The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

war departm snt says the Troy Times, red
uniforms were first adopted by the Emperor
alerius Maximus, in order that the Roman
soldiers might not be frightened by the sight
of their own blood. To this day the children
OF England are told that this is the reason
why French troops wear red trousers, and
French children are taught the same notion
respecting the red coats Of the British. The
/ DICTIONARIES OF ancient Rome wore the skins
OF bears on the field Of battle to make them
LOOK nerUe. For the same reason they put
| figures Of frightful beasts on their shields
and helmets, From this odd custom springs
modern crestS and armorlal bearings. The
idea OF soaring the enemy by such devices has
been perpetuated up to quite recent times.
all Dearskin hats were originally adopted to
make them look taller by the French cuiras-
siers, each of whom carried handful OF
grenades for scattering among the ranks OF
their foe.
"A grea, deal Of this talk about the beauty
Of the Spanish and Mexican women is bosh,"
said James c. Madison, of Guaymas, Mexico,
to Washington Post man. MIR. Madison is
an American who is interested IN Mexican
silver mtnes,o and has spent the most Of
the last seven years in that country. Many
OF the Mexican girls of the higher classes are
very pretty along the years fifteen, sixteen,
up TO twenty-five. Then they begin to oecay,
and at thirty-hve they are anything but at
tractive. They are all born1fiirts and have
most alluring aud captivating way of coluet-
tishly concesling their faces behind long
mantillaS. usually OF a bright color, and peep
Ing out from behind these at fellow. On the
theory that a skirt dance is more suggestive
than the march Of the AmaZonS ballet, Mex
lean girls appear to the stranger to be very
beautiful. They all do have wonderful eyes
black and sparkling. But I've seen more
pretty women this afternoon on F street than
Mexico will produce in the next fifty years"
1t is acknowledged says Chambers Jour
nal, that stingless bees are not much good as
honey gatherers, and Lumholtz, the Swedish
naturalist, says OF the honey produced by the
Gf in IL han ~ A rGf Ito hot
diarrhOea, and is sour and soon fermented be-
cause the bees have no poison to preserve it,
Pro ably, thel efore If our bees should be de-
pr1ved Of their StingS, the honey made by
them would De worthless instead Of gaining
in value; for the sting apparently is not only
weapon Of onense and defense but an alem-
bic in which is distilled a subtle fluid, drop
Of which is added to each cell of honey before
II is sealed, and which, although poisonous
when injected into the blood of man or other
animal, is essential not only to the wellbeing
of the insect, but also to the wholesomeness
of the food provided for its own use and that
of its progeny and which is so unscrupulously
appropriated by omnivorous man. The value OF
the sting OF the bee is eXempl1ted by the fact
re, orded by Darwin, that since the introduc-
ton OF the common hive bees into Australia
thew have almost eXterminated the native
stingless species.
After heavy snow storm during the night,
says he London City Press, the city man
comes to his place Of business and finds that
IN the principal tnOrOugnIareS nearly all
traces of snow have disappeared. 1 he prep
arations for the coming winter are begun
early in the autumn. For the extra labor re-
quired reliance has to be placed on the"'un-
employed" Work is found each winter for
some 200 or 5000 men out of employment.
snow first made Its appearance in London
late on Tuesday night, and it continued to
fall until clock on wednesday morning.
Some 200 extra men were taken on, and by 10
or II o'clock the city streets were cleared the
snow being carried away, and for the most
part, shot over the bridges into the Thames.
There was a heavier fall on Wednesday night,
beginning about o clio and continuing with
more or less severity throughout the night.
Men were at work al night sailing and clear
ing the streets for traff1c. while early on
Thursday morning some 800 unemployed
men were engaged to help in the work of
clearance. Ga Thursday night and on Friday
betwr en- 800 and 600 men were engaged. The
extra men are paid at the rate of Cd. an hour.
The religious question seems to be looming
up large in Chicago, says the New Orleans
Picayune, Ills said that the politicians and
the people there are becoming alarmed at the
large preponderance of Catholics as office
holders, and strong effort is making to pre-
vent the appointment of Martin j. Russell as
collector Of the port, and of Frank Lawler as
marshal. both OF them being Catholics on the
ground that the Catholics already have more
| than their fair share OF the offices. A promi-
| nent politician of the city reported as say
| ing that he would ople I to no man appoint
ment to ONCE on the ground of his religion,
he places should he held by PEI ols of
one rel yious faith. And this seems 20 be
the case in the Windy city. The catholics
! Of Chieaao have the ma or. the chief of
| police the chief o. the FIRE department. the
| postmaster the city attorney. the clerk Of
the circuit court. the clerk Of the
| pro ale court, the clerk Of the
suuerior court, a number of the
| iud ,es for,y-hve of the sixty-eight aldermen
50 Ter cent. OF the police force, 80 per cent. OF
| the nreunen and 81 per cent. of the school
4 teachers is said that these dpurna ha "a
| been laid before the president, with the re
| quest that all the federal appointments
should not go to Catholics.
1T is singular to note the popularity Of
names, said j. C. Wilson to the corridor man
of the St. Louis Globe Democrat at the La
| clede. Il was going down a street in St Louis
when 1 saw that A Camden was in the grain
| business, which is certainly appropriate and
II called 10 mind mum Her of like instances
| that have seen in different sections of the
country, In Chattanooga an undertaken is
| named Cay: in Mo lie the former keeper of a
cemetery was named Graves; in South Pitts
| burg there is a law firm named Bright &
Early. In Marion, Ind, law firm which for
merly existed was RoDb & Steele. In Mount
Vernon, ILL.,, Is a sign reading: Fly coffin
shop. In Nashville a hotel firm used to he
Cook Fry. A sign in Paxton, Ill. reads
| "A Sample Lawyer In Troy, n. Y. a butcher
Is named Cafkiller Near Lynn. Mass, two
| farmers got into lawsuit which was entitled
Haymaker vs. Turnipseed man named
| Apple is in the fruit business at Indiana oils
| Slckman is the name of a doctor in Cincin-
natl. Hoss & harness is a livery stable firm
| in Kokomo. Ind. A man named Boatman runs
q ferry in Mississippi. William Shakespeare
| is a barber in Philadelphia Charles Lamb
now conducts a peanut stand in Chicago.
George Washington is blacksmith in Savan-
nah. and Charles Dickens is a gambler in
| the far West. All of which lea Is to the CON
| cluslon in my mind that there is nothing in o
name
The London county council has been study
ing into the growth Of that city whose popu-
lation seems to be decreasing tesause the
people are moving into the suburbs, SAYS the
Westminster Budget The investigation has
| brought out some remarkable figures II we
do not add any more to the population than
the amount per decade hat has been added
since 1881, 1t seems that we should have a
population in l9i1 of close upon 10 G00OOJ If
we allow for a growth at the rate Of the
natural increase Of births over deaths there
will be nearly 100000 in London in that
year. If we reckon that London win grow at
the average rate Of the last three decades we
shall be over l4,00O,00O; but if inner London
and outer London go on to gether growing at
the rate they have been growing for the last
three tens OF years are to expect
a London population in 194l Of a tri1ing
l7.500,UO). II we look at the matter
in another way, and ask what population
greater London will contain when it has
attained througho t the mean density Of
well-known areas we gel the following ap.
palling caculation II greater London were