The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

made OF wood, a fact that did not develop
in the dim light caused by the smoke until
nearly every man had tugged on the bride.
The horse was life size and had been
used TO display harness, and when not
in active service was kept in a rear sta
Bile.
Col. Little has sent to his mother in
Abilene, Kan. a newspaper printed in
the Tagalo tongue. says the Kansas City
Journal. AS an example of the language
spoken by our new citizens across the seas
the following extract from an editorial
In this paper may prove interesting: "Sa
bukirin ng S. Juan del Monte ay may
isang ealing doom ma nag sabi sa amin
ma may isang amenicanong humuhuli Us
kalabaw at ng maamoy ma ito'y ameri-
cano ay snuag hangar di namatay. Su-
long tayot patti ma hayop tumutulon sa
atm
In the Zeitschrift- Geologic it is held by
Herr Haber that petroleum was formed
from deposits of organic matter in deep
and tranquil bays" Here, he says, great
masses of organic substances would col
lect and become quickly covered with
sedimentary deposits; the principal reac-
ton, chemically appears to be due to the
partial decomposition of animal and vege-
table fats whose albuminous matter was
separated during putrefaction, or to the
putrid fermentation of cellulose or woody
matter Further, the salts contained in
sea water acted at frs as preventative
agent, but also very probably aided in pro-
ducing solid and liquid hydrocarbons-min-
eral wax and peroleum-while. in pres
ence of fresh water, the products OBJ
tanned would be chiefly gas and layers OF
combustibles." There is a prevalent idea
that petroleum is a "coal oir' distilled by
the interior heat of the earth from lay
ers of coal, but this view is not counte-
nanced by biologists, many of whom think
it an animal rather than a vegetable pro
duct.
John z. Ingoldsby of the Utah bat
terry in the Philippines, in a .etter to his
mother. thus describes his escape from the
hospital in order to go to the front ana
fight: when l sneaked out of the hospi-
tai, I wasn't missed for a long time. in
fact until just the other day, and when
they did find it out they raised the dickens
with me. They fined me $l2 because they
lost that much by my not drawing my ra-
tons, and the captain said he was sorry
10 say that I would get no credit on my
discharge for fighting battles when l was
supposed TO be in the hospital He said
ned try to fix it up so | would get the
credit but it was doubtful if he could He
said that if l had a leg shot off I could
never have a pension He is a good man.
but the doctor. However, I am still
fighting, and am glad of it, for if I had
stayed in that hospital when the rest of
the boys were enjoying themselves | would
surely have died. If that didn't kill me-
the doctor would, There was another fell
low did the same thing I did, and he got
the same fine. He was great deal
sicker than l, and as soon as we got away
from the doctor and his dope we got wen
in no time"
Man probably does hunger and thirst
after jusuce"-for others, says the Phil
adelphia Press. The statement has good
authority But the odd thing is that man
is always the greedest of all animals
He hungers for everything Whatever
has life he will eat. Blubber, elephants
foot and bison's hump are food in the
quarters of the globe where they abound
BIRDS nests, rats and puppies are deli
cacies elsewhere. The Zulus delight in
carrion. The Gypsies, the people of Bar
parry and some of Spain are fond of hedge
hog. There is a tribe of negroes who on
JOY toads while Scotia and Cinnamon
agree that the shark is palatable. Bees.
grubs' white ants. grasshoppers, Iocusts.
SPIDERS, caterpillars, the silk worms
chrysails, cockchafers preserved in sugar
an these are eaten. Snails and night
ingales' tongues are gray in epicurean his
tory. The frog. the crab. the sewer
leedlns oyster, the worse feeding eel and
the lhtestlnes Of red mullet and woodcock
we nearly all enjoy. "Ah, sir" cried a
contemporary gourmand, how transitorG,
are human pleasures Did you ever know
man who after three plates of turtIa
wanted a fourth?" All this without com
pulslon. 1t is little wonder that. when
necessary, we will eat each other.
Mexican silver dollars are the only c,,r-
rency. in the Philippines, saws the Men,
York Commercial Advertiser and nc ~.
are inconvenient to carry ahout In tbo
fight cotton clothes which are volr oyl,,
wear beneath that torrid sun native ~
genulty has invented a way to utiliza and
leave them at home In sbonning ~
marketing you never pay for ANYTHING
but sign slip of paper with the annonnt
OF your Indebtedness written on II Tbis
IS called a chito, and at the end of The
month the trader salies forth with a ho,,
ana a Wheelbarrow, or a two-horse wae-
on if mis- trade is extensive. calls on az
his patrons and collects his solid nash
ties it up in canvas bags and tolls home
Ward. good large vault in every house
would be comfortable, but earthouakes orc
always lying around ready to shake tber,
down. Probably the banks have 10 send
out drays the first of the month to sunnII,
the needed currency for this neat financial
system There is one drawback to its
perfect working. Transient residents of
small principles and other unprincinled
persons sign chtos with alacrty. live like
lighting cocks for three weeks and tbar
SKIP IN 1ght marching order, cucumber
ed by no Mexican dollars The tradar
loses, but then-he has the poor mans
currency and is oppressed by no bloated
bondholder.
The English are loud in their protests
against cock-fighting at the Paris Exnosi
ton. says the Philadelphia Press. So Tho
world moves on. In 1863, however ~.
mo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany visitad
London and was astonished to find C,bsrlos
IL going lin his carriage to see the theatan
appropriated to cock-ighting. comrnoa
amusement of the English, who even in
the public streets take a delight in snab
battles In 1888 this sport was the 90
vorite form of gambling and in 1639 Sir
Henry Brown was appointed cock mas