The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The VITALITY of snails is remarkable One
that had been glued to a carl in the British
museum Tor four years came to Life upon being
put IN warm water.
| TIE daily rations of pair of ostriches on a
| farm in San Di go county, California are forty
! pounds week of beets for breakfast, and for
dinner peck of grain.
EMILE lola is said to have cleared s1OO, 0CO
| from his novel ''Nana, /" which was first issued
| in newspaper in 1879 The book has been
| Translated into every European language.
THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES has de-
| cided on motion of Premier Crspi, to erect a
| state monument to Mazzini IN Rome King
humbeTt, 1t is said, will contribute S200,0
A PARIS THIEF stole the horse out of the shafts
| of cab while the driver slept, and, mounting
| it, was riding off and would have got away if a
| passing citizen had not awakened the driver.
PEOPLE are yet laughing at a doctor in a little
| village of Pennsylvania, who, in filling out
| certificate of death, inadvertently wrote his
anne IN the blank space reserved for cause of
| DEATH
A CURIOUS WEDDING recently took place in
Wilkesbarre The combined ages of the bridal
| party were 269 years. The bridegroom was ST.
| the bride 81, the best man GO and the brides
| maid ca.
CLERGYMAN of New Bedford, who has been
preaching a long time, advertises 200 sermons
for sale. They cover every subject and will sIit
any locality. He wants dollar apiece for the
lot IL taken in lump.
The Empress Frederick and her two dauyh-
tiers will leave Berlin for Athens about the first
of Arril. They will pay a six weeks visit 10
the Crown Prince and Princess of Greece and
Will spend Easter there.
THERE is a plague of locusss in the province
OF Gizell in Egypt. In five days the authorities
e In, =;
tieS or their eggs are turned up Exposure to
the sun destroys the eggs
THE cannery Of Armour &, Co. has a capacity
of putting up in one day 225, 900 pounds of
corned beef, $4,000 pounds of fresh boiled beef,
10000 lunch tongues, 1000 OK tongues, and @
multitude OF minor products.
Mr.. GLIDER of the Century says: "Tne very
best poem, the very best novel, short story,
| essay or descriptive erticle that can be written
| IN the English language, and especially by an
American writer, is in constant demand
ALL FRANCE is laughing over the following
announcement that lately appeared in one of
| the journals: IN. Ernst lola inventor of the
| spring h ,ndcuffs notifies his customers that
| he mas nothing in common with his namesake,
Emil Zola writer"
| In PREHISTORIC cemetery, lately uncovered
| near Montpelier. in the south of France were
| two skulls evidently belonging to the Aryan
| their proportions, must have belonged to q man
| at least ten feet in height.
| AREMARKABLE COINCIDENCE in connection with
| the death of the president of an electric rail-
way in Ohio is that he was killed while voat-
| ing rule he himself had made forbidding pas
| senger; to get off or on the front platform
| While The car was in motion.
A HORSE fell down an electric cable manhole
in New York, and after being in there about an
| hour not only died. but while living managed to
| kick counle of electric cables all TO pieces. A
| derrick had to be borrowed and erected before
the body could be gotten out.
NOT every person knows that the sur, test of
| genuine paper currency is to hold the bill I'D to
| the light so that you can discern two lines run
ming parallel across its entire length These
| are Re and blue silk thread inside the
| paper. No counterfeit has them.
LIv1NGs ARE still bought in the English
church. Recently young clergyman bought
one for 81, 500, and as it is almost a sinecure.
| yielding an annual inc )me of $780, it would
| appear that he made pretty good investment
in country where 3 per cent is considered
| good.
An AUTOGRAPH LETTER of Richard III. was
sold in England recently for about S. % per inch
J of surface 1t was written at Barnard CASTLE
in Durham, Aug. 4, 1850, or about three years
| before the crook back Duke of Gloucester then
| constable and admiral Of England came to the
| throne.
''HANDsoME JIM CoRBErT the big San Fran
cisco pugilist, who recently bested Jake Kill
rain in a six-round bout in New Orleans is in
| New York. All the privileges of the New York
| Athletic Club have been extended to Corbett
| lie is the only professional who has ever en-
joyed this courtesy.
THERE are about 100000 negro communi.
canti of the Methodist church in the United
States AS the statistics of the Baptist church
do not especially mention negroes, it is reason
able to suppose that the number of negro com
| municants belonging to that denomination is
| comparatively small
A BARON ZURLo and his son, on their way to
Rome r Gently, were seized near Catania by
brigands in broad daylight. The robbers sent
the father off to seek ransom of 600 francs.
lie managed to scrape together $4,000 There
upon the robbers banqueted tue baron and his
son, and sent them on their way rejoicing.
A North OF ENGLAND BISHOP had among h s
parishioners a worthy but rough fellow, who
was in the habit of using a great deal of pro-
faulty Upon being demonstrated with, he ex-
claimed: We'll, d---n it, say what | mean
and believe in calling a spade spade.' I'm
deed, replied The bishop, thought you would
THE YANKEE EAGLE is beginning to scream
right in the face of the Persian lion A com
plete set of well-boring machinery recently
YORK engineer. An American association has
the exclusive right to bore artesian wells in that
country, and little DOUBT of the success in OBJ
tanning water for irriGating purposes exists.
Two CHILDREN playing upon grassy slope
at Auchmithie, Scotland, slipped and rolled
down to the edge of steep precipice 145 feet
| high, over which they fell to the beach below
| Those who ran to gather up their mangled
| remains found them on their feet IN the sand
| in general state of mental bewildermsnt
| and with no worse injuries than few scratches
THE chief rehearsal of the Passion play at
Oberammergau will take place on May IS, and
the opening performance on May 90 Perform
ances will be given through june July, August
| and Septemb Improvements have been
made in the stage and in the scenery since tie
| last production, while the story that specula-
tors had bought up the tickets tor the perform
| ances is denied by the authorities of the town
The following is the system of cleaning the
sidewalks in Ottawa as described in a Canadian
newspaper: The proprietors of lots or build
! ings are charged tax of cents per oot.front-
| age. making q siXty-toot lot cost only 81 90 a
| year for keeping the sidewalk clear of snow and
| ice. The city Snblets the contract to different
| contractors for different wards, and the CITY
makes about one-quarter of a cent a foot profit
The PARISH REGIsTRIEs of England contain
some queer names Among them may be men
toned Foot Bath, Pascal Llmb. River Jordan.
| Morning Dew, Offspring Deer. and Smith Fol