The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

brought in one day 2s0OO cocoon clusters
OF the tussock moth. under the stImuani
OF prizes offered for such work.
-Canton's executioners have gene on a
strike. They now receive p cents a head
for their work but they say that Oh
less than 5c cents they VIII starve.
Girls are no; employed at the tele-
paone swtchboarss at Cairo, Egypt. Men
are used and are required to unders land
English, French Italian, Greek and
Arabic.
The city of Stockton, Cal, will re-
ceive on the Fourth of July the famous
cd guns used by Commodore Stockton
IN the conquest of California. The guns
are now At Mare Island, and Secretary
Long last week signed an order for their
transfer to the city named after the Com
modore
A woman Is alive In Vienna who sang
in the chorus at the first performance of
Beethoven's Choral symphony. Her name
IL Frau Grebner, ana she is 81 years old.
A floating variety theater, to be lowed
from one watering place to another along
the coast. is an English idea for the COM
ing summer season.
The Boston Transcript tells of an
Episcopal Church that is being sued be-
cause it is not sufficiently High church"
1t seems that certain person left money
10 the church, with the provision that the
services should come up to a certain
standard of churchmanship. The minister
has failed. ii is claimed, 10 get as much
ritualism into the service and the respon-
SEES of his flock as the money calls for
The following is probably the only
record of "a man being buried in the same
grave with mis- three wives. Following
is the inscription on the one stone which
marks their resting place: Sacred TO
me memory OF Margaret Armstrong. wife
of William Armstrong, of BalsoVer Moor.
who departed this life. Aug. ,, 1888, aged
81 wears. Also William Armstrong, who
died Dec. 10. 1862, aged 81 years. Also
Ann, second wife Of she above who died
Feo. y, 1898, aged Is years. Also Char
lotte, third wife of the above, VINO died
June 4, 1864, aged II years "
A writer in the New York Medical
Journal says that the curved pages Of
the ordinary book are injurious TO the
eve of the reader. The curvature necessi-
lates constant change Of the focus OF
the eye as it reads from one side to an
other. and The ciliary muscles are under
constant strain. Moreover. the light
falls unequallY upon both sides of the
page. further interfering with a continued
clear field of vision. II Is suggested that
the difficulty might be obviated if The
lines should be printed parallel to the
binding instead of at right angles to il
A funny incident recently occurred at
the Jardin des Plantes in Paris The ele-
phant house adjoins thai in which the
camels are located and a young camel re-
Gently introduced had greaI attention
Inn tn ha ,Ia.&F 1,
elephant, which had hitherto had most If
the public favor In hat quarter The Gle
phant grew more jealous day offer day
ana matters came to "a climax when, fail
ms 10 attract the attention of dainty
little maiden who was caressing his young
rival, he elephant filled his trunk with
water and de,uged the offending damse'
from head TO foot.
The London Globe gives the following
description of Persian dinner: The feast
is preceded by pipes, while tea and swe Is
are handed about. Then the servants of
The house appear, bringing in long
leather sheet, which they spread in the
middle of the floor, The guests squat
around this, tailor fashion. When all IRE
seated u fat loaf of bread is placed befo
everyone, and The music begins % paw.
The various dishes are BROUGHT in on
trays aud arranged around the leather
sheel at intervals, The covers a'e then
removed. the host says Ri miliah" Gn the
name Of God) and without another word.
they all fall 10.
experiments nave Tor some Tune D IN
made in hAland with smokelesS coal.
This peculiar fuel may he burned other
in an ordinary crate or in a basir in the
middle of the room without davelnatus
any perceptible odor or somke n any
lime The fir. looks like finest coke fire
and The flame is white ami hIu4 I, ,br.vs
our a considerable he9t. The RESIDUE II
the coal amounts to about per ceat For
ii"ustilai purposes ms NV uel . II m
,lifrsreot unr"oees In Iondon sn,1t.Ias,
hri,nis,t.s can he harobt at ahont * :,
t,,n Tba sn,ol,el.eSs go is sai1 10 h.o,',,
nosel OF q nor conf If coal ans ana
nor cent Of q mivfIre Of Vol t,r md
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mixe1 ,osa,b.r ana messed mo -,old.
in si,ch a vav ,h.t me- n, no, ran on,rt
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i'm a recent German publication on the
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