The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST

and DESTROYS of getting married, would ike to
make the acquaintance of an aged and expe-
rienced gentleman who could dissuade him from
taking the fatal step"
AN EAR Of corn q inches long, 12 inches in
circumference. having 24 rows of :57 grains
each, making a total OF 8 ,7Gs grains on the one
COB, Is exhibited at Shenandoah, Kan as
specimen OF that regions agricultural capabili-
ties. 1t was raised last season, and eleven such
ears would make bushel OF corn.
TEE counting of money in the vaults Of the
treasury at Washington Is not 80 troublesome
or tedious a task as might be inagiued In
counting $40 gold'pieces experience has shown
them to be so uniform that only one pile is
counted, and the rest Of the money is stacked
and measured by this pile until the last pile is
reached, Wien that also is counted In this
way the counting proceeds rapidly. Gold in
smaller denominations Is always counted or
weighed Silver is much more troublesome to
count than gold.
TOBACCO was noted by Columbus on his very
first voyage. 1t first cultivated by John
Rolfe in 1912, and early as 1919 lot Of 10000
pounds was shipped to England. In l732 a to
bacco factory was started on the Rappahannock
river, and about 1863 the first south of the James
river was built in Mecklenourg county, In l745
the exports from Virginia amounted to 2,s41
hoEsheads OF about 1000 pounds each, and in
creased till 1883 after which there was decline
until after the revolution. 1t is now grown in
most OF the southern states, with Kentucky in
the lead.
The humble door porter Of the Grande
Chartreuse monastery, near Grenoble, France,
who died recently, was some years ago one of
the best known men in the gay world Of Paris.
be was NJ. de BrecOurt, a wealthy and infiuen-
ttal merchant. In returning from q hunting ex-
| peditionI lone day his daughter was killed by the
accidental discharge % his shotgun and the
melancholy affair preyed on his mind to such an
extent that he gave up all his worldly posses
slons and retir ID to clOister, where he sought
the most Illuminating and most laborlous work
as lay brother.
IT is not easy to convey to the foreign mind
generally the enormous Importance which is
attached In Italy to distinct promise Of mar
rage. 1t, indeed, almost amounts morally
speaking, to marriage itself, and the breaking
OF ltls loobed upon socially almost an act Of
inhde1:y TO the marriage bond. A young girl
who refuses TO keep her engagement is called
civetta-an owlet-prooably bee suse owlets are
used as decoy all over the country in sharing
and shooting all small birds. Be that as it may
the term is a bitter reproach. II sticks to her
who has earned it, and often ruins her whole
life.
NEARLY 400 applications for patents were
made last year by women Foremost among
the inventions are those appertaining to tbs
edornment OF the inventors or their homes
But besides these there are new sky designs
fire escapes cameras balloons and not a few
convenences for the opposite sex, in the line OF
improved braces, buttonhole flower holders
trouser splash preventers, etc. Not only do the
women seem able to originate the IDEAS but
Them Several large commercial enterprises in
England are carried on by women, and is this
country lady very successfully defended her
patent dress protector in open court, conducted
the case herself and came Off with flying colors.
ONE of the recent industries added to the
already numerous manufactures carried on in
Chemntz Saxony, is the production of curtains
made of India rubber as the main Ingredient
The material employed for this purpose CON
5ists of rs per cent. Of India rubber, per cent
| DulVQriZAd fruft
stones 10 per cent. of bleached amber varnIsh
! and per cent. Of bleached leather waste to
!, these being also added, IL deemed necessary, a
quantity Of infusorial earth. The various sub.
stances thus named are together worked up
, with bisulphide of carbon in the most perfect
manner into thick mass, and from this are
! rolled out thin leaves, which are capable of
being decorated with the greatest variety Of
ornamental patterns, and several of these leaves
are combined to form curtain.
JACKSON AARK, Chicago, has an underground
world ssys the Washington Star Above there
} is classic art and magnificent architecture Be-
low the surface there is a network of pipes
sewers and conduits Take blueprint map
and the underground work on the fair grounds
In reality it Is all method and order, and the en-.
tire conduit and sewerage system is pronounced
by experts one OF the finest ever constructed
There are over 100 miles of pipes sewers and
conduirs within the limits Of jackson park
First come the electric conduits, which are in
tended to furnish light and power to the main
buildings and light to all parts of the ground
The water supply includes fire protection, fount-
, aims, general use and hygela. There is a
capacity at the pumping stations for forcing
100000 gallons per day through the
} is the capacity for supplying the fountains and
240C0,000 gallons the general water supply from
the city station. The drainage system at the
PARK has three general Subdivisions roof drain
age, storm water sewerage from walks and
driveways and house sewerage. The main cleo
trio conduit runs from the great power plant
/ If ma hall f1F q Is,1f,,f
ton building and divides into two main con-
Quits, one running into mines and mining build
ing and the other into electricity building
These furnish the greater portion Of electric
| power, except in machinery hall. that will be
used dvring the exposition. Besides these main
conduits the wires for electric lighting run all
through the grounds, many Of them In pipe
logs
CERTAIN sins of omission and commission
there are for which there is neither forgive
ness nor absolution. A woman will forgive
the man she loves for squandering her fortune.
destroying her peace Of mind, dishonorng
the name he has given her, but woe be
unto him IL be forgets to kiss her good-by when
he goes downtown in the morning. He may
take Off his coat, roll up his shirt sleeves,
take week Off for it, buy flowers,
bon-bons, theatsr tickets, be 80 good and peni-
tent that he doesn't know himself and has to
be introduced TO his mirror every morning
he can't make that right until the
crack OF doom. She never forgiyes and forgets
that even il she says she does. Another IN
pardonable sin. enumerated by the New YORK
Sun, is 10 spell mans name wrong. You may
tread on his toes steal his umbrella CD Eat him,
give him wrong points on the races but
don't spell his name wrong Il you desire him
for friend. A woman never forgives q man
for criticlsing her perfume; man hates the
fellow that runs down the brand of cigars he
likes. A woman may forgive the man who
puts his umbrella down where IL will drip an
over her in the car; she never forgives the
woman That sits down next to her with a dress
that spois hers. A little woman rather likes to
be called pussy a chicken by q big, good
natured man. but she never forgives him If
he calls her a cat an old hen She
never forgives the woman that coaxes
her servants away by offering them better
wages, or the woman who knows her age and
tells It, or the woman the man she likes admires
and praises, or the woman who always looks q
little finer. dresses a bit handsomer, does things
q shade better than she can herself. We all
know that woman and hate her while we smile
into her eyes and kiss her Rood-by, acknowl-
edRing ourselves her inferior. No woman sits
down and bewails her inability to wear the
Aston diamonds, or TO rival the famous beau
ties Of the world, but IL is the one who buys one
more gown than we can afford, who keeps two
servants when we have only one. who fades our
pinks with her roses, and dulls our charms with
her graces whom it is hard to forgive as We
would be forgiven,