The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-01
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WHEN an Egyptian dog wants to drink II
the Nile he stands on the bank and bowls for ,
while. This attracts all the crocodies I'm ths
vicinity to the spot. Then he runs to another
point on the bank and takes his drink in safety
In WRITING up wedding the other day, g
Missouri paper described the groom as dressed
In conventional black, making a most lovely
appearance" The supper was 'both stylish
and beautiful, with nodding plumes of flowers
That added to the great mounds of sweetness
present." while the wedding presents were
valued on the aggregate to the amount Of
$780," O'
THERE is a brick famine In Chicago, Last
May the price was SO 90 for 900, and now it 1.
$40. One cause was the wet weather last
spring, which prevented the manufacture of
bricks. Then the Milwaukee fire has drawn of
large supply 20 that city, while tho demand
In Chicago has been vastly increased By the
world fair. The art building alone took
2OOOO,OO0 brick.
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. of the gross receipts
ia all that the restaurants at the worlds fair
grounds are to pay for their privilege There
VIII Dc twenty OF them, the largest to have
accommodations for II 200 persons at one time
Altogether they will be able to seat Is 900 at
one Time They will be Of two classes. The
Prices OF one class are to be moderate. while the
others will be high.
IF COMET, D." says Prof. Virgins Of Ottawa,
as Lexells comet ran amons the moon, of
Jupiter in l77S its powerful attraction would so
contract the earth as to cause tho waters of our
oceans TO overflow our continents, as no doubt
happened az the Noaohian d0luge I don't
ehink they ever cause disease, for uniyereal
death would happen should our atmosphere
ABSORB the poisonous carbon or which the tail
OF q comet rs composed"
The superstition about the number IS being
unlucky is put to multiplied test in the new
So,cent pieces. says the New York Sun On one
SIDE OF the coin there are no less than ten repe-
tltlons OF the number 10. There are 10 stars ia
letters In the scroll held In the eagles beak, Is
marginal feathers in each wing, 10 tail feath-
erS 10 parallel lines in the shield, IS horizontal
oars, 10 arrow heads in one claw IS leaves on
the branch in the other claw and 10 letters in
the words quarter dollar. There hasn't seemed
70 oe anything unluoky In the 10 original states
nor IL the ~ stripes on the flag, and now il re-
mains TO be seen If the man who gets his
pockets null OF these new quarter dollars will
be unlucky,
Or b. ". RICHARDSON has tho last word in
Q1e loler's Club symposium, in the London
NetCS, on the subject of smoking 1t is not,
| deserves the galows smoking deserves penal
servtude for life-but IL is radically bad. It
disturbs she circulation, IL often impedes di-
Gsstlon, ~ lnterferes With the fine adjustments
or the senses, and sometimes IL impairs the
lenses OF vision altogether. Moreover it Qener-
ates craving for itself In the nervous organ
ISM always an evil sign. and indirectly calls up,
| not lnfrequently, hereditary devils, like cancer
which would be latent il left alone Think of
| this when you smoke tobacco" says this au-
thority and say is the habit not one more hon
ored IN che breach than the observance With
out either malice or Observation-Disclosures my vote
IL emphaticaliy aye on that question"
THE other day two weldressed young men
stationed themselves at the entrance of Christ
church, Bristol, according to a London cabl4
ana renewed each person entering Of his or her
uut I'm on the plea that 'the vicar did not
like damp articles In the church because they
were injurious to health" These impudent
scoundrels had probably been at work earlier ip
tho week at st. Paul's cathedral and had
sinrted the scene OF their nefarious operations
On reading the following naive notice consider
Ately posted on the doorways by the authorities:
Those who attend the services must keep strict
watch over their umbrellas. thief is about
making full use Of any opportunities offered
him or her. The dean and Oh apter have heen
Forced 20 engage detective, and it 10 hoped
that the trouble may soon end; but in the mean
while 1t is well TO place the umbrella In front of
the chair taken, and not behind Il" It s a
curious fact, however, that with all their inee-
nuity and nerve English thieves sschew the
bank-breaklng and forgery, which are almost
monopolized by professors OF the American and
French schools.
PERHAPS no article Of clothing has been more
freely criticised in respect to it's utility than
that which photographers describe as Cover.
ing of the head" says the London Ioncet
Some, instructed by the example Of savage
races and OF others widely different in vArious
ways, among them the leaders Of feminine
fHshlon. whose crowns Of gossamer NAV nrac
tically be disreRarded, would have It that the
hatless condition is that most characteristics of
mankind Against their opinion we find arrayed
the combined force of civilized usage in every
climate From pole to pole we find that man
II he dresses at all dresses his head, Even ~
bootless and guiltess of such minor trifes a
walstcoat and collar, he covers the head with
some form OF clothing. Nay, the very SAVAGE
though he may know nothing of silk or felt viii
often so decorate his vortex with feathers or 40
weave its own natural wool that not even the
conventional European cylinder could protect IL
more effectualy. Surely there must be reason
IN al this There Is clearly conscious need
Wnlch exists not merely in the Imagination IL
is thus practically admitted that though the
head, like any other part of the body, NAV
after having suffered the attrition of atmos-
pheric variations, become Injured to the action
It still loses somewhat in the process In the
nrst place, 1t is evident that in this conflict
only the nttest can hope to survive. Civilized
man will not endanger his chance OF survival
by risking the experiment. Further he finds
that the inferior animals thus exposed undergo
external changes which do not often. il evsr.
tend in the direction of refinement and in.
stinctively he shuns the possible return of
ooarseness and barbarism. He also recognizes
the fact that, given a wholesome custom in
head clothing, the consequent effect will be as
healthy as 1t ts becoming. Foremost among
the sanitary principles which ought to control
usage in this matter are two-the avoidance of
any but the hghtest pressure and the admission
through the texture worn or by special aper-
lures ar sufficient air for free ventilation of the
head. II these elementary considerations be
duly regarded and sufficient protection be pro-
vided against changes of weather. we shall find
man the better, not the worse, for wearing his
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