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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
superstitions and Figures.

From the Fort Worth (Terl Gazette
Virgin tells us that the gods esteemed odd
numbers.
There were seven wise men in antiquity
and seven wonders of the world.
Miraculous powers are supposed to be
possessed by the seventh daughter.
Nine grains of wheat laid on a four
leaved clover enables one to see the
fairies.
1t is an ancient belief that change in
the body of &. man occurs every seventh
year. ..-
Falstaf saws: "They say there is divinity
in odd numbe 5, either by nativity, chance
or death"
The number three was the perfect number
of the Pythagoreans, VITO said it repre-
sented the beginning, middle and end.
In the Aaroe islands there is a super
stition that seals cast off their skins
every ninth month and assume the human
shape.
Among the Chinese heaven is odd, earth
is even, and the numbers 1, 8, 5, and be-
long TO heaven, while the digits are OF the
earth earthly.
The Siamese have regard for odd
numbers, and insist on having an odd num-
Der of doors, widows and rooms in their
houses, and that all staircases must have an
odd number steps
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
A DIsAsTROUs HEADER.
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In one of the cabinets is the famous
iguana of Central and South America. 1t
is large lizard with scales as pronounced
as those of fish, and with spines and edges
along the ridge of its back that resemble
fragments of broken bottles. No more hide
Gus reptile exists, and nothing more delicious
than its flesh can be imagined. 1t is white,
sweet and delicate, more tender than
chicken, and better favored than green
turtle steaks. 1t is a staple article of food
in the countries named, and brings higher
price than any other food animal, game or
poultry in the market. The nearest approach
to the flesh of the iguana is found in frogs
legs, and next to that in the meat of the
Delaware diamond-back terrapin. The food
value of raptiles is we'll illustrated in Black
ford's museum. Not far from the lguana is
frog; on the wall a green turtle: in the
case a terrapin, and on the cabinet is the
stuffed body of snake which is highly
priced as food by savage races No matter
how repulslve the serpent is it is choice
meal to millions of human beings. Black
snakes in the United States, jacares in
South America, anacondas in South Africa
and rock snakes in Australia have been
long regarded as delicate meats of the fines
type
At present the museum is a scene of
great activity. The engineers of the fish
commission are busy plotting Long Island
sound into series of great oyster and clam
farms. 81 see no reason" said Commits
sioner Blackboard, why all the great bodies
of water in the neighborhood of New York
should not be converted in food sources
for our vast population. The idea has been
tried and is successful in China, India, Ger
many and elsewhere and will be more sue
cessful in our own land where science has
mastered almost everything that was once
mysterious or unknown. Long ago the oys-
ter beds were but 10 feet below the surface
of the water After some years it was
found by practical experience that this par
ticular bivalve would flourish in 20, 30, 10
and even so feet of water. To-day we are
certain that it will grow in 10 fathoms, that
is, 80 feet. Long Island sound seems in
tended for such an industry. 1t is land
locked and averages 80 feet in depth. We
propose to map it out into great blocks,
lease or sell these to oyster and clam grow
ers, and so convert that vast boIy of water
into a huge farm which will supply sea
food endleSsly to our country. We have
finished two-thirds Of our work, and in all
probability will complete it in the next
two years"
1t is in this museum that Commissioner
Blackford brings such raIities as the Ak
olotl, the hell bender and the mud-puppy.
The first is from Mexico and is a water
lizard of exquisite beauty. 1t is a
curiosity and from 4 to 10 inches
in length, is sheathed in armor that
is almost mother-of pearl, and ba, about its
neck breathing tubes or bronchial Of the
most brilliant scarlet. Its tall, leg and
hands are exquisItely slender and graceful
and Its head with its sparkling black eyes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
MONSTERS.
ouNATURH Has ARMED THEM
FOR WARFARE.

l. riot Fish, Hell-Benders' Mud Pup
PEND other Wonders of the Deep
Tba Tigers of the Sea - Drawings
| ~, Nature by Dan Beard the AMI
nal Artist
copyrighted 1897
v,u YORK, Feb. est was strange
| 60 found museum in the midst of a
/ srded market, yet this is what was done
+ E;sb Commissioner Eugene G. Black
4 \ when he started fish museum on the
1,or floor of Fulton market or the mill
ns who patronize that famous place ever y
/ mere handful know that over their
sads is a collection on ichthyologic curios-
/ - and works on fish-lore second TO none
4 -oIne in the United States. The museum
s;tua.ed in the turret of Fulton market
r. tbe corner of South and Beekman
[4roets Its approach is not inviting.
|slongside of huge stand on which HOLSTERS
[nrsvl and all sorts of fishes lie in cleaning
H. and blocked by boxes of ice. baskets
20 food and barrels with mysterious con-
n+sfsa narrow door which apparently
80 into a cl 1set. 1t really opens upon
[,iraI stairway, narrow, steep and gloomy.
e. Ground floor of the market is high and
my and the visitor climbs 80 feet before
reaches a landing. Here a dark door,
[,,ogestive more of bookkeeper's den than
In@ht else, meets the eye.
4 6neDing the door, the explorer finds him
LII in large, handsome room, well-lighted
md oyercrowded with a multitude of OBJ
Eacts On the walls are great black wooden
4. els on which are mounted the oddities of
H. ocean world. On one is the parrot fish,
handsome but clumsy animal whose scales
HINT the head, throat and breast are
Itrongly outlined in scarlet, and the re-
nainder Of whose body is relieved in brill
Eant green. Dead and vanished to pre-
Eerye enough color and contrast to suggest
Ebe familiar parrot AID tempts the specta-
lars to call it poor poll" On another
hazel is he head of a moEstrous green
turtle. which at first sight suggest TIE
Eawning of a great dragon. 1t was taken
from a reptile that weighed over 1900
bounds and which required four
M est Indians to turn it over OF its back.
kucn giants as these are small bonauzas TO
her lucky finders. According to the Lon
Ion and New York markets they fuctuate
rom to 80 cents a pound. A monster
such as is preserved in the museum must
have Melted anywhere from SO to $500.
Not bad price for a half hours easy
borke
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suggests a mouse rather than a reptile. 1t
is very sensitive. and, unless carefully
treated, dies Of consumption in the cold cli-
mate of the Nor tn.
The hell-bender is river lizard, brown in
color, that resembles a short, fat, eel that
has suddenly borrowed legs. He Is slow and
sluggish and has the sole merit of'possessing
very white and toothsome hesh. AT a din
ner of tho Ichthyophagus club, be was unain-
nously pronounced a superb acquisition to
tho table Of the gourmet.
The nud-puppy seems = second cousin OF
the hell-bendsr. He is q clumsy, sepia. coll
ored lizard who is apparently all day Ia the
mud OF the western rivers, and cannot be
distinguished from the brown slime in
which he lives. In the evening and some
times In the day time he rises to tie surface
and emits cry that oounds halfway be-
tween the snarl aud wall of young dog.
The sound is so peculiar that 1t excited the
attention Of an old French explorer who
called it the river dog, aud gained for It's
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

au long case on the west wall OF the room
sts oullous collection of spinous fl hes. The
" J"er Of the flock resembles Columbia
|, ~ loot ball covered with sharp spikes.
[amoS veritable hedgehog and is well
mall IYa tue porcupins fish. Alongside are
|oaa ~ 81 ones, some 3 inches in diameter and
Ids ss sess Than an inch. The smallest are 30
beir ~ ~. 70 oe ludicrous, nothing more. All
Eto Growth and strength goes right out
ssys 'leir ,leather-like skin and bony spines,
Eaca,t being enough flesh to make a
= 1 Ios mnouthful. There is legend that
} n i.L1th yophagous club once determined
boIs aIs meal Of this kind Of fish and
5D Dael lot Of them for a week with
\ 'ss heated steam. At the end of the time
|ouna .ttney opened the cauldron, they
sen any di mat what little flesh there was had
Ess n 1 n,sed and that all that remained
|ates. P"iuVed bones ana enaineIed
! = ylytrner OF a room stands what seems to
issuing boot moulded out Of diminutive
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

Our oldest child, now six years of age. when
an infant six months old, was attacked with
viruisnt malignant skin disease All ordinary
remedies falling, we called our family physician,
who attempted to cure it; but it spread with
almost Incredible rapidity, until the lower por-
ton of the little fellows person, from the mid
die of his back down to his knees, was one
solid rash, ugly, painful, blotched and ma
licous. We had no rest at night, no peace
by day. Finally, we were advised to try the CUTI-
cURA REMEDIES. The effect was simply marvel
lous In three or four weeks complete
cure was wrought, leaving the little fellow per-
son as white and healthy as though he had never
been attacked. In my opinion, your valuable
remedies saved his life, and to-day he is a strong
healthy child perfectly well, no repetition of
the disease having ever occurred.
GEO. B. SMITH,
Atty at Law and eX-Pros. Atty,
Ashland, 0.
Reference: j. G. Weist, druggist, Ashland, o.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

mo re modern name, the mud puppy. 1t is
ext remely good eating, but on account of
It's rarity, very expensive. Beyond all the
strange forms with which nature has
peopled the water world, the museum
contains an admirable library upon ichthy-
ology. Hardly book of any Importance
upoa fishes and fish culture but is repre-
sented here. The place is superb comph-
meat to the New York state fish commission,
and above all to its president Eugene G..
Blackboard FALES CURTIS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

l have seen the CUTICURA REMEDIES used for
milk-crust by visitor IN my house, and can
testify that the cure was speedy and perma-
nent. l have also used them myself for erup-
tions of the skin on my little child, with salts
factory results in every respect. The skin was
broken out and began to assume ugly proper
lions. have also beard my neghbors speak of
the CUTICURA REMEDIES in the highest terms
f. P. BEAR,
Churchville, Augusta Co., Va.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
BABY ONE SOLID Rash.

Ugly, Painful, Blotched. Malicious. No
Rest by Day, No Peace by Night.
Doctors and All Remedies Failed.
Tried Cuticura Remedies. Effect
Marvellous. Complete Cure in Five
Weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
THIS WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT HAS
Lithographing and Engraving Department

complete within ITSELF and the largest concern or
in the South 1t is thoroughly equipped having
and all the latest mechanical appliances In
the best OF artists and the most sk1ful thog.
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SUPERINTENDENT.
It also has advantage of being a part OF Wen
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Corporations, manufacturers banks and bankers,
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CLEAR SKIN. PURE BLOOD.

Reference J. G. weist, druggist, Ashland H.
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Total Assets,

Increase in Assets,
Surplus at four per cent,
Increase in Surplus,
Policies in force,
Increase during year,
Policies written,
Incre use during year,
Risks assumed,
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Risks in force,
Increase during year,
Receipts from all sources,
Increase during year,
Paid Policy-Holders,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26

-AlTrrtowu undertaken. whociaims 10 make
q speciality in funerals 81 whatever that means
be- does not ryplntn-suiI loo reply 90 "a ques-
tou.
"A mlu who drives at "a funeral l. NO more
than any ordinary driver OF course he must
b., o. ought TO boz. a good man with the rib
bons, and vs. hen on duty ho must bo sober. A
lot % drivers at "a funeral, however, some
times present a strange study 90 man who
knows tuUm. Tho other day vs had IN or
der for thirty carriages We always know
whore $50 can get all the driver, VIZ want,
but ON this occasion Wa were "a few men short
But tue make up was "a strange mixture The
man who drove the hcarse team is al old
stage driver who has had many rough expert
yucls luf west On one occasion he wa. put
uu 20 mule ind given ten minutes e. leave the
town 20 was claimed by the vigiluutes that
bee was the captain Of gang Of horse thieves.
Tie D. "a steady mnu now and never has caused
any complaint
The driver Of the carriage that contained
the member. o. the family, o. my certain
kuowlrdee. dealt faro IN Muntano town
about Fifteen years ago Another used to
drive ga Buruums street parade lie has
been with 90. for eleven years and Is one Of
the Upst mru We havs Then there was one
who b, a teacher uu sunday iu Chinese mis-
sion Sunday school reckon there are no
flies Iu uIm as driver AZ funeral There
. are ~ sup"r,t.tons among men In this bpsi-
ness They don't think any more 81 driving
at a funeral than thry would II called upon
% take party % the park There Is one
class of men that don't like % drive At a fu-
neral Tho rh1rs who drive hanson cabs
] don't know why 90 is. but after a man has
bvsn uu hanson cab for " uiis u seems o.
unfit him f'r anything else Ia the driving
uue o. Nsv York Star.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26

A pocket typewriter Is shOrtlyty be offered
20 the British public Typewriting instru-
ments nov in tho market are Of considerable
slzS and veg tat least, a person could
scarcely think " carrying one about with
him regularly The one under notice Is not
only inexpensive, but u w small that IL may
h. carried 10 tho waistcJut pocket The re-
tail price will be under ten shillings. IL
measures three and half inches by three
inches. and weighs about four ounces
Though sp small. u Is not "a mere toy. The
inventor claims Tor % that 10 will turn cut
better work and be found more useful than
larger and moro expensive machines With
reference 90 rs construction. all that can be
seen when specifically examined l. disk
about Tue size Jt the face ~ gsutismau's
watch. lu which t.u tyls Is flvel and one Or
t"v srnnn rs.''sra. 10 Will t.r,.,s d. s,,....,
al inch o. yard long ana paper ~ any size
Or thickness can bs usCi ANY oue can use
Il. though. us Ia the yus- % other instru-
meufs practice BE- required % enable ths OBJ
orator o. write quickly Another advantage
Is that tS m-uu- pf duplicate typ-s the writer
can t'a used Tor different languages Patents
have ue.u obtained for mos- uf the countries
n Europe ns well ns Tor America, Canada
aud Australia san FRANCHISE Arguuant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26
A LAND OFFICE SWiNOLE.
Valuable Iron Land Near Duluth Frau,
ulentIy Patented,

Valuable Iron Land Near Duluth Fraud
uIentIy Patented.
New YORK, Dec. pa Washington q Y
special says: The investigation now in p-o-
greSs in the general land Office in relatio, to
the fraudu 'ent patent for valuable iron ], Id
near Duluth, is nearly completed, and the
testimony taken shows either fraud Jun
raralleled in the history of the office or mat
tention, carelesSneSS and iucomp sncv
amounting almost TO criminaljty Ii hows
beyond question that the entry of ii ; land
was examined and approved for pat mt by
Douglas, the clerk in charge of such alters.
while controversy involving the "a Ie land
was pending before the secretary. 8 a while
a written protest and caveat agains the pat
ent, signed 10y James X ReldinCt n, repre-
senting adverse claimants was act ally lying
before him with the other papers,
The Fraud Rushed Throl gin.
II Is further shown that ate the entry
had been so approved II was tax 4 out OF its
regular order and sent to the pa snting divi-
sion of the office, where il Mas rushed
through to patent in four rs, ahead of
thousands of other cases ent led TO patent
in regular order and ahead o. hundreds of
such patents actually written out and ready
for signature. 1t further az ears that the
patent was recorded instant upon its de-
livery to the parties interest d and that sew
eral conferences were ais recorded with
evident intent 10 put the rford title in the
hands of oStensible third p rites
Vacation of the Crooked Title.
The grave question Nv, aside from the
punishment of any Of tn offenders within
official reach, is how tn title thus fraud
ulently obtained can { reclaimed by the
government 1t is pr baby impossible to
vacate the fraudulent title without suit by
the United States unds direction of the at
torney general This, is believed, will he
one result Of the im ktilation. What Will
be done in other eections remain to be
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26
IN SELF-DEFENSE
Arthur Craig Stays His Sweet
hearts Father.
A DOZEN MEN KILLED IN GEORGIA.

Two Race Riots Disturb the Harmony of
the state--Master Workman Powderly
Prevents an Outrage on "a Girl-Barn
Burners at Canandaigua, N Y.-The
Man who Was Sick OF McGinty-Mis-
ceIIaneous Criminal Occurrences.
TUscoLA, His, Dec. GA sensational
shooting ARRAY occurred at Newman Tues
day night, in which Detective John Sutton
lost his life at the hands of young Arthur
Craig, of Indianapolis, his daughters lover.
Craig was a favored sutton for the hand OF
Miss Hattie Sutton, but the father opposed
the wedding, which he had reason to believe
would occur Tuesday night or yesterday.
Sutton met Craig in a store Tuesday night,
and seizing the young man by the throat,
placed cooked revolver to his temple, say
ing: "Now go, or I'll kill you" As he said
this he pulled the trigger, but the cartridge
failed to explode
The Young Man Was Prepared.
A second attempt was made, but before 1t
was carried into execution he fell backward
with two bullets in his brain from the young
mans revolver. The latter gave himself up
10 the officers, but the coroner's jury ac-
quilted him of any crime, and he at once re
turned TO indianapolis, fearing vengeance at
the hands of the dead mans relatives and
friends Young Craig is nephew Of Rep
resentative Isaac h. Craig, of the Thirty
second district, and has a good reputation.
The young lady exonerates her lover from
hlapna
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26
CHRISTMAS CHEER.
Some Features Of the Day at
Home and Abroad.
FAIR CHARITY WITH FULL HANDS

Carries Happiness 60 the Homes and Asy-
Iums Of the Poor-Thousands of tho
Unfortunate of the Teeming Metropolis
OF England Remembered by the Rich
A Pittsburg Papers Gin To the
Neutrality-suspicious. Mclean Distributes
some Cash In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Incidents.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2d-Christmas Day in this
city was bright. sunny and, for the season,
remarkably warm There was a white frost
in the morning, but by night it was raining
a little and the atmosphere springlike. The
churches all over the city kept the day in the
usual manner while the saloons did likewise,
but the present is evidently bad season for
eggnog, Tom and Jerry and other bibulous
concomitants of the great festival. 1t was a
noteworthy fact. demonstrative of the
domestic character of Christmas that the
"demnition moisture" OF the refectories had
produced but few samples of seafaring men
who navigated the sidewalks with sway OF
absolute proprietorship. The solid cheer
seemed to have blnished the baneful results
of festive irrigation.
Good Cheer for the Needy.
The good genius OF the season, however,
was busy, and the poor were not forgotten.
The hospital patients were made glad by his
presence, and turkey dinners were universal
wherever the state, the city, or private
benevolcnce had taken charge of the uufort-
unates, while OF individual benevolonce, al
though there is little record, there were in
Vulnerable instances. The orphans at the
asyluns, the "miserablesn at the Washing
tonian home, the inmates Of the home for
81. ~
institutions were treated to good cheer, and
the prisoners nj the Jail were not forgotten.
Christmas was jolly day for the boys at
the Illinois training school. at Norwood Park
They had Christmas dinner tit for kings
and biz tree covered with presents Every
youngster IN the school received lapful OF
candy and fruit and pair of copper-toed
shoes Besides these presents, the older boys
were given drawing instruments, carving
tools, and other useful articles
The General Observance.
The telegraph wires were laden last night
with reports of the observance of the day.
The hand OF charity WAS busy everywhere
aud thousands OF those Whose DAYS are stTug-
giles for existence OF who through misfortune
or transgressiOn are charges OF the state,
city, county, or OF individual benetconce,
will remember yesterday a. a red letter day
in their lives In the houses Of the well-tO-
do and those, 1T any rate, above want 1t goes
without saying that the day was joyous
one for both young aud old A walk through
any Of the streets OF this city disclosed
through the windows bright with gas or the
more universal coal oil lamp, the Christmas
tree laden with gifts--custly or otherwise
/ glittering with tapers aud surrounded by
groups Of happy children and no less happy
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26
THAT CLERK oE THE WEATHER.
lie Makes NIidwinter u Summer season
with summer sports.

lie Makes Midwinter IA Summer season
with summer sports.
FINDLAY, o., Doc 2G-Philip Smith
Yesterday killed black snake which was
running along the road as lively rs in June,
while In all the ponds about the city the
frogs are acting as though winter was a for
gotten season in this part Of the world J.
W. Taylor, Of Hurd avenue, plucked a bunch
Of daisies in his yard in the afternoon, and
has had pausies blooming out Of doors ever
s sas A Ipt. sa st ths ft tres are putting
forth buds, and In several instances pear
trees have blossomed within the last few
days
KANSAS CITY, No, Dec 2G-The weather
was spring like yesterday, the Thermometer
registering Is degrees above the freezing
point and for the usual Christmas games
there were substituted summer sports. At
one Of the parks a ball game was played, and
several tennis courts and crOquet grounds
were Ia Use.
CARTHAGE, Ills, Dec 20 YESTERDAY was
more like summer than winter The Their
mometer ranged from ~ to " degrees above
zero and heavy wraps were discarded
ALBEIT LEA, MINI, Dec &c Clear skies,
warm winds and an entire absence Of snow
tended TO make yesterday q vsritableVirginia
Christmas The lakes are still open, no
frost Is in the ground, and the oldest inhab-
liant Is sstOnished at this April weather in
December. Boating, base ball and other out
door sports were enjoyed here yesterday.
CRAwFoHDsvGILE, Ind, Dec. 2i.--Christ-
mas was celebrated here with games Of base
ball, lawn tennis and foot ball The weather
was as pleasant rs May, and spring flower,
were plucked in the parks yesterday morn