The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A wild MAN OF THE WOODS" has been discov
cred in the district near Rouen, known as the
Petit Queviily. This person lives in the forest
ny preference and enjoys frosty weather, al
though he is in rags. He receives pittance
from his mother which enables him to buy
Dreaf, meat and tobacco.
MORE than one hundred women who are in
terested in the formation of a New York chap
ter OF the Daughters of the Revolution met
Monday morning at Sherry's, with Mrs. William
| D. Caoell, the vice president of the national
organization, says the New York Sun. The
society was founded in Washington last Octo-
| Der by Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, and the pro-
posed New York chapter will be the first estab-
| hshed outside of that city. This society is the
counterpart OF the Sons of the American Revo-
| luton. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison is president
| general. At the time of its organization Mrs
| Roger Pryor was appointed regent for the city
| OF New York. and she, together with Mrs Flora
Adams Darling, who is vice president gen. raj
IN charge of organization, has carried on the
| work in New York with great success At the
| meeting Yesterday Mrs. Darling made an ad-
| Dress, formally appointing Mrs. Roger A.
| Pryor regent for the city of New York, Miss
| Louise Ward McAllister regent for the state of
! New York, and Mrs Schuyler Hamilton and
| Mrs. Philip Livingston honorary regents for the
| state OF New York. Mrs. William D. Cabell
| spoke of the duties of members of the organiza-
| ton.
The MUTUAL KISS of affection or passion by
the lips between persons of opposite sex is gen.
orally considered to be instructive. Reichen-
bach sought to explain it on the theory that the
mouth was the focus Of his "odic force" and
that these two foci of opposite sexes possessed
natural attraction to each other. The fact that
the mutual kiss between opposite sexes is not
general among the tribes OF men is abundauty
SHOWN oy the observations of travellers in the
lands where savagery and barbarism still exist
Where it is now practiced it is not probably
OF great antiquity. In some languages, notably
the Japanese, there is no word for kiss When,
however, the kiss was introduced to include
women, its vogue, like that of other
new inventions, was carried to excess Ac-
cording to the chronicle of Wsenius it was I'M
known in England until the Princess Rowena
the daughter of King Hengist of Friesland, in
structlng the insuar vortigern in the imported
salute. Though the Saxon statistics are not
probably exact. it is historical that IN England
not many wears ago, it would have been the i'm
peratlye duty of visitor to nave kissed all the
ladies of the household even without previous
acquaintance Such was the experience of
many surprised literary foreigners notably
usage TO have lasted into the Georgian era and
it is to be noticed that the performance was
generally called salute" sometimes the
salute
ARTHUR CLAY sends to the London Spectator
the following instance of the sagacity of the ell
ephant. 1t was told me, he says, by Mr.. Quay
at the time non commissioned officer in the
one OF her Majesty's Yeomsn Of the Guard In
| 1883 his regiment was marching from PeshaWur
TO hopulvle, and was accom- panied by train of
elephants It was the duty of the mahout in
| charge of each elephant to prepare twenty chu-
patties or fiat cakes made of coarse -four for
| his charge. When the twenty chupatties were
ready they were placed before the elephant,
| who, during the process of counting, never at
| tempted to touch one of them until the full
number was completed. On the occasion re-
lated BY Mr., Quay one of the ele-
mahout's attention being distracted for
| a moment to steal and swallow one of the chu-
patties When the mahout, having finisbed
the preparation. began to count them out, he
OF course discovered the theft. and presented
| his charge with nineteen in place of the usual
| number. The elephant instantly appreciated
the fact of there being one less than he had
| right to expect, and refused to touch them, ex-
| pressing his indignation by loud trumpetings
| This brought the conductor of the elephant line
| with whom Mr.. Quay had been in conversation
on the scene. Having heard the explanation of
| the mahout, the conductor decided that the
mahout was in fault for not keeping a better
| lookout, and ordered him to provide the TWEEN
tieth cake at his own cost. When this was pre-
| pared and added to the pile the elephant at
once accepted and ate them.
| A RAILROAD BLACKLIST is not a rarity In the
| offices of managers and general passenger
| agents, but it is not often that an outsider is
honored with glimpse at one. Confidential
| memorandum No. az, for the exclusive use of
those persons to whom it is sent" has recently
| been issued, and copy fell into the hands of a
| P1ttsourg Dispatch reporter. 1t is q curiosity
| to the uninitiated. the little pamphlets only
birthmark is the date. Jan. l, but whence it
| came is mystery The whittier goeth" end
| of the quotation is clear enough. One-half of
| the little book is devoted to the individual list
the other portion deals with newspapers. The
parts are reversed. as if two pamphlets had
been tied together to make one, and as YOU turn
II over you Will see either the names
Of blacklisted men or newspapers. Woe be-
tide the man or firm, so far as getting
| pass is concerned whose cognomen or
| naments the pamphlet His name is Dennis on
every railroad in the country, unless he is re-
| stored in their good graces. The circular an
| nounces that several papers and individuals
have made amends and are eligible to favors
Each page in the pamphlet has four columns
| giving respectively the name, residence, bust
| ness. and reas ons why passes are refused H
| certainly can't be pleasant for a man to feel
that his name is posted in the main offices of all
the railroads in the United States. with some
bltiEg remark following it, as, for example
''frst-cass fraud, " sold his pass" loaned it
| to another" which is a minor offense, but
nevertheless, not excused by managers;
rankest kind" the editor doesn't
mince words, asks for passes under
false pretenses,' sells non-transferabls
mileage" loaned his pass" forged passes "
disposed of his annual pass ".'no such nanerr
mo such railroad makes out list of officers
and asks for passes for them," or a hundred
oCner oHenS6s or similar character, CLERGY
men are not exempt. 1t would certainly make
preacher blush with shame to see his name
and residence published with such remarks
after it as "alters and loans onehalf fare per-
mits, changed permit to include his wife"
"willtully allowing his half-fare permit to be
used by another SELLS his reduced rate ticEats
to scalpers." etc. The offenders against the
pass rule live In nearly every city in the United
States In CHANGING over the pamphlet IL would
strike casual observer that the greltest num-
Der OF black sheep reside in Chicago. PittsburR
has one, an alleged newspaper man. who is not
known here in the profession. and another citi.
zen VINO formerly lived in the city. In the news
paper list none of the great dallies OF the conn.
try appear, but there is a formidable array of
minor sheets, bogus and legitimate. whose
editors must be fond of acting a pass brokers.
An agent said; 1T is the old story People
feei they have done smart and righteous act
II they beat railroad, but if they were posted
they would know that it is the poor clerks and
Woodworking employees who suffer. The man
VINO walks away with too much change or takes
TWO tickets which were given him by mistake
wnen ne was entitled to one, doesn't stop to
think that 1t is not the company that bears the
burden OF his trickery, but the agent. He is