The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-20
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the following announcement to his sub
scribers: 1--WE leave this town never to return.
For three nights past a bucket of tar and
feathers was placed Oh our doorstep, with the
notice that they were meant for US. We do not
fear being tsrred and feathered. but we couldn't
afford to pay for the tar, ami the people of this
town wouldn't pay for it, for they're too
burned mean"
The Boston Journal says it is informed that
an autopsy on the BODY Of Gen. Butler previous
to interment showed that the cause OF death
was the bursting of a small blood vessel,
caused by violent fit of coughing, All the in
ternal organs we're found to be in excellent con-
dition, and but for the accidental cause of his
death he would probably have lived many
years. His brain weighed four ounces more
than that of Daniel Webster, which was one of
the largest on record.
The Oroys railroad ouer the Andes, connect
ing Peru with the basin Of the Amazon. will be
opened to traffic soon. according TO the an
nouncement. This road. says the Springfield
ReDublicdp. although but 200 miles long. as
cost about $50 009, 900. and it was begun twenty
ak years ago by Henry MeiggR. the story of
whose extraordinary career reads Ike romance.
Its construction was stopped by the ruin of Peru
in the Chilean war, and it has finally been com
pletpd through the efforts of Michael Grace
brother OF exMayor Grace. who succeeded in
"flnanceering" the enterprise in the English
money market. The opening of this railroad is
considered an event of very great commefcia
importance. iuennuch as the next century will
witness on extraordinary development Of South
America. AS feat in railroad engineering this
road is perhaps the m st wonderful on record.
LOVERS of the mysterious will be interested
in this authentic story, says the New York
Press Two years ago the portrait OF President
Harrison, Mrs. Harrison and DR.. Scott were re-
produced in group on glass Several copies
we're made. Each portrait was coiored and
touched up by the artist who took the group.
One OF the pictures was given to a near relative
OF tbs President who lives in Baltimore. The
portraits we're all good hkenesses and she
priced them very highly. Here Is where the
mysterious part comes IN ABOUT three months
before Mrs. HarriSon's death the colors In her
picture on the glass commenced to fade. When
she died only the head was visible, and that
family. Then the same phenomenon was OBJ
served in Or. Scott's portrait. IL began to grow
DINNER and DINNER until only the head re-
manned. DR.. Scott died within g few weeks of
his daughter. The curious part Of the matter is
that President Harrison's pOrtrsi- stands out as
clear and strong as IL did on the day it was fin
ished. The same colors were used on all these
portraits, and these is no apparent reason why
one should not last as long as the other.
THE sense OF smell is by no means so devel-
oped In man as in dogs cats and other animals,
but 1t is often sbnormsly keen in individuals
deprived of other senses blind deaf mutes, for
example can recognize their friends and form
an opinion about strangers solely by means of
this sense says Chambers Journal. Possibly
however, animals are only sensitive TO certain
smells while unconscious or others that affect
us. II this be the case, they would naturally
be able to follow up one particular scent more
easily than man. this scent to which they are
sensitive being to them less confused with 9th
ers. Dogs are able to track their masters
| through crowded streets, where recognition
by sight is quite impossible, and can find a
| hidden biscuit even when its faint smell is still
further disguised by eau de cologne. In some
l experiments Mr.. Romanes lately. made with q
/ dog he found that it could easily track him
| when he was far out OF sight, though no fewer
than eleven people had followed him. stepping
! exactly in his footprints in order to confuse the
scent. The dog seemed to track him chiefly by
| the smell Of his boots, for when without them,
| or with new boots on, II failed; but followed
though slowly and hesitatingly, when his mas
ter was without either boots or stockings.
! Dogs and cats certainly get more information
| by means Of this sense than q nen can; they
often get greatly excited over certain smells,
and remember them for very long periods
MOST OF us know the so-called gutta .percha
men, or. as the artists" would call themselves,
contortionists. says the Copenhagen Nol dstjer-
men. Nowadays such are usually billed" as
| serpent men or an-snakes The most promi-
| nent among these Phenomenal beings is MARI
nelli. he owes his place to his grace OF move
| ment and the ease OF bis 'corkscrew" contor-
tions. Twice he has been examined by the
| highest scientifc authority-in 1885 by Prof
| Virchow. in Berlin, aud in 1889 by Prof Bill
| roth, in Vienna. Both have delivered lectures
| before specialists on him. Both EXAMINATIONS
|
| Marinellis bone system. and that he has never
| been subjected to any operation in order to at
| tain his remarkable abilities The '',irtuoso''
! is wonderful and unique on account Of his
| muscle system. which, naturally existing In fine
| proportions. has been developed by exercise
and q strong will. The peculiarly with Mari
! nelli is that the muscles have been developed
| in preference 70 the bone system. He is really
mass OF muscles under q soft and elastic
| skin. 1t was. therefore, irnposgi-
BILE for the scientists to locate his muscles and
inner organs while he was in his contorted posi-.
| tIons. Along his back the muscles are % de-
| velope1 that MarneIli can cross his shoulder
/ blades. Prof. Virchow shows that contortions
like those of Marinelli are natural to childhood,
| particularly among uhcivilized peoples He has
| proved that by experiments on 12-year-oId
| kalahari girl When she was laid fat on the
! ground, face down, he could gradually bend the
| back so that the head touched the buttocks. II
| is this really normal natural faculty which con.
| tortionisIs develop from early childhood Not
ell attain equal perfection and elegance of
movement. Marneln IL phenomenal MarinelIi
| does not diet in any peculiar way. He lives
| sensibly. and has for six years maintained a
| weight of 100 pounds He eats twice a dav AZ
| 10 O'Clock a m. and o'clock p. m When he
comes upon the stage, which ia usually about .
or 10 o'clock p. M, he ia neither fll OF food nor
hungry. OF late years he does not tram. He is
I % years OF age.