The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t would take snail exactly Il days
and hours to travel a mile.
Each person in the United States con-
! sumes barrel of flour a year
All animals whose habitat is the Arc
tic region turn white in winter.
In the space of one minute the polypus
can change its form 100 times.
Over 100000 loaves of bread are con
sumed daily in Greater New York.
1t is estimated that there were 1900
deer hunters in the Upper Michigan PENN
sula this fall.
Toxic, Japan, resem bles Venice in enc
respect. 1t has eighty wooden and ten
iron bridges exceeding a length Of Is feet.
The dairy industry of Iowa continues
to grow. There are now 10J2 creameries
in the state, against 954 in 1897 and S91 in
1896.
During the last ten years the records
Of Great Britain show that 154 men and
237 women reached the age of 100 years
or more.
Poetic composition seems to be at a
low ebb in Belgium. There were 50 com
petitors for the last Flemish prize, but
none received it.
The only theory advanced as to Why
John Hopper, 70 years old, of HilIsdale,
N. j., committed suicide, is grief at the
election of Col. Roosevelt as Governor of
New York.
According to English statistics the
live stock of that country is on the In
crease. cattle now numbering 6,622, 354,
against 6,139,555 in 1889, the lowest num-
Der in ten years.
"A law passed by the Vermont legis-
lature requires that wagons to carry three
tons shall have wheels with three-inch
tire, over three tons four-inch and over
six tons, six inch.
The cheese mite is more tenacious of
life than any other insect. Leuwenhoeck
glued one to a pin in order to make mi
croscopical examination, and in this stu
alton it lived eleven weeks.
james Crlchton Browne, of England,
is of the opinion that if the present rate
of decrease in phthisis cases continued the
disease would have disappeared from Great
Britain in about thirty years time.
In Arkansas as in South Carolina,
the Democratic caucus or primary is viz
tually the election. In Little Rock only
three hundred of the seven thousand voters
registered went to the polls on election
day.
Among the mysterious customs Of the
Zulus is the dread which the married man
has of his mother-in-law. He is afraid to
meet her, and always holds up his shield
to screen him from her glance when he
passes her dwelling.
A nun of Origny, France, has just
inherited from her father, basket man
ufacturer of that town, owning branch es-
adjustments in Leeds and Newcastle-on-
Tyne. where his money was mostly made,
a fortune of $4,000.
The Russian meteorologist, Prof Woet-
kof, calls attention to the almost unin-
terrupted sunshine that prevails in winter
in the Irkutsk region of Siberia He
thinks it would be an ideal place for con-
sumptives and for raising plants under
glass.
in describing a local banquet given In
payment of an election wager, the lola
(Kan.) Register moralizes as follows "The
supper went a long way toward smooth
ing over the deep horror all present felt
over the fact that it is but short step
from betting on elections to gambling"
The recent strike of typographers in
Antwerp suggested to the Petit Bleu a
new scientific possibility, that of publish
ing newspaper without a single printed
letter and, therefore, without the aid of
printers. At the end of a week it pub
lished a supplement, the pages of which
were simply photographs of typewriter
copy"
In June last a swarm of bees took pos
session of the flue of a copper boiler in
the kitchen of the Cherry Tree Inn at
Seethng, in Norfolk, England. The bees
made their entrance and exit via the
kitchen chimney, and were not disturbed
The landlord of the inn. Mr.. Jesse Car
rod, has now found a hive of honey in
the lue.
Bohemia is one of the most populous
countries on the globe. Its climate is rel
ativey cool, with rather severe winters.
Therefore, much fuel is used, and il is
largely taken from the forests which cover
the mountain sides. Yet after the MANY
centuries during which these forests have
furnished fuel and building material for
dense population, they retain nearly
their primeval area.
"A quaint little church similar to many
others, the only difference being the con-
struction Of the back, which is curiousIy
wedge-shaped, is situated on the side of
a mountain above the village of Frauen-
kirch, at Davos Dorf, in Switzerland. Here
the avalanches not unfrequently fall and
the shape of the back of the church
breaks their force and sends them gliding
harmlessly off on either side, thus not only
protecting itself, but also the village be-
low.
-Faneun hall is being made fireproof.
but the process seems to the reverent peo-
pie of Boston more like destruction. Havoc
has apparently been worked in the inte-
rior. Stairways have been torn down,
floors ripped up and balconies demolished.
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