The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST,".
J silver dollar Of IsO4 Is worth $500


TIE bronze cents, such as are in circulation
now, were first coined In 1850.
TEE woman's Christian Temperance Union
has established a free milk booth on Franklin
square, Philadelphia. It is well pstronized.
The number Of cigars. cigarettes and oheroots
smoked in this country last year is placed at
about ,442 600 by recent government report.
The United States has more than 500, 900 bear
ing banana plants. 200, 900 bearing lemon trees,
100000 orange trees and q, 000, 900 pineapple
trees.
SAN Francisco has an earthquake proof hotel
| II is constructed OF iron and in the form Of two
hollow squares, one within the other, arranged
so as TO brace each other.
CHARLEs.!WooD. druggist Of HarIeston, Eng
land, has brood Of white blackbrds. a fact
which is vouched for by Land and Water and
by several prominent ornithologists and
naturaliSts.
ATELEGRAM received at the Pittsburg Dispatch
office few days ago red as follows: James
Dunltn, an lS-year-od son Of James Dunlin. a
prominent citizen, was killed in shaft at New
| burg. His recovery is doubtful
The San Francisco Cremation Company will
spend $500 to $50. 900 for stone crematory,
modelled after ancient temple. Il will con-
tain hall for services A body will be incin-
Grated almost instantly In white heat furnace
A FREAK in animal life that Is 10 do the
country this summer is a cross between horse
and buffalo alleged to have been captured by
a band OF cowboys. The creature has the head
| ears nose, shoulders, launches. and legs OF the
horse and the eyes, coat, tail, and hoofs of the
| buffalo.
THERE is q gorgeousIy fitted up temperance
| barroom in Boston, says the New York Tribune
in which the proprietor serves soft drinks that
| he says even DR.. Rainsford would find nutri
| tlous And as the thing Is a big financial sue
| cess, ne claims that he has solved the drink
| problem.
| SERGEANT Of the Third regiment CPa.1
National Guard. wrote a newspaper letter criti-
| cising the commissary department. and COM
planning OF the character of certain ratlons
served IN the late service of the command The
| sergeant was degraded to the ranks and dis
charged from the guard.
The MANNER in which trials are conducted In
| Chinese courts would be a startling surprise to
| all who have not personal y attended court
scene. Torture is always resorted to in order
| 10 compel the accused TO declare himself guilty
| or the charge against him, and to such an ex.
tent is 1t carried that it often results in either
the death OF the accused or else manning him
/ for life. % ts.
HENRY GARDNER, assisted by a boy. was IN
Harvesting horse at Paterson, N. j., the other
| day, when lightning knocked him, the boy aud
| the horse down. The BARI was perforated with
| little holes and on Mr.. Gsrdner's body was pho
| tographed the picture of star that was per-
|
| of blush black color and remained but half
an hour, gradually disappearing.
| OEJune ID, the date on which the democratic
| state convention was held at Little Rock, Ark,
James Aronson. q 14-year old boy. was stricken
| with typho-malaria fever. From the day he
| was taken sick and up to Friday he was uncop-
scious Saturday morning he regained the use
| or his mental faculties and called for news
paper. No paper Of late date could be found
| and when so informed by his attendant the bow
| remarked: "WeH I only wanted to know Whist
the convention did yesterday. l suppose they
nominated f1shbackfor governor, didn't Ehey?"
| The lad had been unconscious for over forty
days, and imagined that he mad just awakened
| from nights sleep
OK THE yGSIFED STATES side Of the line at
Nogales, Ariz., eggs have been rendered dear
by the new tariff upon them, lnasmuch as the
hens OF that region are chiefly owned on the
Mexican side and FED with cheap Mexican grain
| A shrewed yankee recently arrived there and
was convinced that his opportunity lay in the
| high price or eggs. 30 he erected a large hen
| house exactly across the boundary line At ire
United States end he provided nests, and at the
other end he fed his hens with low-priced Mex
lean grain. The hens ate the grain in Mexico
and then walked across the line into the United
| states to lay their eggs. The transaction was
| perfectly honest, for the yankee smugzled
| neither grain nor eggs. He is making money
fast.
A DAY OR TWO ago. says the London c ,ronicEe
lady, walking in Alpha road st. Johns
| WOOD, suddenly saw before her on the pave
| ment a singular object, which proved to be
small snake, wearing round its neck ring
| studded with gems. TO which was attached a
slender gold chain ending in another jeweled
| ring. Startled at first. the lady, however man
aged to capture the little animal in the folds of
her umbrella; and Immediately recognized that
she had possess ID herself OF the asp of "Oleo-
patra. Not knowing the exact add es of Nine,
| Sarah Bernhardt, she was about to ask a police
! man, when the gates OF villa some wards or
were flung open, disclosing the great TRACE.
| Iienna % 70 FRA fnalIx
for the escaped snake
THE FIRST NIGHT in Barcelona" saws an
American artist, according to the New York
Tribune. II went to a sort of posada In one OF
| the bystreets, ard managed to get a room by
paying in advance peseta which was rung on
| the table with an evident suspicion of its genu-
| ineness- Having two days railroad CRIME upon
me. though it a comparatively small favor to
be allowed to wash my hands. On t!midly in.
curing of one of the servants, l was led to q
| little toy tin affair containing water aud was
| furnished towel large enough to dry tho hands
of medium-sized clock But when l. asked for
| very uncomfortable. l have not asked for soap
| since in Spain, for do not wish to lose nv life
| by violence, having voted for slow death by
starvation in the eau of American art"
"A MAN who wears squeaky shoes is worse
than kiss without a mustache accompani-
ment. said a modern girl to New York Mail
| and Express writer. She directed her glance
| toward young man who was crossing a tiled
| floor some women know more than men
| and II l had that young man In my care for zen
| minutes would give him some good advice.
He does not make much money and cannot
| afford to buy expensive shoes, and has to be
| content with readYmade ones Nearly all
| readymade shoes squeak, and the reason is
| this When the inner and outer soles are put to-
| gether there is generally some grit between
| them, and the action OF the foot causes the lit
| tie pebbles, which are harder than the leather.
| to work like the ball bearings of a bicycle and
thus to squeak A dealer told me q way to
remedy this When your shoes squeak, 20 TO a
shoemaker and have him put a peg in the
middle of the sole and there will be no more
loud proclamations. Another thing when Won
buy a new pair Of shoes and they hurt you, put