The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

naId4y appreciate t1e TACT init ti4io 4iluSA-
esting mammal bows to superstition, says
the New York Press In movement ashore
it is clumsy, hobbling along like a man
with his legs cut Off but in water its grace
and charm are unsurpassed. The trained
seals at the circus exhibit daily their racial
hatred of blonde women, natural or perox-
ide. If they see a red headed creation
posing near they dive below, get mouth
full of water from the tank, rise to the
surface and squirt il in the offenders face.
A man is employed to stand near the tank
TO warn Strawberries against a 100 near
approach. One of the explanations of this
strange dislike of red heads is that the
seals have grown tired of the prevailing
color of the British military officer and
man.
II was talking to-day" says the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Rec
ord, with the most popular and perhaps
the abtest leader of the Populist party in
Kansas, John W. Breidenthal who stli
holds the Office of bank examiner and is
undoubtedly better posted than anyh )dy
else upon the financial condition of the peo-
pie. 1 remarked that 1 had heard ihat
prosperity had returned TO Kansas, and
had Gene 10 look at it. You can find
plenty of it every where In this state he
answered, and can cut IT, off in great
chunks. We are now praying that you
may have equal prosperity in the East, so
that your people can sell out and come 10
Kansas and buy farms and be happy There
never was time nor place where a man
seeking a home and happiness could do so
well as he can do to-day in Kansas. There
was never a time nor a place where any
body could find more prosperous, more
cOntenled or a happier peop,e We have
been through the fire OF adversely and we
not only appreciate the contrast, but have
protited by the experience
Prof. H. F. Bigelow, of the weather
bureau in Washington, has discovered that
the annual number of tornadoes, which
are well defined and destructive in tho
United States, is about twenty-five, and
that their frequency is quite uniform from
year to year, says the Washington cor
respondence of the Chicago Post. More
tornadoes occur in the months of May and
June than in other parts of the year.
Each year averages about three tOrnadoes
of especial disturbances. The record
shows that from 1889 to 1896 property to
the value of $31 100000 was wrecked. AS
much as $23, 100000 of this can be charged
to three tornado hurricanes which pass
ed through regions of dense population.
One of these visited Louisville March 27,
1890, destroying property TO the value of
100000. The st. Louis tornado of May
27, 1896 cost that city S13,000G00, and the
one which swept through Washington, D.
c.. Sept %, 1896, destroyed $000,0O0 worth
of property. The latter storm is described
as a hurricane with tornado features. The
rotary velocity OF the wind on the occasion
of the st. Louis tornado was 175 miles an
hour which is equivalent to a pressure of
ninety pounds to a square foot.
the Mormon service held in that city last
Sunday: TT was a unique gathering. The
room was bare and small uncarpeted,
containing a bed, few chairs, a wash
stand and a small table which the preach
er used as a pulpit. On the wall was a
map of Milwaukee, a looking glass, a
large brightly colored scrptural picture
and a brighter-colored face of q laughing
girl. In this room there We're crowded
twenty eight persons, five of whom were
elders of the church, twelve children, two
male converts to the strange religion, six
women, a visitor and the reporter The
preacher began his service at 2 o'clock
and preached about an hour He scored
all other branches of the Christian relig-
ion, stating that they We're composed
largely of hypocrites quoting freely from
the Bible to show how they had fallen
away from the early teachings. Minis
ters take pay for their services he said
and if more pay is offered from one field
than another they hasten to change and
go where money is most plentiful. in d.
rect variance with the Bible teachings.
lie spoke of BAPTISM TOO saying that the
scripture shows that complete immersion
is required.
"A new method of marking glasses Of
spirit levels and other instruments has
been devised by a Connecticut concern
making levels and other instruments. saws
me Scientific American. The usual wav
OF marking glasses is TO scratch lines on
the surface of the glass but the skin of
.he grass Is thus weakened and the glass
itself made very liable to fracture. In the
new process, by fusing the glass at the
marx and Incorporating with it minute
particles of metal, a colored line is oh
tanned. The metal is imbedded in and in
closed by the glass, which effectually pro
tects It, In fact, the glass at the grooves
mas been so strengthened that If will
break first at some other point. In addi-
tion, the line is absolutely indelible and
permanent and is sharp and wei defined
rms Is erected by bringing the spirit
tube uD TO an iron disc rotated at a We
locity of about $3.50 revolutions Der min
ute. The frictioual heat generated Drac-
tlcally fuses the glass a. the point of con-
tact with the wheel and in this fusAd
portion fine particles of iron given off by
the wheel are embedded. A microsconic
examination of the line proves this to he
true. An actual mechanical union of iron
and glass is the result.
"A letter from Chanute, Kan. to the Chi
cago Record says: THE largest orchard in
the world is in Kansas and BELONGS n
Fred Wellhouse, who came from Indiar an
oIls and was once editor of the Ind a. a
Farmer. He was the first man who M,
the courage TO engage in fruit-raisine 10
any extent, and has been well rewarded
Tor his faith and enterprise He is the
apple KING of the world, has made a
handsome fortune, has retired from active
business, leaving his orchard in charge of
MS sons, and lives in a handsome resi-
1ehce at Iopeka. Mr.. Wellhouse deVofes
ms energies and abilities these DAYS 10 ia
encouragement of fruit culture as nresi-
dent of the state horticultural society IL
planted his first orchard in 1876 ana nov,
has 1915 acres in apples alone. His 1sre.
est single orchard consists of $40 acres