The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

gagged in raising furds TO dsfray expenses
of their religious organizations.
Irrigation is of the utmost importance
in Persia, as cultivation depends upon it,
and water is extremely dear. 1t has been
suggested that artesian well manufacture
ers might find an excellent opening once
that the success of these wells was as
sured.
"A German statistician has estimated
that beneath every square mile of sea
there are about 12O,OOO,C00 fish. There al e
occasions, however, when 1t would be diff
ficult to convince deep sea fishermen that
the calculator's figures are within 49,,
s99, s99 of being correct.
Am undertaking establishment in
Chicago offers to conduct funerals On the
installment plan. 1t issues policies which
amount to $50 when paid up, and which
entitle the holders or members of their
families TO decent burial when such per-
sons may require post-mortem offices.
The common German hen lays about
500 or 600 eggs in ten years In the first
year the number is only from ten to
twenty; in the second, third and fourth
years from 100 to 1856 each, and thereafter
it rapidly diminishes. In the tenth year
the ordinary hen lays but ten to twelve
eggs.
A recent Encouragement OF the ex-
hibits in the Agricultural Museum of the
University of Illinois brought to light an
old OK yoke made by Abraham Lincoln,
which was presented to the Institution in
1871. By order of President Draper the
yoke has been inclosed in a glass case the
framework of which was made of boards
from the old Lincoln home at Springfield,
Ill.
--latest accounts from Samoa state
that MaIietoa, who was declared to be
king of Samoa by Chief Justice Cham
bers, has asked for European education.
His request was forwarded by Consul
General Osborn, now at Apia, to Secre-
tary of State Hay, who has approved 1t,
and has suggested in a note to Germany
and Great Britain that the three Powers
pay the expenses Of the young man while
he attends a school in Europe.
AT a recent dinner in London the
Prince of Wales inaugurated a custom
which may become popular at large pub
lie dinners where the guests are. so num-
erous that they can scarcely recognize
each other. With his coffee and cigars
the princes special attendant brought
him huge pair of field glasses, with
which he carefully scrutinized the long
tables and the galaxy of bejeweled wo-
men who filed the balconies in order to
hear the speeches.
In the Paris salon of 1900 the jury has
awarded the first medal to NJ. D. Despra-
delles of Boston, professor of architecture
and design at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. The subject of NJ. Des-
pradelles' design is of especial interest to
Americans, being a monument dedicated
to the glory of the American nation" and
ID is said TO be a grandeur of conception
and of a daring in execution almost I'M
paralleled. Its title, THE Beacon of Pro-
gress," indicates the character of the COM
position, the height of which is enormous.
The award of the first medal crowns
labor of almost six years.
A Norwegian vessel has just brought
to Philadelphia a load of purple ore taken
from the site of the ancient city of Tel
messus, in Asia Minor. The boat was
loaded at Maori, or Makree, a small port
near the site of Telmessus and about fifty
miles from Rhodes. The cargo, which will
be used in the manufacture of paint, was
dug from the great amphitheater of Tel
messus, which historians say had a seat
ing capacity of 10000 persons volcanic
eruption destroyed the ancient city, and II
is said that the earth in the vicinity was
transformed into a mass of ore, for which
there is now a demand from all parts of
the world.
fer-ed-Din Mira, the Shah of
Persia, who is making a tour of Europe,
will arrive in London about July 2, and
is to be the guest of the Queen at Buck
ingham palace Many stories are told of
his predecessors memorable stay in Eng
land While on a visit to Newgate prison
he expressed a desire to see an execution.
He was courteously informed that at that
time there was no one under sentence.
The Shah swept away these trifing OBJ
jections with a wave of his hand. Take
one of my suite" said he; "any one will
DO" And he was woefully disappointed
because the officials on the spot declined
to comply with his request.
An interesting exhibit prepared for the
Paris Exposition is complete set of bed
hangings manufactured in Madagascar
from silk secured from the halabe. an
enormous spider found in certain districts
of the island. Aside from being so I'M
usual, this exhibit seems to indicate that
there is future for silk manufactured
from spiders web. The matter hds re-
ceived the attention of NJ. Nogue, the head
of the Antananarivo Technical School,
VINO mas ALREADY acHleVed WONDERFUL re-
suits. Each spider yields from 300 10 400
yards of silk, which can be taken from
the animal every ten days, 1t being set
free in the interval The silk of these
spiders is stated to be finer than that of
the silkworm and of an extraordinary gold
en- color. 1t is extremely tenacious and
can be woven without the slightest diff
Guilty
"A Kensington dentist, who is likewise
a pillar of the church, consulted the
scriptures some time ago in search of
suitable passage 10 advertise his business.
says the Philadelphia Record, and came
across the following from the Song of
Solomon vi s. Thy teeth are as a flock
of sheep that go up from the washing,
whereof every one beareth twins, and
there is not one barren among them
This quotation he emblazoned ON his Sign.
and when his pastor demonstrated with
him the dentist explained that the lines
were applicable, as the teeth he referred
TO were sheep teeth" or the first teeth
that grow in a child's mouth every one
of which is succeeded by two other teeth
of the second growth The dentist is au-
thOrity for the statement that thara ara