The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-26
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bow legs. ana ne mas an lQed tlaL lltS-
would occupy so much OF his tine that
he wouldn't become a nuisance in any
other way
In the Isle OF Man. says the Spring.
field (Mass) Republican, spelling Is stlu
learned by singing the spelling lessons
Some thirty years ago WeSterner went
about Massachusetts giving geography
lessons by the same method Inc names
Of states, capitals, rivers. etc, were uNsa
In memory BY slngsong exercise WnlcA
was quite effective. Speaking Of spelling.
We sometimes think that II IS scarcely
taught al all in this country nowadays
A queer exhibit is on file at the clerk.
oflce of the court OF Appeals AZ FRANK
fort. Ky. II is a negro "hoCoo bag, con-
tanning dice, rabbit 1901 ana some
other mysterious articles. The pag Is
filed as an exhibit in the case OF Edgar
Bell VS.. Commonwealth, from warren
county. Bell, who is negro, claims LnaL
he was 'hoodooed" by this bag 10 All
man, and hopes to convince the Judges
that his claim deserves consideration.
A great many unique suggestions have
been made By parties who wish 20 help
advertise the Cotton states ana n 1sL INA
tional Exposition at Atlanta, Ga. A cnar-
acteristic one comes from Texas. "A gen
tleman from that state wishes 10 GriNs
ten white horses tandem through al tne
southern states. making a tour OF nine
months. visiting every town and -hamiel
The horses are to be richly caparlSohSo,
and the leader is to carry a banner WIN
a suitable legend, announcing thaI ne Is
on his way TO the exposition
A concrete bridge having a clear span
of 164 feet and 26 feet wide was recently
constructed over the Daunbe at Munder-
kingen. in Austria. stone IS scarce anu
dear there, while good Portland cement IS
produced in large quantities. Inc cen
tering was covered with oiled paper, on
which the concrete was laid, CONSISTING
of one part cement, two and one-han parts
sand and FIVE broken stone, all thorough
~ mixed. Blocks of this concrete nave
shown a resistance of 1877 tons per square
foot in 6gNS. 23b tons IN twenty
eight days, and 3)S tons in rVe months.
The concrete was applied ia layers twelve
inches thick, starting at the abutments
and working toward the crown, where II
is three and one-fourth feet thick; mo
way to the crown IL is four and one-halI
feet thick. The time spent in laying me
concrete was only nineteen days, ana ten
days after the center was struck me
detection proved less than four and one
half inches.
Some objection has been made, and ap-
parently with some weight that the mod
ern doctrine of the evolution or plants
based on selhshness, IS not by any means
the rule prevailing in neutrality-suspicious.
as well as members OF the animal WoIlu'
seem to be governed in quite as great a
part by self-sacrifice as by selnshness,
says Meehan's Monthly. Though the
struggle for life, as il is called, and the
survival of the fitteSt must nave some
thing to do with the evolution of form,
and must be necessary to the existence OF
plants individually, yet II IS eVldently not
so to all. In human nature selnshness IS
a trait which cannot be left uncuitlVated.
At the same time large part OF human
nature finds just as much pleasure in little
deeds which must come under the class
Of self-sacrifice as in the pursuit OF any
thing that may have relation to the suug-
gle for existence. As an Illus tratlOn OF
this point in plants, the production or tur-
pentine by the southern pine trees comes
in. If the pine trees are left alone the
production of turpentine is comparatively
small, but when tapped and made 70 pro-
duce the turDentine for the beneht OF man
it goes on producing without the tree IN
the least suffering. Inc annual pIouuCl
of the turpentine by the southern pine
trees is some 100000, which 1t seems 70
hand over to the uses OF man without lhe
slightest injury TO itself In no way can
it be shown that the production of turpen-
tine is a benefit to the pine tree.
one of the most unpleasant places in this
world to live in just at present, according
to Russian papers is the province OF
Kharkoff, in the land of the car me
country is now oVerrun with nlce-Inu-
lions of mice. The cats have become so
accustomed to the sight OF the little
animals that they no longer eaten them
or even play with them. They are SAID 20
be a greater pest than the rabbits were in
Australia a few years ago. Provisions
for the table candles, soap, books, SHOES
everything, in fact, is eaten up by the
animal in the night time. The furniture,
even is not spared. Sleep for many of the
poor inhabitants has become a. most I'M
possible. All of them, virtually, have been
obliged to place their beds in the middle of
forced to sleep with their feet IN basins OF
water-the Russians of that district be
lieving that mice will not touch person
50 sleeping. If these precautions are not
followed the mice dance genuine sara
band" on the recumbent figures and ON
the bed, and even bite the sleepers. Al
lumber of wealthy woman-landed pro
prietors-haVe been obliged to abandon
their homes and have gone TO 81. Feters-
burg to get away from the scourge, for
such it has become. In the fields the mice
are so numerous that men kill two or three
hundred in five or ten minutes.
There are 2,500000 mules in the United
States distributed mostly in the south and
the southern border states, says the New
York Sun. In the latter they are most nu-
merous for the reason, perhaps, that mules
are especially serviceable in sections OF
the country where mountains and hills are
many and steep. Mules are more sure
footed, and better fitted for much labor
which woul overtax even the power and
endurance of a horse, especially in and
about mines. In number OF mules, Mis-
souri, stands at the head with 257.000 Then
come Texas the Lone Star state of big
democratic majorities with Pa 600, and
third, Tennessee, with 100000. Tennessee
is usually put at the head of the states
having a Partially of mules, and with
good reasons, for in Tennessee mules bear
a larger proportion to the whole popula-
ton than in any other state OF the coun-
trv. Following Tennessee comes -Geor-
gia and then Kentucky and Mississippi
together. In the northwest and in New
l
RADIO, in consequence perhaps of its large
mining interests has 10000. The stats
tician of the Department of Agriculture,
who believes in prosaic figures and not in
the sweep of romance tinged with conf
caIity, has made a computation of the
values of mules designed to show the va
Ration in the several states. This table
which is backed by returns from every one
of the forty-four states puts New Jersey
at the head of the whole country in re-
spect to the average value of its mules
SOL SO each. These are high figures for
New Jersey as will be seen when the fact
is stated that the average value of a
mule by the same table is only S62l7; but
they lend some color to the assertion made
by ardent partisan republicans that there
is a subtle connection between mules and
democratic majorities. New Jersey has
many more mules than New York-nearly
twice as many in fact, and while the New
York mule staggers along under an aver
age valuation as officially computed Of
SIS. 90 per head the Jersey mule across the
Hudson, sees him and goes him $23 better.
No explanation of this disparity IS Turn
ished at Washington. The average value
of a COW is S21 and of a car horse S35.
There are 100000 horses in the United
States and 100000 cows The number of
pigs is conjectural.
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