The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

white paper are becoming quite popular in
Europe. especially In England, Holland
and France.
Prof. F. G. Plummer Of Tacoma,
Wash, IS authority for the statement that
there are hundreds of trees in thar vicin-
ity upward Of 100 feet in hight.
Men who work in the New York,
OHIO, Pennsylvania and Canadian salt
works are never affected with cholera,
diphtheria, yellow fever or smallpox.
The British official who has charge OF
the money affairs says that all the gold
IN the world could be stored in a room
deep.
When you get to figuring on the i'm
mense size of the state Of Texas. remem-
Der that il has fffty-seven counties, each
81 winch IS larger than the state Of
Upon the spot in the market place in
Altorf upon which, according to the le-
gend, Tell shot at the apple on his sons
mead, there now stands d superb bronze
of Richard Kissling.
There was a romance in the history
of the late Prof. Riley, the famous en-
tomologists whose death was announced
a rev days ago. His mother who was
a member of an old and aristocratic En-
glish family, was disowned for marrying
beneath her, but her father relented so
Iar as 10 give her son superior edu-
cation, which, with the use he made of
II, was worth as much as name or legacy
Moses Chamberlain, now living at Mil
lOus a. enjoys the QlStlqCIlOn. II IS said,
OF being a~brotheni OF sthe man who was
killed in battle MS years ago. Such a
thing would seem impossible az first
thought, but it is a fact. Mr.. Chamber
lain is 50 years old, and was born thirty
nve years after the battle of German
town d17O. in which his Brother, IS years
old, lost his life. The latter was the
oldest of the twenty-four children, and
Mr.. Chamberlain is the youngest.
A well-dressed woman entered jew
eier shop in Paris, and being annoyed
Dy an organ-grinder at the door, gave
him piece of money and told him to go
away. Then she went on examining Jew
els and bought brooch. She was leaving
the shop when diamond pin of great
value was missed, and in spite of her pro-
tests she was searched. nothing, however.
being found. She was watched, though.
and II was soon discovered that she had
siVen the diamond to the organ-grinder,
who was in. collision, a fact which NJ.
Dupin or Sherlock Holmes would have
known without being told.
The highest barometer pressure ever
recorded is believed to have been noted
at Irkutsk, Siberia. on Jan. Il. 1898. the
reading being 3lS. This phenomenon
was attended with very low temperature,
the mercury dropping from SO to 81 de-
grees below zero in two and one-half
hours. On the same day there were-seV-
eral observations made in North Sweden,
which showed reading of more than 20
degrees below zero. The lowest pressure
ever recorded by skilled meteorologists
was 219 inches. This reading was taken
on board a British ship during the pre-
Ndience OF a severe storm on the Bay of
Bengai IN 1879. The area of this amazing
low pressure was found by observation
to be less than 5000 feet in diameter.
Some suggestive details concerning
the early education of the German en-
peror nave Just come out. 1t seems that
William ii had in early childhood tutor
VINO was captain of the guards Prince
Bismarck had recommended HIM and he
applied TO the heir to the throne the prin-
ciple on which he had trained his re-
cruitS, bend or break" The yOung HO-
henzollern was made to rise at $50 every
morning, and at once begin a course of
gymnastc exercises, unsuitable for a
child of his age 1t is this regimen, au-
thCritieS say, which made Prince Will
lam so weak and nervous that his grand
father, the old emperor, suggested one
day to Bismarck that his captain of the
guards would perhaps better return to
his recruits.
A Nebraska woman has a case of de-
lirium tremens from the abuse of coffee.
For many years she has been addicted to
the use of very strong coffee in excessive
quantities, frequently taking as many as
dozen cups at a meal. Her nervous sys-
tenn has suffered seriously as result,
and on several occasions she has attempt
cd to break off the habit, but without
success. A few days ago she resolved to
make a last desperate effort, and for a
time managed to get along without touch
| ing the seductive beverage. At the end
of the second day. however. her nerves
were in state of almost complete col
lapse, and few hours later an attack of
what closely resembled delirium tremens
set in. The physician called was at first
deceived by me symptoms but when the
nature of the case was explained to him
he said the disease was undoubtedly caus-
ed by the sudden breaking off of the
habit.
-Muskmelons have played a part in his
tory, says lie Temps OF Paris. They
caused the fall of Argues and led Mack TO
| the CapitulatiOn of Uln. One day the
Able Bernis came to dine with the Mar
quise de Pompadour who was furious be-
cause the maitre dhotel had forgotten to
| serve melon. Shall get two muskmelons
for you, madame2' He paid 2 louis for
| them. "DelightfuI" said the marouist,
My compliments, Monsieur rAbbe." Ber-
mis- was happy until the moment when the
! clock struck his eye. What makes you sac,
asked the Pompaqeur. on madame: ia
marquise, he replied, my friend Malvin
and l have only one pair of trousers for
both of US, and he is waiting for it to so to
dinner" The Pompadour gave pension of
| 1900 liVres and an abbey to him. His
| friend became, under the same protection,
archbishop of Lyons. one evening
strategist was explaining to BOnaparte
what he should have done if Mantua had
not surrendered. Bonaparte asked, ''YoI.
| have been in the wars, monsieur?' The
| strategiSt replied mo but 1 have reac
| Polybius. Marshal SAKE and Chevalier Fo-
| lard. Bonaparte said, "Oh, you arc
| learned! Do you know how to make mel
! onS grow?' The Strategist exclaimed,
General Indignantly Bonaparte coz.
| tinucd, You have read La Quintinie?'-
| Yes, general" the strategist answered.
| You do not know how to make melons
S1OWs dllHOuSn you nave Te&Q La N(uln-
| TIME, and yet you talk to me about war
| because you have read Polybus. Good
| day, sir" Bonaparte said.
-Pulque, the native drink of Mexico.
| according to the Pittsburg Dispatch, is
| extracted from the maguey plant, a spe-
! cies of the American aloe that grows read
/ lily in an arid soil Webster calls it of the
! genus agave An incision is made into
the inner side of the thick, pointed blades
| growing upright four or five feet to the
! number of a dozen or so from a common
| stalk. The liquor when extracted is emp
tied into pigshns, in which it is taken
| to the pulquerta6 ypulques saloons. 1t is
| often hauleds.in wagons, but the pulque
| railway trains bring great quantities
daily to the capital city The fresher the
more palatable it is. Pulque is of a
milky color. about the consistency OF buj-
| teTmilk, and having an agreeable taste
to those who like buttermlk or koumiss
which it resembles. Its pungent odor Is
sickening to the stomach unaccustomed
to it. The production and sale of pulque
is an extensive business in Mexico. The
| life of the plant, L am told, is about eight
or nine years. 1t is replaced by younger
| ones when showing signs of exhaustion.
\ Pulquerias abound and are largely pa
tronized by the poems. The drink sells
at l to cents a glass or bottle, contain
ing over pint, the bottle to be furnished
A poems meal without pulque would be
| like an American breakfast without cor