The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Watchmakers' Union In London It Is OF wood,
beautifully carved and stands 8 feet In hight
The case is perfect fort in miniature, and In
stead OF bell and striking hammer che hours
are announced by a bugler who emerges from
door at one side of the fort and blows the
call to assemble and march. Almost Instantly
the doors open on all sides, a regiment
out OF a wsee t s sSs SIX abreast march
onds to mark time" and then march through
another part of the fortress to the barracks,
These marches and countermarches occur each
hour. III they come out TO announce the hour
of o'clock one soldier fires his tiny gun. at 9
O'Clock two soldiers fire their pieces, Increasing
with the hour until the twelve leaders fire their
guns. the rear ranks bowling their heads and
pointing with their bayonets toward the dial of
the clock.
TALKING of peculisrities of appetite" said q
citizen Ia convention, II know a man who has
not eaten mouthful of meat in twenty years -
IA vegetarian, ehY" queried q listener, accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press. mo; he took a
sudden dislike to meat of any kind and gave up
eating It, But he cannot tell what caused the
change in his appetite" my wife can never
eat an OYSTER" said one present. without her
skin breaking out with purple spots as large as
dimes. She feels no uneasiness, bat naturally
does not like to be spotted like
a pard. Il was acquainted with a party out
west, said another Of the party, 'who broke
out With prlckiy heat whenever she saw or
tasted goat 's-milk cheese. Her husband brought
some into the house and hid il in the cupboard.
When she approached it she began to shiver.
and declared that she felt the strange prickly
sensation. If did not know that there was no
cheese in the house / should think it was that
she said, and then her husband acknowledged
that he had done it to test her. The physiolos-
ical effect satisfied him that 1t was not In the
imagination"
CAPT PARKER, who commanded Company K ,
North Virginia Infantry, in which Charles F.
Crisp, the speaker of the House of Representa-
lives. gaTVAd durinO the IN In "A
looking after the candidacy OF the Judge of
Shenandoah county, to be elected by the legis-
lature. The captain tells how Mr.. Crisp, who
was mere STRIPPING, weighing little more than
100 pounds, saved the formers lifeAt the battle
of Mcdowell, in the valley Of Virginia, In 1852
In that engagement the captain wac wounded
and could not get off the field. Private Crisp
undertook 20 carry him to a place OF safety, but
finding the burden too great had TO place him
on the ground Tho young fellow, determined
TO save his commanders lffe threw himself in
front OF him to shield him from the storm of
bullets and shells that were flying and whizsing
over that part OF the field. After the conflict
was over Capt. Parker was removedto a place
Of safety where his wound was treated. Some
years afeer the war Capt. Parker called upon
his friend Crisp In Washington and introduced
himself The incident OF the battle Of Mcdowell
was, Of course, the chief topic between the two
gentlemen while together.
J. B. GLANsoN. a Cleveland horseman, tells q
remarkable story OF a cbild%s control OF a
vicious horse. "It seemed 60 be q case OF hyr-
notism. A farmer named White has a very
fine stock farm about three miles out of the
city. He is good horse trainer, and prides
himself on being able to handle the most vicious
types of horsefiesh that can be brought to him.
But last spring he got more than his match,
Somebody sold him black stallion that was
the worst-tempered creature / ever saw He
would bite and strike and kick with such fierce
ness that no one could get near him. and White
was finally obliged to turn him out to pasture.
He thought that he would have TO kill him, but
of course he hated 60 do that for he was
really valuable beast But he was no good,
for no one could get near him, 90 say nothing of
controlling him. white has little boy Il
years old, who is one of the brightest but most
gentle little fellows that ever saw. One morn
ing what was his surprise and alarm to ses
the Black Devils back as happy as clown
He rode up to the horseback, Slid of his back,
and, putting the horses head down 60 him.
stroked and patted his great nose as if he had
been the kindeBt creature IN the world But as
soon as anyone else went near him the horse
would fight like demon. For Several months
the little fellow had q good time with his pet,
sold 20 q stage-drivey for $e6. and the little boy
got $40 for riding him twenty-five miles and
delivering him safely In the stable"
We OWE many of our modes TO the inflrmi-
ties Of royal personages. Royal lameness led to
high heels, a wen on regal throat to the
adoption of rufus, and yet even kings and
queens have been powerIess to alter the die
tates of the tyrant Fashion. Charlemagne in
weighed without result against the fashionable
short cloaks Of his time, which neither covers
our knees as we sit, nor our feet when
ON horseback as, he said most truth
fully, but the mode had It's duration and
died as most fashions do, q natural death. The
Puritans took the law into their own bands.
and, tired of demonstrating against the fashion.
able love locks and long hair of the Cavaliers,
clipped their own close enough, In Saxon
times long hair on one occasion yielded to the
eloQuence of then fashionable preacher: but
he took the shears with him fnto
the pulpit, and cropped the congresn-
ton then and there. before thoy
had time TO repent of their good resolutions
Dress has always been In some way regulated
by social position, and a certain style Of dress
das been a proof of rank; but with the abolition
Of sumptuary laws much OF this has bcen set
aside In Edward III 3 time, fur could only be
worn by those who possessed property TO the
value OF 800 year, and the cit3zens wives In
many particulars were much curtaied In the
glory of the apparel they were allowed to DON
Henry VIII. permitted rich fabrics only to the
upper classes, and good Queen Bess asserted
her womanly rights to correct the fashions by
stationinR guard at every city gste to cut
down all tufts over "a nail OF yard In hight"
and she never forgave the bishop who preached
before her on the vanity of decking the body
too finely. The Emperor Paul OF Russia was
about the last sovereign who exercised his
power In regard to dress. To prevent the
adoption Of pantaloons instead of knee breeches
he ordered his soldiers to cut away the addi-
tional length of material from the wearers Of
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