The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-20

] sense OF humor. saws the Chicago Herald fel
/ o manager who has been associated with a
! minstrel troupe Of real negroes saws that the
7 greatest trouble experienced By him was IN
! tripping TO get them to he funny. AL the songs
and Jokes and comic setting that really made
/ the audience laugh were Inventions OF white
men. The acting Of the negroes was full OF
] purpOsclcss antics that indicated high spirits,
I but that we're not amusing. and, while they
were always ready TO laugh az Jokes, they did
/ not make any OF their own
/ The expression. Mind your Ps and Qs." IS
/ Of comparatively recent origin, dating per
/ haps from the invention of printing p, ID. Q
and b are letters Of the same form in the
] lower case Up, d, q, b., differently used, and
/ the saying was warning TO printers TO get
Z the letters In the right boxes Other eXplana-
tiOns exist; one is that when wigs was worn
! IL was difficult TO be graceful and remain be
I wigged so that men we're admonlshed 70
mind their pieds feet and queues (wigs)- a
| third is that the tapsters marked = for pint
and @ for quart against the names of men who
ran up scores at the inns, and were adjured
| by their customers TO mind their Ps and Qs.
The first suggestion seems the best.
Italy expends every year 500, 900, 900 for her
| soldiers and less than 100000 for schools,
says the New York Advertiser In Spain it
costs SlOOOOOOO0 to maintain the army and
only 81 100000 TO educate the children, but
then II is the exception TO find Spanish
farmer who is able TO read or write. Ger
many boasts OF being in the foremost rank
among the nations in the kulturkampf of the
world, yet she expends 8l85 100000 on her
army. while $4,000. 900 is deemed sufficient for
the education of her children France main
tains an army at an expense OF S151 600 900
and supports her schools with S2l 10000, The
United states eXpends $4,000 600 for public
schools. while the army and navy cost only
S54, 100000
More than 100000 whitefish fry were
placed in Lake Michigan, near Milwaukee, in
one week recently. They were emptied In the
bay at distance OF between one and two
miles from the shore. The white fish is able
to swim the moment it Is Matched, an advan-
tage it has over many fish. Brook trout, for
! instance, do not swim until they are two or
three weeks old, and on this account they re-
qutre more care than whitefish. This fish as
soon as II is Matched SwimS out of the jar
through a spout provided for the purpose,
and tumbles into the tank where 1t is kept
until transferred to the river or lake. At that
time the fish Is about an inch long, with a
transparent body and eyes that are out of all
proportion to the rest OF the body.
1t has often been proved that dogs are able
to track their masters through crowded
streets, where it would be impossible to at
tribute their accuracy to anything except the
sense OF smell alone. Mr.. RomaneS, the nat
uraiist, once made some interesting expert
ments as to this wonderful power as exhib-
tied in his own dog. In these tests the nat
uralist found that his dumb friend could easily
follow in the tracks of his master, though he
was FAR out OF sight, and that, too after no
less than eleven persons had followed, step
ping exactly in the tracks made by Mr.. Ro-
names, 1t being the deliberate intention to
confuse the senses of the poor dog If possible
Further experiment proved that the animal
tracked the boots instead of the man, for
when Mr.. Romanes put on new footgear the
dog failed entirely.
The Two Republics Of Mexico says that the
mints of that country have stopped coming
quarter dollars, and are making preparations
to turn out 20 cent pieces. A law has recently
been passed decreeing that from and after
June 80, 1895, the quarter dollar will no longer
be current money The object OF the law is
to establish the decimal system of currency
in common use. The old coin of Mexico was
based upon the Spanish real eight Of which
made a dollar. The coinage of reals and half
reals (medoiS), was discontinued some years
ago, and dimes and cent pieces issued in
their stead, but the common people have
chung tenaciously to their old familiar none
tary methods, and still buy and sell by the
real The 20 cent piece, being equal to two
reals, has made this easier for them and for
this reason IL is to be abolished from the Mex
lean mints.
Telegraphic communication in Persia is
said to work fairly well in dry weather but In
times of rain and damp IL is unfortunately
far otherwise, says the London News. This
arises from the fact that the inSuators are
not liked to poles Of wood or iron as with us
but are driven into trees that have branches
growing round the hooks and touch the wire,
thus tntereepttng the current. When large
tree is not available small one is resorted
TO- which often breaks, or the shaking of the
slender tree by the wind diSlodReS the insu-
lator or hook on which IL is fixed and the
wire trails on the ground. 1t is no uncommon
thing for the wires to be seen lying right
across the high road which is followed by
hundreds Of mules both in Gillian and AStra-
bad. A case is officially reported of o high
foreign official telographing to Teheran from
Europe announcing his intended arrival at
Resht, in which the telegram was received in
the sender presence eighteen days after it's
dispatch.
William Crozier a farm laborer who lived
until the other day, near Purdy on the New
York and Harlem railroad, suffered very
much, ne complained, by the noise of the
passing trains; the whistling and rafting of
the cars drove him almost wild. He wrote
letter to the section boss about his grievance
/ and then to the superintendent of the road.
but finding that his letters did not count de-
termined to take more active steps to abate
the nuisance, and last Friday went over to the
track, d short distance from where he was at
work. ana collecting lot of hshplates that
lay along the track he piled them on the rails
and hid in the bushes close Dy to await de-
velopments. Presently an express train
came dashing along. he engineer saw the
obstruction and put on his brakes, but not
soon enough to avoid the trouble. The train
crashed into the fishplates. but fortunately
did not leave the track, and the crowd of pas
Sengers experienced no harm but bad shak-
ing up. The engine, tender and baggage car
were badly damaged. CroZier was discoY-
cred lurking near and boldly avowed his
ueed, saying that ne was only sorry that
more damage was not done and that he did
not care for the consequences to himself,
The Baltimore oriole is a prince in a house
OF princes, says the Chicago Herald. The
family to which he belongs is composed of
birds remarkable either for plumage, note
nest, eggs or habit. Each can claim some
thing curious and original, but the Baltimore
shines in every one of these particulars for
in plumage song and nest alike he is an espe-
cially remarkable bird. When the Earl of
Baltimore became the lord of Maryland his
followers quickly noticed the correspondence
between his heraldic livery of orange and
black and the orange and black of the SPLEEN
did bird that so abounded in the new estates
so that very naturally the name Baltimore
bird was suggested, and has been borne ever
since. His nest is one of the most wonderful
examples Of bird-weaving in existence It is
made of separate threads, strings, horsehair
or strips OF bark, closely interviewer into
sort of sack, and so firmly knit together
that II will bear weight of twenty
or thirty pounds. In the southern parts Of
this birds range the nest is suspended from
two or three terminal twigs for protection
from numerous enemies, such as snakes
opOssums and the like. It is also made six or
seven inches in depth to prevent the eggs
being thrown out by the high winds But In
the colder north, where tree-climbing foes are
rare, 1t is hung not at the extremities of the
branches, but in a cluster OF twigs that affords
shelter. II is much shallower than when ex-
posed to the wind, but is very thickly woven
and lined with soft, warm materials The
orioles loud, hfe-like notes ringing from the