The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-05
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The RAccoos, when he goes fishing, viii let
his tail hang over into the water. The crabs
mistake this for food and lay hold of it, When
the raccoOn feels bite he removes his tail with
/ a sudden jerk. captures his prey and removes a
snort distance from the water, where he greedily
/ devours it.
/ The Republique Frdncdise gives a long &C.
count OF learned seal, who comes when called,
gives his paw of rather his fipper toeany one.
| when properly introduced, walks from his
boarding house to the circus where he is exhlb-
tied, but strangely enough insists on riding in a
/ carriage when it rains.
WILLIAM CARROLL. a St Louis gentleman, is a
professional robber Of chicken roosts. and as
such is probably the champion OF the world. He
was recently captured, and proudly led the
oncers to a pile of 200 heads. representing the
number of chickens which he had stolen within
the last nine months. Dir. Carroll is a white
man.
THERE is cry of fear in Paris lest dancing
may be forced out of fashion. One reason as
signed is that women with salons no longer
encourage it. Another is that the waltz. which
has for some yeas monopolized dancing. is too
bolsterous and exhausting 1t has disappeared
from many Paris salons. A revival of the art
Is called for.
A GENTLEMAN in Paris, Tex, owns horse
which makes habit of eating young chickens.
Every time young chicken comes within reach
of the horse it is sure to be swallowed. The
appetite of this equine for poultry is something
Unsuitable. and no less than half dozen infante
fowl have been martyred to satisfy his hunger
IN single day.
IT is officially estimated that, including sums
voted for scientific work in connection with the
voyage of the Challenger, sincs it was COM
pleted, at least 9SS 900 have already been ex-
pended on the publication of the report Of
this sum up to the present only f1S00 have
been recovered by sales The report is
nearly compete. thirty-Six volumes having al
ready been issued.
Two AND HALF MILES from Louisville, in
southwesterly direction, and in the neighbor
| hood of the Louisville almshouse there is to be
| seen rare object in the shape of pure white
crow. 1t has be- in the neighborhood for sew
eral da' S, and is with flock of black crows.
| tn crow is not subject to varying in color,
| and TO vary suddenly from pure black to pure
white Is remarkable.
| THE japan Gazette states that on jan. "a a
soldier committed suicide by throwing himself
| in front of a train on the Tokaido railway.
1 When the body was found one of the arms was
missing, aud on arrival Of the train at Kobe the
missing limb was found attached to one of the
| engine wheels. The distance between the spot
| where the suicide took place and Kobe is about
| two hundred miles.
| SUCCESSFUL English physician of 30 dimes at
7:9O O'Clock every evening and goes to bed at 9
| He rises at in the morning. reads two hours
| and writes three hours. He eats breakfast at z
| aud goes to bed again. rising at H. He prac-
| tees his profession between noon and in the
| evening. Inc amount and quality of his work
| are wonderful, and within five years hs has
| risen TO foremost place in the profession.
! :c--REv. A. N. SoMERs of Fort Atkinson, Wis. q,
| who is a noted arch8ologist aud an expert on
the work of the mound builders. has discovered
That the little village of Aztalan. Wis, is built
| upon the ruins of city which was once evil
| IDENTIFY the capital Of a vast region held by the
| mound builders. By recent excavations Mr.
Somers finds that four cities have existed in the
| same plaza, one built upon the ruins of another
| VAST SUM was sunk in the temporary plant
| used in building the Forth bridge. The engi-
neers estimated that f510.G00 was spent in this
| direction alone In scaffolding, flooring, she'd
| ding, etc, 100000 cubic feet of timber were
| used. From first TO last 1900 tons of mere Scr
vice bolts were needed TO hold the mass of
material together. Scores of hydraulic JACKS
| sixty miles of wire rope and rams innumerable
| were also among the temporary appliances en-
| ployed.
| NATHAN HARVEY of Topeka Kan, has in his
| possession his wedding suit which was made at
| Richmond, Ind. in 1882, in shop in which
Schuyler ColfaX, Gen. Burnside aud ex-Con-
| gresham Shryock were journeymen The suit
consists of white duck trousers buff vest with
brass buttons and blue swallow-t tail coat also
| trimmed with brass buttons. The cloth for
these garments cost 81 andcthe making s.. Mr..
Harvey also has hat, purchased for the same
occasion, which was made by Oliver p Morton.
AN old custom formerly prevalent in many
parts of England was that of "heaving' or
| lifting" mostly performed in the open street.
| People formed into parties of twelve or more,
and from every one lifted" they extorted
contribution. There is said to be a record in
| the tower of London of certain payments made
| to ladies. aud maids of honor for taking King
| Edward l. in his bel at Easter, whence it has
been presumed that he was lifted according TO
| the custom which then prevailed among all
| ranks throughout the kingdom.
THERE are only $1,000 greenback bills now
| outstanding, although the Treasury depart
ment has endeavored to call in all bills of large
| demonlnat ions, says the Washington Capita!
| There Is but one $4,000 greenback bill in exist
ence which Is still uncancelei. In is now in the
treasury vaults The So 900 bills OF to-day are
| gold certificates. Ex-County Treasurer Frank
ROTTERDAM of Cincinnati says that for
years his Office has carried $500 greenback
| as relic, and that every treasurer has kept the
! bill. and will not send 1t back to the treasury
for redemption.
| The age of the high hat is under iuvestiga-
| ton. A correspondent writing in the Manner
| Journal says: among the marginal illustra-
tons by Albrecht Durer of the famous prayer
| book of the Emperor Maximilian, there is a
man wearing high hat, and in a book of crests
! and escutcheons of the Joss Amman. published
In 1889, high hat forms the crest of noble
man. Had these hats not been worn at tia
period, great artist like Durer and Amman
would certainly not have painted such miser-
able ugly things which are the most unsightly
pieces OF furniture the world has ever SEEM
The foreign tuba player who ran against
snag in the shape of New York custom house
official who decided that he wasn't an artist.
aud therefore couldn't land in this country to
compete with our native talent, has trumphed
after all. The Tuba player undertook to plead
his own case before a higher authority who
examined him in melody, harmony, counter
point. composition, Instrumentation execution
and so forth. He played Annie Laurie on mis-
tuba without an accompaniment, and so en-
RANGED the obdurata customs officer that he
was adiudged an artist and eligible for adnis-
sion to our shores
AN ENGINE DRIVER on. ore of the Scotch lines
reports that he has noticed that certain hawks
of the merlin or "stone falcon" species make
use OF the passing OF trains for predatory pur-
poses. They fly close behind the train near the
ground, partly hidden by the smoke, but care.
fully watching for the small BIRDS which
frightened by the train il rushes roaring
past, fly up in bewldered shoals. The merlins
then, while the little birds are thinking more of
the train than lurking foes, swoop on them
from the ambush of the smoke and strike them
down with ease If they miss, they return to
the wake of the carriages. and resume their
flight and their hunt. They can, it seems.
easily keep pace with express train and
outstrip 1t when they please.
WHO are those men coming up the center
aise!" asked a guest at one of the large New
York hotels, referring to two men who seemed
to be taking careless stroll about the room |
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