The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Europe is raised on the two African ISL
snds, Zanzibar and Pemba.
London is to have soon its first roof
garden. Charles Wyndham win be the in
novator in his new theater near Leicester
Square.
The population of the Swiss canton Of
Geneva includes 5000 foreigners, 33O5O Of
which are French, 1925 Italians, 4,O37 Ger
mans.
The five largest Belgian cities are
Brussels. with SOL oil inhabitants; Ant
werp, with 81 1884; Luttich 167. sO5; Client.
l6l,l25; Brughes, 5O,990.
Since the passing of the first VAGINA
ton act in England, in 1S41, the death rate
from smallpox has fallen from SIC per
million to 20 per million.
An authority on microscopy states that
the hair of woman can be distinguished
by its construction from that of man
when examined through the microscope.
The gigantic Russian cross hewn in
the granite rocks of the ST. Gothard road.
in Switzerland. near the Devils Bridge. is
now completed. 1t commentaries Suvar-
roffs victory over the French a century
ago.
Mrs. Frederick E. Parsons at one time
a leader in New York society, but now
reduced in circumstances, advertises her
readiness to execute commissions on an
extended scale. Her first engagement was
to decorate $4,000 residence
In 1872 British warship on Lake Erie
fired shell which failed to explode. 1t
was treasured as a relic in Ashtabula
for years, but accidentally it got into a
pile Of scrap iron delivered to the Phoenix
Iron Works foundry and performed its
functions so well that the furnace doors
were blown to smithereens.
The Oldest inhabited house in England
stands close to the River Yer and about
go yards from st. Adams Abbey. 1t
was built in the time of King Offa of
Mercia, about the year 795. and is thus
over LOO years old. 1t is of octagonal
shape, the upper portion being of oak and
the lower walls of great thickness. At
one time 1t was fortified hnd bore the
name of st. Germans gate.
The English Parliament has revised
the criminal code of the United Kingdom
50 as to permit the accused to testify I'M
der oath on his own behalf both at the
preliminary hearing and at the actual
trlal. As in this country, he is not re-
quired to go on the witness stand con-
trary to his wish. and he cannot be com
PEELED TO eliminate himself. The act also
provides that the wife or husband may
testify on behalf of each other if desired
by the one accused.
The United States, British India, Egypt
and Brazil produce practically the cotton
supply of the world. Cotton is grown also
in China, Turkey, Burmah the West In
nd in
though the West Indian and Peruvian sup
ply has dwindled continuously since the
beginning of the century to proportions at
present insignificant There are several
other sources of supply, such as Italy, the
Cape of Good Hope, Natal and other parts
of Africa, Queensland, Australia, Fiji, Ia
hiti, etc, but all are of minor importance.
The Indians in the United States num-
Der about 100000. OF these some 1000 live
in Minnesota, whence the recent outbreak
was reported. In Michigan there are 1000
| more, and in Wisconsin about 5000. New
| Mexico has 10000 Indians; Arizona, $4,000;
| South Dakota, 10000; North Dakota, 5000;
California 1900: Washington state. TO-
600; Oregon, 1000; Idaho 1900; Nevada,
| 5000; Nebraska, 1900; Oklahoma, 5000.
| and the Indian Territory, 1900. In the Five
| Civilized Tribes are sc, 900 people and in
the Six Nations about 5000
| -Numismatists in England are much in
terested in the recent discovery of ancient
! Venetian coins in proximity to one of the
Mashonaland rivers. The coins in ques-
ton have, in the meantime, been sent
| down to Natal, and submitted to expert
| scrutiny at PietermaritZburg with the re-
| suit that casts Of the originals are to be
| sent on to London. The coins have been
| declared TO be medals struck al Venice
| between 1870 and 1877 A. D. On one side
| is a figure of St. Mark, with the inscrip-
ton: This dukedom be thine, o Christ,
| and the giver be Thine;'T while on the
reverse are three figures, two in a kneel-
! ing position, the other upright with
! halo, on which the inscription is: THE
| Doge Alloys Mocenigo first magistrate of
| Venice"
| Uncle Sans troops in the Philippines
are issuing a newspaper-The American
Soldier-which is the pioneer English jour
nal of the archipelago. 1t is issued week
| ly from Spanish presses The initial num-
| Der says: Don't blame the proof-reader
nor the writer for all the errors in gram
mar or photography. The type is set up
| by native Philippines, and it would have
| taken a proof-reader with a dozen pairs
| of eyes to have discovered the errors they
| have made" Another paragraph an
| nOunC6S LudI lOOu 10 iIupIONhSs anu we
! have been issued hammocks to sleep in.
| 1t is only natural that the wheels of Of
| flee should turn slowly al first, consider
| ing all the disadvantages encountered.
| The 'Kickers will have to bide their
time, and all will be satisfactorily ar
! ranged
A statistlcian has learned that the an
nual aggregate circulation of the papers
| of the world is calculated to be 100000
900 copies. To grasp any idea of this mag
| nitude the London Tid-Bits states that IL
would cover no fewer than 10, $50 square
| miles of surface that il is printed on
| ISL ESQ tons Of paper; and, further that
| if the number, 100000 900, represented,
instead of copies, second, it would take
/ over S32 years for them to elapse. In lieu
| of this arrangement we might press and
! pile them vertically upward till gradually
| reaching our highest mountains. Topping
| all these, and even the highest Alps, the
| pile would reach the magnificent altitude
| of 400 miles or, in round numbers, 500
/ 81 p,