The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12
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tain railways carried last year 80 79s. sls
passengers and 1851. $50 tons Of freight
ana paggage, the receipts being 995l2, 55f
francs.
There are in the kingdom OF Italy six
ty-s-x medical practitioners for every 100.-
coo inhabitants, while in France the pro-
portion Is forty in Austria thirr--fnt-r and
IN Prussia thirty-two.
John Burns proposes to have a law
passed by parliament making it compaI-
sorry for employers TO give domestIcs ser
wants "a character on dismissal Laws
70 That effect have long been in force in
France and Germany.
To catch a tartar" recalls a story,
told at least two centuries ago. Of an Irish
exile in the service Of the Austrian gov
ernment who was captured by a Tartar
hOrseman and who shouted back TO his
captain that he had caught a Tartar, but
that the fellow refused TO be brought into
camp.
The results of the excessive bowling IS
that Paris hatters 60 a larger business
than those of any other city. Nothing ruins
hat so quickly as constant bows with il.
In London, where men are less polite, a
nat lRsts twice as long, usually giving
way first at the crown. instead of at the
nape or brim. as do French hats.
"A large-sized. long and narrow galley
propelled by oars and sails. was much
in use in the Mediterranean until the end
of the 18th century for coast navigation
and for making the shore in shallow wa
ter. The oars were a great advantage IN
the lead Gains so frequent in the Mediter-
rahean untH the Introduction of the steam
boat.
During a terrific but short thunderstorm
at Lytham, Eng, on a recent evening.
large flocks of Wild ducks and geese flew
"a -aF -f.a lion a l.
ton, screening very loudly. They had
been driven from the banks of the river
and so low did they fly in the country that
farmers went out and knocked them down
with sticks
The Hilton Armstrong gun has an ex-
IRENE range of II miles, firing a shot
weighing 1,S00 pounds. and recurring $50
pounds Of powder. The enormous expense
OF these large guns has led to their being
practically abandoned, for besides the act
ual cost of each shot the gun itself was
fired 100 times
There is one postmaster in Ohio saws
the Postal Record, who does not fear
the Inspector Recently an old maid in
formed the Postmaster General that there
was smoking in the postoffice at - O.
She went straight to headouarters Tho
postmaster General notified Inspector-in-
charge Salmon to investigate and he did
He found that the postoffice was in a
grocery store. The postmaster was the
storekeeper, and, in reply to the detec-
tive, said: Yes, I smoke and nv son
smokes. And let me tell YOU something
smoking is necessity with men and the
postOfhce is not, so the sooner you take
your office away the better III like ii -
The Office paid about So a year and no.
body else would take 1t, so the post
master was informed that he might smoke
all he wanted to, so long as he did not
blow 1t in peoples faces.
There is something new in watches.
Application has been made in Washing
ton for a patent on a kind of watch that
reads backward. 1t is the invention of a
matchmaker in Geneva, Switzerland Or
binary Christians might have no use for
II but 1t IS intended for them. II is de-
signed to be carried by the Turks and
other unbelieving dogs of oriental coun-
tries, who are accustomed to read everv-
thing backward, SAYS the New York
Journal. Hitherto these people have been
Obliged to content themselves with COM
mon, everyday watches, which read for
ward. This has mixed them up When
Turk has in mind the duty of murder
ing an Armenian he does not wish to be
confused as TO the hour and minute most
appropriate for the task This is one Wav
IN which exact time is useful to him. but
there are others. From what has been
said, II will be inferred correctly that this
new style of watch fills a long-felt want
in the east. No mosiem or Chinaman, for
that matter, can afford to be without one
1t is said that a coquettish trick pre-
walls among the women at the seaside
and watering place hotels in Europe
They have extra sets of tiny boots and
shoes made, not for wear but to be left
outside their bedroom doors. 1t seems
that foreigners, particularly Frenchmen
are IN the habit of scrutinizing closely the
ladies' boots in the corridors of the hotels
The furnishing of such tiny sets is a recog-
nized part of the boot and shoe trade in
Paris. 1t Is also said that similar sets of
very small boots and slippers are sold by
the big shoe houses of Paris to be placed
on exhibition with the brides rousseau
me French bootmakers say that the.
Madrid ladies have the smallest feet the
Peruvian and Chilean ladies next Ladies'
from the United States are also remarks
able for their small feet. Russian ladies'
nave heavy splay feet. In Northern Eu-
rope the best shaped feet are those of the
women of Sweden. In Paris the JeWesses
are noted for their small feet and are
very particular about their "chaussure.' -
German women have large, fiat feet and
English women are noted on the CONT
n Ttl Tor awkwardly made boots and shoes
IONA Bertha, wife of Don Carlos the
Spanish pretender, wears a 80 LADY
Ermyntrude Malet wife of the amba ss9-
dor, has phenomenally small foot En-
press Eugenie's white satin shoes were
worn only once, and then sent to an or
phanage to be worn by the girls al their
hrst communion.
One of the most wonderful catches
ever made with the rod and reel was ac-
complished by Mr.. N. NJ. George of Dan
HoA y Nollllss Ol Il IlQdN last, saws the
Tropical News. He was fishing for tar
pom at Niger Head, a few miles down
the river, with A. F. Gonzalez as guide
when he got a strike. 1t did not take
long to ascertain that the game was even
bigger than the silver king, and Mr.
George settled down to give the fellow
battle. The fish soon came to the sur-
face. He was a monster sawfish. and he
slashed his saw about in the water al a
great rate. Mr. George handled the fisb
most skillfully, and proved that he is a.
thorough expert in the use of rod and
reel. The battle lasted one hour ana
twenty minutes when the sawfish was
brought to the gaff and killed He meas
ured IA feet inches in length and WEIGHED
90 pounds. His saw was 40 inches in
length and in width and his fiippers
measured % inches. This gives Mr.. George
the record on the Caloosahatchee for the
reel Mr.. George says he doesn't care 10
tackle another, and this is the conclusion
OF all the noted experts who have ever
played a sawfish. This may read like a
great fish story to people who know littla