The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ana4yL6d by a St Paul chemist. with the result
/ ing discovery of pay dirt" to the value OF 50
| TO the ton The expense of working the bid Is
| comparatively nothing. and Mr. Sondermann
will seek wealth in the sand.
! ABOUT one month ago young man named
Joe Harpster of ST. Louis was struck on tie
| back Of the head with pair of brass knuckles
by otpa1. knocking him senseless and for a
| month he lay uEcOnSci us. A few days agp he
| suddenly recovered his senses, but W en- be
| did be was able TO CONVEX intellig -ntly only
| IN the German language. He was born of Amt
| lcan parents, who spoke German, and that was
the language he first learned. He gave that up;
| however, and learned English, using 1t at all
| times, emit ely forgetting ms German Now he
J can remember nothing If English. Scientist
are wrestling with the problem.
Mrs. BoYFIELD went to the Baltimore and
Ohio depot of GAINESVILLE to see some friends of
on train. When the train arrived she laid
| her baby down in the gentlemen's waiting
room and went with friends to the platform.
After the train departed she entered the car
rage and drove away. She made several calls
| and never discovered the loss of the baby until
sue returned home, an hour afierward. She
hastily returned to the depot and found the
| baby safe and sound in the arms OF a hotel
runner, who had discovered it and took care OF
| IT, During her absence half dozen persons
| had attempted t. secure it for adoption. Sic
was overjoyed at finding it and wept freely.
BEGGAR was sitting in New York street,
holding out a battered hat. The following
placard was hung about his neck: please.
| good people, help poor olind man, who was
once rich, but who has been reduced from
alfluence to poverty. You will never regret il. y
| PRESENTLY along came pleasant-faced man
with a sharp, shrewd eye. He looked at the
poor old beggar curiously for moment, and
then suddenly drew back his arm as though to
strike MIN blow in the face. The moveme I
was only feint, but 1t served the purpose.
The beggar jumped backward about yard and
| hp q inc h u n "
| IN and out among the passing vehicles with
wonderful skill for blind man.
JOHN REACH of Denison, Tex, was an eye
witness Of a terrible battle between a large
| wood rat and blacksnake, near the farm Of
| Mr. Nnon. The snake was concealed in the
weeds and attacked the rat, which was crossing
| the wagon roa1. The reptile grabbed the rat,
| which eXtrIcated itself and then turned on its
| antagonist, biting piece of the flesh out of
| the neck near the head The snake struck at
| the rat but the rodent evaded the blow by
| jumping into the air. The reptile, by a move
| ment which Reach described las quick as light
| ming" grabbed the rat a second time. The rat
| bit the snake, and thon, Reach says, commenced
| the battle to the death. The snake and rat
| we're Daily mixed up. and the dust few so that
| he could not distin uish one of the combatants
| from the other. The struggle lasted about ten
| minutes, when the rat lay in the road dead and
| the snake was SO badly wounded that Mr. Reach
| killed 1t with stick. the back of the reptile
| was literally torn TO pieces, and Mr.. Reach is
| astonished that it survived the battle
IT is not very pleasing thought that human
skin tanned into the most delicate leather is
now becoming a commercial commodity. The
| exigences of trade have stimulated demand
| in at least one industry for the outer covering
| of the human being. A few grades of gloves
| SOLD IN New \ rk are manufactured from this
| material in France and Switzerland where the
| tanneieS have been quietly supplying huma
| leather to the glove-makers for some years. A
/ aaX iyn1d cFv-Vl ,,E I
human leather the other day which is in the
| possession of Al. Moore of the Boots mt Shoes
| Weekly. 1t was taken from mans back and
| is as thick as the ordinary sole leather Leathe.
| experts say that as the hide of a kid co upares
with that of goat so of course does the skin Of
| a child compare in pliable texture with that of
| the adult. Nature has protected mans spine
by a skin which is much heavier than on other
parts of the body save the sole of the foot and
the heel. Bits of skin from the human heel
have been tanned up into leather almost an
inch thick: But in these days of Brown-Sequard
e'iXrs an little towns with big heads that want
the 1872 fair, nothing is wonderful.
A MOST curious paper has been found in the
archives of the Nurnburg- Further railway, the
first railway constructed in Germany, 1t is the
official opinion of the Bavarian high medical
cole ium concerning the probable effect of the
general introduction of railway travel upon the
| health OF Bavarlan subjects. The rapi lty of
the new transit would, accord ing 10 the learned
| doctors, certainly cause brain disease which
| would eventually develop into delirillm
| turloSum. OF course every one who wished to
| expose himself to this consequence of the new
mode of travel mi Sht be allowed to do so unds-
| tn bed by the state. Other persons however
| should be projected from the perilS attendant
| upon the rapi loco notion. Spectators by the
| wayslde were liable to brain trouble after
| merely watching the passing steam cars
| Therefore, the railway and cars should be CON
| cealed from view by close board fences at Least
! five yards high: All things considered, a better
xr1fvN ,af.. -
| crown would be to forbid altogether the cor
| Struction of the raj way The opinion was
| given in 1887 in response to a government it,
quiry
| FROM the London Truth: The queen has now
| commenced building her villa at Aix-les- Bains
The site is at Marlioz, and the projected terrac.
and grounds will command charming views of
| the Lac du BOurget. The plans of the villa
were drawn out more than two years ago Init
| dltlcultles arose in connection with the DIR
chase of the land, which have only now been
| overcome | hear that i'm perative orders have
| been given that the villa is to be built, dee O
rated, furnished, and in every respect ready for
| the occupation of the queen by the middle of
! larch, as her majesty contemplates another
visit to Alx-leS-B ains next spring and PROPOSES
| to pass Easter there. Her majesty has not
| often received state visitors at Osborne as the
| accommodation afforded by the house is com
| paratlvely limited, and when there are many
| guests tney are quartered at Osborne cottage
The present house Of osborne was lui nv
| Cubtt from a desi n drawn by the prin. e con
| sort The gardens are very pretty and the
| whole OF the grounds, which efford a drive of
| eight miles, are very well wooded the tree g
| running down to the verge of the beach
| New YORK has more clubs than the memory
of man can recount, but of all the clubs. big
| and little, there is none more interesting than
| the Old Curio ty Club. The bond of fellowship
| wakes warm among the members when thew
| gather in the back room of Bob Fullerton &
| quaint curiosity shop at No. 2l9 Third avenue
| Most of the members are art connoisseurs a nd
| collectors OF curloS, who swap opinions with
| such men as A. w. Drake, art editor of the
| entuIy, Fritz Kaldenberg the sculptor and
| Samuel +. Goodwin. the wealthy William Shurp
| collector. The atmosphere of Fullerton S Quaint
| old shop is hlg .ly congenial to the runma yers
| of relics of the past. They spread out their
| recently acquired treasures before his critical
| eye and discuss the genuineneSs and anthem
| ITCHY of paintings and ancient curos FuIler.
| ton. himself frequenter of auction rooms and
| secondhand stores, picks up many a timeworn
| bit of Jewelry, book or trinket which his
| friends pass judgment upon and fondle with
| longing hands. More than once the old curl
| oSty-Seeker nas stumbled upon relics which ne
| has rescued from forgotten graves to find their
| way to place Of honor in the big museums of
| Europe and America.
| NOBODY knows just how many horses there
are in New York, but a glance at the hay that
| is devoured every year there would surprise al.
| most anybody. Two and half million bales of
| hay are wheeled into the city every twelve
| months and the cry for mora ic p, L.