The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-17
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IN NHt axe OF steam ana NlNEiEaNlANs ANN
most fashionable carriage builder Of the capt.
tai Is already constructing number of these
vehicles which will be used during the com
ing season az Hyde park. The chairs are Of
hghtest possible weight, 50 that they may be
carried by two servants. The art Of building
them was never lost IA London, since orders
from India and Ceylon continue TO arrive In
large numbers.
A grizzled old man who registered a Gin
cinnati hotel the other day had apparently
read the stories Of restaurant extornOn at the
worlds fair. The Gazette says that while he
was registering the handy porter took his
yallse and was about 70 store IL away IN the
check room. Here, there" called out the
stranger, give that back TO me. My grub is
in that" And so II was for inquiry ELECTED
the fact that the old man had started out for
ihe worlds fair with two weeks grub in
MS valise. He had whole ham, two whole
beef tongues. cakes, crackers, jar of butter
and various and sundry other articles from
his farm in Tennessee.
1t is reported that Prof. Weinek, director Of
the Observatory Of Prague, who makes spe-
cialty Of studying the moon, and is supposed
to know as much about that satellite as any
living man, has been examining some photo
graphs OF the moon made by means OF the
great Lick telescope Of California and says
that one of them shows a crater which is not
to be found on any hitherto published map of
the moon. This crater is estimated to be
about quarter of a mile In diameter and 1t
is thought to be unlikely that the distin-
guished selenographer, Schmidt, would have
overlooked 1t, II it were there when he made
his map Yet il seems unlikely that it could
have been formed since. as IL is generally con-
coded that all activity died out in the moon
many thousands Of ages ago.
A story, which sounds to the New Orleans
Picayune very much like 6rst-c1ass news
paper fake, but which is quite credibly
vOuched for, comes from Irlkutsk the capital
of Eastern Siberia, where, IL is said, is dog
months old that has suddenly developed the
faculty for making sounds so like a human
voice that person in the next room could not
tell the difference. The dog seems to have no
comprehension Of the meaning of the words
he utters, but he really repeats anything that
is said to him, in shriL, bOyish-sounding
voice. Some days he seems to lose the fac
ulty or to be disinclined to exercise it. but on
others delights to say anything he is told. If
this dog could be brought to the United
States he would be drawing attraction for
dime museum.
The $4,000 coin, that is to say, the first minted
of the Columbian half dollars, for which the
Remington Company chose to pay $40, Co., has
been put on exhibition at the world S fair, and
after the exposition is over It will be pre-
sented to the Chicago Art Institute The coin
was taken out of the safe deposit vault, where
it has reposed since it was turned over to the
purchasers, carefully placed in a case made
OF glass and brass, securely locked up, and the
key thrown into Lake Michigan, 1t is little
hard for the New Orleans Picayune to see why
it should be guarded with such Jealous care,
for there is not the least danger that anybody
would try to steal it. No thief could get more
than so cents or possibly 81 for IT, for to claim
that 1t was the famous first coin would be TO
confess that IL was stolen. Its value is purely
fictitious and depends solely on the care
with which IL is guarded II the three certtt-
Gates which accompany it SHOULD be lost it
would be worth no more than any other Co
lumbar half And it is probably worth more
to-day than 1t will be any time in the next TO-
900 years.
The story of "Bluebeard" was written dur
ing the reign of Louis XIV.by a Frenchman
named Perrault, and is supposed to have
been suggested by the deeds Of Giles de La
val, better known as Marshal de Retz. He
was born In 1895, and subsequently served I'M
der the Duke Of Bretague and Charles VII.
with distinction, and was one of the trusted
captains of Joan dare In 1882 he was re-
puted the richest man in France, but quickly
sQuandered his fortune. 1t is said that soon
after that event. through the influence of an
alchemist named Perlati, he pledged all but
his soul to the devil in exchange for wealth
equal to the one he had spent. His career
from that time became that of a demon.
Children and young women were fnveigled
into his house and killed. II is related that
the children were dangled at ropes ends,
pr1cked with needles and otherwise tortured
until dead, and their heads were afterward
used as ornaments for his mantels and bed
posts. After he had carried on this career of
crime for about eight years he was arrested,
confessed and burned at the stake about Dec.
Y, l44O.
Prof. Baldwin Spencer has contributed an
interesting article on Australian snakes to
the Melbourne Australasian. The professor
describes the characteristics of the various
species which are found on the continent. In
the course Of the article he says: Luckily
for US in Australia, our snakes do not belong
to the most venomous kinds, such as are fire.
Quently met with in India. for example.
Whenever any one does happen to die after q
snake hite-which in proportion to the popu-
Ia ton {,,1rr
deal about IT, though il is quite possible that
the death is due rather more to mixture of
fright and so-called remedies than to the
direct action of the snake venom. In snake
bite much depends upon the amount of
poison which the snake produces and can
inject; and luckily our Australian
forms only secrete q comparatively
small amount and are hence
relatively harmless when compared with
those which In India are responsible for some
10000 denths annually. Our Australian
snakes, for Example, do not secrete ANYTHING
like the quantity thata cobra or a rattlesnake
does, and are hence prOpOrtiOnately less dan
gerous. Fortunately also for us, we have a
habit of going about clothed. and the poison
fangs of our snakes are not long enough under
ordinary circumstances to do much harm. if
they have to bite through leather or even ordin-
airy clothes; beyond this there is knowledge
that, If 1t can do so. snake prefers to get
out OF your way Many people seem to regard
the Australian bush as n hOtbed of snakes
whilst, as matter of fact you can often
out seeing any trace of snake, and certainly
without running more than the smallest
chance of being bitten"
Every one does not know that aromatic
salts and very strong, pungent odors are iniu-
riOus to the nerves of smell and often pro-
duce serious if not incurable difficulties It is
well understood, says a writer in the Phila-
delph1a Times, that certain scents start the
al ton of the secretory glands of the nose and
throat, and often the eyes I'LL up with tears
Frequent indulgence in the use of such per
fumes Will soon overtask the Secretory organs
and weaken them. Some day the person OBJ
serves that the hearing is less acute than
usual and the sense of smell seems defective
This is Of course accredited to cold or some
similar cause ana but little is thought of it,
After time the entire head becomes affected
hearing and smell are almost If not entirely
lacking. and there are throat and lung com
plications which are likely to end in chronic
| If not fatal, illness II has taken the
medical world great many wears to dis
cover that loss of hearing is almost in
variably caused by some disease of the throat
or nose or both. But very recent researches
in these fields have demonstrated this fact
beyond question and 1t is now admitted bv
the most advanced medical men that aside
from rupture OF the ear drum, there is scarcely
a symptom OF defective hearing which is NOT
traceable directly to the condition of the nose
and throat. In view Of the new discoveries
ear specialists are finding their occupations
gone, save as they make their particular
branch an assistant in further investigation
lie he nSp Of