The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IAEne OE INTEREST.
awakening from a sound nights sleep
recently, Miss Cora Hull Of Stubenville.
o., dislocated her jawbone. Her mouth
was stretched wide open and try as hard
as she could she could not close it. The
almost went into spasms- Two physi-
clans were summoned and together they
went to work 10 replace the jaw
bone IN its proper place. To do this
they had to pry the bone down al a point
behind the ears, and IL was fully two
hours before the operations could be
proper place. After working for some
time the bone was finally replaced and
the young lady was enabled 10 close her
mouth. after the operation had been Sue
cessful the face began to swell rapidly and
lOckjay was feared, but the swelling sub
sided and the patient is recovering A
serious part Of the accident is that Miss
Hull will have to be very careful how
she laughs or yawns in the future, as
the tendOns now being weak the accident
IS liable to occur at any time
a street epithet. still too much the
slang of the curb 10 have been cast in our
teeth yet by our British cousins. Is the
word, "Dago.' For years this mysterious
term has been the instrument Of torture
by which the malicious gamin has tormen-
ted those Italo-Americans who peddle
busts, grind handorgans or balance huge
cargOes of lumber upon their heads. The
word IS, however, a missioner and be-
longs to the Portuguese and not to the
guese Diego, or James, the patron saint
of Portugal Its descent into slang forms
a companion chapter to the History of
the Welsh Tamy, or David. The Kansas
City Star recalls the almost persisted fact
that 1920 the skipper of a Mediterranean
cargo-vessel entered in the New York
customs entry. after his own name and
the names of his mates and American
sailors, the expression land three Dagos."
He explained that he meant three Portu-
guese In those days Italian and Spanish
sailors were seldom found out of the
Mediterranean. Nevertheless the term
Will undoubtedly stick TO the olive-skinned
sons of Sunny Italy, and despite its abb
solutely harmless meaning arouse their
ire simply owing to its malicious intona-
ton.
Kite flying is usually thought a harm
| less amusement, says the Washington
Star, but that it is not always such is
proved by the recent experience of a. 10
| France, who became, while indulging in
I this sport, an involuntary imitator of the
1 immortal Franklin. The lad, whose name
/ was Janti, was flying his kite-a small
one. about twenty-seven inches long. 1t
/ has reached a great hight when a thun-
/ 'der-storm was seen approaching. The
| boy at once began to haul IN his cord.
/ The kite, however, was still 100 yards or
/ so above the earth when there was a brill
/ liant flash of lightning. Young Janu was
somersaults and fell ten or twelve feet
away. The kite had attracted the cleo
/ trio fluid, which followed the cord, as in
4 Franklins famous experiment, and de-
! scended into the earth through the boy 5
/ body. Wonderful to relate, the boy was
not killed. After a little he arose AMI
| ing. The nails of his left hand, which had
| held the string were turned blue, as If
| by a terrible bruise, while the fingers
were burned and covered with blisters.
| Besides this, his face was bruised consd-
| erably by his fall. The kite string was
! burned in two by the discharge, and the
| kite, released, flew away to parts I'M
! known.
Visitors at the worlds fair will re-
| member the quaint little workman who
sat in one corner of great building and
made eyes from morning until night,
/ part of them for. dolls, part of them for
human beings, and occasionally one for
| a horse, or some other pet animal, says
! the Chicago Record. The workman,
! whose name was Muller, had come over
! from Germany to show how his people
| worked, and when the fair was over he
| set up little shop in Chicago and tried
| for while to make his industry -four
| ish on American soil But after a time
| he found that the wholesale dealers per
| sisted in sending across the water for
| their supplies, and he grew so homesick
| that he finally returned to the fatherland,
| and he is now doubtless working in some
| one of the quaint little Thuringian viii
| lagos. 1t will be remembered that he was
marvelously. deft in his work. First he
| blew bulb from molten glass; then, when
it was cold he carefully broke off one side
| so as to leave shell, the edges of which
! werel blunted by melting. He secured
|
| son for whom 1t was made stand before
| him as he worked. Having the shell com
| and, just touching it's upper surface to
| the flame, he worked the eye design on
| the glass with little sticks of Vari-coored
| glass, the points of which were melted
| in the flame. The work requires a won
| derfully steady hand and a true eye in
| order to make the iris and the retina of
| the proper color and shape. The work
man is so skilled that he can copy direct
from the person who stands before him.
| The history of witchcraft is one Of the
| most amazing chapters of human folly,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. From first
| to last the number of those put to death
| for witchcraft in England is put down at
| Mrs. Hicks and her daughter, aged 3,
! were hanged at Huntington for selling
their souls to the devil, and raising a
storm by pulling off their stockings and
| making lather of soap" 1t is remarka-
| BILE that belief in witchcraft was sup
| ported by grave and pious men. Richard
| Baxter, who wrote in 1861, founded his
| opinion of witchcraft on the fact that
many persons had been tried and put
| to death for the crime. The supposed
| familiars of witches were numerous. The
| favorite form of their appearance was a
| cat, and it must be owned that some cats
| have so very sinister an expression, it
is little wonder that they should get
| credit for being in disreputable service
If the good folks had contented them
| selves with killing them instead of the
| poor old women, they might have been
| forgiven. This bring us to Dreams The
| dreams OF Joseph and OF PharOah have
| been quoted by some as conclusive that
dreams predict events The variety of
| theories concerning dreams makes it an
impossible field to enter on; but that
| those who believe in them" suffer much
| causeless and useless distress is very
sure. Take this proof: An old servant
| had in childhood convinced certain peo-
pie of the evil consequences I certain
| to follow dreaming of cats; also, that to
dream or horses was equally fortunate,
especially a white one which always
| predicted marvellous pleasure. Many years
! after another old servant exclaimed on
hearing this rule: "Pleasurei happiness
Why, dream of a white horse, and you're
sure to hear of a brides death" "Ah -
1 said another Il never heard Jnat; I
| know it's a sure sign of a hurried Jour
ney, though" Sometimes the dream is
| connected with a charm, and then. no
doubt, the dreamer shapes it into the
desired omen. Charms are of two kinds
| simple and compound. The charm sim
pie is generally the medical kind, and, no
doubt, in it's origin, had some reference
| to medical influence. Here are one or two
| Worcestershire charms: Whooping cough
Give the patient some bread and butter
| that you have received from a woman
who has been successfully married to
I men of different faToiIiae Cut+spcr taatt,