The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-10
ITEMS or INTEREST.

The gross earnings o. lA3 representa-
utc railroads Tor the first nine months
o. tais year amount TO the sum Of $3.50,
O.. on This IS 100000 more than ths
same roads earned Tor the corresponding
tmc 10 lse9
"A new cigarette factory was formerly
opened So the city Of Mexico last month.
re-aont uiaz attended with great
taronE of distinguished guests. The police
turned out in dress uniforms. 4 company
ol infantry paraded.
-uat before Thanksgiving Ca.ob BAD
vin Of Newark. y. j.. celebrated the oae
hundred aad nrst anniversary OF his birth
The OLD gentleman Is IN good geneial
health ana should te sec The beginning
o., lsll VIII have lived IN three centuries.
What IS said to be the largest cargo
of coffee that has ever been received at
he por, Of New York has landed there
recently ono hundred and one thousand
two hundred and s.Xty-sevcn sacks arriV-
81 90 The Holt lnc steamer Cayour from
santos.
Tho mania Tor combinations has
struck even the fraternity which caters
4, New York's love for fancy dancing
I'D lof with tho new organization which
raised the price OF walking ard caused
managers te WAX medlt4uve.
james Mccartney Of Parsons. W. Va"
has been given a i've years sentence FOR
+ kl.lug W II Mars on Davis last winter
Mccartney was SO sure ~ acQuittai that
when hc haI chance 90 escape tr-"
fjau in September he went away ana a.
/ ter visiting friends Tor "a day returned.
kansas will in 1895 celebrate the hf-
| tlcth anniversary Of her adm -s.on into
| the Union as "a territory by holding on
! In,ersta. e. Exposition iu Topeka. The fro-
/ mYters OF The enterprise promise that Dog
I luls SHOW Kansas Mi display herself in
T "a very favorable light as great state.
"A confirmed topper Of franklin Ia.
made bct previous 20 the election that
/ ( Mckinley was successfu he would To-
s.st entirely 90 whisky Tor six months.
/ he c-sayed 20 iulnA bis obligations but
4 offer few days his stomach ret0lted ard
+ Or found g. p1gir4llf Impossible 20 con-
/ uuue drinking. lie has now become a
I strict tcetothi,r
/ I'm Rush county. Kansas. there was a
/ Tia in the vote received by Mr. ~ -ortnic%
and SIR. Anderson Tor the Office 81 county
attorney Be- fore drawing sttuws. o. pro-
/ slltl by law. the mon Asr,cd that the
/ winner should make ihe o.cr his deputy
lrd equally divide the salary. Mr. No
/ Cormick the Popuist. Won, an Air. An
/ dcrson VIII be- his deputy
The pastor Of an Eastern church stat
90 recently that certain teachers in his
sunday school were paid Tor .heir se'v-
/ ices According 90 the aas.or ihe prime
/ cluislte OF capable teacher Is the aol-
/ ity 20 tcH stories That b. The form 10
| which moral lessons can bast be conte eyed
And good story .el.ers. ne conclude. are
always worthy OF their hire.
The best collection OF Chinese coins 10
De found outside Of China has been given
10 the archaeological museum OF the Uni
1 vcrsity Of Pennsylvania by Rev +. W
/ living q Honolulu missionary The collec-
I lion goes back 90 a time over $500 years
/ aeo ana includes those odd early Chinese
coins which were made IN the form OF
spades. razors, keys. shirts and tools.
Under the headline Bounce the
Blabbers." Cedar Rapids paper makes
vigorous protest against the chattercrs
I who disturb theatcr and lecture audiences.
Do offers "a reward OF IS TO the nrst usher
I who viii Ego after such idloss IN the
/ prorcr manner" and refers TO one Of
I them as having a mouth that would be
a profitable enterprise II turned into a
windmill"
lie s a common fanacy that impure
water becomes sterilzed at "a tempera-
ture OF g degrees one OF tho curious
facts about bacteria is that while "a sin.
gle ray Of sunlight will cxtingulsh the
lfc ~ lnnumcrahlc hc-tles and while a
very moderate increase in che tcmpera-
turc around them will have the same
effect. they are absolutely uuinjured by
any degree of cold
All Sins propensity for working in
ways thar axe dark has been demonstrat-
"a .n New Yolks Chinatown. where nine
I Mons Ian merchants and restaurant
Keepers have been arrested for stealing
I several thousand dollars worth OF elcc.
trio light from the Edison company The
theft was accomplished through tho use
Of an Ingenious device arranged by an
expert electrician. who farmed IL out TO
the Chinese at SO per month.
Early In 1873 George Zipperiein. car
Inspector at Cincinnati. was run down
and manglcd by train while Inspecting
freight lie sued the company and was
given a verdict Tor $40 This Judgment
was affirmed through upper courts. but
the court house at Columbus. and all re-
I cords OF the case were burned. Then uti-
cation began all over again and has just
leon concluded In Zipperloln's favor. lie
Eots the original amount with per
cent for seventeen years.
The wedding dress OF queen wiihel-
nina Of the Netherlands is being made
at the School for Art Embroidery ne Am
stordam a great number Of the best
workers are employed on a. Half the girls
! bend over the frame on which silk is
/ stretched and thrust The needle through.
while an equal number l.e on mattresses
underneath che frame and return tho nee
de, so that the embroidery is equally
beautiful on both sides The entire trous-
selu o. Queen Wilhelmina Is ordered TO
be finished by the first week in January
The census shows some queer things
about Texas For Instance. Bailey county
has but four residents. Cochran has o;
andrews. 81. Lynn. IA Dawson d Tween
ty-avc others have loss than 800 Some
/ counties have no running stream within
| their borders some are hundreds n miles
! rom "a railroad. and others are 2lmost
/ wholly inhabited hy prairie dogs. jack
4 rabbits ard rltucsnakes Tom Green
. H IN d. q Nn