The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

some time ago man IN PITTS ulou rum
the effects Of dog bite; and now they are
trying the owner Of the dog for manslaughter.
In Belgium it is the custom to give certih-
Gates OF marriages in the form Of little books
which also contain a summary OF the mar
riage laws and, among a mass of other mis-
cellaneous information, directions for the
feeding and care OF infants. There are also
places for entering the names and birthdays
OF the children OF the marriage, the authork
| ties considerably ahording space for twelve
such entries.
The burgomaster Of Solingen has refused to
register a child in the name Of Emma, on the
ground that the Code Napoleon. which is still
in force IN that town, only allows names OF
saints or historical persons to be entered IN
the birth registers. The object of this law
was 10 prevent children from, being called
'Fraternite," "Egalite," etc, according to
the prevalent fashion at the time of the
French revolution.
A guest at Chicago hotel faced new and
strange predlcament the other day. When
he called for his bill and the clerk asked
What is the name?'' a startled look came on
the strangers face. He walked away. paced
to and fro for a while. and theu scanned the
register without relief. Finally he confessed
say he said, there are some people IN
this town whom l didn I want to know that l
was here, but I've forgotten what name reg
istered under"
Chancellor Snow, of the State University,
I
his report OF experiments made by the farm
ers throughout the state with his inoculated
chinch bugs, to prove his theory that few
bugs inoculated with disease that invari
ably proves fatal to it's kind could be placed
in a field swarming with insects. and that
eventually the disease would spread to the
healthy ones ana result in their extermtna-
tl0n. Last year 800 packages ot'dlSeaSed bugs
were distributed in all parts OF the state.
Chancellor Snow says that in about two
| thirds Of the cases where the remedy was
tried 1t proved successful
Some magnificent logs of spruce and vel
low pine, which have made their way down
| from the. sources Of the Delaware to the Ken
sington Mills are now floating in the Ara
mingo Canal just below the Girard Avenue
| bridge, says the Philadelphia Record. Elk
| cellent material for tall masts and flagpoCs,
| and huge beams over 90 feet long and feet
| square on the end, are noticeable among the
mass of floating timber. Contrary to the
| popular belief. timber is best preserved when
! submerged in water, and what appears to be
| a mass of refuse clogging portions of the
| canal is in reality valuable lumber stored
there for reasons OF economy. Such economy
can be oYordone, however, and many noble
| piece OF timber which, has become water
| logged during long period of time now lies
along the bottom Of the canal.
Some self-styled 'philanthropist' of Cort-
land, n. Y, has been trying to help out of
this world any who may find themselves
weary of the struggle for existence. He has
| fixed up some bottles containing several
| deadly poisous in whisky, and left them
| around where trampS most do cOngregate,
| with note addressed to the unfortunate,
saying that the means of suicide were in their.
| hands The first people who found the bot
! ties we're pair of old men, and rather disre-
| putable characters, according to the report.
who did not notice the note but finding that
| the bottles contained whisky, proceeded to
| regale themselves without further eXamina-
| ton. They soon found that they had acted
| unwisely and called for assistance. They
were taken to a house and doctor was sum
! mOned. but his services were unavailing. and
| death soon carried them OF. The same sort
/ of bottles, with The same note, were found in
| several places about the town, and an effort
| is being made to discover the crank who pre-
| pared them
The great prize in the Spanish National lot
| terry was won by butcher at Sara gossa, who
seems to have borne his stroke of fortune in
| very proper spirit His total gain would have
| amounted to about S350,000 had he taken the
| whole risk himself, but he had split 10 his
| ticket among a couple OF hundred partners in
| varying proportions, 80 his own share is not
| so considerable However, he generously
! gave 400 to the official who paid the money
| and 800 TO blind man VINO shouted out the
| lucky number at the door OF the Office his
next care being TO distribute meat gratis TO
| everybody living IN his quarter of the town.
! Not few stories are told in the Spanish pa
pers a. to the effect on different individuals
of this sudden bit of luck, One Of the bennett
| Charles was nurse in the family Of a poverty
| stricken infantry captain who rarely paid he
| waves. On the receipt OF JHH HIU,UUJ tDab Ieli
| to her share she at once handed the amount
| over to her master, eXclaiming. You shall
| not know want after to-day. We can adj Of
us live on the money" Socialism and an
! archism, if the anecdOte be true, do not seem
| TO have quite eaten out the heart Of Spain.
There is no difference of opinion among doe
tors, says the New York Press, as to the hero
ism displayed by DIR. William Moor, the spec
| lalIst on therap utics, who has discovered that
| permanganate of potassium is an antidote for
| morphine poisoning, and proved il the other
day when he counteracted the effects of what
| ordinarily would be a fatal dose of morphine
| by swallowing his new-found antidote. Some
| of the doctors who were present left the room
| Those who remained had the opportunity OF
coRgratulating him on his discovery and self
| confidence. Such cases are not uncommon.
| Almost all successful physicians have, at
some time placed their lives in jeopardy to
| experiment on themselves. Drugs poisons
and narcotics are the favorite subjects
OF experiments and physicians boost
down their lives in the interests of science
| because their calculations failed. A Brooklyn
| physician, while travelling In France with his
| wife was forced to go through the cholera
districts some years ago. He had new the
| ory OF his own for the cure of cholera, and
his wife was in a fever OF dread over the
chances of infection. This man inoculated
| himself with the germs Of cholera, and then,
| with two paid attendants, isolated himself
| from the rest OF the world and put his theory
| into practice, having left minute directions
| for his treatment before delirium set in. In
a week he was cured. Shortly after his wife
| was stricken and he confidently applied his
| remedy His wife died and he never again
! tried his discovery. 10 this day he does not
| know whether his experiment was a success
or not. But it was none the less heroic.
Birth is taxed, marriage is taxed, death is
! taxed. says Temple Bar, of London. Com
modities are taxed, manufactures are taxed,
trades are taxed, houses are taxed, incomes
| are taxed. Weare taxed for our butler il we
are prosperous enough to keep one. We are
| taxed for our foOtmau, groom, or gardener.
| The carriage we keep is taxed, the omnibus
| we take is taxed, the cab we hire is taxed
| the railway train we travel by is taxed The
| house dog is taxed, and so also the heraldic
| device on our note paper. Everything we
| drink is taXed-beer, spirits, wine, tea coffee
| and even for the water we drink, there is
| the water rate. Light is taxed through the
! medium of the gas rate. The land we walk
| upon is taxed. the tobacco we smoke Is taxed
| the gold or silver jewelry we wear the eau
| de Cologne pertaining our handkerchief the
figs We eat on Palm Sunday the
| Christmas plum pudding, these are all taxed.
| Even our anti-bilious pills are not free. All
! these, and they are but few OF the taxes
| that exist, are mostly imperial taxes for the
| purposes Of government-some of them how
| ever, are assigned to the county councils
! There are also local rates, which are but To-
| cal taxes. for the poor. county council police
! voting lists, street lighting, paving. watering
| etc: sewers, school board, and vestry.
! Householders dodgers married and single
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