The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DWARF residing at Shigaken. Japan, Is 80
years old and but seventeen inches high.
A CHIcoPEE, (MAss.) MAN, who has Just died at
the age Of rs, used to boast that he never voted.
could not read or write, and that he never rode
on a railroad.
THREE MEN in France competed to see who
could drink the most water. One swallowed n
quarts. the second and the third Z. All three
died from the effects.
TIE largest greenback extant is a $1,000
bill, and only one such note has been printed by
the government. OF the SIS 900 bills, the next
largest, there are seven.
In ORDER to discover an enemy's movement
at night, Italian artillery officer has invented
amechanical candle, which, when sent from a
cannon, will shed light equal to 100, 900 can
dies.
STOCKINGS made from human hair are worn
by Chinese fishermen as the best preventive Of
wet feet. They are drawn over ordinary cotton
stockings, being too rough for putting near the
skin.
ALTHOUGH whales grow to an enormous size,
sometimes eighty and oven ninety feet long,
the throat is so small that II can not swallow a
olte as large as tea biscuit This applies to
the common whale The spermaceti has
mouth large enough to swallow a man.
A TIGHT rope dancer was performing at a
music hall at Rouen, France some time ago
when the wire suddenly broke. and she fell
from great hight on the conductor Of the
orch stra. He was SO overcome by the shock
that he tainted, and when he recovered CON
seriousness was discovered to be deaf and dumb.
A WOMAN Of Omaha, Neb. went to Lake Ma
nova on Wednesday, and on her return missed
a valuable diamond ear-rlng On the following
day she returned to the lake, hoping to hear
something of the missing jewel 4 few minutes
after her arrival she noticed the sunlight re-
hecting from some object on the beach and IL
proved to be the lost diamond.
THE use of church bells, it is generally SUD-
posed, is to notify the forgetful that church
services are about TO begin, aud to Induce the
undecided ones to attend divine worship In
fiat contradiction to this theory is the staten ent
that church bells were first used by Paulinus an
Italian bishop about the year 400 A. D. for the
purpose of driving away demons.
A PLACE for visiting babies" at the Chicago
worlds fair is under consideration and a space
is likely to be reserved near the women's build
ing, on which house may lie erected for this
purpose Nurses trained TO care for children
will be put IN charge, the mothers will get the
children checked, and. with calm consciences
enjoy the tour of the grounds unhindered.
A LETTLR WRITTEN by foreigner to some one
in "Jagjago" was sent to Chicago, its proper
destination, says the New York Tribune. The
fair officials have received other letters adj
dressed 10 Hipago, Jajjo, Sohecchache, Hizajo,
Chachicho and Zlzazo. In fact, $50 ways of
spelling the name Of the city have already been
noted on list which will be put on exhibit
ton.
A BIoYoLIsT has been sentenced to ssven
months imprisonment at Glashutte Germany,
because every night he would cross the railroad
track at some point just in front Of the locomo-
tive 50 that the nGDeer was in great straits not
to Kill him. One evening he was accompanied
by anJrher wAeelman who fell and thus tho
a t,rSNn T.
catch aim before.
The councilmen Of a Cape Colony village,
which is suffering from plague Of locusts, re-
Gently adopted the following resolution: see
ing locustS are plague which cannot be looked
upon otherwise than as a punishment sent US
from above, this meeting most strongly con
dennis the proclamation of law for the era j.
cation of the said plague" There would not
appear to be any room to doubt the orthodoxy
of these men.
A YOUNG MAN who was recently sentenced to
six months imprisonment by Judge in Bruins
wick, Germany for burglary told a queer story
to the court; He admitted his guilt, but said be
did it for love. "How's that" querIed the
judge. well, you see, my sweetheart worked
for that family and she refused to give I'D her
place and marry me. thought | could burg
larlze the house and throw suspicion on her and
thus secure her dismissal"
A TRAIN Of seven cars is crossing the con,
tinent, carrying the three great guns which are
to complete the armament Of the Monterey
Two of them are of 10nch caliber aud one of
12incn. The lOinch guns are 81 feet long and
the 12-incl gun So feet. When the Monterey is
incesed in her nickel-steel armor aud armed
with these guns 1t Is believed that she will ne
able to defend herself against any war vessel
ahoat, not excluding the monsters of the
British, French and Italian navies
SOME enterprising individual has offered the
worlds fair authorities $4,000 for the excIu-
sive privilege of selling peanuts on the grounds
II is said that this is the highest cash offer made
for any privilege, aud the committee Thought
the bid so Ligh that they refused to entertain it
until they could satisfy themselves that it was
bona fide thing. At cents a bag for his
goOber this Spectator would have to sell 2 400
0G0 bags before he could get his bonus money
back. Even at 50 per cent. profit, which in
cludes his expenses for hiring peanut purvey-
ors and the necessary on LAY for roasting appli-
ances. he would need to dispose of 5000, 900 bags
to start even, and at least double that amount
in order to get fair return for the IRISH taken,
Assuming that 30 100000 persons visited the
grounds, he must expect one third of them to
patrOnize his Industry.
THE NINA, bird which Is found in tropical
and sub tropical countries, is said to excel any
other animal in its power of initiating human
speech. When tanned the parrot is not to be-
compared with it either in readiness, In learning
or distinctness OF pronunciation. So dis
tinct. in fact is the utterance of the
nina, and OF some species of par.
rots which most nearly approach il.
that persons hearing them speak at once
look round for the human being they be-
lieve' to have addressed them, and have
some difficulty In realizing that the voice
was only that Of bird. A specimen of the
nina or hill nina, as it has been called NAV he
seen at the Geological socety's gardens, Re-
gents park, London. On its arrival 1t was
placed in tie tortoise house. The hill nina is
a small bird, shining coal black in color, with
a bright orange stripe about It's head orange
legs and a sharp, salmon. colored bill. and can