The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tionally collect export duties on Brazilian
products shipped from one state to anoth-
er.
"A thief recently entered a house in
Memphis, Tenn, and stole a bottle of beer
and half dozen pairs of socks. That
night the socks were returned, with
note saying that the callers feet were not
of museum size and asking why more than
one bottle of beer wasn't kept on ice.
TO the rapidly increasing cheapness
of aluminium is due its very general in
PRODUCTION into the model kitchen of the
wel-to-do, says the New York Journal.
The latest addition to the cuisine is the
aluminium egg boiling cup. 1t is Greater
New York invention and is destined to fill
a long felt want, for it is not given unto
to many mortals to be able to open
boiled egg at table with neatness and
grace. The aluminium cups are made Of
pure metal, are extremely light and cas-
lily kept clean. They are designed to take
the place of the original egg shells, the
eggs being carefully broken into the cup
so as not to disturb the shape of the
yolk. A tight fitting top is then placed.
upon each cup. They are then placed in
the kettle of boiling water. In the nature
of the metal and the contraction of the
cups they float at the top of the boiling
water where the ebullition is the greatest.
When the contents are cooked the cups
are lifted from the water by little handles
on the lid. The portion of the cups that
have not been immersed in the boiling
water are, of course, cool to the touch,
such being the nature of the metal. The
cup comes in two sizes, for single eggs
and for two eggs.
The queerest duck that ever swan is
owned by a San Francisco man who keeps
a big farm just outside that city, says
the New York Recorder. The name of
the ducks owner is Mr.. E. ]. Wilkinson
and he is very proud of his feathered
pet. The duck is just an ordinary appear
ing, white, quacking bird such as every
body is familiar with and yet 1t stands
alone in duckdom as a unique specimen.
The queer thing about this particular duck
is that it has a trick of laying two eggs
at one time; in other words, an egg within
an egg. AS a rule the shell of the outside
egg measures about nine inches around,
while the inside egg measures about four
inches. The outside egg is just like the
one inside with the exception that the
yolk or yellow part is slightly fiattened
out from being pressed against the she'll
Of the inside one. Sometimes this freaky
creature will lay two double eggs, each
one weighing from a quarter to half
pound anu measuring lIOul NlSHN ~ NNii
inches around the outside. Mr.. Wilkinson
is very proud of his particular pet and
says that he will never part with the
downy creature as long as he has money
enough left to buy feed for his talented
bird. No one has ever known any kind of
a fowl to do the wonders that this duck
performs regularly and though several
people have offered large sums for the
freak, Mr.. Wilkinson steadfastly refuses
to sell her.
Doctors do not trust so much to the
tongue as they used to do, but the num-
Der of things they learn from it is sur
prising. says an exchange. The STRAW
berry tongue" which is a tongue covered
with thin fur through which a lot of lit
tie red dots are peeping, is an almost GER
tain sigh of scarlet fever, When it is
red, dry, narrow and pointed probably
you have. severe dyspepsia. If it is very
pale you have, most likely, lost blood, or
are suffering from poverty of blood or
some wasting disease. If there is a thin
white coating you have slight indigestion
or are feverish. If the coating is yellow
probably your liver is out of order. But
smokers almost always have a coated
tongue, and people who keep their mouth
open a great deal have brownish tongues
caused by the dust of the atmosphere.
When a person swallows an acid poison
the tongue shows what kind the acid was,
carholic acid leaving it white, sulphuric
acid blackening it, nitric acid staining it
yellow. Caustic potash produces a gray
ish stain, and lunar caustic a pearl gray
mark. The tongue may be coated from
severe pain, worry anger, fear or over
work without indicating bad health. A
trembling tongue shows strong emotion,
lead-poisoning, debility, or too free use
of intoxicating liquors. A really healthy
tongue ought to be a rosy red, moist
and constantly changing form. Nervous
people put out their tongue quickly and
draw them in as fast. Phlegmatic people
put theirs out in a leisureiy manner Old
people generally have coated tongues,
whether well or i'll; and very foolish peo-
pie have large fiabby tongues too big for
their mouths.
"A writer in the Westminster Review
gives the following plexus of European
notes. He says: There are in Europe five
great powers-England, France. Germany.
Russia and Austria-who all hate each
other cordially, although they make al
liances between themselves whenever ex-
pediency suggests agreement. England
hates France because they are rivals for
the supremacy of the world; England
hates Germany because she is irritated
by her presumption and her trade com
of the distant east; England hates Aus.
tria because she is not England. France
hates England because 1t has been the
duty of England to put a period to the
glory Of all her great monarchs; France
hates Germany with racial hate; France
hates Russia because the two peoples are
so essentially made to disagree; France
hates Austria because she has ALWAYS
hated her Germany hates England he
cause England was great before she ex-
isted and will be great when she in her
present form shall have ceased to exist.
Germany hates France because. she fears
her; Germany hates Russia because fate
DEGREES that these two nations shall cut
each others threats; Germany hates Aus
tria because she knows Austria does NOT
love her. Russia hates England because
of the future; Russia hates France he.
cause of the past; Russia hates German,
because of the present; Russia hates Ans
tria for every conceivable reason. Aus-
tria hates England because a debilitated
nation always hates a healthy one. Ana
tria hates France, for France has rohbcd
her; Austria hates Germany as Esau bat-
ed Jacob; Austria hates Russia through
sheer force OF circumstances.