The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-03
NATURAL FRUIT FLANoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE rate OF travel of thunder storms has been
studied by Herr Schronrock from the record OF
1877 such storms in Russia in 1888 The velocity
is found to have varied from thirteen to fifty
n.ne miles an hour, with mean OF 226 milei
an hour in the hot season and increasing e
thirty-two miles an hour in the cold season. II
was least in the early morning, increasing to 6
maximum between and 10 O'Clock p. m. The
storms travelled most quickly from southwest,
west and northwest.
An Episcopal convocation Of the Sioux nation
began at the Rosebud agency last Saturday to
last three days. Every tribe in the nation is
represented, some coming from very remote
distances. Every delegate brings his family
and all his belongings, apparently not having
that perfect faith in his fellow man which
Christianity should engender, and 1t was ex
pected that several thousand religious red
skins would be at this remarkable gathering
IL Is sad the Episcopal church has grown tC
large proportions among the Sioux, and as this
Is the first cOnvocation for several years, there
are many matters of Importance to be ad-
1usted, among them being a change in the
church government
AN EXTRAORDINARY case has developed at
Whitehall, near Muskegon. Mich George Beard
ayoung man aged 81 years. has been confined
TO his bed for tue past three months, during
seven weeks of which time he has been in an
unconscious condition. He seems to have lost
every sense save that of feeling When he is
touched on the arm with q slight downward
tempt is made to move his head to the right he
will turn it to the left. In order to feed the
patient four teeth had to be knocked out, as it
was impossible to open his mouth either to in
sert food or to extract the teeth. Through this
opening he receives his liquid nourishment.
The attending physician pronounces it a case
OF caruS.
A FEW DAYS AGO children. while playing round
the church at South Paris. Me, discovered a
can of powder under the old edifice From its
80 a hr,-,
under the church since l774 when it was the
custom of the colonial patriots to secrete their
powder in and near meeting houses In the
year mentioned John Sullivan of Berwick
raised a company of men and going to Fort
William and Mary, Portsmouth n. H captured
100 barrels of powder, part of which was con
cealed in tbs old church at Durham. Andres
coggn county, and used the next year by the
minute men at Lexington and Bunker Hill. 1t
is thought that the can found at South Paris is
part OF the same lot that Capt. Sullivan seized
from the kings men III years ago.
HALF A DOZEN mon IN New York club cafe
the other night fell to discussing the question
OF servants. Several of those present had lived
much abroad and especially in the east 1t was
FULLY agreed that service in Oriental countries
Is quite as Costly as in the United States be-
cause of the inetficiency of Oriental labor. One
man owned to having kept seven servants in q
| modest bachelor bungalow in India. None OF
them were highly paid but each was iealously
careful 20 do nothing outside Of his duty.
! bundles; the boy that cleaned the windows re
| fused to attend 10 the lamps. 1t was the same
in Japan. said another of the party. The cook
| demanded the aid of q dshwesher and the nor.
| ter was literally porter aud nothing more.
THE following story comes out to-day for the
| first time: James Whitcomb Riley went abroad
| recently, and on the vessel coming back volun.
| teered for the regular ships concert for the
| benefit of destitute mariners. He read a mum,
| Der of his poems, which were rapturously re-
celved by everybody present with the exception
| of two very stOld Englishmen in the front row.
| The following conversation ensued between
| them later on in the smoking room: L saw
| Arthur, what was that chaps name. who read
| the verSesY 'Aw. That's Wilcox Riley He's
| quite clever tradesman' Bless me, who'd a
thought it. / heard he was literary chap and all
that fort of thing No. I'm told he's Hoosier
| You don't say so? Really, now, what a pity it
! is that man like him should be tied down to a
shop. " And this is what it is TO be 1.-THE
Hoosier Poet"
Col. F. n. BARKsDALE, of the passenger de-
partment of the Pennsylvania railroad, has a
dog that can tell the time of day SAYS the Phil
adelphia Press. This the dog learned IN very
remarkable way. Col. Barksdale has a very
fne clock that strikes only on the hour and
then very slowly The colonel got into the way
of making the dog tap with bis foot at each
stroke of the clock. Finally he got SO that he
would do 50 without being told. Just before
the clock strikes it gives a little cluck, and
whenever the dog heard this he would prick I'D
his ea-s raise his paw and gently tap his paw at
each stroke without being told. After awhile he
got so that when anyone clucked like the clock he
would get into position and wait for the strikes
he was tor a long time confused at not hearing
the clock, but after awhile he began tapping his
paw anyway. The remarkable point is that
after awhile he remembered how many strokes
were due at each succeeding hour, so that now
whenever the colonel clucks he gets into Dosi-
ton and taps the number of strokes the clock
should make next time. Thus at any time
after 10 o clock he taps eleven times after 4
O'Clock five times, etc Some learned scientists
are gong TO investigate the matter to see
whether the dog actually possesses reasoning
faculties Col. Barksdale will not part with
the dog under any conditions
A DISCOVERY Of great interest to archaolo
gsts has just been made at Mamesbury, Eng
In order to enlarge his premises, Mr. j. Moore,
Of the Bell hotel, has pulled down two adioin-
ing cottages and the laoorers in the employ of
the builders, while lexcavating underneath the
foundation, discovered two stone coffins the
lld OF each of which weighed from seven to
nine cwU. In these were found from sixteen
TO seventeen perfect skeletons with remarkably
hne sets ofteeth scarcely one being missing
atnough 1t is supposed the bodies must
nave been buried over thousand years. The
dividing wall between the hotel and the
cottages was six feet thick, and, on this be-
ing removed, underneath the center of it was
found shaft, fifteen inches by twelve
R is SUPPOSED vailed tS G GBR leading snb
terranean passage. We understand that the
vicar, who Is very interested in the discovery.
has expressed his opinion that this is the site Of
the Malmesbury castle, which was built by
Roger, bishop of Salisbury, for the purpose OF
defending the abbey. and that it win help the
Archaeological society to trace more correct
history of the western part of that grand old
| building. On the skeletons being found Chey
were carefully collected by Mr.. Moore. and the
Rev G. Windsor Tucker at once visited the spot
and gave orders for grave TO be dug near the
Russian gun in the churchyard for their inter
ment. Subsequently more skeletons were found
and second grave had to be dug. The discov-
cry altogether has excited great interest"