The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The WIFE OF day laborer, Johszn Altman,
at Osysburg. Germany, gave birthto her TWEEN
| ty-second child. All the births havebeen single,
and thirteen Of the children are stl living.
IT LOOKS as if Thanksgiving day was to be
pretty generally observed in Newyorx, where
| arrangements are being made for . 600 specta-
| tors ct Yale-Princeton football match on that
| day. The ceremony of giving thanks will prob
ably be monopolized by the Winners of the
| game leaving the humiliation exercises to the
| other fellows.
OMAHA will soon have an apartment house
that Will be built according TO tie Edward Bel
| lamy idea. ] H. Van Dorm rs IoW having the
plans for such building prepaid IL will be
| situated at Twenty-second ano Leavenworth
| streets, Omaha. It will be a BRICK structure.
| four stories high, and containing twenty-dv
apartments. The plan of living in this build
ing will be cooperative, as all tie cooking will
| be done in one kitchen, each individual sharing
MS or her expense. The house will be put in
| operation about Jan. ].
! JOIN CLIFFORD, residing at Srgartown, Pa,
was recently made happy by bullet dropping
| from his shoulder which he has carried there
for over thirty seven years. 1t was shot into
ms neSh by an Indian in a battle in which Gift
| iord participated, and during the last score of
years mas given him much pain. some days ago
the pain was greatly increased. ard while he was
moving about the house the BUILT fell to the
noor since which he has been gTeatly relieved.
II is large old-fashioEed bullet and shows to
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AN interesting point was RAISED at the last
monthly meeting of the American Chemical
| Society by Rev A R. Leeds of Stevens institute
in his paper on the ''Compostion of Swill
| Milk" In the course of some recent investi-
| cations DR.. Leeds has found that the total per
cent OF solids in milk from swiil-fed cows
amounts to nearly II. Now, the state law in
New York requires in salable milk a per cent.
| or solids amounting to ID. The question arises
| whether some action will rot be necessary to
fhn 10 - v,K11r g. =
when an INSCRIPTIONS dealer finds out that he
can legally substitute it for dairy cows milk
The Maine Mr.. and Mrs Partington are still
on deck. One lady just returned from Boston
| informs the neighbors that she rode upstairs
| In a refrigerator and had her clothes washed at
foundry" A Maine man recently rose in a
municipal meeting and solemniy announced
that for reasons unknown TO himself he de-
sired to resign" An old lady in Bath recently
mortified her relatives intensely. At a grand
dinner she overheard a lady guest politely an
swer TO the wielder Of the carving knife that lit
was immaterial which portion she bad" A
luscious slice was passed up to her. and our old
LADY, after an appreciative glance, guessed
that she would have a small hunk of II the i'm
material"
The ANXIETY of the public to travel at head
long speed is doubt ess at the bottom Of many
OF the railroad accidents now of daily occur
renee III all parts OF the country Travellers are
not content with thirty or forty miles an hour
| Inc schedule time is accordingly shortened and
the engineer ordered to run ON time or seek en-
ployment elsewhere. The brave engineer lets
her go accordingly. and if the train remains on
the track and there are no distractions. all goes
we'll. Otherwise tbs dead are hastily buried
| the wounded hustled OFF to the hospital, the
wrecking crews ordered To be quick and get
| that debris out of the way, and new schemes
are hurriedly devised 10 run trains seventy miles
an hour.
JOHN SwINroN ofthis city. says the New York
| Sun, had letter once sent to him by Gen.
Sherman. with view TO it's publication. There
are TWO striking sentences in the letter. In one
OF them Gen. sherman, after correcting an err
roneous report that had been printed about
himself, refers to the way in which such reports
| are liable TO swell as they circulate He says:
Distance aud time swell a runior in the ratio
OF the cube of distance, or as Horace records,
of an eagle WHICH ascends from
| its perch straight for a TINA and then
starting point is lost" In another part of Gen.
| Shernan's letter, while referring TO & question
| that is now looming up all over the world. ne
writes thus: ION the greatQuestion of the con-
fict between capital and labor know nothing.
and must use SPANISH to express my position.
| DSoS Sdbe." Mr. Swinton says that it is evi-
dent from these sentences that Gen. Sherman
| Is classical as well as mathematical scholar,
and that he also acquired some knowledge of
| Spanish glottology while campaigning in Flori-
da half century ago.
The Albany Tines recalls the fact that Vice
President Webb. of the New York Central rail-
| road who dealt 80 severely but SO successfully
with the late strike, comes from pugnacious
| family. His father, the famous Col. James
| watson Webb of New York. was distinguished
officer OF the army. and subsequently still
| more distinguished and successful editor He
| was Instrumental after he left the democratic
| parry at the time OF President Jacsson's cam
paign against the United States Bank, in solidi
| tying the anti Masons, the Nation
al republicans AID federalists into
| the whig party, and boosted
of giving that name When he was at the head
one time employed James Gordon Bennett. Sr.
| as Washington correspondent. They quarreled
| and Bennett started the Herald. Both papers
| were filled with personalities. and Webb finally
assaulted Bennett on The street, and challenged
| him repeatedly to meet him the field of
| honor. Col. Webb was convicted for lighting q
duel and sentenced to state prison, but he was
pardoned by Gov. Seward on condition that 3
| would not fight another.
| AN "AsEPTIc SUIT, " for the protection of ply
sicians and others against contagion while at
| tending persons with contagious diseases has
| been invented by DR.. J. L. Rollins of Auburn,
| CAL 1t is to be worn over the ordinary cloth
| ing SO as to entirely cover the Wearer, and is
almost entirely i'm pervfous, such parts as NAV
| admit air consisting OF germ-proof material
| 1t has mechanism for supplying filtered air for
respiration, facilities for using the stethoscope
| and the laryngoscope. and removable gloves
| The suit, which is preferably of rubber, is in
| two parts, brought together at tbs waist by
clamped fanges. IN the crown OF tine head
| piece are two perforated metallic plates for
| holding a wad of germ proof material, and the
| front has similar plates Near the ear a circu-
| lar opening is projected by disk of rubber
| For admitting light the upper front part of the
| head piece has q glass-covered opening The
| trousers and boots are in one piece In the feet
| are bellows, protected by germ-proof mate hal,
| that are worked by treading motion, main
| taining an upward current Of air and driving
| out vltiated air through the head piece. For a
woman a skirt, instead of trousers NAV be
provided. The suit mag be carried in a con
venient casing TO wftbin safe limits of a case Of
| contagious disease, then adjusted and the
| patient visited, the exterior being disinfected
after removal
THERE are scores of In iians on the Puget
sound reservation worth from $50, 900 to $780,
| 900 each. and when The reservation is thrown
| open by congress. as it will be In a very few
| years. there will be in Pierce county q dozen or
! two of the richest Indians in the United States
| Following are the names of some of tie wealthy
| Indians: Mrs. Joseph Douette a fulbloode1
| Indian widow, $3.50 900. Mrs. Dorrstte owns 100
| acres on Browns Point. She was a full blooded
Indian girl. Her husband died about two years
| ago. She had several children, and
now lives at the reservation buildings
| leasing her land to some fisherman. Her Land
| is probably the most valuable on the reserva-
| tion. The Union Pacific Railway win run
| through 1t. Chris Laushlet a widower, 100
acres. 1000; Laughiet holds t20 acres back of
Mrs. Douette's which is worth at least $500 an