The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LUCILLE" was the most popular book for a
Christmas gift in Boston, and for children THE
Brownies" had the biggest sale.
THE tanning of boa-constructor skins forms a
branch of industry in Hamburg n. J. They
are made into pocket-books principally
A SPOTTED DOG that follows the delivery
wagon of a carpet store on Market street. Phlla-
delphia, wears an olcloth cover which is
printed an advertisement of his owners wares
CARPENTER Brown, of Sault Ste Marie, Mich,
has built himself large sleigh, secured fun
team of dogs and will set out in a few days to
drive them from the 500 to Grand Haven, dis
lance of nearly 300 miles.
THE VERDICT returned by a Western Coroner's
jury in the case of man who hanged himself
to the bed post is said to be: The deceased
came to his death by coming home drunk and
mistaliing himself for his pants
IT is SAID that the biggest quill toothpick fac
tory in the world is near Paris. 1t was origin
ally quill pen factory, but when these went out
of general use the factory turned to the tooth
| pick business, and now makes 20OOO,OtO an
nually
Young MEN of Philadelphia who desire to do
the right thing carry their sweethearts' pictures
in a case made of two silver dollars, followed
out and fitted together so deity that they can
| be distinguished from sound coin only with
| microscope.
FARMER in Ingram's township, North Caro-
lima, has a wife that he is really proud of, and
with reason for she can split 200 fence rails
day, and has done 1t time and again; and be
says that it is common thing for her to dip
seven barrels of turpentine day.
The FOB CHAIN, which gives the wearer an ex-
cellent opportunity to crafty his taste for the
beautiful, is said to be on the high road to pub
lie favor once more, and many jewelers. are
| again Furnishing up buckles and pendants
| which have lain untouched for many years.
| +I,a Iar
now in the Municipal Hospital at Philadelphia,
are to be sent to Brazil and a movement has
| been started to raise money for the purpose. IL
| is intended TO charter a vessel if passage can
| not be procured on any regular passenger ship.
| THERE is local passenger train on the Omaha
| railroad between st. Paul and Saltwater, that
| is Stunned and dreaded by engineers. 1t is
| called The Hospital Train, and other equally
| significant names, because every engineer who
| has run it in several years has either had
| stroke of paralysis while in the cab or been
| severely injured.
| A NEWSPAPER of 1Iatanzas Cuba, has embed
led in an advertisement of a new brand of cigar
cites paragraph. of which this is a transla-
| ton: photographs of the most beautiful wom-
| an In the world, Sonora Frances Folsom de
| Cleveland. the Lady of the White House, the
| idol Of 90, 900 900 of people, the wife of the Pres
| Ideut Of the United States Ask for the ----
| cigarettes
| IT SUN seems 10 De an unsettled question:
whether wood can be ignted by the heat of a
| steam pipe in contact with it. 1t is admitted,
| theoretically, that it is impossible for wood
| to take fire at a temperature of 2l2o, or some
| what higher; but it is well known that there
| have been arge number of cases of fire re
ported as occurring from this cause, and the evil
| dence is very conflicting
A MAN named Aber in Vernon, n. Y. has for
many years made turtle hunting his sole occn-
/ nQtin In ha gF0r Z bsa ghpG
| ponds and streams are free from ice and frost,
| he sallies out after the game, equipped with a
| long pole with hook ON one end and a strong
canvas bag. He sends to market about 100 bar
| rels of common mud or marsh turtles, averag-
| ing six inches in length. each season.
A MODEL of fashion in Paris recently appeared
| at the theatre in this, as the latest agony in
evening dress; He two studs; his coat
collar and slapels of mat silk the tails of
his coat were very short; his waistcOat buttoned
| high; his cravat was unadOrned; his gloves were
| putty cOlored and without black stitching; the
| brim of his hat fiat and his cane was gold
| headed and richly embossed lie carried care
| in order to keep his hands out of his pockets,
| which is pronounced to be a reprehensible
| fashion.
| A RAILWAY, consisting of a chain formed of
series of fiat plates. II inches long and l3nches
wide, made of hard wood. riveted between two
steel plates, is the latest solution of the prob
| lem of an endless railway. that is, a road which
| 10
| are. AS the wheel revClves it moves along the
| bottom plate of the chain and bring the next
plate into position without undue strain or fric
| ton. 1t has been used to good purpose in
South America, and is now being used in the
| swampy land in Germany, where large beet root
| plantations are,
| A TRAVELLER on Cape Breton Island says that
| cod-fishng is anything but exharating sport.
He thinks the following is very good imitation
of it: Attach a thirty pound dumb bell to thin
line. about 100 feet in length, and throw it over
| board. Pay out line until the bottom has been
| touched, wait a minute or two, and then pull UP
| the line rapidly as possible until the dumb
bell has reached the gunwae of the boat. At
this stage of the proceedings drop dumb-beIl
and all into the water again; and repeat the
process ad lbitum. Be sure to get yourself
| thoroughly wet from the line or wear maodor-
Gus. second hand oilSkns, and have your hands
blistered in as many places as convenient.
| Meanwhile imagine that you are excited over
something, and the whole performance will
closely resemble cod-fishing.
EMMA PETERS and Minnie Thompson. of Orc
vile, Cal, drove out into the country to gather
wild grapes. They tied their horse, which pref
ty soon became restless, evidently because he
heard a tinkling bell in the brush. Miss Emma
went to his head and was patting him when
something hit her hustle with great force. She
screamed and Miss Minnie hurried to her and
saw that yearing buck deer was butting for
all he was worth. Between the deer and the |
FESTIVE horse. the girls had bad ten minutes: |
but finally one caught the buck by the horns |
and held him until the other got halter around |
his neck, and then they tied him to a tree where
he pulled and bucked and butted until the rope |
choked him so that he lay down The bell on its |
neck showed that it was somebody's pet but the |
girls haven't been able to find out whose
HERE is a story from French paper of an
Englishman: Sir William Draggs hailed a cab at
Brighton about year ago and told the driver to
take him to the pier, off which Sir Draggs had
his yacht. He told the cabman to wait for him |
meaning to cruise about off Brighton for an |
hour or two; but changing his mind he deter |
mined to go around the world The cabman |
waited and waited and, finding that his fare
did not come back, he obtained leave from the |
municipality to erect a shelter for himself and |
horse. Here he waited for more than twelve |
month, when the other day Sir Draggs returned |
with his yacht and was not at all surprised to |
find the cabman waiting for him How much |
do l owe you?' he said, and upon the cabman
handing him a bill for goo he tore a check out
Of his book, filed it up for the amount, and told
the man to drive him to his hotel.
The country place of W, E. Baker, the sewing |
machine magnet who died the other day was at |
Wellesley, Mass The outside walls of the ste
bles were decorated with a series of enormous |
paintings representing scenes from the Nibeltn- |
genleid. Everywhere upon the grounds the Wis |
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