The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE EGYPTIANS had very remarkable ordi-
nance to prevent persons from borrowing i'm
prudently. An Egyptian was not permitted 70
borrow without giving to his creditors In pledge
the body OF his father. Il was deemed both an
fmpiety and an infamy not Co redeem so sacred
pledge. A person who died without dis
charging that duty was deprived Of the custo-
mary honors paid to the dead.
Four YEARS AGO no white man was permitted
to enter Matabsleland without special permit
from the king, and missionaries we're advised
not to attempt to settle IN his country IL they
valued their lives. Lobengula has lust made a
new treaty with the British South Africa Com
pany by which he cedes to them a large tract Of
country In addition to Newfoundland and gives
them all the powers and privileges they require.
The company now controls 400, 600 square miles
In Matabeleland and Newfoundland.
THE annual mortality Of the entire human
race amounts, roughly speaking. according to
French medical journal, to $4,000, 600 of per-
sons. This makes the average deaths Der day
over 1900, being at the rate of $3.50 an hour
or 81 people every minute of the day and night
the year round fourth Of the race die before
completing their 9Th year, and one-half be-
fore the end Of the 18th year; but the
average duration Of life !s about IS Years. Not
more than person in 100, 900 lives TO be 100
THE PEOPLE OF PARIS consumed within the
past year 81 POI horses, 229 donkeys, and 40
mules the meat weighing, according TO the
returns, 4,6l6 tons. AT the $50 shops and stalls
where such food is sold the price has varied
from z sous 10 franc a pound, the latter
being the price OF the best horse steaks. Only
about one-third OF the meat is sold fresh and
undisguised; the rest is used In making sau-
sages, 400 horses having been seized and con-
demned as unfit for food before being turned
into sausage.
CEDAR TREE near Arlington, Snohomish
county, Wash, measures GS feet in circumfer-
ence. Around the knotty roots the tree meas
ureS ~ feet About 7h "a
forks into four immense branches, and lust be-
low the forks is a big knot hole. Five men
Climbed into the hole and explored the interior
OF the tree. IL was found to be q mere shell,
and about IS feet down it would afford stand
ing room for forty men. The tree is still grven
and remarkable feature is said to be that 1t Is
parked on the inside and outside alike
WHEN all the particulars of the census are
out it will probably be found that there are
nearly 10000 women in the United Kingdom
who earn their living by nursing. The number
seems enormous, yet becomes comprehensive
when we consider that the nursing staff of the
largest hospital in London numbers 250 and
that the nursing stats OF the seven largest
hospitals reach total of coo. And there are
l23 hospitals in London. besides the numerous
institutions which supply private nurses, of
which several employ over 100 women.
THE KING OF SIAM is said to have in one of his
country places wonderful pavilion 1t was
built by Chinese engineer as q refuge for the
The walls, ceilings and floors are formed OF
pieces OF glass an inch thick. They are SO per-
fecty fitted together with transparent cement
that the joints are invisible, aud no fluid can
penetrate The pavilion is % feet long, II wide
and stands in the m ddle OF huge basin made
of beautifully coored marbles. When the king
enters the pavilion the single door is closed and
cemented. Then the sluice gates are opened
and the basin is filed with water. Higher and
higher it rises until the pavilion is covered and
only the ventilators connect 1t with the open
air
AMONG the birds which my children raised
this year. says writer in Forest and Se-eara.
is one which gives us more pleasure than ever
expected. 1t is blue jay. and he is the most
cunning. plumed fellow you can think Of. had
to clip his wings because he would not STAY in
his cage, but likes to hop and dutter about the
house. He is not afraid Of the dogs, will hop
big blood hound and yell ct the top of his voice
just for mischief. He denes all the chickens II
, they Try to take some food away from him 1
suspect S . ans terrible war cry scares them. He
food, but as soon as his appetite Is satisfied he
takes what more is offered him and htdes n
away in some nook. Sometimes he will put It
down In my vest pocket or under the collar of
my outing shirt. Water he likes exceedingly
well, and shows signs of disgust if without his
REGULAR bath; and 10! he will jump in when the
diShpan is filled with fresh, cool liquid-drink
dive, splatter and yell for Joy Then out he
goes to the sunny lawn and lies down on one side
first, spreading the opposite wing, then he
turns over TO spread and dry the other one He
will also take dry sun baths in the same
manner
IN the wild district between the Hama and
Haiku during July and August the most beauti-
full and largest apple orchards in the world are
to be seen. The wilderness of Koolan. as the
district is called, contains forest of native
wild apple trees, countless In number, stretch
ing from the sea far up the mountain sides
The trees vary from forty to fifty feet In hight.
and in the harvest season, from July to Septem.
ber are loaded down with fruit, some white
but mostly red. person standing in the midst
of this orchard can look around him for miles
up the mountains and toward the road. and the
only thing in view will be one vast
grove of apple trees literally red with
ripe and ripening fruit, the branches of
the trees bending to the ground with the boun-
teous harvest. The crop of this extensive an
pie orchard which nature planted in the solitary
waste would fill feet of 100 steamers The
orchard stretches over country Of five to ten
miles by twenty miles long. and many of the
larger trees bear at least fifty barrels a piece
The fruit is delicious for table USE and will an
pease both thirst and hunger, but as yet no one
has taken the trouble to make an commerciaI
use of the apples. When ripe they will not keen
more than week, but they make excellenr
jelly and JAM and simply for the lack of a litrIe
American enterprise millions of barrels of an
pies are permitted annually to fall to the ground