The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AT present England. Holland and Bel
GUM all use Greenwich time. The legal
time throughout Germany has recently
been defined TO be exactly one hour fast
on Greenwich time
-Jewsharps are made principally in
BOccoriO. the seat of the industry since
the sixteenth century. good workman
can make seven dozen in a day, and m
pie as the little instruments are, no less
than twenty tools are employed IN their
manufacture, including anvil, hammer,
tongs, and so on. There are, moreover,
twenty-four distinct operations.
The stuffed calico cats, made of print
cloth stamped with the picture Of tab
by and stuffed with cotton into quite
lifeHke counterfeit of the animal. which
were common toy with children a few
years ago, have been put TO a novel use
lately in Lincoln county Ne, says the
New York sun The farmers have fast
ened the calico cats I'D among the branches
OF their fruit trees and il is said they
most effectualy scare away predatory
birds 1t would seem the idea could be
extended into the making of lifelike stuff
ed calico huntsman for use as scare
crows in corields and melon patches.
"A few years ago Mr.. Gladstone was
seized with mania for answering on pos
tai cards all communications addressed to
him, says the Philadelphia Record. His
replies to requests for an opinion were
so delightfully."- non-committal that the
recipient OF the postal was never any the
wiser as to the great statesman's views.
For instance. Mr.. Gladstone was once
asked what he thought of the use of to-
following; while some persons consider
the use of tobacco to be exceedingly in
furious to themselves and offensive TO 9TH
erSi not Few persons consider ii an in
nocuous and delightful indulgence. What
do you think about it?' These Quasi-palin-
dromes from Gladstone's pen were all
much alike and created such fun that they
were eagerly sought. The old gentleman
mas Tor some time ceased this manner of
correspondence, but the enterprising
SWindler in London, who has been flood
ing this country with Gladstonian postals,
must have made rich harvest. He Melted
s. a piece for them. 1t may have been that
Mr.. Gladstones studied care not to eX-
press an opinion was due to the fact that
he suspected an imposition of this nature
would arise. St Augustine dubbed Cicero
a Weigher and measurer Of words" But
give the wonderful sage of Hawarden
postal and he can discount the great Ro-
man orator at his own game
-Reinsuring risks on vessels long over
| due, and supposed to be lost, is a game
OF chance in which speculative marine
| underwriters have been indulging says the
Philadelphia Record. One of the vessels
on which such big odds have been taken
was the British bark Commander which
sailed on April II from Chittagong' India,
Tor the west Indies and the Delaware
| Breakwater and has been given up as
lost Both vessel and cargo were insured
as ordinary risks, at the rates then cur
rent Tor vessels trading on long voyages.
After three months had elapsed without
the arrival of the vessel the original in
surers placed their risks with other com
I -
escaping the payment of a total loss. Those
| who took the new risk became alarmed at
| the continued absence of the vessel, and
| 10 protect themselves, they reinsured the
| vessel ana cargo at 40 guineas premium
| AS the loss of the vessel now appears to
be beyond doubt. those who last took the
| FISK VIII be called upon to pay a total
| loss The British ship Munster sailed in
Dallast from Rio Janeiro on MAY 10 for
| NeWcastle, New South Wales, and is be-
neNed TO have been lost off Cape Horn
| she IS now being reinsured a so guineas
| premium. The ships Lord Spencer, which
! sailed from San Francisco for Queens
| town on April 3, and the Star of Austria
which sailed from Santa RosaIia on March
| % for Falmouth are believed to have been
| lost, and vessels and cargoes are being re-
| insured at 70 Suineas premium.
| Knowing that the Smith family was
ana is numerous one, curiosity prompted
y. T. Marshall Company K, One Hundred
ana Fifty-ffth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
| 70 FOOT up the whole number of persons of
that name that served in the war of the
| rebellion from the Keystone State saws
the 81; Louis Republic. Mr.. Marshall says
that his footings show that there were
not less than 5000 Smiths in the union
armies who hailed from the state of Penn
ssy y1ytbs alone ah to say nothing Of the
| ing table, as prepared by Mr.. Marshall
from the adutant generals report, shows
Fighting Smiths" of Pennsylvania served :
In regular service, field, staff and
| commissioned .................... $50
Emergency men, field, staff and
commissioned .................... As 1893
In regular service, non-commis-
| stoned and musicians ........ 431
| emergency men, nOn-cOmmis-
| stoned and musicians ....... 152- 5S2
! IN regular service, privates.
Emergency men, privates ....... Si6- .2e4
Total Smiths in union service
| from the state of Pennsyl-
yanla ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sos
| - Ihere are enough of the above for
| nNe full REGIMENTS all nrnnnrlv nficorcdl