The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-01

WHILE all rice is white" said commission
merchant to a New York Tribune writer, the
size Of the grain varies greatly, according to
the locality where it is raised | have seen rice
grains as fine as grains Of mustard almost, and
again 1t Is nearly as large as beans. As for
taste, it is all about alike, but the amount Of
cooking depends altogether on the size OF the
grains. 1t takes an artist to cook rice properly.
You have noticed the occasional black grains
Well, that is what is called hot rice and is so
discoored by bsing overheated in tie process
OF milling"
SHERMAN H. HUBBARD OF New York, with his
wife, who was Miss Ludsllng of Louisiana,
and their infant son. is spending the summer at
the seaside near Bridgeport, Conn. The other
night Mrs. Hubbard was awakened by the cry
ing OF the child She reached out of bed and
took him from his crib to soothe him, and as
she nestled his face to hers, found it vet The
baby screamed again and threw up his nands,
and the mother, putting her hand over him, felt
something 'WrigglinR and bristly." Then she
screamed, and the father sprang out OF bed and
turned on the light. His wife aud baby were
streaked with blood aud on the bed sat a huge
gray rat with bloody muzze. Mr.. Hubbard
seized his pistol and dispatched the animal
The baby was found to be badly bitten on the
face and hands.
DIR. ROBERT D'UNGER is a Chicago physician
who has invented aud patented new and im-
proved telephone. He has been trying to get the
city of Chicago to give him franchise for its
use In that city. in vain, and now he proposes
that this will not nearly cover his loss, and thai
the action of the city council is in direct contra
vention Of the terms of his patent, which gives
him the right to fuse, sell or manufactures his
invention IN any part of the United States or
territories He says that no franchise has
ever been refused to a patent before in any part
OF The United states, and that no board Of alder
men can take from him right that the general
government gives him. 1t is said that eminent
legal authorities think his case good.
INSECTS are oddly constructed atoms OF ami
mated nature, as a rule, and it depends alto
gether on the species as to Internal makeup
In bees the crop is called the 'honey bag - In
sects with mandibles usually have a modified
form OF the "gizzard" so typical in the com
mon barnyard fowl. In some cases this min
iature "eilzard' is perfect wonder shop, its
inner surface being provided with pads" Gov
cred with horns" and ''bristlss' in great pro.
! fusion. The grssshopper's "gizzard" is lined
with innumerabie rows OF teeth, very minute
of course, but well-developed, true teeth, new
ertheless. The Same may be said OF erickats
and other insects of that Nk, Sensational
would be entomoogists, writing from the south.
eastern coast OF Africa and Madagascar tell OF
O species of grasshOpper inhabiting these parta
that are provided with trua !ivers, but nothing
OF the kind Is known as occurring in American
insects, the liver function being performed by
minute cells provided by nature for that pur-
pose.
Two DRUNMEEs, one from New York and the
other from Atlanta, Ga, were talking politics
I,
says the Philadelphia record, when a deciIediy
novel election bet was made. Said tie sout6-
erner: II will bet you $40 that Cleveland will
be our next President. I'll take that. rephed
the Harris n supporter. but why not make it
SlOO!' The Atlanta man replied that he would
be perfectly willing to do so, but did not have
the ready money. TN that event." said the
New Yorker, lets make oppressive bet. We
will each deposit $40 with the clerk here and
forward an additional S. to him every week
until the election. Then the winner will take
ha nj 1iyip ala
as stakeholder, the necessary papers were
drawn up and signed and the first installrnent
paid in. One of the conditions OF the bet was
that If either failed to send mis- weekly deposit
he would forfeit to the other man. Both were
satisfied, and each confident that he had walk.
over.
CHIMBoRAzo. the pride of the Andes" at one
time thought to be the highest mountain peak
in the world, is now reckoned as being only
q, 424 feet above the sea level, which is err
tajnly enough to give it an air of majesty Bit
the natives of that region have q curious belief
"a legend which tells them that "Chimbo" was
oncs fuu mile higher than he is at the present
time. When Pizarro invaded the land of The
Incas" ChimboraZo reared his majestic head
between %, 900 and 80, 600 feet into the rari1ed
atmosphere, but that invaders browning piece
of intRmy, the strangling of the last of the
lncas brought down tho wrath Of the gods,
who rent the giant peak from center to crcum'
ference throwing down great masses OF stones
and reduCin, its hight by about one-fifth, Al
former resting place OF ''the Inca's Head" was
cursed, and until this day no man has aver
reached within 5000 feet OF its summit The
Inca's Head" is a massive piece of granite lying
on one s de OF the peak. Tradition says it once
formed the apex.
SOME of the British colonists IN South Africa
have been greatly troubled by the rapid growth
OF the prickly pear, which they have learned to
regard as a greater nuisance than the thistle ia
in Australia. A short time ago, in their district
they applied to the 70 elm Office for ipstruc.
tions as to tie best way of suppressing it, and
the foreign ONCE IN its turn sought intelligence
throuL IN the British legation in Mexico The
Sou h Africans have just received word from
the latter source that in Mexico they do nor trv
to suppress the prickly pear at ALL as without Il
the traffic over the northern plains could NOT he
carried on. They are assured that cattle WORK
and thrive on it after the spines have been burnt
of by an easy process. Sheep love it and grow
fat. requiring little or no water Hundreds az
thousands of goats live on nothing else Tha
dry leaves supply fuel for the camp. and the
young shoots are used for various culinary pur
poses, as soup, pickle and IA ad The sap more.
over maSes excellent size and clue As A
poutice for wounds and rheum atism the leaves
are invaluable Wine is made from the fruit:
the juice boi ed fur ishes pleasant sweet, and
the fruit a most delicious pre- erve In fact. the
South Africans have been doing their best 10
rid themselves of precious boon, IL their
prickly pear is identical with the Mexican va
riety.