The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The feminine element is terribly in
excess in Germany, the women exceeding
the men by more than 100000, according
TO the latest statistics.
in Camberwen London, the penny tax
for library purposes amounts TO SD coo
annually. 1t is now proposed to estab-
fish two free public libraries in that dis
trict with this income.
in consequence of the high price of
wheat in Australia a California steamer
has sailed for Sydney with 1000 tons of
that cereal, and three other cargoes viii
arrive at Brisbane within month.
A bicyclists' accident insurance COM
pany has just been organized in West
field, Mass. 1t proposes to insure bicy-
Gle riders against all manner of accidents
met with while riding their machines.
Two full moons will come in Deem
| Der. Adventists say this has not occurred
| since the coming of Christ, $50 years
| second coming during the approaching
| holidays.
1t is said that all the burglars jim
mics in London are made by one man.
| who is well known to the police, but can
not be arrested, as his work is not con-
| trary to law. Besides, it is very con-
| venient to be able to trace his customers.
"A young Partisan workman recently
| made a wager to eat a fried sponge;
| but as the sponge stuck in his throat, he
| endeavored to wash il down with wine
His friends are now hoping he will re-
cover, in order that he may enjoy the
| hard-earned wager.
Birmingham is overrun by rats that
| are fed from the sewers The authorities
| have taken no steps to exterminate them
| because Mr.. Chamberlain, when mayor
| declared that rats were good scavQngers,
| who, by eating up garbage, prevented
| the spread of disease.
| The shoemaker of Brockton, Mass
| who started out TO make pair of shoes
! for each governor in the United States
| has been obliged to stop work on account
| of illness. Ten autograph letters have al
| ready been received from governors who
| gift
Swiss brides in several of the noun
| tain cantons receive most prosaic we'd
| ding gift-a Gruyere cheese. This cheese
| is made by the brides friends and is
| placed in the new house under a glass
| case 1t is never eaten, but the record
of each important family event is marked
| on the rind.
According to a report just issued 10y
| the Partisan police. there have been / $50
people who have totally disappeared in
| the French metropolis in the past twelve
months; The authorities have found it
| impossible to obtain any clew whatsoever
! of this great number of missing men,
| women and children.
| 1t has been discovered in several in
! stances that the law compelling Chinese
! has been used by some of the willy Celes-
! tials to secure for themselves free passage
! home. Only recently case of this kind
! was brought to the notice of the author
| tiles at Seattle, Wash.
The Prince of Wales and the Due de
| Charities have just exchanged birthday
| presents according to their custom of many
years past, as their birthdays fall on the
| same day. The Orleans prince is the elder
| by a year, however. The Prince sent the
| Due a fine gun, whilst the Dues souvenir
to the prince was a gold cigarette case.
| Ground was broken on Monday last
| for magnificent mausoleum to be erect
| ed in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, by
| John w Mackay in which the remains
| of his son, the late John w. Mackay Jr..
| are to rest. The mausoleum is to be
| one of the finest in the country, and
! dollars.
-Heyst the new port to be built on the
| North sea, at the mouth of the canal
| that is to make Bruges once more a sea-
| port will be large enough TO hold twelve
| or fifteen of the largest transatlantic
steamers. The breakwater will stretch
more than two miles out to sea. The port
! will cost S5,4O0,OOO and 2,400,000 more will
| be spent on the canal
| Patented artificial skin is now produc-
| ed in Germany. 1t is made by removing
| of the intestines of animals and partly
| digesting them in a pepsin solution The
hbres are then treated with tannn and
| gallo acid, the result being a tissue which
! can be applied to wounds like a natural
| skin, and is entirely absorbed in the pro-
cess of healing.
A peculiar incident occurred in New
| York on Sunday last While a police
man of that city was trying to see what
was going on in a suspected" saloon
he soiled his hands; he noticed a sink in
| the ante-room of the saloon, and when
| he turned on the faucet he was sur
| prised to find that he was washing his
| hands in beer. The keeper of the saloon
was, of course, arrested.
The city proper of London is the most
| wonderful place in the whole world. 1t is
| the smallest of cities, but theSmost valua-
| BILE 1t has an area of one square mile but
| that one square mile produces a rental of
fV,l,.
| itants pay one-seventh of the general rates
| of the whole metropolis which has an area
Of 12O square miles. Land is sometimes now
| sold in the country districts at about IS
per acre, which is equal to one
farthing per square yard 1t has been sold
is equal 70 over ro4' BS o Sar per w anTe
| In other words. the price of square yard
of land in Lombard street has realized a
| sum that would purchase nice little free
hold estate in Berkshire of a considerable
number of acres.
"A coal mine in one Of the mountains
| Of New. South Wales at Wingen, about
zoo milels from Sydney, has been burning
! for over 100 years having been on fire long
before the advent of the white man. There
| is another burning coal mine at Summit
Hill, near Mauch Chunk, Pa. The fire
means tried for the purpose of extinguish-
| ing 1t have failed. The steam and gas
escape at thousand different points, and
| II is impossible to keep the hand on the
! surface on account of the great heat. The
commissioners appointed by the local gov
| eminent to inquire into the history
causes, and effect of the coal mine fires
| of Picton county, Canada, have lately re-
ported that the Foord Coal Pit has been
on fire in one place or another since 1850,
and it is burning yet.
The consumption of tea in England
has increased the most during the past
ten years, having gradually crept up from
| an individual consumption of 237 pounds
to 5.4S pounds in 1898. The home consump-
| ton for 1892 reached the enormous amount
| of 07,O000O0 pounds. Tobacco is the item
| which increased most after tea, the indi-
| vidual consumption having advanced from
1.9 pounds per head in 1887 to 1.41 pounds
| in 1891. Some $40 600, 900 is expended annu-
ally upon tobacco smoking in all forms,
together with its accessories. With re-
| gard to beer, the 1854 breweres of Eng
land manufacture over 1.OOO,o0O,OOO gallons
| annually, large portion of which is ex-
| ported, but the local consumption reached
p gallons per head in 1892, as compared
| with 2l25 gallons in 1887; though against
this increase the use of spirits has de-
creased.
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