The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

that of the Antwerp cathedral-417 feet.
The Atlas moth, a giant night-hying
insect, has a wind spread Of II inches
1t is said that the sweeping Of the
streets OF Paris costs about S1,3t0.OOo a
year. The pay Of sweeper is about Z
cents an hour. The annual cost or water
ing the streets is said to be about $4,000
Reports from the lake regions Of Min
nesOta and the Dakotas announce that
the great lakes in that section are not only
greatly diminishing in quantity, but some
are disappearing entirely This state OF
affairs is largely attributable to the de-
hciency in rainfall for the past ten years
"A piece of bituminous coal was recent
" dug out Of the coal mine of Newsam
Bros, near Pekin. ILL.,, on which were i'm
printed the Arabic numerals 3O6.O3O the
characters being about an inch long. The
had vas made 125 feet below the surface
OF the earth, and the local scientific
''sharps" are puzzled to account for it.
In the province of Khorassan thou
sands OF acres that ought to be raising
breadstuHs are devoted to the cultivation
of opium Russia does not permit the
drug 10 be shipped into its bounds, bur
ChTlstian England year before last ship
pea lSO,OU0 tomans equal at that time to
perhaps $4,000 worth of opium from this
province OF khorassan to India and China
ne Ne feIslan government, of course, gets
large revenue from this traffic
The new departure in supplying Queen
victoria with a pair of roam horses for
neI carriage has not met with her ma
33esty approval The pair have been
queen at once condemned them These
beautiful roans are now in the queens
besI that money can purchase will be
sold at very high figure. 1t is under
$1,000 the queen got fright with them.
or they would never have been cast as
united for her carriage.
-Prof. =. K. Barnard of Lick obserya-
tory, California, has just concluded an
important bit of astronomical work which
represents the most patient and wonder
| ful labors. This work consists in the
measurements of the four largest aste-
RODS. For many years Vesta was con-
Siuered the largest, Ceres next and then
Falias and Juno, but by the means of the
LICK telescope and Il micrometer Prof
barnard puts Ceres as leader with a
1salameter OF 4S5 miles; Pallas next, with
S4; then Nesta, 24S, and Juno, 11S Vesta
/ got the credit for it's greater size in the
than Ceres.
In Holland marriage by proxy is al
| lowed. This is the so-cailed marriage
| by the glove" and is usually put in prac-
/ tlce by Dutchman who is sojourning
abroad and and, wanting q wife, is too poor
| In such a case he writes home to law
| yer, who selects one conforming to the re-
| quirements of his client If the gentle
| man approves he next sends the lawyer
| a soiled left-hand glove and a power of
| attorney, which settles the business A
friend marries the woman by proxy, and
| she is thereafter, promptly shipped off to
| her new home.
| The glass snake, which, the American
| Field says is not a snake any more than II
Is turtle, has tail about two-thirds its
| entire length. This tall like the tails of
| about all lizards in the United States that
| / have met with, is very delicate and cas-
ny broken on at times When fourth to
| half or even more of the animal is de-
| tached and the remainder and sometimes
| a larger part squirms in sight il is an as
tonlsnlng spectacle, and l am not sur
| prlsed that the ignorant should clothe
| the creature with mysticism But as a
| matter of fact. all sensible people know
| that the fragments do not reunite. for il
| would be impossible to fit together the
| ruptured blood vessels and shattered
nerves and restore the animal.
Great preparations are already being
made, says the Moscow CORRESPONDENT of
| the London Standard for the forthcom-
| ing coronation of the car, which is at
| present expected to take place in the
spring OF 1886. l hear that the ministry OF
the court, on which devolves the entire
charge OF the ceremonial, has mad the sum
or 6,?OOO0O rouDles placed at its disposal
Tor the purpose The city Of Moscow has
for some time past been busily engaged in
| various outdoor works which eanot be
| carried on In winter. The municipality
mas voted 100000 roubles toward the enor-
nous expenses of the celebration. AS
| there is comparatively small accommoda.
ton of suitable character for the mum.
| erous distinguished visitors in Moscow
| the competition for good houses is very
keen, as much as 10000 roubles C2mC
guineas) being offered by one embassy foi
the use OF house during one month
only.
AT the last meeting of the Societe dc
MEDICINE, says London Public Opinion NJ
LancereauX spoke on the danger of Excess
| siVe Wlne-drinking. He said that il was
geneifiaily considered in France by the
ana was necessary for all kinds of hard
| work. Consequently a large number OF
workmen absorbed three litres or more
daily. At first no evil results are remark.
ed, but at the end of a certain time vom-
ting occurs in the morning the lips trem-
bic, sensibility is modified in the limbs and
sleep is agitated, and this condition NAV
last for some years Excess of wine also
predisposes to tuberculosis, which in such
cases assumes a very rapid type on ac-
count of invasion of the lungs and the Sc
rous membranes. To be Just added M
Lancereaux, all these disorders must NOT
be attributed to the wine itself, but to its
adulteration for when the peasants drink
the liquid of their own cultivation they
are very rare.
The following table is given by the
american legation in Peking as approx
lmately accurate, and is valuable be.
cause 1t notes the population of eacH
province, some of which, it will be seq
States; Manchuria, 100000; Chilli, is.
10000; Shantung, 36,000,O00; Shansi, 10.
0O0 000; Honau. 100000; szechuan, g..
900; Kiangsu, $1,000. 900; Kwochow. Sos
600; Anhwei, H,0OOOOO; Chekung, 12OO0,O 900
Shengi SOOe q 90 ood Fuhtsken 100000
|
Kiangsi, 24,O0OOOO; Kwangs, 100000
Kansuh, 100000. Total, AS, 900 900. The
| largest straight line that can be drawn ir
Chinese territory would be $3.50 miles
from northeast to southwest. The great
est breadth of the empire is 21OO miles
The circuit of the whole is about Ia 90.
miles, or considerably over one-haIf OF
the circumference of the globe. The
Russian boundary is $500 miles, Tht
coast line is 400 miles.
The commonest and best known ot
all our cervidae is our old friend, the Vir.
ginia deer says St Nicholas 1t is the
most persistent animal of it's kind, polite
ly but firmly resisting all attempts at com
| plete determination. Wherever there are
large tracts of forest and also in manS
places where there are not it ranges all thS
way from Southern Florida to Saskatche
wan and from New Brunswick to idaho
and the Mexican border. In Florida anC
| Texas it is a small and insignificant crea I.
ure in comparison with those found in ths
| Virginia mountains and farther north In
the west and northwest this creature re
Joices in a fine assortment of popula,
names. Here are few of them, in tht
order of their preferences: White-taileC
deer, fan-tailed deer, fiag-tailed deer. long
| tailed nd foil rTSt-.