The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WHEN was up in Northern Wisconsin the
| other day. says writer in the Milwaukee Wis
cOnsin, saw something that caused cold chills
| to chase each other in rapid succession down
| my spinal column, and that made my hair THAT
| is, the rim of hirsute growth that adorns the
| base OF my skul) to stand erect The train
upon which travelled stopped for dinner at a
| little water tank station. Just as the train was
| ABOUT TO pull out a grimy-looking individual
staggered upon the platform and started TO fall
| ABOARD Inc conductor was a new man on the
run, but he didn't propose to allow the intoxi-
| Gated individual to get aboard. Look here!''
shouted the conductor TO the sooty specimen,
| You're too drunk to get on. Where's your
| ticket?" "Hav-havent got any," suffered
\ the drunken fellow. Then you can't get on.
''Yesh kin. You can't stop me. I'm the en-
glneer OF this train. There amt no fresh con
can put me off,"
The LITTLE DAUGHTER of Charles Bontz
| German Of West Hazeton, Pa. has been telling
her father strange stories about the furniture
| moving about the room, victuaIs being thrown
| from sideooard to the floor and other re-
markable transactions. She related this about
| week ago. Bontz doubted the story. While
| ms family were at supper the same evening,
| Mr.. Bontz was struck on the head with piece
| OF soap that had been lying on the stand on the
| opposite side OF the room. No one was near
| the stand at the time. A few moments later
| large picture, hanging in the front room turned
| around, exposing the back to view. The strange
| occurrences have happened nightly ever since
and one evening, while no less then fifty persons
| were in the house, the manifestations again
| appeared. Next evening about 1000 persons
gathered in the vicinity of the house, but every
| thing is quiet. Mr.. Bontz has consulted a witch
| DOCTOR who has agreed to drive the ghost away,
for consideration of $50 The money was paid
and the people are awaiting results
THE PHoNoGRAPH SPREE is the pet hobby of
wel-known young man in. New York who
| thinks he has monopoly of an entirely new
form of dissipation Like most new forms of
dissipation, this one had it's birth in an old one.
necessary CONDITION precedent to a phono-
| graph spree, this young man explains, is GER
tam degree of alcoholic stimulation. In many
OF the downtown resorts the patent drop-a-
nckel-in-the-s slot phonosraqh are placed, and,
aided by his alcoholic incentive the young man
starts out to visit all the automatic machines in
the neighborhood, and he travels the route with
an enthusiasm born of love for music and
whisky. He drops many nckels in as many
slots, hears all the popular songs he can and
goes home happy if the music suits him. If it
does not, If 1t jars on bis nerves like hand
gan out of tune, he sandwiches in more stimu-
lants between each of the machines, and by the
time he reaches the end of his musical route he
cannot distinguish the soft strains of annie
Rooney" from the sad and sorrowful musical
recital of the adventures of one McGinty.
REPRESENTATIVE WHEELER of Alabama is
president of the American Shipping League,
and in favor of increasing American shipping
and American commerce, But he is opposed to
looks now, =" he said to-day "as If the subsidy
bills will go through but it may be that at the
! last moment the men who are so acive in ad-
vocating the measures will have little regard
for public opinion, and, in that event, the
treasury will not be despoiled. I doubt
If any one can tell exactly how many
| millions of dollars 1t would take to carry the
bills into effect The papers of the country
denounce the subsidy bills as a MANN tn
steal and charge, in so many words, that pow
erful lobby is swarming the corridors OF the
capitol, working like beavers in the interest of
the bills. hear it said that the scenes OF the
Pacific Mail jobbery are being re-enacted here
In these subsidy bills. You know an investiga-
ton OF the Pacific mail subsidy resulted In puri-
Tying legislation, and for time the LOBBY kept
very dark. Now, if there is no lobby behind
these subsidy bills and no barrel on tap, as is
alleged, why does not some one ask for an in
vestlgation? Ihave heard some little talk of q
resolution of inquiry that is to be introduced,
but have not seen copy of it. l agreed with
Mr.. Mills, and believe that an Investigation
will follow the passage of the subsidy bills
THE PARADISE FISH. like the German canary,
is product of cultivation, as there is no place
known where it is found in a wild state. It is a
native of China. There they are cultivated aud
Kept in aquaria as orna mental fish only. The
male is the larger OF the two sexes, measuring,
when full grown, from the mouth to the end of
the caudal fin, three and half inches. The
body is shaped very much like that of the
pumpkin seed sunflsh. Its colors surpass in
brilliancy any fish heretofore cultivated for the
aquarium. The head is ashy gray notified
with irregular dark spots. The gills are azurine
blue, bordered with brilliant crimson. The
eyes are yellow and red with black pupil The
sides of the body and the crescent shaped eau
dal I'm are deep crimson, the former having
ten or twelve vertical blue stripes, while the
| latter is bordered with blue The under surface
OF the body is continually changing color
sometimes it is white, at others gray or black
The dorsal and anal fin, are remarkably large
hence the generic name of the ish-macro
| large; podus, the foot or fin. Both fins are
shaped alike. They are striped and dotted with
brown and bordered with blue. The duh colored
Ventral fins are protected by brilliant scarlet
colored spine extending three-fourthS of an
inch behind the fins. The pectorals, situated
directly above the ventraIfins, are well shaped
but, being transparent, show no color All
these colors above described are most brilliant
when the fish is excited. For instance when
engaged in combat for the possession OF n fe-
male fisn or when counting, he shows the most
brilliant colors, in order to attract the atten-
ton of his lady-love, she being especially fond
| of bright colors.
PERHAPS it is the shifting character of Wash
ington society that gives it its principal interest
The most successful men in all branches of life
come here. At every entertainment, instead
| of there being some one great somebody there
may be twenty or thirty. 1t is not a good field
| for social lion. The presence of men of brains
and women of briliancy gives a sparkle and
1est to Washington society. More than this il
has the frankneSs and simplicity of the best
society of Europe. Wherever you go YOU are
generally introduced after the continental fash
ion. There Is little snobbishness. People are
| ",
Money can never be the test of superiority in a
Esociety largely mad up of and controlled by
officials, who in the main have moderate means
| People depend mucn their own re-
sources in their entertaining. This is a
necessary consequence of their mode rate
| fortunes. There are no great caterers
in Washington, notwithstanding the large num-
Der of brilliant entertainments which are given
during the season Any one with money at his
side can hire such services to produce a fea ST
but ii requires talent to give a successful dinner
upon the basis of limited means. Neither has
Washington society any great social purveyor
who decides who shall or shall not have tickets
OF invitation to this that form of subscr n
ton entertainment. 1t would be hard for any
one in Washington to imagine any of the lead
ing families turning over their invitation cards
to some agent TO arrange the details Of their
entertaining. The upper spirit which controls
Washington society is cynical and good-natureu.
While 1t contains many provincial elements
and may be considered positively the only real
cosmopolitan society in America