The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-24
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+ parts OF Colorado and also in Old Mexico no
rain has fallen for months, and thousands upon
/ thousands of range cattle are lying dead in the
/ parched valleys, and thousands more are dying
I for want of grass and water.
DR. DANIEL PAG1S. a wealthy retired physi-
clan Of South Bend, Ind, has been studying for
/ fifteen years on the second coming of Christ,
I an will soon issue a $50 pase book. The year
2l61 is the doctors date for Christ's second
coming. and he seems to have no doubt of his
/ prophecy being fulfilled
| IF YOU have ever paid money TO see a gorilla
go and demand it back at once. for the most
EN- nent naturalist in the country says that no
/ gorilla no genuine, straight edged gorilla-has
ever been captured by man. and that If he had
/ he would never live 10 make the Journey from
/ Africa They simply have been giving US out
| grown monkeys.
| TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES will be shocked to
hear the record OF a Russian centenarian, who
has just died at Perm at the respectable age OF
lO5- Snce he was IS ytars old ne mas gone to be
/ dead drunk every night. He had only been ill
once in his life, when ne fell asleep in the street
, during mt of iltoxicatien and his nose and
ears were frozen.
ArcHIsoS, KAs, has way of making money
out of the saloons, of which it seems to have a
plentiful supply in spite of prohibition without
curtailing either their business or their numoer
II is said that each month the liquor dealers are
! fined SO each, and are then uumoleSted until
chOLuCI iuOHIn CuUleS around Inc dealers
| thus know what to expect, they pay less for
their privilege than men in the same business in
high license cities, and all hands enjoy the
farce and laugh at the pretense of punishment
inflicted.
VERY UNFORTUNATELY for that patient and
long-suiering animal, the mule. it has acct
IDENTIFY been discovered that he can get alony
very comfortably without either food or water
for q much longer period than had hitherto been
supposed. At Shamokin, in Pennsylvania, a
coal mine had to be abandoned some time since,
ana twelve mules that were used there were left
10 their fate. At the end of twenty-six days
1t became possible to enter the workings again.
anu the mules, which had had nothing to eat or
drink during all that time, were found alive and
ready FOR business. 1t is greatly to be feared
that the rations of every mule in the country
VIII be cut down as consequence.
GEN. ORDwAY, the commander Of the District
OF Columbia militia, has prepared statement
OF the annual cost of per capita of the various
states. According to his list the district sol.
diers are the cheapest for they cost only S12
per year. Colorado's handful of warriors seem
to come highest, for they cost her $780, Califor-
MA and Connecticut militia cost S50a year; in
Illinois they cost S45; in Massachusetts and
pennsylvania they cost $40; in Maryland New
Jersey, New York, vermont and Wisconsin
tney cost $50; in Haine, Michigan Minnesota
New hampshire, OHIO and Rhode Island they
cost cost 90; n sod indana, Kentucky and louisiana
they cost $50; while Iowa, Kansas Nebraska
and North Carolina seem to get along on a SIS
article.
The GRAND JURY at Purvis, Miss. has made
report TO Judge Terrell of its findings in the
charge against c. n. Rich for his treatment of
Jake Kirain, the pugllist, whose convict labor
he bought These extracts from the report of
tue jury explains the findings: Referring TO
that part of your honors charge relating to the
manner in which Jake Kilraiu's sentence was
carried out, We wish to say that we have care
| fully examined quite number of witnesses,
4 q fhnu ha4 at ruFi,,t
| kilrain at work in c. W. Rich's mill We have
examined many witnesses from Mr.. Rich's
| nelghborhood, and have OF found single wit
| ness who has ever seen any treatment of Kill
| rain by Mr.. Rich other than as convict should
| be treated. We are glad that your honor called
our attention to the matter, as it gives us afte
investigation, chance to brand the sensational
| reports of this matter put into circulation by
| the press of the country as untrue
A WOMAN found in Chicago opium den of.
fered the officers diamonds worth at least 50 900
| if they would release her. The den was discoy-
| cred by the merest accident. Offic rs passing
| along the street detected the odor of opium
| smoke near basement laundry kent b. Lee
| Sun. The place seemed only to have two rooms
| one occupied by the workmen and the other q
| sleeping room. IL was noticed that the rear
| room had been divided by partition of plain
| boards and that they had been covered with old
| showbills ana newspapers 4 sort of cupboard
| or closet was placed against the partition.
| When this was removed small door was dis
| Closed winch opened into u secret apartment
| richly furnished Heavy damask and satin
| draperieS, rich plush curtains and costly brica-
| brac adorned the place Around the sides were
| half dozen hunks. In one of these the woman
| and a man were smoking pipe filed with
| opium. The woman almost tainted away when
| the officers entered. She was richly dressed
| rather young and very pretty. Costly diamonds
| Sparkled in her ears, on h-r fingers and wrists
| and around her neck. sac took the Jewels off
| and implored the officers TO take them and re-
lease her. The man and woman were taken to
| the station and booked under assumed names
| The keeper OF the place was locked up.
| THERE are $4,000, QUO of arrears of taxes due
Brooklyn. Under the present law, when prop
| erty is in arrears for taxes penalty of per
| cent interest is imposed, and after the first
| year of ar garage the property is put I'D for
i sale. If not bid in by the owner he cannot re-
| claim his property without paving to the MIR
| chaser a bonus OF 10 per cent. and IS per cent
| Interest on the purchase price. Many com
| plants have been made by the public because
! of the severity of this penalty. A syndicate
| has now come forward with an offer that pro-
| poses to pay to the city at once the total
| amount of arrearages, taking as collateral Sc
| curity the arrearage itself. 1t does not desire
to have the property sold until the total amount
| in arrears reaches 20 per cent. of the assessed
valuation of the property, aud then it will con-
| tent itself with per cent interest, giving the
property owner the privilege of paying his
| arrears at any time, per cent. only being
| aided. By this means the city will collect at
| one time all the taxes on the property the
property owners Will be relieved of a burden
| and the syndicate will have placed nearly
| S30O0OC0 for which it is sure to receive per
cent, interest 1t is said the charter of the CITY
| will allow it to enter into this novel arrange
| ment of the vexed question of tax arrearages.
THE operation of making matches from pine
| log may be divided into four heads, namely:
Preparing the splints, dipping the matches. box
making and filling. When the timber is brought
| into the cutting room of the factory it is seized
| upon by gang of men, who place it before a
| circular saw, where it is cut into blocks fifteen
| inches long. which is the length of seven
| matches IL is then freed of its bark and taken
| to the turning lathe, where by means of a
! special form of fixed cutting band running its
| entire length, continuous tool, the thickness
! of the match is cut off AS the
| block revolves and decreases in diam
eter the knife advances and band of
| veneer of uniform thickness is obtained. As
the veneer rolls off the knife it is met by eight
small knives, which cut it into seven separate
| bands, each the size of a match By this one
! operation seven long ribbons of wood. each the
| length and thickness of a match, are obtained
| Then are then broken into pieces, six feet long
| the knotty parts removed, and they are then
| fed into a machine, which acts and looks like
straw chopper, which cuts them into single
| matches The machine eats $50 bands at the
| same time, and O mechanical device pushes
| them forward the thickness of match at each
stroke of the cutter. This little machine, with
| its one sharp knife, can cut over 10000, 600
| matches a day.
| ONE NIGHT LAST WEEK there was no little
alarm felt at the white hOuse relativa m tho