The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-05
ITAMS OF INTEREST.

A DOMESTIC or social terror. Of which all
Europe is just now in dread, is the reappear-
ence of hoop skirts aud crinoIne, says a cable
to the Pittsburg Dispatch stray remark
from Worth sounded the alarm few weeks
ago, and the English newspapers especially are
full of lamenLation on the subject. IL is even
said that anticrinoline societies we're in process
of organization; but later comes q reaSsuring
announcement that the original monstrosity OF
q generation ago is not to be again introduced.
1t is made known that all that the arbter of
fashions intended TO convey is that skirts are to
be full next year, both at the hips and around
the bottom, aud that horSehair will be used TO
keep the folds from becoming entangled about
the feet
NNE-TENTHs Of those who enlist in the British
army are driven to do so by extreme want, says
London cable to the New York Sun 1t is the
last resource against starvation or the work
house, and they take the oath to defend her
most gracious majesty and frustrate her enc
mies as the only means of securing food and
shelter. The magnitude of the present distress
in Great Britain may therefore be realized when
the official returns show that recruiting for the
army has not for many years past been so brisk
as at the present moment; that all the cavalry
regiments are over strength, and that the line
regiments are fast filling up. The supply is so
good, indeed, that doctors and officers are
steadily rejecting the weedy lads they were
glad enough to secure few months ago, and
are picking out just the sturdiest of the appli-
cantS. The residuum sink back to the slums
oh0 JOAA SGoS OoAOA SAOeAo cAl4iyt VIC OACAl-
ployed.
ONE OF the strangsst OF the many odd
creatures that inhabt tbs wilds OF Southern
Asia and India is the flying aower," small
brilliant-hued lizard OF the order Of bFacovolus
says the Philadelphia P1 ess. On the wing these
curious species of zaurisn resemble a richly
tinted insect. When at rest he compares
favorably with others of the lizarI tribe with
the exception that he has extraordinary pro-
tuberances on both sides Of the body. These
Sr.yfF, svrhf ky-,
flap, wing-like 10 shape, supported by series OF
false ribs. In color these flying lizards are blue
and gray: with intermediate tints Of various
kinds and shades. The tail Of this creature is
very long and slender as we'll as very snake
like in appearance. A large pouch. fest to the
under jaw, and extending to some three inches
below the mouth, adds to the ferocious aspect
or the good-natured, harmless creature. The
wings are not what scientist would call true
WINGS" but are used mainly as parachutes
When the lizard leaps from limb of a tree into
the cir the contact brings out its cutaneous
flaps and enables the possessoF to soar away at
an angle to greater or lesser distance, de-
pending altogether on the hight OF the starting
point.
PROMOTERS Of the tombstone tower announce
that ground will be broken next month and that
this fea ure Of the worlds fair will be pushed
as rapidly as possible, says the New York sun.
the structure will be entirely of steel and the
tower will be 800 feet in hightsover all, being
| about 23O feet in diameter at the base and ris-
eter. The spiral track will be 40 feet wide and
will be doubled with rail, one for the ascent aud
the other Tor the descent Cars of novel pat
| tern, holding eight persons each, will run in
trains Of five The motive power will be cleo
| tricity, the electric conductor lying in the mid
| Gle ofthe track. The forward car Of each train
will be motor. The distance from top to bot
tom, following the track will ia about one mile
| and the trip both ways will OCCUPY thirty min.
utes. This will allow at least ten
| minutes for each person to view the grounds
/ from eka AHuAn ryuNN
above the surface. There will be 800 cars in
all, 400 going each way. Immediately outside
the rail that traverses the spiral track to the
| top will be fixed hanging garden filed with
| blooming plants and surrounding the tower,
| fifty feet above the observatory door, will be
| arranged half dozen powerful search lights
| that are expected to illuminate brilliantly the
| fair grounds. The canopy of each car will be
| lighted with cluster of six incandescent
| tights. The tower itself lie to be painted white
| from top to bottom. The base OF the tower,
which for thirty feet is to be made of brick and
| stone, will be divided into two floors The
| ground floor will be devoted exclusively to
tracks and the necessary machinery, while ff-
| teen feet above will be grand floor 900 feet in
| diameter for large restaurant. The move
ment of the 500 cars at night is expected to pro-
duce magnificent sight in the fitting OF s. 600
incsndescent lights, and numberlsss giIded stars
and pendent lamps are intended to give the
| whole grand appearance. The cost OF erect
! ing the tower is estimated at 81 $50 700 and a
fare OF so cents Ia to be charged for ascend
| ing it.
AFTER the Spanish occupation OF the Grand
Canary. certain enormous stone was for a
long time pointed out az one OF the Instruments
| of the Gaunche athletic courses SAYS the
| National RevSet1. The natives had been able
60 lift It, set it on their shoulders and even
| threw it over their heads. Their degenerate
posterity and the SpaniArds could not raiye IL
| from the ground. Tradition has immortaIized
one Adargorna OF Grand Canary, wac could
| wrestIe for two consecutive hours and having
| hpAn thrown und1FmOst in al i'm oor
| his antagoniPt between his legs and arms and
| squeezed him 80 that his bones began TO crack
The native was subsequently sent as a prisoner
to Spain. where he astounded the people by his
performances. One day. in Seville, be
! was visited by brawny youth of
Ia Manchs, who vas anxious to try .
Adargoma, las we are going to wrestle together
| it is only reasonable that we should begin by
drinking something" large bowl OF wine
| having been brought, he took this in one hand
and continued 70 address the Challenger:
| IF with both your arms you can
| overpower one OF mine, so as to hinder me from
drinking every drop Of this wine we will try our
strength together. If not you may return to
| your home" The struggle took place, and
| Adargorna by degrees drained the bowl in the
I coolest manner without splitting drop Of the
| wine. His one hand was more than match for
| the two. II was reckoned nothing out Of the
common for man to take sn untethered OK bv
| The horns and slay it with the other. A certain
native born priest of Grand Canary In the seven
Ceenth century showed that he inherited some
of his ancestors vigor, for one day hearing that
an enraged bull had broken loose and was in the
| street, he ran out, and, erasping it by the leg
threw it down and 80 held it until it's owner was
| able to secure it. This doughty son of the
| church before his death CHANGED to have one OF
! his legs emputated for cancer. II was then
| found that his thigh bone was solid, with no
trace of marrow. 1t must be confessed, how.
| ever, that the relics Of the Canariaas now found
| in their burying places do not bear out the in
| ference that this was national characteristic.
| though their dimensions are Certainly e tastS'
mony OF the strength and size Of their late pro
! prietors.