The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MRS. JACOB EnIcK or Jackson, Mich. has
sunfioVer sixteen feet nigh and san growing.
/ CAL1y3RSI VII celebrate the 4Oth enniver-
sary Of her admission into the union Sept. Q.
! A GERMAN PROFESSOR says all who eat water
cress consume at the same time full assert
msnt of minute insects
TIE longest electric railroad in the word is
! to be bult bstween Seattle and Tacoma, dis
( lance of fOrty-two miles
| GERMANY has one doctor to 100 of popula-
ton; France one to g, 157; the United Kingdom
ore to 23l: but the United States one 70 600.
/ That says good deal for the doctors; for tie
average American is longer-lived than any OF
/ the nationaltieS named
TIE DUKE OF EDINBURGH is a clever violinist
and also an enthusiastic postage stamp gatherer,
| his collection being one of the most complete in
/ the world. But his genius for collecting lies
mostly in the collection Of shekels- He is the
most misery royalty now living.
The tower of the Philadelphia city hall Is now
335 feet high, yet on top of that 5000 tons or
/ iron aad bronze are to be placed. There is TO
! be a clock tower. the dals of which are TO be
| p feet in diameter, surmounte ed by statue of
| William Penn. 81 feet high, and there will be
| numerous statues.
! TOBACCO SELLERS in Cincinnati are troubled
just now by the visitation of tiny brown bug
| that seems to be confirmed chewer of the
weed The bug is about the size of a seed of
| fax, and is almost the color of tobacco. 1t
oores its way into cigars and eats large holes
In the filler, while it also burrows through
| packages of smoking tobacco.
NEW FEATURE is brought out by the circus
| REM, at present exhibiting at Hamburg. A
! young lion has been trained to ride on horse
back, to leap through hoops. jump on q plat
form and regain his scat when the horse passes
second time, to discharge pistols with mis- teeth,
and finally to race with the horse and dog.
4. nPFf0rmAnCR
lncloseS the ring.
THE Continen al Powder Company has been
chartered, with 81, 600 900 capital stock to erect
| smokeless powder factory on the line of the
Norfolk and Western railroad, near Ceredo, w.
a. The Phoenix Powder Company of New
\ ork is the principal stakeholder in the enter
prise. The company controls the formula for
the manufacturing of smokeless powder IN this
country, and an effort will be made to have the
government adopt it. If successful the largest
powder works in the United States will be
erected.
INDIANA needs the services of financial mis-
sionarles from the east who will tell the people
! about savings banks and their uses. Green
county farmer, working in a pasture, hid his
pocketbook. containing Sl0o, under the root of
tree hungry COW found it ami swallowed
it before he could rescue it. Mrs Albert Gil
more of the same neighborhood hid $3.50 in her
cooking stove oven, and forgetting her treasure,
6ait a fire and cooked asdinner, also the money.
and Uncle Sam redeemed it.
The jews IN 1tUssIA have been apprised in
those districts where they are permitted to live,
that they will not be judged by the laws, but by
| administrative rules adopted by each governor
| In Odessa they have been cautioned to be modest
and retiring IN public places, and not make
| themselves prominent on pain of public whip
| ping. At Mohilew the governor assembled the
| leading Hebrews and told them that for any
| offense given he should hold them responsible,
and have them whipped on the public square
| sweet country to live in
AT THE WEDDING in the royal castle of ofen of
Prince Thurn and Taxis to the Archduchess
Margaret a quee halt occurred 1t had been
forgotten to brin the certificate of birth of the
| prince, and the clergy hesitated to proceed be-
| cause the papers were not in order. Finally the
| couple was married anyway, but the record of
| the imperial family archives remains incon-
plete. One must exhibit eleven papers tt be
| married in Germany. Certificates of birth, bap-
| tlsm, vaccination, school attendance, second
| vaccinat on, confirmation, consent Of the pa
| rents, and several other minor aitestations.
| JAMES UNDERWOOD is the name OF Nashville
young man OF some % summers who has re-
pented leasurey of marriage contracted seven
years ago with Mamie Underwood, who, he
| claims, is old enough to be his mother. He has
filed bill in the circuit court in that city asking
| for divorce which shall legalize what he says
has been virtual separation from his wife
| nearly ever since he as inveigled into marrying
| her while i'll an Intoxicated condition by justice
| who, he claims, was as drunk as he was. The
| defendant, he alleges, was widow with grown
| children at the time of their marriage while he
was only 10 years of age.
A cABLEGRAM brings an account of the close
Of sensational breach of promise action at
Lewes. Sussex England. The plaintiff was Miss
Gladys Knowles, niece of Sir FraucS Knowles,
Bart, young lady of o., and the defendant.
Leslie Fraser Duncan, aged 81, the owner OF the
Matrimonial Aetos, weekly 3-penny paper de-
| voted to the interest Of those who wish to marry
| and composed for the most part OF the adver-
| tisements for partners of these people. The
parties became acquainted through the medium
| of this publication, but the young lady adver-
tised in ft only 10 spirit of fun. The sequel
| proved very serious for Mr.. Duncan, who has
been condemned to pay the sum Of 5000
damages as soatium for Miss Knowles brc ken
heart.
A NASHVILLE american special from Chatta.
nooga Wednesday, tells this pretty little
romance: To-day a happy couple spent In
Chattanooga the first DAY OF the honeymoon
following most romant C marriage, meeting
| for the first time an hour before the ceremony,
| the counting having been done by letters in
answer TO an advertisement. The bride is Mrs.
H. S. Holt of Altoona, Ga. She went to Bridge
| port, Ala where she met her affianced. The
couple then went to Jasper, Tenn, and were
married by Prof. Dillol. They will make their
home il Cleveland, Tenn. The bride belonged
| to G. marriage as ISOLATION, which she had Joined
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one of nine correspondents. She was woman
with three children"
FAGANIsM still fingers in Reading, Pa, accord
ing to this narrative: For some time a number
of citizens ard business men have been com
planning Of sneak thieves visiting their places
and carrying away goods during their absence.
THIS has continued for several weeks, and the
authorities decided to investigate. They pro.
cured a search warrant and visitei the residence
of Mrs. Catharine Gable, 22716 Penn street,
where they made discovery. In one corner OF
a room was found q box containing articles OF
every description such as hats bonnets, under.
| wear, sashes handkerchief, etc. The iewelry
stores must have also been visited, as in another
| place was found lot of gold rings, necklaces
| cameo rings. breast pins, etc. Mrs Gable was
| arrested on the charge of receiving stolen goods
| and Clara Gable, her daughter, was arrested for
| the larceny of those goods, as was also Mary
| Delp The woman is said to have EMPLOYED The
girls to steal for her.
TIE principal element in the composition of g
tear, as may readily be supposed, says the
Brooklyn Standard is water The other ele
ments are salt, soda, phosphate of soda, anG
mucus in small proportions. dried teal
seen through a microscope of good average
water after evaporation leaves behind
Il it the saline ingredients, which amalga
mate and form themselves into length
ened cross lines and look like
a number of minute fish bones The makeup is
just the same whether the tears are for ioy OF
grief. The tears are secreted in what are caller
the 'laC lrYnal glands Situated over the avahs