The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the other day on half Of which was written an
order for bill of goods for his store; on the
| lower half was an order for more goods Of
/ another kind from a merchant ia the next
| block TO whom the first merchant was re-
| quested to deliver the card The Topeka
! man rang for messenger and had the postal
| delivered and charged the customer a quarter
/ on the bill.
! Dr. Fere, OF Paris. has demonstrated by
number Of experiments that If hens eggs are
/ submitted to an alcoholic vapor bath during
| the early days OF incubation the development
/ OF the embryo is retarded and tn Q production
/ OF monstrOsities in that line encouraged. This
/ same scientist asserts that the birth Of I'M
/ man mOustrOsties is frequently traceable to
! alcoholism. the same causes prevailing here
as IN the incubation process of eggs.
The following Chinese legend accounts for
/ the invention Of the fan in "a rather inge-
NOUS fashion. The beautiful Kan ST, daugh-
\ ter Of a powerful mandarin was assisting al
the feast of lanterns, when she became over
| powered by the heat She was compelled
| to take OF her mask. But as it was Illegal to
expose her face she held her mask before it
| ana gently t1uttered il to cool herself. The
| court ladies' present noticed it. and in an in
slant two other ladies were waving their
masks. This was the birth OF the fan. "
When Mr.. Cleveland went into the Presi-
dental chair for the first time it was found
that the cash in the treasury. did not balance
| by cents, and the outgoing treasurer paid
| over his check for that amount. The news.
| paper talk about this occurrence has brought
out the fact that this is not the smallest check
| IN existence. In 1891 savings bank in Gin
cinnati declared a dividend, and the amount
due Harry HoweS, a painter was cent He
received a check for it, endorsed it and gave
| 1t to Mr.. Fred Moore. of that CITY who per
slsts IN keeping 1t as curiosity, much to the
| disgust OF the bank, which wants it TO come
In, that its accounts may be balanced
The Colorado journalist, Mrs Romney hrs
patented among several other articles,
water-cOoler which does not require ice saws
the Philadelphia Ledger 1t is a covered re
ceptacle, of cellular brick-ware, nlanufac-
tured of clay, sawdust and asbestos fiber In
the process the Sawdust is burned out. leav-
ing the product cellular, or porous. The re-
ceptacle, with the water to be kept cool
within. stands in tray of galvanized iron
which holds water to q depth of two or three
lncnes. by reason of the porosity of the
cooler and the forces of capillary attraction
the water in the tray constantly rises through
the cellular walls of the receptacle. and is as
| constantly eYaporated-thereby keeping the
water inside as cool as it is usually drawn
| from well or spring.
The dogs of war are no more a mere poet
ical metaphor, but an actual fact. During
the fall maneuvers of the German army nine
| dogs, which had been in training six months
| gave excellent proof Of their utility on the
| battle field. The third battalion of Chasseurs,
| which was first to adopt the new tactics uses
no other dogs but the Scotch and German
! coll1es They are chiefly trained to do ord
| nance duty, carrying messages from post to
post, and accommodating at night. F'illy the
| choice of the flock, made a distance Of one
| and one-quarter miles hack and forth In seven
| minutes. These dogs are als0 trained to hunt
| up the wounded on battle fields and during
| the late exercises remained standing before
| all soldiers stretched on the ground no mat
| ter In what remote places they were found
| loudly barking, until help came. They know
! when to seek cover from the fire of the enemy,
| and on their way to and from OUTPOST avoid
| every civilian whom they meet on the road
| This is done with regard to the safety OF the
| messages which they carry in little pouches
| fastened to their necks.
Domestic life in India is without the an
nOyance Of the servant question, says the
| Dispatch. You never need tell a servant
| what you want done in that country they
seem to know it by intuition. The ordinary
household has about twelve servants--a cook
| a waiter, sort of valet de chambre and. if
you have two horses two groomS: one man TO
| run before you when you so out riding, and
| take care OF your horse: another man whose
business IS to collect for your horses feed
! the grass which grows in a Yinelze manner
! upon the roads. Then in summer time
you require three to four men, who work the
| large fans or ''punkas over you night
| and day while you are walking and
| While you are sleeping; then last, but
| not least. Waterman. This last in
| stitutlon is peculiar one If you did not
| have him you would be liable to find
! something stolen every night Straugest of
| all, the only man WHO'S a successful watch
| man must be a thief-the caste of thief He
| makes no pretensions of being anything else
| but as long as you have him in your employ
nothing ever will he stolen. While the
native Hindoos are very dishonest, the only
| way in which to keep your yaluables safe Is
| to give them into their hands for keeping If
! l locked $500 in my chest would be sure tn Z
| some time or other one of my servants would
steal it, but if L should give the money to a;
servant and tell him to keep it for me, he
| would guard it with his life. ..f.
Up in the model room of the Baldwin Loco
! fua 10, Dill - -
! there is the model of one of the first sleeping
| cars. DIR. Perry, in letter TO the LocomO-
| tive Engineering, writes of 1t as follows: This
+ model has been in our possession ever since |
hrSt knew the BALDWIN Locomotive Works,
| years before l became connected with it
| and very soon after L first heard the subject
| OF a sleeping car mentioned. Our late Mr..
| Parry told me that this car was mod
eled from one constructed for the Cum
berand Valley railroad, at the time that
1t connected with the canal at Harrisburg
and the National understanding from
washington to Wheeling, ip Virginia. He
said the car was run regularly on trains, and
that charge of 80 cents, in addition to
the regular fare was paid for its use There
were two tiers of bcrthS the lower extending
like sofas along the sides of the car and the
upper folding against the side They were
covered with leather and the person in
charge Informed passengers that thew were
not permitted to get into the berths with
their booths on because the car was a very
expensive AFFAIR. costing not far from 800.
have no knowle 1ge. but this one thing [ do
know, that the model Gvide ally dates back be.
yond any car built in New England The
model contains the following inscription:
Made by Richard Imbrey and Joseph Dash
car builder, Bush Hill, Philadelphia; built in
| 1910 "
In 1857 Jules Richard had occasion to visit
sick friend in hospital, where he made
the Acquaintance of an old official of the IN.
stitution from the south of France who was
exceedingly fond of animals his love of them
being equaled by his hatred of priests writes
Prof. r, Evans, in the Popular Science
Monthly. He claimed also to be perfectly
familiar with the languages Of cats and dogs
and to speak the language of apes even better
than the apes themselves. Jules Richard re-
ceived this statement with an increduions
smile whereupon the OLD man whose pride
was evidently touched by such skepticism
| invited him to come the next morning to the
| geological garden. II met him at the an
| pointed time and place, says Mr. Richard
and we went together to the
to the outer railing and began to
| utter a succession of gutteral sounds. which
| alphabetical signs are scarcely ADEQUATE 10
| represent -'kirruuu, kirrilxlu kirikiu'-re.
| peated with slight variations and differences
| or accentuatlon. In a few minutes the whole
| community of monkeys. a dozen in number
| assembled and sat in rows before him with
| their hands crossed in their laps or resting
| on their knees, laughing, gesticulating and
| answering. The conversation continued foy-