The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-24
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the task, equally hard in either case, of
| evading or accepting the invitations of DR.
Henry Aeland, whose intimacy with Rus
kin and appreciation of the pre-Raphael-
tie school led him TO offer constant hospi-
tally to the young painters Once, when
they were to dine with DR.. Acland, Nor
ris invented an Illness and sent his apol-
ogieS by Burne-Jones. Unfortunately
Burne-Jones arrived with this message
when there still wanted few minutes to
dinner-time. Aciand, who was all kind
ness, instantly, TO Burne-Jones' infinite
dismay, put on his hat and went around
TO see the sick man in his lodgings; he was
found, apparently in the best of health and
spirits, sitting at dinner with Faulkner
and playing cribbage over the meal. He
had to confess recovery and be led off 20
| dinner.
"A dispatch from Columbus. o.. says:
Matthias Steingruber, "a veteran of the Mex
lean war lost all sense of time fifty-three
| years ago al the battle of Reseca de la
! Palma through blow on the head, caused
| by fall from his horse during one OF
the charges of his regiment Since that
time he has been unable TO remember any
thing which took place after his accident.
He has always insisted that he was only
p years of age and that at the next cleo
ton he was going to vote for Gen. Taylor
for the presidency. While farm hands
were saving wood with a buzzsaw to-day
a stick accidentally struck Steingruber on
the head, knocking him senseless on re-
gaming consciousness he recovered all his
lost senses. Later in the day he visited
Fostoria, and was greatly astonished az
the improvements which have taken place
since he was young man. He stared in
wonder bp fttII ofr
electric cars and bicycles, and his last
words when he stepped into the wagon to
return home We're: We'll. l guess the
world has got too far ahead for me TO
catch up
-Neapohtans are proverbially a crafty
race and, as one would expect the milk
man Is, at all events, no less crafty than
his fellow tradesmen In Naples. as in
other Italian towns, the usual way of SELL
ing milk is to drive along your cows or
goats and draw the milk fresh from them
when the door of a purchaser is reached.
It would seem that by this means ali
chance of getting aduterated milk is put
an end to, but this is by no means the
case, Tor the milkmen of Naples nave a
way OF carrying concealed in their waist
coats bladders full of water From these
bladders India-rubber tubing stretches
down their arms and by simply pressing
their sides while they are drawing the
milk they are able to squirt water from
the bladder into the jub or basin simulta
neously with the milk. So it is quite a
common plan for a woman who is getting
her jug filled with milk to hold the milk
mans wrists while he milks his COW or
goat Until the stranger has the reason
explained to him he thinks il very odd TO
see women crouching down by the milk
man, keeping a tight hold onto each of
his wrists.
A Kansas boy, writing from Manila.
gives the following list of native fruits in
the Philippines. which he has tasted:
"Pineapples. cocoanuts, mangoes, dates,
lamsons, sapotes, macupas, chicos lom-
boys, guavas. buanabanos, oranges. capeIs
and bananas. Besides these there are
about forty species of which l will not take
time TO tell Speaking of the different
kinds OF timber, the same writer saws: I'VE
nave the mahogany, the mancono the mo-
love, the ipil, the yacal, the banaba. the
banticulin, the mana. the camagon. the
ebony, the tindale, the malatapay and the
white tanet" Of the animals he enumer-
ates the following: Hogs are abundant.
or, as they call them, pigs The laval,
or Wild boar, is found in all parts. and
deer as well. There are MONKEYS of vari
Gus species, wildcats and civets Fierce
crocodiles are found on the banks of tba
rivers ana the shores of the lakes. and the
lSuaha OF smaller size, also the panican
OF tortoise valuable for its shell. Among
the reptiles are the python, the dabun-
palay venomous snake; the chacon a
species OF lizard, found in all DWELLING
houses and the green galacgalac. of the
same family. Fish are abundant and
W ri
of the natives" A
-Ihere IS TO be a change in the TTnited
States naval uniform, notwithstanding, +bo
protests that have been made bv ofioors
against any alteration or mobilization 90
the present attire. An order will coon -
issued by the navy department diraot,.,o-
that after Oct 1, 1900, a new blonse bo4[s
blue and white, be substituted FIR tbosa
now worn in the navy. The nresent ci,
Se-Dreasted blue blouse is to be disn1acal7
by ooubie-breasted jacket with two
rows OF brass buttons down the fro,"s
broad iapels crossing so as to exnosa nart
VI tiIe siirt front ana cravat, and with tba
praiu insignia OF rank as al present on tha
cuffs. The coat will be loose fittino 80
cuts show that it will have a dacida-3 Gnu a,iu
teal appearance. The design is ver,,
much after the British uniforpo ~
white blouse will be single-breasted fttires
close around the neck with A collar so.a9
whate similar to that now worn ana 7,ttl
a row of brass buttons down the fro,'.
Light shoulder straps will also he -
ed. The sword belt will be worn ,rSn.-
both blouses. This change of nntfore,l
was made by the secretary upon The w.
ommendation of Capt, Crowninshield nz
Capt Dickens Of the navigation h1,r ali,,
and was not subjest to CONSIDERABLE ae
a board. 1t will enable navy ofticar. ~
dispose of some of the surplus cash - ~
must have now that they are getting arm
pay. ARMY
Tine latest affectation. according to
veracious New York paper is to turr ,,o,,.
toes in. On Fifth avenue any fine aftar
noon the feet Of all the smartest men an,
girls point inward. Closer scrutinv :.
veals that they are very obviously doi,,,.
It "a-purpose,' but that only bigbtens US
impressiveness of the thing Men e
more given to 1t than women. II g.
sentally mans affectation. and tha @
man VINO appropriates it does SO upon tba
nrlnplnla hat oh.