The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-20
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died last week, after being i'll only a few
days pneumonia with its sting, taking
him from many who admired him for his
push and pluck in everything that he was
connected with" The Daughters of Ia
Dor turned out with one of their deceased
members, namely, Mrs. Jackson and we
must confess il was the finest affair for
ladies ever exhibited in our town. The
Mosaic Lodge of Ladies brought up the
rear which was also nice"
In an old Dictionary of Commerce."
published in 1850, there is considerable
comment upon Manila and the people of
the islands,. "A most intelligent navi-
gator, De lie Perouse, says that these peo-
pie appear in no respect inferior to those
of Europe. They cultivate the earth like
men of understanding; are carpenters
joiners, smiths, goldsmiths, weavers. ma
sons, etc. have walked through their
villages and found them kind. hospitable
and communicative; and though the Span
iards speak of and treat them with con-
tempt, l perceived that the vices they at
tributed to the Indians ought rather to be
imputed to the government they have
themselves established"
An old sun dial and stone column
once owned by Charles Dickens were sold
in a London auction room the other day.
The column, which was formerly one of
the balustrades of the destroyed old Roch-
ester bridge, is inscribed: ''These relics
from Gadshill Place and Old Rochester
Bridge are placed here in sincere regard
for Charles Dickens" 1t was considered
by Dickens to be one of his most valued
treasures, and was placed in the most
prominent position in his garden. On the
death of Dickens the dial was removed
and became the property of a Mr. Cright-
on of Rochester, when the inscription
which it bears was put on in honor of
Charles Dickens. After keen competition,
the souvenir was knocked down for $3.50.
The institution of the Bank of ST. Pc
ter in Rome is something of an anomaly
upon the tables of the money changers.
says the Philadelphia Press Nevertheless,
it is authorized by the Vatican and its
board of directors is nothing lower than
the College of Cardinals. Circular letters
sent out to every Roman Catholic diocese
announce these facts, and add that the
business is to be conducted in the interests
of the Roman Church. Branch offices will
probably be generally established through
out the world, most likely beginning among
the Latin nations. Permission for agen-
cies in Central and South America has al
ready been granted, where the bishop Of
each diocese will appoint the chief director
of the office, subject, of course, to the
cardinal approval
The state of Mississippi has decided
that the use of the word damned" is
profanity, says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. This seems singular when we
consider the origin and the meaning of the
word 1t comes from the thoroughly rep
utable Latin word "damnare," to con-
denim, and, taken by itself there is no pro-
family in it. Very often the preacher does
not hesitate to tell such of his congrega-
ton as are delinquent that they are damn
ed; and the use of the word here is pro-
family under the Mississippi decision,
which declares that ANY words importing
an imprecation of divine vengeance, or
implying divine condemnation, {" constitute
profanity. If one person speaks of an
other as a CONDEMNED" or "hopeless"
fool, he could not be hauled up for swear
ing, yet the meaning would be~about the
same as if he used the word damned"
OF course, the latter word is lacking in
gentility and politeness, but there is no
more essential profanity in it than there
is in the word "unmitigated.
Sudden geographical changes are re-
sponsible for many curious mischances.
DR.. Hale tells us that-indirectly-the
were accountable for one man being with
out a country, and now they have played
the same trick upon a vessel now lying in
the port of Buenos Ayres, says the Phila-
delphia Press. Her port register says this
boat is Hawaiian, but since the United
States annexed those islands while the sin
ister bark was afar on her perigrina tons
she can claim no fag@a all. The captain
has appealed to our consul at Buenos, but
he can do nothing, for to hoist our colors
a special act of Congress will be necessary
The Hawaiian flag she cannot fly, because
no such flag now exists and, flying it, she
would not be recognized at any other port
The commander does not wish to natural
ize under the Argentine pennant for fear
such an act would prejudice him at home
Altogether, if he wants to save his ship
from decomposition by dry rot, there seems
to be but one course open, and that is to
adopt the advice of the mad halter at
Alce's tea party, and move up place"
in other words to seek an American port
and try his luck there.
One of the most recent contributions to
the discussion of the origin and propaga-
ton of malaria that is being carried on in
the various medical journals. is that of
DR.. AMIGO Bignami, lecturer in the Insti-
tute of Pathological Anatomy of the Royal
University al Rome, which is contained
in recent number of the Lancet. lie
makes the following interesting statement
at the conclusion of his article: ITO sum
up, malaria is a disease which is con-
tracted by inoculation-a fact of which
we have now obtained the first expert
mental proof, since we have seen that an
individual who has never had malarial
fever, by sleeping in a healthy place,
where no one had ever previously taken
fever, may sicken with malaria of a grave
type if bitten by certain species of the
mosquito brought in the adult state from
some distant locality of highly malarious
character. Further. everything points to
the conclusion that incubation is the only
mode by which infection is acquired, since
air and water as carriers of infection may
be excluded, and because arguments based
on analogy all tend in the same direction.
This much, at any rate, we can assert,
namely, that inoculation is the only
mechanism of infection which has been
demonstrated experimentally."
The Kansas City Journal says: Capt.
A. G. Clarke of the Lawrence Company.
in Manila, describes the Police Court