The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-28
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brooches, but complains of competition
from cheaper medals made in Germany.
"A Pretoria undertaken has imported
coffin for the use of the President when
required, says the African Review. The
coffin cost not far short of $500, and is
most gorgeous receptacle.
-Hysteria and loss OF memory were Miss
Ellen Terry's chief afiiction in the illness
from which she is happily recovering.
Complete rest in a quiet country place
has been the principal agent in her cure.
"A japanese correspondent of Garden
and Forest says that the burdock, which
the japanese call "gobo," is a valuable
food in Japan. The tender shoots are boil
ed with beans, the roots are put in soup
and the young leaves are eaten as greens.
The plant has been cultivated for CEN
turtles, and the annual value of the crop
is about 100000"
DR.. Wiley, the chemist of the agri-
cultural department in Washington, says
that. in his opinion the coming salad oil
will be made of sunflower seed, and will
be so cheap that it may be used on the
poor mans table. His remark was prob
ably meant to encourage farmers in rails
ing sunfiower seed, but, says the New
York Tribune, it is likely to work the other
way. Farmers prefer to raise something
that will be dear, and not cheap.
Prussia is about to raise the salaries
of professors in the Berlin universities
from 81, 400 to $1,000 and salaries of other
university professors to 81, 400. These sal
aries are augmented by fees of from s.
to $40 paid by each of class of from so
to 100 students, but of this sum the pro-
fessor is allowed to retain only about half
But the positions are greatly coveted by
the most intellectual and aspiring schol-
ars in Germany, who struggle and starve
for years to reach the haven of their hopes.
The secretary of the Massachusetts
Audubon Society says: 'It is proved that
into England alone between 100000 and
100000 birds are imported yearly, and
that for Europe the number reaches $780,
100000 Hence the fashionable craze has
annually demanded between 200, 100000 and
3OO,0O0,0O0 birds. From the East Indies
alone a dealer I'm London received 10000
humming birds. 5000 birds of paradise and
100000 miscellaneous birds. In an auction
room, also in London. within four months,
over 10000 East and West Indian and Bra
lillian bird skins, besides thousands of
pheasants and birds of paradise. were put
up for sale"
Within twelve hours after the signing
of the Raines law amendments the free
lunch broke out again all over this town.
says the New York World Its prohibit
ton was senseless from the point of view
of temperance. 1t was enacted by re-
quest of the liquor dealers to enable them
to escape the expense. 1t is repealed to
nab.e the countrymen, to sell cheese to the
barkeepers. In both cases the legislature
has been paternal to an unwarranted de-
gree There was never the smallest pos
sible reason why the law should interfere
either to restrain or to license the free
lunch inclinations of the dealers in liquor
The most wonderful tree that grows
is found in the Pacific islands, says the
Philadelphia Record From this tree the
natives procure towels, CLOTH finder and
bread. II is about as tall as a 3-story
house, and the branches, which come out
straight from the tree, like so many arms,
are covered with leaves and fruit not I'M
like apples in appearance. This fruit is
used as bread. and it is in season during
eight months of the year, the natives find
ing good living in it. AS for glue, if
oozes from the trunk of the tree, and is
found useful for many purposes; the
leaves make excellent towels for the ma
tiVeS who care to use them, and from the
inner bark of the tree a kind of coarse
cloth can be made. Besides this. its dried
blossoms are used for finder in lighting
fires, and the wood is in great demand for
building purposes.
Not long ago an Arizona builfght was
brought to a premature conclusion by the
irregular antics of the animal, which broke
through the barricades and sent the spec
tators flying, overthrowing all the men
and horses sent against it, says the New
York Tribune. Now similar occurrence
has taken place at Leon, in Mexico. where
two of the bulls assailants were gored to
death, the ring broken down and a large
number of those assembled seriously in
jured. Either the American animals are
more fierce and unmanageable than those
which Spain introduces into her arenas
or else the provincial bul-fighter is a
muffin and a butter-fingers, not entitled
to any standing in that courageou nim-
ble-footed guild. Occurrences of the sort
should tend to bring the practice into dis
repute, and introduce less exciting pas
times, like golf, for example, and base ball
at which, il is true, the holloW-cheste
Mexicans would make but poor showing
in comparison with their more athletic
neighbors, but it would be much more NOR
al and respectable than bull-fighting.
In the United States there are about
1000 Shakers, embracing fifteen societies,
says the New York Sun. The families ex-
tend west only as far as Indiana, there
being no Simon-pure Shaker at home in
any of the western country. To promote
the growth toward the Pacific coast of
this sect of people. the business represent
alive of the Union Village Society of Shak-
er. o.. and the assistant leader of the en-
tire settlement, is in the city. He is
known as Elder William c.. Aver and is
looked upon by his people as the one com
petent man to look after their interests.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Aver to obtain
possession of a large tract of good land.
ranging in size from 1000 to 10000 acres.
in Colorado or Southern Wyoming, to place
tenants thereon and handle 1t on shares
with the devotees of the Shaker belief now
living in the eastern states. Efforts will
then be made to increase their ranks with
recruits, and to take the initial step which
will result in extending colonies in various
parts of the Rocky Mountain region.
1t is evident according to Nansen.
that the waters Of the polar seas are far
from being deserted by living creatures.
Whenever the sea is open, or partially SO.
seals, narwhals and birds abound and
on the heaps OF ice near the edge OF the
water the bears are numerous saws the
New York Sun. Under the ice marine am
imals are not wanting The explorers
found In ahnn1apaa