The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HENRY WILLARD is writing his autobiography
IN three parts, the first in German. the second
IN French and the third IN English each relat-
ing a particular section Of his varied career.
WELL on the premises of c. R. Fuller at
Elsie, Mich, began boiling and is exciting the
/ people of the village. The water is ice cold
put the Kissing and bubbling can be heard half
I a block away.
IN digging well on Hyde's ranch, near Via
west. Tulare county, California. buffalo horn
was found at the depth of thirty-seven feet.
HOW It got there Is puzzle, as no buffaIoes
were known to have been in that country.
| COLORADO has the god fever again. occa-
stoned by the reported rich strike in the Col
conda mines. owned by ex-senator Brown;
S2OO,OOO worth of ore was found in one pocket
and solid streak Of gold, an inch thick, runs
I through the mine.
THAT is remarkable statement which Baron
Liebig, the eminent chemist. made concerning
beer: las much flour as can lie oh the point of
a table knife contains much nutritive con-
stituents as eight pints of the best and most
nutritious beer that is brewed."
| THE GEOLOGICAL PARK in Washington, for
which ground has already been broken. will be
the largest zoo in the world. 1t win be situated
| on Rock creek, which runs between Georgetown
and Washington, and will be splendid addition
| 10 the attractions at Washington.
CITIZEN OF CHARLEsrowS, W. Va, has long
been bothered with smoky chimney, and the
other day he got mason to investigate. In the
nue. was found tin box containing s., GOD in
| cash, which some one had hid away during the
| war and never returned to get it.
A GERMAN sTAr1srIc1AN who has accurate
data concerning the use of cosmetics through
out the civilized world, estimates that the money
| Whlch American women pay every year for
| cosmetics would gay for the painting of 81, 900
houses at an expense of SIS per house.
EXHIBITORS who won medals at the Paris
| exposition are receiving diplomas specifying
the class of medals to which they are entitled
| Ii they want the medal they can get it for spot
| cash. ranging from about $133 for gold ones to
less than dollar for nice little ones in bronze
NATURE plays queer freaks with the flower
seeds sent out by the agricultural department
at Washington. A man who received a pack
| OF seeds labeled giant pansy' planted them in
| a Hover bed and soon had small crop of t1r-
| nips, while a number of seeds labeled double
pinks" produced long-neck squashes.
| The PROJECT of introducing the American
black bass into British waters is again being
mooted. The only drawback seems to be what
the English papers term the Yankee voracity'
| or the bass, who, on taking up new quarters at
once proceeds to exterminate the older residents
ana make the stream wholly his own
The AUTHORITIES of DesMoines are little In
| sympathy with the Salvation Army The fol-
| lowers of Gen. Booth recently paraded the
| streets with horns and drums in defiance of a
| municipal order When arrested they made the
court room resound with shouts and songs and
prayers But the police judge punished them
| all the same.
AN interesting archaeological discovery was
made by James Butler while blowing on his
farm on the site OF the old riding park. Ipswich,
Mass. His plowshare turned up an Indian idol
| OF solid stone. in the image of a serpent 1t is
81 inches in length, and measures inches in it's
| greatest rotundity 1t will be deposited in the
Essex Institute collection at Salem.
The Monaghan pheasants introduced into the
state of Washington have increased largely,
and are now thoroughly acclinated Great
loss was experienced in the importation of these
birds by the persistent violence with which they
dashed against the sides of their cages in the
vain effort TO escape The eggs of those which
survived were Matched under barnyard fowl.
ESTIMATES of the worlds population: The
Mongolians lead with about 630, 900, 600, and the
| Aryans, which comprise practically all the peo-
pie of Europe, four.1f of those of the Amer
lean continent and all of the civilized residents
OF Australia come next. with 545,0OO.oOo. The
negroes are put at 150000,000, the Semitic
people at IS. 100000. the Malays and Polynesians
at $4,000 900, and the Indians of North and
South America at Is, 600 600.
AT NAPLES marble statue of the patriot
Mario Pagano, executed by Achille d'Orsi for
commune at Brienza, was standing ready in the
WORKSHOP, packed to be sent TO Brienza when
some boys In the shop kindled some wood to
make fire to warm themselves. They left the
workshop without extinguishing the fire and
the flames spread to the sawdust laid for the
statue to slide on when removed and in short
time the figure, all but the head was burned
and reduced TO chalk. The statue weighed five
tons and was valued at 200 francs.
Mrs. HEPzIeAH EVERETT and Mrs. Sallie Cole.
twin daughters of the late Isaac and Elizabeth
Colburn of Dedham, Mass. celebrated recently
the arrival of the age of SO years. They were
born in West Dedham in 1877 and were married
at an early age, but have long been in widow
hood. and reside with their niece Mrs A Fisher
They are in comfortable health and bid fair tn
reach the century mark. 1t may be doubted if
similar instance of longevity of twins can be
found IN the country. Their sister, Mrs Sally
Smith, died there in 1888, aged 81 years
months.
The DAINTIEs known as preserved violets - for
which the feminine folk pay exorbitant prices.
are easily and simply made. Boil one pound of
loaf sugar in as much water as it will absorb
until when dropped into cold water, it becomes
hard and brittle. Throw the violets (which
should be of the large double variety and with
out stems into the syrup, few at a time and
keep them in until the sugar boils again. Stir
the sugar round the edge of the pan until if is
white and granny, then gently stir the flowers
about until the sugar leaves them. Drain them
on a fine white cloth and set them on a sieve to
dry in slightly warm oven, turning them care
fully now and again, and watching them lest
they cool ere they dry.
AN IMPORTANT ADDITION to the data which the
recent discussion of The hight to which waves
attain has brought out, is reported from Port
land. fearful storm was recently experienced
at the Tallamock light rock, and a ''dornick" of
basalt weighing sixty-two pounds was thrown
up by the force of the waves and fell on tina
roof of the lightkeeper's house, ITO feet above
the sea level, breaking a hole in the roof The
waves were so high that the water came down
the chimney of the boiler house of the fog siren
in torrents and poured out through the tubes of
the boiler. The chimney is about 1870 feet above
sea level. The spray entered the cowl of the
chimney over the lamp. which is $50 feet above
sea level and ran in streams to the bottom,
THE MOST interesting spot in Cambridge is
the old Longfellow house. where Miss Longfel
low, the eldest daughter, and the Rev. Samuel
Longfellow, the brother of the poet, now 1--we
The house looks exactly as it did in the old DAYS
when the great poet received his friends with
sweet and gentle courtesy. His spirit seems to
haunt the rooms and halls and will be ever
present to those who had the privilege of his
friendship. The two younger daughters, Mrs.
Richard H. Dana and Mrs Joseph G. Tnorpe
Jr., have built houses adjoining the old estate.
so that the Longfelow sisters live side by side |
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