The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The IDEA OF drugging COWS to increase their
production Of milk is so repulsive that there
VIII be little regret expressed at the failure of
gu e1periment carried out in France by NJ.
SorneVln, who administered philocarpine as
| likely 10 Increase the secretions He found
after several trials, that the drug had no influ.
ence upon the quantity of milk, though the con.
stftuents were affected, notably in an increase
| of sugar.
A SPIDER is the novel pet of Lainsburg
mich girl. He is kept under a goblet and care
fully fed positively refusing to begin meal I'M
I'll three or four flies have been thrust into his
apartment. These he let's walk around him and
even over him, allowing them TO think him per-
iectly harmless until In some of their trips I'M
der his nose he apparently wakes up and grabs
them. After one of these meals he loses his ap.
petite for about forty-elght hours.
DUKE WILLIAM, Crown Prince Of Wurtem.
berg. is without exception the most battered
scion of royalty in Europe. Born sixty-two
years ago, he has, during his long military
career In the Austrian army, been repeatedly
wounded on many battlefields. He was wounded
In the war of 184S, again in the war of 1853
against France aud Italy, in the war of 1854
with Denmark, and in the war of 1865 with
Prussia, while during the Bosnia-H Herzegovina
campaign he received also slight injury Not
| content with this, he has broken almost every
Done IN DIS body, from collar bone to ankle, by
| accidents in either riding or driving.
On TABLE in front of the members Of the
New York State Medical Association recently
| there was a glass Jar about two feet high in
which was preserved a baby with two perfectly
| formed heads, two arms and four legs. From
the neck to the thigh there is one body, slightly
larger than the ordinary infants. There are
| two sets OF legs. The monstrosity lived only a
| rev moments after birth. An hour later the
mother gave birth to perfectly formed male
child, who is still alive and we'll. The freak was
| presented some time ago TO the Mott Memorial
Museum by DIR. Jewett Of Cortland county. In
| speaking OF it he said that about five years
ago the mother gave birth to a similar monstros
| ity.
EFFIGIEs and inscriptions have been found in
an underground city in Central Asia and also
designs upon gold and silver money which lead
| to the belief that the town dates back to two
| centuries before the birth of Christ. There are
| number OF streets and squares surrounded by
houses two and three stories high. Urns, vases,
cooking pots and other utensils have been
found In great abundance. The symmetry of
the streets and squares and the beauty of the
baked clay and metal utensils attest the fact
| that the people had reached an advanced stage
| Oh CIVILIZATION 1t is supposed the town was
| concealed in the earth TO give the population a
refuge from the incursions of savages and rob-
| bers.
A CURIOUS STORY comes from Wenghslang
The town suffers from foundations of the yell
| low river, and two years ago a movement was
started by the local maeistrate to build break K
| water. The chief difficulty lay in the want of
| sufficiently large stones. Suddenly however,
| TO the astonishment of the community, a heavy
| storm Of wind and rain deuged the country
| and brought down an endless quantity of huge
| stones exactly suited to the purpose. The
/ people naturally regarded the incident as q de
| rect manifestation Of divine power In aid of
| great public undertaking, aud the governor of
/ the district cites fact which ooncusi vely
| proves the supernatural origin of the event.
| one OF the stones, he says, which was as large
| as house. was inscribed with seal characters
| two of which, meaning work" and stone" re-
| spectively, lie was able to decipher.
IT WAS q white dinner, says the Chicago
| Herald. and was given in honor of the brides
homecoming. The snowy table cloth Of ex-
| quiste fineness was a mass Of delicate hem
| stitching and silken tracery. The long white
| satin scarf was exceedingly ornate with its
| heavily embroidered and fringed ends and its
| centerpiece OF mirrors, ferns and white lilies
| representing a miniature lake upon whose
| smooth bosom peacefully repoSed two majestic
| white swans. The table service of purest white
CHINA most delicately frosted silver and finest
| venetian glassware, together with the snowy
flowers; cleaned in the incandescent lights
| above Ike the moon silvered crystals OF a
| winters night. The menu, prepared by a
| celebrated French chef was as nearly
white as the incorrigibility of certain colors
| could be made to submit to gastronomic in
| Renuity. The menu cards were fairy dreams of
| white and silver, and might have been designed
| for that memorable night when Lucullus dined
/ with Lucullus The bride wore the rayishjno
vesture Of her bridal-a Partisan development
| of rich ivory satin. with foamy cascades Of rare
| old lace and garniture Of almost priceless
| pearls. In Difference to the artistic idea of the
dinner the younger ladies' were gov ned Ia white
and the elder in silver grays and pale lavenders.
| The color line was only drawn at the clawham-
| mers OF the gentlemen and the COM
plexions OF the ebony faced walters
But why there? asks Philistne. Since to be
| en- regle one must have everything match
why not clothe the gentlemen 10 white satin
and alabastine the walters 1t seems really sad
IN no n1A a En raNfa in hn hrrr
My first acquaintance with this Hindoo MARIA
tive dates from my boyhood, says writer in
| Chambers Jou nal. About the time of the
| occurrence heard it related by my father and
| his authority was thu well known Gen Ayitable
| Runjeet Siugh's rightnand man, who was pres.
| emit. Those facts are that a certain "ioghee''
| (hindoo snchorite( said to possess the power of
| suspendng at will and resuming the animation
| OF his body, was sent for by Runjeet Singh, and
declining TO obey, was brought by force into the
| tyrant's presence and ordered to give under
pain of death. practical proof of his supposed
! power He submitted perforce. He was put
| by his disciple through certain processes during
| which he became perfectly unconscious: the
| pulse ceased, his breath did not stain
polished mirror, and European doc
! tor who present declared that
| the heart had ceased to beat. To all
| Appearances he was as dead as Queen Anne In
| this state he was put into carefully made box
| and the lid was closed and sealed with Runieec
1
| in vault prepared In an open plat of ground
under the royal windows at Lahore, and the
| place was guarded day and night by Runieet's
| own guards under Gen. Avitabe's own super
vision. Sun and rain came, and grass spranR
up, grew and withered on the surface over the
| grave, and the sentrieS went their rounds and
the joRhee disciples and friends were all kept
under careful surveillance, not co call it i'm
| prisonment. After forty days. in Runjeet Singh's
own presence, the vault was uncovered and the
box extracted from it with the seal intact 1t was
| oh "a NJ
as he had been placed. He was taken out, dead
still to all appearance, but the body incorrupt
His disciples were now brought to manipulate
| the body in the manner which he had taught
| them, and which he had publicly explained before
| his burial. He revived as he had said he would
| and was soon IN perfect health as when he had
suspended his life. He refused all gifts and re-
\ tired to his former retreat, but shortly after
ward he and his disciples disappeared. 1t was
not safe for such man to live in the jurisdic-
ton of so inquisitive and arbitrary ruler Run
| jet Singh cared little for human life, which
was his toy or plaything. No one who knows
his historical character will for a moment ad-
NIT that he would let himself be deceived or
his heart. Each scene-the suspension of life.
| the burial, the disinterment, the revivlng-took
| place in the Jyrants own presence and before
| hundreds OF spectators in open daylight, and
| with every precaution that absolute despotic
power could command. Runjeet cared little
whether the man lived or died, SO that his own
curiosity was gratifed. The guards under the
| palace windows, commanded by AvtabIe, would
be anxious solely to carry out Runjeet Singh's
wishes. SE