The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ago in memory of the French sailors who
; persisted al the battle Of Nsvarino.
GALEs C Mcszs. Of Bath. Me-. one Of the
proprietors Of the Woronlbo Mills, at Lisbon
| Falls. and very successf al manufacturer, says
| that as fine csssmeres can be made from the
best pennsylvania ami Ohio wool as from the
| imported staple.
TIE IRON CAMP sEDsIEAp used py Gen. Joseph
Hooker in bis campaigns was shipped hy Gen
". G. lie Due to Libby prison a. Chicago last
veek. Toe latter officer was chief quarter
master under Fighting Joe,'' and has pre-
served the article as relic Of the war.
Mas. Cora Z. Fox, who carries on the largest
mandatory of Saratoga chips in the country.
is also pie maker of unusual ability The key
of the pie she says. is in the crust n that isn't
good nothing inside of it will make it a success.
Mrs. Fox IS young and very pretty of the
blonde type, with perfect Titan hair that has
neitner oeen manufactured nor purchased
Since the date of her widowhoo1 she has had
repe 'ted invitations to change her name and
residence
AUGUST BELMONT drives to his banking house
every morning, SAYS the New YORK. Sun. Pre-
ciSely at 1879 every weekday morning his car
rage turns into Nassau street at Spruce street.
his coachman choosing the route through
Cnanbers street TO Nassau from Broadway
hr Belmont has very highly prizsd friend
with Nun every morning. This friend has de-
scent as long GS your arm. all duty recorded in
olack and white He sits upon the seat beside
Mr.. Belmont. and looks out of the window on his
side or tn coupe, with aristocratic Indifference
to the passing lrony He wears costly silver
collar, too. The friend is beautiful black and
white fox terrier.
A LOCAL SENSATION was developed in Boston
Monday morning by the announcement that
frog had been removed from Mrs. Abbie Tay-
lors stomach. The woman when seen by
reporter, said that Dr. Matthew Travers had re-
moved the frog from her stomach to-day She
fNu ab.a,-
tumor, which she was supposed to have on
her stomach. Mrs. Taylor, for the past eight
years, has had a ravenous appetite, and at time
haS been very sick. She has been on the point
of submitting to an op ration several tim s, an
at last consented She said she must have
drank the frog in the water over eight years
ago The frog is exhib ted at the wonans
mouse. ana N any callers have been received to-
day The frog had tne appearance of dried
up toad. and was partially decayed.
SINCE Friday last. two pigeons have been en-
gagged in making nest for the winter above
the altar of the Immaculate Conception church,
DIVISION and Mosher streets, New York. Last
sunday the pastor. Rev. McHaie, preached for
the flrSt time since he returned from his visit
Rome, Paris and other European cities. and
gave the Papal benediction to the congregation.
During the service the fiutteripg of the pigeons
attracted the attention of the entire congrega-
Llon- and in the parish it has been the subject of
conversation ever sInca One of the pigeons is
white, with black spots, and the other is of a
gray1sh color. II is supposed tbsy found their
way through the choir window, which, unlike
the other windows. are not provided with
screens. The pigeons, thus far, have not made
themselves annoying to the priests or congrega-
ton.
A NEW TERROR has been added to exist snce by
the discovery, or alleged discovery taat diph-
iberia can be caught from oysters. number
OF business men. residing in various parts of
London and the suburbs have, says the London
correspondent OF the Manchester Courier, been
affected by diphtheria. No cause could be as
signed. There were no other cases Of the dis
ease in their respective neigh borhoods. nor
could 1t b. attributed in any instance to detec-
tive drainage bad milk, or any similar cause
Eventually it was discovered that in each case
the patlept had been In tie habit of eating oys-
ters for luncheon at a particular restaurant in
the CITY, and 1t IS assumed that the cause is to
be found here. The inferior kinds of oyste rs
winch have been tranSpanted from their native
beds TO be fattened at Whibstabe are credited
with being the cause of the disease.
Now THAT a log cabin identified with the life
OF ex-President Lincoln will be one of the at.
fractions of the worlds fair" said Edward W.
Cox 10 a Cincinnati 1inaeS-Stdr reporter Il
know OF similar structure in which Garfield
Taught school, and 1t could be easily purchased
and placed beside the humble building that
Lincoln knew. The house speak of Is situated
IN Brush Greek township, Muskin rum county.
last saw 1t when was taxing the census OF that
district IN 1870 stopping for dinner at the res
idence Of Grin Bsllou, cousin of Garfield,
the mother of my host pointed through the
window at solid, substantial hut of logs. ana
told me that in the squatty, badly-lighted tene-
ment, situated on a rough hillside the then
future President of the United States presided
over the classes of boys who resided in that
school district. Ballou was the democratic
snerlf or Muskingum county few years ago."
ACCORDING to a dispatch from the Toronto
Mol, the vice president of the French Anti
Tobacco Society has recently announced that
in addition to other evils cataiogued against the
use of tobacco, smoking is the real cause of the
small humber OF children in many Ere nch fam
lies. That the facts STATED can hold the rela-
ton to each other of cause and effect will strike
most smokers as a mere vagary of speculation.
Probably 1t is nothing more. True, It is we'll
khown taS that in New York city,
men and dt the excitiny syndicate
letters may be credited) of cigarettes by the
other sex had been so much INDUCED. the
census OF last summer showed comparatively
little gain in population; and it Is also well
known that another census, taken since the
new tariff has virtually cut of the tobacco Of
the masses, showed a gain In population in that
city of over 1877, 900. But these are, after ALL
isolated facts and afford no adequate basis for
generalization. The French Academy theory
VIII need to be attested by systematic group
ing of well.established data before il shall avail
to seriously diminish the tobacco habit
A CORRESPONDENT records an experiment
which he made some years ago with wasp.
Having, he says, severed WASP in two pieces.
found that the head and thorax, with the I'm.
injured wings, retained full vitality. at any
rate. for considerable time. It tried to fly,
but evidently lacked the necessary balance
through the loss Of the abdomen. To test the
matter further, cut out an artificial tail from
piece of thin cardboard as nearly following
the shape Of the natural body as possible To
fasten the appendage to the wasp used a little
oxgali tsuch as is used for gold leaf In the arr
of ilumination); gum or more sticky substances
would not do, as it imp des the use of the wings
IN flight. Presently the operation was com
pleted. and, to my surprise, the wasp after one
or two Intellectual efforts few in rather lon. |
sided fashion to the window. Il there buzzsd
about for at least quarter of an hour event
ually flying out at the top. The chief difficulty
is to construct tail affording the requisite sta
bility care must also be taken not to in1ure the
second pair of wings, which are not SO readily
seen as the larger ones. do not for moment
suppose the mutilated wasp could exist for anv
length of time, but it was vigorous when it flew
away.
The HISTORY of Donche a Ia ro,nni,,e is Curl
Gus. IL had been the summer refreshnent of
successive popes for over eighty years, an
their chefs were threatened with all kinds of
horrors and punishments if they ever divulged
the secret of its preparation. When Napoleon |
Invaded Italy in 1926 tnis terrible interdct was |
broken through son of Plus VI IS chief con- |
fecdoner, by name Molas, as soon as he found |