The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


mese pretend TO smell of a PERSONS face,
pronounce it sweet and then ask for
smell. In the South Sea Islands. one of the
most peculiar forms of saluiatl0n is 10
throw a jar of water over the head of a
friend. When Arabians meet they press
cheek to cheek. The Hindoo fails in the
dust before his superior, while the China
man dismounts when a great man goes
by.
The London Daily News says that in
England the whole theory of the days
meals is being altered Businessmen
now make their lunch in the city pract
cally a dinner, take certain amount or
rest after it, and at the close of business
go home 10 lighter supper. Among
those who maintain the old order OF things
the dinner hour is earlier than formerly.
In the west and south in this country the
favorite practice is to have dinner at mid
day or early in the afternoon, and 1t is
observable in New York that many Jersey
commuters get their big meal of the day
at noon after the style of the London
businessman.
The charming childs story of ''Cinder-
ella, or the Glass Slipper" is probably of
Egyptian origin, says an exchange. The
hieroglyphics tell of PIT, a captive Persian
princess who one day was surprised on
the banks of the Nile by the approach of
a youth as beautiful as the Sun God. The
youth would have caught the princess, but
the lovely PIT was swift of foot and made
her escape. However, she left behind her
oAeNDD
youth treasured and set about finding an
owner for. AS the youth. was no other
than prince of the Blood royal, Rameses
II, the original of the great statue of Mem
non, the singing statue on the banks of
the Nile, the Princess PIT fled no more
when her princely lover found her. 1t may
be said that RameSeS' quest was a COM
paratively easy one as the Persians alone
made shoes of glass in those days.
1t may be, of interest, says the Pitts
burg Dispatch to know that at 20 minutes
to on the morning of Dec. 81, the year
1897 will have commenced in fact. The day
begins away out in the Pacific ocean on
the 1SOth meridian. At the hour named
above, 1t will be exactly midnight at this
spot. OF course there is not a pause. On
rusheS the New Year over the seas and
through Asia, conquering the earth at the
rate of one-twenty-fourth every hour. BY
the time the sun is in the zenith over
Pittsburg it will be evening of the last day
in the year in England. At 20 minutes to
that evening in Pittsburg it will be New
Years day in England. 1t is an interest
ing morsel for thought, and to the strong
the new day CT the new year as some living
thing heeing around the earth on tireless
wing at the rate of thousand miles every
tlme the minute hand of the clock COM
pletes revolution.
Things do not always work just as
their inventors intend them to work.
Sometimes, says the American Machinist.
was expected and great surprise is ac-
complshed. England has a Merchandise
marks act" which requires that Made
in Germany shall be indelibly stamped
upon every article to which it will truth
fully apply. The intention of the act is
OF course that every Englishman as soon
as he sees the obnoxious label shall know
that the article is necessarily of inferior
quality, and there will be either no sale
for 1t or 1t must be sold al a ruInous sacri-
fee. The actual experience of Germany
is that the affiXing of the required stamp
has been service of great value to Ger
man manufacturers. The mark turns out
to carry a presumption of excellence and
superiority, rather than the reverse, and
it is claimed that German-made goods
could have had no better advertisement.
The enforcement of the act reveals the
fact that goods of -erman make had here
tofore been maSquerading as English or
French, and foreign buyers, instead Of
from German houses. 1t is not strange
that ii is now proposed in England to
abolish the Merchandise marks act" but
will the abolition of the act abolish the
marks?
"A Washington special says; This is
what we call our rouges' gallery" said
Uncle Joe Cannon, as he stood in the Of
fee of the sergeant-at-arms of the House
of Representatives indorsing a voucher
for his salary land it contains the photo
graph of every representative in the Fiji
ty-fourth congress 1t was deemed advis-
able to have this done to guard against
any fraud or forgery upon Uncle Sam at
the capitol. Accordingly, a big frame
capable of holding 800 cabinet-size photo
graphs was prepared, and as fast as the
pictures could be made they were assign
ed places in the frame. Many of the rep
reSentatiVes put their autographs on their
photographs, and thus gave a double safe
guard against fraudulent practices" I'm
der the system adopted by the sergeant
at--arms of the House, who is practically
the banker for 800 representatives whose
salary and mileage accounts must run
the gauntlet of his assistants, it is well
nigh impossible for any one to personate
a congressman successfully. In case of
any doubt in the mind of the paying tel
Ter as TO the identity of CONGRESSMAN
presenting pay or mileage voucher, all
he has to do is to look through the wire
netting and find the picture of the con-
gresham whose name has been signed to
the voucher, or II somebody else presents
the voucher glance at the autograph in
the big frame is all the authority neces-
sary for making the desired payment.
The favorite dish of the Siamese cpl
cure is called kapick. 1t is made in this
way. They catch about bushel of fish
and praWns, and pile them UP in some
spot where the sun shines. There they re-
main for about ten days, the heat drying
out the oil. but at the same time con-
Verting the fish into a liquid, maggoty
mess, so rank in odor that Tit is as much
as the European can do to approach It,
During all the time the sun is at work,
the mass is constantly stirred until it
- vi tu6 CONSISTENCY Oh InOldSSeS. This
is strained of bones and the kapick is
ready for use 1t is the greatest of Siam
csc delicacies, and is found in both tie
palaces of the rich and novels of the poor
The old time idea that the slightest
touch of a foreign substance on the heart
means certain death was shattered wears
ago. One of the most remarkable cases
ever heard of, however, was that describ-
ed in paper read before the Association
of American Physicians some years ago
by Or. Peabody. 1t was of a case where
pin was found i'm a human heart. after
having been there for an indefinite period
Inc point OF she pin was distant about five
mlllimeters from the external surface or
the heart. The pin seemed eroded and
was broken by the scissors in dissection
without becoming displaced There was
no evidence of recent Local Inflammation
put that part Of the heart in the neigh,
porhood OF the protruding head of the min
was greatly thickened and snow white
head. "ee VI the
Methods by which experts come to
their conclusions are always Interesting
particularly. in serious cases, like a rnur.
ger trial, where the decision reached NAV
ge matter of life or DEATH saws the Nav,
YORK Times In the case of the old wo-
man, Mrs. Charlotte Saunders who was
murdered at Coney Island two montbs