The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-02
NATuRAL FRUIT EENoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! The JEWELLERS on the Florida keys are much
exasperated at the constant theft of their sisal
! by BAHIA nians, who visit the keys by stealth
| and carry away boat Dads of the plant. Ssal
/ was introduced from YucGtan about fifty years
ago, and now grows luXuriantly among the
/ keys especially il the neighborhood of Biscayne
I bay. It's cultivation was seriously interfered
with by the civil war, but there are nagniflce Mt
| uudeyelOped possibilities in it. Yucatan last
| year exported sisai to the value of $4,000 900,
and owes her wealth in the product to cheap
! labor. II some genius would invent machine
/ for the treatment Of the fiber Florida might
/ hope to compete in this industry with Central
! America. @. r. Dodge OF the agricultural de-
/ partment at Washington, who has looked into
! Florida's sisal resources. recommends that the
| legislature take action fOrbidding the carrying
| away OF the plants from the keys Nurseries
| are now being established in favorable local.
| ties.
| THERE is at least one lady In Chicago who has
| the courage to telstha truth In a matter in
! which most women would tergiversate. On be-
! ing tWltted by reporter for the EInter Ocean
| on the general fondness OF ladies for mirrors,
! she said: Yes, frankly admit that when a
woman has got her bonnet and gloves on and
| is perfectly ready, with her parasol in hand
| she always goes back to the mirror to take
| last fond farewell Every woman does this
! but few are honest enough to confess it. don't
mind telling you" continued the frank, but
! cynical, young lady, THAT myself am not sat
| lstted with one last look; invariably take four
| the first is for myself, that's fair; the second
! IS for my brother, or-or some other young
Aiioui IHiI ) iOGnluR Dut just, Lue Cnlrd Is Tor
my friends that's only generous; and the last is
| for the women don't like, and who don't like
| me, that's human nature. II the fourth salts
| nesme, thenl assure you, l never take any
! more
A GREAT PART of the work Of draining the
| Florida swamps west of Kissimmee, which the
| Dsston syndicate of Philadelphia has under
taken, s done, and the improvement of the land
is almost inestimable. Tracts that a few years
ago were four and seven feet under water have
produced heavy Qurinp the last
In the midst OF the everglades are fine lakes
connected by narrow and tortuOus rivers and
canals are being cut from lake to lake, and the
rivers are being Strengthened. The object of this
branch OF the work is to make the everglades
navigable, and provide market route for the
field products of the country. Already a cur -
rent or three miles an hour flows through the
waters thus set in motion. It is proposed to
drain 1000 900 acres in all and the summer tour
ist will be one OF the gamers by the enterprise
When the work began the little town of KissiTn.
NEE was nothing but a cypress swamp Now
it has big hotel a brick court house many
handsome residences, and busy population of
1900.
A NATIVE OF SPAIN, now a merchant of New
York, smiles a little obviously when the dane.
ing attainmeut Of Senorita Carmencita are ex-
tOlled. She is an Andalusian ne SAYS and
dances, or rather pastures. after the manner
and fashion or tire Andalu5lan peasants These
women do not so much pretend to dance, as
Americans are wont to understand by the
phrase, as Co move through a series of graceful
cOnt0rtions and peutomimic gestures cbarac-
terlstic OF the particular feeling OF sentiments
occurring to each at the moment, and express
I've OF love, passion, hate, as it may happen If
an accident had not brought the senorita into
popular favor in Spain it is Questionable If she
would 0ave ever visited America. She dances
as do hundreds Of other Spanish women hny of
whom might have been received in this country
with equal favor because OF thor novelty. The
CGchuca and the Waltz Santiago, which Car
menclta dances, are national dances; the Bolero,
that which she performs for an encore, Is essen
italy native to her, as 10 Is the Andalusian
dance In it she displays more real art and
grace than in either OK the others. Another
dance which is essentially Andalusian and
which she has not performed here, is the
Fetenera, a measure OF song and dance com
oned- In this she is said TO excel
VICTOR HUoo'S PROPHECY that this was to be
the woman's era finds realization even in remote
centers of old world conservatism. When the
Emperor OF Japan gave new constitution to his
people in 1888, no paid tribute of honor to
women by placing his wife beside him In public
In the school system of Japan equal provisions
is made for boys and girls. Japanese women
are interesting themselves In making opportu-
nluestOr the advancement of women are ac-
cupylug places as teachers. interpreters post
and telegraph operators In Sweden the univer-
stiles have been open to women for some years
and they are allowed full privileges in scholar
ships and desires. Commercial colleges, post
ofhces, banks, railway and telegraph sofflces
accept women as students or employees. In
Denmark women are distinguishing
themselves in literature and medicine At the
! University OF Copenhagen several women STU
dents have honorable places in the classes In
Vienna the government granted to women the
4 privilege or practicing medicine In Bosnia
where the subjects are Mohammedans, who do
not allow their wives to be visited by men In
Bucharest young woman has been admitted
as a barrister to plead at the bar In Russia A
bill has been laid before the government to re-
| open the courses of medicine for women at St
| Petersburg. In Kharkof where a Sunday
| course for the instruction Of adults was opened
! over 400 women attended, their ages ranging
! from to 45 years. Russian women too are
being recognized in literature and science
JOHN c. RICE, comedian, and Sallie Cohen.
| Coincidence, both Of the "Knotty Affair Com
| pany, are the hero and heroine respectively Of
| welded and parted incident of the an
I proved weekly story paper variety, except that
| there was no villain in the plot and John s
| observation-disclosures alone was responsible for
| the misaiventure. John and Sallie were mar
| rled IN New DIRK some two years ago and had
| gotten as far as the Pennsylvania depot In
| jersey CITY on their wedding trip when thew
| encountered the City Directory" COMPANY
| The latter, of course, all crowded around 10
| offer their congratulations to the bride and
| groom who were comfortably ensconced in
| the outgoing chalr-car. 1t was equally q mat
| ter of course that John should give the boys"
an opportunity to toast the bride. and
as it was q half hour till train time. adjourn,
| ment was taken to Taylors hotel op-
| pOsite the depot where the health Of the ''hi9h
contracting parties" was drunk in several hot
| ties of yellow label at the groom's expense
| Coming out of the hotel John, in earnest con-
| versation with the boys about the seasons
| prospects, walked along with them down to
1 and aboard the ferry. Before any of the party
! realized it the boat had pulled away from shore
/ and John was on his way back to New York.
| while the Philadelphia train was speeding his
/ disconsolate bride in the opposite direction
| That wasn't exactly the way the young hus-
| bano had figured out his wedding trip, and the
! whole boatload Of people couldn't comfort
| him Neither could kilograms comfort Sallie,
and John had hard work to do it himself when