The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-18
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ONE Of the longest titles. perhaps the longest
which is borne by any official of the United
States government, is held by Cashier Muhle-
man, OF the New York sub treasury, who has
Just been designated by Secretary Carlisle as
acting assistant to treasurer United States in
charge, ad interim. of Office of assistant
treasurer United States, New York"
AN English traveller passed through New York
on Sunday on tine way to London. He had
spent three months in the United States seeing
things A friend, says the Tribune, asked what
was the most interesting thing he saw in the
country, and he answered without hesitation
| that it was a mule Then he explained that be
| had visited certain mines, where mules were
used to haul the tram cars, and their wond Arful
| patience and intelligence had made on him q
| deep impression. Some of the tunnels were so
| low that the animals had to hold their heads
down and partly stoop to go through, but there
was never any trouble He pointed out a char
acteristo OF the mule that makes him unlike the
horse. Many Americans have noticed it. If a
| horse touches his ears in going uuder low
bridge or through tunnel he will invariably
through his head up and receive a hard knock
| When mules ears touch anything his head
goes down. In some parts Of this country it is
a high compliment to q man to say that he has
as much sense as mule.
ALL the doctors in Bucks county, Pennsyl-
wanna, are puzzled over the case of little 5-year-
old Justis Storck, whose eyes seem law TO
themselves, says the Philadelphia Record. One
day the boy is cross eyed, while the next his
eyes are perfectly straight, and this curious al
teration has been going on for years. The non
plused doctors call il case of intermittent
strabsums-pr probably the only one on record
and, despairIng of curing it, will soon give the
surgeons of the Medico-C hirurgIcal hospital in
this city an opportunity TO study the matter as
the father of the afflicted boy he's decided TO
send him to that Institution for treatment One
daY the little fellows right eye squints, on the
next both optics are perfectly straight and the
day following the left eye becomes affected,
aud 30 on tbs year round. There is another pc
culiar feature of the case. When the right eye
looks squint the child can bring it into the cor
rect line Of vision by placing his hand over the
good optic, but as soon as the hand is removed
the affected orb again seeks the inner corner of
the eye.
FRANK ELvERsoN of Point Lobos avenue. San
Francisco. is the owner of wonderful relic in
the shape of a mammoth thigh bone The
bone is in perfect condition, save a few chips
that have accidently been slivered from one
side near the larger end, and at first glance ore
would almost be willing to declare it to be the
femur of some gigantic extinct species of the
human race In fact it has not been over 800
years since such finds as this were invariably
set down as being the remains of ant men,
The specimen in question, which is the head
and about three fees of the femur. once be-
! longed to the extinct American elephant--the
| mammoth of some writer's scientifically
| called Eephas primigenus. The bone weighs
| eighty pounds seven ounces and its measure
ments are as follows around the ''baIl"
WneFe IL worked III the socket OF the hip 1Olnt.
| 43 inches; transverse measurement, 80 inches;
smallest circumference, q inches; diameter of
| pithy or cancellated portion. 9 Incnes Before
! being broken this bone must have weighed at
| least 1870 pounds.
| The arrangements for the Jewish religious
worlds far congress have been perfected The
congress will begin on Aug % and extend for
| several days Eminent divnes Of Europe and
! America have been invited to read papers on
/ various subjects. Among those who have
| already been appointed to represent Judaism
| are PI of. Stenthal of Berlin Mr.. ZanRwi 4 of
London, the author OF The Children of the
! Ghetto;' the Rev. Drs Hirsch, Moses and Stolx,
! of Chicago; tho Rev. Drs Gotbeil, Kohler and
! Silvsrman OF New York Dr. Berkowitz Of Phil.
| adelphia. DIS. Sales Of It. Louis; Schwab of st.
| joseph, Mo-; Landsberg Of Rochester, Heller
of New Orleans. and Drs Wise, Deutsch, Milf
| ner, Phiiipson and Zeindorf of Cincinnati AS
regards the benefits which will accrue TO Juda-
| ism, il may be noted, says DR.. Silverman of
| New York, that this is the first Jewish interna-
! tional religious congress ever held It will
bring together men who will give an authorita-
tive statement or important questions of Jew
ish doctrine practice and history. 1t will give
an opportunity for correcting many OF the mis-
apprenensions that are current about Judaism
and also for refuting many OF the false charges
made by the anti-Semites OF Europe. Tbis last
is one Of the most important benefits that will
accrue from the Columbian worlds rair. not
only to Judaism, but to all mankind.
THE despised left hand makes good its claims
in many cases to be the DETER of the two
says Chambers Journal The fingers that
touch AMI adjust with such nicely the strings Of
the violin are surely as cunning as those that
move the bow. The hand that gu des the reins
aud steers with exac tness the horse through
the crowded streets IS quite as cunning as one
might say much more than, the hand that
Yields the whip. But great is fashion, unan-
swerable is theory. II would appcar that as
life becomes more and more complex we arc
becoming more and more specialized and the
Inference between our limits is ENCOURAGED
rather than hindeTed, by every screw made in
Birmingham, aud by every slap administered
to the offending fingers that would dare to shake
hands incorrectly. 1t is curious to notice the
vagaries of humanity IN cases where no hard
aud fast line has been already drawn. Although
most right handed persons put on their coas
left arm first, considerable percentage thrust
in their right first. Soldiers fire from the right
shoulder. but sportsmen are found
who prefer the left. In working with the pro-
portion of right handed men grasp the spade
with the left and push with the left foot and
right hand, IL ough, when using an ak the same
individuals would grasp farthest down with the
right The Persians mount their horses from
the right side, which is the different side from
! that mounted by Europeans, The butt ons on
coats, etc. are placed on the right side and the
shed OF the hair in boys to the lett evidently 70
suit manipulation by the right hand The
| great philosopher Newton records that at first
he confined his astronomical observations TO his
| right eye, but afterward he managed to train
| his left. But there are persons who could not
| do this, owing TO the unequal strength Of their
| eyes. Strange to say, the Chinese assign the
| place of honor to the left. At Kunyenve in
Africa, Cameron relates being introduced to
the heir presumptive to the throne, the nails of
whose left hand had been allowed to grow TO an
enormous length as sign of high rams prov
ing that he was never required to perform
manual labor, and also providing him with the
means of tearing the meat which formal HE