The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-20
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Titles are older than written history.
King is the oldest
Some Paris Insurance companies re-
fuse 10 insure folks who use hair dye
one encycHcaL So is the way the
the New York custom house
Nine Bide Of Paris made a speciality
OF stealing pipes. When finally smoked
out by the police, she had collected -,U1
OF the 1900 Canadian Indians on the
Pacific coast. SOD have been baptized or
ATTEND Christian worship. The gospels
have been printed for them in four Ian
guages.
Quebec has its name from an Algon-
quin word signifying take care Of the
rock" There was a dangerous reef In
the river opposite the place where the city
was afterWard built
A surgeon on an Atlantic steamship
line says that in his wide experience ne
has found women on the whole cooler
and more self-pOssessed than men in
cases of disaster at sea
The Dreyfus family of Paris is still I'M
der cloud A merchant in Paris whose
daughter was engaged to marry a worthy
young man of that name, has broken the
engagement upon that sole ground.
Human sacrifices still continue on the
west coast of Africa, an English eEpedi-
ton from Old Calabar 90 Ohumbla having
lately reached its destination just the
sacrifices were taking place and after
three victims had already been killed.
In the biennial report Of the California
fish commissioners it is stated that shad
are now so plentiful in the rivers of the
that the fishermen are obliged to re-
strict the catch in order to maintain
prices at profitable level.
At a recent wedding in London the bride
refused to allow her father to give her
away, claiming that the custom was a
relic of the time when women were re-
garded as simply chattels. Rather than
delay the wedding the father conceded the
point and the ceremony proceeded.
Foreigners travelling in India cannot fail
10 be impressed with the crowds of ma
tives to be found al every railway station.
As rule, the people have no idea Of time,
but they have learned that trains do not
wait for tardy passengers. so they begin
10 gather hours before the time for the
train to leave.
The Sultan of Turkey, according to the
Revue dOrient," has recently given one
more proof OF his unceasing and high
sOlicitude for the welfare of the army. He
has ordered that tea shall be served to
all soldiers twice day, and three times
on Friday, which is the Afusselman Sab
bath. OF course, the announcement of
this imperial order has been received with
great enthusiasm by the Ottoman sol
diers.
Patriotism runs so high in Japan Just
now that even feminine ornaments and
children's playthings bear upon the great
event of the war with China The hair
pins which transtlX the elaborate national
head dress are most Warlike emblems the
heads representing cavalry sabers and he'll
NETS d group Oh udES. a uEufn. HIe and
bugle, surmOunted by the national stan
dard, a man of war; or two wee figures of
japanese and Chinese soldier. One in
geniOuS top shows Japanese cutting a
Chinanans pigtail, being put in action
by d string. Another illustrates a minia-
ture battle, when, on turning a handle
the Chinese soldiers fall down fiat while
the Japanese ride over them. The confec-
TONERS are not far behind with sugar re-
presentations of battle scenes, honey cakes
impressed with the national flag, and
sticky figures of Cinnamon in full light
Fourteen years ago, says a Fredericks-
burg CIV. Na.) Special while Deputy Sher-
III Frank NJ. Ford was riding along the
highway near Morgantown, he stopped
at roadside spring for a drink. " nile
In the act of drinking Mr.. Ford saw
small lizard, which, he says, looked to
be about two inches in length, glide to-
ward his mouth. Before he could pre-
vent 1t the lizard shot into his mouth
and he felt il as it shot down his throat
Greatly alarmed Ford tried in every way
he could think of to dislodge his uncom-
Portable tenant, but inVain. He then
mounted his horse and made his way
home as rapidly as possible, and as soon
as he got there he took a strong emitic
hoping thereby to dislodgc the reptile, but
failed. From that day on the lizard re-
manned in his stomach, often creating
nausea and sickness until the man began
to lose flesh and health. and to-day he is
unable to leave his house. A day of two
ago, after having taken a dose of medi-
cine, the lizard was elected. 1t was dead
but presented the appearance of having
been dead but a very short time. The