The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

What public opinion amounts to in
Russia may be gathered from the recent
census of that empire, which shows that
IN population of 129 Geo. 600 there are only
f4S newspapers, or one to every 10000 peo-
pie. OF these $50 are in Russian, 50 in
Polish, Il in German, 3 in sFrench. 5 in
Armenian and in Hebrew. No English
paper appears in the list.
Mrs. Jennie Mickey of Fair Play, Nd
has been committed to jail for ten days
as a common scold. under am antique stat
ute of colonial times that has never been
repealed. The prosecution was brought by
her husband, Charles Mickey, a respect
ab!e mechanic, industrious and sober, who
Drought his neighbors as witnesses to. tes-
thy TO her bad temper and unruly tongue
"A correspondent of the London Daily
News notes the growth of The use of Eng
hsh on the continent Wherever he went
he was able to converse with statesmen
and diplomatists in his native tongue. He
found that as rule the governing classes
in Europe would understand and speak
English. In the Russian royal family es-
pecialiy, English is the familiar language
Of conversation.
There are some toll gates still in Phila-
deiphia, which leads the Telegraph of that
city 20 say: Even in the wi.ds of the
Dlue grass region of Kentucky there has
been a revolt against the survivor of
frontier days, and, so determined are the
Kentuckians to be rid of the turnpike
nuisance that they have resorted to the
torch and the shotgun in the good old
Kentucky fashion,
The insurance companies doing a life
business in Canada have agreed hereafter
not TO accept risks on the lives of 1ar-
ried> women unless they happen to be the
breadwinners of the family, or, in other
words, independent of their husbands. The
decision has been arrived at with a view
to lessening che crime Of murder for in
surance, several cases of which have been
reported within the last two years.
"A Russian shopkeeper recently posted
the following announcement in front of
his place of business: THE reason why
| 5have hitherto been able TO sell my goods
so much cheaper than anybody else is that
I am a bachelor, and do not need to make
a profit for the maintenance of a wife
and children. 1t is now my duty to in
form the public that this advantage will
shortly be Withdrawn from them, as I an
about to be married. They will, therefore.
at the old rate"
There is a pretty little squabbie going
on at a we'll known church in East Lon
don. The hard working vicar conceived
the plan of replacing the phsiR glass east
window with stained glass, and got diff
ferent people each TO give a panel. 1t all
went well until the work was nearly fin-
ished, when some one formerly connected
-ir
vicar and threaten dire things against
him for removing the plain glass window
without a faculty, the objector claiming
that the said window was put up in mem
DRY of his father.
The father of a subaltern in the
English army says that his son, latter hav-
ing had about 5000 spent on his educa-
ton at a public school and being cram
med for his examinations by various tu-
tors. and about 81 go more sepnt on his
uniform and Indian outfit. obtained a Sec
ond lieutenancy, for which he receives the
muniffcent pay of IS Sd (S1.SO a day.
sum scarcely sufficient to pay for his
messing, washing and servant" In In
ola this is increased to 202 rupees. ball
auce is thus left on the wrong side, which
this British parent has 10 make good
SAT- hay is used in winter for cover
ing various kinds of plants that grow
close to the earth. 1t has a long staple
and it serves this purpose well. Straw
with long staple still is used for bundlilg
up plants and shrubs having stalks. Salt
hay is used in cemeteries to cover up ivy
clad graves. The ivy is thus kept in bet
ter condition than if il We're left exposed
TO the blasts and the cold of winter. The
brown hay is laid length-wise upon the
grave in a covering of uniform thickness
all over it, which is held in place by bent
rods settled down upon it at intervals
hoop like, and with their ends in the
ground on either side
"A curious incident has just thrown
the palace of the King of Wurtemburg at
Stuttgart into a state of excitement. Dur
ing the absence of the King an individual
gained access to the palace by way of the
gardens and reached the first floor; where
he installed himself in an apartment be-
longing to one of the princes. Here he
made himself quite at home, taking off his
boots and placing them outside the door
He then smoked cigar, wrote several
letters on the royal note paper and finally
went comfortably and unconcernedly 10
bed in the princes sleeping chamber The
next morning he was found wandering
about in his shirt sleeves in one of the
corridors and arrested. He pretends to be
of royal descent.
"A remarkable discovery of sodium car
Donate is announced as having lately been
made in Sonora Mexico, two miles inland
from Adair bay, an indentation from the
Gulf of California, one hundred miles
south Of the Colorado river. The deposit
covers an area of about seventy acres in
extent, in the center of which are several
flowing springs the water being strongly
impregnated with the salts. This water
has spread over the surrounding area and
evaporation has formed a crust of the
crystalized salts, one to three feet in thick
ness, beneath which is a foot or eighteen
inches of water; as this crust, which is
the product is eXcavated and taken away
the water from below quickly fills its
place, and very shortly by evapora ton
it is completely renewed. making the de-
post practically inexhaustible it being
estimated that there are fully 100000 tons
of the material available in this locality.
Adams Peak is one of the most famous