The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! a
boat shaped costume. The occupant slows
| his legs away beneath something like a car
| rage apron. tucktng it tightly around his
! waist. tie can take his skin canoe under hi.
| arm ana walk away with it.
There is one widow to every 49,! of the pop
ulatlon OF Washington; the whole number OF
! widows. as appears by the recent census re
| port IS l1O0J The excessive proportion is
| accounted for by the fact that employment In
many branches Of the government service
! mas been found for the widows OF soldiers.
The ancient race track at Epidaurus. in
Greece, is being gradually excavated. From
! the good condition of several rows Of marble
sedts- t-ere is reason to hope that a large
! part OF the structure has been preserved bV
| the accumulated rubbish OF Centuries The
al!gers hope TO find the starting and turning
| posts IN place.
AT the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Va
the old men recently smugglsd some whisky
IN which they soaked quantity of rice. This
SJIey scattered about the grounds broadcast
4no EHgIlsn SparroWS ate it gTeedlly and In
| Anew minutes were hors de COMBAT NAM
al 9ed from the effects of the deoauch and cats
| killed the others.
French electrician NJ Trouve. catches
nsh by sinking in the water a net with an in
candescent lamp attached. The curious fish
.uuect around the light. when a pneunati
! tire around the edge OF the net is sfIeptIv in
nateo and rises TO the surface. entran1ino
| them without frightening them. and hence
WITHOUT destroying the spawn.
collection of tools used by worxmen in
building the pyramids of Egypt that Is owned
Dy famous Egyptologist indicates thai
mdny TOOLS credited to modern ingepuity
NTIS IN use Wnen Moses was trouhling the
Fharaohs. II is also announced that a
furnace has been uuearthed along the Nile in
Wllch not blast was used centuries before the
nlooerh Nelson formulated the same idea.
Although the population of the Hawaiian
| Islands is less than 10000. and the total rev
e emu OF the government only about 3.Ool CO.,
Ssne Chiel Justice is paid a salary larger nv
Sl,olO than is the chief Justice Of the 1Tnitedl
SS,Vddo6es. Each OF the cabinet officers receives
| ol'CUO year more than do our cabinet orficers.
Hnu nv otners are so literally paid that the
revenue. '1o 0l''i0
The biggest book in the world will be the
catalogue of the British museum. Ithas been
IN preparation for thirteen years. but now the
gigantic task of compilation is nearing com
| petlon.. Some idea of Its size can he Guessed
rom me lact that l.i00 600 distinct titles and
entries nave been printed in all sorts of Ian.
guaSes ana presenting no end of difficulties
even 10 the saVantS and linguists ernpIoyed on
| the work. ~ A' w VIZ
Inc work OF preparing catalogues for the
great sales of art objects held now and then
IN Europe and America is matter of great
| expense ana much time. Such an illustrated
| catalogue Is now being prepared IN this conn.
try. enc Of the most skilled of artist en-.
EraEefs mas been engaged of and on for sew.
eraI years IN preparing illustrations and by
Ihe time letter press and Illustrations are ali
READY the catalogue will have become an ex,
| tremely expensive volume
jeweler in New York has hitupou novel
scheme for attracting notice in his window.
| lie mas put on exhibition and sale a watch
| sdIueu at s9O, and every day he takes IS
| from the price. The second day it was offered
! at $50. the third at SO and so on card
| bearing the dates and daily Shrinking in
| price IS placed beside the wat.h. The
| JeWeler knows that some cody will want 10
get tne tlmeplece for $40, but will also be on
| pms and needles lest some other fellow stems
IN before him and buys II for SIS
Some prisoners in the Jail at Peru. Ind
made a novel and almost successful attemnt
at jail-breaking the other day Taking a long
| rubber hose, used for Washing out the inli
| they attached II to a large natural gas burner
ana soon had ttamEeau that would reach to
| any part OF the Jail. They directed the flame
| against the masonry, and when the stone be
| came heated dashed water upon it, and soon
haa a mole through the inner wall They
| were at work on the outer wall when thev
| were discovered. They would have been ont
side In less than an hour.
One Of the deadliest serpents in the tronic,
Is the fer-de-lance, of which there are at ieasr
| eight varieties These snakes are of ore
| clse!y the same color which will enable them
| 10 nlde among the foliage or roots Of trees
can scarcely be distinguished from the buncF
| OF bananas in which they lie coiled Again
| the reptile may be black or yellOwish brown
or OF any hue resembling tropical forest mold
| Ola bark or decOmpoSlng trees. The iris o
| the eye Is orange, with red flashes and a
| night CLOVIS like burning coal.
In one of the oldest ruins In the state o
Oaxaca, Mexico, number of very rare anc
! interesting images. found in metal have hee1
| uncovered. The Images represent people OF
| Oriental appearance and dress, as well as
! priests IN Jhelr robes OF sacrifice. They heal
| hleroglyphics of unknow characters and ar,
elaoorately wrought, with fine art line,
SHOWN IN every curve The images found
mus lar are OF gold either wholly or in part
| ana are coated with some unknown enamel
| which has preserved them from all harm ir
the many years they have beel buried in the
| soil.
saw an army of ants build bridge few
| days ago, said Frank F. Gaylord O.
Kansas, City, to the St. Louis Globe
| Democrat. l was spending tbe dan
with friend who has lust buil to-
| handsome suburban house about ten miles
| out OF town He is so plagued with ants thai
| IN order to Ike p new summer house free
from them. he had a circle of tar FITCH placed
round the rustic shelter. Unfortunately this
| circle was placed accidentally outside an ami
NH, which was, in consequence, on the wronQ
olNS VI LitO nut I OI- Il Nnll3 the ants Weut
round and round the circle IN evident 1ismay
! What looked like series of councils of wa,
| followed. and finally the little emblems of in
uustry set to work carrying fragments of grass
and tiny chips. left behind by the Working
| men. to the tar line. throwing these frag
ments on the sticky substance, they gradu.
ally made quite a passaole bridge owe,
! which they passed. The work occupied more
han day, and although parallel instances
| are recorded in works on natural history thf
| actual sight OF the army of bridge builders M
work was most remarkable one.
Everybody conversant with the history Of
the siege of Paris by the Germans. will re
memter that the inhabitants, of the be
! leagured city we're fed for time on the flesh
! OF African and Asiatic beasts and birds nj
| prey from the geological gardens, saws the
! London elegraph. There has lately been
! discovered a packet of letters which throw - n
| ments have been deposited in the Carnayalet
| Museum. They were addressed to GeoHrpv
! Saint Hilare, director of the Jardlne d Accli
matation IN the Bots de Bolougne, to M. he.
| boos, butcher on the Boulevard Haussman
/ and refer to the prices which
| we're asked for the animals re.
! quired for the nourishment OF starving
/ Parlsians. Zebras, b0fIalos reindeer ante
/ lOpeS, wild boars, kangaroo. a cassowarv
| and black swan were killed during the
month OF October, 1870 together with several
/ rare ducks, pheaSants and geese. The casso-
4 wary was sold for &S and the kangaroo for
! half that sum In November an antelone
/ fetched 40. and prices began to ascend ran
idly all around Thus bear cost the buti her
| Ueboos 40, and 4s6 was given for n wild
] boar DnrinO the ChriStnaS rario5