The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

year to care for the capito. building at
Washington
More than 200 municipalities in Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland. now own the
municipal gas works.
The nails of the Chinese nobility some
times attain the length of eighteen inches,
being protected by long silver cases.
The average number. of horses killed in
Spanish bull fights every year exceeds g.
co., while from LOCO to 200 bulls are sacri-
iced.
Italy exported last year q 900 ancient
and modern works of art. valued at $780,
OOO More than one-half of them went to
Germany.
The British admiralty proposes to try
fans worked by electricity in order to i'm
prove the ventilation Of the lower decks Of
warships.
Excepting grape vine, the Oldest alco-
holic beverage known to man is sake. a
rice wine. 1t has been used by the ia
panese for over 1880 years.
The wives of Siamese nobleme cut
their hair so that it sticks straight up
from their heads. The average length of
it is about one and one-half inches.
-Ge.atoid, a mixture of gelatine with
formaldehyde is being used for unbreak-
able goggles to protect eyes of workmen
exposed to flying particles of stone, metal
or wood
The names of the architects of the
new South Station, Boston, will be CHS
|
| front facade of that structure, in accord
| ance With plans duly submitted by them
| -Corncob pipes are made by the car
load in Missouri, and sell for % to q cents
per bushel. The industry is also an inn
portant one in Indiana and one factory
at Brightwood turns out between 1900 and
| 5000 day.
In 1898 there were LOSS debtors i'm
prisoned in Philadelphia, their debts
amounting to $25. 400; the expense of keep
ing them was 1902, 076, paid by the city; the
amount of debts recovered by this process
was $685.
Soap has been in use for 5000 years
and is twice mentioned in the Bible. A
few years ago a soap boilers shop was
discovered in Pompeii. The soap found
| in the shop had not lost all its efficacy,
although it had been buried 1900 years.
Debtors in Siam, with three months
arrears, can be seized by the creditors and
compelled to work out their indebtedness.
Should a debtor run away his father, his
wife or mis- children may be held in slav
cry until the debt is cancelled.
The poor of st. Louis are to feast on
rabbits this Christmas. Rev. ]. w. Terrell,
of Lamonte, Mo-, has issued a call for
rabbit hunt throughout Pettis county, and
the quarry win be forwarded to the st.
Louis Provident Association for charitable
distribution A similar hunt last year re-
suited in the capture of 1900 rabbits.
Ever since the sixteenth century the
British commanders have made use of the
square to repel cavalry or resist a larger
force The forma ton of this square makes
it almost impossible for an attacking force
to break through. The troops are arranged
in a quadrangle, the soldiers all facing
| outward, so that they present on every
side a solid front to the enemy.
The British Board of Agriculture has
issued an order prohibiting the expectation
of horses that by reason of 'age, infirmity
illness, injury, fatigue or any other cause"
may be unable to stand the voyage with
out suffering. Last year $3.50 decrepit
| horses v ere exported, the greater part of
this numJer having been sent to Antwerp,
presumably to be cut up for food pur-
poses.
During the recent heavy snow storm
flock of sheep owned by David Young
of East Searsmont, Me-, was left on the
mountain. After the storm was over he
went to gather in his flock, and, finding
one missing, began search. After five
days he succeeded in finding her under five
! feet of snow alive and not in bad condi-
ton. She had Travelled around under the
snow until there was beaten track of
several feet.
| One of the most public-spirited and inn
portant newspapers in Japan, the Koku-
| min Shimbun, of Toxic, has recently estab-
| Eshed an international department inserted
| for the benefit of foreign readers. This de
| partment is written in English, though ar
ticles are occasionally published in other
| European languages. Perhaps the most
| striking innovation is the insertion of notes
written in japanese, but printed in Roman
character.
AT the Paris Exposition in 1900 novel
exhibit will be made in falconry. installed
in the historical department of the section
devoted to hunting. There will be shown
| all the implements used in the ancient
sport, such as gloves, hoods, bags, uni
forms. There VIII also be noted pictures
| of hunting with falcons, such as Darnet's
in the Orleans Museum, representing Anne
of Austria, surrounded by her court wo-
men, all with falcons on their wrists.
"A pet gazelle has inspired a deed or
daring in its owner, Commander Lewis
| blackburn. r. N. which has made him
famous in England. AS he was leaving
her majestys ship Royal Adelaide the ga
zelle, which he had recently brought home
from abroad, ran TO meet him, and IN
| affectionate.y rubbing against him fell
| overheard. The commander, who was IN
uniform. promptly plunged into the basin
although the risk was great, the night
being intensely dark and there being
chains between the Adelaide and other
ships. Shouting for light to be brought,
he kept himself and the animal afloat I'M
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