The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

10000 followers of Buddha- In France alone
there are 5000
BYa typographical error in a Lowell paper !
wedding report the brides rousseau was hlaU0
to appear as 'trous rs
TIE first mayor of Nsw York chosen by popu-
lar election was Cornelius ". Lawrence, IN Io4'-
Prior 70 that the mayor was appointed
DURING its "a years OF existence Harvard
University has graduated 1880 pupils OF whom
little more than one-half 500 are still living
A MAGP1E that has just died in Neriden,
Conn. could call all the members Of its owners
family by name and was quite fluent CONVEX
sationalist.
DANE TRor BASKETS filed with wild flowers
and cranberries are seen on fashionable dinner
tables. The flowers cost IS cents and the rustic
basket S6 each.
A BULLsNAKE was killed in Bennett valley
Sonoma county, California last Tuesday that
measured eight feet four inches long and
weighed twenty pounds
THERE is a family in France named B, one in
Belgium named o, river in Holland called T.
village in Sweden named a. while the most
valued bird in the Sandwich Islands is the 90.
Mrs MARIA BEERS. 1O2 years old. Of Cheshire
Conn, can repeat without break it is said, Lines
poetry that she learned seventy-five years ago,
ana she can write her name without the al1 OF
spectacles.
ED C. FALCON of Clarion, Pa, has pear
tree in full bloom. This is its second crop OF
blossoms. In the spring it uufoded with the
rest of the trees, and now it has new dress OF
fragrant flowers.
FREDERIC LEMAITRE, son of the great
Frederic, has just died at Versailles in his I'D
wear He had been an actor and manager at
Versailles, but was almost unknown in the
theatrical world of Paris.
For the first time since its foundation Jew,
Prof. Julius Bernstein. has been elected rector
magniflcus of the Halle University. Up to
within comparatively short time no Jew was
permitted even TO teach there.
IT Is ESTIMATED that the regular insurance
companies of the United States will disburse
during 1890 the sum of S53,OO000O in death. en-
dowment and divided claims, 1t is average
or Sl,0G Tor every minute IN the year.
DURING some recent exercises in PhiIadel-
phia school young miss read this composition:
We have a baby at our house just DAYS old,
like pease- por-ridge.' He has a funny face,
and queer little voice like moo cow
THE cable to connect Halifax with Bermuda
has reached the latter place. Its length is S74
miles, and throughout it is of much greater
weight than has hitherto been used A careful
survey of the bed of the ocean will be made, so
as to discover the most suitable position for the
cable. The temperature at different depths
will at the same time be determined.
The Photographic Society of Geneva has been
testing the theory that the long companionship
of man and wife tends 10 make them look more
and more ike each other. Photographs of sew
enty-eiSht old couples, and of an equal number
of adult brothers and sisters, showed that the
married couples were more like each other than
the brothers and sisters of the same blood.
A DEPRESSION has been discovered in the
Egyptian desert which is all that remains of a
reservoir constructed by the Patriarch Joseph
for lrrlgatng purposes when he was Pharaons
prime minister. 1t is proposed to reopen it, and
1t has been estimated that this would add 3 200
900 acres TO the 8 900 900 acres now under Guilt
walton III Egypt The reservoir originally Gov
cred go square miles and was $50 feet deep.
The TRoUssEAU of the Archduchess NJ RE
Valerie of Austria is now on exhibition, and
occupies no less than four so called saloons
IN the imperial palace, while fifth is crowded
with wedding gifts, over which sentinels stand
constantly on guard. There is a gorgeous dis
play of lewelry, includng three magnificent
dlademS, splendid laceS gold and silver plate,
and imtlesS profusion of costly gifts of all
kinds.
The CUSTOM of buying church pews outright
and holding them tranSmissible and trans
ferable property, which prevails very generally
in rural districts, Is doubtless responsible for
the following auctioneerS notice, (which APP
peared not long since in a town hardly hun
dred miles from Boston: For Sale-Property
belonging to John Smith - One horse, one
threShing machine. one COW, one swine one
pew in the South Congregational church
A PATHETIC LITTLE STORY comes from Buffalo
in references to a horse which was sold in the
East Buffalo market last week The purchaser
found concealed in the flowing name of the
animal dainty little note which dated at
| Cordington, O., and read as follows: This is
Maud Sherman; treat her kindly. She is real
LADY, horse kind to ride aud drive, and is quiet.
She was born in Old Virginia, and driven from
| there to Cordington O., and has been my riding
horse. Please be good to her. lSignedl ANNIE
SHERMAN"
Here is snake story from the land of the
Hawkeye: A mare belonging to Thomas Bal
| lard, living near Montezuma. la gave birth to
a colt that had lump on its jaw which pre-
vented it from sucking. The lump was cut off,
and on being opened was found to contain a lot
of Small-szed rattlesnakes Mr.. Ballard says
the day after the mare was bred she was bitten
by q rattlesuake, but suffered no serious effect
| The question that puzzles local scientists is by
what means the rattlesnakes were propagated
in the colts Jaw.
THE PAsTEUR INSTITUTE has, for the first time
since antirabic vaccination has been practiced,
published complete statistics of the results of
the Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia. From
Jan 1, 1886, to Dec 81, 1889, 1898 persons bitten
by mad dogs have been treated; 50 of these
have died-a proportion of 067 per cent. The
proportion of deaths when this treatment is not
ado 1ted is 80 per cent; consequently, among
the 1893 patients of the Pasteur institute, 1855
would have died had not the PaSteur method of
treating hydrophobia been carried out
THE CIGARETTE habit is flourishing tremen-
dousiy in Austria. The number of cigars
smoked IN that country during the East year
was LOSS. 900 900 showing reduction of ~ 000-
600 on the previous year On the other hand
the consumption of cigarettes rose to So, O00,-
600, or an increase of ia 900. 600 The quantity
of tobacco sold by the government, which
monopolizeS the market, has neither increased
nor diminished, though the consumption of
snuff is steadily declining Cigarette smokers
in Austria take the ready-made article.
AN OSHKOSH YOUNG MAN visited Chicago last
week, and among other things that he did he
went to the Eden musee. A great collection of
wax figures are on exhibition, some of them be
ing so well executed that thAy appear quite
hfe-Gke. The Oshkosh young an sat down on
a railing to rest after he ha looked around for
a while, and presently couple of ladies came
up to where he was and began to comment on
his hfelike appearance. So dumfounded was
the fellow that it was some time before he
moved. When he did, however, the ladies
nearly tainted.
IT Is THE CUSTOM in some colleges for members
of the graduating class to exchange photo
graphs SO that each has a complete collection
of his classmates. Before photography was
invented, Autographs were frequently ex.
changed; but g New YORK gentleman has inst
discovered. among some old papers belonging
to past generation, a very unique collection
college for 1924, including that of Franklin
Pierce. They are not cut from black paper. as
is frequently done. but the protiles are cut ont
OF white paper, which Is then placed over hlack