The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE is an odd phrase in eletter from Swir-
burne to Lord Houghton. Doctors having re-
commended to him Tight reading and repose,"
he writes ia an amused vein, Just as il ever
read ANYTHING seKiousm
Ii JAPAN the act Of flirting Is a penal offense
Serious complications arise under this law. but
the young people OF both SEXES know that they
cannot wink. and blink, and g1gzle at each
other unless they mean business.
A CITIZEN Of Quincy. IL, who sued in 1856 to
Gust a rival from Office has just been declared
entitled 10 it. But the rival has served out his
term and received his pay, and a new election
has placed third man in the Office. The lucky
winner of the suit seems to be left with heavy
bill Of costs and clear knowledge of the laws
delays which will undoubtedly prove valuable to
him in the future
A LITTLE Utica On. W boy, ambitious to be a
letter carrier. hooked bundle of leVe-letters
sent to bis mother and distributed them from
house to house in the neighborh0od the other
day At last accounts the giggies Of the neigh
nip and tuck, but gossip was too busy with the
sweet morsel under bis tongue to tell which was
nip and which wss tuck.
THE MEMORABLE REIGN Of Lady Jane Grey is
said to have given rise to the phrase, "a nine
days wonder" Lady Jane was proclaimed
Queen OF England July 10, 1858, four days after
the death OF Edward vi. After the lapse OF
period Of nine days, on July 10, she relinguished
her title to the crown, thus terminating her
reign in the short space OF a week and half.
A noted English historian says: Thus we come
to the end Of the diary of that short and
troubled reign, that, from its length, is said to
have given rise to the now 1920 popular phrase,
"A nine days wonder
A GENTLEMAN, who is heavy smoker, did
peculiar thing in my presence the other day.
He knocked of portion Of the white ssh at
the end OF his weed into bis hand, and without
more ado swallowed IL. l naturally asked the
reason for this remarkable performance, aud.
TO my surprise, learned that IL Is a sure cure
for the heartburn which sometimes overtakes
the devotees of tobacco. Not being afflicted
in that way l did pot care to try the remedy,
smokers. My informant was at one time en-
gagged In the cigar importing business, and was
accustomed to test cigars by the score. He in
forms me that he learned the curious fact in
question in Cuba, where the remedy is habitually
used by the Dons who breathe as much tobacco
smoke as they do air.
JUNGLE DICK OGLEsBY, whom the Illinois
republicans have nominated to succeed Mr..
Farwell in the United States Senate, is pict
uresque figure in western politics. His hair is
white as snow and his form Is bent with the
weight OF more shan 20 years, but there Is still
a great deal OF youthful vigor In him. He com
tactics of the modern. He can set the back
woods afire with the eioquence of his oratory
when he warns up to an old-faShioned stump
speech and he can amuse a district school
audience with the strains Of "Old Dan Tucker"
or the "Arkonsaw Traveller" sawed from a
wheezy fiddle. He has a stock Of stories that
delight the men around the grocery store stove.
and he shines when occasion requires in a
drawing room. He has been a farmer since he
last sat in the governors chair Of Illinois.