The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Bishop Coleman of Delaware has pub
liely condemned the custom of erecting
what he calls heather monuments" in
Christian cemeteries. Among heather
monuments he classes obelisks wrecked
ships, broken shafts and urns.
Anaconda, Mont, is getting ready to
defy the rivalry of the world in its public
fountain, with perpendicular jet inches
IN diameter and go feet high. Around the
base of the fountain, constructed of mas
slve rough masonry a fringe of jets will
rise to different heights and at many
angles. The water comes from mountain
lake six miles distant and fed by melting
snow The valves of the supply will be
governed by electricity. 1t is intended
that every fire plug in the city shall throW
a stream 100 feet high by direct pressure.
"A devout Catholic woman in Kansas
recently bequeathed $500 for masses for
herself and husband says the New York
Tribune. Some of the heirs, not being in
sympathy with her religious belief
brought suit to have this part of the will
set aside on the ground that it created a
trust for the benefit of persons who were
not alive to enforce its provisions. The
case went to the Supreme Court of Kansas
and decision has been handed down sus-
tanning the bequest and arguing at length
the question of federation for different re-
ligious beliefs, and among other things
says; Although we may question the
soundness of these beliefs and deride the
efficiency of the service which she desired
to have performed, the law has no care for
contrariety of faith as to spiritual things,
and Will, therefore, sanction the bequest
she has made. The law interferes with no
mere religious opinions nor with religious
practices except such as tend to subvert
the foundation of public morals and
order"
Municipal ownership of street railways
does not make any noticeable Roadway in
the United States, but in Europe it is go
ing ahead with great energy. Private or
corporate ownership of that sort of prop
erty bids fair soon to be a thing of the past
in England at least. In Blackpool Hud-
dersfield, Hull, Leeds, Plymouth, Sheffield
and Glasgow, all the street car lines are
operated by the city authorities. In thirty
other cities including Birmingham, Liver
pool, Manchester, Edinburg and London
the municipalities own or operate part
of the lines within their limits In Cardiff
and southampton the change to NUM-
cipial ownership will proba bly, be COM
pleted before the end of the present year.
In various other cities the street railway
tracks belong to the municipality, and are
leased for so much per mile, with a per-
centage on gross earnings. The only city
on this continent which has made like
experiment is Toronto where the city owns
the roads and leases them TO the operating
companies at highly advantageous rates.
Lung Sing, Chinese laundrynian at
the southeast corner of Twelfth and Moore
streets, has small black and tan terrier
which is just recovering from a glorious
Christmas drunk, says the Philadelphia
Record. misfortune that befel a neigh
Dor of Lung Sings threw temptation in
the dogs way. The neighbor while on his
way home on Christmas eve with an arm
full of bundles, dropped one of his pack
ages at Lung Sings door. There was jing-
ling crash, and moment later many small
streams of pungent liquid were flowing
down the pavement. The neighbor swore
ana then philosophically passed on. Lung
sing $ dog appeared upon the scene at this
Juncture and began to sniff at the pun
gent water. Lung Sings dog was thirsty,
and he tasted of the, stuff He liked it, and
he Tapped il up greedily. Half an hoslr af-
terWard motorman on the Twelfth street
car put his brake down hard just in time
TO avoid running over small dog which
was crawling around the track in the most
eccentric way. He yelled at the dog, but it
wouldn't move. Then he got off and pick
ing the terrier up, carried it to the side
walk. Regaining his platform, the motor
man prepared to go ahead, but there was
the dog back on the track again sduirn-
ing and twisting itself in the most pecu-
liar way. crowd of people gathered
aroundS and some one recognizing the dog,
notified Lung Sing, who took the inebriate
in TO bed
A peculiarly shaped egg, owned by
Mrs. Swartz of Thirty-seventh and War
rem streets, mas been causing much COM
ment in that neighborhood, says the Phila-
delphia Record. Young Jack Swartz owns
a small poultry yard, which is situated in
the rear of their dwelling, and there he
spends much of his spare time The led
Is OF an experimental disposition, and is
constantly discovering curious things AL
though used to her boys oddities, Mrs.
SWartz was much astonished recently at
the queer egg which he brought in from
the poultry yard. The egg somewhat re-
sembled dumb-bell in shape, and the
strange part was that the depression in
the middle was caused by a ring which
encircled it. Closer examination Droved
the ring to be one owned by Mr.. Swartz.
and this served to highten the mystery.
The curio was shown around among the
neighbors and the common conclusion ar
rived at was that. the chicken had swal-
lowed the ring. A veterinary surgeon.
who lived close by, said this was i'm
possible, and developments proved him 10
be correct Yesterday in a burst of con-
ldence, Jack told his mother that he had
read in paper that egg shells might
be made flexible by soaking in vinegar.
This suggested a joke. so he secured a
long, Sim egg, and after softening it in
vinegar had carefully slipped the ring on.
After this. he buried the doctored egg in
Stacked lime, and in a few hours il had
regained its natural hardness and color.
The salt wells of China are one of the
most unique industries of that country
having been worked for over 1000 wears
with the same apparatus and methods
now in use says the Philadelphia Press
The wells are drilled to a depth of from
1000 to 5000 feet, and supply not only
brine, from which salt is obtained bv boil
ing, but also natural gas, which is burn
ed under the pans. over the mouth of
each we'll stands great derrick, carving
pulley from which decends the bamboo
rope which supports the bucket. The
bucket is huge piece of bamboo. almost
as high as the derrick, strengthened nv
having hempen cords wound around the !
outside and iron rings at the two ends
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