The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
More than four-ffths of the murders in the
United States last year were by men who had
no regular occupation.
, The largest Sunday school library in the
world is in Washington. D. c. 1t is the prop
erty OF the Assembly Presbyterian church
library.
Ten years ago it was estimated that the
cost OF erecting a large building was 81 per
| cubic foot, while now it is said to be only 20
| cents, says Hardware. This reduction is at
/ tractmg a large share of attention among cap
ltausts- ana the consequence is that several
I buildings are TO be built twenty-four stores
/ nigh, and one or two of them to cost several
millions OF dollars, These buildings are scat
/ tereQ all over the city. and include oficeS.
/ homes the3ters, a hotel and so on MANY
more are projected. but have to be kept in
! arrogance TO allow tenants who have long
leases to yield their rights of remaining.
few days ago, for :he first time in it's his.
tory OF half a century, the Mutual Life issued
a policy for 100000 uroa the life OF a woman,
says New OK letter. The fact is interest
ing IN view OF the we'll known opposition on the
part OF me companies TO write large policies
upon females. The insured is Mrs. Charles
| E Longley, VIE OF merchant of Providence.
! h, Mrs. Longley Is tle mother of several
| Ctlluren' 10 often happens towards middle
naIr monlal life that woman is insurable
ana man Is not. Aside from the question of
| tne acYlsabil1ty of the insurance of women at
| al ages, upon the same terms as men life
| lnuerWrlters point out that il should be re-
| nlemoered that life insurance is lased upon
! experience, the mortality tables and the in
HeStment OF premiums at so much per cent.
| Inc company Is required to meet the obllga-
lions II is under to the insured and any con
| ultlonS imposed by any company are but such
as snail enable them to fulln the promises
nLaa I. II Is TO be assumed, therefore, that no
conditions are imposed that experience and
In9 mortality tables have not made expe-
dent. -.-----
The use of mahogany is increasing. and the
price of it has decreased slightly, owing TO
competition and to greater facilities for
getting It here, says the New York Sun.
| turhlture manufacturers are now using ma
hogany more than ever, especially in chairs.
and 1t is used also in house trim. Perhaps
| the most popular wood OF the moment tor in
terror uses. house trim and furniture Is Amer
| lean blrch, the use Of which is increasing
largely. 1t comes from Canada and from
| New York. Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
u costs about one-thtrd the price of ma
/ hogany, Good mahogany sells at is to 30
cents foot according to width foot
pelng one square foot an inch thick Aneri-
can Dlrch has Leen growing in favor for i've
years TO some extent on account of the in
creaslng scarcity ana higher prices Of cherry
another popular wood which many would
now prefer but for its cost. Cherry now sells
at ABOUT two-thlrds of the price of mahogany.
ana plain, and other popular woods are cy-
press, sycamore maple, ash, elm and halle
| wood Black walnut so generally used
| twenty years ago. is still used somewhat.
A New EngIander who had sought in vain
for notoriety. if not fame, for more than half
a century, took strange precautions to insure
large attendance al his funeral, says the st.
Louis GloCe-Democrat. He had no near rela-
| ives, and when convinced hat death was
approaching he turned over to a trusted
| friend the few bunHr dollars he had UAd
Win instructions that 10 should be spent on
MS funeral No carriages or cOnVeyances
were 70 lie used and the cofla was to be
carried 10 the somewhat distant burial
ground by relays of men, to be changed every
lUOyards. Zach carrier was to receive u lib
eral douceur. and In addition a small sum of
money was to be handed to every person who
entered the graveyard while the ceremony
| was being performed. There was no need to
advertise the funeral, for before the cofin
mad been made the singular arrangements
were the subject of general comment. Three
times as many bearers as could be employed
| applied Tor positions and when the cOrtege
feat9 2! the cemetery the crowd was so large
mat 1t was difficult to force an opening for the
procession. Every one present received a
cash present, as stipulated. but the good
minister who read the service made the
applicants walt long enough to hear some
very timely remarks on the evil of avarice
and the unseemliness of desecrating sacred
place IN order to OBTAIN few pence.
There are probably no more slIilfull axmen
in the world than the woodchoppers of the
Pacific northwest, says the New York Post.
| Some OF them can saw or chop tree so that
1t viii fall in any desired direction and il is
even said, so sure are they in their calcula.
lions, that they can drive a stake in the
| ground and fell a tree so that in striking the
ground il shall bury the stake out of sight
Two of the picked lumtermen of the north
west are to be sent over to Australia next
autumn TO compete with their fellow
craftsmen in that part of the world The
| following letter to the Puget So1nd Lumte err
man from Latrobe, tasmania, explains he
manner or the competition in which they
| Will be entered: In your issue of Sep
| TENDER, 1893, you mention the United
Australasian Axmen's Association, and also
the fact that You have splendid axmen in
| the Pac4hc northwest. Now, these latter are
Just what we want to reach. because we want
| to induce the best men among them to come
and see If they can compete with the Tas
manians and Asutralasians in wood Cbor ping
| contests. We hold our next annual eyhibi.
t1on at Ulverstone, TASMANIA. Nov. IS
and - next, for which I enclose a pro
| gramme. We are Offering liberal prizes and
| if two competitors come from the Pacific
northwest-and come proving by reference
from you that they represent your country
425 lSl25) each for travelling expenses. or $50
$3.50 for the two; besides we will give free
entry TO all contests. They will have to meet
| our champions on level terms in the cham.
| plonShlp contests. but if they enter in the
| handtCaps they would get starts from our
best men. Private matches could also be ar,
ranged"
George Washington was 43 when he drew
his sword underline historic elm at Cam.
bridge as captain general and commander.
in-chief' of the colonial forAs. He was lust
the age of julius Caesar when he took com.
mand of the army-ln Gaul, OF Napoleon when
he made the mistake OF his life and started In
to conquer Russia. and he was 10 years Older
than Alexander was when he went because
there were no more worlds to conouer
Charlemagne was Just his age when he over.
came Wittikind. the Saxon chief. and made
! all Germany Christian, and the captain gen
| eral OF the continental" was Just as old as
was Constantine when he determined to ma Ike
himself master of the world. He was as old
as Sesostrls the Pharaoh when he CONQUERED
the Hittites and persecuted the children of
Israel; as Hannibal when he gave up the hone
of conquering Rome and left Italy 10 defend
Carthage against Sciplo; as Alaric when his
fighting finished he was buried IN the bed of
the little Italian river turned from lis
course to give the ''Scourge OF God" q
grave: and he was 6 years the senior
Of Charles XII. when his brilliant tut useless
career was suddenly closed by musket rail-
at Fredrikshall. lie was the age of William
the ConqUeror when he completed the CON
quest OF England. and Of Frederick when he
crowned himself frst king of Prussia. All
these men were called great. or conoueror-
but none was greater or more the conQueror