The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


is SO strongly on Dreyfus' side that it has
named streets after Alfred Dreyfus and
Emile lola. and a square, place Picquart.
A blind alley has been chirstened 'impas-
Sc de fEtat-Major."
All the exterior of the great Sacre
Occur Church in Montmartre has been
completed ana the scanold.ngs which have
marked the hill for 50 many years will be
soon taken down. So far the church has
cost about $6,50O,000 and as much more
will be needed before the decoration is
finished.
The beer which is consumed through
out the world in a single year would make
a lake feet deep. 32l miles long, a mile
wide. OF 23l9 acres in area. In this VasI
lake of beer we could easily drown all the
neutrality-suspicious. people, to the number of
lDOiOW0, throughout the entire world; or
we could give a beer bath 10 every man.
woman and child a the same tine in the
entire continent of America.
An aquarium will be one of the attrac-
tons at the Paris Exposition A dark in
cline will lead visitors to IT, and suddenly
they viii feel as if transported to the very
bottom of the sea. in the midst of marine
landscapes and inhabitants of the ocean.
Immense glass tanks viii form the aqua
nun proper the DulIieSSeS. plIlaFS ana
Sirders which will form the frames of the
tanks and hold the glass together will be
entirely concealed under rocks.
A ranch or plantation in Peru is a
hacienda, in Venezuela ii is a hatos. in the
Argentine Republic an estancia in Chile
rancho, in Uruguay finca, and The pro-
prietors are called haciendados hatoras,
estanciarOs, rancheros and fncaros respac-
lively. In Peru there are volunteer fire
companions in nearly all the cities similar
to those we used to have in the United
States before the days of paid organiza-
ton and they are called "bombarderos."
in Strand tavern. London, there is a
cat which is habitually in a state OF in
toxcation For some time past this
strange cat has watched the filling of the
wine decanters at the bar, in order 20 Sc
cure any of the wine which might be
spilled. As il often happens that a good
deal of wine is lost thus IN the course of
the day, it is quite usual for pussie TO be
unable to walk straight when evening
comes. The taste for strong drink has
grown in this perverted animal TO such an
extent that, if she cannot get wine. which
she still prefers she satisfies her craving
with sips of whisky or any other spirit
she is able to obtain
The laughing plant, so named from its
effects upon man, grows in Arabia. It is
of moderate size, and bears brilliant yell
low flowers, and soft velvety seed pods,
each of which contains two or three seeds
which look like little black beans. The
natives of the district where ne plant
grows gather the seeds and after drying
them, reduce them to powder. A small
dose of the powder has the effect of caus
ing the most level-headed and sober psr-
son TO dance, shout and laugh in the I'M
restrained fashion of a lunatic. and to rush
about and cut the widest capers for al
most an hour. BY that time ne is thor
oughly exhausted and falls asleep. TO W axe
after several hours without the least rec
election of his previous excitement ami
antics.
An interesting dog story comes from
the Princess Theater London. One evening
the leader of the pack of hounds that ap-
pears in Going the Pace" found his way
to the royal box, where he was RECALLED
with chocolate and biscuit. The following
evening, at the close of the huniing scene,
the whole pack broke away and, running
up the back staircase leading TO the royal
box to the great CONSERVATION of the oc-
cupants burst open the door and rushed
in. The spectacle aroused the audience,
who saw hitherto sedate compartment
the scene of a canine raid, and, taking
II 10 De part OF tHt performance * Il etAt'i
it with a round of applause to which the
dogs responded with frantic barks After
an interval of confusion, during which
the orchestra struggled in vain to make il
self heard while the hounds with their
fore paws on the front of the box yelped
approval the huntsmen arrived and order
was restored.
The population of the United States in
June, 1900, viii be, according to the esti-
mate of the treasury department. about
II SIC. 0G0. This figure, according to an
article by Henry Farquhar in the Nation
al Geographic Magazine, is too large The
population at the time named, he thinks,
viii be over IS. 100000 and under COO.
Attention is called to the decline of immi-
grafton in recent years, as affecting the
estimates of population. In 1884 as many
as SIS 592 itnm grants were recorded and
i'm 1892 the number rose 10 623,0S4 but with
1898 a decided decline set in and in 1898
there We're about 229, 299 immigrants. In
the decade 1S70-S0 the aggregate of immi-
grants was 2,S12 1871; in 18S0-90 there was an
increase to 5246,600; in the nine years end
ed June 30, 1899 the total was 3,750,00O. 1t
is assumed that the immigration during
the current fiscal year will reach $4,000
al excessive figure, it seems. Mr.. Far
quhar does not think the natural rate of
increase Of the population has declined.
-HuSSlCdl SeOSIdpllSIS are MOI AWAY
such a comfort as they might be. One
hears from time to time that our coal sup
ply is vanishing. or that the SUMS heat is
on the wane, or that various Vagrant
comets are about to collide with us and
SILVER us to fragments. But more def
mite prosnostication of disaster has just
been made which will come home with
much greater directness 10 the inhabitants
Of a large section of this country Ow-
ing to a tilt in the land, Chicago may eX-
pect to be flooded by the waters of the
great lake near which she is built, in a
time comparatively so short that clear in
dications of the coming deluge can already
be observed. The same subsistence of land
in one direction and emergence in another
will entirely wreck the Niagara Falls, be
cause the difference in levels will grad
ually disappear. It win be rather hard to
find that Just as the motive energy of those
enormous cataracts will have been fully
developed, their practically illimitable
strength will disappear.
1t is something of task in these days
when silver is so literally used to keep il