The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

an the production Of the human, voice
More than half million sewing ma
chimes are made every year in thu United
States. being nine-tenths of all those mad@
on the globe. About 10000 persons are
employed in the industry.
An Adrian county (AiissourD court has
been wrestling with e peculiar law suit,
in which rats cut the principal figure. A
farmer named Sturgeon hired one Walker
to Kill the rats on his place. agreeing TO
pay 1 cent apiece for the tails Of 100
OF the victims. When $50 tails had been
presented for tally Walker asked $3.50 as
pay for his services Here the trouble
began, for the farmer refused to pay for
any number less than 1000 He also claim
ca that Walker tried to palm off mouse
IaAs on MIN as tails of younger rats
Inc hired man secured a favorable YER
dict in the lower courts, but Sturgeon will
continue his legal fight TO escape pay
ment
Painting the lily is bad enough, but
when 1t comes to seeming the lily-none
but Frenchman could so insult nature.
says writer in the Puritan A Partisan
florist has observed that people buy the
violet for its odor aud the lily for its white
beauty. Bien! Why should they not have
poth In one? So he retreats to his work.
room and presently comes forth with a cal
la lily aux violettes, a triumph of skill and
lmpertlnence. The true breath of violets
ne Grams, comes from the Threats of his
lilies. The odor of this new lily has not
yet hoated across 10 u.s. Probably it is
as near that of the true earth-born violets
as the scent of the medicated lavender in
the sealed envelope that is cried on the
street corners is like lavender that you
gather In your garden and strip with your
n. A1If rffL,
The Ontario archaeological museum is
in receipt of an exceedingly interesting
curiosity from prehistoric times in the
shape of good-sized lump of bog but
ter, says an Ontario dispatch to the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean. In Ireland in the very
ola times the art of making butter was
known, but the preservative effects of salt
We're as yet undiscovered Nevertheless
the people of that age possessed some
means of preserving ii, burial in a bog
being part of the process. Flrkns of It
were frequently left there for safe keeping
and from time to time these relics of pre-
historic housekeeping are unearthed. Mr.
LEROY of Toronto, who is now in Ireland
Is the donor of a good-sized piece Of the
cheesy-looking stuff to the museum He
writes: Il have just sent a piece Of bog
butter to YOU l don't know whether 1t
is a thing of sufficient antiquity and rar-
ny bul dS the DuDIln museum mas a Keg
on exhibition in a prominent section, per-
haps you may consider it worthy of ad-
mission to a place in your museum. The
key of which this Us a portion was re-
Gently dug up in bog near Dunlavin,
County Kildare. The slaves are said to
nave been round ii, but to have fallen
off on removal. 1t lay in a peasants gar
den, and the dogs fed on it for time"
Mr.. LEROY has also secured an "Ogham
stone" An Ogham stone is a stone which
IL occasionally found in Ireland, inscribed
with the "Ogham' alphabet, which was
current IN Ireland prior to the ninth CEN
fury. The Ogham alphabet is of the runic
variety, the characters being straight lines
generally upright and parallel
Dro,oo- ~, ,-e-,,,o,7 4, 7os4,,,,a +o
49, - -
become the chleI ruDper port OF SCUM
America Whlch IS interesting news 10
large NUMBER OF people IN BRAIN ana
small NUMBER IN the Ohlted STATES, says
writer III tne view YORK fress' WIN us
population OF 0JVoo II pasKs IN the tropi-
cdi sun LOW Iniles ABOVE Fara on Ihe
north pank OF the amazon "here the no
Negro JOINTS mat mighty stream. Inc
largest steamships can hhd saIe passage
have steamed as far as 1900 miles above
the delta Senior Mendonca, son of the
Brazilian minister at Washington, is in
terested In extensive concessions in AmaZ-
onas, OF which state Manaos is the capt.
tai and the sale of his camp and studio
in the Adirondacks means long sojourn
IN Brazil. The minister Is one Of the
acknowledged art connolsseurs of our ma
tional capital, and his house contains tho
finest collection of paintings to be found
In any private establishment in Washing
ton Senior Mendonca tells of curious GUS
toms IN Manaos. For example, in the
matter or meats: Before a butcher can
XIII any animal he must get the consent
In writing OF the city authorities. The
killing is done IN the morning, at o'clock,
ana at the servants OF the households
stahd IN line TO obtain portion OF the
carcass. They are required to take their
turn ana TO receive whatever part may
IaH 20 thelr lot. one IS as liable to get
the plrsKet as the tenderIoln. II any
parts OF the animal De left over they are
cast INTO the river to be greedily devour-
ca by tne crocodlles, sharks and water
oogs. Dinner as served at o clock a. m,
I'VE hours aiter the siaughterlng OF the
! n n q Hn1