The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Thieves manifest bueer tastes sometimes
A Brooklyn thief recently helped himself TO
$40 worth Of false teeth. the property Of
prosperous dentist Of that city.
a bill is before parliament providing that
the British army uniforms may not be used
by any one not in her majesty service, nor
ny sandwich men. nor in any 'other form OF
81 eytadveri c eat, but an excepAloISs made
IN favor OF ACTORS, when the uniforms are re-
CURED for stage representations.
The country known as Corea resembles
many other oriental regions in the fact that
the name which foreigners use to designate
il is but little known in the country itself.
The name 'Corea" was originally "Coriep
the title OF trivial state on the peninsula, but
the Japanese and Chinese applied 1t, IN varI-
Gus forms, to the entire country. The true
onieial title OF ''COrea" was adopted when the
various penlnsular states were consolidated
IN the fourteenth century. 1t Is "Chaosien''
morning" --.--; ;s-.-l--.s
Writing Of national characters. DR.. ]. War
rem Achorn says: The yankee is recogniz-
able everywhere; there is no rnistaking him
The figure of Uncle sam Is the traditional
yankee. Here in New England the people
grow tall and lank, and their temperament
becomes vital and nervous. 1 believe the
New England people are becoming nervous
and dyspeptlc. although born in a rugged,
picturesque country that is .reputed to and
oLOuAA HAOuutC rugged. CHARACTERISTIC race
They eat little and hurriedly; they sleep
little: they have DuFned-out look that be-
speaks nervous strain and malnutrition
Ihey worry and they trefnble The women
rose thelr rotundlty, and the men strive; and
both grow thin"
Says gosslper in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat: The town of KiIgenberg. in Ba-
varia, has some very valuable mines and pits
which It works itself. The surplus revenue
Is more than suficient to run the town, carry
an ali works OF improvement and pay small
sum annually to every man who has occupied
residence for at least twelve months. There
is town IN France which has an enormous
amount OF money invested at the bank, the
result OF princely bequeSt, and. the interest
on this nearly repays all local expenses.
While mentioning this fact in London on my
Waf home. 1 was told that in great portion
of Yorkshire no taxes of anv kind were levied
during 1873. This was not the result of any
great wlndfall, but of clerical error in pre-
pairing the estimates for 1892, which resulted
IN surplus Icing left more than sufficient
for the requirements Of the following year"
The National Medical Review thinks that it
Is all up with physician when people get to
calling him Doc" "A man, " it says. may
be called thief, a liar. and a deadDeat, and
yet he may prosper ana live upon the fat of
the land. But once let him be called Doc,
and his professional success is at an end. If
man calls you Doc you need never expect
penny from him for any professional ser
vices you could render. His answer is sure to
he, All right, Doc, in a few days that will be
al right Dec means disaster 4 oc' is the
elimination of all calamity. Doc is
catastrophe given at one stroke Doc is the
warning that we have reached the extreme
limit OF our usefulness, Doc is the hand
which points us to the next town. Shun it,
my young friend, as you would flee from a
Kansas cyclone or prairie fire Knock the
man down who first dares to speak it to YOU
and call upon the whole medical profession
for vindicatiOn of your righteous deed.V
Nearly fifty years have passed, says the
Baltimore Sun, since a liberal German states
man told Frederick William ", King of
Prussia, 1t is the misfortune OF kings that
they are unable to hear" This brother OF
uncle Of the present kaiser. was not the only
one OF his line that was hard Of hearing
Among the curious facts published in refer
ence to the ahtictlonS OF the royalty and high
state dignitaries of Europe. the ear seems to
be the weak point of the rulers ana the vision
that of their ministers. Several of the Euro
pean potentates are troubled with defective
hearing, and the Emperor OF Germany
has to pack his ears with cotton. The
Queen of Denmark is Stone-deaf and her
daughter the Princess of,Wales' hearing is
anything but good. Amongst statesmen the
eye is the tender spot. One OF the chief
reasons for Mr.. GladStOne'S retirement was
| defective vision and Signor C:ispi, prime
minister, and Sir William Harcourt. leader
Of the House Of Commons have also much
| trouble with their eyes. Then IL may be re-
membered that StrsMichael Hicks Beach tenn
| years ago on account OF bad sight and that
the late Lord Sherbrooke was raised to
the peerage mainly because he was almost
blind.
The cowboys of New Mexico. Texas and
Arizona are all skilled in the art of using the
lasso,'' said Louis Edwards of Santa Fe to
the Washington Post. Il used to ne In the
ranching line myself and once thought 1 [ ould
throw rope as straight as any man living.
But that was before l had mixed 10 anv eT-
! = I,A
American cowboys are they can't hold n
candle to a Greaser when it comes to the ION
ing business They can do things with Eemp
that no other morta!s can ever hope TO &C
cOmplish. AS the Australian stands out pre-
eminenuy in throwing the boomerang.
SO does the ignorant son of the land
| other men in this enc accomplish.
ment A Mexican will chase a steer at fun
] speed and while he guides his broncho with
| one hand whlrl his rope with unerring aim
! with the other: and it ism { onte in thousand
| times that the moose will fail to catch lust
! where the rider meant favorite trick with
| them is to stick lot of long handled knives
! IN the ground close together within he limits
| OF narrow circle, and bet with outsiders
! that they AN ride past at racehorse speed.
and pick up any one Of the knives designated
| with rope. they are good marksmen with
| the rifle, too, but in this regard the co wboys
are fully their peers"
MN. Pulseux and Loewy, photographers TO
the Paris observatory, have, says a CORE
spondent of the London Daily News. afforded
the Academy of Sciences the clearest view
that body ever had of the moon This was
done by means of photographs of the moor, :
surface, done in sections which fit into each
! other like the different parts OF map When
| the component parts are placed together thew
| form cir ;ular image, having diameter of
! ] meter so centlmeters. There is besides "A
! negative on glass, of wonderful perfection.
| and having diameter OF 50 centlmeters The
! latter bears examination with a nagnifyine
| glass of high power. The images on. 1t are 81
! astonishing delicscy and clearness he
! space OF millimeter or, the thousandth
! part OF meter, represents an area OF
! l.6OO metres. Were there towns, forests. ri verS
they would he perceptible It is possible to
| measure the nights OF lunar mountains from
/ the shadows which they. CAST on plains. Gen
| tie, undulatlons of ground are Continued for
! hundreds OF kilometres. Rsoendiug into noun.
talns as II on symmetrieal plan. A ne.
! culiarity OF the lunar landscape is the great
number OF clrcus-s shaped valleys of vast depth
! and great regularity of formation MANY of
! the valleys seem like chinks in the mountains
| and are stnuous, but differ in aspect from
! those OF this planet, which are beds OF water.
! courses The Pulseux and Leowy photographs
! confirm the theory that the moon S surface
was modelled under conditions widely differ.
ing from those which gave to the earth's its
| present relief. ~ II. -
Tricks on the Stump.
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