The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is said that Greek barber surgeons
in the Levant use large ants to keep to-
gether the edges OF cuts. The ant. he'd
with forceps, opens its mandibles wide,
ana as soon as il seizes the edges OF the
seen with wounds healing held together
by seven or eight ants heads
An eating house made Of paper has
been erected in the port Of Hamburg. Its
walls are composed OF a double layer OF
mated with a fire and waterproof solu-
ton A thin wooden partition affords fur
ther protection against the inclemency Of
the weather. The roofs and walls are
fastened together by means of bolts and
hinges, so that the entire structure may
be rapidly taken to pieces and put up
again The dining room itself measures
thirty meters by six meters, and is ca
pable OF accommodating about $50 per-
sons There are twenty-five windows and
-FOUR sky-hghts, and the heating is ef-
fected by a couple of isolated stoves. a
side erection contains the managers Of
fees, kitchen. larder and dwelling rooms.
The total cost of the construction is said to
have amounted to 100 marks.
"A Chinese Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION Will soon be formed in Pitts
burg, through the labors of Amen Jung
Kin Chun, an intelligent Christian China
man. In speaking of his countrymen the
ium-smoking, as ii Is now, is wrong. 1t
Will allow China man to smoke alone. but
II ne Is caught smoking in company with
some one both are arrested. Plenty of
the Americans hit the pipe Instead of
refusing the Chinese admission to the
country they should refuse to let opium
come in, and they would If there was not
so much money in ii. / would keep ii all
out, and then, If a Chinaman wanted to
smoke, let him go back home to do it. and
# an American wanted to hit the pipe
the government should send him to China
Tor his pleasure. The Chinese in this
country are constantly improving, and
will improve more rapidly still in the fu-
ture.''
That photographs of people sometimes
bear not more than a trace of resem-
blance to the sitter is a fact noticed
long ago, but for which no very adequate
explanation has ever been given, says the
New York Times. IL usually causes grief
or JOY according to whether the sitter
has or has not features whose exact re-
production is conducive to his or her
serenity OF mind Sometimes, however.
IL has other effects A curious outcome
of this mystical peculiarly of the silver
salts is reported from England. A muir
der was recently committed in one of
the northern counties, and the police,
suspecting a man of whom they had sew
eral photographs, sent copies of them,
with a rather obscurely wOrded circular.
all over the country. A few days later
they received from London. where six
OF the portraits had been received,
wanted men. Hope to catch the sixth
before night" It turned out afterward
like the man who did the killing. while
each of them was fairly well depicted by
one or another of his photographs.
THE greatest epicures in the matter
of oysters that I ever knew Of" said Jack,
the oysterman. to the Philadelphia Rec
ord, ARE couple of cats, pets about the
house here. They're passionately fond of
oysters, and l guess each one of them
could eat a couple of dozen day If they
go the chance. A peculiar thing about
them is that they wouldn't think of eat
ing an oyster unless they get it on the
half-shell. might offer them a hundred
shelled in a dish, but they'd turn up their
noses and walk away. It's funny, but
here's another thing that shows the sa-
gacity of an oySter-eating cat; and cats
by the way. when they take to oysters at
all, simply go wild over them, A friend
OF mine has young Maltese cat that
eats oysters like fend. Once a week
the family has.oysters, and that cat seems
10 know just when the oysters are COM
ing, for it goes across the street to the
market and watches for the oysterman
TO start out with the oysters for its mas
ters house. Then the cat runs along af-
ter him, jumping up al the kettle and go
ing through all sorts of crazy antics. until
the house is reached. The servant girl
has to give the cat dozen or more oys-
ters before IL is satisfied"
Len Henry, a welI-known pioneer. re-
lates an adventure that is out of the
usual order, says the Anaconda Stand
| ard. He was travelling on a narrow trail
above the raging Grande Ronde river,
| when he came to a landslide about 20
feet across, that left no trail or even
| niche in the smooth, PERCEPTIONS rock.
The trail was so narrow that the horse
| could not turn back. He was trapped
| Above the D-foot break in the trail was a
sharp crag of oVerhanging rock. On his
saddle bow was strong RATA 60 feet
long, and Henry Is an expert in the
use of it, He steadied himself upon the
| saddle swung the rope over his head
sdti,a hurled led, it. into the air. It was
it carefully. 1t was firm, with double
| clinches. Around the horn he wound the
| of the precipice. The faithful beast stood
| firm. He would not step over, but the
rider drew up the slack and pulled with
| all his power. Inch by inch he drew
| the straining horse forward till his feet
! slipped and he swung over the chasm The
rider held his breath as he looked at the
river below and the slender rope above,
| but he was across the gap. He sprang up
| the trail and tugged at the reins to
aid the horse in getting to his feet. He
/ pulled, and then the horse lunged up into
| the trail with the chasm back behind Mr.
| Henry rode away and left his rope dam
gllng Tor the use of the next wayfarer
| VINO chanced to come that way.
The day of the buttonhole is appar-
emily past. says the New York Sun Like
| the precious purple dive of the Phoenicians
| the wonderful colored crystal of the Ro-
| mans, and conversation, it is not unlikely
| that the art of making buttonholes will
/ soon become one of the lost arts Time
was when it was looked upon as an ac-
| complishment in which every woman
| should be proficient. Its gradual extinction
is, however, entirely natural and to be ac-
/ counted for. Although buttons have never
| been more popular than at present thew
] are purely ornamental not utilitarian
| This means the absence of the buttonhole
| Not one gown in a hundred nowadays fas-
tens by means of the once inevitable row
| of buttons down the bodice front The
up-to-date bodice is held together by hooks
and eyes, and indeed many of the most
| artistic costumers put their faith in the
| common pin. All skirt bands now fasten
| with a big hook and eye instead of the
| one-time button and buttonhole. Many a
| fashionable dressmaker one who can cut
| a godet skirt to perfection and initiate a
| pair of balloon sleeves to the biggest he
| Hevable proportions, knows nothing of the
| art OF making buttonholes. There's no
demand for them, hence the scanty supply
| Even Undertaking doesn't make use of
| half as many buttonholes as it did in for
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