The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SOBER ENGLIsHMgN, when they light a cigar
do not put the lighted end into the mouth, but
even this strange practice may be said to be on
the way hitler. Col. Knollys has taken first
lesson from the Kimberley Kaffirs, and has
given In Bidcktcood an account of the expert
ment which is eminently calculated to excite
the curiosity Of those who run after new fash
Ions. These interesting South Africans are ex-
trenely fond Of cigars, but their habit is to
SMOKE them in the manner described.
When this popularity was first men
that his informant was cracking joke; but to
ms aulaz -ment he saw numerous instances.
The native, it is stated, first lighted his cigar
by the ordinary method, then turning it round
be deity arranged the hotly glowing end in his
mouth and tucking away his tongue in his
cheek. proceeded to inspire and expire the
fumes. very gradually consuming the whole of
the cigar The smokers assured their visitor
that the process was warm comforting, delici-
Gus, and faT superior to the usual mode. On
subsequent trial Col Knollys found. he says
that the knac6 is less difficult to acquire than
might be supposed.
How NAUGHTY to parady Amelie Rives-
CHAMBERS new Cosmopolitan novel, According
to st. john" as according to Hoylen' Mrs
Cnaniers last work is not raising her in the
opinion of novel readers Even sensational
critics are CHASING her writing as hysterical
nonsense. You remember that Barbara in
The Quick or the Dead ?" went wild over an
old cigar stump and declared that her favorite
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big hollow at the base of
her lover'st throat And you remem-
Der that this same lover delighted to call Bar
bara "a great golden uncanny thing" and that
his tavorite compliment for her was that she
smelt like sponge thai rich fresh fragrance. -
In According to st. j In" the heroine loves
because she hates. and during one of her
frenzies she dresses herself in red serge dress
ing gown ana buries her bare feet into a dogs
thick coat for warmth while she analyzes her in
1ermost self. What has come over Mrs. Chanler
that she must stuff like this ? Her flesh showed
through the eyelets of the embroidery, as
though 1t had been stretched over magenta silk,
and her great back looked like a brick wall,
from which the stucco had been torn in the
shape or a v" And listen to this: Her I'M
corseted form rolled amply into its natural con
tour" Also, "She snatched her huge blue satin
corset from the bed and began hooking herself
into it. "
A DEMERARA CORRESPONDENT describes des-
perate fight between man and South Amer
lean iaguar, which recently took place on the
Demerara river. The hero of the combat a
black. named Lally Davidson a farmer was out
with his dog, which reused a jsguar from its
lair. The ferocious animal made tracks for the
thick scrub followed by Davidson and his dog
Being closely pressed the jaguar climbed q tree,
where Davidson shot it, woundfng it in the
head. This made the animal descend, and again
he Owed into the bush, pursued by Davidson.
The beast concealed himself in some brambles,
and as Davidson was again trying to take aim
the jaguar leapei upon him, knocking
him bodily into a drain full of water. Davidson
now engaged in a desperate struggle with the
what eXhau ted from the loss of hood, he ex-
erted all his strength, and managed to hold his
head-under water until he was slowly sufo-
Gated. But before this the 1aguar had severely
wounded the courageous man; his hand was
badly bitten, the scalp the left side of his
head was partly ripped off, and his left eve was
gouged out. Suffering as he was, Davidson
slowly crawled home. and while he went into
hospital sent his friends for the dead iaguar
The latter measured feet II inches from
head TO tail, Davidson, on whose happy es-
cape his friends warmly congratulated him,
was slowly recovering when the last mail left
Demerara.
PERHAPS you are not aware" said a West
Virginia young lawyer to a Charleston scribe,
that dogs and horses are as much afraid of
ghosts and other uncanny and mysterious
things as are the most timid of the human race.
] proved it one time on Two dogs at any rate.
Not long after the war the negroes were so bad
about our place i'll Kentucky that it was with
difficulty that we could keep our belongings on
our place. Every other method having failed, l
finally hit upon the plan of frightening them by
appearing before them dressed a ghost is
said to habllitate itself OF course. the negroes
were successfully frlg ltened away from us, but
upon one occasion / also frightened our two
watchdogs as badly as any negro ever was
frightened by ghostly apparltion. The dogs were
fierce fellows, and would allow no stranger or
strange thing on the place; but Que moonlight
:
The dog that first caught glimpse of me Just
bumped up his back until all four OF his feet
covered not more than six square inches of
Kentucky soil. His eyes stood out and his hair
stood up and he began moving backward never
for an instant taking his eyes of my figure.
His companion came up. went through the
same movement and both began backing eau
tiously from me. And as long as could see
them they put distance between us in that way
few minutes later heard them barking at
home, half a mile distant. They had taken
refuge under the house. and it was four days
before we could coax them out again"
DID you ever appreciate the significance of
the word macaroni' in the national song of
Yankee Doodeg" said literary man the
other day to a representative of the st. Louis
Republic You know the lines are:
Yankee Doodle came to town
A-riding on pony;
He stuck feather IN his hat
And called him Macaroni
''Well | noticed an explanation OF this verse
| in a recent able book by Barrett Wendell,
| assistant professor of Engls h at Harvard scol-
| lege. Mr. Wendell says he never could imagine
| why Mr.. Doodle should have described himself
a nutritious article of diet. popular in South
ern Europe. until he happened to notice Sir
| Benjamin Backbite's impromptu verses In the
School for Scandal a play produced just be-
| fore the American revolution;
! Sure never were seen two such beautiful
| ponies;
| Other horsas are clowns. but these macaronies.
/ To give them this title I'm sure is not wrong;
Their legs are so slim and their tails are so
| long.
| Apparently" says Mr.. Wendell the maca.
| roni was a dandy in tights and very long coat
| tails. The enbattled farmers, with feathers in
| their hats were derisively liSened to him, Just
! as a country fellow on a carthorse is sometimes
| hailed to-day as a dude on horseback This.
| to nv mind is an entirely new explanation of
| the famous comparison. and it strikes me as be
| ing correct Irever saw it before and think
| most of us Americans contemplate the first
verse of Yankee Doodle as sort of Greek nurs-
! erv rhvne that must, not be investigated too