The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-26
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his barn asked an his neighhors what would
be the hest color. he accepted the advice Of
every ona-of them. and there never was
barn that showed as many cCi0rs as this one
when the work was done.
At a recent auction sale Of orchids in Lon
don one rare example Of these highpriced
parasites brought the extraordinary sum Of
1928. This was a specimen OF the fine Cat
tleya Mendam Bluntii A good example OF
The Eulophinla EhzabethB, new species
named after Carmen sylvia, the ROumaulan
queen, brought so.
II. NJ RuFgles, Of Green Bay. Wis, has
bank note that is over sixty years old. in the
upper lefthand corner are the words Wis
cOnsin Territory on one side medallion
portrait OF Washington and across the cen
ter the line "AstOr, Green Bay. Aug. q. 1872
Dimly defined on the lower margin IS the sig
nature of John Jacob Aston
Herr Diefenhach, the famous and eccentric
German painter, now living in Vienna, has
undertaken an experiment in the Austrian
city which is attracting widespread attention.
While painting the portrait OF huge hon IN
the Vienna menagerie, Diefenbach. who IS
vegetarian and dress reformer, decided to
make a vegetarian out OF young hon WnlCh
the owner of the menagerie gave him. he
does not intend TO allow the cub to see or
smell meat, if possible, and hopes to compel
him to drink milk and eat only vegetables.
DiefenhaCh has faith in his theory. But the
important thing to know is what the cub
thinks Of it.
A strange AFFAIR is reported from Blooming
ton, III. Mrs. Mcintosh has been i'll for some
time and for several days her life has been
despaired Of by the physicians Last Sunday
she was pronounced dead. Her husband, pa.
rents children and friends were gathered
around her bed weeping, when suddenly, AFTER
life had been extinct for about half an hour,
she opened her eyes and announced In quite a
strong voice that she was going TO get well.
She said that she had been to heaven ana had
talked with Christ, and that at her request he
had said that she might come back to earth
and dwell here while longer. 1t is said that
she has steadily improved ever since, and the
physicians say that she bids fair to recover
Her husband and friends have no doubt that
she will.
Among the mills of Minneapolis, as well as
of the world, the "PiIlsbury A. STANDS at the
head. It's capacity is :, 200 barrels Of -four per
day. which quantity has actually been made
in the time The mill has five railroad tracks
running to it. IL handles all It's cars by ma
chinery, the daily demand being POO to bring
the wheat to and carry the products from the
mill. One can hardly comprehend 5000
bushels Of wheat being ground into -four IN
der one roof in one day and the product being
all removed. But this is the daily business,
and it moves with the utmost accuracy and
apparent ease. That this mill is wonder of
the world is shown by the fact that regis
ter is kept asin hotel, and the dailyreglstra-
tion is from one to two pages OF names OF
NiSilpio AiOLAA al PNA 70 VI uAiS ''OAAS''
The very earliest coinage that can properly
be said to be strictly American" was ordered
by the original Virginia Company in the year
1912, only five years after the foundation Of
jamestown. These coins were minted at
SOmers Islands, now known as the Bermu-
das. For a period of more than a quarter of
a century after this, however, tobacco and
beaver skins were reckoned as lawful cur
rency. In 1915 the Assembly Of Virginia
met and declared that it had maturely
md hnV y
tageous a quoine coinl would be to this
colony, and how much better it would be
than a sole dependency upon tobacco and
pelts," After this they provided for the coin
age of copper coins Of the denominations OFF,
pence, pence, pence and pence; but this
resolution was never carried into effect. The
first coinage in America proper was the series
of coins struck at Boston under the order
of the general court of Massachusetts,
passed May p, 1852, the coins Icing 3, and
10 pence denominations. in forme hatt
and stamped on one side with the let
ters N e. and on the other the value of the
piece"
That the civilized part Of us is changing our
physical structure in answer to the conditions
under which we live is according to the New
York Advertiser fact to which the poor lit
tie toes In the corner of our boots might tear
| fully testify If we could consult them in the
spirit This member-which our prehistoric
lady ancestors doubtless found 6osthetically
| useful, when, while grasping with the foot an
! article of food they elegantly elevated the
| little toe from the others, as the little finger
! of the damsel with the teacUp of to-day-has
I now so fallen from its high estate that in
| 1925 per cent. Of men and women the first
! Joint OF the little toe has been replaced 10y
| solid. in1eXibe bone It is to be supposed
| that, If we continue for few more pOns to
| walk about with our junior toe doubled up
| tike a leaf in a book. we shall some day look
I all around our foot and find no little toe at
/ all. AS the process continues, and each rush
! ing cycle knocks off another toe, we shall
! finally have, in place of the present artistic
| ally hefringed pedlmentS, pair of solid pads,
! on which will rest five useless, cOmmemOra-
| tive nails like SO many tom DstoneS erett ted to
| those departed members, which went to JOIN
| the dOdo rather than accept shoes that dld
| not tit.
Some years ago, says the Philadelphia
| Ledger, Prof Cope caused a sensation among
| scientific men by announcing the discovery Of
| a fossil Saurian the brain of which. he claim
| ed, was located in the tail. His announced
| discovery was pretty generally discradited.
| Recently Mr. Charles f. Rite. taXidermist Of
I the Peary Relief Expedition. and at present
| teacher in objects OF natural history at the
summer school at Avalon, New Jersey, was
| more fortunate than Prof. Core, for he was
able to exhibit in this Office and other places
! a strange lizard, having, besides a perfect
| head in the place where it ought to be- a rudi-
! mentary head, though perfectly formed
outwardly, in the place where its
| tail ought to be 1t is. to all
/ intents and purposes. lizard with two heads,
/ one at edCn enu OF us EOUN- dlLlOURQ tne one
! at the tail is useless for any purpose as far
| as known, il remaining inactive. he little
/ saurian is "a freak the second head not being
/ the usual accompaniment Of lizards of that
| species 1t was found in some rocks in
| Southwestern Kansas by Mr.. Hite during a
| recent lecture tour in that locality. Whether
! or not the rudimentary head contains brain
| can only he determined after its death,
! which. from present indications, is in the dis
| tant future for the little freak is quite as
| lively and healthy as lizards gifts age usually
are.
| The Stickeen Indians according to the
| juneau Press, positively assert that within
| the last five years they have frequently seen
| animals which from the descriptions given,
| must be maStodonS Last spring, while out
| hunting, one of these Indians came across a
| series Of large tracks. each the size of the
| bottom of salt barrel sunk deep in the
| moss. He followed the curious trail for some
! miles finally coming out in full view of his
! game As a class these Indians are the bray
est of hunters. but the proportions of this
| new species of game filled the hunter with
! terror, and he took to swift and immediate
| fight He described the creature as being as
| large as a post traders store. with great,
| shining, yellowish white tusks and mouth
| large enough to swallow man at a single
| gulp. He further says that the animal was
| undoubtedly of the same species as those
| whose bones and tuSkS lie all over this sec
| tiOn of the country. The fact that other
| hunters have told of seeing these monsters
| browsing on the herbs up along the river
gives a certain probability to the story.
| Over on Forty Mile creek bones Of mastOdOns
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