The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-17
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AhE OAhPAO Va Ap1u COLupEAScs uchIAy 1osOuU
cities, towns and villages, In which 4o,OO9, 600
people live.
LABoUcHERE reantly printed In Truth the
following as a recdd OF q years doings Of the
British clergy: Beach Of promise, ID; cruelty
to animals, Is; balkrupts, 254; Opponents. II;
suicides, ~; drunkenness, 1871; assaults lO9;
various other charas, 81.
NEXT to the oak. be ysw tree IL spoken most
Of IN England. and the lives of some of the
specimens date baokto the early days Of Eng
lish history, when thsir branches were used for
bow making The Oldest yew trees are found
in some or the snciett British church yards,
where they are supposd to have been placed in
order to prevent themfrom being chopped up
by vandal hands. pecmen as handsome as
many OF these famous bid trees was cut down
in Germantown some trne ago. which was esti
mated 20 have been atleast $50 years old. The
finest specimen now glowing in that city is be-
lieved to be in Vernon park OF that historic old
suburb, and must be afleast 80 years Of age.
The Philadelphia sigat-seer says the Press.
always takes lively interest in viewing the
gigantic trip-hammers used in the great iron
steel works at Pittsburg IS well as in watching
the results of their titan, blows. These Pitts
burg FOUNDERS, " although as large or larger
than anything in the hammer line to be found
IN the United States, areout pigmies whom COM
pared with those used IL the great ironwOrks
and gun foundrtes OF Europe. At the Terni
works in Italy there is q hammer weighing fifty
tons. 1t was cast In 1875 and is said 20 have
taken ninety days to COD sufficiently to admit
of its being set In podtlon. Alexandrovskt,
Russia, rolling mills have two 60-ton hammers
and one Of eighty tons. This lastI was cast in
1877. and works above ar anvil which weighs
100 tons. exclusive OF shs block" The Cooke
rill works In Belgium boasts Of 100 ton ham
mer, but Krupp's gun works in Essen, Germany,
goes them one better" with one weighing $50
tons. This last named hammer is the largest
now in use.
G. HARHAN PAYFH points out, apropos Of
chrysanthemum salads, that the popular
eastern flower is put 10 many other uses, says
the London Telegraph, For instance, in China
an infusion OF toe blooms is held in esteem
an eye water; while the Japanese. on the occa-
sion OF their festival Of happiness" pluck the
petals OF their crysantnemum and throw them
into their sake before drinking It, in the hope
that by so doing they will insure protection
from evil during the coming year. With refer
ence to Seeding rklsers being ever able Co pro-
duce so pronounced a novelty as e blue ehrysan-
themum Mr.. Payne observes that the subject
has agitated tbs minds of many Of our growers
IN recent years, but, Ia spite OF the tradition
that this floral wonder is secretly grown 10 the
garden Of some ancient Buddhist Temps and
jealousy Guarded by priests, who refuse TO
part with it or even allow the profane eye OF
the outsider 20 rest apon their treasure, il may
be assumed that such thing has never been
and is never likely to be brou .ht into existence p"
A BLIND MAN. piloted about the center of the
city the other day by a dog attracted good
can The man was neatly dressed and carried
sachel containing articles to ssn swung over
his shoulder. He carried stick In order to en-
able him to feel his way up or down q step The
dog, plump, wellfed, brown animal, had on a
sort OF harness. to which a stout cord was at
tached from his back. He was, apparently, in
hurry to do business. for he tugged at the cord
vigorously as be went along. Every few steps
he would look around at his master In the most
intelligent way, as If to discover whether he
was coming along safely. AS soon as hs
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looked up at his master. If aS s door w ~ss
one on which was posted the Esgq. "Fhe Other
Door" the man would try the knob, and as
soon as the dog saw that his master could not
go in, he would Immediately move on 20 the
next door. When door was opened the dog
appeared to understand exactly how to transact
business. He would pilot his master straight to
the office Ia the back or front part of the house,
stop and look up. When anybody bought any.
thing. and good day" was said, the animal
would lead the way out again, often looking
was reached, he would be sure to start exactly
where he left off and try the next door II the
animal was not fond of that man, the looks and
actions of dog go for nothing.
The st. Louis Republic notes as among the
oldest of horologicsl curiosities the clocks worn
as ear-pendants by Charles V. of Germany.
All careful students OF history and biography
will remember that Charles was an expert
matchmaker. After his abdication in 1856 he
retired to the monastery Of st. Just, and spent
the remainder OF mis- lie IN making watches.
clocks and other mechanical curiosities One
of these efforts, 1908 days of solid labor" as
stated in the old manuscript from which this
article is compiled, produced pair of ''striking
clocks of bronze metal with silver BELLS BY
carefully comparing the old account with
modern systems have found that these minia-
Cure timekeepers were not more than an inch
and quarter in hight and about twelve
sixteenths of an incn square. The royal
mechanic well pleased with these
efforts at microscopic mechanism that he
forthwith provided each clock with "a
nook and clasp OF purest gold" and ever
after wore them as ornaments, each depend
ing from the lobe of either ear " Other less in
genious scions of royalty employed watchmak-
ers to furnish them with striking ear clocks
similar to those worn by his majesty, Charles "
The Archduke Albrecht was especially DESTROYS
of providing himself with pair of time keeping
ear drops. and 1t is said that he was once on the
point of dispetohing courier to st. just to con
fer with the original ear clock maker, but was
dissuaded from committing such breach OF
royal etiquette by a matchmaker who believed
himself equal to the task of duplicating Charles
effort Successive trials and failures, however
finally convinced the jewellers OF Europe that
there was but one living expert matchmaker
the royal exile at st. Just. At last in 1911 more
than a half a century after the completion of
Charles ear clocks, a Partisan jeweler produced
some striking clocks of size that could be
worn in the ear" but they were useless as time
keepers. and so high-priced that but few could
afford 10 buy such ingenious toys. Any first
class jeweler OF to-day could probably equal the
miniature clocks made by the exiled emperor
and do it in much less than 1905 days OF solid