The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23
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y VOCABULARY VI plJ oASoA eOAAAH SeJ
urigaku Jutsugo Jisho." has been issued in
apan. It gives the authoritative japanese |
quivalents of an important group OF western |
eientific terms. In all thirty-six Japanese gen
enen have been engaged in its preparation Tor |
2 past six years.
| DOG owned in Red Hook. n. Y, by one |
| I'm, recently chewed up and swallowed q |
] ~ AS the canine had no commercial value |
ne Is killed and the fragments of the bill. IN
| cru " the piece which bore the number, were |
Erred. They we're forwarded 70 the treas, |
| uly partment at Washington and new bill |
was y returned to Flynn.
DUKERNsr of Coburg, in a book of remi- |
nlscene referring principally to the prince |
GT95nsortss the following alb ut Napoleon Ill: !
~: tue oinpDr, os he sat in his arm chair smoS- |
iins SiSartes one after the other, converSing |
III d uIeah fashion, appeared more like Ger |
Ilah schoi than the ruler of France He |
si iiles ;ited whole poems of Sch Her, and
DioAo suuuly from French Into German.
E - On MS p1cal views reSembled those or |
herman dochaire.''
nhE most Itravagant instance OF literary
reno worship record is said to be that of an
EngllShman oetters, who wears constantly |
Ipunu ms neca portion of Shelley's charred |
SAuh. IL Is lTpsed in little gold casket. |
ne bones OF etor Hugo are being turned |
Into money, toamong the relics exhibit ID to |
slgnuseers at hiformer home is a huge tooth,
with this insertion h.Iovy. IeToot6 drawn
from Victor Hug Aug II, 1871, at Vianden, at
d O'Clock in the alrnoon''
IEhPERING CORR is one OF the lost arts
which has been lively sought by scientists
and mechanics foFears. The process has been
dSScIuehtally dlscoNed, and tests of the quality
VI Ihe copper tnuSreated have shown most
remarkable strengtand wearing Qualities. 1t
VIII De especially vAable for use IN the bear
lhgS ana commutars of dynamo machines,
anu also Tor the Jlrnals of locomotives and
lkr,fs Ivan 10 &c
placing the metal un the market.
THE method in whh the most delicate per-
fumes are obtained Am flowers is not of the
most aesthetic nature The flower petals are
spread over glasses Nich have previously been
covered with quartAinch layer of fat. The
| glasses are then sit tightly into wooden
lraLIles, ana before lcg the fat absorbs all the
| perfume. The next pcess is to cut up the fra
| grant lat into small PEGS and put these into
| alcohol The perfunat once deserts its oily
| protector and unites 18th the alcohol. 1t is
| then fit for the marke
IN one of the twin laes near LakeviIle, Conn,
is rock known as Mong Rock. 1t is close in
shore, in about four fst of water. and rushes
| grow up all around it, fifteen wears ago it is
| related this rock was ia Clt in the lake and in
size was nearly ten timesvhat it is to-day. 1t
| was observed to move ear spring from 10 to Is
leeC' leaving deep furry in the yellow clay
at the bottom of the lake The general opinion
among The natives is tat the ice, when il
| breaks up each spring ibed in tons upon the
Tock oy the north wind which have a clean
sweep over the lake, andIhus the ok is driven
closer ana cl ser in towad the bank
THE ingenuity of Bosom rat is well worthy
OF reward. Indeed, he cptures the doughnut
lie has taken up his quSters in the kitchen of
the Metropolitan hotel, and the following re-
markaole story is ted of him by one of the
walters: "A few evenn8 ago, said the waiter
l had occasion to 20 lcR into the kitchen. 1t
was dusk W EN- | arrived, and as soon as my
eyes became used To the light | saw a large rat
walk del oerateiy up p dish of doughluts
anu take them out op " one and string them
on his tail, as you wfun st ing beads. When
ne had put on i've ana baded his tail all up he
turned around, took theend of his tail between
MS teeth, and gleef1ly walked off,
TRAMP of heavy feet in the East Thirty-fiftb
street police Stsion, New York, the other
evening, and mp on the DIES caused the SER
geant in charge5o grab mis- p N and turn around
IN his chair win weary "Drunk.' There was
no answer, an( he looked up to meet the gaze
OF horse LOOKING at him over the rail The
Two eyed eachother in silence for a full minute,
then the big beist turned to go into the prisor
In doing SO he backed up against the captain
door. The caltain yelled Come inr' and when
no one came le opened the door to encounter
the horse mailing for his lounge. The captain
yeuei, and ttB sergeant rang for the reserves
The house-duy man caught the horse by the
nose Just as was going into the cellar An
excited German truckman claimed the animal
1t a. run away rom him on Third avenue AID
made straigh for the police station.
Joe" JEFTERsoN's FRIENDS and admirers
will probably be interested in learning that his
autobiography will be published in October,
Mr. jefferson has for some years been at work
on his memoirs, and that they will enrich the
annals of tn, American stage, as well as delight
the public, ian hardly be doubted The book
has been very carefully written, and people
who know What painStakng worker Mr.. JEFF
ierson is VIII not be surprised to hear that this
is his pet production. Paintings he has been
producing al his life, in water colors mostly
and the fruit OF his leisure hours of work has
assumed otter equally pleasing shapes. Jeffer-
son says that from his start in the profession
he has panied, or stu lied, or written or re al
during tbs hours when so many of his
brethren are wont to blow i'm their
money ana time. His bank account and his
stock of wisdom both show the benefit Of his
plan.
QUEER names certainly are found in the Lon
don general registry of births, at Somerset
house. For example young scions of the
families Of Bath. Lamb, Jordan. Dew. D ear and
Smith are christened respectively Foot Pascal
River. Morning, Offspring and Smith Follows.
Mr.. Cox named his son Arthur Wellesley Well
ington Waterloo. Mr. Jewett, a noted hunts.
man, named his Edward Byng Tally Ho For
ward. mortal that was evidently unwelcoue
is recorded as "One Too Many" Another of
the same sort is mot Wanted James" Chill
dren With six to ten names are frequent but
probably the longest name in the world longer
than that of any potentate, is attached to the
child of Arthur Pepper, lAundryman IT,
name OF his daughter, born in 1888, is Anna
Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude
Hypatia lnez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora
Opnelia Ounce Rabecca Starkey Tereza Ulysis
(sic) Venus Winifred Xenophou Yetty Zeus
Pepper-Cn ne title precisely for every letter of
the alphabet
ST. PAUL is one broad grin over the discovery
by an evening paper that the MINNEAPOLIS di
rectory is padded with the names of dogs. A
reporter found the following on page 225 OF the
Minneapolis directory just issued: Carl Bax-
ter, colored, Waterman, Crescent Club" Having
been given a tip that something was wrong
about this entry, the reporter called at the
Crescent Club and accoSted W. II. Baxter
steward of the club whose name appears inst
beneath that of Carl Baxter" with the re.
quest to be introduced to the latter. Ger
tainly, said Mr.. Baxter with a smile, and with
low whistle called up q splendid brown dog
There, my boy, he said, lis Mr. Carl Baxter
have had that dog six years, and he is brighter
than half the men in this city. He is treasure
and have had MS name put IN the directory
He is entered as Carl Baxter, colored. Watc6s
man. he IS colored all right, brown and il
he cannot watch l want TO known who can. ~
IL is said that several other dogs were given
places in the directory, thus helping to bring
the total population up to 49,, 900.
COMPTROLLER THEODORE MYERS, saws the New
York Star, has one of the most costly and
beautiful little lead pencils that a city official
has been guilty of possessing for a long time
The comptroller is rather fond OF iewelry. anv.