The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

seldom one Of them who smokes Soldiers and
sailors accustomed to smoking. and who have
lost tleir SIGHT IN action. continue to smoke for
Snort wnlie, but soon give W the habit. They
say that Il gives them no pleasure when they
cannot Sc the smoke, and some have said that
they Cannot taste the smoke unless they see it.
ARTHUR MACK, ex chief of the Shanghai de-
tective force, asserts that while China has a
population of over 900, O0O.00o yet the criminal
element. IN proportion to numbers. is less taan
10 per cent. OF what 1t IS in the Chinese quarter
OF san francisco. He accounts for this by the
greater stringency Of the laws for toe punish
mcnt OF crime in China, and the greater GER
taInty in their administration.
TIE ticket agents on the New York elevated
railways occasionally turn snug little penny
by keeping sharp lookout for the old and rare
coins which they may receive and selling them
TO the old coin collectors. Many of the coin
collectors have certain agents whom they reg
ularly visit and inquire eagerly for amy finds. -
Most OF the money passed in TO the ticket agents,
OF course IS small caange, and some very rare
COINS have 0een picked up in this way.
FISH CHARMS have been met with among
many nations. The fish called the buIlhead is
used by some of the Russian peasants as a
| charm against fever. Many kinds of fish have
/ Two hard bones Just within the sides of the
] mead; and one species, the maigre. have these
bones larg r in proportion than most others.
| These two bones, called collie stones are re-
! garded TO possess medicinal virtues. They were
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| MASTER HENRY RUrTER BAR, son of Collector
/ c. G. BAR of Pottstown, Pa. is the owner OF a
| gun which is from 100 to $50 years old, and is
] now III the fifth generation of the family since
| It was first purchased. 1t belonged originally
| TO young Harry s great great grandfather. who
| resided In Douglass township, in Lower Berks;
| from him it descended to his son, Harry Bair
! then to Harry Bars son, Henry L, Bair father
| OF c. q. Bair), who gave it to the present
/ owner.
The RAPID DECREASE in the number of kan
| garoos is beginning to attract the attention of
! scientific societies in Australia From the COL
! lectlve reports of the various stock inspectors
1t was estimated that 10 1887 there were 1871 $40
| kangaroos. In 1883 that number fell } 1 no $50
| decrease Of III, 1870. The chief obstacle to the
| adoption OF measures for the efec ual protec-
ton OF the Kangaroo is his vigorous appetite.
| One full-grown kangaroo eats as much grass as
| six sheep.
LAST YEAR the vessels launched in the United
| Kingdom of Great Britain approach very
| closely to 1a72, 900 tons. The Clyde heads the
| list with total tonnage of 335, 201 TONS Next
| comes the Tyne, with ISL Z 10 tons The Wear
| IS third on the list. with Pa 1886 tons Then the
lees, with 10, 1856 tons. The sniD building Yards
! IN Belfast have launched tonnage to the amount
| OF eUUJO. In the previous year there We're at
the same time vessels on hand having total of
| Is, 30l TONS
CHEF INSPECTOR BYRNEs of New York is
proud Of the fact that not single valuable
| thing was lost or stolen at the big New Years
| ball. The chief had detectives a i around inside
anu outside the opera house, and not CROOK"
| got peep at the ball When il is remembered
| that there were 400 people at the bail and
SlO0OOO,0OO worth of jewels freely exposed and
| flashing all around, it is plain that INSPECTOR
| Byrnes has reason to feel happy that no rob-
| berry occurred.
ONE CHARACTERISTIC of the good -natured
| population Of Vienna is their kindness to ami
a1q nv,ri 81,
winged inhab ants of the town have probably
| been better off for food than during the warm
| season. Pigeons are quite as numerous as spar
| rows Both are ahundautly fed; in fact, there
Is not house where bread and seed is not pat
| several times day on the win low sill or bal
| cony. In the parks and public gardens there
| are bird refugees where seed is provided.
MEDICINAL RINGS were at one time very ser-
ously believed in. Physicians were wont to
wear finger rings in which stones were set, and
these stones were credited with the possession
OF many virtues. Sometimes the patient was
| simply touched vita the ring; sometimes he
| put it on his finger for awhile. Many a patient
| has worn such ring to stop hemorrhage IL
| the desi ed result followed, the ring was unre-
| serve lily regarded as the healing agent: if the
cure did not follow, we are told nothing about it.
A PECULIAR RESULT of the drinking of ice
cold water from a spriog in Stonington. Conn.
| is reported. The water flows from crack in a
, high rock, and the veins of the man who drinks
from it begin to swell, and he looks and feels as
| though he were about to burst for the next ten
minutes The swelling gradually subsidies and
/ no serious effect is felt, except q slight buZZinp
| in the ears It is the tax of the neighborhood
| and everyb body Is eager to try the effect of the
water. A specimen has been sent to Boston for
| analysis
| CHINESE GIANT, by name Chang -hoo-gll has
| just landed at MarSeilles on his wav t. Paris.
and if not already engaged by Mr. Barnum. he
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| hight has not been in Paris since the DAYS he
| fore the war of 1870. when he was exhibited in
| a cafe concert With the money thus obtained
| he returnedto the flowe land set up in bust
| ness, and amassed a fair fortune, which won 4
| now serve to render him independent of the
! Snowman" 1t is probable, however that he
| viii return for while to his old trade as a hui
| man curiosity.
| THERE are 1000 diamond cutters out of work
| IN Amsterdam alone. AT mt eting of more
J than 100 of them recently held there, VI. Van
| Praag attributed the want of work chiefly to
| the high prices of raw diamonds, and next 70
| the tendency of the jewellers to trade in raw
diamonds instead of devoting themselves to
| their preparation for the market. The speaker
| counseled either the establishment of a work.
| lngmens company, with 800 grinding stones
| and capital of 100000 FORMS or the transfer
| OF the trad9 to London, where the dealers ia
raw diamonds and the owners of the diamond
| fields were living.
| year 1893 illustrates the preponderance of this
! element in the general business of the country.
| Not to weary with figures, the receipts of cattle
| were 2,0O0,00O and of hogs 100000 head: of
flour, 5000 barrels; wheat, IS. 763 600 bushels:
corn, Se,OO000O; OATS, 100000 rye 1900 600
| and barley, 12,5J0,000. Reducing flour to wheat
| the total equals 163,555.000 bushels grain. tn
| iron and steel industries were active. and Chi
cago mills produced 460.141 tons of steel rails.
| ana 5e0S26 gross tons of pig iron. The bank
| ciearingS of the year were So $50 600 ono the
| largest on record.
ONE of the treasures of the Edison phono
graph works at Orange is a cylinder that was
| impressed with the voice OF the late John
Mccullough. The impression was taken while
be was in confinement. Rambling PASSAGES
from the plays in which he acted were rtcifed
In a voice of wonderful power and pathos but
at the end OF each passage the actor would stop
Tn nadia. ha, ha, ha, ma, IN, ha-ah-h-b-b !"
The end of the laugh was all but indescribable
for he drew in his breath with a sound that was
q nd and r,or fI.y,