The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


few girls in one room started the others.
Mysteries spread to all the classes, and
within three days the schools had 10 be
closed.
The Norwegian corps of skaters, a
force peculiar to the army of that coun-
try, is body of soldiers armed with rifles,
who can be maneuvered upon ice or over
the snow fields of the mountains with a ra-
pidity equal to that of the best-traiued
cavalry.
Lake Superior is 1,ooS feet deep. col feet
of this body of water being above sea level
and 407 feet below it. The bottom of this
great lake is about S75 feet deeper. down
than the channels giving Ambulance to
New York harbor. Lake Erie's greatest
depth is but 30 feet.
-Coomassie is to be connected with the
coast of Tacordy Bay by a railroad. Engin-
GERS and material have been sent out al
ready from Liverpool. The line will run
first to the Tarquah gold mines, distance
OF 40 miles, and then as soon as possible to
the Ashanti capital.
The immense traffic on the great sys-
TEN of canals which traverses the Chi
nese Empire could be so increased and
expedited by the use of steam tugs or
launches that the authorities are said to
be considering favorably the plan of en-
larging the canals and introducing steam
power.
The county clerk of Boone County,
Miss, some years ago issued a marriage
license to a young couple, but as the par
ents of the prospective bride were oppos-
ed to the wedding the document was re-
turned Endorsed as follows: The license
is by mutual consent returned not exc
cuted.
in France there exists an order of mer-
it founded by the society for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals, of which the
members are dogs which have distinguish
ed themselves by deeds of bravery. A
tastefully designed collar of honor is
awarded to the dog considered worthy of
distinction.
The Duke Of York would not inherit the
title of Prince of Wales in the event of the
present Prince dying before his mother, the
Queen Only an eldest son is entitled to be
a Prince of Wales, and he is made so by
royal patent Should Queen Victoria sur
vive her son the title would most probably
fall into allegiance.
Ivory billiard balls, freshly turned,
have to be treated very carefully, as a
sudden change in temperature may cause
them to crack To prevent this they re-
quire to be placed for at least three months
in a warm room, in order to shrink them
gradually and dry true before they are fin
ished and polished.
During 1897 &c, 494 and 1888 million gal
Ions respectively of crude sewage were
treated at the Barking and Crossness out
fall works of the London County Coun-
Gil, together making a total quantity of
1857 million gallons, or an average of
nearly 219 million gallons per day of sew
age from the metropolis.
One of the most remarkable develop
ments of the automatic machine is a Doc
tor Cureall," in Holland. 1t is a wooden
figure of a man, with compartments all
over it, labeled with the names of vari-
Gus ailments. If you have a pain, find it's
corresponding location on the figure drop
a coin into the slot, and the proper pill or
powder will come out
The authorities in the government of
Samara, Russia, have recently been ac-
lively engaged in the criminal pursuit of
kidnapping children whose parents belong
to heterodox sects. The police usually
make their visits in the middle of the
night, take the children out of bed and
carry them off in the cold night air.
-Chauvin was the name of a principal
character in a French comedy which v as
played with immense success at the time
of the Restoration. He represented a
Dragging veteran of the empire, who as
continually talking of his achievements
at Austerlitz and Jena, and his deter1nina-
ton to take a brilliant revenge for Water
loo.
AT a recent sale of autographs an epls-
tie from Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of
Shrewsbury, Feb. 15 1869, with the sign
manual, Elizabeth r." fetched f12 los,
and another, from George III to the Duke
of Portland, dated May II, 1888, was sold
for Fl S. Two letters from the Duke of
Kent, father of the Queen, went for fl
each.
The earliest known mention of the
pianoforte was in a playful dated May &c.
1867 The piece announced was 1.-The Beg
gar's Opera" with Mr. Beard as Capt
Macheath. Mrs. Stephens as Mrs. Peach
UNI, Mr. Shutter as Peachum. The princi-
pal attraction was given thus: Miss Buck
Ter will sing a song from Judith, accom-
panied by new instrument called piano.
forte"
A Parliamentary return Showing the
taxes and imports on intoxicating liquors,
and the traffic for the year ending March
81, 1896, would at first sight appear TO in
dicate an increase of the habit of drink
ing among the population with a decrease
in the number of licenses, says the