The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MANY Of the officers Of the regular army
the western frontier who have expressed an
opinion on the scheme to enlist several regi-
me Is of Indians TO be used as light cavalry
troops are in favor Of it,
THE Emperor William has issued a very SEN
sible order that IN future no paintings or stat
ues or busts OF himself or of any members of the
royal family (either alive dead are to be pur
chased with any public funds for galleries or
public buildings.
LATEST ADvICEs from California bring the
news that in the Sierras the snow is seventeen
feet deep on the level, and in many places it has
drlfted TO depth of thirty feet AT points
along the railroads the telegraph poles are en-
tirely out of siglt.
IT HAS BEEN determined to give a concert in
London during the ensuing season, which DR..
Joachim will be asked to conduct The pro-
ceeds viii be devoted to the general fund for the
establishment. In tue house of his birth of a
Beethoven museum.
WHITE HAIRS which inspire so many persons
with melancholy, have no power to dismay the
dauntless Stanley. He admits that his hair is
I'll snow from Ruwenzori,' but he takes il to
be the crow of a busy period and wears it
without regret as a gift from time"
FRANCE produces annually 2000oOOO tons of
coal; Germany, 70O0OO00, and England. 1885,.
10000. The annual CO. sumption of France
amounts u Loo pounds for every uhabitant;
IN Germany, 1900 pounds; in Belgium, 4,2OJ
pounds; and IN England, Z, 400 pounds.
ONE of the strangest recipes for making a
dumb-beil is that which was recently adopted
by Partisan actor with the most disastrous re-
SUITS You take she'll and without having
made careful inquiries as 10 whether it is
Charged or not, you proceed to pour molten
| lead INTO 1t, and await the consequences.
In THE YEAR 1900 there was but one newspaper
in the United States In 1870 there were 5,S71;
| this year there $3.50, the total for the
| United States aud Canada being IL o. In 1870
there We're bat IA .00J periodicals. printed in the
whole world. Now, however, there are in the
| United States alone i2,7Jl weekhes, 1898
monthlies and 1854 dailies.
WHEN a Corean marries he is careful to pre-
sent his wife with a wild goose, even if he is
| obliged to hire the bird specially for the occa-
| sion; for one upon a time, a wild goose whose
mate was K lied returned year after year to the
| same spot to mourn her loss, an the Core an
| bri leg Dom wishes his bride to understand the
| virtue OF cOnstancy.
| THERE are 3,000,0 of people that walk about
London's streets daily, and in so doing wear
away a ton OF leather particles from their boots
| and shoes. This would in a year form leather
| strip one inch wide and long enough to extend
| from London to New York. The amount OF
| dSlnJegrated sole leather at 81 per pound
| what 1t cost consumers) would amount TO
| &l0J.0OO.
|
| invented in France, and obtained a gold medal
at the exhibition. The inventor is NJ. Bollee OF
! La Mans, a clever machinist. already very
| faVora0ly known by Other uSefui inventions.
! The machine does addition multiplication aud
division with astonishing rapidity. and all by a
| turn OF the wheel III. Mascart recently gave
an account Of the invention before the Acsde my
OF Science.
| A SYNDICATE composed of several prominent
capitalists, among them Henry G. Marquand,
| ID. .. Mills, Jesse Selgman and J. NJ Waterbury
| OF New FORK, and joan Wanama ker and lhomas
| Doian Of Philad Jhia, purchased the for ign
| graplOphone patents for S500,000 cash. They
| nave recently made co animation with Thorn
A. Edison by W -Iich new compa ~ is being
| formed to control both machines in all coun
tries outside of the United States and Canada
WHEN BUSINESS is dull many pleasant hour
| is spent by telegraph operators in talking over
| the wire. Acegtain telegraph operator in Maine
first became acquainte with the young lady
VINO IS now his wife over the wire. They us ID
To chat every evening after business hours. One
| day is young man thought ne would take a
! trip do vn the line and see tie young lady with
| whom he mad d me SO much talking. 1t was q
case of love at first sight, and the couple were
| soon married.
ABOUT MONTH AGO the Princess of Wales
! had sealskn jacket made for her lapdog ia
| Paris, AMI tae important fact was cabled over
| half the civilized world. 1t was not of any
| profound degree Of importance but the resu t
| is a nusng One of the most prominent fur
RE 5 II New YORK made twelve jackets for dogs
| Immediately on seeing the news in the paper
| and they we're all sold within two weens The
| claims of the Princess of Wales to be leader
| or fashion are beyond dispute.
Six HUNDRED MEN are now digging the railroad
| tunnel under the st. Clair river at Port Huron
| at the rate of fifteen feet each day. This means
that before the year is out one of the most i'm.
1 ptoy, via a.
viii be completed More tina 1900 feet OF the
| tunnel proper is now ready for trains on the
| Michigan side aud $40 on the Canadian Tn
remaining 1000 feet wilt be finisheI at won
| dertdiiy ra hi rate, considering the nature OF
| the work, if no accident ntervenes.
IN the western part of North Carolina is what
has long been known as the haunted spring
| TIE spring comes from underneath a huge
| rock. Nothln5 peculiar is Iticed until stooD-
ing posture is taken over the spring for the IT.
pose OF drinkInS. Then most fri thtful race
appears IN the bottom, and as the PERSONS face
approaches tle surface OF the water, this spec
| ter face, with most horrid grimac-s, rises to
meet II. No one has evet been known to have
the courage TO drink the water after the an
| pearance Of the apparition
THE FAST FISHES, according to Prof. G. B.
Goode. are of pointed build with close-lying fins.
and are frequently predictions. Food fishes. on
| the other hand are often slow and easily
| caught, but are correspon dingly prolific. The
| actual speed of ifs eS is not as yet well known .
| but as dolphinS have been observed to swim
round and round steamer going at full speed
! their pace Is estimated at twenty miles an hour
or more. The Spanish mackerei is one of the
| fastest Of the food fishes. It's body is conicaI
! and smooth as metal, while in its motion it cuts
the water ike yacht.
SOME of the diplomatic corps are criticising
| the ladies' of the Corean legatio for ASSISTING,
| at tne receptions of more or less known
! hostesses in Washington and making them
selves drawing card and attraction for the
afternoon to the curious. In their native dresses
Of rainbow SILKS ana talking their queer lit "a
English they are an oddly and curiosity in anv
drawlngrOOm and are mOboed by all sorts of
queer peo le VINO would otherwise never toucb
| the sacred circle of the diplomatic corDs The
Chinese miniSt RS wife is still in seclusion and
has been seen by very few people.
JUDGE HANNA at Philadelphia the other dav
filed an opinion in the orphans court deciding
! the dierfencs in meaning of the words che
| tween" and among" William Hicks made
| will in 1888, in which he said after nv dehtS
are paid my property shall be equally divided
| between my wife, Martha R. Hicks. and NV
| daufihters, Ida Bell AMI Ella Billmaver Il
| was urged that word between mean that
! the widow should get one-half OF the estate o nj
| the other heirs the remaining half Tha
Judge says that it is plain the testator meant
TO divide the estate equally between and nor
| among the heirs, and That by the word che
tween each of the heirs is entitled to one third
| The personal property amounted to only 81 400
| r. EKi FOO ns IA Nyan