The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-26
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THE heat was so intense in Spain two weeks
| ago that in Madrid birds dropped from the
trees and died in the streets.
THE little steam launch Kussiloff was short
time ago driven out to sea by a violent gale
from Karluk, Alaska, while the entire crew
were on shore The only man on board was the
captain, who, finding it impossible to face the
gale. which continued blowing with great vio-
lence all night, ran before it, and finally, with
out assistance, brought his vessel into port at
San Francisco.
SAYS the Townsend Cdont.) Messenger: ''we
are again compelled to announce that obituary
notices will be charged for at the rate offs cents
per line. Announcement of death. not exceed
ing five lines, free. We have given much space
In these columns to such matters. and in almost
every instance neither the parties themselves
nor their immediate relatives have ever con-
tributed nickel TO susta n this paper, directly
or indirectly. Those who want newspaper
fame after death must make arrangements for
It's publication or they'll be left.
THERE is a woman in Key West Fla, not
yet 40 years old, who is great grandmother"
| said G. W. Smith to st. Louis Globe Democrat
writer. She is Cuban and her name is Cor
tesslo When but 10 years old her first child
| was born-a daughter When IA years old this
daughter gave birth TO a daughter, and the lat
ter has discounted the performance OF her an
cestors by becoming the mother of lusty son
at the tender age of l2 She is married to a
/
honor of President Harrison. In that SENT
tropical climate it is unusual thing for girls
to get married and become mothers at a very
early age, but believe this to bs q record
breaker"
Nor far from Tombstone, Ariz. is a strange
glen that has long enjoyed the reputation of
being haunted. 1t is always cool there. Strange
PUSHES OF air sweep through it. and at a certain
spot mysterious voices are often heard speaking
in audible words. Sometime the listener can
eaten cate. whole sentences. The place is regarded
with superstitious horror by many whom no
wealth would tempt to enter it after dark. A
curious unbeliever in the supernatural has
lately been investigating these phenomena.
He finds that the GOODNESS and sudden currents
OF air are due to the formation of the glen,
which acts as a funnel to intensity any strong
breeze, and that the voices came from a ranch
long distance away. In fact, the place is a
natural whispering gallery. and every word at
the ranch can be distinctly heard at q certain
| spot in the glen.
NUMBER Of years ago, says a Pittsfeld
| paper, letter was dropped into the mail box
at Plttsfeld, by young lady. It was written
| TO her lover, but never reached him, aud, after
| some time, supposing she had weared OF him,
| or transferred her affections to another, he
| married. In 1890, when the Pittsield postoffice
was repaired and verHauled, the letter in ques-
ton was found in a crevce back of a partition
| and sent on by the officials to whom It was
| directed. Though he was not at liberty to re-
| sumo his acquaintance with the one who,
/ owing TO LElS unusual accident was entirely lost
| to him, he felt it his duty to say to persons
| whom he has met from that vicinity. that he
| deeply grieves over the thought that the one to
| whom he intended to prove true has all these
1 years supposed him false.
| DISTINCTION has been used recently for an
u usual. If not novel. purpo.e in Russia, says
| the London HOSpttd'. Owing to the need for
| food Tor the starving peasantry, committees
| were appointed for the purpose of organizing a
collection % scraps left after meals in the large
| cities Many such scraps were collected from
| hospitals as well as from social GATHERINGS
! Thus arose the alternative OF conveying con
| tagious diseases to the peasants whom it vas
| intended to benefit, or Of destroying the food
| In the face of the terrible scarcity 10 th Q
country, the latter alternative was clearly to be
avoided if possible, 80 the question was referred
10 the meteorological Institution of Odessa for
| solution. which came to the rescue with tn ;
| suggestion that morsels of bred left over By
| persons infected with contagious diseases should
I be dried at temperature of 250o Fair, or be
submitted 90 a current of steam of similar
| temperature for at least one hour, when they
would be thoroughly disnfected.
i, AN enterprising electrician in Indiana lately
constructed an electrical tricycle., the descrip-
ton Of which brought letters Of inquiry from all
| parts of the country. The machine was worked
by storage batteries carried under the seat, and
| which gave enough current for an eight hours
| run Whether the machine turned out to be
| impraoticable in the form then adopted or
| whether its inventor hesitated to undertake its
| commercial exploitation, is not recorded, but
the public, at all events, has heard no more Of
! the Indiana machine. Another inventor, how
| ever, is ambitious to be the first to claim the
invention OF a commercially practicable
ssG5r asbDs tricycle. ySsb 9 4ee, has patented
| power also on the storage battery. The siugu-
| lar point in its construction, however. is that
the storage batteries are carried around the
circumference Of the wheel, preferably close to
| the tire, aud there can be any number Of cells
| according to the power required. 1t is claimed
| that in this way the weight of the storage bat
| teries is more equally distributed and in such
manner as to cause the minimum interference
| with the efficient running of the machine while
at the same time affording a simple aud easy
| method OF construction The cells are con-
neced by wires TO insulated sleeves that carry
the current to q motor In the axle of the wheel
which gives the motive power TO the machine
A wEIL-KNowN jewery store has a curiosity
on exhibition in It's show window that attracts
much attention, says the Kansas City Times
On a small silver tray were about dozen little
seeds that seemed to be affected with St. Vitus'
would shift around with spasmodic little Jerks
and witches that were ludicrous
to gaze upon. For awhile one
would keep perfectly still, then the fit would
assa it. and beginning with scarcely perceptible
oscillations it would rouse itself into a regular
spasm, rolling over from side TO side and going
through all sorts OF strange movements. This
wonderful seed Is called the dancing bean OF
South America, and the samples on exhibition
were brought here by traveller who has lust
returned from trip to the Andes 1t is small,
fibrous seed of triangular fo'm, and
about the size of pea IL
is very light and easily crushed. It
contains a small quantity of pulp that in the
case of one seed examined was dried up into a
soft white substance. The seed will not move
for some time after having been handled, but
will begin moving again a few minutes after
been left in repose upon a smooth surface The
gentleman who has these seeds has collected
about two bushels of them and Is taking them
to Chicago, where he expects to make quite a
little pile selling them at the worlds fair