The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE are at present in China only 1, o22 citi.
zens OF the United States, nearly half of whom
are women. Nearly oue-half, or 506 are mis-
sionaries.
ACCORDING to figures, which never lie, Chi
cago had in 1890 II, 403 wholesale firms, giving
employment to 271 rs persons, and 22,924 re-
tail firms, giving employment to 64.2S2 persons.
The report for 1891 shows an increase or 9,222
Wholesale firms, $3.50 retail firms and 101, 800
employees.
MEDIC AUTHORITIES declare that fat people
are less able to resist the attacks OF disease or
the shocks of injuries and operations than the
moderately thin Their respiratory muscles
cannot SO easily act their heart is often handi-
capped by the deposit on it and the least exer-
ton throws them into Precipitation.
SOME CITIZENS OF Oakesdale, Wash, annoyed
by large mudhole In the main street of the
town, planted three or four old hats and a pair
of boots in the center of it and labeled them
with the names of the city council. But the
council retaliated by posting up card with
the notice; PAY your taxes and we will fill this
hole"
A FEW nights ago a citizen of Rocky Mount,
N. O., was awakened from his slumber by hear
ing pet chicken squeaking. He arose and
found the chicken under the house with one
foot part in the ground. Cutting around it
with his penknife he discovered crawfish
gnawing away on it, The craw1sh had already
devoured one toe.
NEW material for paving is now being intro
duced in London. 1t is composed of granulated
cork and bitumen pressed into blocks, which
are laid like bricks or wood paving. The special
advantage OF the material lies In its elasticity.
When used for pavement it gives soft tread
which is exceedingly pleasant, recalling the
teenng OF carpet.
WHILE women are bewailing their restrictions
to one Of the most inconvenient of pockets
there comes from Vienna the story of Miss Pope
and her pockets. She taught school at too
great q distance from her home to take her
meals there; accordingly she built around the
hem OF her dress q series of pockets. In one
she carried her lunch. in another her dinner;
the remaining pockets held her knife. fork,
spoon, salt cellar, pepper mill small plate, a
napkin, towel and some bottles of medicine
Thus equipped Miss Pope made her daily rounds
for many years, mistress OF herself. dependent
on nobody
UPWARD of 100 years before Christ the
Chinese were people ruled by dynasty of
kings, of whom, like the Pharoahs Of old. there
is no clear history, and not until the Chow dy-
nasty, b, q. 1l25, is there any clear history of
the main Chinese states. The Chinese take their
history back to the time of Noah. This ancient
empire has in its time borne many names for
1t was custom when a new dynasty assembled
the throne to give another name to the empire,
as Hal-que, Cham-que, Han-Que, ETC., according
to the name of the ruling monarch The true
name is said to be Chum-vue, the center king
dom of the world" This term was by usage
Portuguese gave it the name Of China.
THEODORE woREs says that in Japan the
people of the cities shut UP their houses and
their shops when the plum trees come into
flower, and, dressed in holiday ATTIRE flock en-
masse into the gardens and groves OF old
gnarled trees, there To sip tea under the frag-
rant branches. Here they give vent to their
aesthetic delight by ms riding little poems upon
paper and hanging them up on the boughs of
the trees The plum trees are the popular
fayor!teS; but when the cherry blossoms comes
out the people pour forth again, scarcely in
smaller numbers than before. There is a road
In the outskirts OF Toxic which is soidly lined
on both sides with great old cherry trees for a
distance of five miles; and the branches, meet
ing overhead, form, in Towering time, per
feet canopy of dense blossoms.
SCIENTISTS tell us that counting from the sea
level, the lowest body of water on the globe is
the Caspian sea. For centuries its surface has
been gradually settling down, until now it is
neighbor, the Black sea, which also lies far be-
low the level of oceans. The common con-
clusion all along has been that the Caspian was
simply losing its waters by EVAPORATION but re-
cent investigation shows that this is not the
case. Soundings made and com pared with rec
ords OF soundings made over 100 years ago re-
veal the astounding fact that there is even a
greater del tn of water now than then. This
leaves but one hypothesis that would seem at
all tenabe-that the bottom of the sea is act
ualy sinking. There is much speculation In
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come.
THE following story comes from Wilmington,
Del: Huxley Harvey Of the Mccullough Iron
Company recovered $1,000 worth of iewelry
Tuesday morning which he had lost in a singu-
lar manner On Friday night, before taking
Mrs. Harvey to the opera house, he gathered up
a half dozen set rings and other valuable lew
elry and put them in the toes of pair Of cast
off shoes as precaution against burglars
Monday morning, forgetting the valuable con-
tents of the Shoes he took them to August Fay
Delaware avenue shoemaker, for repairs At
night he bethought himself of the jeweIry The
shoemaker denied having seen the vaua oes and
was arrested and locked up. Tuesday morning
he confessed to having secreted the articles in
rat hole in his shop, where they were found bY
officers and returned to their owner Fay was
subsequently released Mr.. Harvey refusing to
prosecute him.
THE chameleon has for ages been an object Of
curiosity, not only on account of its ability to
change its color at WILL as one might suppose
who had read accounts which mentioned only
that one characteristic, but also on account OF
remarkable power which admits of the Great
ure instantly changing its form. At times il