The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-13
ITEMS OF INT REST.

Mr.. AND MRS. CHARLES P. JACOBS. At Pen
dleton, Ind. have celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary The dinner was spread upon
the same tablecloth which the wedding feast
was served fifty years ago.
The origin of the symbol ''cwt," for hundred
weight is as follows; G is the initial letter OF
the Latin word 'censum." meaning q hundred,
and VT are he first and last letters OF the word
weight" and are used q contraction for 1t.
AMONG recent novelties that Of a newspaper
printed on the web of the sacred white spider 10
chronicled. 1t is q sheet about II inches by IA
inches, contains two columns OF matter, inciud-
ing an English story, and is excellenty printed.
RECENT English invention reIats TO the re.
covery. by a new process. Of the prester part Of
tin from tin scrap. The scrap is meltad with
pig iron in a furnace, and the tin thus volatized
so that it can be recovered in a suitable con-
denser.
DANIEL ssrRAUss, Bernville pa farmer
raised three pumpkins from single vine this
year, the largest of which measured feet
inches in circumference and weighed so pounds,
the second weighed SO pounds and the other 70
pounds
The most curious character on the island OF
Borneo is the white Su tan or Rsiah of Sara
wax He is an Englishman, Sir Charles Brooke
and the United States is the only nation that
recognizes his sovereignty. He rules over
part of Borneo as large as Ireland, and his sub
jects pay tribute TO him in rice.
2-yesrs' study at Gizeh has convinced
Flinders Petrie that the Egyptian stoneworkers
Of 1000 years ago had a surprising acquaint-
ancs with what had been considered modern
tools. Among the many tools used by the
pyramid builders we're both solid and tubular
drills and straight and circular saws
A LONDON PAPER tells odd story of the sale
of a mustache. In a cafe were two men sit
ting at table, when one suddenly said to the
other: II will give you so shillings for your
mustache." The man with the lip adornment
without moments hesitation, drew forth a
pair OF pocket scissors, clipped the mustRche
off and laid it upon the table. OF course the
other chap protested that he was only Joking,
but his companion took the matter to court
and recovered the 80 shillings without trouble.
IT does not seem to be generally known that
the turkey was domesticated by the Indians
long before the discovery of this continent by
white men, but sucn is the case Hundreds OF
large tame hens OF black and notified hues"
are mentioned as being seen by the earliest
voyagers to Mexico. Oveido speaks of the
turk y as kind of peacock Astounding in New
Spaine, the male of which hath a beard llkened
unto that of a man and which is to the people
of that country what the barneyarde fowie is to
us" Turkeys we're introduced into the W, st
Indies in 1895 and into Spain the following year.
They were first imported by the English in the
year 1871, twentY-three years after the dis
covery of Mexico. William Penn says: The
turkeys of these parts are frequently so m
moderately fat and large that the flesh of one
will furnish meat for twenty. their weight often
being above forty pounds; have even seen one
that weighed six pounds more" Wood. In his
New England Pros uect," says: "All the year
round the price of q good turkie cock lis shil-
nngs; and he is we'll worth It, for he may be In
weight forty pounds. Josselyn. in his "Rarie-
sons affirm that they have seen turkie cocks
that have weighed forty, yes sixty pounds"
| In modern times turkeys are rarely found that
weigh more than twenty-five poundsj excep-
! l0W0yAP AFa
chronoled. The prize winner az the Paris ex-
! position in 1879 weighed forty three pounds
Stamford. Conn sent a present to President
johnson in the shape OF a 2-year turkey cock
which weighed forty seven pounds
DID you ever stop to consider the marvels Of
instinct as exhibited in insects, birds and ami
malsi asks the St. Louis Republic. Take the
solitary wasp, the mud -dauber. " if you pie ase
as illustration of instructive sense which
seems to me to be equally desirable as mind
and reason. In providing for the maggot or
worm that Is to be Matched from her egg, this
lowly insect brings soft spiders and grubs a
species of food which she has never tasted since
she became wasp, and deposits them directly
over the eggs from which the children she is
doomed to never see will finally issue. What
| inward sense of motherly duty tells this
creature that her soon-to be mother
! less children will need meatfood
during the time they are preparing for their
/ first transformation Yet the life history of
every species of insect shows wonderful exhibit
/ lions OF instinct or ma Vicious foresight. The
butterfly lays her eggs the plants best calcu-
lated to furnish food for the grub that will
hatch from them; the l7-year locust, Cfcdda
seDtemdecem, lays its eggs in holes bored in
the ends Of limbs, the boring always, or nearly
always, being done in such a manner as to cause
the limb TO break of with the first wind thus
bringing the insect into immediate contact with
the earth, his future home, as soon as he is
Matched. The young chicken IL another
good illustration of the marvels of in
stinct. In releasing himself from the
; shell he does not do so by bursting
his prison walls asunder, as many persons i'm
aRine; on the contrary he cuts his way out by a
regular series OF strokes. For this outing opera
ton the bird has an instrument specially pro
vided, an instrument for which there is no
other earthly use-a sharp, hard, toothlike horn
on the top Of the upper mandible. This cutter
having served its purpose, who'll disappears
within few days. Isnt IL wonderful how a
bird in an shell, one that has never breathed
the breath Of life in the true of the word,
understands the use of an instrument that will
soon become useless to il, and how that marvel
GUS faculty called instinct directs the imprls.
oned creature how AID where TO cut in ORDER to
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