The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-18
NATURAL FRUIT FLEVCRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A RANcHER OF HiIboro, Ore, on the eve Of
his marriage. fell from the roof of a barn and
broke an ankle. The guests had been invited
| and the minister engaged for his wedding, so
| the doctor put the foot and ankle In a plaster
cast, and Casper was married on schedule
| time.
IN many countries of the world, most
especially in England. France and Germany,
not only the peasants but the middle classes
and the MOBILES believe that bees are curiousY
and mysteriously connected with the veal or
woe of the human family in general It is a
common saying in all the English shlres that
bees do not edo well' when the red-coats are
engaged IN wars abroad.
UNLIKE the Romans of later age the Egyp-
| tiana did not confne the privilege OF shaving
to free citizens, but obliged their slaves to
shave both face and head. The data is not
exactly as authentic as one would like to have
but It is believed that the custom OF shaving
the beard was introduced at Rome in the year
800 B. G. According to Pliny; Scipio Africanus
was the first Roman who shaved daily.
TX Southern Europe the cantharIdes insects
are gathered by shaking them at night upon
sheets from trees on which they have gone to
roost in focks. Then they are exposed in
sleeves to the vapor of boiling vinegar after
which they dried in the sun and are ready
for sale in the drug shops. The flesh of all
'bster beetles" contain peculiar chemical
the skin.
In PARAGUAY it is chiefly the women who
chew. and travellers have often described their
emotions when, on entering a house. lady
dressed in satin and adorned with precious
stones, comes toward them, and. holding out
her mouth to be kissed, as is the usual custom
or welcome, pulls the beloved tobacco qud
from her cheek pouch. Some of the South
American tribes actually eat the tobacco cut
into small pieces.
GALLAPAGEoJls tortoises are vegetable feeders
browsing chiefly upon a succulent cactus. 1t is
said that they are entirely deaf, SO that even
the report of gun does not startle or alarm
them. At intervals they make pilgrmages to
the hilltops. where water is to be found, travel
ing by night only. Thus in the course of CEN
turtles, they have worn regular roads from the
shore up the mountain sides, by following
which the Spsniards first discovered the water
ing places
THE Victoria Colonist says there arrived in
town five young men who are all sons Of north
ern Indian chiefs Three of them are skilled
jewelers. and all have with them large stocks Of
native trtnkets, costly and otherwise. They
have brought down In addition to their ordinary
goods, new style of Indian ring which recently
seemed TO be the cause of great deal Of curl
osity and admiration among their friends on the
| reservation. The innovation consists of o
| plated circle OF silver and bear skin.
DETROIT MAN has a novel walking cane
| that represents the work OF odd hours every
| day for six weeks. 1t Is made of old postage
stamps of various denominations and six
| nationalities United States, Canadian English
French, German and Italian. II took BOA
stamps to make the cane. The face value of
| the stamps was 800. The surface OF the cane
when the stamps were all on, was filed smooth
| completes one of the handsomest and most
unique canes ever seen in Detroit
! In the sacred city OF Ourga, the headquarters
l of Monaghan Buddhism. are numerous
| prayer wheels" inscribed with prayers and
| dedlcatlons to Buddha, and the more they are
54rned the more religious they make you.
Many OF the more devout persons turn smaller
wheels held in tho left hand. while manipula-
| ting the large one with the right hand. The
curious bits Of rags noticed flying above the
palisades or the Enclosures of this town are
| prayer flags" No Mongolan house is with
| out them-the more the better-for each one
ID supposed to convey prayer to Buddha.
CHEAP portable disinfectant is permangan-
ate Of potash A bottle full of these crystals.
bought at the store of any chemist will last for
years. 1t can be used when wanted by putting
| a pinch of the potash over night In q Jug of
water; In the morning 1t will present reddish
! appearance, and can be used for drains ETC. A
small quantity OF this liquid kept in a basin and
renewed daily keeps room fresh and DESTROYS
| disease germs. The only drawback Ia that IL
| too strong, the liquid will stain linen; at the
! same time It has the great advantage Of being
easily carried about. while it can be prepared in
the smallest quantity at a moments notice.
Poor OLD Crocky Baldwin, the antiauated
cockatoo at the Geological gardens, whose age
is variously estimated, but who is known to be
! well on 70 100 years old, is pinin9 away, says
| the philadelphia Record Crockys days are
numbered, and the mournful old bird seems to
| realize 1t. Since his precarious condition was
! published some time ago letters have been re-
| ceived at the zoo from all parts of the country
| expressing solfcitude for the condition of the
| aged bird. In many OF these epistles offers of
/ various sums have been made for Crocky's re-
mains after death has done its work These
| offers range from SIS all the way up to $50 the
| latter offer having been received from a Boston
taxidermist
ALTHOUGH the peach tree is usually consid-
cred short lived, there seems to be no real rea-
son, outside of circumstances and conditions
| why they should not live as long as other trees
There are some instances of very aged peach
trees, and possibly one of the oldest is In Milf
| hin county, Pennsylvania, on the farm of Jacob
Hoover, in FermauauRn township When he
| bought his farm. which is now forty years ago
the tree then in full bearing SO that its ex-
act age Is not known, but 1t is safe to say that
1t is about fifty years, and by all accounts 1t is
| yet in perfect health. and bearing bountiful
crops yearly. We should be glad to know il
| there are any other older trees than this known
in the country.
THE Standard oil trust controls the petroleum
ell reflneries In all the principal cities of the
United States. 1t produces 65 per cent. of the
country's total output of refined oil It also
controls the wells Of Pennsylvania, Ohio aud
West Virginia. and has pipe lines for transmit
ting its oil to tide water When the trust was
organized ten years ago there were only thirty
persons in it. Now there are about 1000 stock
holders. For the past eight years the trust has
paid IL per cent per annum dividends Twice
1t has issued stock dividends The original CAPT
tai was $40. 100000, now it is 5000, 900. The
export trade OF the Standard companies
amounts to S50,Q00,000 a year. This is two
thirds OF the total business of the companies
The first Standard company was the Ohio cor
poration, started by John d. Rockefeller and H.
NJ. Flagler in Cleveland in 1870