The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

shocks Of corn, over 700 mice and 50 hawks
were Killed las week Done TO satisfy bet.
Gov. ALBEIT of New Jersey is great
reader. He has always kept up with current
literature and is well informed regarding the
tendency OF fiction in these latter days.
The RECORD of salmon catching in English
waters the past season shows falling of in
size and number from previous years. Ttere
were many catches, however, OF fisl weighing
from 40 To 60 pounds.
The ENGLISH GOVERNMENT is transporting
young trees by the wholesale from Scotland to
the Isle of Man. where Greeba Mountain is being
| Tricky planted with them an experiment
VITA pracslcal forestry on large scale.
IT is gravely asserted that Herbert Spencer
carries couple Of little plugs in his pocket,
and whenever conversation about him becomes
annoying he takes them out and thrusts them
into his ears, thus making himself deaf to the
chatter.
\ GROCER at Lynchburg, Va, who had been in
business for thirteen years without making a
cent, couldn't figure out how it was until his
head clerk was taken sick thought he was go
ing to die. and owned up to having embezzled
about 81, 900.
SIDNEY HILL of Glens Falls, n. V, is a clever
man. He heard burglar in his house a few
nights ago. Hand me my revolver" cried Mr.
Hill IN stentorian tones to his wife. The burg
lar ned at once This report of pistol in the
THE CAR OF RUSSIA is now the largest land
holder in the world. Three weeks ago he pur-
chased one single tract larger than the state of
Texas de has also bought in the lands OF the
Hohenlohe family, which they had inherited
but were not allowed TO occupy in Russia.
The ASTRONOMERS at the Paris observatory are
in trouble over the projected building of a rail-
road near their establishment. They say that
the earth tremblings caused by passing trains
VIII make their observations useless They will
try to have the government order change of
route.
The chief clerk in a Liverpool court has been
arrested on the charge of systematically steal
ing the revenue stamps from the documents
passing through his hands to be put on file
The matter has been going on for many years,
and the profits of the clerk have been enor-
NOUS
The cave in Of the bluff that took place at
Yaquina, Ore, last week was worth thousands
of dollars to the railroad company. A thou
sand dollars worth of powder would not have
accomplished what the rain did. The rock and
| dirt fell into the bulkhead just where 1t was
wanted.
A FLORIST in London, England, has had the
happy thought Of hanging trails of moss over
| and aronnd the electric lights in his window.
The green and yellow tints of the delicate
leaves form lovely veil for the light, which
gllmmers through them without being d.
unfinished.
| NEW swINDLE has appeared in Europe
| Prominent persons receive letters dated at the
military prison in Madrid, purporting to come
J from the late secretary of the Egyptian mahdi
who knows where 40O0,000 of francs are con-
cealed. He asks small sum with which to
satisfy the creditors VINO keep him in prison, in
return for which he will tell where the treas
! ure is.
A WASHINGTON ELECTRICIAN is at work on
some important Improvements in the direction
of electric cooking. There is every reason to
believe that iuveSti cations in this field will we'll
repay inventors. Electricity when laid in the
house has only to be- Tape to be Immediately
useful The great advantage of the gas fire
over the coal or coke is its almost instantaneous
applicability.
FLOWERS are fading as trimmings for evening
dresses, says London paper, and the fashion is
setting in towards birds and insects Flights of
jet swallows are seen fleeing across the skirt of
an evening dress. Perhaps the bodice will be
ornamented with a swallow, too. Huge butter
flies made of jet, gold tinsel, or of pearls and
iridescent beads are made large enough to come
right across the front OF the bodice of an even
ing dress. The wings are outspread, and the
butterflies are said to be modelled from natural
specimens. Smaller butterflies hover about the
shoulders and on the skirt.
Many GUEssEs or estimates of the total cost
of the Forth bridge have been made but now
that it is nearly completed its exact cost can be
stated with almost absolute certainty Under
the original Forth bridge act, 1873, the bridge
and connecting railways were estimated to cost
II, S66, $685. OF which that act authorized ei ESQ.,
90 to be raised by shares and G415,6 by mort
gage Various acts had, however, to be APP
piled for thereafter for power to raise further
sums, and now still another Is being promoted
in this session of parliament for power to raise
8266, 600 additional. That will bring up the sum
which has been expended the bridge and
connecting railways to about e325, 00O, 900,
which may now be accepted as the exact cost
of the undertaking.
A PREACHER at Cortland, N. Y, adopted a
way-not new one, however-of raising money
which beats the best returns of the contribution
box. He bought S25 worth of nickels and dis
tributed them among the congregation. No
person could take more than one and it was to
be invested in any way the possessor might
please. The result surprising One little
girl pat her nickel into eggs and cleared So on
the investment lady, who first invested ia
cucumbers, by successfully renyesting her
accumulated capital in potatoes soap and
bread, came out with net profit of 50 o. Four
young ladies for ned pool and with q Joint
capital of 20 cents went into photographs of the
pastor, which they sold at profit of Sl7 35
Many other members of the church invested
| their nickels in various ways with like success
and the neat sum of S315 81 was realized from
this ingenious idea.
FOREIGN TRAVELLER tells of seeing musical
| trees in the West India islands and in Nubia It
has peculiar shaped leaf and pods with split
or open edge. The wind passing through these
gives out the sound which gives the tree its pe-
culiar name. In B1rbadoes there is valley
filled with these trees, and when the wind blows
across the island a constant moaning, deem
| toned whistle is heard from it, which in the
| still hours OF the night has a very weird and I'M
pleasant effect. species of acacia which
| grows very abundantly in the Soudan is also
| called the ''whstling tree" by the natives Its
| shoots are frequently by the agency of the lar
vac of insects, distorted in shape and swollen
into a globular bladder from one to two inches
| in diameter. After the insect has EMERGED
from circular hole in the side of this swelling
the opening played upon by the wind becomes a
/ musical instrument equal in sound to a sweet
toned flute.
| HOTELS are few and ill-conducted in Brazilian
coast towns, but there are excellent French
and German restaurants in Bahia and Pernam-
buco. When one has the bill to settle he finds
that the score runs into the thousands. The
! basis of currency is an imaginary unit the refs
1000 of which make milreiS, worth apart
from exchange. about so cents The lowest
nickel coin is 100 reis, worth cents Below
these are copper coins, 20 refs, being equivalent
| to cent. If one dimes with friend at a res
taurant the score will amount to 1900 reis-a
result startling to the uninitiated When real
estate transactions are conducted the iyures
rise into the millions aud when trade statistics
are computed billions and trillions are broucht
in. Reversing the process one pays , 900 reis
to a boatman to go ashore from q steamer 600
refs milreiS for bottle of beer and soma
cheese 500 reiS to a guide for pilotac-a +hro,,~h