The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

itself IL proceeded to swallow the rug, when
was seven feet by six in size.
In recent legal proceedings in London re-
garding the noise and vibration caused by
height oring factory photograph was used
TO record these noises and reproduce mem IN
court, at the suggestion of Prof. :. P. ThomF-
son.
Search is being made for the library Of Ivan
the Terrible of Russia, which is supposed to
have been hidden in the famous Kremlin
building at Moscow. 1t Is believed that the
manuscripts il discovered, would be the
means Of making clear many dark and IN
certain passages Of history.
The advertisement fend Is now desecrating
Indian scenery. A European firm has rented
the side of a cliff at Simla the favorite bill
station. and intends to put up an advertise
ment which will form q pleasing contrast to
the color of the rock AS Simla is the gov
eminent summer resort the powers are called
on to crush the pro ect.
Krupps 130-ton steel gun costs $4,000 to
construct and can be fired only between fifty
and sixty times, after which it becomes worn
out and useless. Two shots minute can be
discharged, so that if It were fired con
tlnUouSly II would become valueless IN con-
sldera6ly less than an hour. Each projectIe
costs $3.50, and weighs , 600 pounds, while the
gun has range OF fifteen miles.
Pneumonia in the popular mind is associa-
ted with winter weather and cold winds and
rams. Inc New OTh h6COru6r says lueTt
is really more danger from pneumonia in the
very hot spells OF summer because people sit
in draughts to get or keep cool Their pores
are open from the profuse Precipitation, and
the draught goes right through them to the
vital parts. Above all things, keep away
from draughtS."
The wedding of an heir to the throne is gen
orally grand affair, and the marriage OF the
Amir of Afghanistan's eldest son is very elab-
crate indeed. Crlers were sent around Cabul
desiring everyone to make public rejoicing
over the happy event. so the Inhabitants have
been hiking up Shawls and mirrors TO decor
ate the city for the wedding day. The amir
himself sent for cooks. athletes and wrest-
lers tGom the Tukestan to entertain the chief
omclals of the kingdom, whom Atdurrahmn
is teastlng daily. Many prisoners will tie
freed and taxes reduced in honor of the oc-
caSiOn.
New important harbors on the North sea
are projected by both Belgium and Germany
Belgium wants to make a large port a Heyst,
the little fishing place beyond Ostend best
known as suiet ba hing resort and as a spot
where the old form of y liking ship can still he
seen in the fishing vessels Antwerp is up in
arms at the idea Of such a rival Then Ger
many proposes to develop Cuxhaven into a
big port of war, feeling that since the devel-
opment of her navy she is badly off with only
two such harbors- Wilhelmshafen on the
North sea and kiel on the Baltic. CuXhaven
has the advantage of being at the mouth Of
the ElOe and close to the entrance of the
North sea canal. Emperor William would
like also to see the coast connected with the
interior by a network of canals which should
unite the big rivers of the empire. Unluckily
parliament will not vote the necessary funds
for the latter scheme.
To one who knows nothing of big game, it is
amazing to see how fast moose can run. his
stride being much longer than a horse A
light freight train was running on the North
ern Pacihc. in the upper part of Minnesota,
when the engineer saw big moose standing
directly on the track, andsaS soon the animal
saw the engine he took to his heels down the
track. There was perfectly straight run for
four miles, and the engineer determined to
test the speed Of the moose, of which he had
frequently heard. At first the gait of the
moose was sort OF trOt, and even when the
engine gained speed the animal did not seem
to exert itself. Faster and faster sped the
engine, but still the moose trOtted ahead. and
all the power OF steam could not prevail over
this monarch of the forest At last after Gov
ering four miles and turning a curve they
came upon gang of section hands, and the
victorious moose leaped the track and was
lost to view in the forest.
One of the greatest curiosities is the snow
flower that blooms in the northern portion of
Siberia, where the earth is continually
covered with a coating of snow and frost
This wonderful plant shoots forth from the
frozen soil on the first day of the year and
reaches the hight OF about three feet; it
blooms on the third day remains omen
twentytOur hours. and then returns to it's
original elements. 1t shines for single dav
then the stem, leaves and flower are con
verified into snow. The leaves are three in
number. The flower is star shaped its petals
about as long as the leaves and about half an
inch vide. On the third day the extremities
Of the leaves show little gliStening specks
like diamonds, about the size OF the head of a
PIN These are the seeds of this queer flower
On one occasion some OF these seeds we're
gathered and hastily transported to ST.
Petersburg. They were there placed in a bed
of snow, where they were kept until the first
of the following year, when the snOwfower
| burst forth and was greatly admired and
wondered at by all who saw it,
The following story of DR.. f. Benjamin
Andrews. president of Brown University.
delegate to the Brussels Monetary conference
and a wellknown writer on social. economic
and religious subje, Is. is told by the PrOvi.
/ denCe News. DR.. Andrews has never been
accused of being dandy, and he delights in
doing Just such things as is told herewith:
The home delegation to the big Baptist an
niversaries at Saratoga have got back and
they know something funny. This is what il
is As the Baptist train en- route swung by a
little station up in York state the eagle.
eyed operator discovered the figure of
| a man slowed away on the rear plat
form, hat pulled down over his eyes safe from
view and everything else except the caring
dust ana Tying pebbles. 50 the operator
wired ahead to the next station as follows:
/ Lookout for tramp on No. 81. rear platform
Jones' The operator at the next station
tor went to the rear to investigate. There
was the mana big broadshouldered fellow
his hat pulled down over his eyes covered
With dust. and so generally rough and tough
looking that the conductor didn't banker at
ter tackle. So he sent for the brakeman
What followed is indicated by the dispatch
which Operator Jones at the back station re-
celved few minutes later from his brother
operator Here it is: Tramp all right Go
ing to Baptist convention with a ticket
Takes his water straight and is president of
Brown University.
1t requires as much pluck and tenacity of
purpose to revive a half drowned man. at
times, as it does TO effect his rescue from the
water, says the New York Sun There was
an instance at Asbury Park on Sunday. and
another at Rockaway where men were re-
vlved considerably over an hour after thew
had been taken out of the water by the indie
fatigable work of the people who had under
taken their resuscitation. A boy in Long ISL
and sound, who had been under the water for
fifteen or twenty minutes, and who was given
up for dead by the majority of the spec
tatOrs, was brought back to life alter Two
hours of continued friction the application
of hot towels, and the modern system of com
pressing and expanding the lungs by raising
and lowering the arms OF the pa.
tent This latter rescue was accom-.
pllshed by physician who had made a
study of the matter of reviving people who
have apparently died in the water, and he
was exceedingly persistent and tireless in his
efforts to restore breath to the bows body
Toward the end Of his eXertiOnS he was