The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

me population OF LQu4Ou Il Sa4Q 10
Be 5.9is,90. and Increasing at the rate
OF 10. a year. The city. therefore, has
a population Of about million ana a
half more than Scotland and million
more than ireland.
The smallest living colt ever foaled in
the United states made its appearance in
Hartford City, Ind. in 1SSs When ? years
old it measured nine inches from the
name to the root of the tail, was only
twenty-One inches high and weighed Zllz
pounds Il was Of the Shetland breed.
The mayor OF Brooklyn has received
letter from the father Of a boy who was
sent home from one Of the public schoole
Of the city because ne would not pray
II IS the custom in the school for the
children to pray before the regular ex-
ercises begin, and this boy refusing 10
JOIN IN the prayer, was sent nome
A strange light has been annoying res
dents between MelrOse and Ashburne,
described by persons who aver having
seen and pursued il, has the appearance
Of a powerful flame. II apparently rises
from quarry; any time between = p +. m \.
large enough 70 travel alone the ignls
fatuus moves on
Whenever a case of smallpox occurs in
a country town in Connecticut all roads
leading 10 the house Of the patient are
barricaded and a high fence is erected
$50 feet away from the dwelling on all
by factotum, but no one else except the
doctor is allowed TO so near the house.
The peculiar quarantine laws have been
handed down from the colonial period.
An experiment with ball bearings was
recently made in Canada. \ street car.
lifted with ball bearings, was drawn a
distance Of several hundred feet by men
pulling on three strands OF ordinary
sewing thread. \ carriage manufacturer
put another style of ball bearings on the
axlcs of "A coach ordinarily pulled by four
horses. \ trained dog was hitched 90
the pole and he drew the coach around
the yard with little effort. The COM
binauon of pneumatic tires and ball
bearings would evidently relieve much OF
the strain now put on horses drawing
heaNy Nehlcles, and here Is tip Tor an
! enterprising carriage-builder.
By a palimpsest is meant a parchment
on which the original writing has been
ettaced or erased, and something else
has been inscribed on il. 1t is then gen
orally supposed that what has been ef-
| faced is Of an older date. Parchment be-
ing by no means plentiful in early times,
palimpsests are common The problem
has been to ind out what was written
by the first scribe. Sometimes faint traces
OF the former ink or pigment are discover
able II scraping was resOrted to. so their
were solutions used which washed or
bleached out prior writings. BY means
OF Photographic processes OF an ingenious
character in some cases the older writ
ing has been made legible, the picture
showing the old and the new.
The early Egyptians We're fond of pets,
and "a tOndneSS for the company of ami
mails shows. an advancing civilization.
Egyptian illustrative art abounds with
monkeys, says the New York Times. Apes
are common. King Cha fre'S cOurtier, Ne
Z bemcut, kept two balloons. and he is re-
presented inspecting work accompanied
by his balloons. Monkeys are cut on the
stone, In family scenes, as PLAYING with
fruit. destroying various objects or up-
setting baskets. We know the sacredness
OF the monkey Whether for the sake Of
their future welfare or because they were
fond of monkeys in life, several pets are
represented on tOmbs. Egyptians loved
dogs, and there were many breeds
A substitute for the rihing of cannon.
which is the chief cause for
the great cost of modern guns, has been
devised by Mr. Cnger, Swedish engi-
neer, who also expects to put an end to
the deterioration Of the bore due 10 the
combustion OF gases which the new pow
ders develop. He fits the proiectiles with
gas checks, which prevent the passage
of any gasses and gives to it the axial ro-
tary movement which is now obtained by
rif1ing the barrel by mechanical de-
self at the moment of firing The mo-
ton conveyed may be kept constantly or
/ increased. He claims that the effect is
the same as that obtained by the twist
in the rifle that the accuracy of fit oh
tanned by his system is equal or superior;
that ~ IT heavy guns can be produced al
as long as they do now
At Perth Amboy, N j., a valuable dis
coVery, 1t is believed, has been made
Raphsels celebrated lost painting The
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has emerged again from obscurity.
good authority on works of art has pro
nnouRce9 the picture TO be a genuine
Raphael. The old painting has lain for
a number of years in the garrett of tho
/ Rev. =. f. Connolly, rector Of st. Marv's
roman Catholic church. few weeks
ago IhomaS Macan a local painter
saw the picture and took a fancy to il
although not recognizing its value He
DoushL 1t for Sl2. A friend of his from
NeW YORK soon afterward called at his
mouse, ana being cOnnOisSeur realized
that the old painting had more Than
Ordinary merit. He offered AIacan $3.50
LOT II, Whlch was accepted The painting
was shipped to New York, where If
was sold again for $500, and now hangs
n ld one oil me hnest collections in the
JI1iuIIIIy,, It's real value has just been
| disclosed. The name of the last purchaser
cannot be asce-tained.
East of the Rocky mountains tbere .ro
| olly y counties in the United States CON
tanning more than 5000 square miles saws
the Philadelphia Press. Not one of these is
n NeW York state, the largest county of
Wnlch, 81 Lawrence, covers only $500
TOOK, the forest county of Northern Maine
between New brunswick and the St Law
renee renee. Another is Dade county, Fla.
Whlch includes the everglades of Florida
along the Atlantic coast, and has an area
OF o6O square miles and a total popula-
tIo I Oh less than 200; Cherry county, Neb.,
IN the extreme northeast Of the state. with
the snake river dividing it in half has
an area of 1858 miles Three nortbern
SouHlieS OF minnesota lying south of Mani
toba and west of Lake Superior, Beltrsmi.
Itasca,. and St. Louis. have respectively
5,O40, 5,43O and $3.50 square miles. The last
county includes the important city of On
luth, but the first has population of only
800 and the second only of $50 The p0Dii.
Iatlon Of Duluth it $4,000 Two counties of
ldaho, Bingham, containing the lava fields
and Idaho, south of the Nez Perces' reser9
Yaton, contain more than 10000 square
mics each. Two counties in Texas Pecos
and Ell Paso, have more than 5000 square
miles. Pecos, which is in the extreme
west of the state. on the Rio Grande has
Zoo. El Paso. which adjoins it on the Rio
Grande, has $3.50. One county of Colorado
Arapaho has an area of {, 220 square miles
but IT is still more notable from the fact
that it has a population of 100, 600. includ
ing the city of Denver. Routt county. in
the same state, has an area of G. 900 SQUARE
miles. On the Pacific slope counties UI1e
trees and fruits are of gigantic size. Six
counties of Oregon, three counties of
Washington, seven counties of Nevada.
and seven counties of California have
more than 5000 square miles. The largest
Of all in the United tstes5 is the county of
San Bernardino, to the east of Los An
geles. Its area is 200 square miles
nearly half the size of New York state
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