The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TO light their homes and that at one time all
| the boats on the sound used them instead Of
sperm oil lamps.
! The African Steamship Company's steamer
| Winnebah, which has just arrived from West
/ Africa at Liverpool, has had most unusual
/ experience when steaming between the lati-
/ tudes OF Cape Verde and St. Louis, Senegal,
| says the Westminster Gazette. For sixty
miles the vessel steamed through locustS,
/ which were so thiCkly packed together on the
| top OF the water that they completely covered
the surface for miles around; indeed, they APP
| peared to be lying on the sea as far as the
| eye could reach The locusts had no doubt
: been blown from the Morocco coast into the
sea. They resembled gigantic grasshoppers,
and one which was secured was five inches in
length, OF course, all OF the locuSts had been
drowned.
1t is the Prince of Wales who is directly
responsible for the spread of the habit of
smoking al the dinner table, the London cor
/ respondent OF the Shenield Independent
declares When he first began TO dine out.
smokers were fain to wait the opportunity OF
retirement to the smoking room. II. X. H.
began modeStly enough with cigarette. ana
has long ago reached the cigar. There are
still one or two houses in London where
cigars are not produced, and more where one
Is put on with the inadequate cigarette. But
they are growing fewer. 1t is not usual to
smoke at the table where Mr.. Gladstone
dimes, but have personal knowledge OF a
! case in which the Premier, knowing the hab-
its OF the company he was to meet, begged in
/ advance that the cheerful cigar might at the
usual time. circulate.
The relative slowness OF the ordinary
dredger is shown in q description of the work
| Of giant dredger which is now being used in
! filling up the Charles river bottoms, says the
Pittsourg Dispatch The dredge is 1875 feet
! long and about 30 feet wide, and nearly every
/ foot OF it Is covered with machinery There
! are six engines aboard of her; one triple
| expansion engine Of $50 horse power sucks the
nj nv hAf4 ~ 0I,a md
| pushes II through long pipe with tremendous
force. Projecting from the forward part of
the dredge Is wheel consisting OF series OF
steel knives about three feet in length ar
ranged around the circumference. The in
terror is hollow and suction pipe runs down
the hollow to the center. The wheel is lowered
into the water By means of cables running
from an IRON crane. After it touches the
bottom 1t is set In motion. 1t eats its way
into the bed OF the river, the steel knives cut
ting up everything before them, and, as the
sediment falls into the hollow center Of the
wheal, 1t is caught by the suction pipe and
whlrled through the tube for half a mile. A
large percentage of water is carried along
with the sediment: in fact, it would not be
possible to force the sediment through the
tube for 80 long distance without the water.
1t is claimed that the dredge can do the work
OF ten ordinary dredges, and in one month it
filed in space Of about quarter OF a mile
square and from sly to eight feet in depth. 1t
Is said that this dredge is able to handle
something over 1900 cubic yards of solid ma
terial in day.
What has changed the temper of the dog?
asks Walter Besant. Formerly he was as
much terror In the country as the bull is
now. He lived in the farm-yard he stood
outside the gate; he few at the throats of
passers-by; he had to be fought with cudgel
and stones. Remember how, when Christi
ana began to fly from the City OF Destruction
the dog came out to worry Mercy. 1 am told
that the old breed of fierce mastif exists no
longer, that the manners Of the bulldog are
softened. Certainly one seldom hears of
dog attacking strangers. Here, for instance,
is story Of what happened in Fleet street
just about hundred years ago. 1t IS a sug-
gestive story to the student of man
that was enough to make a very pretty
foundation for a quarrel; the quarrel
followed the crowd collected and
made a ring: the men stripped to fight. AS
soon as they were ready, one of them, instead
of fighting, set a bulldog at his adversary.
The dog few at his throat, and, failing that,
caught him in the chest. where he buried his
teeth and held on. The crowd dragged OFF the
dog; his master tried to protect It; the crea-
ture flew again at the mGn-and caught him
in the arm. Being beaten of he flew at every
body in the crowd, being beaten and cudgelled
by the crowd, who used knives and sticks, and
anything that came handy. The dog mas
ter, taking advantage OF the confusion, es-
capped; and the dog, more dead than alive ran
down side street. covered with wounds.
Can we imagine man walking down Fleet
street now with feroctous bulldog ready to
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For many years, says Good Words the
rumor Of magnificent diamond, said to be in
the possession of q tribe dwelling in far
away region vaguely indicated by the express
sion up country" had tickled the ears OF ad-
venturers Many had gone in search Of it,
none had come within measurable distance of
obtaining 1t. About this time, however
1881 a Dutch farmer named Van Neikerz
got upon the track Of the diamond. He wan
dered from tribe to tribe and from village to
village, one day hopeful Of success and the
next disappointed. At length he was di-
rected TO a medicine man, or witch doctor re-
siding IN certain Kaftir village, and sure
enough, after good deal of palaVer and plen-
tiful libatiOns OF jOwala. discovered him to be
possessed Of a pure white stone of extraor-
binary size and luster, which he had little
doubt was the diamond referred to- The
witch doctor, however was unwilling to part
with 1t. high price was offered then q
higher still; but he remained immoyable
The Dutchman now became excited and Of
fered him his whole span OF oxen. To this
had OF necessity to he added the tent wagon
which he had fitted out for his journey to-
gether with his appurtenances. And, at last
stripped OF all his belongings save hRs gun
and ammunition, he departed, with the gem
safely concealed somewhere about his person
Inc bargain, nevertheless, was good one as
the stone was found. when brought TO the
frontier to be beautiful fawless diamond
of the purest water, and worth G25OO. This
dlamond-whfch is now in the possession of
the Countess of Dudley-may be called the
There is not the least rational doubt OF the
existence of the phenomena of hypnotism. all |
evidence and argument to the contrary not
withstanding, says the ST. Louis Republic.
That the majority of the human race are sus-
ceptible TO hypnotic influence NAV be snr- |
missed from the fact that the scientific men ~ |
Europe have combined in one great effort to |
nave all such performances prohi oited and |
at the present time all such exhibitions are |
unlawful in Austria. Belgium, Denmark. Ger.
many, Italy and Switzerland. The word |
'hypnot1sm' is from the Greek ''hvDnos - |
meaning sleep, and was coined to fit the con
dition by Mr.. Braid, an English pioneer in.
vestigator of this curious branch Of nbv
GEOLOGY. The following are Prof Braid = in |
structions for bringing on hypnotic frances.
TAKE any bright object and hold il between
the ringers OF the left hand about foot from |
the eyes OF the person upon whom the exDeri- |
mentls being tried, IN such position above |
the forehead as to produce the greatest strain |
compatible with steady fixed gaze at the |
OBJECT The person must then be directed IN
NIX the mind on the object he Is gazing at His
pupils Will hrst contract and then dilate con
siderably, and after they are well dilated Inc
first and second finger OF the Operators Tigbf
hand extended and little separately sbo5Id
be carried from the object toward the ma
TENTS eye. When this Is done the aveIids
Will most probably close. Carry out these Al !
rectiOns and in 3 few seconds the nerson lii
be thoroughly hypnotizod : Tho Al
preston Is far greater than the torpor OF nat.
ur1l sleep. = The limbs remain N a~S |