The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-11
NATURAL FRUIT FLEYoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The red granite column from the rerneins Of
the temple at the site Of the Biblical Hanes in
in Egypt, procured by the Rev DR. W. C. Wins
low OF the Egypt exploration fund, from the
excavations. has Just arrived at the Museum of
FINE Arts at Boston. The capital is an ex-
ousite palm leaf design. and the total weight is
from six TO seven tons. Only the British
Museum has so fine a column among its
treasures.
The following advertisement recently ap-
peared in matrimonial paper: "A stamp col
lector, the possessor OF a collection of 1854
stamps, wishes to marry lady who is an ardent
collector and the poSsessor of the blue penny
stamp OF Mauritids, issued In 1s47." 1t ap-
pears In the MoHtteur. OF the Island OF Mau-
ritius, and the stamp which the young lady
must possess is valued at about $1,000 on &C
count OF its rarity
EVEN those who navigate its waters do not
fully realize the strength of the current of the
gulf stream, says the Century. Two
or three years ago government vessel was
anchored IN the stream observing the current.
The wind was very light when sailing vessel
was sighted ahead, drifting to the northward.
AS she came nearer and nearer it became evil
dent that there would be a collision unless steps
we're taken 70 prevent lt. The crew OF the sail
ing vessel trimmed their sails to the gentle air:
but it was useless. for onward she went, car
ried by the irresistible force of the current di-
rectly toward the bow of the steamer AS the
vessels approached each other, by a skillful use
or the rudder on board the steamer she was
moved 60 one side, and the sailing vessel drifted
past few feet distant. The captain of the lat
ter was astonished, as he was thankful that his
vessel was not lost. All that he could cry out in
broken English as he flashed by was, ~ could
not help it,; the water bring me here"
IT APPEARS from a paper prepared by DR..
Longuet of Paris upon the proportionate num-
Der OF suicides in the principal armies of Eu-
rope, that the Austrian army holds the unenvi-
aoie pre-eminence, with an average of 1871 sui
cdeS per 100000 men for the last five years.
The suicides were equal to fifth of the total
mortality of the army during this period and
more deaths were due to this than TO typhoid
fever, pneumonia or consumption. Next comes
the herman army with an average OF 81 per
10000; then the Italian army, with 40, and the
French army, with az, it being a noteworthy
fact that the suicides in the French army are
nearly double what they we're ten years ago.
The suicides in the Belgian army averaged "a
per 100000 for the last five years; while the av-
erage was % for the English, 20 for the Russian,
and only IL for the Spanish army. In all the
armies there were proportonately more deaths
among the non-commissioned officers than
among the men. and fewer suicides among the
engineers than the calvary. Suicide was very
rare among the men who had been sentenced to
different terms of imprisonment, but very fire.
quent among the men awaiting trial by court
martial.
AS PENNSYLVANIA FARMER was passing
through patch of woods last summer hen
partridge fiuttered up and ran between his feet
says Golden Days. IL was such a strange thing
for SO wild a bird to do that the farmer thought
the partridge was blind. So he stopped over to
pick her up, and then he found that she wasn't
blind at all; for. just as he was about TO grasp
her, she darted toward the brush heap from
which he had seen her emerge. stopped at the
edge of it and looked back. Presently she ran
at the man again. with her wings down, clucking
constantly and appearing to be in great dis
tress abOnt something. The farmer walked to
the edge of the copse and the par
fridge flew ahead and alighted on
the ground two or three rods beyond. winging
her way back again when she saw he was NOT
moving. She repeated these maneuvers until
she led him to a hemlock tree, and there, in
little curve made by the roots, he saw q nest
full of eggs. AT the same time he saw a black
snake in the act Of swallowing one Of the eggs,
and understood the reason for the partridge
actions. He hunted up a club and killed the
snake. As soon as the partridge saw that the
snake was motionless she ceased her noise aud
hid in the bushes. The man went away aud in
half an hour crept enough 70 the tree to
see the partridge sitting on her most as though
nothing had happened.
WISHING to test for himself the reputed fond
ness of many animals for perfumes, visitor
paid series of visits TO q menagerie, provided
with bottles Of scent and packet of cotton
WOOL and there tried some harmless expert
ments, which apparently gave great satisfac-
tlon to the inhabitants OF various cages Law
ender water was received with particular
favor, ana most OF the lions and Ie0Dard8
showed unqualified pleasure when the scent
was poured on the wool and put through the
bars. The first leopard to which It was offered
stood over the ball of cotton. shut its eyes,
opened its mouth and screwed up its nose. 1t
then lay down and held it be-
tween its paws rubbed its face over
it, and finished by lying down upon 1t. An
other leopard smelled 1t and sneeZed then
caught the wool in its claws, played with It, and
lay back and rubbed its head and neck over the
scent. It then fetched another leopard which
was asleep in the cage, and the two shifted it
for some time together, and the last conner
ended by taking the ball in its teeth, curling its
lips well back and inhaling the delightful per-
fume with half shut eyes. The lion and lioness
when their turn came, tried to roll upon it at
The same time The lion then gave the lioness
a cuff with his paw which sent her off to the
back of the cage, and having secured il for him
self, laid his broad head on the morsel of cotton
and purred with satisfaction.
The RUMINANTs are a most peaceful race.
yet deer are savage, and so is that handsome
Indian antelope the nylgnau. A tame stag is
very dangerous pet, and even the beautiful roe
buck has been known to kill a boy in wild fit
Of rage. But the fercest and most vindictive
of ALL with the exception of the Cape buffalo ia
the South African gnu. which never loses its i'll
temper when tanned and always remains among
the few dangerous animals which the keepers at
the Zoo have to deal with Hardly less iii tenn
pered are the zebras and the wild asses, which
suggests that human mismanaRement Is not en-
tirely to blame for the occasional i'll temper
and obstinacy OF mules and donkeys To
the i'll tempered species we may add the
camel and the 2horned black rhinoceros
But among all the larger creatures Of the ami
NAL kingdom, it is difficult to find more than a
dozen species which are, as q class i'll tempered
unless we include all those carnivorous animals
| which exhibit a certain ferocty In the capture
| Of their prey. But it will be found that apart
| from this law Of their being, such animals are
not, as rule, either i'll tempered or malicious
| On the contrary. their natural bias is toward
good nature. and it may be inferred that the
| ferceness exhibited by them when actually
striking their prey is rather g gradual develop
ment from particular necessity, than an