The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-21
NATURAL FRUIT FLkYoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The following advertisement recently an
peared in the Wiltshire England Times
'Notice-Baptizing by the Rev A. z. johnson
Stournore Water, next Sunday, at 1890 a. IN
photographers invited"
IT is SAID that the Irish language Is dying out
Ten years ago $4,000 people spoke Irish only
In 1891 there we're $4,000 In 1881 there vert
1856, 900 who could speak Irish and English. ant
last year there were only 1000.
THE government is getting a search light
built at Middletown. Conn, to be placed 10 the
statue of liberty in New York which will be the
largest in the world. 1t will be So 900 candle
power and be visible for 100 miles.
AN EMINENT PHYSICIAN believes that savage
races have better color perception than civil
lied. OF 100 Indian boys he found none color
blind; another group of $50 had but two while
none Of the girls were found to be color blind.
The queen has two Spanish bullocks In the
park at Osborne which are veryibeautiful GREAT
ures, with enormous horns. and Miss Chaplin,
the we'll known sculptor. has ben commits.
stoned by her majesty TO model them in a
group.
Boston TRADEsNAN advertises "Human
hair at less than manufacturers' prices" and
the proprietor of dye house, in advertising
for boy, specifies that he must be colored.
Over another miscellaneous store is a solitary
sign on which are the words. ''Molassis and
Stockings"
"THE word quarantine, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, comes from the Italian,
Quarantine The Monkish or the late Latin
term was applied by the Ambassadors about
ERbert's time. 1t was then the custom to com
pute periods Of time by forties. and a vessel
coming from a suspected or diseased port was
prohibited any intercourse with shore for forty
days. Others say that the Venetians first in
troduced the practice and the pame."
some SIX MILES from Yuma, Ariz., Hall Han
Ion has garden which contains twenty date
palms, one of which is Is years old. It is 80
feet in hight The six Oldest trees are bearing
BY actual count one bunch contains 2 800 dates.
1t weighs 40 pounds. There are several much
larger lunches so thick that the fruit on them
cannot be counted correctly, but it is estimated
that there are 5000 dates in each bunch, and
that they will weigh at least fifty pounds.
ONE Boston CLERGYMAN, at least, is up to date.
Last Sunday he preached on Whittier in the
morning and on the Sullivan Corbett fight in the
evening II Will now be In order for him to preach
on the wickedness of the papers in reporting the
fight. The CongreGGti0ndIist reports another
clergyman who announced a Sunday evening
talk on the subject: Your Trolley's Off," An
other clergyman recently remarked to his con-
gregation: "Y GU press the button, and do the
rest" And still another spoke of prayer as
touching the electric button, which rings In
heaven.
DR.. HEINRICH PUDoR, once director of the
Dresden Conservatory, and popular writer on
music, thinks his country is becoming de-Ger-
manized. and has therefore started an extreme
nationalist weekly paper. The Pail Mol Gazette
says that In order 10 give an exemp laYy protest
against the passion for titles orders and decora-
tions he has renowned his own degree as q
doctor, and has returned his diploma to the
University Of Dresden He appeals to his read
ers to adopt the old-fashioned simplicity of
dress His passion for simplicity. indeed, goes
30 far that he recommends that all athletic
exercises and games should be performed
in nudity, after the manner Of the ancient
Greeks.
THE YAoUI INDIANS OF Sonora Mexico, may
be savages and barbarians, but they are no
fools. In the recent trouble with the army of
Gen. IRnacio Pesquiera their warriors marched
boldly upon the troops, each carrying sus-
pended before him from pole piece OF heavy
cotton cloth. The bullets Of the troops striking
the loose cloth spent their force upon 1t and in
fiicted little damage upon the witty Indians.
Before the troops took in the situation the In
dams were upon them, and in the hand to hand
conflict which ensued routed them with great
slaughter. The Yaqui invention is well worth
the attention OF our military authorities. nA
loose bit of cotton cloth will render a bullet IN
effective some equally flexible and more impen-
etrable shield might stop it entirely.
A YEAR OR MORE AGO, says the New York
Tribune. the Boston firm, which had recently
issued new edition Of Ixsak Walton's famous
book, was the recipient of letter addressed to
Mr.. Walton by one OF the ''press-clippings bu-
reaus," requesting the privilege OF sending him
all press notices regarding "fhe Compleat
ANGLER" This incident has been duplicated in
Chicago. Unity Of that city reports that a
firm which lately published one of Theodore
Parkers books has received the following let
ter: Theodore Parker, Esq--Dear Sir: Your
book, Lessons From the World of Matter and
the World Of Man. is attracting considerable
attention. VIII you allow me to send all
notices referring to it that may appear in the
leading papers of the United States and
Europeg Yours faithfully, - -" Boston
is ahead of Chicago, however. Izaak Walton
has been dead since 1858; Theodore Parker since
1860.
COL EDMUND RICE of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
staff is training a body OF men known as the
Columbian Guards for the duties which they
will have to perform during the worlds fair.
There are 800 of them, and they wear uniforms
and are under strict military discipline This
force is but the nucleus however, of the army
OF men which will be needed eventually to patrol
the grounds guard the buildings and keep the
visitors in order. AS occasion requires Col
Rice will call for recruits, who will in turn be
drilled by the officers he has picked out of his
present command. Even now the routine of
these uniformed guardians is fun of response
bilities. A fire in one of the buildings might
threaten the directors with the loss OF millions
or dollars worth of property, and riot among
the large force of workmen employed on the
grounds would be most serious affair unless
promptly quelled. The guards are detailed in
companies or watches of six hours each and
are on duty twelve hours out of the twenty-four.
Every hour inspectors make their rounds note
where the individual guards are patroling and
report to Col Rice. There are drills in Infantry
tactics and with fire apparatus at all times of
the day and night. At ] O'Clock in the morning
recently, Col Rice called out the men and put
them through the fire drill The guards are
particularly instructed to treat visitors politely
and in this respect they are a great improve
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