The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
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MEN often break out of prison, but at Jeffer-
son City. Mo-, the other night an Irishman broke
into the city stockade. He said his business
there was to give the prisoners drink.
THE commissioners of accounts of New York
city have recommended that the Central park
boa constructors be fed in private as 'snake
parties were demoralizing to the spectators.
THERE are three places known where green
snow is found. One of these places is near
Mount Hecla. Iceland, another fourteen miles
east Of the mouth of the Obi, and the third near
Quito, South America
A HEAVY PLATE GLASS SHADE, ornamented with
gold and securely locked to three staples set in
the marble top OF a pulpit In a church in Brus-
sells, Is said to cover one OF the thorns which
formed part of the Savior's crown.
They ARE fond Of old things in Della
ware. Sussex county farmer preserves with
pious care and exhibits with pride an ear of
corn grown upon his fathers farm in 1885, and
another produced from the ancestral acres in
1885
On ONE Of the islands off the coast Of Maine
lives a man, now so years old, who was born
there, and has never been off the island He has
accumulated a fortune in the grocery business
and Is content TO live and die on the few seagirt
acres.
AFTER the Saline county CKan) cyclone
Saline grocer missed a washing machine which
was standing on the pavement just before the
storm. 1t was picked up the other day on the
open prairie several miles from Saline in per-
feet state OF preservation.
COUPLE of months ago a Philadelphia
woman bought rustic table made of the
boughs of some trees from which the bark
had not been removed. About two week
ago the table began to throw out green
sprouts. and now the whole table is in full
bloom.
AwATCH for the blind is among the newest
inventions. A small peg is set In the middle of
each figure, When the hour hand reaches a
given hour the peg for that hour drops The
sightless owner when he wants to know the
time, finds which peg is down and then counts
back to twelve.
WITHIN the last twenty years there have been
five eruptions Of Mount Etna, all attended with
extraordinary manifestations Of seismic activity.
and followed by earthquake shocks on both the
northern and southern shores OF the Mediterra-
mean. The eruption now in progress is exceed
inRy violent, and there win be much damage
and loss OF property.
A RESTAURANT KEEPER in Washington has
trained a large rat to catch the flies and candle
moths that infest his establishment. The rat,
it is said, has DEVELOPED an inordinate taste for
this kind Of food, AID spends all his time in
hunting flies, in catching which he has become
very expert. He is very tame. and pays no at =
tention to the people who may be in the build
A FARMER who lives bear Pasadena, Cal, was
surprised and alarmed to find one of his best
cows lying on the ground apparently In a dying
condition. With stertorous breath and fixed
eyes she lay oblivious of all surroundings.
Unable to make up his mind what was the
, matter with her, he sent for q veterinary sur
geon, but before the latter arrived the cow got
up and staggered unSteadily off to feed. The
surgeon found that she had been eating the
fermented refuse from neighborng winery
and drunk
ONE of the greatest engineering undertake
ings of the day is the immense lock u at <
about to be constructed at Bremen to afford
easy access to the new Kaiser dock at Bremen
haven. The lock will be 200 meters long 25
meters broad aud 1890 meters deep. twill
cost according to present estimates, l6, 900, 900
marks of which the city Of Bremen 10 TO fnd
5000, 900, while the empire contributes 900 00D
The great difficulty and expense of the works
arise from the fact that good holding gkound
for the foundations can only be found seven or
eight meters about twenty-five feet below the
future floor of the lock.
A WORD often heard nowadays Is ''gerrY-
mander." yet it is rarely that It is pronounced
correctly, says the New York Tribune Most
commonly it Ia spoken as IL the initial letter
were j." There is no justification for this as
the derivation Of the word from Elbridse Gerry
governor OF Massachusetts In 1871. when It nrst
came into use, clearly shows. The proper name
Is always pronounced with a hard e, and the
derivation is of course, subject to The same
rule. The latest, .dction aries authorize only
the pronunciation of 'gerrymauder" with the
way that Coy, Gerry was not in fact responsible
for the first gerrymander. although his name
has been permanently attached to the manipu-
lation Of political divisions in the interest OF
psrty.a e
A NEW YORK militiaman doing duty at Camp
objected to carrying heavy Remington rifle
around on a two or three hour drill in hroilin q
sun. He manufactured gun of his own, which
If not serviceable in front of the enemy, had The
advantage of being light and not over burden-
some. On Sunday morning the Inspector ap-
preached him to examine his rife. In appear
ance it was all right. The barrel was bright and
shiny, the stock clean, but the Inspector was
surprised at its weight. Examining it closer
he found that the barrel, lock-plate and ham
mer were all OF tin When asked for an ex-
PLANTATION, he said: "Those other guns are too
heavy to lug around in the sun aud so had
this one made" He was "luggin9" a heavy
gun around all the next day all the same on
special duty, and everybody in camp is laugh
ing at him.
No oDDER title can be found in the page OF
history. says the New Orleans Picdvane, than
the Duke of Marmalade, the Count of Lemonade
and the Earl of Brandy. Yet these are not
comic opera titles. but real titles be
slowed by a genuine monarch In
the present century. In 1911 a
revolution occurred in Hayti, and Christie
phe, a negro, declared himself emperor
Through conspiracy and plot his life often at
tempted ne retained power TILL lS2O preserving
to the last the appearance of royal court. and
creating a numerous nobility. Among them
were the three already mentioned, and the
oddly OF the titles has suggested to many
writer's the righteousness of the African char
acter. In fact, however. all three names were
those Of places, the first two being originally
plantations, but latterly towns of some inn
portance. This fact not being generally known
Misrepresentation has arisen with regard to
the titles themselves which, however absurd
are scarcely more so than some which are be,
slowed in France and Germany during the mid
die ages.