The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Fri ESTIMATED that the girl who dances
eighteen waltzes travels about IA miles.
A FIvE-FooT ALLIGATOR was captured in
Central Park, New York, by two policemen the
other day. 1t had escaped from the menagerie
A CIRCUS BILL posting gang dumped guam
tity OF paste in the road near Petersburg, Mich,
and number of cows were fatally poisoned by
eating some of it.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN has pump that is as well
preserved as he himself. 1t was set up in his
back yard in Bangor, Ne, years ago, and Is
there now as good as ever
GEN. JOHN NJ PALMER, the democratic candi-
date for Governor OF Illinois, is native of Ken
lucky, and Il years of age. He was originally
Douglass democrat, but was Lincoln elector
IN 1860. During the war he was major general ra
and was elected governor o Illinois in 1865. lie
has acted with the Democratic party since 1871
San DIEGo's new orphans home promises to
be one of the most important and best.endowed
charitable institutions in the union. In addition
TO the home proper there will be an educational
and technical school. Four citizens of San
Diego have subscribed 81, 100000, and the city
has given 100 acres of land in the city limits
worth nearly Sl,0o0,0O0
A CONVENTION of parrots will soon be held in
Turin, and great many learned old fellows are
expected to be present. Prizes will be given to
the best singer. the brightest conversatiOnalst
and the finest orator great many queer
stories have been told about parrots; but the
coming show will give the world a chance TO
known precisely what they have to say.
DR.. ERNEST WAGNER, who came over by the
steamship Noordland from Antwerp, had his
feelings burt at the New York custom house.
notwithstanding his declaration that his trunks
contained only goods Of personal wear they
were seized by the skeptical officials. What the
| trunks did contain were 32S pairs of ladies' kid
Rl0yaE X n ms
gloves 326 pairs of cloth gloves 236 silk necktieS
and % pairs of Suspenders
CoLoRs used in sealing wax are said to ex-
press certain significance. White is used for
weddings; black, drab and purple, for mourn
| ing; lavender is confidence; dinner invitations
are sealed with chocolate color; blue denotes
conStaney; green expresses hatred; vermllllon
| signifies business: ruby or cardinal denotes the
most ardent love: light ruby or rose is afec
Tomato rememberance; pale green is innocence;
yellow indicates Jealousy; yellowis9 green
| signifies grief and disappointment; dark brown,
melancholy and reserve.
YOUNG AND ENTHUSIASTIC KINDERaARTEN
| teacher, who believes that much repetition will
| fix ideas firmly in youthful minds, usually
begins her lesson on the ideas of form by hold
! log up a rubber ball, and asking: Now, chill
dren, what is ths?' "A globe, is the reply,
I began, as usual with the ball Now, children,
| what do | hold 10 my hand?' Chestnut -
yelled a prompt and cheeky small boy from a
back seat. That's the sort of thing, the teacher
| says that discourages her.
| A CONTEMPORARY thus describes curious GER
emony, which is said to have taken place re
| Gently in the parish church of st. Ives, Hamp-
shire, Eng. ION table in the church at
the chancel steps were placed six Bibles, and
near them box and three dice Six boys and
| six girls, solemnly watched over by the vicar
Rev. E. Tottenham, and crowd of parishoners,
| threw dice each three times to ses which should
| have the six Bibles. Three went to the boys
and three to the girls. The highest throw was
| made by the smallest girl. 81 This remarkable
custom dates from 1873, when DR.. Robert Wylde
| bequeathed $500 of which the yearly interest
was to be spent in buying six Bibles, not to cost
| more than seven shilllngs and sixpence each, to
| be cast for by dice ON the communion table
every year by six boys and six girls of the town.
| A pieee Of ground was bought with the money
/ and is now known as Bible Orchard. The leg
| acy also provided for the payment of 10 shill-
| ings each year to the vicar for preaching ser
| mon commenting the excellency, perfection and
| divine authority of the Holy Scriptures. The
will of the eccentric doctor was exactly Observed
| and for more than 200 years dice were regularly
| cast upon the communion table. Lately a table
/ erected on the chancel steps was substituted
the bishop of the diocese having considered that
1 the communion table was not for throwing
l dice