The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-10

The lily grows Wild Ga South italy, and whs
I taken 70 North Europe IN i4oo.
Great Britain received about I0O57 900 let
| ters from the United states last year.
The mikado DESTROYS Of improving the
! physique Of the japanese, has recommended
/ them 10 adopt a meat diet, In place OF the nsh
/ and rice fare on which they are believed 10
| have deteriorated.
II is getting to be the fashion 20 address and
stamp envelopes on the back. With the Ill
| rection written across the folds, the letter
| cannot be opened by an unauthorized person
| without the fact being detected,
The waters Of China abound in fish, and it is
estimated by high authority that one-tenth OF
| the people of that empire derive their food
/ from the water. The coasts are crowded
| with enterprising and Industrious fishermen,
| and besides the net and the hook great num-
| Der OF ingenious eXpedients are used TO capt
| IRE the fish. In the eastern provinces cormo-
rants are trained in great numbers to catch
| hsh, which they bring TO their master, VINO
| sits in boat, from which he watches at the
same time fifteen or twenty Of the birds.
In England 10000 velocipedes are turned
out annually. In Coventry 1900 workmen
are employed in the business, In France,
| where the machine first appeared, its use was
it. Now there is an army Of 500 900 proprie-
! tary wheelmen in that country, without count
ing the immense number of amateurs who
ulTb machines. IN 1917 the Paris DOlCB au-
| thorities issued 1900 licenses to wheelmen,
now the numberof velocipedists is estimated
at something over $4,000. In 1929 10000
machines were sold, and it is believed that at
least one-half Of them are used in the city
alone
The most ancient Christian manuscripts
existence are the three great goddess of the
entire scripture-the Vatican, the Alexan-
drine and the Sinaitic codex. They were
written, it is generally conceded in the fourth
century The Vatican cO0pX has bppO for
centuries in the Vatican library and is looked
on as the most precious of the three. The
Alexandrine, so called because it was brought
to England from Alexandria about the middle
of the seventeenth century, is kept in the
British museum at London; and the Sinaitic
! so called because discovered by Tischendorf
about forty years ago in the convent of Mount
Sinai, is preserved at st. Petersburg.
The Boston Traveller tells of two subscrib-
ers to a certain weekly journal who wrote to
ask the editor his remedy for their respective
troubles. No l, a happy father Of twins,
wrote to inquire the best way to get them
safely over their teething, and No wanted
TO know how to protect his orchard from the
myriads of grasshopperS. The editor framed
his answers upon the orthodox lines, but I'M
| fortunately transposed their two names, with
the result that No. l. who was blessed with
the twins, read in reply to his query:
Cover them carefully with straw and set fire
to them, and the little pests, after jumping
| about in the flames a few minutes, will speed
lily be settled" No. 2, plagued with grass
hoppers, was told to give little castor oil
and rub their gums gently with bone ring"
The Belgian postoff1ce, says the Courier des
Etats-Unis, is about to issue what is called a
special Sunday stamp. 1t will be a 1O-centime
(2-cenO stamp and at one end will have
little flap. This can be torn OFF or left intact
1at the users will, and will carry in French
and Dutch these words: me pas nvres Ii
d1manche,' Met besteflen op Zontag," which
means in English, THE postman is not to de-
liver on Sunday the letter bearing this
stamp" This novelty is intended to start a
popular agitation against Sunday governments
work in Belgium, which is to be stopped If
possible In the future. 1t is said that a large
number Of people will post letters unneces-
sarily on Sunday morning in order to give ex-
preston to their sentiments. 1t will be inter
esttng to hear bow many Of these stamps are
used.
1t is feared by the New Orleans Picayune
that four Mormon elders, who have been con
Quoting an active propaganda in northern
Alabama, have been murdered The people
OF that section have been very much wrought
up over their doings and declared that the
work must be stopped. The elders proposed
to conduct mission near Pinckney the other
day, and the indignant citizens notified them
that they would not be allowed to do so. One
OF their converts, named Battles offered them
asylum at his house, and few nights since
mob presented itself at Battles house and
demanded that the elders be surrendered.
Battles parleyed with the mob at the front
door while the elders made their escape at
the mob pursued. The sound of shooting was
heard shortly and the elders have not been
heard from since.
According to the last census reports there
are over 100000 bachelors in the United
States-by which is meant there are 3,O0OOOO
men over 30 years old who have never been
married. This fact, of course, furnishes a
very handy text for all sorts of comment and
suggestion says the Boston Globe. Now and
then the scheme is advocated Of making
neglect mafr1mnnU off
either by way of tax discrimination in favor
OF married parties or otherwise. In earlier
times marriage was compulsory. The great
world cOnquerorS wanted material for their
armies, and so heavy penalties were laid on a
neglect to marry. One interesting question
which the census figures do not answer is
this How many of these 100000 bachelors
are single from choice rather than neceSsityg'H
The factors affecting the ability to support a
wife have been very much changed under the
newer industrial and commercial condition
So great has become the competition for
places among the higher pursuits, and so
largely have women come to fill positions
once exclusively occupied by men, that the
bureaus Of industrial statistics show a larger
and larger percentage of men in these pur-
suits whose Incomes, from their point of view.
would not permit them to marry. 1t Is easy
to scold the young men in this matter-quite
easy to find fault with the young women
who are looking out for husbands with plenty
of ready money. But there is nothing in the
published census figures regarding the aver
age earnings of certain classes of workers
which at all warrants the conclusion that the
majority of these 1900 900 unmarried men re-
main single through willfulneSS rather than
what they deem necessity
Q In the recent aiming trials on the Vesuvius
writes J. O. Davidson in St. Nicholas, some of |
the darts, after striking close before the tar
get, dove under it for forty feet, then jumped
clear of the waves, then dove again, playing
the game of marine leap-frog for 800 feet
The great bombs, flying for mile and half |
rarely missed the object aimed at by more |
than a few feet: and If a vessel had been in |
the targets place it would assuredly have
was used at these trials, and il did not work |
well; but as there are fuses which never fail |
the system OF throwing guncotton, or dyna-
mite, or gunpOwder by compressed air is a |
perfect success, even in a high cross wind |
What amount Of damage will be done to a |
vessel when one of the 500-pound charges is |
exploded on her deck, it is impossible to state |
since it never yet has occurred; but il is rea-
sonabe to suppose, from the effect on rocks |
and earth in land trials that the ship must be |
torn asunder and sunk on the instant. It |
will not always be the object of the air-gun- |
ners, however. to destroy vessel completely
for it is often more desirable to disable a yes
sci and to capture her and her crew. To test
this possibility, trials have been ordered in
which a ships boat while being towed by a |
long line from steamer moving fifteen miles !
an hour will be fired at by the Vesuvius also
going at full speed and approaching il from
one side. This will be known as the moving
target" trial and will be very interesting for