The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Wichita, Kan, mas received letter from
a man who wants 10 adopt a child. send
one" he says, "Jnat Is lively and VIII
laugh and cry and set nio mischief l am
fifty-eignt years cd. and 1 would give the
world for a child that WI laugh ana get
in my way and boxer NE; W Ell give = a
good nome. / have raised ave children, but
they are all gone low. and 1 can tell you
there is nothing so sweet as the bother Of
children.
Frank E. Hyde, who has been practis-
ing law in Paris for some years, and who
is now visiting his former home in Hart
ford, Conn. IS thus quoted In The Cour-
ant OF thag city. There was great in
terest in the outccm me Of The Dreyfus case,
but all the excitement that heard II was
portrayed in the columns Of the New ork
papers. The Zoia case IN iacL atlfe a..itS
about as much interest as murder trial
There was nothing OF the scenes OF poster
Gus excitement described in the American
papers. There Were some demonsira tons
by students, much as there might be by
Trinity students in Hartford
The American soldiers in the Philip
pines have some difficulty In reading let
tiers from home. The boys were all anx-
iOus TO read their letters, writes one of
them but the question was how 10 OBJ
tain a light. one squad thought they
had solved the difficulty with some gum
oil in a dish and a rag; but no sooner
had we a good light burning than the
bullets began singing around us at great
"a Je. The light was put out. i had plenty
of matches. however, and l adopted an
other scheme. l covered my head with
a poncho and scratched matches Till the
letter was read, although | almost suffo-
Gated in doing So
The Hollanders are perhaps of all the
Northern people those who smoke the
most. The humidity of their climate makes
IL almost a necessity, and the Moderate
cost Of tobacco with them renders 1t az
cessibie 10 all To show how deeply rCot ed
is the habit il is enough 10 say that the
bOarmen OF the trekschuit the aquatic dl-
igence of Holland, measures distances by
smoking. From here they say 10 such
and-Such a place, il is not so many miles,
but so many pipes. When you enter q
house, after the first situations, your host
offers you a cigar; when you take leave
he hands you another, and often insists
upon filling your cigar case.
Since the production of precious metals
began in Colorado that state has contribu-
ted TO the worlds supply of gold and sill
Yer over $30O,0O0,000 Other portions of
the wild West have been productive even
to greater degree. The gold and silver
ODQJ; the sage-brush plains OF Nevada,
formerly the bed of an inland ocean, have
yielded $780, 5000; the crags OF Montana
have given up 800 10000, Idaho has con-
Iributed $4,000 $50; Arizona has furnished
over SSeO00,000: South Dakota, 100000,
and other states and territories have Wed
have contributed to the worlds stock of
precious metals.
Although Balzac died only half CEN
fury ago, says the Springfield Republican,
the number of his friends now living is
very small He mixed but little N so
ciety, for he was a slave to his work,
toiling, to use a figure from his PauVres
Enfants,' like a miner buried by cave
in and struggling for his life. II was his
habit to work eighteen or twenty hours
out of the tWenty-four, keeping up his
strength on the strongest and blacklist
of coffee. Naturally, a person working
on this regime. could see little of the
world, and Balzac's novels are far less
realistic than is commonly supposed. In
stead of meeting and studying people, he
imagined them.
The Transvaal Boer will eat almost
anything in the flesh, fish or fowl line, for
all is grist that comes to his gastronomic
mill, and the following mixture is voted
most delectabie by the majority of the
rougher classes, says Chambers Journal.
A great square slice is cut of a loaf made
of coarse, unsifted meal, and covered with
a thick layer of unexpectedly straw
berry, row of sardines is then placed on
top, and the oil from the sandine box is
literally poured over the whole. A loud
smacking of lips and other NANTES tons
of thorough apprecia ton accompany the
disposal OF this delicate bonne-bouche but
the unsophisticated BOer means TO enjoy
pense.
DR.. Timovieff, a distinguished Russian
physician, has computed that crows can
count ten, parrots four dogs twenty
four, cats only six. Dr. Timovieff found
one horse belonging to a peasant that,
when plOughing, always stopped to rest
at the twentieth furroW no more and
no less. He also drove after one horse
that had been trained to stop for a feed
after every twenty-five versts. On
familiar road this made uniform feeding
places. Once, however, on a road this
horse had never before travelled it stop
ped for food after travelling only twenty
two versts. The doctor watched carefully
in returning over the same road and saw
how the horse had made its mistake. In
the course of the twenty-five versts, which
were all carefully marked by the tele-
graph company, were three other stones
similar to the yerst signs. These the
horse had seen and counted, being. of
course unable TO distinguish them from
the others
-Paternalism in Switzerland finds some
queer outlets, says the Chicago Record.
A woman in St Gall went to Zurich re-
Gently and bought 5000 pairs of cheap
Swiss shoes, had them shipped to ST Gail
and then placed in the local papers an
advertisement 10 this effect: Telegram!
Five thousand pairs of shoes of Swiss
make viii be sold by me cheaper than
the same articles can be sold by any
ed upon her and dema nded for the com
mune a tax of $780, Then the cantonaI
authorities appeared and required anoth-
er tax of 500 for the state this combined
tax giving the woman permission to sell
1900 pairs of shoes in one months time
The woman's objections were overruIed
and she appealed through the various
channels until the matter was laid before
TIE Bundesrath, the highest authority in
the republic. This body, after long DELHI
Grafton, decided against her and unheId
the action of the local authorities
l am told that the police in their com
munieation to the Bundesrath regardin-
the case, wrote IF this woman buvs
cheaply and advertises to sell cheaper Than
any one else, she must make money There
IS no reason why she should not paw this
tax because she can afford it, to saw The
least. The whole matter hinges unon
the TACT that it is not considered for The
general welfare that one firm shouId ad
Veruse to sell al a lower price than anv
other nrm; If "closiug-out SALE is al,
Verused the advertiser has actualIv 70
out. ~ "OiH9 closeu
AS consumers of steel the railroads in
the vicinity of Pittsburg lead the world
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. During tba
past three months 10 miles of new stea1
ralts averaging 80 pounds to the ward have
bten put down or dist ributed With, L't.ss