The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


and proceeds to invest in liquids he is eaid
to "Kentuckify''
Wyoming has given to the army three
times the number of men required under
her quota, thus presenting the best record
of any state in the Union.
Napoleon, summing up the fighting
qualities of the various European coun-
tries said that one Frenchman was equal
to four Spaniards. 10 three Austrians, to
two Germans. or 70 one Briton.
AT all dinner parties given by the
Prince and Princess of Wales the menu is
invariably couched in the French Ian
guage, no matter what the nationality of
their royal highnesses' guests may be. But
with the Queen no hard-and-fast rules
obtains with regard 10 the language en-
ployed for the menu cards; and these,
decorated with views of Buckinham Pal
ace are printed in eolors.
An Arizona rancher has posted the fol-
lowing notice on cottonwood tree near
his place: MY wife Sarah has left my
ranch when l didn't Doc Thing Too her
and want il DISTINCTLY understood that
any Man as takes her in and Keers for
her on my account viii get himself
Pumped so Full of LED that some tender
foot will locate him for mineral claim.
A word to the wise is sufficient and orter
work on fools"
Bangor, Ne. has tramp dog that Is
a traveller like the late postal dog Owney.
This dog is a long. lean hound. owned by
c. F. Shepiey. He will not stay in his
comfortable home. but Aaunts newspaper
offices and the police station, and when
tired of Bangor gets on the first train he
sees and journeys over the state. He al
ways rides in a seat until made 10 get
down, and invariably applies at railroad
restaurants for food Dewey Chats his
name) never gets lest, but, after week
or so on the road, heads back to Bangor
again as if he knew the way.
The better domicied people in New
York are janitors of extensive apartment
and business houses, says the New York
Press. They have the contest of quarters,
on bricl1ed roofs, cool and fiat, with high
parapets around al fresco gardens of flow
eTs They eat al frisco. They sleep al fres-
co. They drink al fresco. They are far
from the madding crowd of street hust-
lers Their whole life is al fresco. They
rear children al fresco. Babes totter al
fresco who have never touched toe on a
fagstone. 1t is an on-high al fresco eter-
nifty 10 them. Swift elevators are ever at
the janitor's command. He comes and goes
descends and scars at will. If you want to
see this life, ascend to the top of any great
office structure downtown and take a birds
eye view of the aerial homes that cluster
in the vicinity.
According to a consular report on the
trade Of Wuchow, made by Mr.. B. Ho-
sic. materials for the manufacture of pa
per in Kwangsi are very plentiful, and
there is a considerable export of paper
from the province. There are two kinds
ID Shachih, or gauge paper" made
from the inner fibrous bark of the paper
mulberry which may be seen on every
hand. This is the P'i-chi Ozark paper
Kuei-chow There are several qualities
manufactured, but even the best is poor
compared with the product of the same
material in Japan. The chief centers Of
manufacture are the districts of Chin
chnang and Wu-rsuan and the depart
ment OF Piu-chow. % Is ao-chih-straw
or bamboo paper-from the rotted h5ers
of bamboo and rice straw, is manufac-
tured in the Wuchow prefecture in the
districts of Tsen-chi and Jung. This
is the ordinary coarse wrapping paper Of
China.
One of the greatest curiosides among
the domesticated animals in Ceylon is
a breed of cattle known to the biologists
as the sacred running oxen" They are
the dwarfs of the whole OK family, the
largest specimen of the species never eX-
ceeding 30 inches in hight. One which
is living, and is believed to be about
10 years of age is about % inches high
and weighs but 1882 pounds In Ceylon
they are used for quick trips across. the
country with express matter and other
light loads, and it is said that four of
them can pun driver of a two-wheeled
cart and a compound load of miscellan-
eous matter sixty to seventy miles a day.
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or run. and have been known 10 travel
100 miles in a day and night without either
food or water No one knows anything
concerning the origin of this peculiar
breed OF miniature cattle. They have
been known on the Island of Ceylon and
in other Buddhistic countries for more
than 1000 years.
of late years America has gone far
ahead of any country in developments in
! the application of electricity to medicine
and surgery; but an extract from the
presidential address of DR.. John Duncan
to the British Medical Association has in
terest in showing that the movement now
in such active prosecution in this country
was started many years ago. DR.. Duncan
said: 1.-The other improvement to which /
venture to direct your attention is the in
PRODUCTION of electricity into the infirmary.
| For thirty years 1 have preached, in and
| out Of season, the surgical uses of cleo
trolysis, but feel assured thai even now
il has not met with the appreciation 1t de-
| serves. Yet in cirsoid aneurism no other
| treatment can be compared with it for a
| moment In naevus of the usual mixed
| variety If you desire TO avoid a scar,
| there is nothing so sure and so safe. 1t
| does excellently in some other forms of
| angioma. 1t gives good results in goitre.
| 1t is useful in uterine fibroms. 1t is an
! efficient depilatory. Many of these are
| common diseases, which ought TO be treat
| ed by the ordinary surgeon who, trust.
will soon employ il in suitable cases with
no more hesitation than in performing
! lithotomy or-amputating a finger"
Notwithstanding the fact that salaries
of men in official life in this country are
inadequate, says the New York Press, it
is easy to find 10000 to accept any berth or
! billet that is offered. Our Attorney Gen
| eral of the United States receives s.. 900
! a year; the Attorney General of England
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