The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST
TIE BLUEJAY LIAR who halls from Astoria,
/ Cal, is about as picturesque as any He says
/ that Andrew Young recently discovered that
I blue Jays were digging up potatoes. flying with
them in their bills and dropping them into a
hole in hollow tree on his ranch for future
use. The potatoes fell through to the ground,
/ and Mr.. Young Immediately had a large idea.
/ He harvested the potatoes on his own rancn and
/ the bue-jays then turned their attention to the
| potato patches of his neighbors. This matter
arranged, Mr. Young carried the potatoes
away In sack as fast as the birds dropped
them into the tree. and in this way he harvested
/ nifty bushels as a gift via the blue-jay express
/ from his neighbors. The snake liar will have to
/ eat some Attic salt and brighten up his
faculties.
AMONG the visitors to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition on Monday were DIR. Calling and Mr..
Maxim, both of whom are celebrated as the in
ventors of rapid firing and destructive ordnance.
/ They were there about the same time, but not
together. Mr.. Watkins, who is curator of the
department of TRANSPORTATION, bade farewell to
DR.. Calling, the famous American inventor, at
/ the northeast door. and, turning minute later,
/ greeted maxlm, DR.. Cuttings great English
rival. Mr.. Watkins thought it an odd expert
ence TO meet the two men in the same place
within few minutes. Mr. Maxim has been de-
voting hlms Elf recently to experimenting in the
/ Held of aerial navigation. and went to the
| Smithsonian to see Prof Langley. Mr.. Maxim's
/ experiments conducted at his place in Eng
/ land, as he described them to persons who con
VerSed with him, have been exceedingly practi-
cal in character.
THEY SAY that in his secret heart "Old
Hutch" idolizes his thrifty and respected son
Charles, although processing objections to his
| art and mission and social interests. 1t was
soon after Charles was first established in bust
ness $50 goes the Chicago story that Isaac
| came to his father and said dad, l think you
ought to do something for me, too" The old
man looked him over; you're right, Ike. said
| he and when come back from the farm I'll
have thought it over and I'll tell you what 1
make up my m nd to do for you. You come
| down to the board of trade at such and such
time So Isaac presented himself to his par
| ent at the appointed time, and said he well,
rather, have you made up your mind what
you're going to do for me?" "Yes. Ike, and
| there was CLEAN in the eyes of the parent,
Yes, Ike; I've made up my mind to get you
a waterbury watch"
| AN ENGLISH DIVINE has prepared startling
| table of the figures, perusal of which will make
one thankful that he is living in the latter part
| OF the nineteenth century instead of in the days
| Immediately following the landing of the ark.
| he shows that if one of Noah's boys had lived
to be 500 years old, having his first child at 80
| and bis last at 470, and allowing for but one
| addition TO his family every three years, and
supposing them all TO live to the ripe old age of
$50, he could gather around him at least 147
| sons and daughters With a reasonable degree
of prolific bearing his grandchildren would
number between 10000 and 12,000 the great
and the great-great grandchildren taken with
| the others enumerated above would swell the
figures to something like $4,000; this too, if
| monogamy alone were practced. If pOlygamy
| we're the rule, as it probably was at that time.
the figures would be still more startling.
THE 1O-year old Crown Prince of Germany ap-
pears to be in fair way of becoming an insult
ferable little prig. A few days ago, when
| returning with his brothers from a drive, the
palace guards, as usual. turned out on the ap-
proach of the imperial children. AS the carriage
mad driven up rather rapidly, the men were
forced to run as fast as they could to assume
their places in the ranks, and one unfortunate
fellow, in his haste. forgot his gun. This was
! immediately noticed by the Crown Prince who
as soon as ever the carriage had stopped instead
OF entering toe palace, hurried off with his
| brothers to the officer in command of the guard
for the purpose of lodging a Complaint yainst
the soldier who had appeared without his rife.
| The result was that the soldier was sentenced
| to four days arrest and to a further term of
fatigue duty for his remissness, while the Berlin
papers are filled with laudatorY notices Of the
military feeling and precision of the future En-
peror of Germany.
A DENTIST in the New York Ledqer says: "To
determine q persona character by the teeth
take the upper front teeth, They are the true
index of the nature Of a man or a woman.
Here" he said, lis the tooth of a young lady
who has lovely disposition and is universe ly
beloved; see how regular and dainty the forIna-
ton is, aud yet possessing all requisite points
for a perfect tooth. Here you see the tooth of
a man who is cruel, although his cruelty is of
the refined kind; notice that the tooth is white
and rather sharp and long. Then this tooth,
stumpy and coarse in form. denotes the brutal
ity; it is from the jaw of a ran Of brutal ma
ture. Here is curious tooth from the mouth
of peevSh, fretful woman; the crown has a
sharp, fretful turn toit. Now we have the tooth
Of sensuous woman; you see it is square,
although of good shape, and depressed in the
center its wearer has caused great deal of
distress in the hearts of neglected wives Now
we come to one that belong sd once in the mouth
of lady who is noted for ner refinement and
intellectual development. 1t is slender and
perfect in shape-one of the kind of teeth that
go with long, slender fingers"
ACCORDING to the Norwich Bulletin Prof.
Brewer of Yale recently told good snake
story Years ago he was in California and had
his tripod and other surveyors instruments in
the field. Stepping along in the bushes he felt
a movement under his feet and found he was
standing on four and a half foot rattlesnake-
a large, vicious, and fighting fellow. But the
snake pinioned that he could not strike
the thick boot that held him fast Prof. Brewer
held the rattler'S head down with his tripod and
cut it off. Then he cut off his rattes. Stepping
aside he saw the body of the snake, partly
coiled lying very STILL Taking out his rule to
measure it's length the professor took hold of
the serpent to straighten him out Quick as
an electric shock said Prof. Brewer, that
headless snake brought the bloody stump over
and struck hard blow upon the back of my
hand" He added: Il knew that his head was
off and that he could not poison me, but that
quick and hard blow of the RATHER made nv
. hair stand on end" Prof WillsteT, standing
by, said: Il have on two or three occasions seen
similar sudden blows by headless rattlesnakes y
AT THE HOME of a welI-known Jewish citizen
of ST. Louis was recently seen a tiny flame
burning in a handsome goblet. Examination
showed the goblet to be half filled with water
7 on the top of which ioated about an inch of
pure olive oil. miniature float of corks
, fastened either side of a metallic ring,
, rested upon the oil On the ring was placed a
wax taper, hardly thicker than thread, pass
: ing through a small circle of thin wood, so that
i the lower end of the thread dipped through the
ring into the olive oil. The upper end of the
, taper was lighted, as above mentioned. The
oil drawn up through the wax-covered taper
served Go keep it alight for several hours.
1--WE burn this said the lady of the house,
I'm memory of one of our dead When that
, taper burns nearly out we will substitute an
other, SO that the flame, like the vestal fire,
never goes out. We light the taper when our
relative dies and let it burn a year. the last one
being allowed to burn out We attend to these
| lights with great care, thus beeping alive the
memory of our loved one. 1t is an old custom
of ours and one seldom now observed. Some
, burn it only for a week, while others burn il
for a month. Our family adheres to the Gus
tom in all its purity; always keeping the flame
alive for year"