The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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MAN at MooresviIe, Mo-, had the main
! spring OF his watch broken by flash of light
ming, few days ago, and was totally unin-
| jured.
THERE is said to be a distressing amount of
lunacy in Ireland, the number OF cases per 100,
| 900 of population having increased from a4s in
1851 TO 35S in 1891. Some time ago a traveller
noted that song had almost entirely departed
| from the Emerald Isle, and that the pick of the
young people had emigrated, leaving chiefly the
| old and the infantie behind. Perhaps "a vs. the
| New York World. these facts furnish an sx.
plantation OF the spread Of insanity.
ONE OF the best Of the many excursion tick
| cts" received by republicans as q souvenir of
| their late defeat, says the Washington Post
reads as follows: Grand excursion Of the G.
Q. P. going out party up Salt river, Saturday,
| Protection All good republicans will be on
| board. few hoppers will probably be left
| Come early and avoid the crush. Refreshments
in the shape Of force balls and Mckinley bills
! will be served on the trip. Tom Carter, cap
| tain; Dave Martin, engineer; 'WAnny.' purser;
| trick, stoker. Executive committee-Must
| Smile Quay, Joyfully Glad Blaine, Think Cheer
full Patt and Tell Benny Reed. No return tick
cts. This steamer has been condemned and will
| be used for this excursion only"
MUCH research and investigation warrants the
assertion that man Is not the only animal sub
| ject to dreams, says the ST. Louis Republic.
| Horses neigh and rear upon their hind feet
while fast asleep; dogs bark and growl and In
| many other ways exhibit all their characteristic
| passions IL is highly probable that at such
/ times the remembrance of the chase or of
| combat is passing through the dogs minds. Be-
| sides the above signs OF Seetng pain, anger and
| excitement. these noble creatures often mani
fest signs of goodness, playfuness and Of al
most every other passion, Ruminant animals,
such as the sheep and the COW, are believed to
| be less affected With dreams than those of
higher passions which speud their waking hours
| in scenes of greater excitement. Philosophers
| and Investigators tell us that if wa trace the
dream faculty still lower in the scale of animal
| life we shall probably find that the same phe-
! nomena exist and, Judging from analogy, it Is
! only reasonable to reckon dreaming as one of
the universal lsws-almost as universal as sleep
! itself
ALTHOUGH Spanish women are pretty and
vivacious they are neither learned nor clever.
says tn Grtpsack. They have an old proverb
| which coarsely conveys this idea That "a
| Christian woman in good society ought not 10
know anything beyond her cookery" An or
binary Spaniard is sick but once id his life, and
| the old tradition which represents the doctor
and death as always hunting in couples still
survives in Spain. In well-to-do fami les the
! house of death is always deserted Immediately
| after the funeral, and the stricken ones
retire and pass eight days in in
vioable secluslon. Children arc burieI in
collins OF gray color, pink or blue, and carried
| open to the grave. A luxury OF grief consists
in shutting up house where death has
occurred, and never suffer it to be opened again
1 once saw q beautiful house and wide garden
thus abandoned W one of the most fashionable
streets Of Madrid. The wife OF certain duke
had disd there many years before. The duke
| lived In Paris. leading rafting life, but he
| would never sell or let that Madrid home
! Deep In his heart he cherishes the memory Of
! the past.
OF all the ourosities preserved at Kildare
/ and all the miracles recorded as having been
performed at that place, none appear more
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| said to have been written in the time of st.
| Bridget and to bave been dictated by an angel
| Early in the night before the morning upon
| which the scribe was 70 begin 10 write the hook
| an angel stood before him in a dream, and,
showing him picture drawn upon a tablet
said: "Do you think that you could draw this
picture on the first page Of the olume which
you propose to copyi" The scribe, who
doubted his pictorial SKILL replied that he
| could not Upon this the angel said: ION the
morrow offer prayers TO the Lord, asking him
| to open your earthly eyes and
| give you spiritual vision, which viii enable You
| to see more clearly, and understand with more
| Intelligence" 1t is needless to add that tho
| scribe did as the heavenly visitor directed. On
| the following night the angel again appeared
with a dozen OF accurately drawn pictures and
| page after page OF closely written manuscript
| Within a surprising short time this divineIy
| chosen scribe made perfect copies of all the
| pictures and every line. word and letter of the
manuscript. and the book produced has ever re-
NAMED as Is is sode 40 miracle ., OF miracles
1
| (manuscript) has been enshrined at Kildare
THE feathered tribes have many peculiar ways
and fancies about the details of their toilets.
| Some birds use water only, some water and dust
| while others prefer dust and no water. Birds
| are not only exceedingly nice In their choice of
| bath water, but also very particular about the
| quality OF their toilet dust" says a writer in
our Animal Friends 1t is said that wild ducks
though feeding by salt water prefer to baehe
1 In fresh water pools, and will fly long distances
| inland to running brooks and ponds. where they
preen and dress their feathers in the early hours
| of the morning. Ducks seem to enjoy a shower
bath more than any other kind spreading open
| their feathers to allow the drops of water to
| soak in, and dressing the surface with oil
which is carried in a small reservoir
/ 1t is no easy matter to catch more than a
| glimpse Of wild birds bathing at early morn.
! They are exceedingly shy, and glance about
them in every direction to MAKE sure that they
! are not observed before they take their dip. !"
| Note how warily they 20 about. See the sus-
t nlcio9s lo9k they give ere the little head is
| is made. Now observe the coQuettsh shake OF
| the head with which the glistening drops of
water are flung backward. Altogether it is a
| pretty performance, and worth rising early to
| witness. Sparrows battle often, both 10 water
| and in dust. They are not SO particular about
| the quality Of the water as about the
| quality Of the dust Tney prefer clean
| water, but l have seen them take a dip in
shallow pools that were quite muddy. The city
| sparrow must take a bath where he can get it
III tuo btToStS OF On tuo tops Oh nOuSeS-DuJ he
is most careful in she choice of his dust bath
| Road dust, the dryest and finest possible, suits
! him best. have noticed the city sparrow tax
ing his dust bath in the street, and Invariably
he chooses place where the dust ia like pow
der Psrtridges prefer dry loan; they like to
scratch out the soil from under the grass and
fill their feathers with cool earth. Most birds
are fond OF burned ashes Some early morning
walk across field that has been burned over
and see the number Of winged creatures that
rise suddenly from ash heaps. A darting form,
all dnf oohaa anA o. ~ EnNA
disappear.