The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I bJIdTG. DWE6 n
under the old warriors marble cap, and the po-
| icemen requested to spend their spare time
| in cleaning out the bugs.
! GAMBETTA' s recently dedicated monument was
paid for wholly by popular subscription, and
! the number Of subscribers was 2S0,0 900 Cheap
and hasty comment is ever ready to call the
! French tlckle, but where is there people more
| loyal to the great men or who respond more
promptly with money to honor their memory.
IN many of the back districts of Kentucky the
mails are often carried far as thirty-five
miles by men who walk the whole distance once
day. A local paper thus describes one OF
! these sturdy carriers Mr.. Daugherty is very
accommodating to persons living along the line
! Che ought to bel He will carry saddle, bee
hive, pup, or even dog, if be IS not too big,
and he is offered enough He will ride horse
through for any one for a quarter, and carry
the mail pouches on his shoulder"
If one looks at the shop windows some
curious cases of advertising bait will catch the
eye. One of the latest noticeable efforts to
4, supply brain and taste to customers was seen In
the window of an old side street where numer-
Gus samples of wall paper had been put on view
and labelled dainty" tasty" refined "
stylish" elegant" neat" delicate
| pretty" etc. The most amusing feature was
| the general irrelevancy of the texture, tone and
quality of the things thus designated with the
terms applied to them.
AT West Cornwall, Conn., small state on
the Housatonic railroad, is an immense tank
| from which the compauy'S engines repleniSh
| their supply Of water. Monday the tank unac-
! countably ran dry, causing considerable anX-
| iety, and workmen from n distance were dis
| patched on special train to make pairs The
! foreman of the gang examined the tank. bat
| failed to discover the source, of the trouble
| wiereupon he went TO the pom near by, from
which the water is taken. Examining the sup
| ply pipe he discovered a large live trout tightly
| wedged in it.
HERE is the ridiculous way in which German
cyclopcdia, recently published in Leipsic, de-
scribes the social life of n large city in Eastern
New York, possibly Albany: after dinner the
| gentlemen at the reception followed the ladies'
| to the salon apd lighted their cigars Those who
| did not smoke chewed and spat quite rechleSsly
on the floor. Many who did not Use tobacco
| took small knives from their pockets, for an
American gentleman always carries some kind
| of knife, and carved or cut Svers from the
chairs; almost all of them put their feet on
! tables or chairs. This behavior. which would
| insult our German ladies' the many beautiful
American ladies in the room regarded as mat
| ter of course, much to the establishment OF the
| writer"
Two incidents related by a London paper
| which seem to indicate that animals are able to
| think and carry out plan. They occurred in
India A rough terrier when given a bone,
was sent to eat it on the gravel drive in front
| of the bungalow. Two crows had sought often
| to snatch the meat from the dog, but had
| always been defeated. Finally, they discussed
the matter in n neighborinG tree after which
one of them flew down and pecked at the dogs
tail, and, while ne attending to this matter,
the other one came and seized the bone The
| same dog hal favOrite seat, of which visit
| ing dog had frequently deprived it. One day the
terrier, having found his seat thus occupied flew
| savagely out OF doors, barking at supposed
| enemy. AS the iCtrudinS dog rushed out to
| take part in the fray the terrier FASTENED
| back to secure possession of his seat.
| THE government of India has published for
| the information of the public, through the bull
| letin of the Royal Gardens, Kew, some particu-
| lars of the new process of extracting quinine
! from the ciuchona bark by means of oil BY
| the aid of this process, perfected lately by Mr..
| CANINE, it is found possibly to utilize the cali
| saya or yellow bark variety, and to extract
| from it the whole of its quinine in form inds-
| tinglishable chemically or physically from he
| best brands of European manufacture and This
| so cheaply that not merely in times like the
| present of depressed markets, but at al periods
| it will not cost the government more than -
| rupees per pound. Should all the eXpeCtat .onS
! which this important discovery has awakened
be realized, it is believed that It will lead to the
substitution of Indian manufactured quinine
| for the febrifuge in the hospitals and dispense
| T1eS OF India, and as a necessary consequence to
| the substitution of yellow bark for red bark in
| the Sikldm plantations.
| AN Augusta Me, boy who went regularly to
the Young Mems christian association gym
nasium last winter became much interested in
| developing his muscle. He had been told the
| best way to do this was to swing Indian clubs
| beginning with a light pair and gradually in
| creasing the weight as he grew stronger As
| this would necesSitate the purchase of several
| pairs Of clubs. which he could i'll afford he hit
| upon the following scheme. He was the owner
| of two pups which, though small in size posses
Sed to q remarkable degree that tenaCity of grin
| for which the bulldog so Justly celebrated
| He easily taught each of these to fix his teeth
| in the end of a short stick and then taking one
| of the sticks 10 each hand he waved them above
| his head in some of the simple movements AS
the dogs grew, his strength increased and now
| he may be seen in easy posture performing all
! the graceful gyratonS of au expert club syyinper
| with two wooden handles to the ends of which
a couple Of fifteen-pound bulldogs hang by their
! teeth with a deathlike grip.
A. BOYD of Elizabeth, Pa, while putting up
clover hay last week, was in the act OF raising a
| forkful over his head, when he felt something
! drop on his shoulder. Examination proved that
! it was a copperhead snake measuring feet 1Ol6
! inches long 10y inches around the bodv Mr.
| Boyd dispatched his snakeship without DELAY
just then he heard the women calling Justify
| from the house and hurried home to see what
was alarming the ladies, when he found them
| battling with another huge coDperhead which
| he proceeded to Stay. About bed time Mr. RovJ
| was ready to retire, having removed his shoes
! for that purpose when he thought of an eryand
! to the kitchen The room was dark and as he
| entered he felt something strike him on the
lower end OF his pantaoons. Mr.. Boyd feeling
that the vicinity was snaky that day, called for
a light. and when 1t came another copperhaad
was discovered fast by its fangs in the les, Of
| his pants. 1t is needless to say that this snake
| speedily went the way which all snakes should
go.
Mrs. GEORGE GOULD has a curious fancy for
having all her dainty silken undergarments of
| one shade, and the color she most prefers is pale
tan. She is clothed from top to toe in that color
II was she who first introduced in this country
the tan Suede shoe, and with them she wears
stockings Of exactly the same shade slleu and
beautifully clicked. Her undergarmentS come
by the dozen in Dig boxes from Paris folded in
tissue paper and tied up with satin ribbons.
They run through gamut of pale shades. but
six out Of every dozen will be of that pale tan
hue becoming to an olive skinned dark
haired woman. They are wrought with the
most exquisite white silk needework and every
edge crisped with finest laces. With them come
corsets from Worth's own corsetiere to perfectly
match each shade, and these are also en-
brodered and laced. Lady Dudley the famous
English beauty, who is as white as pond lilv
always wears black SIX underclothes black silk
stockings, and is oneof the few English women
whose feet are pretty and delicate enough to
wear black velvet moliere shoes.
SOME ONE who dreamed of the Greek bac
chantes, Of the woodland nymphs, Of Dryads
and Hamadryads, made the hat that is worn at
Newport and Denox this summer. But It was
a Partisan milliner who had the dream, so that
the hacis a very mOdernized and sophisticated
version OF the tangled garlands Of vine.leaf
long grasses and poppy blooms that crowned