The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


discharge cargo into Southern Pacific railroad
cars at once at this big pier without crowd
ing.
One OF the few places in this country where
the curfew bell is yet rung is Fayetteville,
n. c. The village has been settled more than
two centuries, and the practice has never
lapsed. Indeed. so quiet and undisturbed by
the outside world has TINS community re-
NAMED that the curfew has there almost its
original significance, and it is considered
time for all good folk to be indoors when it's
summons is heard
The vicinity of Huntsville, Ala, claims to
have human prodigy in the person of Lizzie
Beale who will be 8 years old in February
next, says the Baltimore Sun. She weighs
lb2 pounds, and is possessed OF great strength.
1t is asserted she is able to lift with compare
tive ease an anvil that weighs 225 pounds.
Her halr is very long and she has regular and
beautiful features. The only trouble her
great amount of flesh is to her is the diff
Guilty it causes her in breathing in warm
weather. Her father is a blacksmith. and an
excellent citizen. This young girl can lift up
a man weighing lS0 pounds with ease. who
can scarcely lift her up from the ground.
The proverbs of savage races are generally
pointed and pithy. The Basutos say, THE
thief catches himself" the Yoruhas, He who
Injuries another Injuries himself" the
Woiofs,, Before healing others heal
body is twice fool" among
the Oil, The moon does not grow full in a
day. " The poor man has no friends" A
Pashto proverb says, "A feather does not
stick without gum" Others are: "A crab does
not bring forth bird" "A razor cannot
shave itself" Gross the river before you
abuse the crocodile, " Truth is only spoken
by strong man or a fool" Perseverance
always triumphs," THE thread follows the
needle, Preparation is better than after
thought"
useful piece Of information to any OF
those suffering from that dreadful affiction
cacoethes scribenel and who IN consequent
feel them selves lmpelled to write to Queen
Victoria, will do well to bear in mind is that
they must on no account fold the paper on
which they have written. says a London let
ter. No communication which bears evidence
of having been creased will ever fall into her
malesty's hands. The proper method is to
write on thick, glossy white paper, and to dis
patch the missive in an envelope which fits
it. Any folded communication never reaches
the queen. for the simple reason that she
won't look at it. All such letters are
opened by the mistress Of the robes, and
as rule their contents never get beyond her
or, If the letter is OF importance, it is re-
turned to the writer with directions how to
forward it.
The African explorer V. Hoehnel, on his
voyage to Lakes Rudolph and Stephanie en-
eountered one day, after long
rainy spell, rolled up in corner
| of the basket in which the dishes OF the ex-
| pedition were carried. a serpent of narrow
| glrth and about twenty inches long.
| MS servant aTI16u nlUlSBI WIN q long Q1rk TO
| Kill the serpent, but the moment he ap
| preached the basket he fell back with heart
rendlng cry and covered his eyes with his
| hand. The snake had projected into them a
| tiny stream OF burning liquid, which caused
| terrible suffering. Hoehnel came up and
| placed himself in such position
that the wind would blow the liquid past
| his eyes, should the serpent defend itself in
| the same manner it had done before. AS soon
| as the snake caught sight OF him it lifted it's
mead and squirted two drops Of black fluid on
his neck. which, however. produced no burn
| ing sensation on the skin An Arab guide
who had heard the cries of the explorers ser
| want, came up, and wrapping his turban
around his hand, endeaVored to make a dive
| into the basket for the snake. A moment
| later he, too, fell back blinded, and covering
| his eyes with his arms. Hoehnel did not seek
| to repeat the experiment. He turned the
| basket over on the ground, and the serpent
| In It's flight, was killed with sticks so that
| the mystery could not be solved as to the
nature OF its peculiar squirting qualities.
The public generally knows very little of
the marvellous progress being made in dent
| istry; only individuals obtain hint occasion
| ally when it happens they are subjects Of ope-
| ration. A reporter for the Knoxville Journal
| recently witnessed a remarkable and sue ess-
| full operation performed by a specialist in the
| matter of constructing artificial gums. Jaws
| noses, etc. The case in question was hand
| some middle-aged lady whom the doctor had
been operating on for couple of weeks She
| belongs to an excellent family in New York
| city. Her case is what is termed a septum
| or falling in of the nose. due to catarrhal
| treatment. The bone had entirely disap
| peared and left only fiabby piece Of
| skin sunken in, and of course her personal
| appearance had become offensive and had
| furnished her untold distress. To look at her
| no one would suppose that she had ever been
| troubled that way, and it required close per-
| sonal inspection to discover the false makeup
| of her nose. She is naturally handsome
| looking lady and her personal appearance
must be infinitely improved. The point of the
| nose and the noStrils, however, will not dilate
on breathing. 1t is made OF porcelain instead
| of rubber-the usual substance 1t has a trans
| lucent, flesh tint OF remarkable nat
| uralness in color, and the lady was
| ever so proud of 1t and she was warm
in praise Of the operation. The doc.
tor briefly explalre TO the reporter that it
| was now common to the profession to build
noses. They insert tube and initiate the
nasal skin to the normal size OF the nose and
| insert springs which keep it dstended, and
| take plaster model The method is simple
enough but to co a successful Job REQUIRES
skill and ingenuity. The old rubber nose
loses color and soon becomes observable as
false nose across room. The porcelain
nose for this lady he had a great difficulty in
bringing to proper tint to suit her complex
ion, and it required a series of several expert
ments.
The London Spectator, moved by the pain
full spectacle of the modern breach of promise
| case, proposes novel expedient in order tn
overcome the difficulties which such suits
dresent. 1t says; There would be one very
simple method OF tightening the task of the
jury which would also afford to Young women
and their guardians a means of ascertainino
whether the lover had any serious intention
of developing into a husband or not LET mo
promise OF marriage be held valid unless il is
made in writing upon properly stamped ma
per. If the plaintiff could produce a formal
promise of this kind. there would be no need
to go into all the history of a doubtful
courtship or to consider any other factor in
the assessment of damages than The re-
sEectiVe incomes of the contracting parties
OF course it will be objected that such a pro
position is Injurious to all the romance of
courtship and marriage But where we would
ask, is the romance in nine out of ten breach
OF promise cases that find their way into the
law courts: These cases are hardly ever
brought except by people whose affections
have not been deeply engaged in their ac-
ceptance OF sutton. For one young woman
who now brings an action for breach of
promise, at least nine are Tilted and suffer in
silence. The more their affections have been
engaged the less they can bear to tell the
pitiful tale of their disappointment and
witness the poor little romance of their life
exposed to the rldicule and laughter Of an
unsympathetic world. If it once became nm
derstood that the ardent lover should offer
such proof of his good faith then n girl
would know well what to expect from n lover
who withheld it. AT any rate parents or
guardians of the lower middle classes Womb
not allow young man to grow too particn
lar In his attentions AS their phrase runs
unless he showed disposition to furnish this
guarantee Then IL the nrnroiSa nc. - tito