The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
IT IS rare indeed to find blueeyed person
who is color blind.
The tallest man living to day is said to be
Chang-tu-Linz, the Chinese giant. His hight ID
feet inches
A STRAW hat and a linen buster have been
worn for forty winters by DR.. 8. B. Victor of
| Columbus, Mo.
RICHMOND. IND, has an organization known
as the 1887 Society" composed entirely Of per.
| sons born in 1877.
| SEwBLL COUNTY, KANSAS. has an OF which
measures II feet in length, is 61S feet high and
when fat weighs $500 pounds.
| PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHER contemplates
bringing out an edition of Shakespeare in words
of one syllable for use in the primary schools
MAN with mind for statistics has com
puted that over 65, OO0, 600 600 100000 of people
have lived on the earth since the beginning Of
| time.
The total sum contributed for charity in
England last year was SIS O0O.O 900. OF that
amount $780, 900 was given by Jew, Baron
Hirsch.
E5ATHENs has an s-year-old boy who is the
possessor of double jointed imbs-arms and
| legs-which have the singular advantage OF
bending with equal facility either way.
THE NATIVES of Vera Cruz do a large trade in
fire flies, which they catch by waving a blazing
| coal at the end OF stick. Toe insects fly to-
ward the light and are captured in nets.
AN ''od maids insurance company" prospers
| in Denmark. Females are allowed to Join It
| at any age from 10 to %. II they remain unmar-
ried at the age Of 30 they become entitled to
regular weekly allowance.
The BODY of Mrs. Charles Block was buried
| eight years ago in lakeland cemetery, near
| Montezuma Ia few days ago the coffin was
opened and it was discovered that the remains
| had turned TO stone. banch of roses held in
the hand Of the deceased was also petrified.
THRRE are two farmers Of Milltown, Pa who
| have gone into the business of extracting the
poison from bees. They catch the bees and
either immense them for eight days in a bottle
| of alcohol having previously enraged them SO
| as to cause the poison to exude from the poison
sacs. or else they kill them and squeeze the
virus into glass tube. The virus has a local
r5pute Gs a cure for dropsy, chilIs and fever and
4 all kinds Of insect stinKs.
BY a railroad accident in Iowa last week, five
] cars of travelling circus was thrown into the
| ditch and number of horses killed, In one of
the cars were fourteen Of the trained horses and
| body Of a colored musicians. Every one of
| the horses were killed outright while but of
| the negroes was seriously injured The loss
will nearly. If not quite ruin the circus, and the
| manager realizing this, rushed about the wreck
i
think of IL! tiY fourteen horses killed, and
| every ore Of those darkies saved"
| MRs. CARRIE HOLMES Of Kincaid Mo-, and
! her gun appeared on the scene the other day
| quiet IN time. A book agent who was CANVASS
/ ing the neighborhood undertook to cross q field
| where an ugly bull was kept, and the animal at
| tackled him The agent ran and the bull ran, and
| the latter being the heeter Was about to toss
| him, when the man stumbled and fell headlong,
| the bull charging some distance past him. The
| hull recovered ltm1ef And turuAd and US .
| about to put the finishing touches on his victim
| when Mrs Holmes rife cracked and brought
| the beast down, Whether she fred at the bull
| or the book agent is not stated, but the man
| had recently been interviewing her.
i A STRANGE sPIDER, il Is reported has ap-
| peared in great numbers in the lowlands and
| valleys about Hermosillo, Mexico and issgiving
the natives q great alarm. IL is peculiarly Zero
cious, and manifesto no fear of anything, not
| hesitating to give chase to men who disturb it,
| 1t is considerably larger tnan the tarantula
| common In those regions. and is terribly poi
sonous. Three dea tbs have been lately reported
| from its bite. II is hairy insect and has legs
| as large as a pipestem. 1t runs with remarka-
| BILE agility, and Climbs the stick or whip toward
the hand of any one who strikes at it. it is
| newcomer to the section and, so far, no one has
| been found who las seen 1t before. One of the
| deaths was that Of q Mexican who was riding
along and saw ono OF the spiders. He struck at
/ 1t with his whip, and before he could drop the
| whip the spider was at his hand and had bitten
| him. He died within three hours in great ag-
| ony. The spiders hop along the ground
| in great leaps toward the object of their
attack.
THAT chap who's going out to Africa to see
if he can pick up the gorilla language has struck
| great idea, said George Conking OF the Bar
mum & Bailey circus, to a New York Advertiser.
| writer. For the past twenty years I've seen
great deal OF ever known variety of monkey
| and it's my candid opinion that they have a
| regular language of their own and talk lust the
same-tnough theF don't talk as much-as hu-
| on raJ 49, IT,.
| the matter and study 1t deeply; but IL the man
| who goinS after the gorilla would ca! on me
might be able to give him point or two
| on the subject. At certain times and
| places all monkeys say the same thing
| They have one general cry OF alarm, and
if you scare a csgeful OF them, each will utter
| 1t in exactly the same way, though the key
| may vary The sounds which they make to ex-
| press affection are in common use among the
| different tribes and their cries of defiance are
nearly all alike. Two strange MONKEYS put to-
| gether in new ca ge will talk together lust
| like two people who meet for the first time. II
man could give up time enough to 1t and
study monkey talk with the aid of a phono-
graph ne should, in my opinion. be able TO trace
| out an exact Language Then would be able
TO get the chmpanzee's opinion on Darwin"
The British museum authorities have lust
| issued the second volume OF a remarkable cata-
logue says the London Spectator, Stored in
| the drawers and cases OF the museum are some
| 900 inscribed pieces Of terra Gotta, or CLAY
| tablets, forming the rescued portions of the
| great libraries OF Assyria and Babylon. The
| great impetus given to cuneitorm studies during
the last few years In Germany and America
where they form part of the curriculum for a
| degree in Semitic Languages hos made it neces-
| sary that the treasures Of the British museum
the center Of AsSyriAn studies, should be cata.
| logued, and the trustees have now Issued these
| volumes. containing descriptive catalogue OF
| some 6, 900 inscribed tablets The inscriptions
in question come from the Kuyurik mound, on
the site Of ancient Ninsveh, which
marked the ruins Of the great palace
and library founded by Assurbannpal
| or Sardanapalus, in B. 9. $50. The tables en-
brace every class OF literature, historical docu-
ments, hymns, prayers and educational works
such as syllabsries or spelling books and die
tionariss. One of the most interesting sections
il that Of the omen tablets, produced by the
court augurs and OWNERS. They saw omens in
all thngs-the flight OF birds, swallows pigeons
the coiling Of SNAKES. the movement of scor-
pions, the winds, She clouds, and above all the
stars. Tue catalogues have been prepared by
Dr. Carl BsZold, are beautifully arranged and
will tend 20 make the collection more accessible
TO students. and, in time, better known to the
general public who depend on specialists for
the unravelDg OF the learning and wisdom Of
Chaldea III