The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ion" s9y the New York Evening Post, lis
found in the fact that Padre Agoslino. The
most popular preacher io-day in Italy
(where cruelty to animals is sim often ex-
cused on tie plea that dumb h!ngs have
TO souls) is now advocating The rights of
animals from the pulpit"
Rev s. w. Dickinson, an agent for
the American Bible Society, has just
brought the interesting fact to light that
the first book printed in Minnesota was a
Bible It was printed in 1886, about thir-
teen years before the first issue Of news
paper in St. Paul. The Bible was in The
Oji5way language, and was printed on
the mission press at Lake PoSegama, Pine
county under the supervision of Rev. Mr..
Aver, who likewise had charge of the
mission farm at that point.
Among all the auctions and other sales
of famous castles in Europe none will at
tract more attention than that of the Cas-
lie of Canossa, at Reggie. This win be
put up at auction next Friday 1t is to
be sold for non-payment of taXes amount
ing to just s100-though that is almost
enough to make Pope Gregory VII, King
Henry " and Countess Matilde come back
10 earth and join forces to protect the
castle that had so important a place in
the history of Germany and Italy.
Rosie Davis bearded lady now in
Chicago waiting to fill an engagement
with circus, got lost the other night
while out walking in Lakeview and not
desiring to be conspicuous went to the
back door of a house to inquire her way.
The result was a great fright on the
part of the people who lived in the house
three women going into mysteries and
man running out the front door in search
of the police. The bearded lady fled and
tried another house, at which her appear
ance caused a woman to- faint. By this
time the police arrived with a patrol wag-
on and the free exhibition for which peo-
pie generally pay to see was suppressed
The Philadelphia Ledger says gasolene
drunkards are becoming common among
the small boys in the vicinity of North
Penn village, and the district known as
"Swamppoodle. For some time the police
have been mystified by finding youngsters
fast asleep and in semi-conscious con-
dition slowed away in vacant houses,
woodsheds and brckyards. 1t was finally
discovered that the boys had become
beastly drunk from inhaling the fumes of
gasolene, and some of them have devel-
oped into juvenile debauchees. On Sunday,
while patrolling his beat policeman dis
covered a youngster mounted on gaso-
lene lamppost. The boy had a large
sponge and was obtaining the material
for a Sunday spree.
"A curious accident took place at Brook
field, Ind. A local freight train was back
ed into a siding to allow a fast freight
train to pass. The switch was left open,
! however and the fast freight travelling at
the rate Of thirty miles an hour dashed
| into it. The crews of both trains jumped.
| The impact of the collision was so severe
| as to drive the tender of the stationary
! in, offi nd ta1nzpOpiuo n q +
| tie car which was loaded with COAL it rest
ed half on the top of the third car. On
| the fast freight car loaded with hogs was
| telescoped by one loaded with shelled corn
/ and the animals not killed in the collision
! were smothered by the corn. 1t is said
! that the locomotives are so interiocleed
| that dynamite will be required to separate
| them.
DIR. Lindley, of the chair of psychoTo-
gy in the Indiana UIAvers ty, says a Gin
cinnat Enquirer correspondent, has
brought 10 that institution Arthur Griffith,
aged 10, for the pun pose of invesdga ing
the limit of the youths remarkable power
| as a lightning calculator" He knows the
multiplied ton up 10 10 has a know edge
of the squares up TO 80, ard the cubes 10
! 100. He knows the fourth powers up to
| twenty. His particular skin is in fndiT g
short methods of operation. He has de-
! N-SGu lO-ty-S6NCu IlGbtlOuS VI ulUAllpitCd-
ten six of division, six of addition and
| three of subtract on. He can multiply two
| fve-place hunters in six seconds. AL
though not having 5 udicd algebra, his
mind has approXimated the binominal the
orem Griffith was born n Milford, Kos
ciusko oounly. DR.. LindFey says he is not
a simple calculator, but that he belongs
to a higher class.
The Philadelphia Record, says a bill
lard cue with a square tip, instead of a
round one, is an innovation that may
shortly be put to a practical test. A well
known amateur of Philadelphia, who is
of an experimental and inventive turn of
| mind. conceived the idea, and had a spe-
cial cue made with square tip. He says
it answers every purpose to which the or
| binary cue can be put, In addition to which
it has a number of advantages over the
round tip. For one thing, 1t is impossible
to make a miscue. The full surface of the
cue strikes the ball and gives it more
| purchase. The point of contact between
the rounded tip and the ball is, perhaps,
one-tenth less than that of the square tip
and the ball, and where English" is used
| the latter tip assures much greater con-
| troll. The inventor of the square tip has
| applied for a patent, and hopes to intro
duce it through the medium of several
| well known professional players.
| The curiosity of the tongue does not
cause the human being so much trouble
as tie curiosity # he eye, says the Chi
cago News But the tongue within it's lin
lis is the most curious of ALL Let the den
fist make change in the mouth; let him
remove a tooth or replace with his admi-
| rable artince one that has long been alb
sent; let him c. ange the form of a tooth
by rounding off ccrnsr or building up a
| nd o xyh "a will ~
1t wiz search cut that place, taking care
| full and minute account of the change.
| Then it win linger near the place. If it is
| called 10 other duties ii will come back
as soon as they are discharged, and feel
| the changed place all over again, as if il
had not explored and rummaged there al
ready. 1t makes no difference that these
repeated Investigations presently cause an
royance to its supposed master the man;
The tongue in nothing more than in this
affair prov es that it is an unruly member
and will no. be controlled. ut seems to have