The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


appear in public without a eassoek, and
that the clerical attire must never be seen
in theater, is designed to keep priests
from going TO the theater; but il has been
suggested that a priest might continue to
go 10 the theater without violating the
order, by concealing his short cassock IN
der his overcoat.
An old man named Whitaker, in Ge-
neva county, Alabama, has lived in the
same place for fifty years, and yet he has
been a citizen of two states and four dif-
ferent counties. At FIRST he voted and
paid taxes in Jackson county, Florida;
then a readjustment of county lines show
ed that he was in Holmes county, to which
his duties as a citizen were transferred
Later survey of the boundary line be-
tween Alabama and Florida showed Mr.
Whitaker that he was an ALBANIAN, ana
a resident of Dale county, in which he
continued until Geneva county was Gre
ated, when he found himself a citizen of
that county.
Ten or fifteen years ago." says bus
mess man quoted by the Philadelphia Rec
ord 1.-The canned meats put up in square
tins by Afmerican houses were sold in
great quantities in Samoa. 1t was not
long before Australia and New Zealand
packers saw that they were missing I;
circulated a story among the natives to
the effect that cheap American meats
were composed in part of human flesh.
They said that in the process of preparing
the bones of dead Cinnamon for shipment
to the Celestial Empire from San Fran
cisco the meat was canned and labelled
beef" for Pacific Island consumption.
The story gained credence to such an ex-
fent that the natives Stunned the square
tins and could only be induced TO buy the
round, fiat tins put out by Australian
and New Zealand houses. That preju-
dice exists to-day to such an extent that
United States Consul Mulligan has men
toned it in his report to the state de
partment."
When Senator Sherman goes out of the
Senate on the 4th of March, as he GER
tainIy will do, he will leave two veterans
of legislation in the chamber. says the
Washington Post. Mr.. Sherman went into
the House in 1856 and had he served con-
tinually until the next 4th of March,
would have seen forty years of congress
sional life For four years, however, he
was in the cabinet, so that this break
leaves him only thirty-two years-a gen.
GRAFTON in time, however, and a period eX-
celled only by a few. Tom Benson of Mis-
souri, served thirty consecutive years, one
of the few members of either or both
veteran Holman, of Obstructiana as
Harry Furniss says, has seen thirty years
of legislative life, but he was side tracked
more than once by the reverses of poll
tics. Senator Morrill, of Vermont went
into the House in the same congress with
Senator Sherman, and has been in public
life ever since He is thirteen years older
than Sherman. Senator Harris of Tennes-
see ante-dates all his colleagues in point
of entering congressional life. He was
elected to congress in 1919, and is over 80
years old. He has not, however, seen a
continuous service.
The Princess Wewha, who died the
other day at Zuni. N NJ, was the stead
fast friend of the United States bureau
of ethnology from it's foundation in 1876
''She was the finest pottery maker" says
member of the bureau, her sacred and
domestic vases being in almost every mu-
scum in the civilized world. Her fabrics
were always counted the best and no one
in Zuni could use the needle in designing
the Chinese-like embroidery as well as
Wewha. Her house was the largest and
finest in the pueblo, her ovens and baking
stoves the most superior. No one person
knew so many prayers and songs. She
had an Unsuitable thirst for knowledge
pertaining to her own people and her
gods. In fact she was first in all things
IL.
Some years since Wewha spent six
months in Washington. Coming, as she
did, from a life bordering on the stone
age, she adapted herself with remarkable
facility to her surroundings in our ma
uonal capital, entering into the social life
with all the enthusiasm of a social de-
butante. She was frequently to be seen
as one of the receiving party in most dis
tinguished families, the highest ladies in
the land becoming attached to her, and
showing her many social attentions"
The cold Spots" says the Medical
Press, meaning thereby the surface
areas peculiarly susceptible to cold, are
principally the nape of the neck and the
lower part of the back of the head. the
front of the abdomen and the shins The
acute discomfort and the sense of impend-
ing disaster which results from the steady
play of a current of cold air upon the
neck from behind are well known The
necessity of keeping the abdomen warm.
ly clad is also generally carried into prac,
tce. Curiously enough, few people are
conscious of the danger they run by ex-
posing the usually iuadequately protect
ed shins TO currents of cold air. People
who wear stockings, such as Highlanders.
golfers and cyclists, invariably take The
precaution of turning the thick wooden
material down over the shins, the better
TO protect them against loss of heat
though, incidentally, the artificial embel.
lishment of the calves may not be alto
sether foreign to the maneuver. 1t is
an instance of how things work together
for good. 1t does not, of course, follow
because certain areas are peculiarly sus-
ceptible to cold that chill may not be
conveyed to the nervous system from
other points. Prolonged sitting on a
stone, or even on the damp grass, is well
known to be a fertile source of disease:
and wet, cold feet are also, with reason.
credited with paving the way to an early
grave.
The New York Herald tells of an inter-
esting discovery in Nepal by Dr. Fahrer
archaeological inspector Of the northeast
ern provinces Of India. One day he learn
ed that at a little distance there was
very curious monument. He went to the
place and found a monoith fixed in the
ground. II was about three yards in
hight. and was covered with religious in
scriptions. DR.. Fahrer examined 1t care
fully, and finally It occurred to him that
the portion OF the monolith under the
ground might be even more interesting
than the portion above the ground. He
communicated this idea to his assistants