The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ Conductor James McEntee, Of the Union
Pacific railroad, claims TO have recently las
I seed deer with bell cord. and experience
I that IS vouched for by the train hands The
tram was going at full speed at the time.
| The official Gazette of Pekin published six
/ columns in a recent issue in which were
enumerated the emolumeuts and honors CON
terred on the 423 physicians who attended the
emperor mother in her recent serious i'll
ness. The Gazette protests against the do
ings OF the Buddhist priests who during her
Illness, were continually denOunclng the loco
motives, to whose smoke and whistling they
ascribed the illness.
The dismantlement Of the worlds fair
structures has in one respect proved a gol-
send to the poor of Chicago. InJackson park
there we're recently 1000 wagon loads OF ex-
] cellent hrewOod which the officials were glad
TO get rid Of The Chicago Relief ard Aid
Society obtained permission to cart the wood
away; ana put up the following sign on the
park fence near the Sixty second street gate:
| Free Wood for the Poor" Any person with
a horse and wagon is now admitted to the
park and allowed to take away all the wood
MS wagon VIII hold. the only condition being
that he shall present a permit from the so
ciety. The pile of debris through which the
wood is scattered has length of 300 yards,
width OF 100 yards, and hight of IL feet. 1t
consists OF baskets boxes and barrels. The
man IN need of fuel has only to delve in this
pie TO get as Serviceable klndlng wood as
could be found anywhere. The applicants are
| foreigners for the most part, and Judging from
their ragged coats and pinched faces they
could get the means of warmth for their
families nowhere else.
The New York Tribune says that there is a
| dialect spoken in parts of that city which is
so distinctly sui generis as almost to merit
the name of language. 1t is known as The
Jargon. and is spoken by Polish and Rus.
sian Hebrews. 1t consists Tuainly of an i'm
perfect German. with occasional Hebrew or
Polish words. Those who have studied its
history say that those who have spoke it are
descended from Hebrews who formerly lived
IN Germany, and spoke the Germon tongue.
when they migrated to Poland they pre-
served among themselves as far as possible
the German language. 1t became somewhat
corrupted, but in the main was the language
spoken by those who originally left GERMANY
The language Of Germany itself became
changed in time, and now there is consider
able dlHerence between the words spoken by
the Polish descendants of the German He
brew and those spoken by educated Germans
The difference is said to be slight when a few
corruptious Of the original tongue are known.
Educated Germans, however, cannot under
stand at first the peculia Polish Hebrew
style.
IL Is strange tradition among the Arab
ans, seys the New Haven Palladium, that
earrings came into use in the following way
When Pharaoh summoned Abraham and re-
proached him for his untruth lin saying that
Sarah was his sister,, Abraham prayed for
the king and Allah healed the king, who now
gave Abraham many rich presents, and
among others an Egyptian slave named
Hagar. She bore him a son, whom he called
Ishmael. But Sarah was barren and the
more jealous since the light of Mohammed
shone on IShmaelS forehead, she demanded
OF Abraham to put away Hagar ana her son.
lie was undecided until commanded by Allah
to obey Sarah in all things. Yet he entreated
her not to cast of her bondmaid and her SON
But this so eXaSperated her that she declared
she would not rest until her hands had been
imbued in Hagars blood. Then Abraham
pierced Hagar's ear quickly and drew ring
through 1t. so that Sarah was able to dip her
hand in the blood of Hagar without bringing
the latter into danger. From that time it be-
came custom among women to wear ear
rings.
The paper made from the sunflowers is of
much finer grade than that made from straw.
and it is as tough and pliable as rag paper,
says the Philadelphia Press. The expense
OF the manufacture will not be as great as
that OF straw while the paper is so much Su-
perlor that 1t Will be greatly preferred in the
markets. The fibre is much better and on
account of its toughness more paper can be
completed from an amount of suntiower pulp
than from an equal amount of straw pulp.
Ihe gummy substance which destroys so
much of the straw paper at the press rolls. is
entirely absent from the sunhower pulp, and
after the sheet was started through the dry
ers, there was no break in it. and it
passed through the finishing calendars with
out particle of tearing or sticking. Owing
to the corner which nature gave to Kansas on
this product, Mr.. White believes that it will
bring an important source of revenue to the
state. The sunflowers will become far more
valuable than straw, and yet they can be pur-
chased reasonably. The entire stalk of the
weed is used Special machinery will be
| needed to crush them. but no other additions
will be necessary to the mill In order to con
tinue the manufacture of the new paper at
| once
The President of the United States has no
| personal rights in the House of Representa-
! tives. says the Washington Post He can
! send 1t messages, but 1t is not obliged to ex-
| tend any courtes1es in the way of quarters on
| the floor. No doubt he would be courteously
| treated If he should come but he never has
come during the regular legislative sessions
| and probably never will. But in the Senate
| it is different. The relations between the
! President and the upper chamber are close
| and confidential. 1t passes upon his nomina-
| tions, and can be very agreeable or disa-
| greeable if it sets out. There is a Presidents
room there and he has right to come into
| the chamber and deliver his message in per- /
| son If he sees fit. President Madison an
| peared in the Senate frequently. During ex-
| ecuttve sessions there is a chair for the Pres
| ident beside the Vice Presidents though it
! does not get warmed with any frequency. 1t
! is one of the traditions of the Senate that the
! President has right to take possession of
| the Vice Presidents chair while he is deliv-
| ering message, but no President has ever
availed himself of the right, and That small
| loon is still left to the second officer of the
| government.
Yiddish will defy the definition Of the
smartest photographers, says the Jewish
| Chronicle, for not any one of these could state
| in few words what constitutes this dialect
| which is nevertheless perfectly clear to every
| Jew. 1t evades definition because of It's
| mixed nature. and because it is a different
! thing according to the latitude and longitude
| it inhabits. The Yiddish OF Poland and Ger
many is very different from that of the East
End of London though the latter is based
in very large measure on the former
In other words, it is influenced by its
environments, an express sion Of which
| the evolutionistS are so fond. The basis of
Hebrew words with their ancient incrusta-
tions of who knows what, which have chung
to them in their wanderin IS through ali |
chimes and through the centuries, still goes |
on gathering new influences day by day as il |
needs them. and so Yiddish is like ali other |
languages, an evershifting element only
perhaps more so. But all this we have known |
a long time IL is, perhaps, not so generally
known, however, that this same Yiddish in
turn exercises a considerable influence over
its neighbors and 1avOrs the language of the
Gentiles among whom il dwells by manya
telling and significant word and phrase In
how far it has enriched the German language
and especially the dialect of the CITY of
Frankfort, has just been set forth in an inter
esting article
l would observe, says a writer in the Nine.