The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ter's, which will be beautifully draped for
the occasion and lighted by hundreds upon
hundreds of Sreat chandeliers 1t viii be
the hrst time that canonization has been
celebrated in St Peters since 1861, and it
IS estimated that the cost Of the ceremony
VIII exceed SOD G00.
Extraordinary preparations are being
made in Germany for the celebration on
March . next OF the hundredth anniver-
sary or the birth of Emperor William /.
a magnificent monument, facing the pal
ace III hlch he used to live, is TO be I'M
NeIied on that Gay in Berlin, and most of
the soVereigns Of the other states of the
German confederation have promised to
come 10 Berlin to take part in the festiV-
ltles organized for the occasion.
-One of the most unique of the many
forms insurance takes, says the New York
Times. is that Of insuring keys. The man
who insureS his keys pays a dollar a wear
and is furnished with a label for his KEY
ring. This label requests the finder to
turn over the Keys TO the police station
and claim 81 reward They are then re-
turned to the owner, wherever he may be
Tree OF charge. IN case the keys are lost
beyond recovery the bill of the locksmith
Of $50
"A correspondent of a Boston paper
says: "As far as have observed, when
ever a food preparation is put into pack
age with printed matter, the printed side
IS invariably placed near the article OF
1900 1901 which WI often happens to pc of "a
standard and superior quality Why not
reverse the printed slip? Printing ink is
not nutritious, palatable or wholesome:
ana such food packages, If allowed to re-
man Unopened for long time and if eX-
posed TO neat and moisture, must deterior-
ate IN Quality and may even become un-
wholesome"
"A dispatch from Minneapolis to the
Chicago Chronicle says: For some time
George w. Porter, fireworks manufacturer
OF TINS city. has been busy with the con-
Stfuctlon of nine-foot rocket 1t has
Deeh ms intention to make one large
enough to transport a full-groWn man
through space. and he says that ne has
succeeded. A well-known aeronaut ex-
poets TO make the ascent, coming down
m a parachute attached to the rocket.
me rocket Will contain 176 pounds of the
motlVe compound The person who will
make the ascent will be fastened to the
parachute by means of a harness, and to
lhe rocket by a mechanical device, from
which ne can release himself by a Simple
movement"
1t has been stated that bank burglar
can SO heat the walls of a cafe with ar,
electric current as to be able to get inside
without waiting more than few minutes
certain laboratory experiments lend some
SdmcIl91n 70 such a notion, but electrical
to talk about stealing electricity from live
IIoliey ana ightlng wires than il is to
40 NIIthat is. with safety. The Electro
cal Engineer, after pointing out some
other difficulties in the way of such opers
atoms, remarks that "men can take and
nave taken the current from supply
mdiIS' even more than is required for
melting through safes, though In numer-
Gus instances the parties maintained per
Iect silence about it ever after"
The red man is going to cease being
merely picturesque, and go to work. The
Indians on the Red Cliff reservation are
70 go INTO the logging business. The gov
eminent has not yet sold any nine on fhis
reservation, but it has been decided TO LET
me Indians begin logging their timber. and
IN tne Iogs thus cut will be sold next spring
10 the highest bidder. Capt Scott who Is
IN charge of La Pointe agency has receive
ed letter from Washington Containing
Speclncauons as to how the timber should
be cut. A portion of the timber on the re
serVation has been burned over and viii
be ruined unless cut this winter. and the
government has authorized Capt Scott to
Degln the work at once. A sum of money
has been placed at his disposal, with
which to conduct the logging operations.
ana next spring, when the logs are sold
the government will be reimbursed for the
money advanced and the remainder will
De turned over to the Indians.
The New York Times says that a con-
vict in Sing Sing has designed and is now
buil1Ing the largest church organ of the
reed tyre constructed. 1t will contain
slXty-e:ght notes more than the largest
standard reed organ on record. The de-
Slgner and builder of this organ is an in
teHlSent young German, who, after mas
terlng his trade of organ building got into
oao habits, committed a felony and is
new serving a term in state prison. War
den sage learned of the young conVict's
capabilities through some drawings which
ne made and, finding him competent and
eager to ply his trade, the warden fitted
up a small room for his use, provided the
necessary materials and set him to work
H. inns r. employment caused a visible change
Irank and free from viciousness, the mo-
ment ne found he was trusted with the re-
spohsiDlllty of an important piece of work
bi l1 cHI I2 suIlenness Of prison life left
dfuSan pride is aroused and he proposes
making two first-class organs-the larger
one LOT Ihe roman Catholic chapel and
the smaller one for the Protestant chapel
w. r. Whittemore. while in Alturas.
Ore.' recently discovered some remarkable
hieroglyphics about fifteen miles north.
east from the north end of Warner va1leD
on the edge of what is locally known az
Lhe desert" in Lake county saws the
san Francisco Call. Mr. WhiftemoTe saws
s Ih5 nlerogIyphics had been cut with a
sharp instrument in the surface of the
haIQ DaSaltlc rock. They cover the face
OF the bluff for a distance of about three
niitS ana ana consist of pictures of Indians
Win BOWS. arrows and spears besides
deer, antelope, dogs and wolves. geese
Gucks' swans and reptiles of various
ANUS; AuteIHnlngleu with these animals
are characters which, of course, he could
not qeclpher. He says that the execution
u tne pictures was very good and he is
satlSned that it could not have been he
WORK or ordinary Indians. Throughout The
entle distance the characters and nic
lures are in rows. The Indians of The
Nlclnty nave no knowledge of the mean
Ils OF the hleroglyphics or of the neonle
VINO ages ago chiseled them on the siIrface
81 the rocks. From the description yiSen
ne plcture-writing bears a close reseno-
pIahce 10 that found in Mexico and Cen
traI America. If this superstition is true
a careful study might reveal to the arcbse'
oIoglSt some insight into the origin or
w Mathiuerlhgs OF a dead and forgotten civili-
why is tobacco so often highly scent
ca? Is 1t not reasonable to suppose that in
many cases 1t is to mask an inferior anal
ny which otherwise would be manifesto
hdt the treatment of tobacco with Varions
essences and iavors is practised there
Tan pc little doubt, says the Lancet and
Every intelligent person knows that in nv
Idr the majority Of instances the necnlier
aromatic flavor of the tobacco he b,isss
goes not naturally belong to the tobacco
i -! az an We have strong reasons for
peheylng that the dosage of tobacco with
nlsnly, scented or aromatic compounds
may give rise to real injury to health This
ldtter becomes the more serious when we
consider the large quantity Of cheap and
nasty cigarettes that are smoked M, tba
small youth of the raraeopt 49,. ~, Nio