The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

away from the Union college building. in Sche-
nectady, y Y. a section of window sill in which
ex- President Arthur cut his name years ago
when student there.
MASIsTIoUE has an aqueous volcaoo, spring
$50 feet wide and 400 feet long. The water and
sand boil Up from a depth of Is feet and throw
the little lake up into conical shape. tsupplies
a creek 20 feet WIDE and feet deep the year
around
THE MExICANs and Indians living in Texas
say that every animal has brains enough to tan
its skin and so the latter, in the case of the
wolf. panther, wildcat and some other nlmais'
IS manly prepared by rubbing into the nesh-
side Of IL the brains of its former wearer.
JUST about the time it ceased raining at
Pierre, 5. D., a few days ago, small snakes from
twelve to sixteen inches long fell to the ground
in various places. These we're coiled, and when
they struck the ground seemed to be somewhat
stunned. The snakes have blush color
DURING dispute over a calf at Camas Prairie,
Ore, recently, Ed Rinehardt hit Helm Neon
nell on the head with heavy plug of tobacco.
In Order to prevent a suit charging him with
assault with a deadly weapon, Rinehardt paid
$40. besides giving over the calf and the plug OF
tobacco.
A CURIOUS FASHION has come into vogue in
Paris In all the cemeteries metal boxes with
slit in the lid are placed on the tomostones to
receive the cards Of visitors. The relatives OF
the deceased are thus enabled to see who
among the living still cherish the memory OF
their departed friends
A vERITABLE MoNsTRosIrY was found in an
an empty tenement house in Galena, Ill, in the
shape of kitten having four distinct heads,
eight front feet and four hind feet. all at
tached to one perfectly formed body. The
kitten was apparently about week old, and
was one OF a litter OF eight.
ONE WOMAN has made the silk gowns of the
Justices of the United States supreme court for
the past forty years, and she gets 500 for each
one OF them. They are all made alike, the only
difference being in the material the chief jus
tice wearing black Chinese satin, while his aSso-
ciates are robed in elack silk.
A VERY practical suggestion has been made
for reducing the cost of transportation on the
Erie canal. The idea is to apply to the traction
Of the boats the overhead trolley system now
used for street railways, on the ground that
there is no serious mechanical difficulty, and
that an economy of at least so per cent. would
be effected.
THE superintendent of public instruction of
New York state has announced the vote for the
stae flower as follows: Golden rod, 81 .30S; rose,
1850: daisy, 33eO3; violet. 81 176; pansy, q zoe;
ny, l6,433; lily Of the valley, 1926; trailing
arbutuS I, SSS; buttercup, 6127: scattering
29045; total, 31S,019. The scattering votes were
distributed through 12l different varieties.
A LoTof 1Oyear-olds were told by a teacher
in Presque Isle. Me, school the other day to
write names of five persons of whom they had
read. The question was poser for most of
them. but one rose to the occasion and handed
in a list. He was told to read 1t ana did So as
follows: The Lord. George Washington. Buffalo
Bill, DR.. Boone, Mrs. Willard" In answer to a
question, he further explained that DR.. Boone
was man who went out west among the wild
Indians.
A FEMALE DRoMEDARY was born in Capt. Cas-
sells stable, Baltimore. The proud mother is
Druid. The little lady stands about three feet
high, and has a slender body, but very long
legs. This is the fourth dromedary born at the
park The first, Horace, died in infancy. His
hide, hump and all, Capt. CaSSell had mounted.
u is now in the captains parlor. The second,
Kate. was sold to the circus, with the grand
mother of the baby just arrived. The third,
another Horace, still lives. He, with Druid and
the baby, compose the drove now at the park.
FLOWER PEDDLERs have adopted new wrin-
kle for gaining entrance to the big Office build
ings down town in New York They have dis
covered by experience that the janitors en-
plOyeS will not let them ply their trade if the
flowers are carried in baskets or on trays so
they now carry them in japanned tin boxes,
like those used for keeping valuable papers in
lawyers Offices. The boxes are kept closed
while the peddlers are in the sight of the en-
ployeS in the big buildings The boxes have an
other advantage they keep the flowers cool
and fresh.
ANDREW JACKSON is a veteran expressman who
for quarter of century has carried baggage
from the Grand Central depot in New York
city at the modest rate of 25 cents per piece.
For three years the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company has been trying to
enion him from carrying on his business at
the entrance of the station. The Injunction
suit has been in the courts three years but Jack
son has beaten the company every time, and
finally in the court of appeals. The railroad
company wished to prevent Jackson from com
peting against the accent price.
THERE is no doubt that fish, particularly
many of those which inhabit fresh water, feel the
cold, and that this accounts Tor their moving in
winter to deep water when they have the oppor-
tunity of doing so. Some fish are much more
affected than others by cold. Swanson men
tons an instance OF number OF fine tench
having been found dead in a pond after the
break up of frost, and as proof of vitality in
other lSh be states that in northern ATTITUDES
ees and perch have retained their vitality when
frozen in solid blocks OF ice, and that advantage
has been taken of the fact to remove them
from one locality to another.
HERBERT Wards friends in New York are not
greatly astonisbed at the attacks on the con
duct of the rear column in Stanley's new book
Ward it is said, made no secret of his disagree
ment with his chief but kept silent as to de-
tails. That Wards report to Stanley was dated
from the windsor hotel is easily accounted for
as he came to the United States soon after his
return to England from Africa made the &C
qualntance of Miss Sanford, now his wife, on
the way over, and went to live at the Windsor
in order that he might be near her house Ward
took no part in the honors shown to Stanley in
London, and, in fact, was until recently absent
with his BRIDE in the Azores and the Channel
islands.
AN AGITATION has been started in Paris by a
small but influential journal to chase the En-
glish from the opera. The grievance appears
to be not against English residents, VINO, for
the most part, accuStom themselves very RAPIDLY
tothe polite exigencies of the polite city, but
against the unfortunate tourists wac are
brought over by the specially conducted''
come to the opera IN most ignoble style, with
untanned shoes, check listers and billycock
hats They often occupy the best places and
are thoroughly repugnant to their French
neighbors. The writer Of the articles calls upon
Parsians TO chase the English from the opera
until they know how to present themselves in
decent style"
The ABSTRACT of the reports made to the
controller of the currency, showing the condi-
tion of the B. 43S national banks of the United
States at the close of business on Nav H. has
just been published by the controller The ra-
sources of the banks are set down as S3OlO 216 .
go, of which 1889 24S, Go is in loans and dis
counts, SAB 790, 800 is in Tn ted States bonds
deposited to secure circulation, Sill, O51, 244 in
stocks, securities, Judgments, claims etc
SlS3. cot, 306 due from approved reserve agents
Sll3, 039 due from other national banks
Sis, 1865 494 in specie and coin certificates and
SSS,OSS, 9J2 in legal tender notes. The liability
size OF the balance sheet shows $685. 055 276
in capital stock paid H. S207, 1856. 1856 in surplus
fund, Sl25, ~ $40 in notes outstanding, ST. 480,