The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is claimed that the first cooking
school In this country was established in
Boston in 1879.
"A Putnam. Conn. sportsman was
fooled into firing several shots at a wood
en- decoy duck. which mischievOus friends
moved around in a pound by threads from
the shore.
in England there IS a society for the
suppression of street noises This sounds
like a phrase from out Of Dicken' sarcas-
tic account Of top-heavy societies for the
ameliOratOn Of the various woes of hui
maniIy-
A queer accident happened near Wal
sail. in England lately. where a canal fell
into a coal pit The canal flowed over the
pit. the underground supports Of which
gave way, letting down the ground above,
draining the canal of water. and putting
a stop to all traffic
A company has been organized in New
York city for the manufacture OF non
Illuminating fuel gas, and has an appli-
cation for permission TO lay mains in
the streets. The company says il can
supply non-illumination fuel gas at 50
cents for 1,000 feet with such reduced
rates to factories as VIII make il cheaper
fuel than coal
American lovers Of the weed who can
make rings" pride themselves on being
artistic smokers but they are not to be
compared with the japanese jugglers and
their famous smoke tricks. japanese ar
lists in that line link rings together
make crosses and spoked wheels and
some are even said TO be able to make a
succession Of readable letters!
At the annual meeting of the London
Wesleyan mission the other day the chair,
man referred to the work of the female
sisters" and the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes
invited young men and women of all
ages" to attend his meetings. This re
calls the slip of a nervous young curate
Young ladies" he began, in an address to
a gathering of women or perhaps.
should say young women, for / wish 10
embrace you all"
The Dominican nuns at King Williams
Town in Cape Colony live much to them
selves and most likely have never heard
of the new woman; still they emulate her
by doing everything Tor themselves. They
have farm and a school and run both
themselves. They teach boys and girls TO
hoe and pillow, do carpentry and black
smith work and have even built their own
buildings, which are warranted to stand
up in a gale Of wind.
"A bicycle bang has been invented
for those-and who that wears a fringe
and rides is not of them?-whose hair has
grown limp and straight under the infiu-
ence Of heat and wind until their dearest
friends would describe them perfect
rights 1t is simply a fringe of hair TO
be pinned to the Wearer's own browning
glory" and It has been so treated by chem
icals that it will remain curled on the
hottest day or even in d fog.
"A fashionable tailor Of Buda-Pesth has
put the millennium trousers" or pan
telon dumileniare." on the market. The
young bucks of Buda-Pesth are wearing
this garment with every sign of eXulta-
ton, and the inventor of the novelty is
making fortune. The actual link between
the millennium trousers and Hungary's
thousand years of glorious independence
is the pattern, which, on close eXamina-
ton, turns out to be the figure 1000" re-
peated infinitely.
Russia has just launched it largest
armored cruiser. the Russia, the longest
vessel ever launched on the Neva. She
is 464 feet long between perpendiculars,
measures r. 1875 tons, and is second only
to the latest English ships, the Power
full and Terrible. Her engines are of IT,
coo horsepower, and her speed is intended
to be nineteen knots. The armor plates
for her belt were made at the CARNEGIE
works. On the same day the 4O00-ton
coast defense ship, Gen. Apraxin, was
launched.
-Anson I. Colt, who was an Episcopal
clergyman four years ago and caused
sensation in Brooklyn, N. Y. by abandon
ing his charge and embracing the Roman
Catholic church, has applied TO Bishop
Littlelohn for restoration to the Protest
ant Episcopal ministry. The application
was made by Mr. Colt about two weeks
ago and has been referred to the standing
committee of the diocese. The canon Of
the church provides that in a case like
Mr. Colts the applicant for restoration
must remain in lay communion with the
churcn tor three years next preceding his
assumption OF molly orders. After the lapse
of that tine Mr. Colt will be eligible for
the duties of a priest.
A New York bicyclst who toured in Eu-
rope last summer says; Three dollars a
day should be sufficient to cover all con-
t.ngencies. At one Of the principal hotels
in Rouen l paid only 81 20 a dav viz.
Breakfast 81 cents; lunch, or w6steveer
name should apply to their midday meal
81 cents; dinner, 20 cents; room 60 cents;
service, 10 cents. The so cents required to
reach the So standard would more than sur
nee to purchase a better grade of wine
than is served gratis at the dinner and
such small fees as are customary Cbaroas
in towns and villages were pnateriaIG,J
less a record-breaker in point of cheeD-
ness was a change for two persons of q. 70
Tor dlnn 9 lodgings (two rooms), break
Iast ana transportation to the railroad
Stauon-about two and one-half nilesWin
a pubic bus, our two wheels being con-
Neyed IN baggage-wagOn."
The cats in the Isle of Man have M
tails. Just why this is so has been sub
Iect of dispute for many years among
learned men. Some say thew were th55
oHsprlng or a cat whose tail was RIM
over by a cart and amputa ted but This
couId not be so, as mutilations are nor
fiat, the Chinese deform the feet Of their
women NCt ana we crop the ears of dogs.
but this does not result in breeds of
short-eared dogs. small-footed women
nat-headed babies etc. 1t is believed
that the cats minus tails arose from some
freak OF nature, but how the breed was
Perpetuated is a mystery. Perhans The
MasInxman. like the Japanese, Thought
eallless cats were better mousers. An
drew Lang claims to have found the trIIe
reason Among the Britons Celtic peonie
ike the ManX, say it is unlucky TO tread
on on the tail, tai OF a cat-a serpent bite being
the probable penalty. Therefore when the
nrst taillesS cat made IT'S appearance The
ManX cried: Cant tread on thar cats
tail! DO give me kittenr and thus Inv
natural choice the tainess cat was per
The present King of Siam far ont
distances Brigham Young and his large
family His palace at Bangkok is like
d smaIl town, and it is said that he has
never troubled to count his wives A
regular school is maintained inside The
palace for the children of the royal fam
ny, OF whom there are several hundred
Iney get along well together There are
| Two classes of wives, and therefore two
classes OF children There are the queens
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