The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MISS GREENE, one OF the bellies at Narragan-
sett Pier, has acquired a certain prominence
through her peculiar taste in the selection of a
pet II ia a FLORIDA chameleon, around the
| waist of which is gold ring. to which is at
| tached a slender gold chain and pin. The lat
ter is inserted in Miss Greene's cOrsage. and the
I little Pct runs up and down her waist front and
| about her shoulder. The animal is about six
/ months old and performs three cunning tricks.
| II knows its owners voice, and springs from
| her hand 70 her shoulder at the word of com
| mand.
AwELL-KHowN WOMAN in society at Bar Har-
| Dor says there is no other resort in the world
/ where married woman has so much liberty
| ITO be sure. she adds. their husbands are not
| here, and they really have to depend upon the
single men for escorts to the social affairs but
1t is question in my mind whether the sailing
in the moonlight and canoeing in the starlight
and climbing the mountains before dawn with
young, handsome, unmarried men is Just the
proper thing for a married woman to do
whether 1t is showing true loyalty to the nus
band."
a FUNNY INCIDENT occurred while some blast
ing operations were in progress lately at Hull,
Quebec. An unusually heavy charge was about
to be fred and every body had been warned
away. \ little dog Immediately logged over TO
the edge of the pit where the explosion was to
take place. The canine stood wagging his tail.
the onookers at a distance. of course, thinking
it was INDUCING in final bark With a loud
report the rock below was rent asunder, the
men ran over, and to their astonishmsnt found
the little dog unInjured and barking with all its
might at the noise in the middle of a cloud of
smoke.
A YOUNG ENGLIsHMAN, a reporter on one of the
New York dailies. relates this as one of his early
experiences: Il was sent up to interview a fell
low by the name OF Hayes. don't you know,
who was stopping at an uptown hotel. The slip
| was given by the city editor read; See ex-
| President Hayes at the - hotel and get some
thing about his plans in New York. l found
the hotel and sent up my card. / was received
| quite nicely by Mr.. Hayes. He told me what
: ne was going to do, and then. as l wanted to
make my story complete, ] asked him what he
was ex-PreSldent OF. He told me he was ex-
President of the United States 1t was awfully
confusing, don't you know" concludes the
young Englishman plaintively, but there are
so many ex-Presidents here"
THE ringmaster of the popular circus in
Terds Safttn0s says that few New Workers ever
expected to see Broadway plowed up; but it has
been done TO break the ground for the excava-
lions OF the new cable road Stephen Fiske
was striking a furrow with an old pillow and one
horse on Broadway, near Twenty-f1rst street,
last week, and a knot of clubmen assembled to
applaud him To an interviewer Mr.. Fiske said:
My people once owned a farm somewhere in
this neighborhood, and thought that it would
be curious thing to pillow over the ground
which they formerly cultivated. So | gave the
driver dollar to let me strike furrow in the
old Jersey style. But l am not going into
too hard on the hands and pocket, and l sowed
all my wild oats years ago"
THE favorite pastime Of the Queen Of the Bel
gians and her daughter, who have both been
staying at Ostend, is shell hunting on the sands
One day last week they extended their quest as
far as Newport, and in order to reach home be-
fore darR were compelled to stop the railway
train and take refuge in a first-claSs compart-
ment occupied by buxom German lady and
her husband. The ire of the former being ex-
ma of n oil 5,Nrra lrv
the Princess Clementine, she roundly abused
them in German, expressed her doubts as to
whether they had really taken frst-class tickets,
INDUCED IL uncomplimentary remarks on their
shabby attire and finally bounced out of the
carriage with the svowed intention of taking
cab to her hotel 50 as 10 avoid the contamina-
ton OF such vulgar company The queen. who
delights in travelling incoynito, was greatly
amused at this adventure.
LARz ANDERSON of Cincinnati, the newly ap
pointed secretary OF the United States legation
at the court of st. James, sailed for Liverpool
Saturday. Mr.. Anderson. who is a relative of
Maj. Anderson, who commanded the United
States troops in Fort Sumter at the outbreak of
the late civil war, had a narrow escape from
| death at Long Branch several wears ago. He
| was stopping at the cottage of his friend the
authoress, Frances Hodgson Burnett and went
TO battle when the tide went out. He did not
| take this fact into consideration and dived off
a foot bridge across little estuary that ran in
| from the ocean. When the tide is up there is
plenty OF water in il for diving, but when it is
| low there Is only depth of couple Of feet to
| the water. Mr.. Anderson nearly broke his neck
IN diving, and was several weeks recovering
| from the shock, and strained TO his head and
neck. He is a most estinable gentleman and
Will add dignity TO his new position.
INDIA is practically unsducated. The total
number of scholars in schools and colleges of
all sorts is only $780, OOo or ~ per cent of the
| entire population. These are mainly confined
to the cities and towns; but out of $50 600 600 in
ali India less than II, 900. 900 read and write
A census of the illiterates in the various coun-
tries Of the world places the three Sclavic states
OF Roumanla, Seryla and Russia at the head of
the list, with about 80 per cent. of the popula-
ton unable to read and write. OF the Latin
speaking races, Spain heads the list. with IS per
cent, followed by Italy with 48 per cent, France
| and Belgium having about 10 per cent. The
illiterates in Hungary number 43 per cent, in
Austria 80 per cent. and in Ireland 81 per cent.
In England we find Is per cent, Holland 10 per
cent, United States white population) per
cent and Scotland per cent. unable TO read
and write. When we come to the purely
| Teutonic states We find a marked reduction in
the percentage of illiterateS The highest is in
Switzerland, 2.5 and in the whole German en-
| pire il is per cent, while in Sweden Den
mark, Bavaria, Baden ana Wurtemburg there
is practically no one who cannot read and
write.
AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER who arrived In Will
mantle few days ago has given an account of
u.
when came to Connecticut, or Yankeedoua.
this week. he said, II was anxious to see a
specimen of the native aboriginal yankee race
had often. when in England, read about the
yankee, the real yankee. the live yankee, and
had seen pictures of him, and had laughed at
the pictures more than l ever laughed at those
or the wild Africans OF Unyanyembe AS
penetrated the region of Connecticut looked
everywhere for this Kind of Yankee. but
could not see him anywhere. The people re-
senoled those of New York and | was greatly
disappointed, for l had been told that a Yankee
| could make wooden hams and wooden
| nutmegs and had peculiar trait
| that was described by the word cute. l had
! given up the search, and had come to believe
| That the yankee a fiction like the troelo-
| dyte. But yesterday l saw a specimen in Wilt
| IN the pictures, but not like the Brother iona
| than who is often portrayed in the American
| papers. He was in the street and | stopped
| When caught sight of him. He was very thin,
ana had Sallow skin, q queer nose. keen eyes,
| lank jaws, tuft of beard on his chin long scat
| tered hair, and wore straw hat and white
cotton coat and trousers | stared at him, fol-
and was pleased that had seen ct least one of
| the live yankees in the region
where had been told they lived. He
carried a basket anu appeared to be peddling
hluu OF 1ruIt grown here called huckleoerrles.
| Nnen saw him again in the street to-day
| ing ABOUT writing an account OF him as sur
| ViVal OF the original yankee type, for puohca-
ZION In England But, as they say in New YORK,
was knocked endwise' when came TO make
| inquiry about him. l asked the hotel keeper at
Nllllmantic for information concerning him,
| and you can imagine my disappointment when
| this person told me that my ideal and typical
4 1--we VanEaR no Yankee at ALL but