The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-16
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IT is ESTIMATED that the wheat product of the
northwest will amount to 100000 bushels
being 1000 900 bushels less than the crop of last
year. 1t is thought that twenty bushels to tht
acre is fair average estimate Of the yield.
Oats will yield from thirty to forty-five bushels
rye twe.ve to fifteen bushels; barley, thirty to
forty bushels.
A COMPLETE list OF the sultan's wives shows
that he has five first-class wives, Udlides
twenty -four second class or morganatic wives
and some $50 third-class partners, variously
described as ''favorites" and slaves" The
care and attendance of the female establish
ment req lire the services of 5000 persons, who
are the only people in Turkey who receive their
full pay with regularity.
THE questions to be asked by the new Englist
census are those in regard to the name, sex
age, profession or occupation, condition as K
marriage, relation to head Of family and birth
place of every person who abode in any hous,
on the night of the census day. showing also
whether any such person was blind or deaf anC
dunno or imbecile or lunatic. The only new
question to be put is one recommended by the
census committee namely, where the occupie
is in occupation of less than five rooms to thu
number of rooms occupied by him. One partic
ular that was asked for at the last census and i
now omitted. in accordance with the commit
tees recommendation, is the frank" of eacl
person.
THE MORAL REFoRMER of China is the PRO
vincial Treasurer of Soochown He has issues
proclamation commanding managers o
theaters in Shanghai to desist fro m the repre-
sentation of immoral plays. Restaurants anC
other places of public interest must discontinu,
employing female performers Immoral
plays" the provincial treasurer says, excite
the female mind, and sometimes lead women &c
Initiate the wicked actions portrayed on the
stage" Because theaters have been estab
lished so long that it would be impossible to
wean the public mind from them SO far as to
PERM of abolishing them" all that can bt
done is to purge them from their sensational
degrading, and licentious' dramas.
IN I772 Prof Maskelyne, with his assistants
made experiments at Mount SchinalIion, Perth
shire, Scotland, by which they determined
that the attraction exerted by tina
mountain caused the plumb line to deviatt
nearly g. from its normal. Profs. Playfair
Cavendish and Hutton, knowing the
termined that the mean density of tht
mountain was to that of the eaYul
as is to g. From this the mean density or TN,
earth as compared with water was determined
to re as to !. Other more recent experiment.
make the ratio vary from Az to So to /. TAX
ing 512 as the average result Of ali experiments
the diameter of the earth as 1912. Al miles, anC
the weight of cubic foot of water as 81 g.
pounds, the weight of the earth would be 5,S4
trllons of tons of 2,2f0 pounds; that is, il
figures, 5,S42, 900, 900, 0O0, 900, 00G,000 tons.
Miss LUCRETIA CRADDoCK, of Lincoln Neb.
says special to the Globe Democrat, is Mis-.
Lucretia Craddock still, though she hal hoped
ere this to have been Mrs. Tom Meyers The even
was TO have taken place Friday night, and the
feast was prepared and the hidden guests ar
rived on time. But the bridegroom came not
though they waited and waited for his coming
until the wee sma' hours, when they dispersed
Next day this story was told: "A number O.
his friends strongly opposed the match They
took advantage of the OCCASION and flied b i'm tc
overlooking with bad red liquor, and while il
| the state which follows dose of this kind, they
! loaded him on train and billed him for kausai
| City. Meyers is the son of a prominent whole
sale liquor dealer of this city" Now that the
| original package" bill has become law prac
| teal jokers will have to mind how they senC
liquor, in caf's skin or otherwise, into foreign
| state.
WIN1FRED SWEET c'Annie Laurie'O of tn,
San Francisco Examiner has '1ivened up" tht
| Pacific coast greatly with her journalistic
feats. On one occasion she called on two Oh
| three lawyers who advertised to secure cas-,
| divorces. She played the part of wife who
| sought release from matrimonial bonds, but
| who had no tangible grounds for divorce She
| struck rich lead In her interviews on this line
| and when annie Laurie gave away her in
| formation on How divorces are obtained with
out Just cause or the knowledge of the other
party to the wedding contract" genuine sen.
| sation followed, One of the lawyers whose
name she gave sued the paper for 500 900 libel
The trial resulted in the plaintiff paying the
cost of the action Another LAWYER took n more
practical view of the matter He said the ex
pose had brought him lots of business in the
sham divorce line, and had really added long
list or clients who sought divorce without pub
lefty"
The MEDAL for the meanest man no longer
belongs to the individual who turned brick in
his sidewalk to save laying new ones At one
of the Kansas City hotels the other day a pretty
little faxen haired bue-eyed baby girl was
playing with big Newfoundland dog about the
office, when she was induced TO quit her romp
ing and sit on the lap of fat commercial
traveller. The traveller amused the baby for
awhile by showing her his watch KEY ring and
various trinkets then. seeing that the little one
was restless and wanted to Diet down " he
promised to let her go If she kissed him first
HIS was not an attractive mouth, and the child
strongly objected AS final ind lcement, after
much coaxlng. the drummer went down in his
pocket and pulled out q big shining silver dollar
and held it before the baby with the remark
If you give me a kiss you may have this
Such glittering offer as this proved too much
so up went the little mouth with lips puckered
as though about TO receive dose of medicine
and smack and all was over Now 100 div
me the money, said the baby holding ont
both of her chubby little hands to receive il
The man put the dollar back in his pocket. and
instead tished out copper cent and gave it tc
the child with the remark: Now go and play
with doggy"
V.
the New York sun, has been disastrous fail.
ure this season. Orchard after orchard has
barely enough fruit to furnish a dozen cans OF
preserves for the owners. The reason for this
is said to be that the very mild winter caused
the trees to blossom, which was followed by
blighting frosts. One may ride over a Largo
tract of country without finding half a dozen
trees which bear any fruit at all. This means a
considerable loss to the farmers down there who
rely largely on their orchards for their profits.
On the other hand, there has not been such a
successful berry season as the one lust passed
In many years, and some Of the farmers have
cleared large sums out of their berry farms
Sweet potatoes are also unusually promising,
ana perhaps between them and the berries the
farmers will be tided over. AS a rule south
jersey farms are very valuable and give large
net returns In talking with the farmers the
writer learned that the value of the farms has
increased very largely within the past few
years. although the vineyards have proven
failures In number of Instances farms that
had been bought for e.. 900 FIVE years ago have
recently been sold for $4,000 and $4,000. A
good deal OF speculation is going on there, too.
and some OF the farmers are holding Land with