The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

APRoPos Of the epidemic Of influenza, it is
noted in Nature that the vsitations of this dis
order have generally been preceded by a similar
disease among horses. 1t is curious to observe
that dlslenper of this kind has been actually
prevailing among horses in London for some
time.
REcEST OBSERVATIONS Of the waters of Great
salt Lake prove conclusively that the state
nents made that no form of animal or plant
HE exists IN the lake are erroneous. No fish or
other larEs form OF animal life has been dis
covered. but the presence Of vegetable organ
lsns IN the lake may be considered a TACT from
the abundance of animal existences.
a GRATIFYING ADDITION has just been made to
the number of Irish tenants who own the soil
they cultivate The Earl of Egmont has sold
the whole of his large estate in Kilkenny and
llppeTary Tor ESQ 600, The farmers are fortu-
nate enough to get the land at the rate of fif p
teen years purchase. This is the largest single
transaction under the Ashbourne act.
IT LOOKS as if the nineteenth century would
limp into the past without producing a single
original invention. The telephone is said to be
almost as old as the hills and now some enter
prlsing Egyptologists have discovered that the
nlcSei-ln-the-Slot machine was in common use
IN the days oil the PharaohS. Tnis is a sad state
OF AFFAIRS. out we have still the consolation of
knoWlng that the nineteenth century produced
Ben Butler and Daniel McGinty.
The Russian minister of communications has
prepared project. to be placed before the
ministerial committee, for the excavation of
the loag-talked-of canal between the White sea
and Lake Omega, which would thus establish
water communication with the other navigable
rivers o. the empire The length Of the pro
posed canal would be 156 miles, Sc of which
form natural waterway, with depth suffi-
Gent Tor the passage of boats drawing ten
feet
STRONG and vigorous association of railroad
employees is that of the Brotherhood of Railway
Irainmen. There are about $1,000 members in
good standing. among them 5000 conductors,
LOU swltchmen, division superintendents,
l general superintendent and 3 train
masters. The sum of $3.50. in disputed claims
mas been pail out, and tn reserve fund amounts
to Sl72,o0 One-half of the members of the
order belong in New York state and Pennsyl-
vania.
The RESULT of the examination of 1900 school
children in various cities of America and Europe
Is that the average of pupils who have defect
tive hearing is &c per cent. Teachers are
strongly urged to keep in mind the liability of
existing impairment of hearing in backward
children, and either give them nearer seats,
with their best ear toward the desk, or teach
them in separate ella SEES. All boxing of
the ears or children should be stringently pro-
hibited.
The NEWEST HOTEL in London is TO be opened
during this month under the name of ''The AL
bemarle, at the corner OF Piccadlly and Abe
marie street, In one respect the hosiery will
be unique. for it is being fitted up inside entirely
after the fashion of an old French chateau the
massive oaKen staircase being as much en- suite
as Is the furniture. The whole ceiling of one
room is formed of vast Rubens-like picture,
which is probably the sole existing relic of the
oId mouse OF the Duke of Albemarle
THERE have already been countless beauty
shows and eating and drinking and fasting and
running matches, but Belgian Iady-one Nine.
Boyd-has been arranging something quite
mover In the way OF competitive gathering.
She proposes to hold a contest, open to MEM
DeIs OF her own sex only, in which the prize
will be award ID to the competitor who is able
In the course of given period, to talk the most
rapidly. A jury will be appointed to decide
"hlca lady says most in the stated time.
THE HUMAN FAMILY to-day consists of about
! 100000 600 individuals In Asia, VIII IRE man
was first planted, there are now about 800. OO0.-
900, on an average of 100 to the square mile. In
europe there are 1900 0000, averaging 100 to
the square mile In Africa there are 2l0, 900 600
In America, North and South, there are no.
0JO,00O relatively thiny scattered and cent
In Inc Islands, large and small, probably 10 100
600. The extreme of the white and black are as
. to 3, the remaining ZOO 900 900 being interme-
dlate brown and tawny.
THE EXECUTION last month of man for muir
der in Andalusa, Spain, twenty-four hours
after a reprieve had been actually signed by the
| queen and forwarded, has occasioned so much
excitement in Spain that the government has
drawn up bill to give to a telegraph message
| in such cases the force of a formal written
| order. In this case the authorities charged with
! the execution were notified by telegraph that
| the reprleve had been signed and was then on
It's way, but they insisted that they were power
less to lay the execution in the absence of
| formal documents.
| They do not intend to encourage the enter
prise of foreigners in Sweden. new law pro-
vides that any foreigner who has not paid taxes
| for the Current year to the Swedish govern
ment, who travels about the country either on
ms own account or That of another to sell for
| eign wares for future delivery, must. on enter
| terlng the country, send a written declaration
! to the neares5 collector of taxes, stating how
long he intends to remain, and inclosng the
sum of 100 kronor-upward of S27-for each
| month or part OF a month which he intends to
remain. The tax is exacted for the privilege of
carrying on business.
THAT few Indians yet hnger in New England
| appears and then, as in the reports of
/ agents concerning the Penobscot and Passama-
| quoddy tribes of Maine, Just submitted to tbe
| governor. The tribes number 920-tne Penoh-
| scots being much the Sunderland have cost
| the state this year something over Sl6O0
| They are not holding their own: during the
| year q Penobscots have died out of 383 and %
| PaSSamaquOddys out of 537. 1t is said that tha
schools well attended, and that the tribes
are gradually improving under their influence
The PenobScots raised $50 z bushels of potatoes
this year and LIS bushels of other CROPS. while
their profits from trinkets sold to summer
visitors are not recorded
A UNIQUE EVENT was the reunion at Loris-
vile recently of three brothers who were sen.
arated fifty years, and had never met since.
They are Thomas G., w. H., and A. B. Earl
They were born at Newark, N J., in 1890 1920
and 1896. Soon after the birth of the younoest
their parents died and they were divided zach
being sent TO the home of a relative to be rearad
Now Thomas, the oldest, is the owner of several
thousand acres of fine land near Iytton. ON the
Canadian Pacific railroad, in British Columbia
and is extensively engaged in fruit-growing A
B., the second is a well-to-do contractor in
Louisville. Both are married while
w. H. is bachelor and lives
near Paxton, III. He has acquired a
competency raising stock, and has retired from
business. large gathering of friends heinad
them celebrate their reunion at the home OF the
Louisville brother.
IN AN ENTERTAINMENT given at a VILLAGE in
Illinois few nights ago a novel use Of incapdes-
cent lamps was made. Several young ladies'
gave drill in military costume. Their helmets
were surmounted with three incandescent
lights, with red, white and blue globes In car
tain parts of the drill the lamps were sl,ddenlv
illuminated and the effect was striking To
means by which this was accomplished was ev1
tremely simule A converter was placed on he
outside Of the building in which tho ha ,ras