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

Some manufacturers have begun to
make fancy bulbs for the incandescent
lamp, ornamenting them with pretty pat
terms by means of the sand blast or max
ing the lower part of the bulb white IN
the same way. and thus reducing the glare
of the light thrown downward.
"A telephone companyiIn an Iowa town
has made an interesting discovery and at
the same time solved a mystery which has
been puzzling it for weeks. The telephone
lines, which had previously given good
service, began short time ago to develop
all sorts of queer symptoms, the induction
in some cases being so strong that per
son using a receiver could hear half a
dozen different people talking at once. The
hnemen had a bad time searching up and
down the wires for the trouble. At length
they found spot where heavy lead cable
had received a shot from a 22-calibre rifle.
The bullet had twisted and cut the wires
and worked several varieties of damage
The injured section of the cable had to be
cut out and spliced.
Says the Philadelphia Record: 1.-THE
successful hotel clerk must be a person
of discerning mind and a good judge Of
human nature, but there are times when
even these qualifications are of little value
Hotel Walton. On the page of the register
were the following names: ]. R. Clark,
New York; ]. S. Clark, Germantown; j.
E. Clark, Boston; j. H. Clark, New York;
j. L. Clark, Boston. and ]. A. Clark, Bal
timore. Besides this symposium of Clarks
there were other persons of the same name
in the hotel at the time, and 1t was not
much of a day for Clarks, either. They
were all travelling men, and there
were many inquiries for Mr.
Clark during the day and evening. 1t was
trying time for Clerks Odwait and Lynd
but each caller was sized up carefully, and
not a single mistake was made
"A paper in India recently published the
following explanation: This is only the
beginning of our paper. We were not sure
how much matter was required to fill it
up, and, thinking we had sufficient, we did
not exert ourselves much to get any more.
We therefore beg that our readers will ex-
cuse us this time for the space left blank
and promise to do better and get more in
the future" Still more curious was the
announcement of a paper which came
out for the first time with two columns
blank, the editor making the bold an
nouncement that "a large quantity of ex-
ceedingly interesting matter had been left
out for want of space" When the native
editor wants holiday he suspends pub
LEGATION until it is convenient to resume
and, taking his readers into his confidence,
informs them plainly why the paper was
not issued on the expected dates. with
the consent of our readers, we now pro-
pose to take our annual holiday We are
sure none of them will begrudge us our
relaxation"
There recently retired from the Bris-
toll postoffice a postwoman who was born
In 1926, and who must have been deliver
ing letters for the best part of sixty years,
says Chambers Journal. She was Y
years of age when she retired, and it is
estimated that she must have walked ESQ.,
100000 miles during her long service. AL
though she served a very sparsely popu-
lated district, she was never stopped nor
molested in any way on her round, and it
is needless to say that she gained the
respect of all with whom she came in
contact. The lords of her majesty's treas
ury, recognizing the exceptional circum-
stances of this woman's service, granted
her half pay in the shape of pension, and
the inhabitants of her native village took
the occasion of her retirement to present
her with a handsome testimonial. An
other postwoman in the Bristol district
has just succeeded her aunt as sub-post-
uHolISSS, ll6 AdllSI udNhiS served LOT
forty-seven years and reached the aston
ishing age of 95 The niece had served
for forty-two years as postwoman, so that
she must be well on to 60 on taking up her
new appointment
-Four brown bears are the newest re-
cruits to the ranks of tumblers and equil-
ibrists at Roster & Biai's says the New
York Sun. All but one tower above their
trainer as they stand upright on their hind
legs. The big beast, who gravely. puts
his nose and forepaws on the floor and
stands on his head, lifts his hind feet as
high as his masters face. Nearly all
their tricks are patterned after those of
human athletes. One bear stands with
his forepaws on the back of a chair and
his hind paws on another. The chairs are
pushed apart until his legs are almost
horizontal, and then the trainer gets
astride his back. In recovery the bear
springs from the rear chair gets his BAL
ance on the back of the other and gravely
steps down to the floor. Somersaults are
easy for all. One jumps over foot-high
hurdles while standing on his hind legs
Bottles are in sight during several Of
these tricks and the contents are the per-
formers reward. To secure his drink one
bear has to climb a post ten feet high
and walk across a horizontal plank that
reaches to a second upright, at the top
of which is the bottle. Taking 1t in his
mouth he climbs down, sits on his
launches and drinks in much the same
pose that man might assume.
A single chunk of gold weighing ninety
eight pounds and worth $l1,75O! This was
the size and value of the nugget that E.
H. Virgil of East Portland found in
French Gulch, near Gold Hill. Columbia
county, Cal, in 1857, says the Portland
Oregonian. II tell YOU" remarked Mr..
Virgil. as his eyes lighted up with the re-
collection of that famous find, that was
the event of lifetime and caused much
excitement all over the country. Up to that
time it was the largest nugget that had
ever been uncovered in California. It was
mere accident, and some one else might
have been the lucky one Il had a part
ner named West, and we had been mining
on French Gulch, but We're not doing much
and we decided to go over to the Fraser
river, and We SOLD out the very claim where
l afterward found the big chunk of gold