The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IT is REPORTED that ex.Rev. Hugh o. Pente-
cost. who recently was a very prominent evan
gelical Evangelist, - has announced a change
in his creed. He believes now in no God, no
devil, no angel no Immortality. no soul, no
heaven no hell. no Bible no church and no
state. All these, he says, are Pigments of the
Imagination. 1t is curious to notice how things
disappear from a mans view when he gets into
q hole.
CALIEoRNIA PEARS are unusually plentiful this
season. and while smaller than they used to be-
they are also sweeter. The secret of the change
lies in the fact that California fruit growers
have discovered that irrigation may be over
done Il was once the custom TO keep the
orchards well irrigated up to the ripening of the
fruit, but now the water is shut off when the
pears are well grown, and they are permitted to
ripen and sweeten in the California sun and
wind, unaided by artificial moisture.
IN Connecticut they are telling this story
about Chief Justice Andrews: While attending
a college reunion he met two young lawyers
who were also graduates of the same institution
and acquainted with him 1t a hot day.
and, as he paused to greet his juniors. the judge
mopped his brow and asked: Boys, can you
tell me if the old town is still without license?'
Truth compelled them to answer in the aff1rma-
tive; but after moments pause they
mentioned a late decision" which permitted
persons in dire distress to cope with the stern
statutes of the commonwealth.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has received two fine
baskets of peaches from a democratic peach
grower in Delaware. says the New York Sun.
The same man sent two baskets of his best
peaches to President Cleveland in 1898 When
a republican neighbor announced his intention
to send two baskets 10 the republican occupant
tthe white house, should there be good crop,
during the next President s term, the democrat
was so sure that Mr. Cleveland would succeed
himself that he volunteered TO furnish the fruit
tothe next occupant of the white house, no
matter who he might be. In fulfment of this
fbG hes nj IN p
rison during his stay in Cape May.
THE Philadelphia Inquirer has this story
about Edison's first important achievement as
a Western Union telegraph OPERATOR He had
been bothering the officers of the company
with Geographic devices they had no need of.
He came to the office one day when it was i'm
possible TO OBTAIN communication between New
York and Albany, and the seat of the difficulty
cou not be located. He was banteringy in
vited to remedy the trouble He said he could
do so III two hours. He was laughed at and
given two DAYS for the task. His process was
very simple. He telegraphed to the best opera
tor in Pittsburg and instructed him to tel graph
to the best key manipulation in Albany The
latter telegraphed down his New York line
far as he could, feeling his way from point to
point and sending the results to the Pittsburg
man. who forwarded them to Edison. In less
than one hour Edison said to the anxious off,
Gals: The break is two miles beyond Pough-
keepsie." That simple device secured his status
with the Western Union people and won for
ventions.
THIS ONE comes from Brazil SAYS the Sun
No photographers or affidavits accompany it,
probably through mere oversight There is
Brazilian snake called the giboa, which can
give points TO the smartest terrier on rafting
The houses in Brazil are infested with rats and
the traveller relates, the BraZllianS train the
| giboias to habits of domesticity, and ke ID
! them around the house as we do cats The
giboa is small species of the boa, and it at
| tains an average length of fifteen feet with a
thickness of about five inches. 1t is raised es-
pecially for killing rats, and is sold in the pub
| lie markets The spake is harmless and
| slow of movement by day, and lies around
| the house as does our pussy. But at night
| it is hustler, and roams all over the premises
on the hunt for rats. 1t catches the rats by the
back of the neck and brushes the cervical Verte-
| bra. The snake soon becomes accustomed to its
owners and follows the members of the house
| hold around like a dog. If carried away from
| the house it will always find its way back. But
| fancy stepping on fifteen feet of cold, Shiny
| gibola when hunting tor ice water In the small
| hours.
| FAMILY in Main consists of six brothers who
| look so much alike that only their most init
mate friends can tell them apart They are
rather close-fisted young men, and one day
while visiting in a strange town took advanta ge
| of their remarkable resemblance to each Their
| to save a few dimes aud make life miserable for
| a barber. Each brother wanted shave and
went into a barber's shop and had his beard
removed and paid the customary 10 cents Five
minutes later, apparently the same man rushed
| into the shop with a three days growth of
| beard on his face, declared that he had not
| been half shaved and demanded that the work
| be done over again. The astonished barber
| apooRized and shaved the man again, but in
| less than ten minutes apparently the same man
came back, angrler than ever and with his
| beard still bristling. The barber, after feeble
| kick, went through the process third time
| When the fourth brother came, however the
| barber lost all patience and yelled: ''See here,
| if you are trying to sell some patent hair
raiser I'll take your whole stock. but if you
| an escaped museum freak either you'll have TO
get out or I'll have to close this shop" The re
naming brothers patronized another shop.
| It's AN ESPECIALLY PRoPITIoUs SEASON when
| the Delaware peach growers can't get in a
plaintive wall. The peach crop this year is
a copSous success, but an early blight fell
! upon the peach basket crop and it is reported
| to be almost complete failure. A basket
| famine is spreading woe and desolation
| throughout the fair peninsula. The crop of
peaches is estimated at 1000, COD baskets. but
there is not nearly 1900. 900 baskets to be had.
| In 1889 and 1890 the peach crops were practi-
| baly failures, and great many basket max
| ers went out Of business. The growers were so
mournfully sure that this years crop would be
equally failure that very few of the remaining
| factories started work, and as a result two
| weeks after the crop ripened all the baskets
IN Delaware were used up, The factories are
1 now running night and day with largely in
| creased forces. but are altogether unable to
keep up with the demand, and the growers are
! securing the whole country for baskets, going
even to Michigan for them. The cost of the
baskets has been increased from to cents
| each. while peaches are commanding much
lower price than usual, and this is playing
havoc with the profits. Ex-Gov. Biggs has
| shipped 10000 baskets and wants 25, 900 more,
| but can't get them. Other growers are in the
same fix aud the famine is growing serious
| Canned peaches will be very plentiful next
| winter. and so will peach brandy. There is
i hardly barrel of peach brandy in the state of
| Delaware to-day, but the distilleries will soon
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