The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
ITEMS OF interest.

The United States produces annually
100000 bushels OF peanuts. OF one-sixth
Of the total production OF the world
While three-hfths Of the worlds pro-
duct Of sugar is derived from the beet. the
United States contributed 5000 tons TO the
worlds 100000 tons Of beet sugar in 1895.
The United States has only seven facto-
ries, while in Europe there are about 1.i5O.
The gigantic lily is. perhaps. the most
magnificent Of Australian native flowers.
From cluster Of gracefully bending
leaves rises a stalk TO a hight OF from ~
10 - feet, crowned with about a dozen
crimson flowers. forming a kind of nat
ural bouquet about a foot in diameter.
Gen. Norm Of France says that the
deterioration of common roads. ex-
cept that which is caused by the weather.
is twO-thirds due 10 the wear OF the
horses feet and one-third 10 the wheels
OF vehicles. Motorcycles and rubber tires
would therefore minimize the expense OF
road repairs.
An ordinary man can say everything
that any occasion calls for with a vo-
cabulary of 900 words. Of these he only
uses 900 or 500. using the remainder when
an idea out OF the usual line of thought
occurs to him. Most OF US, being only
ordinary men. seldom draw upon the sur
plus go words.
The Scientific American insists that
some species Of fish and insects do not
sleep. Among fish, the salmon, pike and
gold fish are not known to sleep at all,
While some other species indulge in per
iods of rest for an hour or two at a time.
Certain flies are known not 10 slumber
and all the aniamalculae belong to the list
of those which sleep not.
Bass & Co. of Burton-on Trent, Eng
land. got up an excursion for 10000 of
their employees the other day, taking them
to BlackpOOl in seventeen trains. They
had hired every show in the place. and
opened them free to the excursionists,
besides providing steamers for a sea trip.
free railroad tickets and enough money
to pay for the incidentals
Spiders are affected by music An or
ganist in a church noticed one that would
swing down on a thread every time the
organ was played. At the close of the
music the spider would disappear. The
spider could be enticed out by either very
soft or very loud music. During a con-
cert at Leipsic the orchestra leader no.
ticed a spider which descended from a
chandelier while a violin solo was being
played and quickly ran back at the close
Of the selection.
The Passion Play" now being enacted
at Selzbach, in the Jura, seems a very
simple and reverent performance, although
lacking the dignity of the Oberammergau
representation. Selzbach is a little clock
making village, not far from Soleure Some
three years ago one of the chief manufac-
turers arranged this Passion Play" to Oc-
cupy the spare time of his workpeople,
and the play has since been repeated every
summer. 1t takes place in a rude wooden
barn, and everybody cOncerned-actOrs.
scene-painters. etc.-belongs to the district.
AChe play is arranged on the lines of the
ola Mysteries" the first part being de-
voted to scenes from the Old Testament,
and the second to the Life of Christ.
The funniest thing in the way of table
decoration that we have seen for a long
time, says London Invention, comes from
a wholesale firm of lamp makers, and is
described as a complete table decorati ton
in itself. 1t combines the various attrac-
tons of an aquarium and a fernery with
the utility of a lamp, the pedestal of the
lamp being a crystal glass reservoir filled
with water and stocked with unfortunate
gold and silver fish. The base of the lamp
takes the form of a plated bowl in which
ferns and flowers can be arranged. With
all due Difference to the makers, we con-
slider that this is not quite the right thing
In the right place. Aquariums unless roomy
and well fitted must be Objectionable
places, and the members of the finny
tribe who dwell in the bowl under the
glare OF this lamp have our most cordial
sympathy.
Tho highest chimney in England is
supposed to be that at Barlow & Dobson's
mill at Bolton; it is 1868 feet high. and is
built of 100000 bricks and 100 tons of
stone. 1t is eXcelled by at least two in
Scotland-the St. Rollox chimney in GIas-
gov Is 445 feet, and the Townsend CHM
ney in the same city is said to be 46S
feet high. But the steeplejacks make no
more of climbing such chimneys than one
third OF their hight, though the vibra-
ton is more serious at times. All Chin
neys vibrate, especially in a gale-lt is a
condition of their safety-but the osciIla-
ton at the top is a serious matter for
any one at work there during a high
wind, and in such conditions the lob is
postponed to calmer season. Lancashire
also boasts one of the crookedest Chin
neys in the country-a shaft at Brook
Mill Heywood-which is nearly 200 feet
high, but is more than six feet out of
plumb. 1t has been belted with iron bands
and is considered secure.
Birds are the most interesting of the
lower order creatures with which men have
to deal says the New York Sun. and they
are also the most Industrious though ac-
cording to the ideas of some men their no
lions of industry are sadly perverted The
English sparrow is an Industrious bird but
It's industry is not appreciated to any IA
Vorable extent save by naturalists who are
not prejudiced. The English snarrovy
I,
the female beginning to build a new nest
almost as soon as the young are out of
their shells, and leaving them to the care
of the male, while she hustles for new
location and new material for a nest.
Many of the minor birds build extra. nests
The robins may sometimes be seen these
days putting up a nest, having built one
and got rid of first brood Blackbirds
are occasionally industrious in this way,
and the warblers are likewise good breed
ers. The little field sparrow and its cousin
the song chip lay eggs in the spring and
IN summer, and their young are still nm
der tuition in September. The woodcock.
the rufted grouse, and other large birds
sometimes build late nests as well as early
ones. The late broods are probably those
of birds whose first lot Of eggs were de-
stroyed by a fox or some other predatory
animal. But the early broods may be sa fe
ly ascribed to young pair of birds. yearl-
lngs who think the first pleasant day of
springtime to be a harbinger of many such
days. Hawks and predatory birds are the
powers of bird society. They live bv the
lives of the weaker birds They are aris-
tocrats, almost ranking with the eagle md
.erons. Their children are few but mighty
being princes of the air when young and
becoming kings and queens before +beir