The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

countered thousands Of dead fish, extending for
miles, not far from the California coast. A
submarine earthquake is the explanation given
OF the phenomenon.
A REPORT Of a French duel. according to the
Youths Companion, has the following interest.
ing conclusion: IN. Lelanche having fred his
shot. 1t was now the turn of ID. Boboche to dis
charge bis weapon. He awaited calmly for a
moment, brought up his pistol. awaited the
word and fired In the air. This is not, however
so great an act Of magnanimity as might be
supposed, for his antagonist had climbed a
tree,H
Up In New Hampshire village, says the
Troy Times, is landlord who will succeed il
cleverness is of any avail. By means of his
expertness as ventriloquist he conveyed the
notion to his guests that be had a regular staff
OF servants and a chef besides. When the host
took the patrons order for eggs on toast he
called it out in deep bass voice, then stepping
out into the hall he sent it on in voice of
moderate pitch and evoked a response from the
suggestions chef in falsetto.
THE HIGHT Of a person with a perfect 'fg-
ure," according to the New York Press,
should be exactly equal to the distance be-
tween the tips OF the middle fingers of either
hand when the arms are fully extended Ten
times the length Of the hand, or ~ times the
length OF the foot, or five times the diameter of
the chest from one armpit to the other, should
also give the hight OF the whole body. The dis
lance from the junction OF the thighs To the
SEOuuu snOuIQ De exactly Un6 same as from the
elbow to the middle line Of the breast From
the top of the head to the level of the chin
should be the same as from the level OF the chin
to that Of the armpits, and from the heel to the
toe.
A LovEJoY YOUNG MAN started home from
church the other night with beauty who had
come to preaching with another fellow. saws a
writer in the COvington (Ky.) Enterprise TIE
mistake was not discovered until the young
man tegan his counting where he had left off
with the other girl. and when she said, ~ don't
understand you, sir" it dawned upon them
both that they had exchanged partners while
coming out of the church door. The other
couple were near by enjoying the joke, and, in
order to relieve the embarrassment then exist
ing. came to the rescue, and each young lady
armed her original escort and the counting pro-
ceeded, being thoroughly understood this time
by all parties.
FIFTEEN FEMININE NovELTsTs have been de-
scrbinR In an English periodical How the
Stories Come" Three of them saytheir stories
are always suggested by q real place or scene
familiar or otherwise. one says that the origin
OF a story is "a spontaneous vision detached and
definite, OF an imaginary place or scene which
rises in the mind unexplained until, perhaps
years afterward, the explanation is d scovered -
Several begin with the problem which sugg cts
the characters, face, perhaps, or a chance re-
mark, line of poetry or the like suRgestinp the
problem itself. Out of the fifteen five saw that
their first conscious thought is of q character
or characters in difficult situations suggesting
the proOlem 90 De worked out.
BEAUTIFUL lace is made in the Presentation
convent at Youghal, the workers being Irish
peasant women. Some of these women are such
expert wol kers that the most exquisite repro.
auctions OF Greek, old Venetian and MNanese
lGces have been r'pr duced; marrow oolore
linen lac ike Inc tors Oh, IL also made and il
much USED Tor tri um!n.s hanikerchiefs and
linen hat5tes. This lace wears q mira bly, Irish
lice thread Of superior quality being used Car
r,ckmacross, kinsale and Limerick lace is the
kipd most commonly seen; it IS o kind OF en-
broldery executed on a net foundation IRISH
Ruipure is much in demand at present; exquisite
church lace is made in Lmorick, and is used for
alter coverings and priests vsstments.
TIE GOVERNMENT is hunting for a seemingly
extinct species Of sea fish called the tile fish
1t was discovered off Nantucket in 1872 as a
new and valuable food fish equaling the cod in
size and occurring in great abundance in abe
locality where it was found 10 the spring Of
1882 these fish were reported by inco miag res.
sells es having been seen In countless uilIiona
floating upon the surface Of the ocean in dead
or dying condition, covering thousands OF
square miles Of the sea The tile fish has many
pecularities of its own. Ia size it varies from
five to fifty pounds. It's head has q great re-
sembance to thai OF the dolphin the BODY n
stout at the tail like salmon IL Il profuseiT
spotted with patches of greensh yellow The
liver Is small and contains no oil and the intes-
tines resent ole those Of the eel. tits a valuable
food fish cit er FRESH salted or smoked.
a 1 bNh VI Al eACuduR6 Tells a STORY OF now q
father cured his son Of verbal grandiloquence.
The boy wrote from the college, using such
large words that the father replied with the fol-
lowing. Although somewhat crcumlocutory
hyperbolcal and superbombastic in his Ian
Ruage the father is something Of a phraseur
himself Here is the letter: In promulgatlug
your esoterlc cogltatlons or artiCulating super
ficiat seutimsntalities and philosophical or
psychological observations, beware Of pJatitu-
dlnous ponderosity. Let your conversation DOS
n Condolences an, apa,,s sin
ness, coales cent consiste cy and & concentrated
cogency. Eschew all conglomeratons of tiatu-
lent garrulity, lejune babblement and asinine
affectatons Let your eKtemporaneous des-
canting5 and unprecedented expatiations
have intelllgibility, without rhodomontade or
thraronical bombast. Sedulously avoid all
polysyiiabical profundity, pompous profxity
and ventrioquial verpdty. Shun double
entender and prurient jocosity. whether OBJ
scure or apparent. In other words, sneak
truthfuliy, naturally, clearly, purely, but do
not use large words. -"
AT one Of the principal lead mines in Brus
sells. the Meohernich. some special features have
been introduced, for not only is the mine cleo
trcally lighted, but current is used through
out for economy OF LABOR, observes the New
York sun. An enormous quantity is daily
raised-more than 1900 tons-but so perfect are
the automatic arrangements that only twenty
Eve hands are required for this great output.
A peculiar appliance is in vogue, which has
proved a great convenience, and IL is thought
is destined to quite general adoption. When
wagon of ore is tipped at the shafts mouth
electric contact is made in the tipping and a
small needle in the office makes a red mark on
a band Of paper revolving by clock-work, the
OBJ iect of this being not SO much to give auto
matically the number Of wagons tipped as to
show at a glance that the hauling is proceeding
regularly; the paper band is divided into half
hours for a week throughout. and at the end OF
the weeks work it is clearly seen and known
at once what number of wagons have been
tipDAd daV and at time