The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-05
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through savage district IN Africa half as large
| as England by means Of a donkey named Mi
| rarnbo, that used to bray In q most stentoriau
manner at the word Of command and brighten
| all the natives; and when the expedition left
! Africa, homeward bound, the last thing they
saw was the donkey, perched on q cliff brayinR
a sad farewell.
THERE is an enormous bed Of peat on an
island in the Bay of st. Lawrence aud the peo-
pie OF that part Of the world are beginning to
usei as fuel. It has one popularity, however,
which costs discoverers something 20 find out.
When cut and heaped In large masses fe under
goes process OF fermentation which heats it
often to the point OF spontaneous combustion.
When 1t takes fire the whole interior OF the
mass seems to become aglow all at once, and
no water can put it out. If dried in single
blocks or very small pieces, no phenomenon of
the Kind Is noticed, and as a fuel it is little in
rerior to coal.
BUTCHER residing at Brodick, in the Isle of
AKRON, told me that he had 10 collie dogs ct the
same time, one old and the other young relates
a writer in the Spectator The old dog became
useless through age and was drowned in the
sea at Brodck. few days afterward its body
was washed ashore, and it was discovered by
the young dog, who was seen Immediately TO
go to the butchers shop and take away piece
of meat and lay it at the dogs mouth. Tue
young dog evidently thought that the meat
would revive his old comrade, and thereby
showed remarkable sympathy in aid Of, to him,
the apparent weak"
THE bureau of the American republics has
been informed of experiments made by the
curator OF the Botanic gardens Of the Island of
Granada In drying bananas. bunch Of ripe
bananas, selling In the open market at IS cents.
and weighing with stems and skins about 1870
pounds, will yield when subjected TO a temper.
AZURE OF 1907 to 1909 about 50 pounds Of dried
| fruit, which sells at 16 cents per pound In ap.
| pearance, dried bananas resemble the plantain
baked In syrup, and the curator estimates that
| the cost OF growing, preparing and shipping
| dried bananas would not be more than g. ieav-
ing clear profit Of 81 on each bunch.
| A ToMAHAwK, said to have belonged to the
famous Indian chief Tecumseh. is now In pos
session of Mrs. Lizzie Skinner Of West Point
| KY. At the battle of the Thames. north of Lake
Erie in Ontario in which the warrior was
slain, NV York soldier named John Haues
despoiled the fallen redskn and subsequently
gave the weapon to John R, Bramblu, who died
last December. II then passed into the hands
OF Mrs. Skinner In compliance wlrh the wish of
its last owner, The Ratchet is said to be half
English, half Indian in its shape. Doubts are
evidently entertained as to its genuineuess by
some OF tie western editors who tell the story.
ACCORDING TO Prof. John B Smith Of the New
Jersey state experimental station katy
have done much TO harm the cranberry crop
| this season Describing one journey through
the cranberry region OF the state, ne says that
| in more than one bog caterpillars and katy-dids
| had been caught and examined in proximity to
| cranberry bushes. In every instance he found
that the csterpillsrs had only eaten grass. But
| in the katy-dids we're found oranbSrry seeds
showing at once where the blams lay. It does
not eat the berry, but she seed. The katy-did's
| eggs are laid on the edge OF the leaves and the
| insect only attains wings about the end of its
| existence
| a CHATTANOOGA negro went 60 justice Of
| the peace recently ami desired him to arrest
| his wife When asked what was her offense he
| said that she ate so much that he could not
| $ and it. and must get rid of her. She weighed
! 20J lunds, he said. and In seven years had
| had borne him eleven children, all wit appa
tipes like her own. A neghbor, who was with
| him, asserted that he saw the woman.
| sisted, at one meal dispose OF three poun OF
| meat. peck of beans, five pounds Of cora
bread, one-half peck of onions and two quarts
of buttermilk When told that the justice could
| do nothing for him the uDlucky negro went
away very much downcast.
WHEN the sailing master wishes to buy oy sters
in the ports of the Chesapeake he ruus up to
the masthead of an oyster basket and presently
has plenty offered at the vess lis side.
Down at Chincoteague island the basket
| panied by a flag OF concentrc squares
in different colors. During the closed
| season for oysters the basket aud flag indicate
that the master wishes to buy CLAIMS The Chin
colleague clam digger works during the greater
part Of the year and q very spry man in q spot
where CLANS are thick can tread out q great
many hundred in day. CLAIMS fetch from 81
to 81 so per 1000 at ChincoteaSue. which seems
great deal for the money when one thinks of
clam chowder at fashionable restaurant.
The tardy conscience of a dying Ohioan has
boon the means OF restoring a large quantity of
valuable property to its owners in Virginia
| The Ohioan was soldier during the war, and
| while encamped near Battle Creek stole from
| tn neighboring citizens and hid in a cave ell
| the silverware lie could lay his hands on. He
| was never aole to con ey the plumber away, and
! recently, finding himself near death, confessed
| to his old commander and asked him to restore
! the property to its owners At least 200 DO Inds
| of silverware, of every kind almost, was found
! in the cave, ranging from napkin rings to solid
MaDV of IA ha
| owners initials on them, and all are in a good
| state of preservation. The articles have been
| taken to a st re in the village near by, and are
| being turned over to those entitled to them as
| rapidly as possible.
Boston has a milk laboratory where Infants
food is prepared according TO the physicians
prescription as accurately as drug prescriptions
are filled at pharmacy. The milk comes from
a herd of COWS, carefully selected as to breed
and systematically fed, so that the milk will
have as nearly as possible an unvarying per.
centage. The milking is done in vessels of
glass, kept exQuisitively Clean is cooled rapidly
and taken to the laboratory. There the air is
changed and Eept pure by a large fan that keeps
up a constant outward current of air." The
room IS lined with white tiles and by means OF a
separator, an unvarying IS per cent. cream can
in short time be obtained from the milk
large sterilizer, Into which steam can be intro
duced, exposes the milk to a high or low tenn
peraIure sccording to requirement The ee-
meuts used to make up the prescription are then
a pure. clean-skimmed milk. or an OF q stable
percentage" and sugar obtained from milk
sugar and distilled water. The cost Of food pre-
pared in this az is said to e very moderate,
and after the physicians prescription is h!Ied
all that the nurse has TO do h to warn 10 before
giving it to the baby
A PROMINENT merchant In New York amazed
his employees the other day by posting UP an
announcement in his estab ishmens that no va.
cations would be allowed to employees this
year, but that, instead. all would receive a
donation of two weeks salary extra. To an
inauisitive reporter the merchant said: The
uses to winch boys and men and women put
their vacations in these days is moro harmful
than beneficial. To speak plainly, the majority
of vacations are wasted. They mean big
racket, which, of course means harm. Irregu-
lar eating anu too regular drinking is another
evil, while sleep lost in card playing the pursuit
of that tickle little god Cupid, or the mis-
taken idea Of good fellowship. associated with
story, song and wine. are others In tead OF
resting and recuperating from the years con-
tinuous business strain, thy go on merry lark
and pay the fiddler eXorbisant rates. They are
not strengthened, however, for the WORK that
awaits their return, but ere really worse off
physically mentally, aud ofteutimes moral "
than before they went away. They handicap
nature in her efforts TO rejuvenate them. They
might better remain at work at least that ia
my opinion, and this year Lmean 70 prove just
how near right am"