The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

uoyHs 10 make IL worth Whlle to know
some of the simpler and more effectual
remedies within reach OF non-profession-
ais. Holding the breath for fifteen or
twenty seconds is recommended in case
OF light attacks. In graver cases, a
quiok-acting emetic may be used or hot
water may be applied on the back of the
neck. The rapid swallowing of small
pieces OF ice, it is said. will sometimes
stop violent fit of hiccoughing.
I'm a letter to his parents Missouri
boy who is with the army in the Phil p
pines, writes of having seen more wild
monkeys paying about among the orange
blossoms near Laguna de Bay. II have
seen many monkeys in the country" says
the Missourian. but my fancy had never
associated them with orange blossoms.
II reminded me of a negro l once saw in
Cuba selling bottles Of fiery rum from
basket made of goldenrod A cert lin
quartermaster sergeant of Rough Riders
bought quantity of the liquor, for which
he gave the ombre' an order on the COM
mtssary written on the reverse side of
pledge which ne had signed before his
captain TO abstain from drink for six
months"
"A tornado stated near Moon lake, in
Coahoma county, Mississippi, about $50
freakish actions are recorded Unpicked
cotton was stripped from the stalk and
scattered broadcast over the country and
in some cases to distant forests whose
trees We're SO covered with the deposit as
to make them look as if they were COW
cred with snow. A tin sign bearing the
inscription, johnson Bros, Lula, Miss, :"
was picked up at Lagrange, eighty miles
distant. A small piece of rotten wood
| I-s.v L.fc l.
plank at Lagrange, and the Methodist
Church there was wrecked in singular
! fashion. Each of its four walls fell in
ward, forming u succession of layers and
! the layers were surmounted by the stee-
| pie The eight tornadoes of this day de-
stroyed property to the value of over
100000, killing lightweight persons and
injurinS many more.
"A man who has just died at Vienna
in his seventy-third year was perhaps the
most exact person of whom there is rec
| ord. From his twer ty-seventh year he
kept accurate account of all he bought
and what he paid for it. A few days
before his death he made up his books
to show just what eating, drinking and
| wearing clothes had cost him duling the
fortysix years. In this period he wore
out eighty-five pars of trousers and sew
paid $500. He had bought 2cS shirts and
| 306 collars, valued at $500. His omnibus
fares were $40. In the twenty-seven
years of his convivial life he consumed
%, 7S6 glasses of beer. He gave up drink
ing in his fifty-fourth year, but continued
to smoke constantly, even during his last
sickness, raising the number of his ci-
gars to 62S712 or an average Of Is 657 a
year. OF the whole number some 43 so
were given to him; he bought the rest
for $12,500 or about two cents each. 30 h
totals and price suggest that these were
not ordinary American cigars.
"A dispatch from Norwich, Conn, says
| Just as Mrs. Hattie Thorp learned that
she was not doomed to the life of house
keeper for life she sank down dead. I'M
able to sustain the shock of her newly
acquired prosperity. Her husband, Frank
| Thorp. of Westerly attended an auction
thirty years ago, and purchased the last
article left-a block of $50 shares of Union
Pacific stock. The auctioneer had twice
failed to get a bid for it, but Thorp
closed the auction by purchasing the
block at cents share. He slowed away
the stock in his trunk and forgot it. At
! ter his death, six years ago, Mrs. Th-rp
was obliged to earn her living She ac-
cepted place as housekeeper for
Thomas Marks of Stonington. Soon after
she searched her husbands belongings,
and came near throwing the stock away
A neighbor looked up its value, and found
that it was selling for 1875 a share. a
total of about $4,000. Mrs. Thorp started
for Norwich with the stock, intending to
| show 1t to broker, but dropped dead On
a trolley car in MontviLe, because of the
excitement. She leaves no children.
The wardrobe of the Pope is one of
simple magnihcence. For ordinary wear
he has a plain white robe, made i'll win.
ter of fine cloth and in summer of MORE
six. When he goes into the garden he
| throws over this a long mantle of red
cloth, which has a border of gold en-
broidery. When dressed for private cere-
monies he wears surplice made of cost
ly lace. aud a red pelerine, of cloth IN
winter and satin in summer. For great
festivals he first puts on the "Falda,"
a wide seamless coat of white satin,
round which is tied broad striped sash
of gold, red and white. Above this is
a beautiful garment covered with Jewels.
and last O mantle of gold embroidered
veivet. On his feet the Pope always
wears red velvet shoes In addition to
his episcopal ring. the Pope is fond of
wearing other costly rings, often composed
of single stones of much beauty. He sell
dom dons his tiara, a three-fold golden
crown, lined with red, blue and green
velvet, and covered with priceless Jewels.
For great ceremonies his costume is so
heavy that it is impossible for him, at
his age. to walk any distance and is
carried in a chair, the aforementioned
''Sedia Gestatoria.'
&C. f. Bailey Of Duluth is thus quoted
in the Washington Post: "If any man
thinks the American sailor is thing of
the past he should spend while on the
Great Lakes. The American fresh water
sailor is every bit as picturesque a per-
sonage as was the salt of early DAYS.
who carried our merchant flag into every
port Of the world His life is Just as full
OF hardships and just as full of dangers.
There is large feet Of three and four
masted schoc ners on the lakes, and sto-
ries of the wrecking Of them come with
every big storm. A nastier body of water
than Lake Erie, when 1t comes OF, to
blow. can be found nowhere, and some
OF the experiences of the life saving crews
along its shores are the most thrilling
in the history Of the service. The men
who man the big lake steamers, of course.
nave not much romance in their lives. but
there are enough of the old sailing YES
sells left to keep a considerable army of
men employed. Any skipper who can nav
gate schooner from Duluth to Buffalo
IS cord enough sailor TO sail around
the world, and he Will do as vveu as tho