The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ment. The first house TO be built in the place
for thirty years IS approaching completion.
and a grand celebration is expected when the
inmates taze possession
GEN. BoorH has taken steps to stop smoking
in the Salvation Army. He has issued an edict
announcing that no member who smokes shall
receive promotion, AMI that sergeants. bands
men. seTgeants- jor, secretaries and treaSur-
ers must resign Office or give up smoking.
AN English scientific person has discovered
that sitting down is al acquired habit. The
majority of mankind do not sit, but simply
! squat. or as it is sometimes said, sit on their
heels. This osition, the scientific person thinks
! IS the natural one. while sitting on chair Is an
| artificial one.
The ways Of auctioneers in different parts of
the world vary greatly. In England aud Amer
lea the seller bears the expense of the sale bat
in France the purchaser be arS the cost 5 per
| cent. b. ing added TO mis- purchase. 10 Holland
it is still worse. the buyer bsng required to nay
| ID per cent. additional for the expenses of the
sale.
| PECULIAR FREAK of nature was discovered
at Palmyra few days ago. farmers wife
brought in from the poultry yard large hens
egg. On examination it was found to contain
! weldeveloped yok and while together with
weltormed egg or smaller dimensions. the
size Of guinea's egg, with shell as solid as
the outer one
SOCIAL CYCLONE is reported to have ragged
at Bar Harbor in consequence of the hostess at
a reception setting apart private room, where
sac feasted some naval officers and few
friends IN a regal manner, while the remainder
| OF large company of the elite were turned
into large dining room to hustle for refresh
ments OF an ordinary quality.
AMONG the examination papers recently sub.
mitted by candidates in San Barnandino county
| were the folio wing answers: Seattle is on the
west coast OF Africa; Seattle is in the southern
part of France" The town of San Bernardino
| ga
San hafael and Sacramento" Another GEM
Inc Gulf Stream is a cool, moist breeze that
| helps to cool the air."
WHILE prospecting for borax recently in
Salt Well Valley, Cal, DR.. Woodin found some
petrified bones of an extinct animal The ball
| part OF the hip Joint is nearly as large as the
| crown of derby hat. The corresponding bone
| or an OK is about the size of hens egg. The
size of the extinct animal may be inferred from
TINS comparison: Other parts of the skeleton of
the same animal were found.
7. J. MITCHELL, who lives on the National
road, three miles east of Greenfield, Ind, dis
covered a large stone weighing 500 or 600
! pounds in his cornfield one morning last week,
and, as 1t was not there when he last plowed
the field, Dir. Mitchell does not know how to
account for its presence Large mum bers of
people have seen the stone, and many think it
meteoric. Its size, formation aud the uuiujured
condltion OF the corn seem to preclude the fact
Oh lts haNl1g been carried there for joke.
A CORRESPONDENT writes to American Notes
and Queries" My uncle having made inquiries
concerning the price of board in country
town, received this telegram in reply: Board,
SO week, including washing up the carriage
and piano agent Robinson.' He wrote in
answer, that though both piano agent and
carrlaze required cleansing; ne wa not accus-
toned to such charges in a board bill; and soon
after learned that the original copy had run
thus: Board, 500 a week including washing, use
of carriage and piano. Agnes Robinson"
Two YOUNG ELECTRICIANS were disputing as
they rode on an Albany IN. " motor car the
other day as to whether they we're in an cleo rio
field or not. The gus says that one strenu-
ously insisted that electric current passed
through the car. aud urged that all the fluid
went underneath the floor. II will prove it
otherwise, replied the other, as be drew a
bunch of keys from his pocket Tossing his
keys on the floor he nodded to his friend to
pick them up. He did so, but found percepti-
bic resistance. Another part of the floor was
tried, and it was clearly shown that strong
electric current was passing through the floor.
We'll" he remarked, as he handed the keys
back to his friend and removed his watch to his
upper pocket aud buttoned his coat, II believe
it now"
FROM Cook county, Wyoming, comes the
news that citizens of that district
are indignant over the attempt
of Mis- Kent to file the IRE emtion on
the o acres on which the Devils Tower stands.
The Devils Tower is said by biologists to be
| specimen
talization ia the world. 1t is a natural obelisk
nearly 200 feet high, S97 feet in diameter at
the base and IS feet at the top The ground on
which it stands has heretofore been regarded
as public, a d it was intended by the ciUze
that it should remain So 1t has been discovered
that an English lady has filed pre- EN- ption Oh
it and is endeavoring to prove up 1t is not
known what she intends to do with it, and, as
the ground is worthless for agriculture. petit
lions have been sent to the land department al
Washington, asking that her application be
rejected, and every effort is being made tC
prevent Miss Kent from proving up on the
land"
A STORY is given to the press from Lowell,
Mass, of a wonderful electric man which has
been constructed by an ingenious citizen of tina
place The automaton is described as appear
ing like finelooking young man of about q
years of age, 5 feet inches in hight and with
an open, intelligent countsnance He (the cleo
trio continuance under consideration) is dresse
at present in a suit of gray mixed goods, white
s sovss c0 and anS cuffs ts 0t sh6s hat kid
account says that there are none
of the jerky movements that ara
SO commonly seen in mechanical figures" but
that on tue contrary his motions are easy an /
natural, aud that he is much at home in the
drawing room as on the street. His walk is
particularly natural and he has firm, spriugy
step that suggests the trained athlete. At
, | present this combination of caSt-iron, cleo
tricity and other things is engaged in pushing a
sort Of overgrown baby carriage about town in
|
dispatch closes by saying that he lifts his hat
gracefully when he receives fare
SOME TINE AGO a man named Metz bought a
ticket at Kansas City for California, and, after
checung his trunk there boarded the train
Upon mis- arrival at Canton, Cal, he discovered
that his trunk had gone astray. He waited a
reasonable time for the railroad company to
produce the trunk, and, failing to do So he put
in claim for $3.50 damages. Over $500 of this
amount was for jewery for female wear and
the railroad claimed it was not bound TO paw
for it, inaSmuch as it was not his personal bag
gage. Metz brought suit in the Los Angeles
county California; court and recovered iude
ment for the full amount and the railroad
company appealed. The supreme court. in de-
Gliding the case, said the railroad company is
obliged to pay only for the luggage OF the
claimant, and luggage meant in law only such
things as the claimant needed for personal use
CT his travels Had Metz been travelling with
his wife there would be no question as to the
railroad company's liability. But Metz was a
singh man aid trave ing alone. The articles of
female jewery in his trunk could not there
fore, be regarded as luggage and the railroad
company need not pay for them. The court
ordered The judgment reduced by the amount
of the jewelry.
PATRoLMAN THOMAS McGRArH, of the eleventh
precinct, Brooklyn, asserts positively that the
City of Churches is the haunt of genuine
ghost, and that he has it with his own