The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

fau into a sound sleep from which the
most strenuous efforts failed TO arouse
him over q week hiss passed and the
Young man s'iii SAUNDERS, while his bride
to-be is d.sconso.ate.
This ls how the Parsons. Kan, Eclipse
reports speech delivered hy Mr. Roose-
Welt Nm that city: Men and Women Of
Knueas. We have the same right 10 APP
peal 20 the American people that We did
DO 1854 loot. toos. ding. ding Chick
ETY.. chickcty chickety, and Teddy. with
his four octavcs OF front teeth. was gone.
-one evening last week a vast iock o.
chicken hawks. forming a line 100 yards
wide and over mile lorE. passed over
the village Of Cnilaway. Neh. They set
tied IN nearby grove one night anu
"a great many were killed before the fi0ck
made ns escape 40, over half dozen
OF such birds had ever been seen IN that
ncighborhood before at one time
The Primrose DANES Of England re-
sorted to an ar,ful dodge on behalf OF
the Tories AZ the recent election. They
flooded many constituencies with crcu-
lars that under the four years OF Sails
bury's administration there had been %. r
20 more marriages than under the pre-.
vlous four years under the Liberal par
~. II is believed that the circulars had
no inconsiderable effect on the campaign.
The British shoe dealer IS raising a
cry Of alarm because his market Is be-
ing pre-empted by American rivals. Boari
OF Trade announcements show a heavy
falling on IN exports. those 70 south
Africa alone being $500 dozen pairs less
than they were last year. In addition
70 this exports are rapidly rising.-S22 co.
0oo last year. against tl.500O00 the year
hefore-all high-prized French and Amer
lean shoes chiefly the latter.
Henry MarRle OF Goshen. Ind. was
taken ~ and a physician diagnosed his
trouble as inflammation OF the bowels. The
patient grew worse and his brother de-
clarcd that warm cat skins applied freely
10 tho suffering mans stomach would re-
iieye him Shotguns were brought into
play hy the neighbors. a number OF cats
We're killed and the hides were used as
suggested The sick man Is now well.
and many Goshenites believe he was cured
by the skins.
Judge Robinson Of Raleigh. n. G. ap-
parently thinks that clergymeu have IN
their own hands the power to keep order
during divine service. There have been
some hints Of unseemly doings IN one OF
the churches there and his honor in
charging the grand jury said: BE careful
how YOU indict men for disturbing relig
ious worship II the preacher is the sort
OF fellow he ought 10 be. people will be
paying too close attention 70 him to dis
turb anybody"
The German press IS up In arms
against the new Italian minister Of public
instruction. Signor Gallo. who dared 10
abolish az the intermediate schools the
instruction In the German language which
his predecessor Baccelt had introduced.
The German papers think that italy :
commercial relations with Germany Aus
tria and Switzerland. which are becoming
closer from year Go year. make Il highly
necessary that the instruction Of German
should be continued.
Timothy McGrath OF Branchport. y.
Y. was accidentally shot the other dag
by his doc McGrath. who had been hunt
ing. had stopped 10 put a rabbit into his
game bag. He rested his shotgun against
his leg with the muzzie under his lcft
arm. The dog friskcd about his master.
striking the hammer OF the gun The wes-
pon was discharged. tearing q large hole
In McGrath's arm between the shoulder
ana elbow He died while under an opera
tion for ampuiation.
As a rule prisons are not regarded as
particularly well adapted for habitatlon
by persons OF feeble mind. but Judge
Newman Of Grand Rapids appears 10
think the Marquette Jail IS just such a
place Hans Roeder was brought before
hirh charged with stealing bicycles The
prisoner. who seemed to be a harmless
simpleton. was convicted. ard Judge
Newman sentenced him TO three years
In Marquette prison, saying the treat
mcnt he would get there would probably
do him good.
Though Il g. generally understood that
Mr. Hanna had a vast fund at his dis
posal four years ago. Il would seem that
some campaign liabilities then incurred
have not yet been liquidated. W J More
land. a Pittsburg halter. IN 1895 furnished
gildod hats, then called gold plugs" "a
w J. Dithrich. a Republican leader 81
COraopOlis. The bin was SSi75. OF which
so was paid Ia 1897. Mr. Morcland IS now
suing to recover the balance. The hats
were worn by a Republican club during
a trip TO Canton. o.
A return which has just been pub
iIshed gives the general statistics OF
Methodism all over the world including
Wesleyan Methodlsts. Primitive Meth
oIisi. the Methodist New Connection
Bible Christian Methodist, the United
Methodist Free churches. the Wesleyan
Reform Union. the Methodist Episcopal
aud many other bodies. The grand totals
are as f0lloms; Ministers. N,J69; lay
preachers. 1888 g3f. church members 7.3S2.-
iH: Sunday schools 1912; officers and
teachers 40 500 Sunday school scholars
G.27i.1is. churches. SoO3i.
Examiners in the patent Office wer,
inclined 10 poke good deal OF fun az q
contrivance designed TO frighten wolves
on Western prairies. but II has come intC
considerable use IN the shcep-growing DIS
tricts OF that part OF the country. The
device is an automatic gun, which goes
OF az regular intervals. soaring the wolve.
away from the nocks. Ia consists Of q
sort Of box. containing a clock-work ar
rangemcnt with a small steel barrel pro
iecting from one end. Wolves do moi
attack sheep In the daytime. and the gun
needs 10 be IN operation only from sunset
TO sunrise.
Decision In a curious case has JUS
been rendered by the Appellate Court al
Indianapolis. Some time ago, Charles
WEIGH OF Farmersburg Sullivan county
WIS standing 40 che derot there when a.
engine struck n man nt a street cross.
ing. killing him Instantly. The man's
body WAS thrown violently against Wcl.h
who was seriously injured thereby "a,
sued the railroad company and obtained