The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


the An:ipodes by the appearance, after twenty
seven years OF submersion. of the wreck of the
British warship OrDleus. the singua ar loss of
which, with nearly 100 hands, caused such
( commot'on at the beginning Of the last Maori
war
ALITTLE 2year-old girl of Brooklyn, while
Playing on the second floor. managed in some
way TO fall out the window, and would 10 doubt
have been severely injured but for the fact that
she pulled two pillows with her that were on
with BON pillows underneath her. After
short cry she got up and res umed her game,
this time, however, Ia the street.
A YEAR-oLD CHILD in West Camel is o: the
following dimensions: Height. 4 feet; weight
III pounds; circumference of abdomen, 4215
inches; waist, o11% inches; chest, 81 inches
neck, a ncnes; head, 2215 inches; thigh. D
inches, calf, 1872 inches; arm. Il15 inches; fore
arm, l015 inches. He is very healthy; eats all
be can get and is fairly intelligent. The parents
are by no means corpulent, and their other
children are Of ordinary size.
AFRICA has been crossed fourteen times, ten
times from west to east. four times from east to
west. In 1894 Livingstone; at the same time
the Portuguese. Silva Porto: 1873 Cameron an
Lnglishman; 1874, Stanley; 1877, Maj. Serpa
Matteucci and Massari 1SS9, Nal. Wissman; in
;oo4 ScoicnInan, Arnot. and two Portuguese
Capello and Ives: 1885. Dr. LEM an Austrian;
aod a few months later, Gleerup, Swede; in
memorable journey; in 1888 a French captain,
Trivier.
NEAR Danzig Germany a woman was seized
with fever and ordered to be conveyed to the
hospital But the wise old wo en- OF the neigh
bornood knew better. and decided that she was
oewltched. A carriage was gotten and driven
10 the fields where the witch. who it was
thought had spilled her, was at work. and she
was by force brought to the bedside of the
woman, VINO, at the bidding of the others
Cd hos
her blow on the nose, and the mother of the
sick woman caught the blood in a spoon and
gave 1t to her daughter to drink The proceed
ure had no success the woman died and the
ponce mad to Interfere to protect the so-called
WITCH
In THE forests of Washington and British
Columbia trees are seen dripping copiously
during clear, bright days. when no dew is
visible elsewhere. The dripping is so profuse
that the ground underneath is almost saturated.
The phenomeon in this case is caused by the
remarkable condenslng power of the leaves of
the flr. and IL occurs only when the relative
humidity Is near the dew point. The dripping
ceases after 10 or II O'Clock in the morning but
resumes at or near sunset. In Hakuyt's
voyages there is account of Hawkins
second voyage to Africa and America. written
by gentleman who sal ed with Hawkins, in
winch we are told that IN the island of Ferro
there Is "A weeping tree that supplies all the
men and beasts OF the island with drink there
being no other available water supply. Further.
trees, but of a species different from that at
Ferro.'
A ST LOUIS PAPER has discovered a young
colored man. benjamin Franklin Dixon, in St
Louis, who plays eight musical instruments at
one time and mas but two fingers. Around his
neck is brass and leather contrivance which
holds all of the wind instruments he plays
upon, so that by bending his head slightly he
can reach them with his mouth. Under his
foot is an electric button which connects with
nrf1F nf1A halle "a
stands he big bass. which he PLAYS along with
the cymoals by means OF a cord fastened TO his
left elbow. On the other side hangs the trian-
gle. which he op rates with his right elbow.
moving in and out in chlcken-w wing ia ,hion On
his head he tastens a frame with bells upon it,
winch ne shakes at the proper time. While he
is going through all the motions with his arms.
mead, aud feot, ne carries the air he is playing
on the harp, which is fastened to the same
framework Us the wind instruments.
REMARKABLE case of diamond cut dia-
mond" occurred in Boston recently, not far
from the Providence railroad station. A dru--
Gist had fitted up "a neat corner store and a
established at once fine trad. One day an
other druggist entered his store and said: 81
want to buy you out. F0" much will you
take?"'I do want not to SELL - was the reply. Il
expected that answer, SAID the encrOaching
person, and am prepared for it, Now il Won
don't sell out TO me- will open a drug store in
opposition on the opposite corner How much
win you ta6e?" The druggist offended at this
81 ecleS of brow beating. said he would sleep on
1t and report the next morning. Al the ap-
pointed hour the aspirant was in the store and
large price was named. The bar ain was
b und. The druggist who had be en- thus ouste1
from corner which he had fitted up with
view to years of peace and profit, sought thu
owners of the opposite corner WI ich had been
held out to him as threat, secured from them
long lease worked night and day, and now
has drug store in which any community
might take satisfaction and repose confidence.
THE Munich folk enjoy the distinction of be-
ing the greatest beer drinkers in the world
Roughly speaking, their consumption has been
calculated to be about quart and half a day
for every head of the population. London falls
somewhat short of half that amount Berlin is
trltie below London and Vienna trifle above
AS all persons who have been in Germany
know, the Munich beer is the most famous of
all. but Prof Hozner, in his official report tells
US that the North German brewers are becou
ing formidable competitors, ard that in Berlin
an experimental brewery has been built at
cost of t23 900, to which the government nv
way of encouraging the association of North
German brewers, has contributed half Next
to its peculiar flavor, Prof Holzner cites among
the causes of the ascendency of Bavarian beer
the strin ency Of the laws against manufactur
ing beer from any other ingredients than malt
hops. and water The addition of any other
substance during or after the brewing is pun-
ished as Justification by fine or Imprisonment
and even the addition of compound parts of
the beer, such alcohol or water after the
beer is brewed is punished.
TIE progressive conversation party is having
quite run. Its popularity is largely due to the
fact that any number may be invited, although
not more than twenty can be easily managed
say you have that mum Der of invited guests
then the c airs. two in number, must be
arranged behind each other in a continuous
line. wide ribbon yokes them together a
different shade being used for each pair In
sending out the invitation, the topics chosen for
the evening are included. blank card il tied
with narrow ribbon to the connecting ribbons
on the chairs. Tally cards as in
progressive euchre, hold a tiny ribbon
which matches the card upon The
chair. These placed upon two plates
-one for the ladies and the other for the gem
tlemen. of course the topics decided upon for
each set of chairs are entirely foreign to each
other When all of the guests have drawn a
card they take their seats according to the color
desi mated by the tally card the ladies sitting
on the left and the gentlemen on the right of the
line. The hostess taps tell, when the buzz of
conversation begins. The judges chosen pass
down the line ana crticise. Ten minutes having
expired the best conversationaliSt receives upon
her tally card a gold star and the vanquished a
silver star. Then all change seats the ladies
advancing one seat and the gentlemen retreat
ing. When ten changes have been made the one
having the greatest number of gold stars is de-
clared the winner of the prize
A PECULIAR and pathetic incident occurred
at an old lumber wareroom in Lawrenceburg.
Ind, recently. Swallows had made home Of
the disuSed building, and cloud of them were
enjoying grand sport in cirling about it, and in
darling down the open-top chimney One If
hAn in Hnv-p nd A,r~nN