The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-13
NATURAL FRUIT LENoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WONDERFUL THINGS happen in Kansas. Dur
ing the recent cyclone there it is said that at
Haven river a COW was lifted from the ground
and carried to the top OF a house and deposited
on an angle OF the roof so that she could not
fall, and it was necessary to kill her to get her
from her position.
MATRIMONIAL FAIRS are held yearly on the
feast OF st Peter and st. Paul in Roumania, in
the westerly Carpathan mountains and at
Wbitsuntide in st. Petersburg, and other parts
of Russia. although in the latter country the
custom is said to be declining. and likely to
cease altogether in few years.
MOSQUITOES and Strawberries make queer
combination, certainly, but that is what the
people in the neighborhood of Mount st. Elias
can boast OF in a region Of perpetual ice and
snow. Along the edge of the glacier. it is said,
is strip of luxuriant vegetation where straw
berry vines cover the ground for miles.
The Ionian Isles produce loose lace, unique
rather than handsome. 1t was used at first
mainly in the churches and tombs. As antiquity
more than doubles the price, the shrewd natives
blacken and mildew their work before offering
it to the tourist. who takes dirt as a voucher
for age, and parts with his cash accordingly.
MEASUREMENT of weight by stone" arose
from the old custom farmers had of weighing
wool with a one. Every farmer kept large
stone at his farm for this purpose. When
dealer came along he balanced plank on the
top of wall, and put the stone on one end OF
1t and bags of wool on the other end until the
weights were equal.
In THE most advanced continental glass manu-
factories glass blowing is no longer done by the
mouth but by compressed air. Lead mixing is
done by workmen wearing mask in which are
inserted sponges on a level with the nose and
mouth. 1t is in this mandatory that the
glass panes perforated in eShical- shaped apert-
ures to admit the air are made.
IN FORMER TINES it was esteemed highly i'm
proper for single or unmarried persons to wear
rings, unless they were judges, doctors or SEN
ators." For all but these dignitaries such an
unwarranted ornament was considered an evil
dence of vanity, Righteousness and pride, p"
and was looked upon as a great piece of pre-
sumption on the part of the wearer.
IT WAS not usual for the I'D Romans to have
baths in their houses, though at a date 1900
years before that. or 1900 Years ago. the noble
men of ancient Greece had their dwellings sup
piled with baths of terra Gotta. A portion of
such q bath was found by DR.. Schlemann in the
palace of the King of Tryns, contemporary with
Achilles, Paris, Helen, and the war against Troy.
AT ONE PERIOD of its existence smoking was
so common that it was actually practiced in
church. Previous TO the visit of James l. tc
the University of Cambridge, in 1915. the vice
chancellor issued notice to the students
which enioined that Noe graduate, scholler OIL
student Of this universitie presume to take
tobacco in Saint Maries church, upon payne OF
ilhAA ga lCIAAlSO thC uuAFCAoAGlO'
In AN ARTICLE upon the recent Roumanian
| election French paper says: One OF the can
didates, NJ. Protopopesco, former mayor OF
| Bucharest, hit upon an ingenious way of in
creaSing his chances at the poll Some time
before the election he purchased large stocl
of top-boots, and distributed a right boot K
each of his doubtful supporters, the left being
promised providing he was returned.
A NOVEL CLOCK has been exhibited at St
Petersburg with phopogFaph attachment thai
will repeat, at any hour fixed upon such orders
or announcements as may have been committed
TO its keeping. What boon such a inventor
will be to the tired house mother! In the
nursery the solemn timepiece could be made to
say: Children, 1t is time to get up; dress
| quickly, and do not dawdle." In the kitchen al
an early hour it would be ready with, break
| fast at o'clock sharp, Mary don't forget,
| and in the dining room, you must start In ter
minutes or you will losn your train" How de
lightful it will be to have all of these tiresomt
daily reminders given vicariously, and what
saving of worry and temper The dial Of thii
clock OF the future is, we are told. human face
from whose uncanny mouth comes the an.
nouncement of the hours, as well as any direc,
| lions which may be left with it,
THE internal commerce by railroads In the
United States is greater than is carried by al
the Ships in all the world says Hdrper's MdOo-
zinc. In 1886 the freghting through the Sue7
canal amounted to a gross tonnage of S,ls3, slS
tons; but it has decreased, if am not mistaken
Wnlle Jn6 tonnage GDaL passed SAINT Mary a
canal between Lake Huron and Lake Superior
alone in 1890 was 9,041,313. OF this sum the
proportion OF freight carried by Canadian yes
sells was only per cent. In 1888 and per cent
in 1889. OF the 1900 600 tons f1oated through
the canal in 1890 about 800 COO were east bound
and 2, 100000 were west bound. So much for
lake traffic through one canal that a great
many people never heard of while the Sue7
canal, with less business is world famous The
railroad traffic is, of course, infinitely more
striking, one single system in Ohio carrying
more merchandise every month than all Great
Britain's ships.
IT is remarkable, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat how many vessels named from cities
have met with disaster, so the idea that it is un
lucky TO name ship after city is, at first 81 Sht
not at all unreasonable. The Vile de Paris was
wrecked in 1892 the City of Bristol in 1910, with
great loss of lite; the City of Glasgow in 1854
when 450 lives were lost. The Fa tern City went
to the bottom in 1873, anc the City of Boston in
1870. In 1871 the City of New London was IL St;
in 1874 the Vile de Havre, and the City of Waco
in 1873 in 1870 the City of Hartford and the City
of Mexico were lost. and in the following year
the City Of Havana, the City of Merida and the
City OF san FRANCISCO. The City of Chester. the
of New Bedford was lost in 1878,
year peculiarly fatal to these ships,
and in 1879 the City of London
followed the other Cities to the bottom. Marion
City and the City of Vera Cruz and the City of
New York were lost in 1880, and in 1881 the City
of Austin and the City of Richmond The year
1857 proved peculiarly disastrous to the city
ships. The City of Antwerp, the city of Liner
lex and the City of London were lost, also the
City of Sanford, while in 1888 the City of Brus-
sells and the City of Greenville, and 10 1884 the
City of Columbus and the City Of Portland were
destroyed by storm. In 1885 the City of buffalo,
in 1886 the City of Tonkin, and in 1887 the Gate
City. the Capital City, the City of Chicago, the
City of Owen Sound and the City Of Richmond
were lost This partial list of ships Of this class
which have been lost at sea seems to Indicate
ill fortune attending ships named after cities.
but there is no doubt that research into names
of other classes would disclose similar state of
affairz