The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Ilgre navy yard run We're being drilled
IN front Of the commandments office one
pL lhe men put a bullet in his carbine
~ intent or mistake The orderly OF the
coInmandant was leaning over the railing
o. the balcony in front of the Office when
me piece was discharged. the bullet strik-
liLs ana horTlhly shattering the arm OF the
orderly. He was sent 10 the hospital but
there was no surgeon there. All the sur
seons had been taken away 10 go the
squadron OF evolution. Admiral BlancO i'm
medlateiy sent for medical aid. but he
could not get 10. The telephone brought a
surgeon IN about three hours. who exam
med the wound and did nothing, saying
tnat he must have a consultation. The ac-
cldent happened on Thursday about a. m
On saturday cons uitatiOn was held. but
N tne meantime gangiena had set in, 50
the victim was sent TO the military hospit-
a., where he died unattended. and when
round, II Is said, his arm was on one side
OF the bed and the body on the other.
Every woman likes TO feel that her
clothing has pleasant perfume about it.
which shall be just OF the correct degree
of refinement; neither TOO sweet nor too
strong, and something impossible 10 OBJ
tain by sprinkling liquid perfume on the
gown The best way 10 get the best re-
suits, says the Hartford Times is 20 fill
small muslin bags with some delicate
scented powder and scatter through the
bureau drawers and in the closets where
the gowns hang. The same should be
stitched into the bOdices Of dresses. and
even into the crown Of the hat, thus DIFF
fusing the scent we'll over the person.
A very pleasant and lasting perfume may
be made by taking one ounce each of
cloves, canary seeds, nutmeg, mace, Gin
namon and tOnQuin beans, adding 10 these
as much of the best orris root as Will
equal IN quantity the other ingredients
put together. They must all be thorough
~ ground and pleutifuily sprinkled with
violet scent. Afterwards the powder must
be put into small muslin bags. Such bags
are doubly useful, as they prove great
enemies TO the inroads of moths
DO you want any tin cups to-day?'
asked a salesman in a big Chestnut street
jewelry store of a customer, according 20
the Philadelphia Record. The latter laugh
ed and said; No I've had the last one 1
got from you for three years When the
last speaker had gone out the salesman
turned to another customer and remarked:
There's a funny thing. That man who
Just left Is the proprietor of a big hotel
down at Atlantic City. He has a passion
for silverware, and always keeps a solid
silver cup at the big ice-cooler in the
office. Some people can't resist the temp
tauon to steal u handsome silver mus
when II comes in their way with nobody
in sight. So for a time the hotel proprie-
tor was kept busy buying silver mugs.
He used to lose one about every TWO
months. and yet he wouldn't give up the
rad Finally he hit upon a happy expe-
dent. He had us make him a cup or
solid silver, built upon the model of the
Ordinary TN cup, such as one finds al
drinking fountains in the park The de-
ception was so clever that no one thought
IL worth his while TO steal this cup, and
1t has been in use for three years.
In an account Of the preparations for
the coronation of the car, the Moscow
correspondent of the London Telegraph
deyotes an interesting paragraph to the
entertainment offered TO the people on
these occasions. AT the coronation of AL
eNander II. there We're no less than thir-
teen miles of tables Oj72 in number) laid
% u a he , .-Isrr,
Just outside of the city, and on the eve
OF the historic day they were covered
with various kinds of eatables for the
multitude. mus, on each table were plac-
ed hVe roasted sheep, and the horas gilt
or silVered, and on either side of the i'm
proVised tables stood frs or pines like
the traditional Christmas trees Of the
Germans, from which hung not merely
the usual apples, pears, SWeetmeats and
tancy breads, but likewise roasted ducks,
chickens, and hens galore. There were
no plates, and the venerable old saving
was acted upon that fingers were made
before forks, and hands before knives
NO government with the wholesome fear
OF bankruptcy before its eyes Would dream
OF undertaking to supply the people with
alcohohc liquor in sufficient quantities.
and therefore barrels and tubs of water
were placed within easy reach of the thirs-
~ mooshiks who might be unlucky enough
70 miss their share of the creature COM
Iorts, par excellence, which were also
supplied IN vast quantities free of charge.
between the tables and at intervals along
the thirteen miles over which they extend
cd, lofty arabesque-covered fountains were
erected whose capacious reservoirs were
hlled to overlooking with Crimean wine
and the curious drink called myod The
natlonal vodka, however, was consnc-
uous by its absence
Senator CockreI has the reputation of
eating more apples than any other man
in the upper branch of congress, says the
New York Sun. There is not day in the
year that he does not indulge in this
truit, and he buys the largest and finest
apples that cap be procured He is not
IN the habit of taking any luncheon atsthe
capitol in the restaurant or committee
room, outside of the one, two, or three
apples he may conclude to be necessary
to tide him over until his dinner hour ar
rlVes. In fact, he does not care for any
thing more substantial such as fish
game, meat or vegetables 1t is not often
that senator will eat even a peanut i'm
the chamber, for that would be regarded
with the surroundings When Senator
Cockrell gets an appetite for an apple he
leaNeS his seat, and as he dragS his tail
hgure through the corridor toward the ap-
preparations committee room his pockets
bulge out with the fruit he has concealed
IN them. Senator Cockreu saws that an
pies are the heaithiest fruit he knows, and
he believes that but for his fondness for
them he could not have half as good
health a S he enjoys. He is one of the
most treless workers in congress, and
dulging in the social pleasures of the cap
ital Representative Price of Louisiana
apd Representative Patterson of Tennes-
see are the great apple eaters of the
House. but Congressman Cobb of st. Louis
pushes them closely in his fondness for
the fruit. Mr. l.. z. Letter. the retired
millionaire dry goods dealer, who came
to Washington some years ago and built
grand residence on Dupont Circle and
whose daughter married the Hon George
n. Curzon, under secretary for foreign af-
fairs in the British cabinet, eats an Abe
marie pippin every morning before break
fast, and so do most of the members of
his large family. He has an arrangement
with fruit growers a Charlottesville, Va
to keep him supplied the year round with
these apples. for which he pays so a bar
rel, the Albemarle pippin bringing higher
price than any other apple grown in the
United states or any other country. The
supply is limited, and fully nine-tenths of
the crop goes every year to Great Britain.
Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and
most of the royal family of England reg
ularly obtain supplies of these apples, and
more than thirty-ive years ago the queen
commenced to get the pippins from Vir-
GINA. They grow in limited area in the
Old Dominion and only partofp ,or+iO,e