The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-17
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Gently comrleted set of three gold shirt studs,
in one Of which is a watch that keeps excellent
time the dial ing only tbrea-sixteentns OF an
inch IN diameter Tie three studs are con
nected by a strip or silver inside the shirt
{ bosom, and the watch. contained in the middle
one. is wouad up by turning the stud above.
/ The hands are set by turning the one below.
| A BUTLER in London brought an action against
his former employer Tor the libel said to lie in
reply to an inquiry about the buffers charac-
I ter. which said i discharged John Walsh Tor
insOlsnce. In con duence Of this he lost a
| subsequent engagement. The judge said that
! 1t was for the plaintiff To show malicious mis-
! representation on defendants part, and the
! jury gave a verdict for the latter
ABOUT $50 B. C. the Ionians first intro iuced
the present system of writing from lett to right.
| Previous to the above date from right to left
| tTODRs don that IS. alternately from right TO
| left aud from left to right was
somewhat extensively practiced The
I ancient Hebrew and Greek languages were
written from right to left until about 450 B. c..
| when the form of the Greek letters was changed
from the uncal to the curSIve. and the manner
of writing changed from right 70 left TO left TO
| right
| THE CULINARY ART according to Mrs Emma
P. Ewing. an authority on cooking. has great
/ influence on public morality of the many
| drunSards who die in the United States every
| year" she asserts, "a large proportion have
the appetite for intoxicating drinks aggravated,
| II not implanted, by the food which constitutes
| their daily diet. Grease soaked meat. watery
vegetables, sloppy coffee and bad bread, in
| many cases compel a resort t. Stimuants Poor
coffee produces unnatural thirst for lager beer,
and there is a terrible affinity between sour
! bread and sour mash whisky. A healthy
stomach has no abnormal cravings for either
liquor, cigars, candy or chewing gum"
SEPT. 8, 1881, is we'll remembered in New
England and parts of New York and Pennsyl
vania as the yellow day" Southern Canada
took on some of the characteristics noted in the
states above mentioned, the yellow in the
atmosphere having a more greenish cast
which accounts for the Canucks referring to it
as the green day" In the morning the sky
had the appearance of being cloudsd, but as the
sun arose it was plainly visible, and of the
color of brass. About midday a much darker
yellow appearance prevailed; everything except
leaves and grass had the intense yellow look
they appearing of rich, velyety green. The
cause OF the phenomenon, which lasted but one
day, has never been satisfactorily exp aimed.
THERE are about a dozen ways of trimming
poodle" says the Pail NGH Budget. 'Poodles
are the most pampered dogs in existence. A
good poodle Is worth lolt 500, and when his
owner gets him first she Immediately begins to
make designs on his back Thus a poodle is
sometimes ornamented with stars or diamonds
or stripes of fur. The little knobs on his tail
and legs are cut, as matter of course. Some
times he Will nave rope of fuC over his other
wise extensively bare back, or a diamond will
ornament the middle of his spine. The fashion
able color of poodle is blaca. but, as nature
to be dyed. Brilliantine is used for this pur-
pose. When rain comes, of course the dyed
poodle has to be hurried home. -
SAN Francisco is PAINTED in lurid colors by
| the New York correspondent of foreign paper,
who dips his pen in red ink and writes Even
the children, aping their elders, carry pistols
and knives with the utmost nonchalance and a
| few weeks uyban IA Of OFt Ia
public schools hal occasion to administer some
much needed corporal punishment to lad of
| u the young rascal drew huge revolver on
the head master, and the services OF the chief
| of police had TO be called in for the purpose Of
| d1Sarming hlm. At the request OF the terrified
principal the police subjected all the pupils
present 10 personal search and examination.
With tue result that thlrty-tve revolvers Of ali
| sizes, from the Colt navy revolver to the %
| calber popgun, besides a dozen knives of muir
derous appearance were seized and confiscateo.' -
| IL 1890 the center of population was twenty
| two miles west of Baltimore; since that time it
\ has moved westward at an average rate of
\ about fifty-one miles in each decade never de-
waiting degree north or south of the thirty
! ninth parallel. The greatest progress was be-
tween 1850 and 1860, wnen it travelled eighty-one
| miles, from point in Virginia to twenty miles
| south of ChlllicOthe, o. This, of course was
| caused by the gold excitement and CONSEQUENT
| settlement of the Pacific coast. In 1870 the
| center OF population was forty eight miles
| northeast or CINCINNATI, q. The census of 1880
showed that it had advanced fifty eight miles in
| the decade and had detected to tie south being
| near Taylorsvile, KY. 1t is anticipated that
| the present census will find it somewhere in
jennings county, Indiana. II this westward
| movement continues at the present rate it will
cross the Mississippi near st. Louis in the year
| 1850.
THE New York Fifth Avenue hotel corridors
have strange audience every Sunday after
noon. Not soul knows why the Fifth Avenue
| has been selected or why Sunday afternoon is
| the time apparently agreed upon for the gath
| ering. But from O'Clock until ), and some
| times later the corridors and ante-rooms on the
| office floor are thronged with deaf mutes On
| stormy days they gather in the silent barroonl,
| ana On sunny afternoons they fiutter about the
| main entrance, all in groups, geSticulating and
| with animated face, deep in the mysteries of
| their sign language. Nearly all are young men,
| and they are spoken of as the noisy crowd -
| They smoke and apparently chatter on their
| fingers of the weeks doings and of their DUR.
suits in the business world. Ali are neatly clad
and are modest in their ways but no crowd of
| wlld-eyed Italians on the aqueduct ever gesticu-
| lated with such remarkable vigor as do these
| young men.
| TEETH have been worshiped, and in fact,
are venerated as relics in some religious shrines
| Buddha' IS tooth is preserved in a temple in
| India; the Cling lleSe worship the tooth of a
| monkey, while an elephants tooth and sharks
| tooth serve similar purpose among the Mala-
| bar islanders and the Tonga islanders respect.
| lively. The Siamese were formerly the posses
| SorS of the tooth of sacred monkey which they
| valued very highly. IN a war with the PortIl.
| guese they lost the sacred grinder, along with
| much gold and precious stones They cared
nothing, comparatively, for the. real valuables,
| but made every effort, it is said, to recover the
! tooth, offering as high as 70O,O 900 crowns for
It's safe return. The Portuguese were not slow to
| see toe bargain aud let the worthless relic go:
| 1t is now kept in small gold box, enclosed in
| SIX other boxes. i'll one of the many sacred
| temples of the Siamese capital. There is a
| tradition that the human Jaw was formerly
provided with 42 teeth, and that tue number
| was reduced to 30 when Chosroes, the Persian
king stole the piece of the true cross enshrined
| at Constantinople.
The ADMISSION of Wyoming to statehood re-
calls the pioneer days of woman offceholdine
in that unique civilization. Hester Morris was
the first woman appointed a Justice of the
| peace in the United states. In those rough
pioneer times the bowie-knife and pistol oftener
settled disputes than did a court of Justice
| Mrs. Morris was d tall, Elizabethan type of
woman, with as rugged features and as brusuue
| method of expression as has been ascribed to
| the English queen. Her first case in a Wyoming
court concerned quarrel between two Young
men, who were brought before her armed with
| bowie knives and pistols. She had known them
| since their boyhood, and in spite of the fact
that a scene had been expected on her first
| appearance few words of motherly advice to
| those who had known her kindness and a little
| native mother-wit carried the day; after that
| there was no more thought of trouble She
was particular terror to a certain class of