The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTERBST.
TIE mania for territorial expansion has at
tackled Washington. It is proposed to annex
Baltimore to that city by q boulevard forty
miles long and an electric railroad, which, it Is
expected would soon be lined with suburban
residences.
A LTTCHFIELD Comm man who got drunk
and kicked his wife to death the other day was
placed under $500 bail by justice Of the peace:
but when still drunk. he attended his wife's
funeral and raised a rumpus, he was committed
by the same justice to the county jail for two
m onths
ACCORDING to j. B. Winker. there is only one
penalty for all crimes In Corea-to cut Off the
leads of the culprits Some time ago Mr..
Wlnkler charged a servant with stealing his
eeve-buttons, and, believing that he had
swallowed them. the tribunal before which he
was arragned politely offered to have him cut
open in search of evidence.
A SEALING CAPTAIN arrived at San Francisco.
says this is great season for seals. Each Of
his six hunters will make 81 200 He testifes
that ships Of the Canadian Pacific steamship
line see them for days. and that millions Of them
abound. He says when the Pacific gives up all
It's fish, then it will also the last OF its seals
The skins are selling at Victoria for $1l and the
otter at S2'O. A great catch ell around is ex-
hected ana the quality of the skins is first class.
Inc Canadian supply ship that was seized by
the United States steamer Rush had q, 900 skins
aboard.
TEE year Of greatest growth in boys, says the
British Medical Journal, is the 18th; in girls,
the l4th. While girls reach full hight in their
18th year they acquire full weight at the age of
~. Boys are stronger than girls from birth to
the llth year; then girls become superior phys
ically TO the 18th year, when the tables are
again turned and remain so From November
TO April children grow very little and gain no
weight; from April to July they gain in hight
but lose in weight, and from July to November
they increase greatly in weight, but not In
hight
THE water lotus growing In Mississippi and
Louisiana will purify any water. Il consists
of leaves about the size of the head Of pin
and roots so fins as to escape notice save under
microscopic inspection. Where IL grows at
all, 1t covers the water, and to the casual OBJ
server looks like a coating OF green scum. The
flowers and seeds are microscopic, so that its
appearance in any given locality is not readily
accounted for, but wherever it does appear the
water beneath it is ALWAYS fit to drink. So
marked is this property that families using the
water from bayOus where the lotus is abundant
are known to have better general health than
those taking their drinking water from places
where the lotus is not found. 1t is often trans
planted into ponds, bayous and lakes spreads
with wonderful repdity, and never fails to do
its work we'll.
A RATHER odi iisputei has been going on for
some time between citizens of the United States
and Of Mexico along the upper Rio Grande 1t
regards the equitable rights of each to take
water from the river for purposes of irrigation
The Americans say that the Mexican dams have
caught all the flow and caused great loss to
farmers on this side. The governor Of Chi
huahua has visited at FL Paso for the purpose
Of comforting with United States officers about
the matter. He said to an interviewer that the
whole business would be arranged satisfac-
torily; that Mexico would sEoa her nberality
and divide the water with her American neigh
Dor fairly and equally. He hoped this confer
wnlIll q Z a ha.
TWEEN tie two countries believing that Justice
would more quickly be reached by appealing 20
the reason OF both peoples, rather tran by
force OF arms.
THE sun spot which unquestionably was CON
cerned in the production Of the magnetic storm
of July 16, says William Finn of the Western
Union Telegraph Company In an article in the
Elect zeal World. is probably responsible for a
similar disturbance in telegraph lines which &C
Cured last Friday, and which fairly rivaled its
famous predecessor in the extent of territory
affected as well as in the magnitude Of the dis
turbing forces. 1t is an interesting fact also
that the interval between the two storms was
exactly twenty seven days, or about tbs period
taken by the sun to comuete its axial revoll-
ton. This same periodicity has been observed
in connection with previous storms, which fact
affords further striking illustrations OF the re-
lationshtp existing between sun spots and re-
curing earth current phenomena. The earth
currents produced in the wires were very
strong in fact much more powerful than any
hitherto known.
ONE OF the most rascaly schemes OF villainy
on record has just been unearthed at Bombay
by the unearthing Of an organized gang Of
hlacSmajlers. Their plan OF operations was ex-
ceeding y simple and effective. One of tho gang
would submit to be severely wounded by his
confederates. The gang would then raise an
outcry and charge some prominent man of
wealth with attempted murder. This clever
scheme, 1t now appears, has been worked for
many years, the victims. as rule, being afraid
to take the matter into the courts, aud thus
falling an easy prey TO the blackmailerS
who made the charges against them, and who,
to all appearances. were backed up by a num-
Der of reputable citizens, whose testimony they
felt themselves powerless to overthrow. The
exposure came about in a curious way. One of
the gang was to have his throat cut for the pur-
poses of the society. The operator was drunk
and accidentally cut TOO deco. Finding himself
in dying condition, the victim confided to the
attending phys clan all the facts and the police
bagged the whole gang
A WASHINGTON SCIENTIST declares that the
most ferocious and most active animal in the
world is the mole. He says: Imagine 1t magni
fed to the size of tiger and you would have a
more terrible beast than the world has yet seen.
Though with defective powers OF vision and,
therefore, incapable of following its prey by
sight, it would be agile beyond conception,
springIng this way and that as it went along
leapng with lightning quickness upon any
creature which it met rendiDg it to pieces in a
moment, devouring the yet warm and bleeding
flesh and instantly seeking. with hunger in
satiable. for fresh victim. This creature
would. without hesitation, devour a ser
pent twenty feet in length, and so tremendous
would be its voracity that IL would eat twenty
or thirty such snakes in the course of day.
With one grasp of its teeth and one touch OF it's
claws it could disembowel OK, or if It shout
happen to enter fold of sheep or an incloRure
of cattle it would kill them all for the mere lust
of slaughter. Let two such animals meet. and
how terrific would be the battle. Fear is feel
ing which the mole seems never to entertain. In
conflict with an adversary of its own kind its
efforts are exclusively directed to injuring its
opponents, without regard OF its own protection,