The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


It's eyes we're unusually large, but epSSarehtly
bind. Where the mouth should have been
there was only a line. The frog died ncxt
morning
JOSEPH THoAsoS the explorer, was remark-
ably polite recently under trying circum-
stances He was steaming along the Shiri
river when Portuguese gunboat. whose cam
manoer disputed ThomSons right TO mako q
| highway of the stream poured a volley Of shot
! into his boat The young man merely liitsd
| ms hat, bowed very gracefully, told the eng-
neer 70 put on little more steam, and went
on his way without showing any belligerency.
THE NEST of the hornet is the first article Of
paper manufacture that ever saw the light Of
day" said a paper maker 10 a representative Of
| the-PdDer World. The hornet takes the wood
| OF d tree. griuds it assiduOusly into pulp and
| forms sheets or paper. out or which he con
/ structs his nest Although, as you can see the
paper Is gray in Its present condition, il is un
! uOuhtedlS paper, and or the finest kind. 1t is
out OF honor 10 the noble hornet-uhe first paper
| manufacturer known-thet I adorn this office
with It. No, there are no hornets in it now"
IT Is laulentable fact that there is a large
proportion OF men with an inclination 70 be we'll
dressed who cannot. or Think they cannot tie
! toelf own neckwear This proportion will of
| course. in time De reduced, but a considerable
| may say dominant-percentage Of non-tieable
| masculinity viii still remain. There are some
/ men who could never learn under any kind of
! tuition how t. tie the simplest knot Mean
| while the swells Of all the sWells are narrowing
i the souls of the non-tieable contingent by not
| only tying their own scarfs and cravats but
1 tying them crookedly enough to show ae,9res-
| slveIy that they are tied by themselves
WOMAN is no more capable Of being in two
places at the same time than man is: 50 accent
| with grain of salt the statement from the ad-
Hllrers OF the sex that there are perfect house
| wives and perfect mothers who are also real
estate agents and doctors and dentists and
other professional persons. The unincumbered
n
| II she IS strong enough, but she cannot Iesd
both domestic and q professional life any NOR.
snan a man can; TINS commonplace, selfevi-
dent remark would need apology il one did not
hear the contrary opinion expressed whenever
these assenblages of women get to discussing
the matter of woman rights and capacities
The SUDDEN DEATH, the other day, In mean
apartments OF Newark, n. j., OF Margaret
AcElroth. aged 60 years, has brought to notice
what is declared to he a long continued imposi-
ton on charity. Saws the New York Times.
She mad lived the benetactions OF her
nelghbors for year or more, and the Kings
Daughters OF the Centenary Methodist church
waited on her in her last illness. A few hours
before her death she lifted the quilt of her bed
and drew two bank books from beneath it One
OF these showed an account Of 3So34 with the
Security Saving Bank, and the other an
account with the Dime Savings Institution for
1920.
ONE Of the native Japan papers records the
capture OF huge eagle in Nanne-mura, Hiatchi
district, short time ago, says the San Fran
cisco 44ttd. man was at the door Of his house
with his child, months old, when an eagle
bounced down and attempted to seize the babe
The father. however, drew the child into the
mouse. aud the eagle lost its prey. The servants
of the household rushed at the bird ana ar
tempted 60 kill it Il fought furiously but was
nnslly Killed by blow on the back OF the head
When examined the wings were found to meas
ure nlne rect from tip to tip, and the bird
weighed three kwanlme about twenty-five
pounds
A VERY PRETTY YOUNG scHooLMARM in a public
school not Thousand miles from Long Branch
saw mouse run across the class room floor one
day last week. Scholars" said She "a mouse is
IN the room, Do not be frightened" The lit
Tie girls all frightened their skirts around their
legs and the eyes Of the little boys glistened
with suppressed excitement. Don't anybody
De atral--, said the young schoolmarm,
out-heaven Just then the mouse dashed
across the floor toward her, and she made
frantic leap to the top of bench. The
mouse shot out of the door, and in time the
trembling teacher descended and taught school
again.
LORD WoLsELEy mas a very poor opinion Of
the white trader in Africa He SAYS it is use
less TO appeal TO his humanity or feelings The
average trader he says does not care whether
the vile alcohol he sells claims more victims
than war or pestlence, or whether the arms he
barters for OIL and ivory cause large districts
to be laid waste by the slave dealer. Ii he only
grows rich he cares nothing for all the suffering
he may infilct, though Lord Wolseley adds that
the mouth OF this same trader is often filed
with moral platltudes when he speaks in Europe
on African topics Lord Wolseey thinks Afr
can questions should be settled by the European
powers, without any regard 10 the wishes or
opinions of African traders
The PIcKAx can hardly be stuck anywhere
into the soil Of modern Rome without bringing
10 light some relic of the old empire or the
later republic. While laying some water pipe
tne other Gay the worKnen unsarthed fine
bust in Carrara marble OF the Empress Fausti
ma. The bust Is quite uninJured. Ia a vineyard
belonging to the CApuchlns statue has been
resufIected which is recognized as statue of
the Goddess OF Fortune Ten feet bslow the
surface IN the Via Pos. has been found an
ancient Roman road, which is undoubtedly the
road that in early Roman times led from the
city to the blaminian gate. Thirty feet below
the surface in another part of the city have
just been found the remains of old Roman
house, parts of which are IN q tolerable state Of
preservation.
DR.. FLAsCAR recommends the juice OF pine7
apple as one of the best remedies to dissolve the
mucus which obstructs the bronchial tubes.
He has had remarkable success In cases of
chrome bronchitis with insufficient expectora-
ton and notable dySpnHa He had never no.
Weed any accidents following this treatment.
The dose prescribed was from eight to ten table
spoonfuls during the first few days, after which
the dose was diminished. The author recon-
mends the preparation of the juice in the fol
lowing manner: Cut the fruit in slices and
place IL IN an earthen dish, which shall be closed
after having covered tbs contents with sugar
This dish is covered with straw and placed in a
Kettle OF water and heated to the boiling point
II is then removed from the fire. The juice al
lowed 10 cool, and poured into small bottles.
Mrs. LESLIE CARTER is beginning already TO
show herself In public in the afternoons says the
New York World, and it begins TO look as though
New \ ork would be supplied shortly with an
other woman to talk about. MIRA Langtry and
Mrs. Potter occupied shining position in the
world or gossip for several years.past, and when
they disappeared the suave and restfu person
atty OF Mrs. Kendall came In. But after all,
Mrs. Kendall is a year old, and she was SO ex-
clusively talked about last season that her sec
ond year finds her threadbare as a creature Of
sensations. Mrs. Carter has horses, carriages,
diamonds and opinions She has done some
remarkable things in the past, aud the eyes OF
New Workers are upon her at present. She has
been managed for g year and half past by a
group of theatrical experts IN quiet, and she has
been a docile and obedient pupil But there are
rumors about town OF pupil who has turned
mistress of her own actions
AS TO PRINCE NAPoiRoss daily life in his
Prargrius retreat says the Paris Gaulois. he
rises with the sun. lounges or works In his studio
luncheon, which is announced for lI:45 O'Clock
a. m, and never lasts more than half an hour
Immediately efterward, and no matter what the
weather may be, he takes q long walk beyond
the confines of his park. and returns between
. and o'clockp m, TO open his mail correspond
ence, which COMES to hand during his afternoon
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