The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MRS. LILLE DEvEREux BLAZE, president OF
the Woman's Suffrage League. has made per-
emptory demand Of the New York police COM
inissloners Tor the appointment OF sixteen addl-
uonal police matrOns-
HYPEoTIsH is defined by Prof. Bernheiu. one
OF It's chief students and experimenters, as the
induction Of a psychical condition in which the
SUBJECTS susceptibility 70 suggestion and ability
70 act upon it are enormously increased y
Sometimes the subject is in a sound sleep,
sometimes IN hait-waking state, and often 10
full possession Of the senses and the eligence
Sometimes this state ia self induced, but more
OFTEN it Is produced BY some mystic rious in
nuence OF another on the nervous syste IN OF the
subject
IN is6O, the year before the war, there were
published in New York 10 daily papers, besides
az weeklies, semi weeklies and monthly peri
odicas. During the twenty-five years ending
with 1893, l ,49l new papers were started in New
\ oFk, including 60 dailies and Gil weeklies. OF
these papers !. los died before the end OF the
twenty-five years, leaving a percentage of
about IS per cent. surviving. This is a re-
markably heavy mortality. Among the
weeklies 400 died, IS of them In less than a
year and los in less than two years.
OPIUM SMOKING is absolutely forbidden In
Japan. The sale Of opium, except by druggists
Is forbidden, and even they are not allowed to
sell the drug except upon doctors prescrip-
tlons, under penalty Of fine and forfeiture Of
license. No opium is permitted to be imported
near Osaka, and, as soon as the crop Is gath
cred, Is bought by the medical bureau of the
JAY aneSe government and again sold TO licensed
druggists to be used only for medicinal pur-
poses. The Chinese occasionally smuggle opium
INTO 1okohama, but, when found, iE is for
feited.
Il SEE the Chicago MdiI accuses Opie Read
OF Strengthening decoy ducks up in Wisconsin"
said Chicago friend of that noted huntsman.
wen. Opie himself may not know live duck
from decoy, but he has dog which knows
the duck hunting business from Dan to Beer
shepa once when Opie Wss over in Indiana,
enjoying the shooting and other incidentaIs of
club life on the Kankakee river, he thought
he killei duck. In fact, without any prece-
dent TO support the conviction, he was quite sure
ne mad killed a duck, and he sent his dog
TO retrieve it, The dog searched with his &C
c9stomed diligence, and with the usual result
OF not finding the duck Opie considered this
the chance Of a lifetime, and he couldn't en-
dure to have 1t spoiled by the stupidity of dog;
SO ne sent the dog back again and again to look
for that duck. This persistence surprised the
dog and hurt his feelings very much, and he
wore very crestfallen and sulky mien when
Opie finally abandoned the search climbed
ward headquarters. The dog trotted along
behind, in subdued, reflective manner until a
farm house was reached, and then he made
detour; His re-appearance behind the buggy
was heralded by a tremendous "QuaWkl
quawkl" as though a whole poultry-yard had
broken loose. Opie looked back and-now,
WHAT 90 you suppose that dog had dones Well,
Sir, ne had been told to get q duck, and he had
done 1t; He was trotting proudly along with a
tame duck In his mouth, purloined from the
farmers barn-yard"
SUICIDE Of a most distressing and dramatic
character took place last week in Paris
young lady of II, named Pauline Menard, was
married to M. Lecoihtre, 80 years of age At
the wedding breakfast and throughout the day.
even indeed during the ball with which the
festivities wound up, the young bride appeared
20 be perfectly happy ana thoroughly enjoying
herselI, not missing single dance. at 1880
O'Clock her mother conducted the bride to her
apartment. Half an hour later when the hus-
band followed. he found his young wife with
ing IN agony on the bed. She had Just strength
enough left to tell him that she had poisoned
hersef with laudanum, she had sworn to be
faithful to another man whom she loved. A
letter was found in her handwriting, which ran
as follows: my DEAR HENRY-T beg
you a thousand times to forgive me
Tor the wrong | am about to do You.
l know you love me sincerely. l know il
was wrong OF me to allow him to visit me. |
love you also, but l love another TO whom
have sworn to be faithful In marrying you
vas no longer able to carry out my promise
without doing you a grievous wrong, and this
would not entertain for a moment, because you
are an honorable and good man. | commit
suicide so that l shall only belong to death
Forgive me once more and also ask my dear "a
rents to forgive me, for l love them with all my
heart. PAULINE" M. LecoIntre was distracted
with grief, and bis reason seems to have given
way under this terrible misfortune. He had to
be taken home and has since been carefully
watched IN order to prevent him from attempt
ing his own life.