The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


/ the large villages Of far-on Afgbanistan.
I The provisions and clothing destroyed dur
/ ing the civil war were valued at 500 100000.
I 1t is proposed to construct a monster tele-
scope in Paris for the exhibition Of the year
l'ol It will cost upwars of 100000.
/ Bananas as so plentiful in Martinique that
] a big bunch may be bought for ! cent. The
same sized bunch in New York would bring
81 at retail.
The river and railroad tonnage Of Pittsburg
in 1894 amounted TO 80 443 20l tons. This ex-
ceeds the tonnage Of any other city in the
United states.
Swallows have oeen trained in England to
perform the duties Of the carrier pigeon
Their fight is swifter and it is said that their
endurance is almost as great.
Cucumber punch" is a German drink made
Of Marachino, Curocao sliced cucumbers
raw tomatoes and red wine. Some ignorant
people nave mistaken it for vegetao Die soup.
Linke Wagner, a Nevada outlaw, was
killed by VigLantes on Sept 13 after he had
stolen thirteen horses. Thirteen bullets were
10 md in his body There are thirteen letters
in his name.
Pears ripened so rapidly during the drought
in California that they decayed within ten
Gays after being plucked. AS a consequence
th9 price fell and it v as possible to buy six
teen luscious Bartlett pears for cents.
A spring in Eustis, Laclede county. Mis-
souri,, supposed to be unfailing, dried up last
week, ana when it resumed business fur
nlshed SAT- water instead of the fresh water
IL nad supplied ever since it was discovered.
Caycay, West India island, is inhabited
exclusively by turtles, some of which grow to
an enormous size. Attempts to establish
human haOltations on the island have always
tat ed. The turtles undermine the founda-
lions or the houses and not infre4uently at
tack the inmates.
1t has often told how instruments have been
made, delicate enough to punch a hole in a
human hair. A Partisan genus exceis this in
the invention OF a machine that Will split one
halr lon tu1lually into thirty-siG trips He
claims that some dav he will be able to split
the thread OF spider 5 web
Basil addledumph of Rattlewax, Tex, has
nail growing on both his knee caps. They
are the exact size and shape of Caddle-
dumph'S thumb nails. they wore large no .es
in the knees of his trousers and procured for
him the reputation for piety which he did not
deserve. Caddledumph is a plumber.
While under the influence of liquor Jacob
Shufeldt of Akron, Ohio, rubbed liquid glue
on his hair, under the belief that it was oil
He then went to bed. They had to chop the
pillow case off with Ratchet in the morning
and ShufeldtS head looks as though some
oody had tried to cut his hair with a sickle.
Beaufort lie Binswanger, the gentlemanly
tioor-walker in large Chicago pork packing
establishment, is suffering from gastritis,
contracted, so he asserts, while examining
his meter to see why it registered 10000 cutie
feet when not in use. BlnSwang is not take n
seriously, because it is rememu ered that in
August last he wanted TO weigh a striped bass
with its own scales.
Philadelphia has a painter named John
Indig. He has porcelain letter sign over
his door which reads. Use Indig's Vermil-
ion Some mlSchievous boys took OF the
apostrope and and substituted the letter o.
AS the painter was near sighted he didn't
know what the people were laughing at until
he was asked for pound of blue red paint
for town painting purposes.
Reuben Squonk has a laughing gazelle on
his stock farm at Rapidan, Va. It is a beau
tiful little creature, with soft expressive
eyes shaded by long, curved !, shes. Farmer
Squonk discovered its ability 10 laugh one
day while he was reading the last democratic
platform to his wife, says the New York Mail
and Express. Almanac jokes have no effect
on the gaelic and end-m witticiSms cause
1t to sob and twinkle its tail.
Mrs. Betsy Virgins, of Emporia. Kan, is
the proudest woman in that town. In a re-
cent cooking contest she surprised and dis
tanced all competition by making a buck
wheat cake four feet in diameter 1t was
about an inch thick and in the center was set
a truSSed capOn. SpOkeS of wheat -four
radiated from the fowl hub to the circumfer-
ence, which was cut in scallops- After the
chicken is eaten the hole will be filled IN
and the cake utilized as cover for the well.
Every once and while, says the Forest
and Stream, discussion arises over the use
Of the definite article before the name of
yacht, the omission Of the article being often
derided by Americans as an affectation pc
culiar to Anglo-manlacs In the report of a
race which we repu0lish from the London
Times 1t Will be seen that the writer we be-
leve Harry Horn, the leading English yacht
ing reporter. follows no definite plan but
speaks in one place of .'Vigilant : and an.
other OF the Vlgllant," and the same lack of
system is seen in other English papers, the
article being employed in one line and omit.
ted IN the next. Looking at any vessel, much
more such yacht as Gloriana, Nigilant or
Britannia, as something more than mere
mass of lead and wood. a something far more
fully endowed than most other of mans Gre
atlons with life and individuality of her own
we have always preferred to use the simple
name OF the yacht, without the article or the
quotation marks, tribute to the higher quail
tiles OF a yacht, which we believe she fully
merits. There are some cases in which It
seems natural to apply the article before the
name Of working vessel or even a steam
yacht but certainly the true sailing Yacht is
entitled to this much recognition OF her supe
riority to dry dock or a scow
The representation of the Indian which is
to figure on the new coat OF arms of Massa.
chusetts is giving the authorities in charge of
the work good deal of trouble, SAYS the
New \ ork Post. The Indian, in order to pre-
serve historical accuracy, must be of the tvpe
that was still to be found in Massachusetts in
1850 An Algonquin is preferred but as it
will be ditncult to find an Indian who is rep.
r9sentative In face and figure OF that tri E.
an i~eal drawing will be made from pictures
il the Catlin Gallery of the National Museum
at Washington. Col. William l.. DIN, the
secretary of state, thinks that he has discov
cred IN the gallery face Of the true Algon.
Quin type which will serve for the state sym.
Dol but there are certain details of dress
and equipment which are in dispute among
authorities on the subject, and these have 10
be determined before the artist can proceed
with his work. Ought the Indian to wear
leggingss Mai. j. W. Powell of Washing
ton, an authority on the dress of Indians
answers in the Affirmative, while Mai, Whlt.
more OF Boston holds the contrary view
Ought the Massachusetts Indian to be shown
bareheaded as on the present seal, or TO wear
a head-dress of feathers? Maj. Powell saws
he should be represented with three feathers
on the crown Of the head and this suggestion
will PROBABLY lie followed Ought the red man
to have his hair braided, as seen in some In
dian prints: The better opinion seems to be
that his raven locks should flow over his
shoulders, And finally the question of the
Indian dress comes uD. During the summer