The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

somerset county. Ihey were lying alongside OF
barb wire fence that had been charged by
lightning. 1ofsE
AT the next German maneuvers there viii be
an extremely interesting event in battle be-
tween one corps armed with the new rife and
ammunition and another corps with the old
equipment. I s-st--
TIE PARIS TRIBUNAL, in the course of a
gambling suit. announced the doctrine that
the law grants no action for the payment of a
bet when it is not made on a game in which
skill is required"
THE word honeymoon" is derived from the
German, and has its significance from the fact
that the Germans formerly drank mead-a
sweet liquid made of honey-for thirty days
after the wedding.
A. P. GORDON CUMMING has discovered a new
species OF violet on his place near Sykesville,
Md. It is single violet, and the flower leaves
are soft white, striped or notified with light
and Ozark purple. They are very fragrant.
An OLD MAN named Zimmerman has been
found living alone in a log shack near Ottawa.
Can. He has been living in the shack for thirty
SIX years, stark naked. and hops about like a
frog or Kangaroo, stealing out in the twilight
Ike a wild beast to get the air.
An Az SABLE THIEF went into widows barn
the othe- night AMI MIXED the widows cow
Next morning that poor widow found pocket
book containing 81 IL in the stall. and advertises
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return the milk and get his cash.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB., claims to have beaten
the record on divorces. A petition was filed
there at O'Clock p m; the defendants answer
at 2:l5 O'Clock; the case was placed IL the
referees hands at 231 o'clock; he reported at
3;2O O'Clock, and the decree of the court was
rendered at $40 O'Clock.
CHARLES GRAHAM was born in 1919 in New
Vineyard, Kennebec county, Mass. The next
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county, Ne. Later Industry became part of
another town in another county, and Mr.. Ora
ham. who is now II, and has never moved from
the spot where he was born, is resident of
remington, Franklin county, Me.
THE ORANGE CROP of Southern California for
the coming season is estimated by experts at
5000 carloads or 800, 900 boxes Los Angeles
county alone will produce COO, 600 boxes. The
time of the fast fruit trains to Chicago will
soon be reduced from six days to four, and
when this change is made fresh vegetables and
perishabie fruits will be shipped daily.
A THOROUGHBRED PoLASp-CHINA SOW owned
in Mount Leonard, Mo-. recently gave birth to
hairless, fesh-colored monstrosty, with head,
ears, teeth and one fore foot resembling a bull
pup, and the rest of it's body resembling pig.
All who have seen the thing unite in declaring
its resemblance to the dog family, though It's
skin Is almost human and Its body that of
hog.
A HETLEss and coatless stranger rushed into
Tacoma store and asked ii they could cash
$40 check for man who has an office in the
same building upstairs Beng told that they
could, the stranger rushed upstairs, and in
moment came down again with the cheek which
was then caShed. When twas sent to the bank
the next day the forgery was discovered. The
swindler escaped.
GEORGE I. NICHOLSON. general passenger
agent OF the Santa Fe railroad, is very youthful
in appearance, and recently. while riding over
the line in Kansas, when the conductor took up
his pass he looked at Mr.. Nicholson very
skeptically, and at the next stop he got off and
sent the following telegram to headquarters:
Young Nicholson Is riding the old mans
pass. What must do about it:'
DR.. A. G. YoUNG secretary of the Maine
state board of health, was recently suffering
from disease that baff1ed his physicians. one
from the sick room to Prof. Robinson of Bowdoin
CoIegefor analysis The examination revealed
that the paper contaided large quantities of
arsenic Since DR.. Youngs removal from this
room his recovery has been rapid.
DURING the American revolution an English
magazine published estimate of the future
POPULATION of the North American colonies.
Placing the population then at 1900, 900, and
assuming that it would double itself every
twenty five years, the writer estimated that in
the year 1920 the nuInbe would have increased
to %, 1865 900. AS a matter of fact, this is
the present estimated population of the United
States.
RIVERSIDE, in San Bernardino county, which
is generally admitted to be the prettiest colony
town in Southern California. as well as the
lar.est producer of fine navel oranges, has
never had a saloon within its boundaries. 1t has
always had a prohibition ordinance, but recently
a high license of 1900 was adopted A rich
citizen took out the license and agrees not to
sell liquor to minors or drunkards and not to
keep open on Sunday.
uSrErTr ATrprpIy7r of mar NOT yaparou,
known is for preserving ice in a pitcher of
water Fill the pitcher with ice and water and
set 1t on the center OF piece of paper; then
gather the paper up together at the top and
place the ends tightly together. placing strong
| rubber band around the coil to hold it close so
as to exclude the air. pitcher of ice water
treated in this manner has been known to stand
over night with scarcely perceptible melting
of the ice.
THIS YEAR is the 200th anniversary of the in
vention of the improved tobacco pipe-the
bowl, the tube and the mouthpiece Up to the
year 1890 the only medium of enjoying the fra,
grant weed was by means of a cylindrical
instrument fashioned from the crude clay and
smelling of the earth earthly. The inventor of
the present combination pipe was physician
DR.. Vilarius of Vienna. the first tobacco pipe
mandatory was established in 1890
ELEVEN OLD CITIZENS of Little Equinunk,
numbering town in Wayne county, Pennsylvania,
have been counting up the number of their
children, and this is the record: Amos Tyler o.
Thomas Todd, 30; Jonathan Adams, IS; Eben
Brown. is; David Eaton, 10; Jacob Killanl ID:
James Adams, "A; Josiah Cole, IS; John Phil
lips, u: Oliver Billings, ~; James Brown, 10;
William Tyler, 10; John Killam TO- Amos Todd
is the only one of these men who has been twice
married.
AT A CONFERENCE recently held in Philadel-
phia of the representatives of various American
organizations, with constituency of about
100000 members, there was adopted unani-
mously platform and declaration of principles
which will be Immediately submitted to those
organizations represented, and to upward of
sixty bodies of a similar character. A pro-
v1sional committee was appointed, consisting
of Henry Baldwin. DIR. James NJ King John
W. Stevens, and j. Henry Williams. the plat
form declares for free speech and free press
the separation of church and state the protec-
ton of the common school system unrestricted
immigration, the proper usage of the suffrage
priv eye, the suppression of the liquor traffic,
and the granting of public lands only to actual
citizens. The selection of judlcious central
national council of American citizens is
talked of.
ABOUT 5000 children are vaccinated annually
by the physicians of tine board of health in New
York city. Adults who request it are also
vaccinated. The operation is performed upon
from $4,000 to 1000 persons every year The
yaccinating corps of the health department was
organized in 1874. The result of its work was
not apparent until 1876. The deaths from small
pox previous to 1876 averaged 1897 per
l0O. 0o0 pAr since 1874 tbov a Va ovora eaJ