The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THOSE readers who remember the "E.less'
poem will, no doubt. be equally interested in
the following literary oddity, a production con-
tanning fifty-eght words, liz e's. and no other
Vowels. says the st. Louis Republic: 1--WE feel
extreme feebleness when we seek perfect excel
lence here. We we'll remember men every
where err. Even when Eden's evergreen trees
sheltered Eve the serpent crept there Yet,
when tempted, when cheerlessness depressed.
when heiplessness letters, when we seem
deserted-then we remember Bethlehem; we
beseech the redeemer's help. We ever need the
rest the blessed expect"
The penny-in-the slot machine has been
adapted TO the use of the elephants at the Man
chester zoo. When q visitor gives an elephant
a penny the animal drops it in a slot and gets a
biscuit. There is no use to try to deceive the
animals with half pennies. Those despised
coins are always flung in the face OF the giver.
The other day visitor gave the baby elephant
a number OF half pennies in succession. All
were thrown back. Then two half pennies were
given to the animal at the same time. The
creatures demeanor changed. For more than
nve minutes he held the two coins in his trunk
ruooing them together and seeming to be
pioneering deeply. At last It dropped the two
half pence in the box together with the result
that the combined weight gave him the desired
biscuit, ct which he gamboled about in a man
ner which exhibited extravaganza delight.
THE King and Queen of Italy, as is well
known, have been interested for many years in
all patents and Improvements for the care OF
the sick and wounded. They have now offered
prize Of 10.000lire for tho best apparatus for
carrying the wounded and sick to places where
they may be cared for The offer Is result of
the recent meeting OF the Society Of the Red
cross 10 Rome. Inventors OF all countries are
invited TO enter the competition for the prize.
Models, not less than one-fourth the size of the
originals, must be sent to Rome, 10 care of Sig
nor L. delh Sanaglia, not later than June 80,
1898. The models must be accompanied by de-
tailed descriptions In French or Italian, or
transactions into one of those tongues An
exhibition of the apparatuses will be held In
Rome from Aug. Il to Sept Is. A Jury, con.
sistlng of fourteen representatives Of the coun.
tries which took part IN the congress Of the Red
Cross, will award the prize.
To ALL budding and aspiring authors may be
commended the statistics concerning novels
given in a late English publication. During the
last SIX years Zoo novels have been published
which have succeeded so far that they were
asked for at the libraries About the same
number weretpublished which were not asked
for and failed. These 900 books were written
by S22 people, Of whom so form a company far
In advance of the rest, so far as popularity is
concerned. and 20 form company well behind
the first; 100 make up a band who have so far
succeeded as to create a small demand for their
work. and the others have reaped neither pee.
uniary advantage nor fame. Which, being
summed up in figures, indicates that OF those
novelists in some 5000 who succeed is 10, and
his chance of remaining in obscurity aud neg
lect is repres snted by the fraction 226-S50
which is rather discouraging certainty.
A GENTLEMAN who recently attended a court
dinner. for gentlemen only, gtven by the En-
peror OF Germany. says: THE royal family Of
Prussia possesses some Of the most magnificent
plate In the world, so that the table looked very
pretty and entirely round the white cloth were
laid, at intervals, laurel leaf aud then q rose
and various plants and vases added to the
decorations, The dinner was excellent az ia
always the case since the young emperor came
to the throne; but the dessert was curious for as
well as fruit of various kinds there were large
dishes of bondons placed at intervals round the
table, aud on each of these bonbons was pasted
an excellent photographed the emperor. the
empress or one of their sons, and on the larger
ones family group, which were to serve as
souvenirs for the guests D." At the end of the din
ner, when the kaiser rose and left the room his
guests, consisting Of ministers, generals, etc..
in moment all were gone, without my friend,
who was modest man. obtaining one.
SHARKS have lately been aftording contribu-
tions to science, says Washington letter IN the
Boston Transcript. The biologists have been
vivisecting them for the purpose OF finding out
about the functions OF the car, which in fishes Is
made to some extent on the same pattern a. 10
man. The fact has been known for some time
that the ear is not merely an organ of hearing
1t has to do with the sense of equilibrium. Light
has been thrown on this matter by removing
portions OF the auditory apparatus Of sharks
which are thus rendered unable TO maintain
their balance In the water. The part on which
this faculty seems to depend Is the "labyrinth,"
and the same effect is produced by cutting the
nerves communicating with II. Science Is paw
ing much attention now to the observation OF
marine forms. because the animals that dwell
In the ocean are the Oldest in existence Ac-
cording TO the theory Of evolution, human
beings. as well as all on her land animals are
descended from them. It Is difficult to realize
that our ancestors in the distant past lived under
water and that they made their first vertebrate
appearance as sea worms but the scientific mon
insist that such is the fact Sharks are selected
for certain experiments because they are the
most ancient of all surviving types of fishes.
RECENTLY George White, manager of Heu-
blein's cafe, New Haven. purchased green tur.
tie weighing forty nine pounds. The head OF
the turtle was cut off In the customary way by
the head cook, assisted by Ameda Cledes the
second cook. About an hour afterward Ciedes
began looking at the head, the jaws being open
He inserted the thumb Of his right hand and the
forefinRer OF his left hand, running the dieits
about an inch into the mouth of the animal.
Almost instantly the jaws closed together i'm
prfsoning the finger and thumb between the
teeth. Cledes cried out with pain and called to
his assistance the head cook and one or two
others present. The digits between the laws
prevented them from closing tightly together
and gave opportunity for the insertion of steet
instrument used in pulling nails from the pack
ages, and with this the jaws we're pried apars
far enough to allow other iron Instruments to
be inserted, through the aid Of which the laws
were finally forced apart and Cedes' thumb and
finger released The grip of the Jaws was such
that the teeth nearly severed the thumb and
badly lacerated the foretlnRer. The head of the
animal had been severed from the BODY fully an
hour before the occurrence, but competent
authorities on the actions of turtles allege that
such animals will show signs of life from six to
tW elve hours after the head has been severed
and il is not an infrequent occurrence for the
jaws to open and close for period of six hours.
ApLAI STEVENSON is fondly devoted to his