The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-25
ITEMs o. INThRRsT.

ITEMS OF INT hREST.
JAPAN worlds fair commissioners, just ar
rived, say that their exhibit win weigh over 2 600
tens and be worth over 81 900, 600. They will
show samples of art never before seen in this
country.
THE Listener says in the Boston Trauscript
that he once knew Some excellent Welsh people
who insisted that no languszs 10 the won ID Is so
free from hard words as Welsh They cited
the WORD cwrw as proof Of the falsty Of the
notion That Welsh words are urpronounceable
This fascinating word is pronounced exactly as
II It were spelled kooroo; ard it means beer
To hear WelShman pfehpl.nce that word is
enough 10 make ones mor1thwater. You might
remain insensbe to the temptations Of mere
Deer; but an invitation to take glass Of koo-
roo, otherwise cwrw, Is irresistible.
a GENTLEMAN with a handsome equipage, fol-
lowed by q fine English mastiff, drove up in
front of Cincinnati hosiery the other day,
says she Times star Of that city. and jumping
from his buggy, snapped the hitch-strap into
the ring of his horses bit, and then placed the
other end in the mouth Of his mastiff which by
this time had seated himself on the curbstone
There the mastih sat like statue of stone
| holding the strap securely while his master
went III to "See man" On the gentleman's
exit the dog yielded up the strap, and the gem
tlemRn drove off closely followed by the faith
tuI tour-legged lRckey.
"OHE secret of the Chicago packers great
fortunes is simple said q resident of that city
".
They don't waste anything. The meat, the en-
trails, everything is made use of but the squeal
| They can't eaten that, so it is wasted. Funny
thing what they do with the blood. II is all
caught in great tank and after il clots is carted
| of TO stamping house, where powerful ma
chimes are busy stamping it into buttons. Yes,
| buttons Of blood are no novelty. It is all done
at one stamp Of the big dies, and it was found
| that they wear remarkably we'll. They are easily
distinguished by their peculiar DARK red color.''
IT will be remembered that when Jumbo was
| originally taken from the London biological
garden he displayed great unwillingness to
leave his companion, Alice. Tears figured in the
| episode, AND great compassion was excited by
| the evidence OF the elephants affection.
| Mr.. Gaylord, who was with BAPnum when
! Jumbo was bought, says that it was all ar
ranged; that Scott, the keeper who came over
| with Jumbo, Unanswered the elephant in a way
! to give the desired effect of feeling. When It
was time for HIM to leave and his car was
ready he got the order to lie down, and down he
went, and the populace wept at the thought OF
the elephant unhappiness. When he was told
to come away he came.
THE Toledo Blade tells of a conductor on a
| western railroad who possessed a remarkable
! memory. An official OF the road, who doubted
his alleged powers, Yves convinced by the fol-
lowing feat: Coming into his Office one day the
conductor said to him: There is my tram
book. Along the line have taken in more than
100 passengers, and while you hold the book l
Will tell you The station at which every pas
senger got on and off, the class OF ticket that
each ons carried, the color of the ticket,
whether the passenger was male or female, and
the destination OF all passengers transferred. "
| The list was gone over and he did not err in
single particular. He then stated that he could
describe every one Of those 100 passengers, Civ
ing the manner of Dress color OF eyes and hair
and general appearance. and could select the
lot out OF an assembly of thousands
SINGULAR EXPERIENCE is recorded from
Frankfurt. on -the-Main, which throws a new
light on the occasional insta bility of asphalt
| payemeatS. Shortly after the asphalt pave
| InentS were put down IN some of the Frankfurt
streets cracks of varying length and depth, some
! of them of considerable size, and resembling
! Joose sometimes formed in earth under the in
| tuence OF great heat, appeared. The or Gks
were found to extend mainly along the line Of
the gas MAINS and the odor of Illuminating gas
was freely given of from them. Whep the
asphalt surface was removed it was found that
the beton foundation layers Immediately under
meath were also cracked, and that the gas leak
| ing from the mains had thus been allowed to
come into direct contact with the asphalt. The
latter, by the absorption of more or less of the
gas elements, principally benzine, lost its cohe-
sive properties, and cracking finally followed.
THE largest Of five lions on exhibition in Bal
| timore was taken sick the other day and Col
| Boone the owner and trainer called in a vet
| Urinary surgeon. who decided to give his lion
| ship an electric shock. After the matinee per
formance the lion was led out of its cage by Col
| Boone, who held the animal by one ear. The
| lion stood patiently viii o strong collar with a
| long CHAIN aLIACleQ was fastened around his
| neck and while his legs were secured by stout
| ropes. One rope and the chain were made fast
| to the cage, while Col. Boone held the rope
which was tied around the lions front legs. The
| galvanc battery was OF unusual strength. hav-
ing three cells. Contact was made with the lions
| skin and the needles were slowly drawn out,
| gradually increasing the force Of the current
| The sensation was new to the lion. At first he
remained quiet, as if trying to understand what
| queer thing had taken hold of him. But as the
! current grew stronger he became uneasy and
rolled from side to side, and when the full force
of the battery was put on he gave mighty roar
and sprang to his feet, glazing at his torn mt
ors. The roar started the four other lions to
roaring and for few minutes the sounds were
terrifying. The battery was removed andthen
Col Boone quieted the angry animals by speak
ng to them.
1T HAS been frequently said that truth ia
stranger than fiction" remarked DR.. Henry
Powderly to little party that was discussing
Washington Irving's romantic story of Rim Ve9
Wrinkle in the Lindell rotunda. writes the St.
Louis Gt0be-Democrdt. II often think would
like to 20 TO sleep and wake up Ia the full en-
Joyment OF my feculties century later-say
about the year 1000. believe that this will be
successfully done. Cases Of suspended ANNA
tion for considerable periods of time fire.
quently occur. have nyself pronounced peo-
pie dead who are now In full enjoyment
of vigorous life. / have no doubt that
tombed AltSSas after having been ex-
aniined by reputable and careful physicians If
tho life force may be so completely suspended
for a day or two and then resumed why may it
not be taken up again after the lapse OF a cen
fury or-more2, Irwin makes Rip Van Wrinkle
age during his twenty years nap. That is, L
think wrong SHOULD the life force be so com
pletely suspended that man would not re-
| quire food there would be little or no waste,
and he would wake up as youthful and vigor-
Gus as when he dozed off. l believe it will vet
be possible for man by taking century maps
TO enjoy few years of life during every CEN
fury for 1000 years or more. l can soc no good
reason for believing that the nineteenth can
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