The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Out OF every hundred lives insured in
England only five are women

OAL OF every lALlEEl lives AA1AEE4 III
England only five are women
Some time ago the mongoose was IN
tr0duced into the island Of Jamaica 10 de-
sfroy the rats which were dong much
damage 10 the sugar cane But the King
stcn papers say us activity ulu not stop
there. TX destroyed snakes. loads. lnscc-
tiFOrOus BIRDS and other enemies or the
insect race. and as res Iil there has
been d great iucresae in the number II
ticks grass lice. beetles. flies and other
small pests Horses suffer severely. and
sometimes de. from the attacks Of the
ticks wl-ch get .n-o their ears, nostr.ls
and Threats. As the mOngOose nuls the
rats, snakes. t0ads allu crabs disappear
ing, IL attacks setting fowls and carries
OF Their eggs, and kills young p-ss, k-ds
lambs, calves. pups. kittens. poultry mi
and is suspected Of sucking sugar cane
eats meat and salt provisions and catches
dsh.
Next TO the universal dotted Vel habit
n working injury 10 the sight IS the very
popular use OF colored lamp shades,says an
exchange. In hall or drawing room the
green, yellow, red or PINK umbrella
shades are charming, in the room where
people read, write or sew they are our
of place. White alone should shade the
lights in such "A room Two members OF
one family went 10 a specialist to consult
him about their eyes, which We're giving
them much trouble. why neither they nor
he seemed able to determine. Calling on
them AT their home one evening he eN-
claimed almost Immediately on entering
the sitting room. 4 know now what is the
matter with your eyeS-tOO much yellow.
Bright terra Gotta and yellow ruled N the
decorations, and OF three lamps used
two were Of highly polished and highly
rejecting brass and the center table lamp
sent a very yellow flame through one Of
the golden ''hsh-scale" globes. White
porcelain shades were ordered for the
lamps Immediately.
In a recent revival Of an order compell-
ing readers to show their tickets admit
ting TO the privileges Of the library OF the
British museum II was found that m
many cases tickets had not been renewed
for the last twenty years. There Is one
authenticated case of one venerable read
er surrendering a ticket tor renewal which
was issued stSty-two years ago II Is the
custom OF the governors OF the museum
to grant tickets to any respectable person
when duly NOuched for by householders'
and this system has been found 10 work
admirably in the case Of genuine students.
The place is not kept open for the sight
seer or curiosity monger. and the loafer
has no place allotted To him at the desks.
This latter becomes more prominent from
the TACT that no novels are issued TO read
ets until one or two years after they are
issued. This order was found to be i'm
perative on account of the small space at
the service Of the library officials. The
noNel-reading public has 10 place In John
Bulls champion library.
One day last week says Camden,
tend a baby that had some infantlle COM
paint. The young parents were natu-
rally alarmed about II, and insisted upon
my seeing il twice day. The child was
in 10 danger. ana when l received
summons TO come q third time, ] was
busy and postponed my visit for aDOut an
hour. When / arrived at the house /
found an. undertaken there, and the
thought flashed over me that perhaps
the child had grown worse and died
during my absence. My fears proved
groundless. however, and l found the lit
lie one doing very nicely. The under
taker fingered about for awhile and then
/ left. While bending over the child's crib
noticed a piece or pasteboard stuck
in the bed clothing, and. pulling il out
found it was the undertaker's card. just
as l was leaving the house l met an
other man at the door whom l recog-
nized as a rival funeral director 4
couple of blocks down the street / met
sun another undertaken, who seemed in
a hurry Hello" l exclaimed; where are
you going" Just up to Mr. SOandso's,' he
I replied; L hear his baby isn't expected
I TO live
Belgium's supreme court OF justice has
Just been called upon to decide a some
what novel and extraordinary question
/ of considerable interest to the medi-
/ cal profession throughout the world. II
seems that one of the leading surgeons of
/ Brussels had occasion about a year ago
! TO amputate the right leg Of young
married lady belonging to the highest
circles of the aristocracy. The operator
/ was so pleased with his job that he pre-
served the leg in a jar of spirits of wine
and placed IL on exhibition in his consult
ing ROOM a label being affixed TO the Jar
/ giving the patients name ana the details
/ concerning the circumstances which had
/ rendered the operation necessary, on
! hearing this the husband of the lady
/ demanded the immediate discOntinuance
| of the exhibition and the return of the
] SeVerd member, as being his property.
! To this the surgeon deIuurr6d. He adj
! mitted that the plaintiff had proprietary
! rights in the leg while it formed part Of
| his Wife, but argued that the leg, in it's
| present condition was the result Of his
| detendants skill and the work OF his own
hands, and that he was clearly entitled
| TO keep it. The court seemed rather
| staggered by this line of argument. and,
| after taking fortnight to consider
! the question, has finally decided against
] the doctor and in favor Of the husbands
| claims TO the possession OF the amputated
leg of his better half.
With regard to the recent marriage of
| the Duke of Westminsters daughter to
| Prince Adolphus of Teck. it is not gen
| orally known that the duke, who is the
| largest crown-landlord in London, does
! not pay d penny toward the rates, al
! though he derives the greater part of his
income from metropolitan rents. says an
! exchange. His grandfather, who was a
boon companion of King George ",
! was able by dint Of royal influence and
| corruption to obtain the passage Of an
| act of parliament specially eXemptfna
| him and his property forever from all
| such obligations. Thus, whereas other
owners of house property in London are
| compelled to contribute on a large scale
to the paving, grading, graveling, etc,
L.
| who owns street after street in the most
! fashionable and expensive quarters of
the town, is entirely free from taxation
! for those purposes, which, consequently.
| falls more heavily upon those who are in
| hnitely less able to bear ii than himself,
/ for he is without exception the richest
| man in Great Britain, his wealth far ex-
ceeding even that of Mr.. William Wal
. dorf Aston. Like most of the English no.
bles, the origin of his family is exceed
tngly plebeian. its wealth having been
acquired by gifts of public prOpertv and
tntermarriages. The founder of the
I House of Westminster was a game
keeper of King William II, surnaned
Rufus Lord Salisbury. who is prouder
of his ancestry than any other British
peer, is descended from a mere water
bailiff Of Whittlesea. In fact, one may
90 through the entire British peerage,
/ without finding more than a dozen in
stances where the family is descended
from what the Germans describe 50
/ graphically as "Uradel." which means a
family, the noble origin of which is lost
in the 'remoteness of antiquity: that is
to say, whose ancestors have been noble
as far back as ii is possible to trace
The majority of England's peers are
either Of plebean extraction or else de-
scended from the illegitimate progeny of
I kings and queens, such as for instance
/ the Dukes of Richmond 81 A1haps "a