The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ulea the Otner DAY IN superior. Wis, left
an estate Of $1,000
In the later Roman empire rings cut
from solid stone. generally agate or onyx,
became fashionable.
"A Los Angeles woman visits the county
jail 10 talk salvation 10 a man who
murdered her husband.
The growth Of the nails on the left
hand requires eight or ten days more
than those on the right
According to the latest return the popu-
lation of Scotland is reported to be only
10000 less than that OF Ireland.
They are talking of putting on new
play OF low life in London. where all the
parts snail be taken by real criminals.
out Of 100 lives insured in England only
five are women. while only one person
in four in London earns over s. a week.
"A cyclist in Bedfordshire. England.
has had his machine shattered under him
by lightning, while he escaped unhurt.
The movement in Liverpool for per-
petuating the memory in her native city
of Mrs. Hemans meets with much encour-
agement.
Every wealthy Greek and Roman had
slaves who did his copying. Nearly all
the manuscripts of antiquity were copied
by slaves.
1t has been estimated by competent
authorities that p per cent. Of the AZ
rican slaves started to America died dur
ing the voyage.
In 1874 large gathering of South At
rican chiefs was held at Cape Coast Cas-
tie by which they formally agreed 10
| give up the slave traffic.
The wages of workingwomen in Colo
RADIO are said to have increased since
suffrage was granted them. But they
| do not yet receive equal salaries with
men.
The town of Marblehead, in Massa-
chusetts, gained its name because the
white quartz, which is so plentiful on the
| headlands. looks Ike marble from dis
| lance.
"A North Missouri paper has adopted
| the plan of running the names of delin-
quent subscribers upside down in the
paper whenever it has occasion 10 refer
| to them.
With children in the house it is es-
peciany necessary to know how to re-
move fish bones or anything else that has
| lodged in the throat. The white of
| raw egg will do this
The first discovery of coal is unknown.
| The ancient Britons seem to have dug
| for it, but the first official record we have
| is an alleged license of Henry ii to dig
| at Newcastle-on-Tyne in l234
The Italian consul general has been
instructed by Premier Rudini to look into
the matter of the detention of Italian pau
/ per emigrants at New York and 10 send
| back at the expense of the government
| those who are not allowed to land.
Ants have brains larger in proportion
to the size of their bodies than any other
living creatures. They are endowed with
| a high quality of instinct. display req
! soning ability and good judgment and
| possess powers of reflection and calcula-
! ton.
-Krupp, the big gun manufacturer,
owns about 1900 houses, which he rents
| to his 1900 workingmen on basis of
| only ? per cent. on the capital invested.
| He has also erected bath houses, hospi-
| tails and barracks for times of epidemic
| diseases.
"A publication of great historic inter
est and value will soon be issued from the
| government printing bureau in Washing
! ton. 1t will consist of a compilation of
| the messages and state papers of the
| Presidents down to 1897, and will contain
matter that has never before been made
| public.
| Over half the members of the Sioux
| City, Ia, police force are in no way
| bound to the city for the faithful per-
1
| TO the force are made for a year, ana
! bonds are required for a corresponding
time This spring, owing TO a delay in
| the announcement of appointments, the
| force is holding over and bonds have not
| been renewed.
A railway and telegraph line is being
laid in the Nile valley to connect with
| points in the Soudan, and shallow
| draught stern-wheel steamers are to be
| replaced on the river above the cataracts.
1 he cd
| The purpose of the Improvement is TO IA
| cilitate the advance of the troops when
| the proper time comes for the reconquest
| of the province.
The harp has almost died out in
Wales The late Archdruid "Clwyd-
| fardd." writing to Mr.. Edward Tirebuclx
| in 1898, said: Il can recollect that twenty
| years ago all the principal inns and
| hotels kept a proficient harpist to play
| on the Welsh harp for the diversion of
| visitors, highly appreciated by ladies and
| gentlemen. who frequented their estab-
| lishment in those days"
Some British regiments are very jeai-
| Gus of certain tunes which tradition and
association have connected with them.
| "Dumbarton's Drums" has been the quick
| step mach of the Royal Scots for over
! 200 years. The West Yorkshire Regiment
claim ga Ira" as their march, the First
Battalion of CornwalIs Light Infantry,
One and ALI" the Cheshire Regiment,
! ''Wha Wadna Fight for CharIe?" In
honor of Sir Charles Napier, who once
commanded them.
"A new life preserver has been invent
ed, says a London paper, which not only
keeps a man afloat, but which provides
| him with meat, drink and shelter. 1t IS
| claimed that in it shipwrecked person
can be kept alive a month. The lower
| part of this curious device resembles Il
life preserving dress, the upper part is
| a kind of buoy or floating chamber in
| which the occupant has some freedom Of
| motion for his head and arms Inside the
| enlarged upper chamber it is proposed to
| place provisions and water.
| AT Jonesboro, Tenn. recently Rev. w
w. Smith, an evangelist who had been
| conducting revival at the Baptist church.
| undertook to denounce the town as the
| "wickedest hell-hole in the United
| States" His language was such as to
| cause Rev. Kimbrough, pastor of the
| church, to call him down. The good doc
| tor said that he would not permit sucn
| language to be used in his church A
| scene followed, in which the evangelist
| tried to square himself. The pastor de-
| clared the revival at a close and dismissed
| the cOngregatiO0