The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is estimated that there are 1890 600
old-style copper pennies somewhere. No
body knows what has become of them, ex-
cept that once in a while a single speoi-
men turns up in change. A few years
ago 45OO0l0 bronze 2-cent pieces We're set
&loat. Three millions Of them are stll
outstanding, but are never seen. nil
lion of scent silver pieces are scattered
over The United States, but il is very sell
dom that one comes across any of them.
Of the 100000 1a-cent pieces not one has
! been returned to the government for COIN
age or is held by the treasury.
The Leipziger Missionsblatt, a German
missionary paper, reports that the Mahar-
anee of Nepaul, India. recently commit
ted suicide in horror Of the Disagreement
which an attack of smallpox had caused
in her features. The Maharajah, who
was passionately attached TO her, first
wreaked his vengeance on the physicians
who had attended her in her Illness. Then
he few al higher game. Out of the grand
temple he brought the idols, planted load
ed cannon before them, and bade the gun
ners fire In terror at the proposed desc
Grafton they refused. Thereupon the Ma
! harajah hanged several of them. The
| survivors tremblingly submitted. The
guns We're fired and the idols were blown
! to pieces.
-Apropos of the prevalence of the grip
in this as well as others of the larger cities
of the North, says the Philadelphia Times,
| President George r. Angel of che Ameri-
! can Humane Education Society, offers
what he claims is a panacea for the evil
! Sulphur is the preventive he suggests 1t
| has been shown he says, chow wearing
! sulphur in the clothing has prevented yell
! low fever, cholera and other diseases. Half
| a teaspoOnful of powdered sulphur in each
| shoe or stocking is considered to be suffi-
| cient. I find in the London Lancet that
| no less authority than the president of the
| Institute of Civil Engineers of London de-
| clares that the sulphurous vapor produced
| by the combustion of coal in that city
/ Kills the disease germs in the atmosphere.
! sulphur is very cheap and whether it de-
| stlOys or keeps out germs of disease from
! the body or only acts upon the magma
ton it cannot do much harm to try it."
Count G!eichen relates in his story
of the mission to Menelek," says Apple
| tons Popular Science Monthly, that be
| sides the Maria Theresa 1880 dollars the
! people of Abyssinia, for small change use
| a bar of hard crystalized salt, about ten
| inches long and two inches and a half
| broad and thick, slightly tapering toward
the end five of which go to the dollar at
about the standard of ineness of the cur
rency. If it does not ring like metal when
! tcked with the finger nail or if it is crack
! ed or Clipped they won't take it. 1t is
| token of affection also, when friends meet.
TO give TO each other a lick of their re-
! spective amOlis, and in This way the ma
! t6Tial value of the bar is also decreased.
| For still smaller change cartridges are
used, Of which three go to one salt. 1t
! does not matter what sort they are Some
| sharpers use their cartridges in the ordi-
nary way, and then put in some dust and
a dummy bullet to make up the difference,
| or else they take out the powder and put
| the bullet in again. SO that possibly in the
| next action the unhappy seller viii find
! that he has only miss-fres in his belt: but
! this is such a common fraud that no one
| takes any notice of it, and a bad cartride
seems to serve as readily as a good one.
When new Americans arrive in Paris,
says a French lady writer, their names,
American residence and Partisan adj
! dresses are at once published. Particu-
lars are easily obtained at the banking
houses, where newcomers generally report
| themselves at once, and are invaluable 10
| the class of people who make a speciality
! of being attentive for a consideration to
! wealthy and socially ambitious strangers.
/ Interpreters and guides flock to the recent
| arrivals, proffer their services and, If
| engaged learn everything possible con-
| corning their employers circumstan
home standing and society aspirations
/ Where there is a daughter ambitions to
| own tide a wide field of operations is
| entered upon. There are crowds Of i'm
| poverished scions of noble families who are
only too willing to barter position for
wealth, and one of these being selected as
| eligible, he is obliged 10 sign a regular
&C..
| his prospective wife's fortune he will pay
to the Paris matchmaker in the event of
his marriage to her dear young Amerl-
| can friend" Some times, where there is a
dOwry, the amount is paid down, and
again it is paid so much by the month, 50
that there are many American girls who
quite unconsciously, have literally paid for
their husbands on the installment plan.
The residents of Van Pelt street. near
| Diamond, are Boosting of a talented par
rot owned by Ernest Buxbaum, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. This particular
bird is 2 vocal wonder, and for a few
months past has kept the ueighborhOod in
a good-natured roar. The parrot has a
choice collection of slang, and the handy
way in which she can apply it to any oc-
casiOn is wonderful Sad to relate, how
ever, Polly does not stop at slang She
goes a step or two farther and sometimes
/ INDUCES in downright profanity. One
night a visitor who was occupying the
spare room was scared nearly dumb by a
series of shrieks from the kitchen. 1t
was about midnight and Polly began 10
call Fire! FIRE. Fire! Help! Help in
such piercing screams that the whole
/ household was aroused. When the fright
ened visitor came down stairs the parrot
laughed in a demoniacal way and yelled
| gleefully Rubber neck! Rubber neckp'
| Whenever Polly hears a huckster going
through the alley she waits until he has
passed and then yels: Come back, my
mamma wants you" Many a time the
poor huckster has hurried back to be
greeted with shrill parrot laughter When
ever any of the family, day or night.
starts to sing the wise bird shouts Rats!
| Ratsr and will not cease even if relocated