The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


found. 10 what hal been the pantry of the
house, many jars OF preserved figs. one was
opened and they were found 70 he fresh ana
good. Investigation showed that the figs had
been put into jars In o heated state, an aper-
ture LETT Tor the steam to escape ana then
sealed with wax. The hint was taken, and
the next year fruit canning was introduced
into the United States, the process being tden-
zeal with that in vogue at POmpeii twenty cen
turtles ago.
1t is not generally known. says the Pitts
burg Dispatch, that few words can boast Of
so remote and widely extended prevalence as
'hurrah.' in India and Ceylon ''ur-re-rel"
which seems to be n form of 'hurrah. " is used
by the mahouts and attendants on the bag
gage elephants. The Arabs and camel drlY-
ers Of Egypt, Palestine and Turkey encOur-
age their animals to renewed effort by cries
of 'ar-re, ar-re,' The Spanish Moors use
something Of the same expression. In France
the sportsman eXcites the hounds by his
shouts of Hare. hare,' and wagoncrs turn
their horses by crying "Harbauhl" Irish and
! Scottish herdsmen shout "Hurrish. huHlsh.
| 10 their cattle. The exclamation is thought
to be a corruption of the old Norsemeu battle
cry "Tur-aie" (ThOr add
In an article on THE Famine in Eastern
Russia in the August Century, the writer,
Jonas Stadling, has this TO say of the public
school system of Russia; During the pres
ent regime 1t is almost a crime for a muZhtk
to acquire more knowledge than the class to
which he belongs. Peasants you have been
and peasentS you will continue to be-, de-
clared the present car In a speech to the
people Immediately after his coronation.
Shortly after he signed an ulJase in which 1t
! is ordered that the measure Of instruction
shall be in proport on to the rank and means
| OF the person having children TO educate.
I bis principle is also carried out in practice
In Saratof and other places
| the boards of education have passed resOlu-
| tions to the effect that instruction in
schools shall be restricted to protect the chill
| dren of well-to do people from the children of
| the poor, or Of people with limited means
| The ZemstVO schools, established under the
! reign of Alexander H., have, during the reign
of his son, been little by little suppressed, I'M
! til through an imperial ukase of May IS. 1891,
! all public schools were placed in the hands of
| the clergy visited some Of the schools in
| the villages. Instead of geogra phical maps
| and counting -and-s spelling tables. which for
merly were to be seen hanging on the walls,
l saw pictures Of saints. with picture of the
most high family of the car in the most
prominent place behind the teachers desk
| Only children very DESTROYS to learn are
! taught how to read.
You don't have to skirmish around much
| to get feed to fatten one of these hemlock
porcupines on" says an old Potter county
woodman. Just sprinkle some salt over
stick OF cordwood, or a sawlog for that mat
ter, and he'l eat the whole business, and en-
| Joy it like you would mince pie" The usual
diet OF these animals, though, is hemlock
browse says the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette. They make themselves a home in a
hollow log, or under the roots of some old
tree, but always in reach OF a big hemlock.
| The hemlock is their pasture, and they make
! beaten paths going to and fro between the
tree and their home. The porcupine climbs
the tree readily as a squirrel would
provided you don't slip up and cut his tail
of while he is going up. Somehow or other
he can't climb a tree without a tail
nor will he come down without II. If you can
catch one OF these porcupneS climbing tree
and chop of his tail close he viii stop right
where he is and will Staythere until he StarVeS
to death, unless he is taken away. Once up
tree. the porcupine goes out on the big limbs,
and pulling the small branches in with one
paw, rowses on the pungent leaves. In going
through the woods you will find little piles of
these fine leaves on the ground under hemlOck
trees. That means that q procupine is feed
ing in the tree the leaves on the ground being
dropped from his feast. Sometimes a porcu-
pine will remain in a hemlOck tree a week at
a time, hugg1ng close to the trunk at night
and feeding during the day. This curious lit
tie beast is the only known living thing that
eats the foliage of the hemlock.
In 1857, writes Prof. Evans in the Popular
Science Monthly, Jules Richard had occasion
10 visit a sick friend in a hospital, where he
made the acquaintance of an old official of the
institution from the south of France, who was
exceedingly fond of animals. his love Of them
being equaled only by his hatred Of priests;
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
statement with an incrcdulOus smile, where
upon the old man. whose pride was evidently
touched by such skepticism, invited him to
come next morning to the geological garden.
Il met him at the appointed time and place"
says Mr.. Richard. and we went together to
the monkeys cage, where he leaned on the
outer railing and began to utter a succession
of cultural sounds which alphabetical signs
are scarcely adequate to reprGSent-'k irruu.
kirrikiu, kirruki, kirikiu' repeated with
slight VIBRATIONS and differences
nj IN 70 min lln urbpl
company of monkeys, a dozen in number as
semhled and sat in rows before him with their
hands crossed in their laps or resting on their
knees, laughing, gestlculating and answer
ing The conversation continued for n full
quarter of an hour, to the intense delight of
the monkeys, who took lively part in it. AS
their interlocutOr was about to go away they
all became intensely excited. climbing up the
balustrade and uttering cries Of lamentation;
when he finally departed and disappeared
more and more from their view, they ran up
to the top of the cage and clinging to the
frieze made motions as If they were bidding
him goOd-by. 1t seemed, adds Mr.. Richard.
as though they wished to say, We are sorry
to part and hope to meet again, and if you
can't come, do drop us line!'
An enterprising calculator has, according
to the New York Advertiser. sized up some
American contributions of glittering coin to
the noble social swim of Great Britain. He
begins by stating that the Craven Bradley
Martin marriage exports goo, 600 Of United
states cash for the English d0Wry fund. He
adds the following matrimonial financial
facts as Yankee dots that have settled
abroad: Miss Eva Julia Bryant Mackay.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Mackay of
San Francisco, Princess of Galatio CoIonna
and Stigliano, 81 100000. Mrs. Frederick
Stevens, married Maurice Marquis de Talley-
rand-Perigord, Duke de Dino in 1887. 5000 900
Miss Matilde Davis, married the Duke Of San
Croce de Maglione, in 1866 1900 900. Miss Me
dora Marie Hoffman, daughter of the banker
married Antonio de Manca- Smat de Vallom-
brosa de Mores ana Monte Maggiore in 1882
81 O0OOGO. Miss Anita Theresa Muir
ply, married Sir Charles WOlseley, R4OO,-
600. Miss Elizabeth Livingston mar
ried William Cavendish- Bentinck, NJ.
Butler, who was Miss Ellen Stager, Of Chi
the Marquis de Roda, had three or four times
now the Countess Casa de Agreda. took 600
900 TO Europe with her Mrs. Charles Liver
more who married Baron de Selliere over
600 900 Miss HuntinRton's now Paincess
Hatzfeldt) dot was 600 900. Miss Minnie
Stevens, daughter of Mrs Paran Stevens
who married Capt, Arthur Paget nearly
&200O00 Miss Edith Fish, who married Sir
Stafford Northcote. good sized dowry. Lady
Ternon took &200.000 to England Isbelle Won
Linden, wife Of Count Won Lenden about 600
900. Mrs. Hamersley, married to the late
Duke of Marlborough, took with her the
yearly interest on 81 900. Miss Cecilia
Riggs. who Married Henry Howard e1OO 600
Lady HarcouIt, daughter Of J. L. Motley the
historian, brought her husband $4,000 Be
sides these Miss Jennie Jerome who married