The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-14
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COLORADO appears to show q surplus Of com
memorative holidays. Among the annivsrsa-
ries celebrated in the state are Watermelon day,
Peach day, Potato day, and Grape and Cherry
! day.
! A GOOD DEAL Of the dew which we see In the
morning covering the leaves Of grasses and
| other plants comes from the interior OF the veg.
| etables themselves. The extremely fine dew, as
rule, is atmospheric. but the larger drops,
! which we md on the margins OF leaves, are In
| general exudstions from the plant tissues.
IT has always been generally believed that
snow keeps the ground warm, but no very accu-
| rate data on the subject has hitherto been
| Forthcoming. Accordingly it is interesting to
! learn, from observations recently made at
inches the soil. when covered with two feet OF
snow, was ten degrees warmer than at the sur
| face
TIE generators that George Westinghouse is
building to furnish electricity for the s3 900 in-
csndesoent lamps at the worlds fair are TO be
| operate 10000 lamps. THE ordinary generator
supplies but 200 lamps" Mr.. Westinghouse
said, and rnost Of them less. Our largest
| generator viii supply 70, 900 lamps, and most OF
the Others will be OF 10, 00n-lamp capacity each !"
GES. TwEEDLE of the British army has in
vented a new bullet which is said to be re-
| garded with great interest In military circles
The bullet has steel case At the base, extend
ing about half way TO the head aud when it
meets an obstacle In its flight the head spreads
out like mushroom, tearing q large hole in
stead OF making smooth puDcture, as other
small caliber bullets do. It is reported. more
over, to be much more effective In piercing
armor than other bullets of its size.
On THE occasion Of draining some forty acres
OF marsh land near Stratford Conn., this spring,
some local scientist examined the marsh water
taken from one of the bitches and found IT, as
he said saturated solution of mosquito
Larvae" After some patient work he figured
out that the prospective mosquito population
had been about 20, 900 900 to the acre so that by
the draining of the swamp something like
1000, 100000 of prospective mem bers of the mos
quito race had been prematurely cut of befors
they had even begun TO fulfill their part in the
economy Of nature.
REMARKABLE occurrence on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was reported Monday, SAYS
the Stanton (Va.) Netcs. When the southbound
passenger train, due here 1857, arrived Monday
afternoon, the trainmen, passengers and those
around the depot were very much astonished to
see lying sn1gly on the cowcatcher live full
grown sheep. IL was one of a flock that had
been shattered by the train at Middlebrook sta
ton, three miles north of the city. The woolly
arrival was unhurt with the exception OF a
sprained leg. and no one knew it had been
struck until the train arrived here.
TIE immense shed In Chicago known as she
Wigwam and used by the recent democratic
convention, is TO be torn down at once ard its
S29 900 worth Of lumber used to build four hotels
in which women visitors to the worlds fair are
to be lodged at IS cents a day. Mrs Carse, the
president or the Womens Temple Company, ID
at the head of the enterprise. Besides lodgings
the women who visit Chicago under the auspi-
ees OF this company are to be provided with
meals at cost price 1t is expected that school
teachers from all over the country will make up
parties and engage rooms long In advance.
VILLAGES in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and
even hundreds (townships) In Delaware not in
frequently take their names from Old inns
Bird in Hand, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania
is an example OF the sort, and In Northern Della
ware the old Red Lion inn has given name 10 a
village and a hundred. Tho village and the
hundred of Black Bird in Delaware also probA-
bly, take the common name from the sign of an
old IAN. Fox Chase, in the lower edge of CheS-
ter county, Pennsylvania, was the picturesque
name OF village that grew up about an ancient
tavern, but the postofsce department has ruth
lessly changed 1t to Appleton.
THERE is nothing unusual ia hair turning
white. says the st. Louis Globe Democrat but a
case in which the hair turned black again after
being white was recently told By gentleman
from Detroit. lady OF that city originally had
black eyes and hair but in the course of time,
when she had attained the age of about 20 years
her hair turned pure white. This was expected
but about q year ago her hair began darkeninE
and Is now as black as jet. There is no doubt
ABOUT the change, nor was any artificial means
used to produce it, so that the case is certainly
one of the most remarkable recorded in the
annals of medical history. The lady was not
condition that would justify the curious phe-
nomenon, so tt is absolutely inexplainable on
any known hypothesis.
]. B. RUMFoRD Of Los Galos, CAL, has orisi-
mated a new system Of living which he calls th Q
Edenic system. He eats nothing but raw wheat
consuming about three-Quarter6 Of a pound q
day. Bread, butter sugar meat, eggs and milk
he regards as 20 sonous. He eats only when he
feels hungry and appears to thrive on his
range diet At forty, no says, re was an old
whereas though he
young. II can get along, he adds, ION one or
two cents day and do a good days work
Fivs cents worth of rolled oats has lasted ms
twenty four hours while travelling. l could not
possibly eat more than 10 cents worth OF wheat
day, SO you can see how economical my sys-
tenn is" Mr.. Rumford also has a theory about
feeding horses, giving them ouly one good meal
a day just before bed time pairs.
For PERHAPS 100 years the sandy islands rich
in salt grass, skirting the Atlantic coast have
been used as breeding grounds for hardy race
of wild cattle. They are small creatures, bus
as it costs nothing to feed them. and they live
without care from their owners. they are profit
able. The islands that fringe the Maryland coast
have long been used in this fashion and also for
the raising OF wild hogs, long-lsgged creatures
of the raZor-back variety, common among the
pine forests of the eastern shore. Even as far
south as bhe lower tip of Florida wild cattle are
raised, and on the mainland of the peninsula
single owners sometimes possess herds that
number thousands These cattle seldom attain
a weight of more than 500 pounds and many of
SA-OLIl NCihu 1853 thnh oJO pOauOe. 1Eoy are OK
ported to Cuba in large numbers where they
fetch fair price
AN interesting landmark OF tbs past is All
Hsllows' church at Snow HILL Worcester
county, Maryland, which has just passed
through porilous process of Improvement.
The parish Is nearly 200 years old, and the
church edif1ce was reared in 1874. The earliest
church was built Of logs, but the present build
ing is of brick imported from England, and
paid for with tobacco raised by a general levy
upon the parish Sixteen miles from Snow Hill
is old st. Martins church, now disused, a brick
structure of nearly the same age as All Hal
lows. st. Martins parish is older than the
church, as the baptismal service still IN use was
presented by Queen Anne. Quite old as
either OF these CHURCH organizations are several
Presbyterian churches in the same region
founded by Mackenzie, the father OF American
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