The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! Hens eat their eggs because their food is
not sufficient to satisfy their necessities. If
only grain is fed TO fowls whose natural food
| is partly antmal-chiefy insects and worms
! there will be longing for other food as
substitute, and the eggs furnish this.
An English sparrow met curious and un
timely death in London recently in trying to
take drink OF water from the famous Tenn
pie fountain. A gold fish. it is declared by
witnesses jumped up and seized the bird by
the leg. A second fish did likewise by the
birds other leg, and between them the spar
row was dragged down and drowned.
The three Slavic states of Russia, Rou-
mania and Servia are said to possess
the highest percentage of illiteracy
Oh any IN the world. Eighty
read or write. OF the tatin-speaking races
Spain heads the list with 48 per cent, France
| and Belgium having about IS per cent, Aus
| tria 30 and Ireland 81. In England the per
centage IS ID, Holland 10, United States and
Scotland T.
great English firm Of matters send their
wares all over the world, and in doing so
have good chance to study the distinctive
features Of the heads of the various nationali-
ties. A synopsis of their studies is given be-
low: German heads short and round, aver
! age head measure % inches; English well
shaped. rather long, average hat, N. which
means head measuring 22.77 inches; Scotch,
long ana tnln; canadians exceptionally
large; average United States head and hat
same as English. South Americans and
Australians have very small heads, seldom
measuring over 20 inches.
Mrs. Abby B. Sheldon was among the ear
! Hest women to register and to vote in her ward
OF New Haven, Conn, under the new school
law. Judge Sheldon one of the most faithful
workers for equal rights in Connecticut made
an able plea this year, as usual, before the
legislative committee, for the passage of the
| Dill, and then went with his family to Chi
| cago, expecting the usual defeat. Their sur
| prise and delight were great when they
| learned from the papers the passage of the
! bill. Judge and Mrs. Sheldon and their two
asug nters all went to the polls together and
| cast their votes. This shows that families are
| not necessarily divided by politics.
| The Javenese manner of settling quarrels
| is original, says Harpers' Bazaar. When one
man has offended another. the injured party
gives notice that he is angry by drawing in
| the sand before the door Of the offender a CIR
| Gle with straight line across it, indicating
| that his affection, which would have been
| eternal, has been cut in two. Friends of both
| parties then shut them up. They parley
awhile. then pretend to be born again, pratt
tie as little children, and, finally, as men, be-
| come reconciled and embrace Should one
| be refractory and refuse to be conciliated, he
| is ostraciZed by the community so efectually
that he IS soon brought to terms. 1t is Just
| possible that our enlightened citizens might
| consider this method better than knock down
| arguments, and certainly much cheaper than
| going to law.
Christopher Evans, who not long ago was
| figuring as desparado terrorizing southern
| California, and is now in Jail at Fresno, has
written an essay on the treatment and punish
ment OF criminals. He is a well educated
man and writes like a close observer of the
criminal life which he has seen in prison. The
main criticism he makes of the California
system Is that 1t is too tndulgent to the crimi-
nal feeding him well and requiring only light
work OF him. No attempt is made to cure
the drunkard to reform the vagabond, or to
set the thief good example, and the result Of
this treatment Is that when released he goes
back to society to make himself nuisance or
toprey upon it, Some OF Evans suggestions
are as follows "A change In the
serving out sentence should
work ten hours a day, Sundays excepted, and
that every person convicted Of crime be kept
In the county where he committed it until re-
leased from custody. The pardoning power
he says, should in every case rest with the
people Of the county, and the question of ex-
ercising it should be decided by them on cleo
tion day The penalty for all offel IS should
be liked, he thinks, by a jury, for the men
who find person guilty are the proper per
sons to know how much he ought to be pun
ished." AS to the treatment Of criminals in
prison, he would have the young separated at
all times from the old and hardened and
study made of individual cases, with view
, Of preparing convicts to take a useful place
in society when they return to it.
Somewhat similar must have been the re-
gard in which old world patrons of the turf
held their race horses when they could be
stow upon them such outlandish names as
were in vogue at the end OF the last &C injury
says the London Telegraph. Here for in
stance, are few specimens, ana we regret to
add that for some OF them the Rt. Hon.
Charles James Fox, the greatest orator of his
day, was solely responsible Their general
character may, however, be gagged from the
following instances, all of them culled from old
racing calendars published before 1900:
The Mr.. Lowther' Of that day did not dis.
dain to start mare named Jack. I'll Tickle
Thee, and was supported by Mr. Read with
another called Jack, Come Tickle Me Next
we come across Am Little, Pity My Condi-
ton; Why Do You Slight Me; Watch Them
and Catch Them; Turn About, Tonne: Kick
Him, Jenney; Admiral, Whip Me Well; Peggy
Grieves Me. Hop, Step and Jump: Jenny
Come I've Me; Kiss Me in Corner. Sweetest
When Clothed, Look About You, Jack at a
Pinch, Long Looked For, Labor in Vain
Loves Labor Lost, Fear Not Victorious
Willing and Weak A Laughing Woman with
Two Black Eyes, Invincible True Blue, larry
Till Come, Whistle and Ill Come to You
Shrinking Nancy, Smiling Molly, Salisbury
Steeple' Kun Now, or Hunt Forever; Polly
Be Steady; Petticoat Tight Round Ankles
Once More at a Venture. One Hundred to
One, My Wife's Fancy, Miss Hot Upon It.
Miss Make the Play, Look at Me, Lads Last
Time OF Asking, Kitty Cut Dash Foxhunto-
ribus, Fal de Raj Lal: Cold and Raw, Bounce
About Boniface. Such are some few names
selected from long list.
The new law just adopted in Switzerland
which forbids the slaughter of cattle by the
Jewish method has naturally caused the
greatest Indignation and CONSERVATION
among the 5000 or 1900 inhabitants of the
Hebrew faith. The law is to this effect: ~ he
killing of animals without their being stunned
before blood IS drawn is forbidden, without
exception, whatever be the method en-
ployed." Not word in this enactment al |
ludes directly to the Jews but its object
says the New York Evening Post. was
avowedly anti-Semitic. Promoted bv So |
cieties which ostensibly have no othor mr. |
pose than to prevent cruelty to animals IL |
is declared to be really the outcome of an
anti Semitic agitation imported from Ger
many. The victory was chiefly gained in |
the German cantons, where Jewish trade |
competition is most severely felt-Zurich
Berne, Aargau. and Thurgau those
of Latin kinship-Valai Neuchatel |
Geneva. Vaud, Friburg-sided with |
the cause of popular liberty. Oniv |
about half the population-3OOO 600 ont If |
6NOOO-went to the poll. Even OF this nun |
her it is supposed that but small percentage |
realized what they were voting for. For
twenty years an agitation has existed on the |
continent for the prohibition of the Jewish |
method of slaughtering animals on the |
grounds gifts alleged cruelty The move |
ment met with a cold reception in the berlin |
parliament In Saxony IL had better success
There the Jewish "shechita" has been de-
clared Illegal by an order of the minister Of |
the interior. The agitation next spread to |
SWltZprland The term N sOciotias