The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-25
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MATTHEW ROBINSON lord Rokeby), "a prominent
but eccentric Englishman OF the last century.
became famous for bis long beard and his pro-
| nounced hatred of medical practitioners In
regard to the former, 1t is said that upon one
occasion, when going to an election he stopped
at an inn, where the country people, who had
assembled from miles arouud, took him for
Turk. and through this mistaken idea almost
worrled me lord" to death. His dis
such an extreme that he left q codcil TO his
will watch was to the effect that favor te
nephew was to be disinherited should he (the
nep ew) in the last illness of the lord let bis
sympathies cause him to send for doctor.
This having been made Known to the nephew
when his uncle. the lord, was in good health, il
is needless to add he allowed that persons
spirit TO take its flight without calling in any Of
the internal surgical fraternity"
By means of a simple arrangement, lately
brought forward. it is found practicable to
prevent the jolts and jars and vibrations COM
mon to vehicles that are driven over rough
ROADS or upon street pavementS when ordinary
wheels OF rigid construction are employed,
says the New York sun. Surrounding the out
side OF the periphery of the wheel, and in close
contact with the tire, are a series of lndspend-
dent springs, which form the outer tread of the
| wheel; these springs arranged as to
work In conjunction with each other, and, when
| moving under heavy load. their free ends are
| sprung in toward the rim, coinciding with the
the true or working periphery Of the wheel. the
| springs not coming in contact with the plane
until the spring is nearly under the center of
gravity. In this way the spring resistance is
used In susta ning the load, and not in retarding
| the movement % the wheel the springs, after
passing the center Of gravity, exerting force
against the plane over which they are passing
| to force the wheel ahead, thus making, as is
claimed, wheel that is not only easy riding
but easy propeling as we'll.
SUPI. STOUT recently described a wonderful
mineral spring that formerly flowed from the
| mountain side some miles above the Butte
Creek house and near the Pumas county line,
says the Oroville Cali Mercury. This spring
was first called to Mr.. Stout's attention some
| years ago while camping in that vic nifty ny an
| od prospector, who called it the "ehioroform
| spring The water which flowed from it did
not differ in appearance or taste from the water
| OF other springs, except that it was slightly
| bracklsh. II was the effect that followed the
| drink * of its waters that remarkable
small cup would in the course of half hour
render the drinker totally insensible, and he
| would remain for hours as il dead
But few white men had ever tried
the experiment of drinking from it,
the effect is not unlike that resulting from a
! heavy narcotic To the Indians this
spring has sso been cen known for gen,
spring, and it is said that more than one weary
red man has entered the happy hunting
| grounds through the medium of its waters.
| Mr. Stout states hat when he saw the spring
| In the summer of 1880 there were no less than
five carcasses of deer, besides numerous
! smaller animals in its Immediate neigh borhood
that had drank of the water and been overcome
and died from the effects An examination OF
| the geological construction of the immediate
| section failed to show any mineral that might
| account for the peculiar power of the water.
and so far as known no analysis has ever been
| made.
THE true site of the Garden of Eden has been
the subject of almost endless controversy and
conjecture, says the Philadelphia Press The
three continents of the old world have been
gone over by the theologians and antquariaus
| IN vain search for it's most probable location.
From China to the Canary Islands and from
the mountains OF the Neon TO the coast of the
| Baltic. each country has been the subject of
careful search. Every spot In Europe. Asia and
Africa that could possibly be the place desig-
| mated in the first chapter of Genesis mas been
| examined and yet no place has been found that
| corresponds even in the slightest degree with
the scriptural account Of the first abode of the
| progenitors OF the human race. One Of the
most ancient opinions, that given by Josephus,
is that it was in the country which
lies between the Ganges and the
a very widely extended country en-
bracing all that vast territory which is bounded
on the east by the Indus and on the west by
Egypt's great watercourse. AS the ''garden''
is said to have been ITO the eastward in Eden ~
Josephus places it definitely in the valley. of the
Euphrates. Won Hammer, the famous orr
it in Babylonia, at the confluence OF the Eu-
pirates and the Tigris. Capt MILFORD. a pro-
found student Of eastern antiauaries, has Ia
bored for years to locate Eden In Bantam
south OF the Koosh mountains. Buttman puts
it down as being IN India; Heider. in his His
tory of Mankind" identifies it with the present
! vale OF Cashmere. Many oriental sects believe
| it was on the island of Ceylon. while the Greeks
place 1t at Bein Eden, on Lebanon. Lastly,
| many eminent scholars reg ard the whole story
as being gigantic myth.
Docs are oil very well in their place, but that
place is evidently not the dra wing room. &C.
cording to the report received by the Philadel-
phia Times OF a swell canine reception given by
society belle in Paris. Owning four blue
blooded spauiels. whose manners we're well nigh
perfect, she decided to give an afternoon tea
for the dear things, where they could meet a
few other arstocrats OF dogdom. The four en-
tertainers were trained TO sit on plush cushions.
never eat without first being supplied with a
napkin, and; in tact, behaving in the most
decorously dogike manner possible Cards
we're issued, and on the day set the swell
guests, accompanied by their owners, ar
rived. Footmen in gorgeous liveries were
TO wait on their canine highnesses. and
real cream and bonbons had been furnished
by a well-known caterer. Alns, however the
guests failed to behave according to the laws of
etiquette, maintained by their hosts and
hostesses, and a row ensued, which, if it had
not occurred among such highbred creatures.
| would have been termed an ordinary dog fight
such as plebeian otreet ours are wont to indulge
| in Be that as IL may, the melee was entirely
| satisfactory from a sporty point of view and
| the fooJmen and owners were powerless to in
| terfere. Refreshments were grabbed from the
tables. plates OF cream spilled over the rich car
pet and, dreadful as it may appear even the
four well-0enaved spaniels Joined in the excite
| menc with most Ill-bred ardor. When the last
yelp had subsidized into faint echo and sundry
| guests had been whipped into submissio the
| poor lady who had originated the brilliant
| scheme sank into 9 chair with deep sigh as
| she surveyed the week and murmured: well,