The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


is struggling with the largest block of
stone ever quarried in Concord Its di-
mansions are 6, is and 20 feet, and it is
estimated to weigh $50 tons. 1t IS to be
used in monument now In preparation
Tor a Washington order.
-Eiberield's Ogerbuergermeister aston
ished the distinguished guests invited to
the opening of the new Remscheid-So-
lingen bridge by driving to the railroad
station in the BLACK Maria" He had
peeh unable 70 hnd cab, and had used
the only official conveyance that was
ready.
"A tramp broke a long kept VOW against
work at Middletown, Conn, and now says
his fate is deserved. He started to cut
grass at house for a meal. He had not
been at work over ten minutes before the
nelghborhood was alarmed by. frightful
cries. The tramp had moved into a hor-
nets nest.
Broadly speaking, the essential differ
ence between merchant ships and war
ships is that the former are designed to
carry their loads, or principal portions
thereof, low down in the hold, whereas
Warships have to carry their heavy bur-
dens of armor and armament high up on
their sides. IL
Modern man is gradually waking up to
the fact that he can utilize everything
Coal is not only a source of heat and
light, but a storehouse of colors, tastes,
medicines perfumes and explosives.
From 140 pounds of gas tar in a ton of
coal over 1900 distinct shades of aniline
dyes are made.
e. S. Downs, while stroling in the
woods near Lebanon, N. H., saw moving
toward him the black head of a strange
animal He fired and killed a large fisher
cat The present inhabitants of New
Hampshire remember but one other in
stance of the killing of a fisher, which
even in the forests of British America is
rare.
In 1909 an Englishman named Banks
had a horse which he had trained to fol-
low him wherever he went over fences
and to the roofs of buildings He and his
horse went to the top of that immensely
high structure, St PauPs church. After
many wonderful exploits at home the
horse and his master went to Rome, where
they performed feats equally astonishing.
The result was that both Banks and his
horse were burned as enchanters
The Medical Record says: "Out of 222
pupils in the grammar schools of Chicago
who attained a certain percentage of eff
cheney, only twenty-five were boys This
would indicate that girls are about ten
times as bright as boys. 1t is hard to I'M
derstand these things and straighten up
the accepted rule that boys take after
their mothers and the girls after their
fathers. If they, the women, are the
smarter, then the boys, taking after their
mothers should also be the smarter If
the men are the smarter. then the girls,
taking after their fathers, should be
smarter. 1t is q difficult riddk to I'M
raVel."
Says the Kansas City Journal: "a pc
culiar feature of the apples grown in this
section the last season is that they will
not cook properly. Many a housewife has
been surprised that the best varieties of
cooking apples cannot be cooked as usual.
They are tough and strils ~, and when
sliced for cooking retain their shape, no
matter how long they may be kept in the
stove, instead of cooking to pieces as
they should do. Grocers and applemen
have been flooded with complaints about
the apples they sell. The unusual condi-
grower and handler yesterday, is due to
the dry weather that came just when the
fruit was filling and maturing"
Near Chingkiang, China, is a great al
bumen factory, for the utilization of the
duck eggs which are produced in that re-
giop IN n enormous quantities, focks of 1900
and 1900 ducks being by no means uncom-
mon. The eggs are broken at the rate of
| from 10000 to 60,00e per day by women,
who separte the white from the yolk, the
former being carefully cleaned and dried
until they resemble ffsh-glue, when they
are packed in 400-pound cases lined with
| zinc. The yolkS are passed through sleeves
| into 25-gallon receptacles, mixed to mo-
| lasseS consistency with a salt and borax
solution, packed in 500-pound barrels, and
used in Europe for preparing and dress
| ing articles of superior quality. The al
| bumen finds a ready market in England,
| France and Germany for dyes for the best
| cotton goods.
The sparrow has found an unexpect-
ed champion in the prime minister of
France, says the New York Tribune. The
| farmers have recently been agitating in
| favor of the determination of the little
| bird, and succeeded so far that a decree
| was submitted to Premier Meline for sig
| nature, giving orders for the destruction
| of the bird throughout the country by all
la1.l l.
| ton to the measure the prime minister de-
| termined to make an investigation, in the
| course of which he has received so much
| information in favor of the birds, espec-
! tally from the forestry department that
| he has not only refused to sign the de-
| cree, but has announced that he is about
| to take steps TO promote the increase of
| the species in consequence of its useful
| ness. It seems that the harm that it does
| to the crops is more than counterbal-
| anced by the Dement'S which it confers in
| destroying the. caterpillarS, worms and
| other insects that are so detrimental to
| trees.
The most valuable almanac ever made
| is that now in the British museum, which
| is priceless says the Boston Transcript
| 1t is believed to be at least three thous-
| and years old. The days are written in
| red ink on papyrus, in columns, and I'M
| der each is a figure, followed by three
| characters signifying the probable state
| of the weather for that day. The most
| elaborate almanac in the world is that is
| thick volumes, which gives full informa-
| ton as to lucky times and places for per-
! forming the acts of every day life, which
| is considered an essential of success by
| every good Chinaman. The Nautical
! Almanac" costs the British nation f3, 942
| year. At Its office, No. Verularn build
| ings, Gray's Inn, London, the superinten-
| dent, A. NJ. w. Downing, doctor Of science
and fellow of the Royal Society, receives
1900. Edward Roberts fellow of the royal
| astronomical and statistical societies, the
| chief assistant receives f450, and there
are eleven other assistants, several of
whom are graduates of universities or
members of learned societies, who are
| paid from f100 to 600 each. The most Gu
| rious calendar at present in use is that
| of the natives of Central America where
| the months are only twenty days, and
| these are named after animals. Among
| most modern European ones the Alma
| nae de Gotha" has ben the longest in
| continuous acknowledgements of 1876
years.
in view of the fact that the kaiser's
left arm is withered and useless, says the
| New York Tribune. his record of Sc, 1857
| head of game killed with his own hand
| during the last two decades is a remarka-
! bic one. 1t is contained in his game
| book" which has just been published for
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