The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-15
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PACKS Of wolves have appeared at Belgrade
and other towns in Servis. At Pozarewatz a
girl was devsured by the famished brutes and
stories o; similar tragedies have come from
various parts Of Europe. The cold in Bohemia
and Servis has been extreme.
FRENCH WAR OFFICE experts are divided in
opinion concerning the value or danger of
Eiffel's tower In case of siege Of Paris. Ger
man staff officers have written quite fTeelT
about the matter, principally holding the view
that the tower would afford fine target. Some
French officers agree witt this view; others say
the forts around the city would keep the tower
oue OF range, while IL would afford an excellent
post for observation. From it the operations
of an enemy could be observed for a radius of
forty-four miles.
"IFyou could stand on the moon,' says an
astronomer. the earth would appear to you to
be sixtY-four times larger than the sun appears
TO the residence Of the mundane sphere; this
because the earth has eight times the diameter
Of the moon, therefore she must necessarily
show the mooniteS sixty -four tines as much
surface as the moon shows US. The sun, on the
other hand, would appear no larger to you
from your observatory on the moon than it does
from our globe The earth's atmosphere being
blue it has been decided that the earth must
appear a blue ball to all outside onlooKers
What glorious sight tt must be to our lunarian
neighbors to look upon q bright blue, swift
revolving ball siXty.four times larger than the
sum"
AMONG the new postofficss given in The
Postal Guide" are the following: Alice, David
Louise and Unique, IOWA; Clara and Rapture
Kansas; anna, Beatrice, Coal, Cyclone. Gertie,
Jennie, Linnie. Mary. Nipp, Piano, Susie and
Wheel, Kentucky; Ebenezer, Louisiana; Turkey,
Maine; Ada, Bertha and link. Maryland; AS
sinippi, Massachusetts, Biggs and Snay. Mich
gan; Sogn, MINI esota; Barbara, Box Chick
Eva, Finger, Lillian, Pack, Voy and Zero Mis-
sissippi Clara, Job, PepSin, Quote, Susanna
and Waffle, NJ ssouri: Febes, Kip ani Yemen,
Montana; Smoot and Tonic. Nebraska; Pave
ment and Ruth, New York; Tim, North Caro-
lima, Ida, Jump and Uno, Ohio; Moral and
Tum, Oklahoma; Cloe aad Swan, Pennsylvania;
Cemetery, Let and Tag, Tennessee; Flo, Josie
Nigh, Nus, Res, Rip silaS Tanks and Word;
Texas; Nails, Negro, Arm, Pat Store, Quick and
SlusSer, Virginia; Hicumbotom, Nat. Patrick
and RIth West Virginia; Edgar, Wisconsin,
and Abbey aud Suggs, Wyoming.
THE largest catfish ever captured on the
Mississippi was caught about three years ago,
two miles from Cairo, by a negro fisherman, +"
said John G. Harvey Of Murphysboro, III to a
st. Louis Republic " ritter. he WAS monster,
sure enough, and more resembled a whale than
a catfish. The negroes had been talking a long
time about having seen a big fish IN the waters.
They bad shot at him repeatedly and had set all
sorts OF trot-lines TO catch him without sue
cess. Finally there cams rise In the river.
and when the waters receded fran the swamp
back OF the river tle lsn was grounded and
captured He weighed 9l2 pounds, and when
cut open there was found in his stomach two
fishhooks end q line, q tenpenny nail, gold
ring snd-the most curious thing OF ALA
registered letter, addressed TO the Hon Walter
Merriwether of Richmond. Va, which had been
lost for two weeks, and which had given the
postal authorities unbounded trouble The
question was and Is, how did that letter ever
find its way from the postal car to the fish s
mouth"
Two PARROTS had lived together for four
years when the female grew languId, her legs
began to swell and she had all the symptoms
of govt, says q writer In the CoHrt Journal.
1t became impossible for her to take her food
in the usual way, and the male brought it to
her in his beak. He fed her In this way four
months By that time her inhrmities had so
increased that, no longer able to stand on her
feet, and trying in vain to raise herself to the
perch she remained crouched at the bottom OF
the cage The male, always lowering near
tried with all his strength to assist her. He
| would seize the invalid by the beak, or the up
per part OF her wing, and try to lift her, and his
expression and all his actions proved how
eager he was TO relieve her weakness and suffer.
ing. 1t became still more interesting to watch
| them when she reached the point of death;
then her companions tender care was doubled
He tried TO open her beak TO put in food,
watched over her, running to her and then turn.
ing away with an agitated air; with his eyes
fixed on the dying bird he preserved a sorrowful
silence, broken from time to time by plaintive
cries. At last his companion gave her last gasp,
and from that moment he began to languish
and died few weeks after. No one can ques-
ton the fact that all his actions were prompted
by feeling, attachment, affection.
WHAT a prominent part the almanac plays Ia
Russian household, exclaims writer in the
Christidn World. And such almanacs! There
is recipe for dinner for every day in the year
there are infallible cures for burns and teeth
ing and convulsions, for toothache, corns and
bald heads. You are told all about the imperial
ta.lily and there are portraits of its members
vile caricatures, surely. The count Rravely
consulted its vaccinations in his colIoquy with
the steward, to learn when the weather would
best suit for sowing manRel; saw the countess
hunting in it for an Interpretation of q dream
she had. Beyond the almanac no one ever
reads anything. Iexclude, Of course, the young
count and his tutor. There are, however a few
BOOKS in the house In the drawing or sitting
room, one of tho few articles of furniture there
is an od-fashioned bookcase from which the
ity to examine its contents. There were ten
bound volumes of an illustrated weekly
paper, few old-fashioned books
on agriculture, two volumes OF Nekrasoff's pas
toraI poems, a number Of incomplete works of
French bellies lettres of Voltaires time, a Rus
sian translation of SCOTS 'KenIlworth," mach
bethumbed and greasy. This was all olden-
time stuff, and represented the taste of some
bygone ancestor OF the count l looked for
anything that might denote the taste OF the ris-
ing generation, and found IN a corner a Rus
sian version OF "Rob nson CruSoe," and we'll
hidden novel Of ZolA'A Do these latter books
signify the beginning OF a renaissance In the
house of Borisoff? To whom did the lola
belongt To the countess, suspect. We had q
pleasant evening in the dra wing room the only
comfortable room in the house There were a
few easy chairs, q capacious sofa, a grand
piano, and lots Of cane bottomed chairs Over
the sofa hung portrait of the emperor; oppo-
site the emperor picture Of the count when he
was gay dog IN the guards. But there was
hardly a sign OF female occupancy anywhere.