The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

recently been of dull gold, but Princess Louise
went back to the old fashion and chose hers
bright
IL French examination paper this question
was put: Give the gender of tete-a-tete,' with
comments. One OF the answers given was:
.'Iete-a-tete is OF the common gender. because
II usually takes place between man and
woman"
AccORDISG to a dispatch from Elizabeth,
n J., farmer named Kane very nearly lost his
life this week in practicing hobby which he
has at certain times Il driving in a wagon ahead
OF moving railroad trains. On several coca
sonS the engineer has had to slow up TO avoid
running him down, but in this last Instance the
tram was going at too high q speed TO be sud
denly halted. Fortunately, policeman was
close by and pulled the horse from the tracks
gust as the cars whisxed past. Kane was ar
rested and fined
THE industry of wood carving, according to
a recent publication, was introduced into
Switzerland some sixty or seventy years ago
by native of Brieuz named Christian flScnef,
who used To spend his spare time IN mahng
trlf1ing objects for sale He started nlght
school for the benefit of the neigh6orhood, anu
thus laid the foundation of an industry which
now gives employment to between ZOO and
bUOJ persons. He first conceived the ldea OF
making tiny models Of Swiss ChaIets, which at
once found ready sale.
The employment of dynamite for the purpose
OF committing Outrages has made its way 10
Japan. Quite recently the HigaShi Hongwan1l,
IN kOtO, one of the most famous temples IN the
country, was restored, and amongst other pres
ents sent to celebrate the restoration were 5OO
canlles Two days later one OF these was
lighted, and almost Immediately exploded with
a loud report, filling tn building with smoke
and flame. On examination it turned out that
all the candles filed with dynamite: Inc
beautiful ceiling of the temple was not injured
TABBY CAT belonging to the family of David
b. Paul, Wallingford, Pa, is reported to have
committed suicide while greving over the loss
of her family of five kittens that had been
drowned in order to keep down the cat popula-
ton. When the old cat missed her offspring
she went tearing over the house, showing Ler
great distress by loud mewing. Failing to md
the kittens after long search she went up to
the third story and deliberately jumped out on
the porch roof below. When picked up old
Tabby was dead her neck being broken in the
fall
THE recent rumor that there was to be a race
across the ocean between two British steam
ships that run to and from this port is contra
dcted by the officials of both the lines to which
the rivals belong. 1t is well. Let every
steamship make as good time as may be com
patible with safety and avoid all overStraining
that involves danger. When a race between
two competitors is to be undertaken the people
who have taken passage upon them ought to be
informed of the fact before the start is made, so
that they may decide whether they shall be
aboard or ashore during the race.
| The seventeenth congress of German physi-
| clans, which recently met at Brunswick, passed
| a number of stringent resolutions regarding the
| etiquette of the medical profession in Germany
| Among other practices condemned are every
kind OF public selflaudation, a ivertsing in news
| papers, and the public offering of medical
aSsiSta &c gratis, and undertaking in con-
| Guiding contracts with sick societies, etc. The
designation specialist for putting purposes is
cOnd amned. For the enforc AInent of these
nf nr iunil ~ ri ara
| to be established throughout Germany.
For SEVERAL YEARS boatmen and others
| along the Susquehanna river, between the vii
| lagos of Susquehanna and Red Rock have been
| interested not to say disturbed, by creature
| III the W ter at the latter point. The strange
animal always made its appearance at night
| ana an unearthly weird noise accompanied by
| heavy splaShlhg. often awakened people from
| their slumoerS. Early after shutdown a dark OBJ
! ject has frequently been seen moving slowly
| across the river. and boat after boat had been
upset by it. 1t was killed recently and proved
to be big alligator. 1t is supposed to have es-
capped from It's owner years ago. The creature
weighed over 500 pounds, and it took half the
population of the neighbOrhood to kill it.
DR.. H. NJ BECK of Green Bay, Wis, has two
pets, an eagle and beagle hound, who are fast
friends. The eagle is 4 weeks old and seems to
thoroughly enjoy the companionship of its four
footed playmate. The hound will taFe the
eagles tail feathers in his mouth, then seize the
not to harm it. Then it wi friSk about and try
to induce the bird to engage IN a frUlc. All
this time the eagle seems to enjoy the fun ex-
ceedlngly. But once let little black and tan,
also oW ed by the doctor come within sight of
the bird OF freedom. and its soul is at once in
in arms. He assumes a John L. Sullivan atti-
| tude, and would unqueStionably make short
work with the little canine if it came within
| reach OF his powerful talOnS.
| CHICAGO man is at work on a new railroad
| 1or NH ali ,,-in,, l,,rv @oIa- ~
| iron and steel The roof sides and ends of the
/ car are made of steel boiler plates riveted to-
| gether, and is nothing more nor less that big
| boiler. 1t IS not quite round. however bein 2
! somewhat the shape of a >hoe-the round
part being the top. In the bottom, it is said are
| several steel Orders packed in cement much
| the same as IN the Pullman cars. Along the
| sides Is an array of windows precisely similar
to those OF an ordinary passenger coach The
top of the car is destitute of the heavy roof and
| ventilating arrangement that is seen on ordi-
| nary cars, 1t is said that ventilation is to be
| secured by pumping air into the car through
| pipes. These pipes in winter will furnish warm
| air. There is also q system of ventiators around
| the windows.
| THERE is steady growth in the number of
enterprising cities that are consumed with the
desire of having the international exposition
in their midst" to speak 1t is hard for
| them to compete with Chicago and Washington
| While tie Cog star RACES but there is no time To
| be lost. Here now, for example is ST Iouis
| which, as we l arm from the papers there is the
! very place, far superior to Chicago or any other
place for the exposition of 1892 1t is located
| upon that great highway of commerce. the
Mississippi river; it is full of enterprise: if lies
| somewhere near the heart of the country: il
has fine site for the exposition buildings: il is
! the commercial metro polls of the central Mis-
| slsSppi valley; it has steamboats, that run to
! New Orleans and railroads that run in all
| directions; and. in Short it has a hundred
! advantages over Chicago.
/ 81 HEARD of an incident which occurred in a
! horse car here IN Boston recently" relates a
writer in the Post of that city, which illus
| trates anew the need of car by riders TO avoid
| injuring their fellow passengers A manly little
| fellow had the end of one of his fingers cut off
| by the door of box horse car being damned
| against 1t by needless passenger rhe car
| was crowded 50 that the boy was OBLIGED to
| stand up, and not being tall enou h to reach
| the straps he he'd on by the open door of the
| car. As one OF the passengers went ont he
| pulled the door violently and shut it against
the boys finger, leaving it banging by a thread
Attic npts were made by a surgeon, to whom the
Buys father took him, to have the severed N ece
joined to the stump, but it would not hold
What Ids TO 10 misfortune OF the bows loss
is that he Is studying to be professional violin
| iSt, his father being a well-known performer on
this instrument. and the finger multilated is his
violin finger " ---S
LEMON PARTIES, which were somewhat ir
vogue last winter in Washington society. have
broken out at the watering places. One was
given recently at Lake George cottage. The