The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14
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which is one of our make, is a curiosity,
1t being less cumbersome than the Scot
fish machines, and having the advantage
Of being under the perfect control of the
engineer and Of turning in Its own length.
The automatic machine has found its
way to the top of London omnibuses. a
special act of parliament having been
passed to legalize the sale of goods on
these vehicles, a well-known tobacconist
of Lombard street has invented and pat
ented a diminutive penny-in-the-slot ma
chine In the form of an apparatus for
supplying cigarettes. These machines are
already placed on a few omnibuses. They
take up very little room and do not In
the least interfere with the sitting ac-
commodation.
"A German chemist has prepared fluid
that has the power, when injected into
the tissues of plant near its roots, of
anaethizing the plant. The plant does not
die, but stops growing, maintaining its
fresh green appearance, though It's Vi
tally ia apparently suspended. 1t is also
Independent of the changes in tempera-
ture, the most delicate hot house plants
continuing to bloom in the open. The
composition of the fluid is shrouded in the
greatest mystery, but it is said to have
pungent odor and to be colorless.
-Harper's Bazaar says that in a certain
girls college twenty red-haired undergrad
yates recently gave a "red-headed din
ner." The red-haired damses, all Straw
berry blondes" of course, wore
white dresses, with red sashes,
flowers and badges; the table
decorat ions were red roses and red
satin ribbons. with red candles and shades
to match; the menu cards were red, each
one bearing the design of a white horse.
ba Of 10
salmon, and the dishes all followed the
color as far as possible. The affair was
a great success, and the following morn
ing by permission of the faculty, the red
heads marched into the chapel in body
and sat in the front seats, and after pray
ers saluted the president and marched out
| again in solemn procession.
-Tattooing among ladies is held in high
er esteem abroad than in this country,
says London Tit-Bits Queen Olga of
| Greece has an anchor tattooed on her
| shoulder, as a token of her affection for
| her father the late Grand Duke Constan-
| tine of Russia, and Princess Waldemar of
| Denmark, wife of the sailor son of King
| Christian, is also marked in like fashion,
| with the addition of crown. Princess
| Chimay's tattoo mark is an initial c be-
| low a crown. 1t Is said that Lady Ran
| dolph Churchill is the only living woman
| tooed The idea occurred to her while
| travelling in India. She sent for an artist,
| who submitted designs, and suggested the
| symboy of eternity-a snake holding its
| tail In it's mouth. AS rule gold band
| covers 1t, and only personal friends have
| seen the design.
| "A tobacconist was asked the other day,
says the New York Evening Sun, If 1t was
| difficult to obtain a good Havana cigar
| Just now. Yes, sir; it is not only diff
cult, but next to impossible nowadays to
| get a real fine Havana cigar. That is, for
| any reasonable sum of money. You come
to me now and buy a 15-cent Havana
cigar and you won't get the quality of
| tobacco you would have got for the same
| price year ago. The former 15-cent cigar
is now selling for % and 80 cents. We are
| lucky to have any tobacco at all. The
| edict of Weyler forbidding the expectation
of tobacco from Cuba paralyzed the trade
| for a time The manufacturers who had
| ordered tobacco before the edict however,
| protested so vigorously that the Spanish
| authorities allowed their orders to be fill
| ed Had it not been for this, Havana
| cigars by this time would have been
worth their weight in gold-as curosities.
Very little Havana tobacco is now being
| imported into this country, and the out
| put of the finest Havana tobaccos, namely
| the Parcido, the Veulta and the Ramadiz,
| ceased long ago.
Foot ball by electric light has been
proven to be possible, and great drawing
card in the bargain. Philadelphia has the
honor of having demonstrated that the
| game can be played under artificial light.
| If you don't believe it, go down to Starr
| Garden park, at Sixth and Lombard
| streets. almost any night, and you'll see
game in progress, says the Philadelphia
| Record. The two teams are composed of
| colored sports" of the neighborhood, and
| one team is known as the Hot Tamalies,"
| and the other rejoices in the title of
| Warm Propositions" Both teams are
| clad in white suits, and the ball is kept
well chalked. The game put up by these
| athletes is referred to by the interested
| spectators as ''sumthin' fierce" The up
| holders of the red and blue over across the
| river might get a few points upon perse-
verance and enthusiasm, at least, by
watching one of these games some night.
| The opposing teams have mastered the
| main rudiments of the game very well, and
| they can "buck the center" "break up in
reference" and skirt the ends in great
| shape
One of the first surprises that people
have as they begin to realize that they are
leaving the record of a goody number Of
years behind them is that people think they
| are old, says the New York Times Cas-
ual remarks to that effect made before
them come as a distinct shock The spirit
does not grow old; it is merely hampered
by physical infrmites, and more partic-
ularly public opinion. People are made
old; they give up youthful practices be-
cause people think they should, though
that was more In the past than in the pres
ent. There is no doubt that people, wo-
men particularly, lost much of their phys
ical force because as they grew older it
was proper for them to give up this
and that and settle down. Now that grand
mothers ride the bicycle things have chang
ed somewhat. Almost anyone can remem-
Der, as a child wondering how it would
seem to be very old-in the child's esti-
| nation twenty, thirty even forty years
Then when the twenty, thirty, even forty
years have passed, the child, who has be-
come woman, looks back and thinks that
she feels little older and surprisingly lit
| tie wiser than that child
There is a dearth of pennies in Lon
don, owing to the immense number depos-
tied in the gas slot machines says an ex-
change. The collections, which are made
every three weeks, aggregating $4,000