The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

STORY comes from China that the people of
Soochow are greatly alarmed by atmospheric
phenomena. They appear first over rivers AMI
creeks in the form of a black cloud which bears
some resemblance 70 boat. which gradually
becomes ball Of fire, and after time bursts
into myriad of starry flashes of light that
noat about IN the air tor while to the great
terror Of the beholders.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO the schooner Helen NJ.
Tredick picked up dead whale and towed it
into Portsmouth. y. H. The crew stripped it of
the blubber, towed the carcass out TO sea and
set it adrift, but the current drove il ashore at
Odlorne's Point, Rye, and now the selectmen of
the town are trying to get rid of the unwelcome
barrels OF kerosene and tons of hay have been
burned IN the attempt, but the carcass still
remains.
Two ELEPHANTS of a circus were being driven on
board steamer at Seattle, Wash, for a trip to
Ferndale, when they refused TO step on the
gangplank and both made a break up street.
The largest, named Queen. was pursued by
crowd of men and boys into q lumber yard,
where she made a stand and trumpeted several
times. The crowd pressed her with clubs, and
IN moment she charged them In the scram-
bic big pile of lumber was upset and four men
were buried. After an hours chase Queen was
captured.
ACCORDING to Virginia paper the oldest per
son in that state. if not in the nation, is Sarah
Gaddess, colored woman of Oreide. Taylor
county. She was a slave in an old Virginia
family when the revolution began. and remem-
bered distinctly circumstances of that war
Friends who know her history estimate her age
at 100 years. She lives alone. caring for herself
with the aid of neighbors, who erected a small
house for her, the whole community contribut
ing to her support.
WHILE exercising a horse at Fort Collins
Col, the animal became enraged and attempted
to bite its leader. The trainer succeeded in
preventing the furious beast from injuring him
until the halter broke, when the animal picked
him up by the shoulder and threw him to the
ground with great violence, then burying his
teeth in the flesh of the PROSTATE man. the
brute trampled upon him. The trainers chest
was crushed, three ribs were broken and the
flesh on all parts of his body was bruised and
crushed.
In COLLECTIONS centuries old, to be seen in
both China and Japan, are specimens of the
most remarkable drawings in the world-pic-
lures OF all kinds drawn with the thumb nail.
Inc nails OF the thumb on the left hand of these
peculiar artists are allowed to grow to an enor
nous length, sometimes to a foot or nineteen
inches, and are then pared down to pen-shaped
point. Dipping this oddly constructed pen in
beautiful vermilion or sky-bue ink. the only
KIND or ink used in these sacred" thumb-nail
drawings, the artist gracefully outlines his
work Occasionally the bold touches from the
studio of the master in this department of high
art are life size, and are sketched by few
sweeps OF the artists arm
who have attained a conspicuous reputation in
their own country are paid even more hand
somely than are many of the leading members
OF the British faculty. A few days ago wealthy
local notabllity of Odessa. Mr. p S. Rail-, was
operated upon for abscess in the hip by Dr.
SklifassofsKy of st. Petersburg. The operation
was successfully performed within twenty
minutes. The fee demanded and paid was H.
600 rubles, equivalent to G1 z22. Incidentally a
lady availed herself of Dr. SklifasSofsky'S visit
10 ODESSA to have an operation performed for
cancer, for which she paid the operator 1000
ruoles, or E22S And yet, writes our CORE
spondent, there are very many hard-working,
conscientious and skillful young practitioners
busily engaged among the poorer classes of the
populouS provincial csnters in Russia whose
yearly income does not exceed 600 or 700 rubles.
NEW YORK is particular in the examination of
applicants for appointments to its police force.
John II. Mclean, for some time a clerk age 81
a Canadian, has just been found a practically
perfect man. The doctor reports as follows:
"McLean'S percentages were far above the av-
erage. He is feet inch in hight, blonde com.
plexlon, clear eyes, and weighs 100 pounds Ac.
cording to our tested appliances he lifted 200
with his legs, and $50 with his back The
capacity of his lungs was $50 and their
strength 20. The muscular grip of his right
forearm was equal to 80 and his left to rs kios,
which means 200 and 1919 pounds lifting
strength. McLean's percentages were: Sitting
hight 9S; girtb OF waist, SO; nominal measure
ment of chest 100 Tho full measurement of
his chest was III. with a depth of "a The
depth of his abdomen %. The girth of his
right thigh was 81 and his left IS. His right
and left calf measured 80 each, and his two
upper forearmS were 81, while the whole arms
were 81. His muscular condition was l00 and
their strength stood at IS. The traction test
showed 20, and the dumb bells 60 and rs. The
abdominal tests showed 26, the adductions 100
and his natural agility go"