The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST

TEE capacious NAV OF the dead letter office
receives over 10000 of letters annually.
Ii THE ella Valley district of Arizona terri
tory it is proposed 20 plant 900 acres TO oranges
this fall and winter
Is BUENos AYREs the police alone have the
right OF whistling in the streets. Any other
person whstling is at once arrested.
A sNow-wHTTE swallow. Matched and raised
under the caves of a glass roof in Grenel!e is
interesting the ornithologists of Paris.
In TIE French Jsrdin des Pl,ntes is pecu-
liar South American lizard rese milling fly
ing toad" which coils itself up like a hedgehog
when disturbed.
The butterfly of fashion is now the gaudy in
sect itself, whose wings are used for decorative
purposes on fans, etc, with antenne and legs
sketched in by an artist.
KITTEN 10 Hood River Ore, caught lizard,
but will never catch. another. The reptile. in
attempting to escapec rau down its enemy's
throat. where 1t lodged, WITH fatal result to the
cat
HIS royal highness the Prince of Wales is di-
rect descendent of King Alfred. being the thirty
third great-grandson. Thus the English throne
mas remained in the same family for 1000
years.
BLIND OLD SOLDIER, asking for aims at a
Manchester, England, church door, had
board hung round his neck inscr bed as fol-
lows: ENGAGEMENTS, 8; wounds, 10; children,
6; total, "a
NEARLY everybody in France smokes. Even
ladies are not averse to a daintily perfumed
cigarette. On every hand the consumptiop of
the weed is increasing Some of the stuff so
smoked is vile.
BOY was recently discovered in Midland
county. Michigan, near Pleasant Valley, whose
body is covered with scales and marked similar
TO that of mud turtle He has been coopered
and Will be put upon exhibition.
REVOLT having broken out In Cambay. In
dia, against taxation, troops were sent to the
scene to restore order. In an encounter between
the troops aud a mob, thirteen persons were
Killed, twenty were injured, and 200 persons
were made prisoners
A PECULIAR TORTURE is practiced in the prison
OF Uskub, Macedonia. Thieves and forgers are
chained naked to the floor and fifty ants are
placed on the body of each person. It is said
that the uneasiness caused by the ants roaming
freely over the body is the most exasperating
torture.
A 22-INCH IRON PIPE which was recently ex-
humed after being buried in the earth for four
teen years at Lassen, Cal, came out as good as
new. The pipe was well coated with asphaltum
when 1t was put into the ground. This may be
taken as good test of the preservative virtues
of asphaltum.
LAUREL TREE growing on the crest of So
| noma mountain is said to measure around at
the base 30 feet and is 40 feet high. 1t is esti
mated that the tree will make forty cords of
wood, and Mr.. Rckett has been offered S75 for
1t standing. 1t is thought to be the largest tree
| OF that variety growing on the coast.
MICHIGAN WOMAN whose husband went out
to chop and didn't return at night dreamed
| that she saw tree fall upon and crush him.
| She got assistance to look for him and he was
| 4 n1aFQ Paa hOx
ever, but on the public highway, where he got
| drunk, lay down and let a load OF hay roll over
him.
| A RUSSIAN LEGEND relates that when st. JOS
eph returned from his flight into Egypt, he
| found his shoes in great want of repair, aud,
being aware Of the excellence of leather work
in Russia, sent them to Kieff to be mend d.
where they remained. 1t is now reported from
Kteff that the archbishop of st. Sophia proposes
TO resoie the shoes a1d then expose them to
| the veneratiOn of the faithful"
| SEVERAL wealthy sportsmen are seriously
considering the advisability of importing kan
garoos from Australia to the western plains
Since the almost utter extinction of the buffalo
| from the plains, there is no big game of i'm
portance to be found there. and experienced
| sportsmen declare that hunting the kangaroo,
| as practiced in Australia is second in excite
ment and interest only to killing the buffalo
THERE are 100000 people that walk about
the streets of London daily, and in SO doing they
wear away o ton of leather particles from their
| boots and shoes. This would in a year form a
leather belt six inches wide and one-fourth of
| an inch thick long enough to reach from Lon
\ don TO New York. The amount of disintegrated
| leather at 20 cents pound what it costs con-
| sumers) would amount to SIS, 900. Reduced to
| strap one inch in width it would reach more
| than once around the world.
ALMOST in the exact geographical center of
Wyoming is mountain of solid hematite iron
faat Of II no,
a mile wide, and over two miles in length
| Beside the iron, the mountain contains bed of
| Ignite coal large enough to warm the entire
world for a century, dozen of dried-up lakes of
soda, where the soda Is deposited to depth of
over 800 feet some of the lakes being over 600
acres in extent. In mountain adjoining there is
| a petroleum basin larger than those OF Pennsyl.
| vania and West Virginia combined, Out of
some of the springs pure rectife1 coal oil Is
trickhng at the rate of 20 to 80 barrels per
day.
A New YORKER who has recently spent some
time in the literary circles of L ndon says that
there must be at least 100 biographies of Mr.
Gladstone already in manuscript, awaiting the
event of his death. at which time they will be
! ready for publication in book form. Besides
| these manuscripts there are to be found in the
plgeonholes OF all the newspaper offices sketches
of the aged statesmans life, in readiness for the
| dispatches announcing the end of his care ar
| that may be received at any time. 1t is said
| that Mr.. Gladstone has seen some of these biog.
raphies and sketches, and he himself has pre-
! pared memoranda for the use of some of his
| biographers.
| isn't IT STRANGE" said a short, foreign
looking man the other day to some companions
and Chicago Tribune reporter while lunching
4 together at one of the restaurants that NOT
| one cook in fifty nor housekeeper either knows
| how to boil an eggf And yet most people think
| they know this simple matter They will tell
| you to drop it into boiling water aud let it re-
main three minutes, and to be sure the water is
| boiling. Here is where the mistake is made
| An egg SO prepared is indigestibe and hardly
/ fit for well person, let alone one who is sick
l to eat. The moment it is plunged into boiling
water the white hardens and toughens To boii
an egg properly put it in a vessel c0ver with
| cold water place over the fire, and the second
| the water begins to boil your egg is done The
white IS as delicate as jelly, and as easily
| dlgested and nutritious, as it should be- Try
| 1t. The information is worthy of consider.
| alton, since the speaker has occupied the nIaca
| of chef at several of the largest hotels In the
| country.
| WHEN we know how little food is REQUIRED TO
/ sustain life" says Dr. Richardson, the noted
| English physician, I'VE may the more readily
| surmlse how very much more food is taken by
/ most persons than can ever be applied usefully
| toward sustainment have no conpunction
1 IN expressing that. while fasting enthusiasts are
SubJectlngr themselves yto considerable danger
| from abstinence, hundreds of thousands of per
sons are subjecting ttiefdseives to a slower hut
equal danger from excuses of foods and drinks