The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Several hundred villages on the slopes or
the Alps and of the Apennines have es-
tablished firing stations. where two or
three cannons are kept which are fired
a a signal from the weather observer
The results are said to be astonishing.
In none of these villages did hail fall this
summer, while neighboring districts have
suffered from the usual number of storms.
According to a Berlin man. the Ger
man postmaster general has had to en-
trust the business of designing the new
series of imperial stamps for the begin
ming of the century to an Englishman.
Moreover, the remuneration is substan-
tial-$2 ,0O0 The stamps are said to be
very beautiful, oblong in shape, like the
American Columbus stamps; and at the
desire of the Emperor they illustrate
the history of the Hohenzollern family.
This would seem a large theme to illus
trate on such small space as that afforded
by range of stamps, but it has, it seems
been successfully accomplished. One of
the designs represents the union of North
and South Germany In the center two
warriors stand with clasped hands-a
Prussian and a Bavarian-while Germa-
mia hovers over both.
"A few miles from the fine town of
Worcester, South Africa, lies the Bran
dole mineral hot spring." having a tenn
lets, which are utilized for irrigation pur-
poses. Formerly a stream ran into a bath
room containing four baths used by rheu-
matte patients. Its banks are covered
with grass and beautiful ferns partly
growing under the water. and the climate
is such that tropical plants. such as man.
go and wild figs thrive well even in win
ter. At that season the spring is envelop-
ed in steam and numbers of half-clad
shepherd youths may be seen standing
there of morning to warm themselves.
About thirty years ago there was a pri-
vate boarding house for invalids but now
no accommodation can be procured. Con-
sequently it is no longer resort for in
valids. 1t is in the possession of a Dutch
farmer.
Recently the Indians on the Jackson
county reservation in Kansas engaged in
their annual green corn dance, a cere-
mony that is religious in its character,
so, among other prohibitions, drunkenness
is not allowed. However, one of the bucks
tried to get on the pavilion at one of the
services when he was plainly not in
fit condition. He was ordered away, but
would not go, whereupon he was taken
in charge my couple of the guards, who
applied new kind of cure for drunken
ness that was rough but efficacious. His
hands were tied behind him, his legs tied
until they reached his hands, and they
were all tied together. He was then car
ried to the shade of a tree, where he was
thrown to the ground like a stick of wood
and left to lie there until he could sober
up and learn something in the bargain.
When his hands were united he was as
decent as could be. few such treat
ments usually cure the worst cases, and
they don't disturb the dancers any more.
"A special dispatch from Spring Valley,
ILL.,, to the Chicago Chronicle, says: Every
anarchist child in this city Is to be bap-
tized with beer in the city hall square,
if the programme of Emma Goldman IS
carried out. The noted woman has made
public announcement of her novel plan,
and has invited all citizens to witness the
remarkable ceremony. Emma Goldman
has been the sensation of the town since
her appearance at the Labor day exercises
and picnic yesterday. AT the grounds the
woman was the central figure. She led a
column of 300 foreigners from the city to
the park, and the red flag of anarchy was
carried at the head of the procession. Or
ders were given TO haul down the flag
but they were ignored the anarchists sur
rounding the standard declaring that they
would not obey without bloodshed. A
speech by Emma Goldman, denouncng
the government, the school and the church
woman added to her popularity by treat
ing her followers to liquor and drinking
with them many times during the after
noon and evening.
The hummingbird's nest on a wire had
its counterpart in the nest which a barn
swallow constructed in our carriage house
this summer, says Forest and Stream. Ig-
norng available sites under caves and in
open outbuildings, this swallow selected a
piece OF doubled 3-16-inch cord suspended
from the ceiling and used to support the
tongue of one of the carriages, and built
Its nest from that The nest was attached
at a point about eighteen inches from the
ceiling, and part of the time when the
carriage was used, there was nothing to
steady the cord, and the nest swung back
ward and forward some thing after the
manner of a pendulum. The cord passed
through one side, and the hollow of the
nest was in no way INSTRUCTED, yet the
nest was perfectly balanced and did not
tip. 1t would have proved a safe reposi-
tory for the eggs if they had even been de-
posted, but unfortunately some one pass
ing through the building accidentally
knocked the nest down shortly after it
was completed. The male and female swal-
low worked at the nest almost coniinu-
ously, and showed no fear of the men who
were going in and out of the building all
L
my head within three feet of the nest
without interrupting their work The
| tongue of the carriage was taken from us
| support at least once every day, but the
swallows only waited till the carriage was
out of the way to resume their work
! Though they had been building with the
| cord anchored and nearly stationary, each
| time the tongue was removed the nest
was found to be in stable equilibrium. thus
demonstrating engineering ability Of a
| high order for the birds.
If the inhabitants of Hawaii, and, in
deed, of the islands of the Pacific gener-
ally, are not clean, it is certainly not
| because they do not battle. They are
| really the most amphibious people one
| can well imagine. Often they have sew
eral baths in one day, and everybody
bathes at least once in the twenty-four
| hours, and has a good scrubbing into
| the bargain with the best material that
| they have for the purpose. A dip in "the
! briny" is nowhere considered sufficient
| for cleanliness and among the Polvne-