The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the Othef DAY lot putting a panama pee
into a letter box explained that in his own
country boxes are attached to posts for the
reception Of refuse, and he thought that
the same system of garbage collection was
in vogue in the metropolis.
A Belgian royal decree has approved
the resolution of The provincial council of
Brabant fixing an annual tax after Jan.
1. 1900, on all automobiles. The tax viii
be 1886 for an automob r weighing less
than $50 pounds and vehicles which weigh
more win pay 1915 per annum.
-Americon soldiers in the Philippines ere
all wearing dog checks" A dog check
is lead medal about the size of a dollar,
with the volunteers name, regiment and
company stamped on it. 1t is hung on a
leather string around the neck. and serv IS
to identify the dead or severely wounded.
An American furniture manufacturing
company is now shipping from its facto-
ries American furniture in the rough Be
ing in parts and tightly packed, it occu-
pies little space, and consequently the
freight is low 1t is put together in Lon
don and Glasgow workshops, and the
statesmen place the furniture in the hands
of dealers in England and Scotland.
Statistics just completed by the In
come Tax Commission of Great Britain
show that out of total adult male nopu-
lation of 12,50OC00, more than 100000
earn less than $3.50 a year The income tax
is collected al the rate of Is cents on each
50 above $3.50, and the total tax. which
last year amounted to nearly s1G0, 1000,
was contributed by not more than 2,O00 900
people.
There is a cherry tree in Clinton, Ia,
according 10 local paper, which is load
ed with fruit and blossoms. A few weeks
ago 1t began to bloom, and m a short time
there were cherries on the tree, which
turned red, ard would have been ripe in
few days had not the recent cold
weather killed them. There were bios
SONS, green cherries and fruit almost ripe
on the same bunch.
"A rather curious religious row has
broken out in Kenosha, Wis. On a recent
Sunday Stoydn Vatralsky, a Bulgarian,
fectured in the Methodist Church In the
course of his address he criticised severe
ly a new religious sect known as the
Truth knowers, accusing the members of
holding Mahometan doctrines. When ne
finished some members of the sect answer
ed him, and now the whole town is in a
turmoil over the matter.
If lightning strikes a tree after long
period of heavy rain. when the whole sur
face of the tree is damp, it generally does
very little harm to the tree and often none
at all. If, on the other hand a tree is
struck when its surface is dry it Is more
severely damaged because then the cleo
tric spark viii descend by line Of lower
resistance along the damp wood under the
| bark. In this case the heat of the sparlS
instantly produces steam of very nigh
pressure under the bark, and it is general
ly blown up.
Ezra Wilkinson, an eccentric resident
of Sharon, Mo, has just completed the
construction of a four-story brick dwelling
for himself under ground. The roof of the
house is on level with the street and the
whole structure stands in an excavation
| forty feet deep, lined with stone and ce-
ment-the house walls being separated
! from those of the pit by a four-foot area
| way. Wilkinson lives in constant dread of
! cyclones, and he designed his novel dwell
ing with q view to making it wind proof
| 1t is said to have cost him $40 900.
The city of New Bedford, Mass, some
twenty-five years ago adopted and laid
down considerable quantity of iron pipe
| having a cement lining. The last of this
| pipe has just been removed, and it was
! found to be still capable of doing its duty
although the iron was considerably cor
roded at places Some spots were corrod-
ed entirely through although the cement
| held its shape. This in an excellent show
| ing, and proved the wisdom of the origi-
nal commissioners who placed underground
| so large a quantity of this pipe AT the
| time it was laid gas iron pipe was very
| expensive, while cement-lined wrought
iron pipe was comparatively cheap
There seems to be little doubt, SAYS the
London Daily Graphic, that the recent de-
| cision of the archb'shops with regard to
the use of incense in Anglican churches
will have no appreciate effect on the
| trade in that commodity. At most of the
| Ang lean churches incense would he used
| only four times year A very small quan-
| tlty of incense is required for an entire
! service. AS far as can be ascertained no
| Anglican church would spend more than
70 a year on incense, and the entire trade
| is probably not worth more than $500 a
year. 1t is popularity supposed that there
is a trade secret in the making of incense
| but in most cases il is composed simply of
gum oibauum, Siam benjamin, cascarilla
bark myrrh and copaf varn.sh.
| The Normandy fishermen are at pres
ent the victims of an extraordinary inva-
sion of cuttlefsh, nothing similar to which
/ has been seen on that part of the coast
| since 1863. To such an extent is the sea in
| tested with the cuttlefish that the fisher
| men often bring up as many as 300 or 400
of them in single haul of the net Not
only can nothing be done with the cutie
| fish, but their weight, attaining in the
case of the bigger specimens to as much
as twelve to fifteen pounds, breaks the
| nets. The presence Of the cuttlefsh too
makes il very difficult to haul the nets
on board The fish cling so tightly to the
| side of the boats with their tentacles thar
to make them loose their hold the ak has
! to be used, or boiling water has to be pour
ed over them. Even when on board they
still give much trouble as the only wav
| to Kill them is to cut off their heads The
fishermen can give no explanation of the
| cause of this unwelcome visitation. and
they are equally in the dark as to how
| long it is likely to last
"A wet sheet and a flowing sea has
nothing whatever to do with life aboard
a yacht, as exemp,ifed in the Bay Ridge
Yacht Basin, in South Brooklyn, SAYS the
New York Herald. There are five or six
| Yachts there of III am a ,.oo,,,,-