The morning news., 1897-07-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The last examinations for the state bar
of Connecticut resulted In the failure of 20
out of So candidates to pass, a larger num-
Der than ever before missed entrance to
the legal profession at an examination
About half a dozen were graduates or
members of the Yale law school, while the
others who failed had studied in the small
towns, either by themselves or with the
country lawyers.
Africans" writes a missionary, "have
some very striking expressions, showing
that they are full of poetical ideas The
| Moongues call thunder the skys gun
and the morning is with them the day s
child The Zulus call the twilight the eye
lashes of the SUM- An African who came
to America was shown some ice, which
he had not seen before, and he called it
water fast asleep
The latest figures for gin and rum I'm
ports into barbarian Africa have dizzy
look. In 1894 Gambia received 22,36S gal
Ions. Sierra Leone 242, $50, the Golden Coast
1,302, ,S99, Lagos j, ,S63, ,631, the Niger coast
protectorate 2609,S99. The countries that
supply the stuff are, of course, the same
countries that send the missionaries,
Great Britain, the United States, Germa-
ny, France and Holland.
The Italian minister Of public works
is a practical man. He has abolished the
complaint book which used to be a fea-
ture of Italian railway stations. Instead
complaints must be written on stamped
sheets. which may be purchased at the
station, and dropped in a box provided for
that purpose. Thus the state will profit
by these complaints, but, as they cost
money, people will be less ready to make
them.
The defenses Of Hong Kong are receiv-
ing very serious attention on the part of
the British government, says an exchange
The military authorities nave purchased
for S50,000 the Mount Austin hotel, which
is situated on the peek, about 1900 feet
above the sea level, in order to convert it
into barracks. An important increase in
the British artillery at this station is also
contemplated. Hong Kong, or the Fra
grant Stream" is an island, nine miles
long and from two to siz broad. Victoria
the capital of the island, is laid out in
magnificent streets and terraces, and has
a population Of about five or six thousand
Europeans and Americans.
The picture of the king in a pack of
playing cards was originally intended to
be portrait of Timour, the great mogul
of Tartary, who is better known in his
tory by the name of Tamerlane, says the
conqueror. He surpassed Alexander the
Great in the extent and success of his
warfare and in the number of nations he
subdued. At the hight of his power he
was the sovereign of almost the entire
known world. His domnions extended
from Hindostan to the Bosphorus, and
from the Indian ocean to the Arctic sea.
He ruled all Asia except the Chinese en-
pire, and died while on an expedition to
subdue China in 1403. His splendid tomb
Is near the track of the Trans-Caspfan
railway in Turkestan, and can be seen
from the cars.
If the latest additions to the nomen-
clature of fashionable colors be generally
adopted by milliners and dressmakers, la
dies will be much puzzled when they come
to choose their hats and gowns for early
autumn wear, says the London Daily Tel
egraph. Thus 1t appears that manufacture
ers are Offering to the wholesale buyers
reds distinguished as sport" "Cretan /"
and "Athenian." Golf" and "spiritism'
are new shades of blue; some exceedingly
brilliant green's have been denominated the
asparagus" and the Erin" and silVery
grays are to be known as aluminium
and nickel Grand mere" is a laven-
der tint, and recent events in the states
have made a distinction in yellows, as
''dollar-gold'' and Mckinley" Jose
phat" is hardly suggestive but it means
a grass green; "apotheosis' is a pink, and
''recamier'' is an orange.
"A well-known continental dealer in
titles and decorations has just issued his
annual circular. says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser He does not sell his
wares directly to his clients, but claims to
have influence with the various fountains
of honor which he can tap" at will. AS a
proof of good faith, he asks no fee until
the desired piece of goods is delivered. The
degree of Phi. d. can be had for a mere
song. Some of the minor orders of the
continent can be obtained for $500. The
Austrian order of the Iron Crown is just a
little expensive. 1t will cost $1,000 But
you can be a baron or count in some of
the minor German states for 5000. One
hundred dollars will secure the title Of
court dentist The price for "colonels'' as
not quoted. For even in this the continen-
tai dealer feels he cannot compete with the
low scale of the American market in this
particular line of things.
The new Senate toy cost about $500, but
it was well worth the price, for it affords
infinite amusement for the overworked
members Of the American house of
lords" says the Washington Post. The
corner in which the chronometer is lodged
is crowded most of the time with senators
who are regulating their watches In fact,
Il Is quite the fad in senatorial circles, and
Mrs as well as Mr.. Senators are addicted
TO the habit The big watch is developing
not a little sentiment that was unsuspect-
ed In the backs of Watches sometimes on
the inner side Of the inside lid. will be a
sweet, girlsh face, that of a mature wo-
man, or the dimpled features of a child
Locks OF hair have tumbled into the
hands of Mr.. Zones as he poked the lid
open, and sometimes a pressed flower. No
body but the owner knows tho story Of
these but doubtless there Is many ro-
nance In the fading mementos which are
hustled back into their hiding places
without comment. The chronometer was
put in place June l. and at high noon Of
that day was just one second slow IL has
lost half second in twenty-four days
and at that rate will not be in error over
eight seconds at the end of the year. This
Mr. Jones says, will be almost phenom-
email. He Is very proud of the fact that IL
Is OF American manufacture.
The misery which has made itself felt
over Spain, and which has given rise In
several instances 20 bread riots. is attest
ed by the railway returns for the opening
month Of the year, says the London FL