The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-19
ITEMS OF INrEREsr.

HORSE in Circleville. O. attacks every
bicycle it meets.
SEVEN CooEs were captured a short time ago
in one tree by party Of Greene county CioO
hunters.
H. A, Brown of Reading, Mich, is said to
have dug twenty 1.-TWO pounds Of bullets out of
trees on his farm.
RESIDENT of Waynetown, Ind, boasts OF 9
petrif1ed turnip, measuring 40 inches in its great
est circumference and IL inches in depth.
AN OBJECT of much curiosity Observed in a
music store window at Lynn Mass, is an ancient
Egyptian Tyre, believed to be more than q, 900
years old.
ONE PERSON out Of every seven In the United
Kingdom is q depositor in the postofice savings
banks, which have nearly $3.50, 600 900 deposits,
says the Boston Transcript. To manage this
business there is a headquarters staff of not far
rom 300 persons at the London Postoffice
Bank, of which every money order postoffice in
Great Britain and Ireland is branch. Every
deposit made in any one of the postoffices Is
forwarded to the London headquarters The
local postmaster simply takes the cash and
sends IL up to London, merely entering il on his
accounts and on the depOsitor's book. The
one of the 10000 branch offices How great is
the labor entailed will be realized when it is
stated that In one day as many as r. $50 deposits
have been made, that last year 1892 900 accounts
were opened and 701 200 closed. IL is estimated
| that in the twenty-five years the postof1ce saw
lngs bank system has been in operation frauds
and Inaccuracies have amounted to only about
a hah-penny for every $500.
FIVE WOMEN, all danes Of high degree. have
been appointed TO the command of crack resi-
ments in the Prussisn army by the present
young warrior emperor. This is like most of
his acts, entirely new departure but
whether 1t Is shrewd device or simply one OF
his peculiar freaks il Is well calculated to
achieve his dearest ambition the aYalfatiop nd
populartzing of the army above everything else.
Previous to his accession there we're only two
women colonies in the Prussisu army and none
had been appointed for nearly a score OF years.
The senior woman colonel is the Empress Fred
erick, who was placed in command of a regi-
ment of hussars at the coronation of Emperor
William l., Oct. Is, 1861. Princess Frederick
Charles, widow of the famous RED Prince"
ranks second in point of time. She received
her colonelcy in 1871. Queen Victoria was made
colonel OF a Prussian regiment Of dragons n
| 1889 The two first named have often ridden at
| the head of their regiments, dressed in their
fun regimentals, and one OF the Empress
hrederlck's most dashing pictures shows her
| thus sttired and af1eld.
The dog of Consul Lathrop of Bristol, Eng
| land, has become an object of international
! interest, says the New Orleans Picoyune. In
England all dogs are subject to a license tax of
y shilings, watch is a recognized source OF ma
| tlonal reve lue. Mr. Lathrop claims that bis
/ pos ton exempts him from the British dog tax
| the consulate being under American iurisdic-
| ton, and refuses to take license He has
been arraigned before local magistrate, who
| else authorities. The matter has not been
| officially brought before the state department,
but the legal bearings Of the question are being
examined into in view Of q possible contro-
versy. In Washington, where a municipal dog
i tax OF 81 head is levied for police purposes
representatives of other governments are ex-
| empted, but each is Obliged to notify the local
| tax officers IL he has dog and license and
| dog tag are issued to him without payment so
| uoat the legation "Fido" shall not be liable to
be seized and imprisoned by the district dog
catchers for not wearing his license tag
| Whether failure TO apply for q license and tag
| would make the negligent diplomat liable to
| punishment is q question which has never been
| raised
TIE SUBJECT of clerical livings. which dis
| tressss a good many parsons and other people
on this side of the Atlantic. is demanding con-
| siderable attention in England just now aud the
papers there are discussing whether it is allow
| able for clergymen to exc out an insufficient
| salary by honest labor" and trade" The
| following story is told illustrative OF the din
culties that confront their efforts in that direc-
| ton Not long ago young man went from
| nonconformtst college to village pastorate &C
| a stipend of EGO year. Shortly afterwArd he
married, then baby came, and pinch began to
| be felt In the humble home. This young man,
1t seems. knew something about the tea trade;
and, after much anxious thought, he tremh.
lingly introduced some packet tea 70 his rustic
| flock. At the end Of the first week q profit of
| few shillings, which was expended upon neces-
saries for the delicate wife, had been made The
senior deacon, grocer gave the misguided
young parson to understand that he must make
his choice between purveying tea aud preaching:
he could not be permitted to do both 1t il
| said that now eminent Presbyterian In Lon
don managed a milk route in his earlier DAYS
| and that Mr.. Spurgeon once engaged ia a
| similar occupation, though his object was TO
] make living for others and not for himself,
ADvIcEs from Alaska to Sept. IS received at
San Francisco give new and interesting facts in
regard to the new volcano which suddenly ap-
peared on Shamugin Island during the last
week in August and the ashes from which fell
$50 miles out at sea. Meager details of the
eruption have been received before, but the first
| full story Is told by d. j. Applegate, who was
on the otter hunting schooner Everett Hays
The schooner on Aug. II was lying in Ivanoff
bay, near the eastern end of the Alaskan pc
| ninsula. The weather was clear and calm
About midnight the crew were startled by
hoarse roar like the breaking OF surf on Shore
Nothing could be seen. but early in the morn
ing the mate reported a black cloud in the
southwest sky. The rumbling grew louder,
! and soon the whole sky was filed
with smoke, The alarmed sailors
umn of smoke suddenly shoot up for more tn IN
a mile, and then expand in the form of an i'm
mense caulihower from ten to twelve miles in
diameter. From the lower edges of the cloud
binding lightning flashes shot down and the air
was filled with thunder The spectacle was
magnificent, but at daylight the schooner put
TO sea. For miles the country was heavily COW
cred with ashes The volcano is thirty mi es
from the coast and hidden from view by higher
mountains which border the sea. 1t must be OF
considerable extent, as ashes from it fell on the
steamer st. Paul and the cloud OF smoke from
its summit was estimated to be 100 miles long
II is interesting to note also that this season has
seen unusual volcanic activity in this part Of the
Aleutian islands. On Sept. %, while the cutter
Rush was cruising near Akulsn Island, the vol
cano on the island belched out smoke to a hight
of 1000 feet. while the land was shaken by an