The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| . HA0--'S S1S1HAIloS y run OF surprises for
us elders a class Of boys In Massachusetts
Sunday school withdrew because Its anDointe1
teacher was a 'scab'' workman
In THE ITALIAN ARMY the system of siesta nra-
walls, under which all troops on the field lie
down to sleep for couple OF hours during the
| heat OF the day. The practice is SO univgr
sally accepted that the hour is fixed in general
| orders.
| a SELMA CALI NAN went into a store last
week and put lighted cigarette on III edge of
an aquarium A goldfish sliced it, and took a
pun For several days the poor thing lay at
the bottom OF the tank and painted like a tired
| dog. Its color changed to let black and the
owner OF that cigarette has sworn of for keeps
1T PAYS IN GERMANY to coin a new word The
Rev. DR.. Zeller of Waiblingen near Stuttgart.
has just received 100 marks for the forging out
| ally. "a roll of SMOKE" to be substituted for
| the word "cigare, which sounded too foreign
peror
| STRANGER drove up to an INDIANAPOLIS
| livery stable, Tuesday, and wanted TO buy a
horse He discussed the excellent points of
several animals in the stable and finally settled
| on one that he thought would suit him 1t was
| agreed that he should take il away a few hours
70 Try u. He hitched the horse to the back of
yet. O''0-
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those who have attained a good old age, and he
Is said to have lived all his life upon bread and
| !nnk, and never to have eaten an ounce of meat
/ IN MS life, never to have taken teaspoonful of
intoxicating liquors, and never to have used
| tea, conee. or tobacco. He now weighs $40
| pounds, and is in the regular practice of his
profession.
a FEW FRIENDS of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, hearing of its temporary financial en-
| oarrassment, have each contributed s., 900 to
heIp it out The gifts obtained this year
/ amount to S1S7, 900 which will keen the Ilni-
versity running for the next three years. dur
ing which time it is hoped that its securities
| VIII increase in value enough to cover its
| annual support.
HE CHINESE PUPILS of the New York Sunday
| school have opened club house for their
mutual entertainment. All the Chinese news
| papers VIII be found there and the services of
/ a lawyer have been retained TO give free legal
| advlce TO the members. Chess, checkers and
oackgammon will be admitted in the club, but
the lnsidious fan-tan will be strictly taboeed
| IL Is club for good" Cinnamon only
PRIVATE letters from Honolulu indicate in
| creased discomfort with the manner in which
| the affairs of the kingdom are being conducted
ana growing feeling in favor of the annexa-
tlon OF Hawaii to the United States. Three
treaty powers-England, Germany, and the
United States-are bound by compact not to
annex the islands, but Hawaiiaus argue that
there IS nothing to prevent them from petition
ing the United States to place them under its
protection.
JAMES BLUNDELL of Riverton, Mason county,
Michigan, met with a peculiar accident a few
Gays ago. He had shot a squirrel and was
holding lt up for his dog to admire, but the lat
Yer wanted to bite it, and in his efforts to do so
nlt the hammer of the gun upon which Mr.
Dlundeli was Leaning, with bis paw. The gun
went or, and Mr. Blundell had a bloody ditch
proved across his chest. The wound is not
quite fatal, but it makes HIM dizzy every time
hls minds reverts, like Maud Muller's, to what
might have been.
THERE ought to be societies formed for the
encouragement Of the laugh. A real laugh is
not common. If he laughed hearty and oftener.
man would be bett ter morally and physically
There Is nothing like habitual Laughter for pro
noting good appetites and good digestion. The
man VINO laughs honestly hes no heart for
avarice. cruelty and Discrimination. A man NAV
smirk and guffaw and be william STILL but one
who laughs habitually with his whole being can
be nothing of the sort. Therefore, speed the
cause OF laughter if you can.
IT is PROBABLE, from the best London au-
thority, that the Duke of Edinburgh will not
spend much of his time in England in the
future. His father-in-law, the Car of Russia
has made rule that members of the royai
family who receive incomes from the crown
must spend part of The year in Russia and in
addition the criticisms of the press and navy on
account of the loss of the sultan as well as his
display OF ill-temper over the Fife marriage
among his fellow-countrymen.
A BUcKsPoRT CIE.) student got tired one dav
and laid his books in one of the open pipes of
the water works while he went to play. When
next he thought of the books he couldn't find
them, as the pipe had been buried under
ground. Last Sunday the water was turned ON,
out something was wrong. The water would
only come slowly. Finally on working the valve
OF the hydrant some paper appeared, then more
paper, in Jumps, then some pieces of cloth hind.
mg-and tne mystery, both of the bad behavior
OF the works and of the youths missing books.
was solved.
1T HAS BEEN CUSTOM in Saltwater Mimi, for
| several seasons to go goose hunting down Lake
st. Croix with boat fitted with an electric
light. One evening this week a party started
out The lake was covered with fog and smoke
They came on large flock of geese, which
rose, making straight for the boat driving the
men on the upper deck below. Several of the
geese struck the wheelhou use and other parts of
the boat. Some twenty were stunned by collid-
ing with the smokestack and rigging. and six
were captured, while the others got into the
water. Not shot was fired
The USE OF BoRAx for the preservation of
mix, which has become quite common when
| the milk has to be carried for considerable
distance, has suggested to a scientific writer
the question whether may not have in This n
means OF promoting Immunity from scarlet
FEVER: Recent Investigations have shown that
THIS disease is often carried by milk and in ali
probability frequently starts from cows. II has
been remarked by Prof. w. Mattieu Williams
that In all the cases where an outbreak of scar.
let fever has been traced to milk the dairy has
been local one-taat is, dairy that has SIM
pied milk to families in its own Immediate
neighborhood, or SO near as to render the use of
borax unnecessary.
or THE word gents the Milwaukee senti.
mel says that it is a good word, inasmuch as il
describes class that no other word describes
There are persons who are not quite gentle.
men, and yet who are not altogether Doors.
WHO dress as gentlemen dress, though thew ara
not or gentle breeding, and yet do not belong
TO the hearty natural, genuine and unpreten.
tlous sons OF horney- handed toll They have
money and they are loud, presuning and
offensive to gentle souls, and they claim to be
gentlemen. In respect to some things they
show indications of gentlemanliness, in respect
TO all others they are vulgar. The term gents.
railing snort OF the term gentleman is a very
good term to apply TO Them
The NUMBER Of strangers in town is altopetber
unprecedented at this time of the year. saws the
World. The large number of people who come
to New York at the end of the summer usuallv
leave before Oct /, and by this time are com
fortaby settled at their homes But this wear
they seem TO have much more money than
usual, and are staying on in New York very
much to the satisfaction of the hotel keeDers
who md the demand for rooms continuinry onS |