The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-16
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verse IS true. Moreover. among those dEe.lel
| in the cities who are able 70 live relatively q
vel as country people do the general heath i
unq1estionaoy bett r. Beyond tue limits of
sluslid poverty. the fool. closhiny and housing
Of city people ia modern times are all better in
marked degree than In the country, AMI the
co3zing is irmsasurably supsriJr
LIE the farmers daughter who counted the
chicsens before they were Matched. the thoughts
Of waiter maidsns do not always rest lrpon tn,
/ viands which they serve. At restaurant much
| freqdented oy the German ele nenr, one of the
| absent minded fair sex approached a handsome
| youth who had Sc lted himself at the tanle ard
/ balancing a tray full OF dishes injured Are
You married:' instead of the usual query
| Hare You ordereds' ''Nein," repliei rue
young man with a roar OF laughter The re-
minder so startled the girl that sue dropned the
| china, ShiveTlng it into fragments, and retired
| with a face in color resembling boiled lobster
WILLIAM T. BUscH1EK, totally blind. runs a
cigar store in Chicago, and is wonder He
makes change. saovs his goods, can hand out
any brand OF cigar. aud even goes down town
alone TO replenlsh MS stock. He can hand out
! any particular kind of cleWing gum from bis
| case, and has some reputation as a fine candy
MAKER his sense of hearing is remarkable. and
/ ms ability TO locate objects by sound, wonder
| full This was demonstrated one night recently
| when burglar broke into his store. The robber
! left hastily with leaden bullet in MS ANATOMY
| as red spots on the hpor proved the next morn
| ing. Inc blind man handles revolver cleverly,
ana shoots accurately for one 50 heavily haudl
| capped, locating the object to be aimed at by
| sound.
| Carefully PRESERVED in a small tin case in
the great Smit lsonian Institute at Washington
D. c. not on public exhibition, but accessible to
medical 81 u ientS and Others interested reposes
one OF the greatest curiosities of the nineteenth
century. The curiosity in question is baby
with two heads; or, perhaps, il would be more
proper TO speak OF 1t or them as double baby.
| The heads. which are about the siz, of base
| balls, are perfect; so are the two TRUNKS, which
| come together at the waist. The four shoulders,
| Tour arms and two chests are natural and ror-
NAL 1ae hips are the proper size for an infant
OF It's apparent age, as also the legs and
Feet Every part of the child seems natural
enough unu. the point of union is reached, the
| plac5 where the ribs of the two boys grow to-
gether. From there down the freak is only a
single human being. The scientists of the insti-
t.te regard 1t as a much greater freak than the
Slamese twins, that is, providing it had lived.
THE ITALIAN ASSASSIN of New Orleans has long
since abandoned the stiletto Occasionally the
banana knife, q more effective weapon is used
| but the blunderbuss or saWe.-off gun is the
fAvorloe. 1t IS objectionable in this, that it
makes noise that alarms the police. but it has
the merit that IL never fails. The assassins take
| an old double. barreled gun and file off the bar
rels, leaving them about fifteen inches in length
Inc stock Is also rem we'd and fltte to it win a
hinge The weapon. therefore, is like a clasp
knife three feet or more in length. but when
closed only fifteen inches. The Italian using it
can easily conceal the gun in his coat or pants
eftectually hiding il. When it is ready for use
ne opens II, and he has double barrel Inusket
which will shoot further and better than a re-
volver. This is loaded to the muzz.e with rough
siugs, which scatter in firing, and which tear
the victim badly. Nearly all of the men killed
by the Stopaherra have been found with from
SIX TO ten fatal wounds.
REGULAR reader of the St. Louis RepubEfc
residing at Richmond, Mo, furnishes the editor
the following note concerning the original man
uscrlpt copy OF the Book of Mormon, which be-
!onged to the late David Whitmer, one of the
tnree witnesses TO the divine authenticity of the
DOCK; June l. 1873. the city of Richmond No
was visited by terrible cyclone The residence
OF Whltmer, the possessor of the manuscript of
| the BOOK or Mormon was directly in the storms
path; Although the house was almost
totaliy demolished, one room. that IN
which the book was deposited-being an
extension OF porch, consequently not as
substantial as the otuer parts OF tue houss-
| was left uniniured IN the least degree; not
| shlngle was removed or a single crack made in
| the plastering. Like the Athenian waite ltowar
1t stood, piled up with wrecks all Sides itself
| unwrecked, When the citizens of the afflicted
| city learned the above facts they formed CON-
| mlttee AMI made report on the miraculous
| valued treasure. The written renort of the
committee IS now in possession of one OF the
| prominent attorneys of the city in which the
| events related occurred.
PErrIooATs for winter use are haudsomer
than usual. Very rich stuffs iii plain and
| figured velvet, black gray and Indian red bro
cade, also silk and wool materials, are utilized.
| Blac silk skirts lined with fancy-striped fan
mel are full IN the back, closely gored on the
| front and sides, and trimmed with three rows
| OF heavy black lace about ten inches wide.
These are both dressy aud comfortable Soft
| gray camel hair skirts are trimmed with tiny
| nounceS OF the same, brier- stitched
| with red, helotrope or golden brown
silk. Very few sIartched white skirts
toilets, their place being taken by demi-t trained
| petticoats OF waite American Surah, frilled and
| lace-edged. There are besides skirts of silk and
linen orocade and MORE antique, with linen
| back, which hang better than any starched
| skirt could possibly DO, and these match the
| color or the gown, or are pure white, taste
| anu occasion may suggest. The skirts not
| expensive considering the future expenditure
| they save, and being far more supple and cling
| ing than a stiff. cold muslin skirt. are better
| suited to both the state of the weather and the
| present style of Dress
| THE INHABITANTS of st. Luci have lately dis
covered most singular plant. In cavern on
that island near the sea- an immense basin of
| brackish water has collected. The waters are
as Gear as crystal, and reveal millions of varied
| coored pebbles on the bottom. Each of these
| pebbles furnishes resting place for from two
to flve OF most remarkable species of plant
a plant much more nearly allied to the animal
than to the vegetable kingdom. The shallow
| waters around the edgs of the pool
| look for all the world like well-kept beds of
| rare and wonderful flowers; all bright and
shing in color, the majority of them re-
|
| their tint is much brighter. Those seeming
| flowers, on the approach of the hand or a stick.
| retire, like a snail, out of sight On examining
| them closely the middle of the disc is found to
| be provided with four brown f1aments. rssem
| bling SPIDERS legs which move around the pet
| ais with brisk, spontaneous motion These
| nlaments have pincaers with which to seize the
| food upon which this queer animal-plant sub
| slsts, tue food of the strange creature being
| spawn OF fish and marine insects thrown into
| the pool by the action of the tides
| WE CAN measure the quantity of heat that
the sun constantly euits, because we can meas
ure the amount received by our earth. which
intercepts about the 2, 800 000 OO0th part of ali
the light and heat given out by the sun Thus
we find that in every second of time the sun
ernits as much heat would result from the
combustion of II COO, COO 900 900 tons of coal
In presenting this mote" for the con sderation
of the curious it may be interesting to the
reader to know that each portion of the suns
surface as larg as our earth enlits as muc1
heat per second as wouli 1000, 00),OO0 tons of
coal instantly transformed into heat-a
relative amount easily remembered
Now it is easily calculated from
this that if the suns whol,
mass consisted Of COAL ami could burn I'D until
the time when the very last ton were consumed
maintaining until [ en- the rate of emission
ker1t III ha