The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I Nj. u W smith HFSt suggested the name
/ Young Mems Christian Association for that
I organization.
In Hungary the legal age OF an Individual is
/ reckoned TO date from baptism, no matter at
I what period Of life that takes place.
/ Druid Hin park. at Baltimore, has come to
. be a favorite resort for suicides. The twenty
. ninth tragedy Of the kind occurred there on
! sunday night.
/ There are now between - 900 and "A go
I miles Of telephone circuits in the metropolitan
/ area Of London. region covering about $50
I square miles.
John Y. McKane the imprisoned boss,
/ owns mortgages on six different churches in
/ Gravesend- He took much iuteres. in religion
| OF the Mckane sort.
| Miss Conybeare. who has been travelling IN
! Canada, where she spent some tins as Lady
| Aberdeen guest was imprisoned in Derry
/ Jan lot feeding evicted tenants az Donegal
/ Ireland.
| The people of Germany. it is said eat $3.50
| OJO.UOO worth Of potatoes every year; the
| Holauders $40 ounces of coffee to the inhab-
llaLl every year; the people of the United
/ states spend every year 500 OO0, 900 for sugar
20 s"eeten their food; last year about 1000
"ltnlp the Its OF the United States
st. Louis is ahead of any other city in the
''N-N' Az uAA~ PLBNtuOtlOlL Vi CHEW Ing lODdCCO.
said Mr.. James G. Butler OF that city. to a
reporter for the Washington Post Mr. But
/ Ter Is himself an extensive manufacturer of
me article IN plug shape, and employs over
'o men. In fact he SAID. st. Louis makes
| one fourth OF all tho chewing to aeco pro
duced In this country, which is a good many
muilons OF pounds. No, We send very little
plug tobacco abroad none worth naming to
| Europe but little to Australia l remember
carrying about two pounds OF my favorte
brand with me once across the Atlantic. for
knew Woudn be able to buy any over
tHttS' wei PAID an enormous customs
DUTY on 1t. and carried it with me all over
England rance. Germany and Italy. [
uldh use an ounce OF II on the trip and gave
IL all away on the steamer coming back to
America. The reason was that there are no
| cuspldorS in Europe; nobody chews the weed
over there and an American finds it very in
convenient to keep up the practice. In fact
think six months stay across the water
would break the average man Of the habit"
city people are apt to smile and speak
Jeeringly of what they call the wolf-scalpcoun-
ties of Missouri" said a farmer from that
stale. to st, Louis Republic man. a wolf
scalp county is one in which bounty is paid
Tor ScalpS Of wolves In fifteen or twenty
counties of the southern portion of this state
the presence Of wolves in large droveS makes
sheep raising, for which the county is well
htJed. lmpractcabe. on account of their raw
ages. There is but one way to get rid of the
wolf. and that is to shoot him. You can rear
a breed OF dogs that Will kill wolves but
sheep In the days before the war the far
merS by getting together frequently and
having great wolf drive. kept the beasts
within bounds When the war broke out the
country was almost denuded OF men and
those who remained were too busy shooting
AT eatn other to pay attention to the wolves.
which were in the tive years of strife permit
tea TO increase hundred, yea. thousand
told. 1t IS the descendants Of this army of vi
clOuS sheep and poultry killing pests that the
farmers are now lighting. q d ID is to enlist
IN no gtT s1r -, W.,
ttct that the WOG-scalp bounty is giyeu. 1t IS
an enormous drain upon some of the counties
but the situation is desperate, and the money
makes the wolf GO
Lassoing a fish is form of sport invented
by Californians, says the New Yo.k Post
The game is the grOtesque sun fish which
Is short but very high and broad. almost in
the shape Of moon from a side view. and it |
mas scythc like fin extending out of the
water three feet and more when il is swim
ming on the surface of the sea. Its skin is so
thick as to be ain Ost lmperVious It. bullets |
and the usual way of TAX it is to lodge a !
bail in the eye. which is ~ cry small. The
hSh sometimes reaches a weight of 800
pounds. II Is found of the southern coast of
California, whose waters abound in big fish |
= IOt Ting as II IN lethargy in the SwellS off |
shore, it does not take fright at the approach
OF a boat. and the hunters. rowing gently |
often get near enough to throw the lariot. If |
it falls over the tall in there is an excellent |
chance CT taking the fish. and the snort that |
follows Is exciting enough tor anybody. The |
rope drawn taut fight begins to tire out the |
sun fish, which although possessing great
strength does noe have the speed of other |
large fish. 1t goes to the bottom fast enough, |
however. TO keep boats crew busy paying |
out the line, and is pulled to the surface only |
after vlEC r)uS struggle. BY rowing to the |
shore il S pursue1s are fually able TO land il |
high and dry When prep ed up by planks |
on the beach. this odd lisa never fails 10 at |
tract crowds OF spectators.
Two remarkable meteorites have fallen in |
Iowa vii n 10
DesMoines Register. Feb -, 1875. an exceed |
ingly brilliant meteor, in the form of an eloD- |
gated horseshoe. was seen throughout a re- |
glOn OF at least 4OOmil es in length and 25O in |
breadth. lying in Missouri and Iowa. II is |
deserted as without a tail but having a /
flowing Jacket of fame. DetOnltions were
heard so violent as TO shake the earth and to |
jar the windows like the shock of an earth |
QUAKE as 1t tcl! at 30 o'clock p. m, a few |
miles east OF Marengo, la. The ground for |
the space of some seven miles in breath was |
StreWn with fragments Of this meteor vary |
ing in weight from a few ounces to seventh |
four pounds. on May IL. 1879 large and ey- |
traOrdinarily luminous meteor exploded with |
terrific noise, followed at slight intervals
with less violent detou atoms, and struck the |
earth In the edge Of a raVinc near EStheryille
Emmett county. Iowa, penetrating to the
depth OF four cen feet. Within two miles
other fragments were found, one of which
weighed 10 pounds and the other 30 pounds
he prln lpal mass weighed Isl pounds All
the discovered parts aggregated otolt $40
pounds 1 he one Il 40 pounds is now in the
cabinet OF the State University of Minnesota
The composition Of aerollte Is peculiar in
many reSpe~ Is, but as in nearly all aerolites
there Is u considerable proportion Of iron and
nickel
Private letters from travellers in Asia make
mention ri the curious fact that the Turkish
authorities suppressed all extended mention
of the destruction of one of the most noted
edidceS in Turkey the great mosque of Da.
mascus-though that event occurred MANY
weeks ago. saws Paris exchange. The fire !
removed one o. the most noted buildings in
the world. whose site is the center of aSsocia. !
lions extending back into the miSts OF an. !
tiquty and which was one of the princinal |
points of interest in a city full of historisaI
attractions. he great mosque stood near
the castle, occupying quadrangle 1913 wards
long by lO' wide. ALONG the north side was
an open court surrounded by closterS resting
on pillars OF granite. marble and limestone
I he mosque itself extended along the whole
southern side, and its interior dimen
stons were 43l by 125 feet In The
center was dome resting on four piers
Underneath was a cave. in which the
head of John the Baptist was said to be IRE
served in golden casket. The mosque had
three mi1aretS, one OF which was 80 feet HIN
ana upon 1t, ac, ording TO Moslem traditions
Jesus was TO have descended on the dav Of
judgment. Round the mosque were traces of
a court 100 feet long by 800 feet wide encom-
pass by colonnadeS similar to those OF the
temple of Herod in Jerusalem and the Tenn
Ia d.