The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-25
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handsomely decorated being bright gold or
scarlet underneath, while the upper part is
covered with the most delicate slate colored fur.
| SO strong are the webs that birds the size OF
larKs are frequently caught therein, and even
the small but powerful scaly lizard falls its
victim.
SPECIAL to the San Francisco Chronicle
! from Fresno, Cal, dated June IL, says: Per
sons returning from the hills report that a foot
OF snow fell last Wednesday. 1t extended down
| within 2 200 feet OF the plains A shower of
| round" snow fell in the vineyards between
Fresno aud the base of the Sierra Nevada mount
| aims, where no snow fell at any u me last win
| ter.
AN old colonial mansion, built at Annapolis by
Judge Samuel Chase. the signer. in ITO. and the
! most stately residence at the capital of Mary
land, is liable to be- sold at auction soon. A few
| years ago IL was left as home for the INDECENT
ladies OF the Episcopal church in that city. But
| as the testatrix neglected to leave money for
| It's maintenance as she intended, the trust will
| probably lapse.
A GIANT GIRL, with her hair flying loose, has
| been found in the woods near Marshall, MINI .,
| living ina cave. man who had been missing
| live stock was driving his cattle to water when
| he saw the enormous girl scrambling up the
hillside. he followed her into the cave, where
she sprang upon him, threw him down and
| dragged him out down the hillside. The man
was glad to escape
In TEE Western part of South Dakota is one
OF the most wonderful natural curiosities In the
world. This is the cave mountain. The mount
ain is literally honeycombed with caverns which
run in every direction through 1t, and in some
places form tunnels which run clear through the
mountain. 1t is estimated that there are fully
800 distinct caves, not counting those which con-
meet with others as separate ones.
EVEN a princes wish is not always law in
effete monarchies Prince Alexis of Russia was
anxious to see the Derby run, but arrived at the
railroad station too late to catch the last train
| that would have brought him to the track in
time for the race. He thereupon telegraphed to
| the stewards of the jockey club: Have missed
the train Kindly postpone Derby till O'Clock. "
But the request went UNDECIDED and the race was
run on schedule time.
THEREwers few more popular men in Chicago
than the late Emmons Blaine, says the New
York World, He was amiabe, bright, witty,
cheerful, and everybody liked him. He was
loyal to his friends. of whom he had hosts, and
he was avery genial companion. Though per-
haps Walker Blaine was man OF more brilliant
attachments than Emmous, the latter was the
ADLER business man Of the two aud his success
as a railroad manager was disputed.
MRS JEFFERSON DAVIS and her daughter,
Winnie, are receiving great deal Of attention
from the large colony Of southern people who
| live in New York, and their pretty parlor on
| the first floor OF the Hotel Marlborough has
| been for four or Ave days a sort of ratio in
which many congenial friends have met, says
ton was obliged by business troubles 10 give up
the New York hotel, Mrs. Davis has nos cared
| to return to that place, though it had been her
| favorite lodging when in New York for many
years. Within a les days Mrs Davis will take
| the Daughter of the Confederacy," who has
now developed into a handsome and very
womanly woman, and go to West Point, where
they will be entertained at Mr.. Cranston's hote
there, which bears his name. A rather notable
circumstance connected with the visit OF Mrs
Davis and her daughter to Cranston's is that
I CHI ANAN - 49, o..
of the hotel, Mrs. Grant having been there
prior to the late examinations at tho Point for
several weeks.
Ina pool inclosed by one OF the large green
houses at Greystone, the Yonkers country home
of the late Samuel ]. Tilden, Lives an educated
black bass, says the New York Tribune. John
Forson, the head gardener at Greystone, caught
the bass on a hook two summers ago. and by
exercising considerable care succeeded In saw.
ing it's life. In the big palm house, where
stately tropical plants rise TO the hiIht OF thirty
| feet above jungle of rare plants from the hot
countries, this bass now disports ITSELF During
its two years of confinement in luxury the fish
has learned to obey the commands OF Mr.
Forson and a whistle from his lips will bring il
| from the dark reoesses of the pool in q twink-
| ling. snap Of the fingers will cause IL to dis.
held above the surface of the water even to the
| hight of foot tae agile bass will leap for It,
and greedily gupit down. Mr.. Forson says the
fish seems fond Of him and willing to sport with
several tricks that 1t performs at the will of the
gardener. The only companion the bass has in
the pool is a sunfsh. Several German carp.
were there when the savage black fellow was
introduced into their society two years ago but
the introduction was advantageous only to the
latter. The carp were soon eaten up. The one
sunfish either defended itself with vfgor against
the bass or entered into truce, for the two live
together in harmony now.
THE JAPs are picturesque, above all. and an
peal to the artistic sense. says the Philadelphia
Record. Next to this, their methods are so
queer that, from our western point of view, the
camera is eternally inverted. In the first place
a Jap gets up when we go to bed. Our north ia
his south: for his compass needle points in the
exact opposite direction to that north of the
EQUATOR His methods would astopish a Jersey
| carpenter; for he pulls the plane ana saw TO-
ward him. And in building a house he makes
the roof first. A transplanted boat crew Eould
find their training of little avail in a Japanese
race, unless they could push as easily as
pull; for in Japan the rover faces the
PROV, and pushes instead of pulling In
towing. the tow line is often fastened to the ton
of the foremost, instead of at the deck line and
the boat is Oeached stern first. Stable practices
would give our coac lmeH a cold sweat; for he
would have to mount his horse on the right side
fasten his harness there, too, and in the stall
place the head or Bucephalus where his tail
ought to be- The japanese shakes his own
hand. instead OF yours, and In the game of
battledoor the boys play with their feet soma
times catching the shuttlecock on the forehead
THE last shall be first in Jheir books: for thew
begin where we end, and the foot notes arc
placed at the top of the page, In the matter of
directing letter the destination is written first
and the name last. Our extreme nerve senai-
bility finds its balance In the Japanese woman
go years old, whose cancerous breast was re-
moved without aqasthetics and not groan
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