The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREsE.


10 stone knives in his garden the other day.
SEVEN EIGHTIES of the forest growth Of the
state of Washington consists of the Douglas fir.
THE famous cathedral of Burgos, in Spain,
has been temporarily closed. the stabbing of
Canon Sozoma while he was conducting relig-
ious services caused human blood to be spilled
in the sacred ediAce, which, according to the
laws of the Catholic church. is thereby deflled
and rendered unfit for the worship of God until
it shall have been reconstructed after the
moval OF every trace of the def1lsment,
TIE agent of an insurance company called
upon a coroner in Philadelphia the other day,
and asked for duplicate certificate of death
In the case Of child months old who died of
exhaustion, caused bg teething. The coroner,
The agent, in his turn, surprised at the
co.oner's ignorance, and said Its not at all
strange for such young child to carry insur-
ance on its life. Our company insures infants
from the day of birth In this case the parents
have been paying us scents week since Feb
ruary last"
The officers and men Of the United States
cutter Rush relate marvellous tales of wondrous
discoveries made by them during their 1890
cruise. They d. edged for deep sea oddities in
the almost fathomless "sinks' of the Pacihc's
bed. They collected marine sgae so delicate in
figure that IL took the finest microscopes to
bring out even their coarsest outlines, leaving
the mlnu g f1bers as o hAZy mist on the vision,
and finally outdone themselves by getting a f1ne
Photographic view of a creature sporting in the
sand of one Of the low lying islands which leads
their paleologist to the belief that some of the
supposed antediluvian monsters are still in ex.
istence. But the feat of which they seem proud
est, judging from their published narrative,
was the discovery of natural incubator on the
sides OF the Vo cano Bogoslov, wheRe millions
Of awks gulls and other sea birds deposit their
eggs and leave them to be Matched by volcanic
heat. Who says that birds are devoid of in
telligence?
A CENSUS BULLETIN just issued gives the sta
tistics of the various branches of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States. 1t shows
that the Presbyterian church has 6,7i7 ozRani-
Eat 'ons 1868 church Buildings, valued at S74,-
ass, 200, and 1924 Communicates The Pres
byterian church OF the United States is shown
to have ,391 organizations, 2,2S3 church build
ings, valued at SIS, 6l2,l52 d 1891 communi-
cauts. The Welch Aalvnistic Methodist or
Presbyterian church has organizations, 15e
church edifces, valued at $685.. SIS, aud IL, 722
communicates. The Cumberland Presbyterian
church is shown to have 230 organizations, 1872
church buildns, valued at S202, 9jl, with a mem
bership of ID. 43s. According to this and pre-
vious bulletins on the subject there are 10 400
organizations or congregations of Presbyte-
rians of all branches in the United States, H.
1852 1890 church edihces, valued S94 ,e76 1898,
and 1,278,Sl6 communicates
IT Is REPORTED that monster bald eagles have
been making things very lively for farmers OF
Durcans .tiils and Cazaderc, Cal. Pigs. chick
ems, Ives and lambs seem to be the favorite
provisions of these great birds and they help
themselves without scruple. A San Frarci 90
sportsman recently brought in one that he
killed near Duncans Mills. The wings
stretched thirteen feet from tip to tip. and it's
talons were a sight to behold. AS well suppose
a lot of hay could get away from an improved
horse pitchfork af that any prey of these mon
stroes birds could fall from their grasp. They
are almost as strong es the GRAPHING hooks
sent down in the river for a heavy OBJ
ject. The hunter spoke of the immense
size Of their nests in the redwoods and he
material they use / saw nest in gigantic
redwood there that had sticks in it as big as q
fence rail How the eagles ever lifted them
aud managed them was great surprise to me,
especially till came in close view of the eagles.
This nest speak of was in a Tree that towefed
at least 300 feet high. Three sticks of the size
have mentioned were laid in the forks of q tree
in the form of a triangle. They were arranged
at the corners, one on the other. just like rail
fence, aud weEe perfectly solid and secure. On
this piled very coarse sticks and brush,
making complete nest.
A coRREsPoNDESr OF the New York Recorder
gives bright sketch of a most interesting
society. which has members throughout the
the United States. Great Britain and its colo
MES, most of the countries of Europe and
reaches even to China. 1t is called the Shut in
most of them being confined to their beds. II
originated with Mrs Jennie VI. DriukWater of
Madison, n j, who was confined to her room
by disease for fifteen years. She began a cor
respondence with another invalid similarly
afflicted. and they organized by letter this
society, whose membership now reaches into
the thousands. The constitution provides
that To be sufferer. shut in from
the outside world, constitutes on a proper
candidate for membership In tn society"
In order that unworthy persons may be pre-
vented from becoming members of the or
ganiEation, the constitution further provides
that applicants shall send with their appllca-
ton, if possible, the name of their pastor or
their physician, or of some associate member
OF the society, as an introduction" The las
sociate members" the constitution explains
are not themselves invslids, but, being in
tender sympathy with the suffering volunteer
10 this ministry Of love" Each associate mem.
Der assumes the duty of corresponding
with the members of the society living
in certain states, or a certain dis
trict assigned to him or her. and is ex-
pected to subscribe at least 81 a year. The
society has organized sort of circulating
library, by means OF which books magazines
and other literature is passed from one afflicted
member to another, and many other expedients
by which the painful tedium of the invalid's
life is frightened constant interchange of
letters is also kept up between members and as.
sociates, so that many invalids who have never
seen each others faces have become not only
friends, and the term letter friend'F has be-
signal proof of the interest taken In this cor
the letters are written by persons who are
urable to assume a sitting position, but write
while lying upon their backs