be produced Her sal
airy was $4,000 per year, and her dresses alone
| had cost her $1,000 during the last year. al
though there had been but three plays.
In THE local court at Drogheda Mr. Kenny,
| being sued for rent due on a house that he had
leased, pleaded that his wife had been fright
ened by ghost that had appeared at their bed
| and threw something upon them during the
night, and that the place was. on that account
uninhabitable. The court held that the fact
| that house was haunted was no defense in
such suit, and gave verdict for the plaintiff.
The ENFORCEMENT of the Sahara desert
| upon the bordering country is being fought by
| every means that man can devise. One COM
pany now trying to redeem the desert by irri-
cation, has sunk nine wells, and planted 80 900
date trees. 1t has 800 acres of productive land
| reclaimed from the desert watered by twenty
i've miles of irrigating canals. The question as
to whether or not irrigation produces malaria
| is being discussed as a medical and industrial
problem. mr.
THE SILK INDUSTRY is not proving very profit
able in Kansas. According to the annual re-
port of the state silk commissioner the receipts
from the sale Of silk at the Peabody station for
the year were 1915; the total expenditures for
the year were about 1881, including g., 1O9 for
cocoons, S407 for reelers' wages, 1910 for an
engineer, $3.50 for commissioners salary, and
S653 for incidentals There is q balance of cash
on hand of 1921; cocoons $3.50, eggs $780, This
| sass '''' "a ''-O '''' '''''lS u 'n0 year OF
| GERMANS of to-day, when they are at home.
| smoke everywhere except in churches, opera
houses, and few other prescribed places But
| they hadn't always such a privilege, unless
when they took out a smoking license. Here is
it o Was worse %oTded Old This eF4 IS precisely sry
| that Carl, Count of bingen, high sheriff of
ALainz, has permission to SMOKE tobacco for one
year, having paid the clerk Of the provincial
| court tax OF Is kreuzer (teutscher hours, Ger
man currency. Signed and sealed this 29th
l October, 1929.
SOME INTERESTING TRIALS Of skill have re-
| Gently taken place among the workmen en-
l ploved in the rolling mills of Birmingham and
Ansonla, Conn. One operator rolled an old
| fashioned copper cent into a strip eighteen
l inches long and $4,000 inch thick In a spirit of
1 emulation, other wOrkmen esSayed controlling
| and the record was broken by an Ansonia 1oller'
| who, commencing with modern alloy cent
finished with strip of metal thirty eight inches;
| long and 11500 inch in thickness Afterward
with an 1888 cent, the same man obtained a
| ribbon of bronze fifty inches long, three quar-
! tiers inch wide, and 200 inch thick.
| A SINGULAR CASE came up in New York before
| Judge McGown. William KnipScher is Jour
| neyman tailor who worked at his trade in an
| establishment in Sixth avenue. Kninscber
| boasts of a beard whose length is of unusual
| proportions. He has not cut it for twenty
! years. On Feb. g. while waiting for his salary.
| Robert Delury stole up behind him and snlpped
off, with pair OF shears, three inches of whis-
| kers, to the great amusement of those en-
| ployed in the shop. Knipscher felt that he had
| been insulted, and sued Delury for $4,000 dam
! ages, alleging assault. The Jury after consid-
| cradle elaboration. decided that whIskers were
worth cents an inch, and gave Knipsicher n
| verdict of cents.
| PROBABLY nothing better illustrates the great
| progress which Japan has made in tho last
quarter of a century than the AIS newspapers
| which are now published in the empire. Six
| teen of these are published daily in Toxic.
Each officer of the government is obliged to be
a subscriber TO the government organ KndDtpo
In 1886 the 4O3 newspapers consisted of 81 politi
cal military, 116 scientific IS trade SO govern