The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

all within the area Of an acre, containing
thlrty-two widows and single women, the
lar sest number being seven at one house and
six at another. The same houses contain only
thirteen men,
The ORIGINAL BAKERS DOZEN was the devils
dozen, thirteen being the number of witches
supposed to sit dowa together at their great
meeting Hence the Superstition about sitting
tn rteen at table. The baker was an unpopu-
lar character and became a substitute for the
devil in the devils dozen"
The United States labor bureau reports that
in New York city there are q coo men who are
supported by their wives, and that of these
wives less than 1000 are in mental service. The
modistes lead. but there are many mIlliners,
dresSmakerS and boarding house Keepers whose
husbands are dependent Ga them for support.
Two YOUNG MEN calmly boarded a train near
Lone Pine, Neb., the other day aud went through
the passengers a la Jesse James. After getting
all they wanted they jumped off, aud, though
the conductor had, by this time, secured Win
CHESTER rifle. he was so nervous he couldn't fire
at them. IL is needless 10 say they haven't yet
been caught
CENTRAL and South American disturbances
will cause the following distribution of some of
our fleet: The Tallapoosa has been ordered to
Buenos Ayres: the Pensacola and tssex will
shortly move that way: the kearsage will go at
once to the Atlantic coast OF the Central Ameri-
can states, and the Ranger and Thetls to Qua
temala on the Pacific.
AN ENGLISH WOMAN resident ia Syria reports
the discovery lear Beyroot of bedstead made
Of gold and silver and inlaid with precious
stones. An inscription upon it in English char
acterS states that 1t belonged t Eleanor, Queen
of England. the bedst.ad was discovered in a
cave and is supposed to have been placed there
for security when Edward l. left the east.
AT ONE TIME women threatened to become
formidable rivals to the men as printers, but
the invention of typewritng has opened to
them more congenial occupation. and the
number OF female typeSetters is said to be de-
creasing. There are not over 400 women
printers in New York now, though formerly
they were so numerous as to excite the hostility
OF the typographical unions
THE senior class of West Point cadets visited
the national guard camp at Peekskll and had
royal good time. As they were departing Cadet
Capt. McIndoe rode up to Lieut.. E. E. Har-
din, who was in command. we have b9en
asked, he said, ito give the class yell May
we, sir?H Its your day-yen" And they did
| yell. Boom Ah-Boo,u Ah-Boom Ah-91-
Vl-91-U-S-M-A-Whe
DR.. E, W. DAYS MARRIAGE in Pittsburg this
week brought to light a rather remarkable
| promise which he and three classmates made
| while at college in 1884. Each agreed to be
| present at the wedding or funeral OF any one of
| the Others whepever and wherever 1t might
occur, regardless of where they might be-
| The first call was on DR.. Days account, and the
| trio responded and acted as ushers.
| Consul MEYERS SAYS that of the 1859 lepers
| in Hawaii twenty eight ar5 Chinese and these
pay more attention to increasing their worldly
| store than to anyth ng else, but while their
| thrift may be profitable to themselves they en-
| courage drinking, gambling and opium using
| among their felloT-uufortunates. A eper set
| Element would be about the last place in the
world where one would look for such vices.
TIE TALES which the owners of the Maryland
and Delaware and New Jersey peach orchards
.o1f
hundred thousand baskets of peaches a day.
| there is hardly single basket. California is
| the only source of supply, excepting a small
quantity from Georgia. New Jersey nay
| scrape ont five or hundred baskets, and this
| VIII be all. The cold spell in March did the
| business.
! A PRISONER in the jail at Huntingdon, W. Va,
| has developed into remarkable sleeper. He has
| been there four months, and on no one day in
| that time has he been awake more than four
| hours, while he often sleeps three or four DAYS
| IN succession, it being impossible to rouse him.
| He awakens with start looks about wildly for
| moment, then appears TO be perfectly at ease
| His appetite is good, and he doesn't seem to
| lose flesh.
AMONG the new laws in New Jersey is one
relating to smoking by boys which provides
that on and after Sept. next no child actually
or appar emily under l6 years of age shall smoke
or In any way use cigars, cis aretteS or tobacco
| in any form whatever, in any public street,
/
act shall be a misdameanor, punishable by
| fine of not mere tnan $40 nor less than 81 for
| each offense.
THE APE is in great request among Samese
| merchants as a cashier in their counting houses.
Vast quantities of base coin obtain circulation
i'll Siam, and the faculty of discrimination be-
| tween good money an / bad woul1 appear to be
| possessed by these gifted monkeys in such an
| traordinary degree OF development, that no hui
man being, however carefully trained, can COM
| al VIII hn .anir fr, fhafr
mouth Immediately splitting 1t out if bad.
| JUDGE TUTHILL of Chicago gave the following
definition of cornering the market in recent
! decision: ITO constitute the offense of corner
| ing the market, then, there must exist an inten-
| ton to get control of the market, not partially
| but wholly, and thus, by force, make other
dealers settle with those having control of the
market for the commodity at an unreasonable
| and unnatural and fictitious price, regardless OF
| the true value of such commodity, thus causing
| injury to others and to the public"
POLICE JUSTICE WHITE of New York has Just
taught two practical jokers lesson-fning
each $40. While painting a building in Mott
| street as bit of pleasantly they spattered
| pant over every Italian man. woman or child
| whose head appeared in any of the windows be.
| low This amusement grew too mild and when
| Miss Mucchi appeared in tho next yard one of
them dropped the entire c. II .ents of q paint Dot
| on her head. Mi Mucchi had dark hair and
| her friends were so shocked at her changed an
| pearance that they had the painters arrested
The electric light has puzzled the bees in ia
maica. beekeeper living near a large hotel
being built at Kingston recently found his hives
| in the utmost confusion, with many bees living
| about exhausted dead The electric light
was used at the hotel in order that the building
operations should continue all night SO the bees
mistook the light for daylight and would go ont
to hunt pollen around the neghborhood thus
| Illuminated. When they came home thew
| found that the real day was dawnng and they
| flew If again without any rest till they literally
worked themselves to death.
| The COINAGE executed at the minis during the
| fiscal year ending June 80 last reached a total
| of 112,69s011 pieces, of face value of $50 253
| 1876 90. The total gold coinage was ], 2S7 267
pieces, the silver A, IA 0S5 pieces and the minor
| coinage 6.666:79 pieces. The values of the diff
| ferent coinage were as follows: Double eagles.
1851, 500; eagles, ,39s 700; half eagles S37.-
| 995; three dollars, s.. l22 quar- er eagles Sl67:
| gold dollars, S29. 90i; standard silver dollars
S35 923, SIG; half dollars, S635s; quarter dol.
| lars S3,l79; dimes, $685. 4S3; five cents $685.
| 259; three cents $685. and one cent, S4790l7
In aiding drowning person, writes Clarence
Deming in an article on swimming in the Chris
| tan Union seize him firmly from behind be-
| low the armptS, trying to prevent his turning
| upon you. If, in spite of your grasp he seems
| likely TO turn, swim two three feet away
! and try to grasp him behind once more Should
he once seize you firmly, strike him with quick
| blow between the eyes. Then, when be is dazed
/ jerk yourself free, grasp him again and steer
| him TO shore or support him until help comes