The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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lea. of which nearly 800 are pecu lar. The tur
key and the knocking bird belong to the latter
| class.
| An ARIZONA PAPER says that at Proctor's
Well, Santa Rosa the shells of seventeen-year
locusts were broug It up fro II the depth OF 759
| feet, 10 which deDth the piping extends. 1t
| says; Fnere was quite quantity of them.
Inc entire shell was perfect, also the limbs and
| marry covering OF the back"
a QUARTER OF MILLION is to be asked from
congress for monument in Paramount park
| Philadelphia, TO commemorate the constitution.
| IL IS not deci led what form ne monument shall
| taAe' tie main point being the $3.50, 900. Local
| Contributions are to swell this respectable sum.
| As Phi,adelphians hav a weakness for German
| Sculptors who proLucs pedantic and tasteless
| monuments the chances for a good thing are
slight.
THOMAS MoNAHAS, an Irish millionaire who
lived in Melbourne for half a century, died re-
Gently. He was one of the $50 poor Irsh immi-
grants who sail d for Australia in 1882 and the
| snip was IN such terrible sanitary condition
| that ninety of them died on the VOYAGE Mona.
nan shrewdly invested his little earnings in land
around Melbourne, with the result that blocks
Tor which he naid 600 in those early days are
now worth t25G,O0 each. His aggregated
wealth is estimated at e., 10000.
The rapid growth of Italian barber shops II
New York city is alarming the oli-time BARRIERS
49, CCcLO SHlNluB SHOPS are now 10 De
found not only in Little Italy, and the other
quarters in which swarns OF Italians have tax, n
up their abode, but also in other localities D
town. down town and on both sides OF the civ
or many years great part of the trade has
oeeH IN tIle haiIlS or German philosophers. " ho
now find it hard to compete with the Itali; ms
even wen tney charge dime for using the
lather brush and razor.
LArAH COUNTY, IDAHO comes to the front
with an ice mine The discovery was made in
Pine Creek canyon, 1000 feet above the sea-
clllllng current of air coming from the direc-
ton OF be 4 of moss was the first thing that
attrscted the attention of party of BIOLOGISTS
10 IL. IheY re moved The moss and discovered
a VEN OF lc5 800 feet long and from four to
SIX inches thick. The several layers of bould-
ers, debris and ice alternatsd to a depth of
forty feet The biologists think this forma-
zion belongs to the glacial period.
A GENUINE BLUE LOBSTER of good size has
been captured at Marshfeld, Mass 1t is of
pure ultramarine blue of handsome shade.
Along the back the color of this singular
crustacsan is almost as dark as indigo but at
the sides it is as light a robins egg and in
the joints of the shell shades away to a deli
cate cream color. The claws of the blue lob
ter are Sii chilly notified in shai of blue and
purple on top and mo t 4licate cream under
meath. 1t will be boiled for the sake of seeing
TO what color it will turn during the process.
AUGUST lies up to date are above the average
There are the Nebraska petriied hand, filed
with diamonds, the wonderful pearls in Wiscon-
sin clam SHELLS, the Colorado man who lowed
persistent dream and found a baby skeleton
ana jug full of gold, and the Illinois gIrl of
nineteen, who two months ago was a puny
slckly dwarf, but has suddenly shot UP and
gathered 2S5 pounds of flesh. This, with the
burning OF her dog by Sarah Bernhardt, and
the Shadrach Meshech. and Alb dnego of
Alabama. constitute group that will keep the
inspired liars humping to match before the
month is out.
PRESIDENT CARNoT, of France is dreadfuly
stiff and correct in everything rather, in short,
TOO conscientio sly gentleman-like and too
scrupulouSly well-bred Not having gone
through the training of a constitutional soyer-
eIgn, which enables the Prince of Wales to be
lndetatigable, he gets violent headaches and re-
turns to tine Elysee thorou hly tired out where
his wife awaits him, thoroughly enjoying the
privilege of her position, skimming the cream
OF everything that is pleasant without any en-
Tor, ed duties; always gracious, always smiling
always beautifully dressed and never obliged to
he tired, consequently much happier than any
queen.
AN INDIANS SKELETON, 6 feet 3 inches high,
was found day or two ago at Thamesyille
conn 1t was in sitting posture facing east,
and was in the side of a deep gully which had
oeen washed out by recent heavy rains The
bones were as white as ivory, but when the
skeleton was exposed to view it began crumh-
ling speedily. The teeth were sound, and there
was cleft on the right side OF the apex Of the
9Auli dS tuOuSn Uno man na1 bee tOmahawked. |
Between the skeletons knees in Il little recep-
tacie were found numerous Indian arrows and
lance heads, and a stone pestle such as was
used by the Indians in crushing grain for
''yokeag."
The Medical Classics gives a few hints on the
treatment of the finger nails. 1t says that 'the
way in which the nail is cut can totally chanoa
the shape of the fingers By cutting the nails
close at the sides, and keeping the corners from
a4dherlng to the skin, hang nails can be avoided
WheHe the nails are thin, and inclined to break
frequent oilnS Is necessary and the nails
Slould never be polished except when some
oily substance is used This keeps the nails
more phable, and no matter how thin thew are
II properly treated, tn are no more liable 10
oreak than thic ser ones. Another thing that ia
bad for the nails is polishing lem too roughly.
The should be lightly touched and NOT ruhhsd
until they become heated. This is enc cause of
WHITE spots coming on the nail and marrino it's
beauty" S
CHAMBERS JOURNAL notes a terrible circuro-
stance in connection with the Venetian glass in
dustry, and that is that after many wears Of
work. when the wOrkmen are betwe N 40 and IN
years of age, they begin to lose their sight and
aIIer snort while are wholly blind. There
seems to be no remedy for this unfortunate
state of things, for many protective devices |
have been tried without success The blindness
IS caused by the excessive heat and also by the
glare OF the never-ceasing flames from the glass
furnaces. 1t is some comfort to know II a.
these poor victims to art are content to live
very simply, and, as their wages are high, thew
are able to saw, large sums Thus their de-
Ginning years, although passed under such sad
conditions have not the additional misery
which want entails.
MAN from Philadelphia strayed down to
Coney Island last Sunday with an eight-year-
old boy. They saw the imitation COW the
wooden elephants, the merry go rounds ali
of which seemel innocent enouyh In an evil
and un guarded moment their steps led than
toward the west end of the island where the
hand-organ, PLAYING religious tunes seemed tn
cal the troubled conscience of the hov hut
when the crowd carried the couple into the free
entertainments over the line the vonno
Quaker rebeled, and he looked up into the facss
OF the parent with the query Papa. isn't il
Sunday The reply was carefully weighed nv
the father, who finally answered: 1T Doesn't
seem to be. WHAT day does Sunday coma on
at Coney Island, then?" was the next onesrion
1t commences about September. and lasts for
eight months, my boy" said the father: ~
guess we will go back to the train now.
TIE TABLED PERvERsITY OF womanknd was
given an exhibition in the marriage license Of
hca at Pittsburg on recent afternoon A
young couple, each apparently about Is YEAR
or age, entered the Office arm in arm and the |
gent lemaQ asked for a licapSa 10 NAS |