The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MAGNET at Willett's Point, L. l., is oonsid-
cred the largest and strongest in the world. II
is said to be made of two i5-inch Dahlgren guns
wound around with eight miles of cable charged
with electricity.
A STRANGE STORY comes from WellsvilIe. Mo.
where a stroke of lightning, about six years
ago. is said to have left on a ceiling of a church
the image of human face. Nobody dared TO
disturb it, and it remained until the recent re-
moval OF the church.
In SOME PARTS of the country narrov-necked
bottles filed with sugar and water or beer. are
suspended from the fruit trees in order to catch
the various members OF the insect tribe which
delight in spelling all the fruit before il has a
chance of getting ripe.
THE District of Columbia was formed out Of
Washington county. Maryland. and Alexandria
county, Virginia, and the national government
was removed to the capital in 1900 The Vir-
GINA portion Of the district was ceded back in
1876. Citizens of the District Of Columbia have
no vote for national officers, and it is governed
by congress.
EVERY MUssULMAN, however high bis rank,
from the sultan down to the lowest dervish, is
compelled to have trade The grandfather OF
the present sultan was a toothpick maker. The
Doatfnan, porter or groom is eligible to the
grade Of pasha. The butcher of to-day may be
the generalissimo of tomorrow, and the lowest
slave may become grand vizer.
THE Dismal swamp in Virginia, one of the
@H'A 6SoN Va SAO 9NohAPJ III Is also
one Of the most promising areas for reclama-
ton. 1t contains fully 1900 square miles, and
is at present of little value EXCEPT for a supply
OF timber. 1t ls an old sea bottom, and the
western boundary OF the swamp is q sea cliff
and beach. The chief animal population of the
higher classes consists of water birds and
snakes or the larger animals bears are
abundant, and there is a peculiar and very fero-
cious species Of wild horned cattle The fights
OF the bears are said 70 be very exciting.
THE University of Michigan numbers among
its students two young Chinese girls. Mary
Stone and Ada Kahn are full-bloosed Chinese,
whose homes are in the interior of the Flowery
Kingdom. For the convenience of their Ameri
can friends they have exchanged their own
names for the ones above mentioned; their feet
as the gallant chronicler observes, are not
women, but are fully developed and of pretty
| shape. They are devoting their time at Ann
| Arbor to the study of medicine and intend to
return to China as missionaries. There are also
| three young Cinnamon at Ann Arbor. preparing
| themselves to become physicians.
\ SIGN PAINTERS, portrait painters and SSH
makers all take part in the manufacture of
| campaign banners. observes Public Opinion
| The two sides OF campaign banner are easily
| made in stencil factories, but are very trouble
| some when done by hand. The names and
| portraits are painted on muslin sized with glue
and the sign painter then paints the notices
| When both sides are completed one section is
placed on the floor, paiR ted side down. and over
this net is placed. then the ether part is fitted
to this above the net and the two parts are
sswed together With waved thread by the sail
maker. ReRuers range in price from S7S to
$500. the cheaper ones bearing Only the names
and principles Of the candidates, and having no
portraits There are three general sizes in baa-
ners-l5x20 feet 20x30 feet and 3ox40 feet-lthe
| price being regulated mostly by the SIZE Il
takes about week to make q banner.
| THE cats spirit of Observation-Disclosures is the
| most distinct characteristic of her nature
writes Henrietta RonRer. AS Nine de Cuisine
rightly said, the cats great difference from and
| according to her sentiments superiority to rha
dog lies In her caln insistance on selection
! which invariably accompanies her apparent
| docility. To the dog prOprietorship is MASTER
ship; he knows his home, and he recognizes
1 without question the man who has paid for
4 feeds and on occasion kicks him WITH all the
\ easy familiarity Of ownership. He follows that
maa undouhtinR and unnOticed, grateful for a
word, even thankful for an oath. But the cat is
| a creature of very different stauan. She will
j not even stoop to conquer nor be tempted out of
her nature by offers OF reward. She absolutely
declines instruction; nay, even persuasion is
| lost upon her fer any permanent effect It may
| be designed to have. You may be the legal
| possessor Of cat but you cannot govern her
affection.
WHILE visiting at Topeka, Kan, In the spring
of 1888, says Sc. Louis Republic writer, had
| the unique pleasure, il pleasure It could be
| called, OF seeing thorough clinical eKamins-
| ttoa OF Moses Eskridge, locally known as the
| Alligator Boy" Moses was a colored "bov"
| I'm truth he was young maR Of perhaps %
years Of age, and, IL living to-day, NJ probably
near his third of a century mile postl of aver.
age intelligence and fair looking, as far as
| facial features were concerned. But his skin
| Even after nearly ten years 1t makes my flesh
| creep to think Of it. From his shoulders down
| he was as perfect an alligator, as far as looks
| and appearances went, as ever basked
| In the Shiny ooze Of Mississippi bayou. His
I shoulders, back and sides were as scaly as the
corresponding parts OF the saurian for which
! his nickname was bestowed. The shoulders and
1 sides were heavily plated with true alligator
scales, which, he said, were ''shed" during the
| summer months. The skin of the spine and
| under the arms. as well as between the hips
and ribs while it bore the marked corruvation
of the alligator's hide, seemed soft and pliable
and was without scales. He was born near
| Grenada. Miss, and had gone to Kansas at the
time OF the famous negro exodus"
THE Butte correspondent OF tie Anaconda
Standard thus tells of a novel travelling outfit
| now going through Montana: Vivian Ed
wards, cripple from Hastings, Neo., is max
| ing one OF the most remarkable trips across the
country that was ever undertaken. His long
| journey started at Hastings just $50 days ago
| and during that time he has Travelled 1854
| miles. He Is cripple, having lost the use Of his
| legs, and travels in a miniature buggy drawn
| by four-in-hand Of milk white Rocky mount
ain goats. and carries complete camping out.
lift with him. The entire outft weighs b56
pounds, which the goats pull with ease. and
have made thirty-two miles IN one day, although
his usual days journey averages from twelve to
| sixteen miles, which distance the goats travel
with ease. Some portions of his trip have been
J arduous in the extreme. Between Hams Fork
and Montpelier in Wyoming, he took the
wrong road and was lost in the desert, and for
| three days suffered intensely for want OF water
! as all the water he and bis animals had was
what was contained In a beer bottle. Another
I time in Southern Utah he was compelled to
| fight three bears. who were determined to dine
off his four-in-hand, but after a nard fight, dur
| ing which he killed two of the bears he was
] enabled to pursue his way"