The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-11
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THE peach is of Persian origin and the april
cot is Syrian. The former fruit is mentioned
by classical writer's as early as 200 B, c., but
the latter not till 30 A D.
IN the famous cellars Of the Hotel de Vile. at
Bremen, there are dozen cases of holy wine
which have been preserved for $50 years IL
the COST of maintaining the cellar, payment of
rent, interest upon the original value of the
wine and other Incidental charges are all con-
sidered, bottle of this choice wine has cost
81, 0O0, 900. each glassful s27O 476, and single
drop could not be sold without loss under 5000
A YEARS STUDY at Gizeh has convinced
Finders Petrie that the Egyptian stoneworkers
of 1000 years ago had a surprising acquaintance
with what had been considered modern tools.
say the London shilling Journal. Among the
many tools used by the pyramid builders were
both solid and tubular drills and strai sht and
circular saws. The drills, like those of to- day
were set with jewels (probably coruudum as
the diamond was very scarcel and even lathe
tools had such cutting edges. So remarkable
was the quality OF the tubular drills aud the
skill of the workmen that the cutting marks in
hard granite give no indication of the wear of
the tool. while a cut of a tenth of an inch was
made in the hardest rock at each revolution
and hole through both the hardest and softest
mat erial was bored perfectly smooth and uni
form throughout. OF the material and
method of making the tools nothing is known.
COMMANDER ALFRED CARPENTER, writing to
| country, contributes the following remarkable
! instance OF a plant preying upon one OF the
| vetebrse The instance noted was observed by
| him when surveying the Psracel islands in the
| South China sea. LAS | neared q pool cut off
! by the tide from ths sea noticed among other
/ submarine plants a very ordinary looking flesh
| colored weed. Bending to inspect it closer
noticed numbers of small fish lying helpless in
| its tronds, apparently with little or no life in
| them. Putting my hand down to pick one OF
| them up found my fingers caught by suckers
| fiaWx al Wba DO 81 ~ l.
| tightly upon them. The fish had been caught
! in every conceivable way by the head, the tail,
| sides, etc, anu some of them hal been held
| until the skin was completely macerated. Those
of the fish that were still living have evidently
| been caught at different times, they eppeariny
| in all stages of exhaustion l regret being
unable TO name either the plant or the fish, but
| that the botanical caunlbal really prey upon the
ftuny denizens Of the deep there isn't the least
doubt
! In shady lane near Totnes, says the London
| World the attention of visitors is attracted by
tall cross of the finest Aberdeen granite,
| same material, occupies the corner of a field
| On it is inscribed the name and arms of the
| late Duke of Somerset. with the following ex-
| traordinary lines at the foot: 'The twelfth duke
| was the Sheridan duke He defrauded and
| nearly ruined the Seymour family. This stone
was prepared by the thirteenth duke In his
| lifetime, and was erected here IN pursua ce OF
| his express directions" 1t appears that tina
duke, who died last year, suffered all his lie
| from an idee Gre concerning some imaginary
wrong done by his predecessor, and the obnoX-
lous headStone was refused admittance to Berry
| Pomeroy churchyard although a fund was left
in perpetuity for its maintenance. and it cost
over 41OO. AS matter of fact, the tWelftI
duke was man OF considerable talent. The
Miss Sheridan he married figured as the Queen
OF Beauty in the Eglinton tournament, and in
no way deserved the aspersions thus cast upon
her by this inexcusable act of posthumous spite
| The Somerset Stone" was visited during the
summer by thousands Of tourists,
A RUG 1Ox15 feet, made up Of the fur of thir-
teen wild animals. is now in the possession of
W. H. Wallenbar. says the Chicago Ne,1s- Rec
ord. Mr.. Wallenbar keeps his rug, which cost
him 81 800, locked up in the vault in his office.
and lakes 1t out only occasionally to exhibit 1t
TO particular friends The rug was made in
! Moscow, and took one man two years to put the
pieces together. Finished. the rug has the ap-
pearance of a rich mosaic, tn deep yellow of
the tiger woven into the coal black Of the
South Sea seal in diamond shaped blocks
| The center is made up Of three rims
of diameter of twenty inches the
patch like diamond pieces radiating from a
circular tutt OF monkey SKIN and bordered by a
/ rim of otter. The ground work of the entire
piece is in monkey skin. Outside the large cen
ter pieces are two rows of circles. Tue outside
contains fourteen circles six inches in diameter
made of mink, Angora and otter. The inner
rows contain sixteen circles of Russian sable
aud monkey skin. At either end and on the
sioes is 6-iuch selvage of Russian silver fox
hide, and twenty silver gray fox tails adorn the
ends. In the make up pieces of the furs from
| Lne RUSSIAN saDles Ferslan lamb, AnQOra goat,
China goat. mink, otter, South Sea seals mon
| key, Thibet lamb, muskrat, weasel leopard
ana the Russia silver gray fox are used,
YOUNG EELs, in passing up river, show the
most extraordinary perseverance in overcom
ing al distractions, says the Rod and Gun,
| The large food gates-sometimes Is feet in
hight-On the Thames might be supposed suf1.
Gent to bar the progress of a fiSn the size of
darninE needle. But young cells have whole
so me dea that nothing can stop: and, in conse-
quence, nothing does. Speaking of the Way in
which they ascend food gates and other bar
rers, writ says: Those which die stick to
tn post; others, which get little higher. meet
with the same fate, unit at last a layer of them
| is formed which enables the rest to overcome
the difficulty of the passage. The mortality re-
sulting from such forlorn hopes greatly helps
to account for the difference in the number OF
young eels on their upward migration and that
! of those which return down stream in the
autumn. In some places these baby eels are
much sought after, and are formed into cakes
! which are eaten fried. Eels spawn like other
| fishes. For long, however. the most remarkable
| theories we're held as to their birth. One or the
! old beliefs was that they sprang from mud; a
rival theory bel that young cells developed from
fragments separated from their parents bodies
by the rubbing against rocks One old author
not only declared that they came from May dew
but gave tue fol owing recipe for producing
/ them: Cut up two turfs covered with MAY dew
and lay hem upon the other the grassy
sides inward, and then expose them TO the heat
of The sun. In few hours there will spring.
from them an infinite quantity Of eels' 4"