The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

-OHe OF the very rare aiDlno squirrels
was trapped recently by a Maine hunter
There is not a colored hair in its white
fur, and the eyes are of a bright pink.
"A Rochester On. Y) firm has recently
been so successful as to induce several
German breweries to adopt its system of
fermentation and many more are to fol-
low.
in the streets and suburbs of London
there are now not only 712 fountains for
human beings, but 2S6 large troughs for
horses and cattle and 40 small troughs
for sheep and dogs.
"A number of Michigan farmers in the
Grand Traverse region have been expert
menting this season in growing peanuts.
and in every case the experiments seem
10 have been successful.
The registered distilleries of North Car
DINA, l,467 in number. last year produced
6207l6 gallons Of spirits. The moonshine
output for the same period is thought TO
have been about the same amount
Several scientific papers have recently
announced the discovery that the odor of
sweet peas is very obnoxious to flies, and
that when placed in room it will keep it
free from these very tiresome pests.
Aberdeen, Scotland, which is known as
the granite CITY," and has from time i'm
memorial used its native stone for paw
ing, has given it up and Tried tar maca-
dam, which is found as durable and much
less noisy
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 Su-
varroffs victory over the French a CEN
fury ago.
A German biologist says that the two
sides of a face are never alike. In two
cases out of five the eyes are out of line;
one eye is stronger than the other in sew
en- persons out of ten, and the right eye
is generally higher than the left.
Two well-known English plants, the
thistle and the rape, are so inimical that
if a field is infested with thistles which
comes up year after year and ruin the
crops, all you have to do is to SOW it with
rape. The thistle will be absolutely ami.
hilated.
Some Of the wooden churches of Nor
way are fully 700 years old and are stiH
in an excellent state of preservation
Their timbers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost arctic winters be-
cause they have been repeatedly coated
with tar.
The Norwegian corps of skaters, a
force peculiar to the army of that coun-
try, is body of soldiers armed with
rifles w O ba L.
or over the snow fields of the mountains
with a rapidity equal to that of the best
trained cavalry.
"A novel flower has been found at the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec 1t has faculty
of changing its color during the day. In
the morning il is white, when the sun is
al its zenith it is red, and at night 1T is
blue. Only at noon does it give out any
perfume
The fact that skeleton remains Of ele-
plants are so rarely found in any part
of Africa is explained by an explorer, who
states that as soon as the bones become
brittle from climatic Influences they are
eaten in lieu of salt by the various rumI-
nant animals
In a certain class of Russian schools
bAlC hJ5AiOSb ACWdA0 SANCh 10 TIE initial
letter of the Empress name It consists
of the initial in solid gold, an inch and
quarter in hight, on a blue bow. Should
its possessor ever become a governess, it
will entitle her to a higher salary than
she could otherwise obtain.
The boys who work for the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad have
been obliged to abandon their Sporty"
clothes. Striped shirts, gay neckies and
tan shoes are no longer allowed, and those
who desire to remain in the employ of
the company must now wear black shoes,
black ties and white shirts.
"A New York woman has started a
crusade against school teachers who daily
with the makeup box. She argues that
the ma ans who paint, pencil and powder
might just as well teach their pupils that
cosmetics are necessary to the complex
ion as to stand before them every school
day with their own compilations touched
up with gaudy colors.
-Adjutant General Corbin says that the
wearing of medals by volunteer soldiery
is not regulated by law. The Army and
Navy Journal however, thinks that it
should be and says: Every soldier in
the army should receive a medal or cross
for war service, but he ought TO get it
from the nation and not from his ward
neighbors or fellow townsmen.''
The carrying trade of the United
States now conducted by foreign sailors
and credited to foreign bottoms, is esti-
mated at $1,000, 900, 900, and that credited
to American bottoms $3.50, 100000 In 1860
the trade Of American bottoms was esti-
mated at $5O7, 247,757 and foreign bottoms
$225, 040,799, but since then there has been
a steady and uninterrupted decline of
American bottoms and a corresponding in
crease of foreign bottoms.
Down on the Verdigris river, in Mont
gomery county, Kansas, the farmers have
established a free delivery mail system.
The men of the neighborhood, by arrange
ment, take turns In bringing the mail
from Independence and delivering it at
the farmers doors every morning. Every
postmaster with a rural constituency is
familiar with the parties who come in,
usually on Saturday, and call for their