The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

JAPAN appears 10 oe turning out her university
graduates at faster rate than employment
can be found for them. A Japanese contem
porary states that many of this year imperial
university graduates have as yet been unable to
nnd employment, and says this state of things
is gradually assuming serious aspect II would
appear that the advancement made by the
country in learning has not been accompanied
by corresponding strides In commerce or the
remunerative professions, and until this is
remedled Japan must expect to find the pres
ent discouraging state OF affairs assailing her
young graduates in starting out In their struggle
for existence.
DEATH superstitions are rife In the West In
dies. To the people there everything out of
the ordinary is "sign." In Cuba a person
with a sore or wound of any kind will not look
upon dead person. fearing that the spot will
become lncurable. The rum used In washing
dead body Is, however, regarded as a sure cure
Tor all eye troubles II the light from a candle
or lamp falls on the face of the dead that death
will shortly come to him or her who was carry
ing the light. Rain during burial is consid-
cred an excellent sign" throughout the
ISLANDS. II one measures his own hight with a
rod which has been used In measuring a corpse
for the coffin, he himself will die within the
year. stroke With the hand Of corpse is be-
heved by the West Indian to be q sure cure for
all pains and swelngs.
IT Is NOT EXACTLY the bird season. but Sheriff
English and Squire Boone bagged 3S6 at one
haul at Greensboro. Ga, day or two ago They
were swallows, or chimney sweeps, and were
captured In a very ingenious way. Mr.. English
has been greatly bothered by the presence of
these birds In his chimneys at night with their
chirping and fluttering, and he resolved to get
rid OF them. Wednesday night, after the swal-
lows had hocked in, he placed heavy board
over tne Top OF the chimney to prevent them
up, and he had fastened a partridge net over
the chimney, Mr.. Boone and some young boys
holding it down. The board was removed and a
fire sta ted In the fireplace below. The heat
sent the swallows swarming and chattering
from the chimney. In droves they crowded
through the mouth of the net until it required
the combine strength of Mr.. Boone and the boys
to hold it down Finally all the swallows were
out and In the nets, only about a dozen escap-
ing. massacre of them then took place, and
39o was the sum total There were two immense
buckets full of dead swallows.
A STORY of unusual voracitv and daring on
the part of a Borneo python has reached US
from Muka, says the Sawal Neps. At Judah a
village six miles from Muka, a man aud his
son, aged from 10 to II years, were sleeping in
their house, inside a mosquito curtain They
were on the floor near the wall In the middle
of the night the father was awakened by his son
calling out. The lamp was out and the father
passed his hand over mis- son, but found nothing
amiss, SO be turned over and went to sleep
again, thinking the boy was dreaming.
Shortly afterward the child again
called out, saying that a crocodile was taking
him. This time the father. thoroughly aroused,
felt again and found that a snake had closed
his jaws on the boys head. He then pried open
the reptiles mouth and released the head of his
son, but the beast drew the whole of his body in
the house and encircled the body OF the father.
He was rescued by the neighbors, who were at
trscted by the cries for help Of the terrified
couple. The snake, when killed. was found to
be about fifteen feet long. The head and fore,
head Of the boy are enoiroled with punctured
wounds produced by the pythons teeth.
NEXT to st. Sophia, says writer in the Phil.
adelphia Ledger. we have heard most about the
dogs Of Constantinople. When we counted $50
dogs in an hours drive in Damascus we thought
we could see nothing to surprise US in canine
numerals. But Damascus does not begin to
compare with this city, especially in the old
part, as IN STEAMBOAT At times they lined the
Street, making 1t yellow and furry for two or
three rods. Again, dogs lay stretched singly,
and foot travellers went out Of their way to pass
them for hours rather than trouble to move
them. Puppies ran about Gd ltbituns, and dear
little things they were, too. These dogs are
course and rough, and their bodies
THICK and heavy. But they have good, mild
faces, gentle eyes, and, as for attacking any one
IL seems never to enter their minds. Cats too
are plenty, and often is seen happy family OF
dogs, cats and chickens sharing the street with
perfect good nature. The dogs are the street
cleaners At night, when refuse is thrown out
from the houses, they have high feasting, and
by morning nothing but what can be easily car
ried away in baskets or on donkey-back il left
They belong to nobody, and would lead happy
many injuries. The howl Of q dog sounds
every few minutes even in Para, and IL 10 not
rare to see torn ears bleeding eyes and scratched
hairless skin.
THERE are some women who are extremely
popular with their own sex who may have many
women friends, but who are not popular with
the opposite sex, Again, there are many women
who are most popular with men, but who are
unpopular with women, to whom they have not
a word to say, and are undeniably bored If
thrown much in their company, and who only
rise 10 anything like animation. As a rule, the
unpopularity of women is a verdict pronounced
upon them by their own eek rather than by
the opposite one. Men proverbally make tho
best of women; they are broad and good
natured in their Judgment of them; il there is
anything pleasant TO be said about them they
say it, and a handful OF good looks" weighs
greatly In q woman's favor from
must be very stupid, dull, disagreeable and
plain before man will boldly confess that she
can't get on with her" A brusuus manner
renders woman unpopular until her friends
know her well, but acquaintance seldom get as
far as this therefore to the end of the chapter
she remains the brusque woman still, and her
amiability and goodness do not come to the
front to render her popular as they otherwise
would do Egotism is a formidable barrier TO
popularity. woman imbued with her own
Importance and with her own advancement and
agRrandizement hourly In view hardly
stops to consider how to win the favor of her
friends except in so far as it may con
duce TO her pleasure and qualification Women
OF this type are agreeable only so far as the
topics Of conversation concern themselves their
aims, ends, interests, amusenents and so forth
woman cen never be thoroughly popular un-
less. added to favorable position and surround
iings, she has an innate sweet disposition and is
kindly hearted and consderate winning of
speech and manner and has the gift of saying
at all times the thing that will give the most
pleasure. Cleverness is too often allied to cold,
ness but when clever woman is also q truly
kindly one she is liked by all classes, and is fore
most among popular women.