The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LIENS OF INTEREST.
THE INCOME derived by French people who
rear fowls, according to official returns is 3s7.-
100 900 francs of which 1873, 500 600 francs repre-
sent the value OF the flesh and 1888 600 900 francs
that of the eggs.
The famous Hindoo god, Lingham, is now
owned by an English gentleman named Spencer,
who paid $4,000 for it at an auction sale in
London IN 1883 This curious relic stands but
!213 inches high.
A MAN named tombstone. out in Chicago has
succeeded in opening the combination lock of
safe while blindfolded, muzzed, gloved and
plugged as to his ears If this sort of thing
becomes fashionable. what will a safe with
combination lock be work? Only the time lock
can thwart TOMBSTONE it is said
As AN INSTANCE of ruinous depreciation in the
value of agricultural lands, it may be men,
| toned says the ST. James Gazette, that the
Bra marlborough estate in Lincolnshire, which
was valued twenty years ago for mortgage
purposes at t36 600 and since that tim has had
tlO,OJO expended on improvements, he's now
been valued at only $4,000.
AN IMMENSE CARAVAN leaves Bagamoyo
shortly for the Victoria Nyanza, says the 81.
James Gazette. 1t will include 4.C00 porters
recruited by the notorious Sua Hajee. Fifteen
hundred of these. costing $40 per head for the
Journey, have been engaged by the French
Algerian mission to carry loads to reprovison
all their stations ia Central Africa.
EVIDENTLY the days of big nuggets in Aus
tralia are not yet over. By the last mails from
Perth comes the statement that Five men
arrived from Shaw Falls, Nullagine "a western
Australian goldfeld), bringing with them 400
ounces of gold and big nugget weighing $50
ounces, nine pennyweignts. =" 1T is described
as "a very massive and handsome nugget"
The following advertisement is taken from
the Liverpool Daily Post: "Will the lady wear
xZno tha
1tn inst, drove dark pony and four-wheeled
phaeton, with groom behind, along lakewood
road. and injured valuable saddle morse by
not taxing her side OF the road, kindly get
better pair of glasses and take driving lessons
before she ventures out again?"
HERE is the witty answer by which hero,
whom Bismarck commissioned by the
emperor to decorate with the Iron Cross of the
first class, discounted the chancelor's attempt
to chaff him. Il am authorized" said Bis
marck TO him, Ito offer you 100 thalers instead
| OF tie cross. How much is the cross WORTH
asked the soldier. Three tina ersm VERY
| well, then highness, III take the cross and 81
thalers. bismarck was so surprised and pleased
\ by the ready shrewdness of the reply that he
| gave the man both the cross and the money.
MAN OF FIGURES at Saginaw, Mich has cal
culated that the average person trims off a
thirty-second of an inch of nail from each finger
aweek, or three inches a year The average of
human life the world over is forty years. Ten
| feet of fling IT nail for each hnger-a round 200
| feet from the twenty fingers and toes. There
are 1900 600, 600 people in this world and alto
| gether they waste on an average of 800,
feet or So o1S. Is miles OF finger nail In gen.
| Grafton sufficient to reach twice around the
earth and still leave 5000 miles to do our
| scratching with.
AN art Supply company has been uncov-
cred at Lafayette, Ind, whose special mission,
it seems, has been to supply collectors with
ancient and rare coins of recent manufacture
as nf Nnip
general circulation the public can afford to look
upon this peculiar kind of counterfeitng with
some indulgence. Should this Art Supply
concern enlarge the field of its usefulness SO as
to supply the stamp collecting cranks with
home made foreign postage stamps it will
meet long-felt want, and may fairly claim
that it has come to stay.
DANIEL SCALES (colored) is millionaire of
San Francisco. He is friend of ex-senator B.
K. Bruce and Frederick Douglass, and his &C.
| quaintance with distinguished men of the
nation is extensive Mr.. Scales is Of fine ap-
pearance He dresses in the hight of fashion
| and his gray beard frames face of anna
biity. Forty years ago he went to California
| and bis early investments in San Francisco
property made him rich. Mr.. Scales has never
| been in politics. He has confined himself en-
tirely to law aud realty. Although in his 10th
year he is as lively as a cricket. He believes in
enjoying life.
SOME interesting features will be seen in the
at Tory Island, between Ireland and Scotland
which is expect to be of the greatest service To
Atlantic steamers. large cable has been laid
between the island anu the shore the chief use of
which Will be to announces the passing of vessels
and the transmission of kilograms from them
An ingenious buoy-ike waterproof dispatch
case has been devised, which will contain anv
number OF kilograms. This eau be picked up
by the boatmen from the island and convened
to the signal station. The message can then
be telegraphed to any part of the kingdom an
arrangement which will be of the greatest con
venlence not only TO travellers, but also TO mer-
chants and shippers.
A STATEMENT having been made that nine
telephone girls had gone crazy In New Yorl,
city. the superintendent OF Chicago telephone
exchange was interviewed for the purpose Of
discovering whether the western girls took
more kindly to their work. He said that what
ever grounds the superintendent might have
for becoming insane, he could not see that the
operators had any He had never seen anv
signs OF insanity in the young ladies under his
cnarge; on the contrary. they were bright and
efficient and that was why he kept them. Some
of them were mad" when the inroduction of
the receiver that is strapped to the head was in
sisted on, as IL was anything but ornamental.
but that was only momentary. 1t was, how
ever, the nearest approach to insanity on record
in the Chicago exchange.
ALTHOUGH William Window spent several
years. prior to his return to the treasury de-
partment, in and around Wall street, saws the
New York Star, he never succeeded in attainine,
any position OF prominence, even notoriety.
In financial affairs. In this respect he presents
a marked contrast to the record USUALLY nnada
by men who have occupied high positions in
the treasury department, and who on retiring
from Office, decided to go into the baukins
business, or otherwise cast their lot in the
street. In fact, the financial district is full
of men occupying high positions in the finan-
cial world VINO were formerly government
treasury officials. John j: Knox, who was
controller of the currency, is president of one
national bank, and Mr.. H. c. Cannon, who held
the same position, is president of another Mr.
Fairchild, Cleveland's Secretary of the Treas
ury, is at the head of trust company and Mr..
Hillhouse, former treasurer of the United
States, now presides over similar institution
Ex Asslsta 1t Secretary Coon is a partner in a
Dig stock brokerage house. In fact, the expert
ence that bright man obtains in a responsible
post In the treasury is an almost certain pass-
port to position and prosp ,rity In the street Il
is now remembered that this rule did not work
with regard to Window.