The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two AllWdlkee brewers who have re-
Gently bought % 90 acres Of timber land in
Mississippi ARE going TO build Industrial
schools on i for the children OF the col
ored people who win be employed by them.
According 70 the London Telegraph
teeth reading is the latest fad. The
science is only in its infancy yet but the
folloWing are two or three OF the items
which its professors assert to be iucon-
troFertiDie. Teeth that are long and mar
grasping Disposition treachery is best
known by small, white separated moIars;
Inconsistency BY overlapping teeth; and the
pOssessor OF wide separated worries is sure
TO tell all he knows. Those who wear false
ones possess a character that the science
cannot read
"A japanese gentleman, who now holds
the position Of chemist in an iron and
steel foundry just outside Of the city. has
had. his religious convictions sadly shat
tered since his sojourn in this country.
says the Philadelphia Record. He was
converted 10 Christianity in Japan through
the EFFORTS of an enthusiastic Presbvte-
Ran missionary there and because the
missionary wore silk hat the faithful
japanese supposed that silk hat was al
ways an adjunct of Christianity When
the steamer which brought him to Amer
lcd reached san Francisco il was boarded
Dy man in a silk hat, who swore con-
tlhuously, IN most shocking style Such
language from a man who was certainly
upset the orientals belief. and ne shortly
lapsed INTO agnosticism.
. A good deal of discussion has been ex-
cited by the recent use of the German
word ''thalweg." and objection mas been
taken TO Its Introduction into diplomatic
PnIaSe0logy, says the Edinburg Scots
man. But IL is by no means a new conner
in international agreements. aIthough its
exact meaning does not generally appear
70 De very clearly realized. 1t has been
translated as river valley" and gener-
any an impression seems to have gained
ground that II signifies the drainage area
OF a river. What IL does. in fact signify
IS the middle line of a river and as wa
ter tends naturally to the lowest avaiIa-
pie level, river flowing through a val
icy may be taken as the dividing line of
l me valley An imaginary line drawn
down the center Of the river is therefore.
supposed to mark the boundary between
Two states, each owning one side of the
Nalley, ana this imaginary line is known
as the thalweg.' As an example of its
previous use in international agreements
the case may be quoted of the protocol
signed at BRUSSELS in April 1887. defining
the boundaries between the French Con-
go colony and the Congo Free State. BY
mat instrument IL was provided that the
congo Free State was not TO exercise any
POiIucal influence on the right bank of
the Ou6anghi river, nor France on the left
Dahk, the thalweg forming in both cases
me separation. This imaginary line ex-
actiy corresponds to what in English law
is known as 1.-THE middle thread of the
stream" the rights of an owner of prom
erty situate on the banks Of a river ex-
medium filum aquae"; but we have. un-
fortunately, no single word which ex-
presses this idea, and, since the Germans
nave. there is no apparent reason why it
should not be employed.
Some horses cannot bear to be without
company, especially in the fields, while
others apparently dislike it, and NAV he
seen grazing always apart from a troop
on some large common or fell, says a
writer in the Speaker I have known
desperately in love with a donkey at
first sight as the veriest moon-calf that
ever visited a ballroom. In fact, such
was the poor animals pitiable plight that
after a day or two of conpanionship, he
would not eat until the ass had made a
start from his manger. On the other
hand, l have known a horse, at first
aYerse to the society of the same donkey
after while grow quite fond of it, thus
proving that platonic affection may be
a thing of slow or rapid growth between
aIilllais, as IN human beings, according
10 individual disposition. Horses
vary great deal, too in re-
gard to nerve. Some are born frightened
of railway trains. and though thew NAV
i've all their lives near to them, remain
so. Very few will stand bein shot off, -
yet now and again one may be met with
that will remain as steady as a rock while
its rider blazeS off with both barrels right
over its head at a covey of grouse Very
few horses will wait for their masters
when left unfettered. upon a public road !;
however ! have known one faithful lit
tie mare that would wait for her bibu-
lous master outside a country public
house on cold winters night for two
and even three hours, on end. When tired
OF waiting, l have on many occasions
heard her neigh for her master. l have
been shut up in stables on several occa-
sions with individual horses, while a num-
Der OF people, including in each case the
man who fed and drove the animal I'M
der observation, went by. In some in
stances the horse would whinny in recog-
milton of its attendants footsteps, and in
others pay not the slightest attention
THE hardest men the police have to
deal with said police official to a New
York Sun reporter 'are those who confess
TO crimes that they did not commit; and
they are not scarce, either Here was an
instance the other day, this fellow Mason
who told of his plan to rob bank in New
Orleans, and confessed that he had blown
out the side of bank building up in New
tonville, Mass. OF course he lied, although
ne dld tell the circumstances of the rob-
perry IN NeWtonville all right. He lived
in Boston when the robbery occurred, and
the papers were full of it. His confession
fitted the circumstances as they We're
printed in the papers. He fooled the cap
tain win his stories. mean Capt. o. Brien.
l don't want to reflect on the captain.
but the fact is, the fake confession people
fool him more than they do a good many
others. You want to know why men con-
fess to crimes they have not committed?
Well, there are several reasons. Some
times they want to be sent home by the
police. They know there is no chance of
their being convicted when they get home
and it's an easy way to get home. Otn-
ers are young men who are ambitious
to get a reputation as big crooks. These
are the fellows you strike in the large
cities, where the newspapers have large
general circulation: They confess to the
chief. and the chief tells the story to the
newspapers. 1t goes all over the world.
It takes four or five days to find out tina.
they are not telling the truth, and when
that IS found out the fact is seldom print
ed, because the chief who received credit
for getting the confession don't want to
lose it. and if he does tell this newspapers
they dismiss it with a paragraph. Now
just why man Should be ambitious fo,
a reputation as a professional criminai
l cant say, but some people have queer
ambitions. Another reason men have for
confessing to crimes that they did not
commit is a desire to Shield the real Grim
inal long enough for him to make good
his escape. Women are more ant to do
this than men. Confessing that you com,
mitted crime of which you are not gliito
is pretty safe, any way. The law everv-
where is that a person cannot be con,
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