The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
ITEMS oF INTEREST.

I Ton n Is known o. the "churCh-fan cold and
I is caused hy some lady behind the victim
l tanning herself II rs noticed. however that
| people who stay away from church for fear
I 81 catching this form Of cold can so 20 the
theater with impunity.
The oldest man and woman in Pennsylva-
MIA and probably in the United States. ac-
cording 10 their own figures, are Mary Nc
Donald aged l2s, and John Gibson, aged 12i,
both inmates Of the Home for Aged and In
firm COlored Persons in Philadelphia. Mary
Mcdonald declares that she remembers
George Washington perfectly. who patted her
on the head one day for her attention to the
comfort Of the continental soldiers Quartered
at Valley Forge. near the home Of Reese How
ell, her master, where Gen. Washington was a
frequent visitor.
The reports made at the yearly meeting Of
the Friends Of England show that Quakerism
is by no means in It's decadence. There are
in England 343 meetings an increase Of three
over last year, and 1924 members. an in
crease of over 1000 in the last twenty years.
The most significant item is the joining Of
262 by confinement Especially noticea-
bic Is the growth In Scotland, where its sup
porters claim for IL a great future as Offering
an opening for those who recoil from the
rigid doctrines Of calvinism.
An Indiana man named Dobbins has in
vented voting machine which is said to be
more simple and accurate than anv similar
machine. The Indianapolis News thus de-
scr1hes II: The tickets are printed on one
continuous roll which is locked in the ma
chine, Beneath a glass-cOvered table the
ticket passes from this roll to another roll
htted into ballot box. The glass cover is
divided Into four sections. and between each
section is rowspf keys similar to the type
writer. The upper key is larger and is called
the straight-ticket key, and when this is
struck II locks the other KEYS, thNs prevent
ing Mistakes
The northern boundary line Of Delaware is
circular because the character given to Penn
states that Pennsylvania was to be bounded
on the east by the Delaware river from II
miles distant north of New Castle town until
the three and fortieth degree of north lati-
tude, and that the southern boundary was to
be "a circle drawn at II miles distant from
the town of New Castle northward and west
ward until the fOrtieth degree Of north lati-
tude and then by straight line westward"
This makes circular boundary for Northern
Delaware unavoidable, and the facts above
set forth explain a geographical curiosity
that has puzzled many students.
Two French scientists say that current Of
electricity does not always kill when it APP
pears to do so. It simply produces an ap-
pearance Of death, from which the subject
may be restored by artificial respiration. In
commenting onthis statement the Worcester
Gazette suggests that this may be the case
with the criminals who are executed by cleo
trtcity in New York state, and that they are
really killed. not by electricity, but by the
them. 1t seems that rabbits have been re-
vived after receiving a shock of $50 volts
and 70 ampers, shock more powerful than is
given In the execution of muTderers,
There is a canal to be opened in Greece
which has been a spell of time in construc-
ton. Itcrosses the Isthmus of Corinth says
the Pittsburg Post. It's construction was
begun In the time of Nero, in the first cent
ury of the Christian era. II shortens the dis
tunce between the two countries of Western
Europe and Athens. The gentle Nero first
struck the earth with pick in building this
canal, but he had to 60 elsewhere In the en-
pire TO attend to more pressing business in
putting down a revolt Ten years ago modern
capitalists took up the idea, and the canal has
Deen completed at cost of S14, 900 900.
The wife of the Gar Alexis Of Russia
Q645-76) was frequently disturbed in her sleep
by the ringing of a bell in a neighboring
church steeple This reused the anger of the
exalted lady to such pitch that the following
decree was issued: The tower in which the
bell hangs shall be pulled down. the bell to be
whipped with the knout and then banished to
siberia forever" This Judgment was about
to be put into execution when the Czarina
dled, and the Cars niece interceded on be
half of the unconscious offender whereupon
the sentence was revised, and the convicted
bell was removed to a subterranean chamber
and doomed to eternal silence
Mr.. Carl Faber, of the famous lead pencil
manufacturers family Of Nuremberg. Ger
many, is visiting relatives in st. Louis. The
Fa0er family have been in the pencil manu-
featuring business for several generations
the present firm employing 1000 men and
turning out l.152 900 pencils per week Mr..
faber says that all the cedar wood used in
the manufacture of high-grade pencils is now
imported from this country, principally from
Florida. The cedar forests Of Europe he
says, have long since been depleted and he pre-
diets that unless the Wasteful destruction by
American manufacturers is stopped. all
the good pencil wood will have been exhauSt-
ed in a few years
Alarmed by the rapid extention Of the use
of Indian teas in Europe and the consequent
decline of the demand for the Chinese leaf,
the Pekin authorities have just issued a
proclamation against the manufacture of
what is significantly styled in the document
as lie tea. The proclamation, says the New
York Tribune, points out that this scandalOuS
practice has contributed more than anything
else to bring about the Wane OF the Chinese
tea trnde and it declares that the authorities
arc determined TO put stop to it, People are
warned not to make any tea excepting of the
genuine tea leaves. and if any person is dis
covered infringing this order he will be pun
ished by transportation for life, a penalty
which will be extended also to the seller and
to the buyer, as well as to all others who have
taken any part in the placing of adulterated
tea upon the market.
An uptown church says the Philadelphia
Record, has recently undergone great altera-
tons and during the course of the work a lot
of old wood was accumulated which was per
fectly good for kindling purposes, but was not
of much account for anything else. The su-
perintendent OF the building, thinking to have
the wood removed at the least possible cost
started about to dispose of 1t by sale, AccOr-
dinghy picking out nice, smooth board, he
inscribed 1t as follows:
Wood for sale
by the Load
The board had been exposed only a short
time when some wag saw the chance for a
good Joke and changed the letter "a" in the
word ..lnnd' O an ..r - and for DAYS the sim