The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-09
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threw his head back, his feet dew out from
under him and away he went into the canal
\ RULE which physicians say is a good one to
| determine the normal weight OF man is as fol-
lows: man should weigh just as many kilo-
5L1uis a. ne measures centimeters IN hight after
deductlng one meter. A man who measures in
! ~ nj meter 20 centimeters Is feet II inches)
| Should weigh 80 Kilograms, or about 160pounds.
| correct
BURIAL REFORM in England contemplates the
prohibition of leaden and other solidly-con-
structed collins, the effect Of which is thought
| 70 retard complete decomposition, and so pro-
| loIg Tue period during which the dead are not
ou.y tsSh- tlcally Objectionable but are an indis-
| putaole source of danger TO the living. Itis pro-
ceptacles.
INDIAN PETE left Susanyille, Cal, a few days
| ago, u hunt deer. He shot one on Piute
Meadows and tracked it for some distance till
| HuIopled dead As soon as he got in sight of
| MS prize ne was faced by two lions who had
| jumped his property Pete killed one dead and
| wounded the o.her, which showed fight and
tore ms tlothing to shreds before he could get
TODAY the United States is paying as interest
on the public debt S35, 100000. In contrast with
6 IDS 6o Francs pays annually in interest $685.
| YggO,VOV' Great Britain, Sl30,000,000; Austria
hungary, Sl2j ,O00,o00 Italy. Sl0l,005 0O0 Rus
sla ~, 1000, and Spain, s5G,O0O.OOO Prussia
6o I the herman states pays S44OOO, 600, and
| Cahada, with but one-twelfth of the population
OF TINS country. pays nearly one third as much
annually Ia interest, S10000,000.
l4-YEAR-oLD BOY living at Hookstown, Pa,
"ehI TO trap he had set for fox and found a
| Dig wildcat In it. Johnny attempted to kill the
animal with club, but it sprang at him with
| sucn FORCE THAT 1t broke the chain by which the
| zap was anchored and landed square with its
| lore paws on the boys chest tearing the cloth
inK away and sinking its claws in the little fell
| i ioM ilesh. The boy stood his ground and
Aineu the animal with a club.
| 9-YEAR-oLD BOY was playing in a yard at
Surry Court House, Virginia, one afternoon,
when he heard the dogs after a deer Running
| " tne Wood-house, the boy took an ak and
started across the field to intercept the deer,
| Whlch ne did. The dogs had nearly broken it
uown, SO 1t was not running very fast. The
10y Anocked 1t down with the ak and killed it.
running back to the house, he told of it, and
senD OUT after 1t. 1t was a nice buck with
seven prongs.
AT MUMBLEs HEAD, WALES, a crowd awaited
at the church the arrival of a bridal party.
After long delay the bridegroom's friends
| went TO the house of the bride to see why she
uIu hot come They were warned off, and found
lnaI Ine bride S parents, being opposed to the
| match, mad, after she was dressed for the cere-
mony, locked her in her room, while one of the
| fanny mounted guard OF the door and threat
ened to shoot any one who approached. The
| wedding was postponed.
| ACCORDING to an article in the current num-
Der of the Forum, in Eastern Nebraska and
| Kansas and Western Iowa and Missouri there
| were more large farms twenty years ago than
| !here are to-day. There appears to be nothing
| IN the new west to justify what has been said
! ABOUT the decline of the small farmer 1t is the
| Dig farmer that has declined 1t NAV be said
| almost without qualification that all ndustri-
| Gus anu capable and honest farmers in the west
| till their own farms. What few tenants there
| are are lazy, dishonest and incapable as a class.
IHE RECENT CALAMITY by the bursting Of the
dam at Walnut grove, on the Hassayampa, in
| Arizona, recalls to the Washington Post a story
| III regard to that stream. The Hassayampa is
almost entirely dry portion of the year, there
| Delng only an occasional hole of stagnant water
| Some official of the fish commission, with view
| OF stocking the stream wrote to inquire what
| species OF fish were desired He was answered
That the question had not been definitely settled
| but that the last fish seen in that vicinity was
| working itself up the bed of the stream with a
canteen around its Aeck looking for WATER
REMARKABLE ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA are
witnessed at the new observatory ON the
| steep and isolated Saints, in northern Swirzer-
land. Thunder storms are extremely frequent;
| thus IN June and July last year only three DAYS
were without them AS rule, thunder peals
from midday till evening. The noise is short
| partly owing to shortneSs of flashes and partly
| 10 the small amount of echo. The thunder
| storms come on quite suddenly in a clear sky
| One of the surest indications of their approach
| Is the bristling of the observers hair. During
| hail storms the iron rods of the house give a
| Missing sound, associated with luminous effects
A FORMER MEMBER Of the Pail Mall Gazette's
staff has just returned to London from the
| United States, after some seven months snent
| IN studying American journalism by the prac-
| teal process of earning his daily bread as a
| working journalist, and tells the Gdzette that he
| has come back impressed with three great ideas.
First that the profession of journalist ia
| harder in New York than it is in London.
| secondly, that the growth of trusts establishing
| monopoly of articles of necessity is the most
portentous peril that threatens American de-
velopment, and, thirdly, that the pope has far
| more power in the states than in any Catholic
| country in the Old World.
YESTERDAY saw gentleman examining the
canes in the showcase of Broadway store
says the New York Star, and he accidentally
| touched secret spring in the head of one of
| the sticks. little liz flew up, DISCLOSING a
a mysterious recess. He thought at first he had
broken 1t, but the proprietor treasured him
| Its patent stick from Germany " he said
| Here let me show you how it works. and
| taking the cane, he pushed up a slide and a
| small candle popped up out of the oerture
Then he lifted a little lid and disclosed some
wax match s. This is darkness cane'r he
! added. II its owner is caught anywhere in the
! DARK, he can light up and see his way clearly
It's just a fad. Maybe it will co.
In REGARD to the subject of technical ed,1ca-
ton, it may be of interest to note that, accord
| ing to an official Berlin contemporarV Germanv
has at present eight technical colleges rankin,
| parallel to the universities. total of 4 S21
| persons Tor 49, more than last YEAR, are This
| winter being benefited by the instruction given
| at these institutions, and of this number 2 372
| are matriculated students. OF the eight col
| leges, Berlin. with 1457 names. is BY far tho
| largest, Munich coming next with S44 and then
! Karlsruhe, 524; Stuttgart, 465; Hanover 400:
| Dresden. $50; Darmstadt, $40; Brunswick 241
| and Aachen. 90. OF a total of 757 names en-,
tered for architecture" 435 fell to Berlin while
| Brunswick has only 10 and Aachen % in this di
| vision.
| EDUCATION IN CoREA is carried on under the
personal control of the king. In Seoul there is
| a native university with American masters
| where the young mobiles are educated at gov
| eminent expense TO fit them for official posi-
| tons. Every year the students come before his
| majesty to undergo most rigid examination
| the king marking down each slight mistake or
| even error in pronunciation. He then places
them in one of four grades-perfect, second
| third and failure. When his majesty has de.
| wood inscribed with the special grade and
| elevates it before the king calling out the
| result The most successful pupils receive
| prizes in the shape of rank e., a govern
| ment post.
| SOME of the monaSteries of Italy and France
sent curious inventions to the Paris exposition
| One from friar in Florence, was a watch but
| the fourth of an inch in diameter, having three
hands-minute, hour and second-beside5 an in
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