The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-26
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VARIOUS papers are giving list Of the eight
longest words in the language. as follows: Phil
oprogenitiveness, incomprehensibleness, dis
proportionableness, Observation-Disclosures
sutconstitutionRi honorihbilitudinity, veloci'
pedestranastical aud northumberland
But the last four are not found In the best die
tionaries.
NOT even bad eggs are laid in vain, says the
Boston Transcript Years ago those that had
survived their culinary usefulness were Of no
value TO dealers, who used to pay garbage col
lectors to take them away. Nowadays bad eggs
are almost regular article of commerce. The
yolks can be so treated as to make a most valu-
able dressing for kid and other fine leather. In
stead OF paving to have bad eggs taken away
the dealers sell them to the makers of this
dressing at a fair price. Large quantities of
this egg-yolk dressing are exported to Europe.
Do YOU know the origin of the term Peters
penceg' A writer in the Philadelphia Press
says; at came about this way: Offa, a Saxon
prince, to ingratiate himself in the favor of
the relgning pope engaged to pay yearly
tribute to the treasurer OF the vatican. In order
10 RAISE tne promised sum Ofta was FORCED TO
impose tax OF penny on each householder
who had annual income of over 80 pence. This
imposition being afterward levied on ell Britain
it was denomlnated Peters pence by that por-
ton of the English people who unwillingly
parted with their hard earned coppers."
WOODEN VESSELS DOuHU AOA al
this season, after a severe January, usually
stop at the Delaware breakwat er to prepare
against the dangers OF the passage up the bay
through floating ice. The chief feature Of the
preparation is TO sheathe the vessels hull lust
above and below the water line with the sap
pine OF Sussex county. The remarkable tough
ness Of this wood makes 1t an excellent material
for the purpose, and mills near the breakwater
turn out many thousand feet Of this lumber
every spring The trade Just now is peculiarly
brfsk ard -. ONO feet of nine nOaFdg hHvp
already been used in sheathing inward.bound
vessels.
LAYTON TAFT. the eminent English Surgeon,
is about TO sell his beautiful country house and
its contents, because Of it's distance from town.
The mansion is said to be perfect museum of
old furniture. 1t contains large collection of
Sheraton, Queen Ann and Chippendale furni-
ture, much Dutch and French rnarqueterie, an 4
an exceedingly fine collection of old oak pan
cling and carving. Among theS curiosities is
an oaken Golfer which is claimed to be that in
which the luckless heroine of the "Mistletoe
Bough" was shut up Mr.. TAFT has long been
an industrious collector of old clocks, all OF
which are included in the sale. Some very old
and choice wines and braudies from his cellar
are TO come under the auctioneer's hammer.
THE MOON will make amends for getting full
twice last month by not getting full at all this
month, says the New FORK Sun That is per
haps the humorous aspect, but there is a more
interesting one in the fact that q month with
out full moon only happens once in about
twenty years. The irregulariLy is not In the
moons habits, for they are Of the greatest
regularity. 1t is the irregularities of the calen-
dar that place Luna in this false position The
intervals between full moons is always twenty
nine and half days, 80 that February is the
only month that possibly can be without full
moon, and that only when the preceding full
moon comes on Jan. 30 or 81. The last full
moon was on Jan. 81, and the moon will not be
full again until March ?.
OF MORE than 4O, 900 species of beetles widely
diffused over the ehrth's surface, not one is
known to be venomous or possessed OF a stag
OF any kind. Butterflies ana moths have no
mouths to eat with, only proboscis to extract
sweet juices from flowers, neither do they grow
after having assumed the winged state. When
In the caterpillar state they are very voracouS,
a company Of some species having been known
to strip large tree within a single day. The
muscular powers OF some species of insects is
30 prodigious as TO be simply beyond belief. A
French entomologist has declared that his pet
beetle could lift weight nearly 400 times
greater than that of his own body At the
same rate, four men could pick up the Eifrel
tower and at one toss throw It outside Of the in.
oorporated limits OF Paris. Another expert.
menter declares that flea will leap over e bar
rier 500 times his own hight, and that IL man
could do as well accordingly. he could clear q
wall mile high at single bound
LAST SUMNER, says a writer in the Philadel-
phla Press. told the readers OF this depart.
ment about the wonderful foot prints on q stone
near Fishing Greek, Ga Since that time have
found an account OF something equally as Gu
riouS, the scene OF the, discovery being within
the borders or our own state. In May, 1882,
John B. Virgins Of Waverly, N. j.. was search
ing for chronological specimens on Blue mount
ain, In Perry county. this state. when he dis.
covered what some consider the earliest trace
Of man in America. It is a piece OF stone (met-
amorphic limestone). about 919 inches thick 8
inches long and inches wide, the entire speci-
men weighing between five and ten ponds In
this solid rock is the perfect impression of the
right foot Of man. The foot pr Int is ~ inches
long, 80 inches wide across the ball of che foot
and an even inches wide at one-half of the
distance between the toes and the heel The
print is about half an inch deep, and distinctly
shows the toes, five In number, the whole being
as perfect as If the impression had been made
10 plastic clay or even putty. Who was this
carly American, and in what age OF the world
did he step on this piece Of soft clay, which has
since been transformed into a solid rockP
FACTS like the following, taken from the
Memoirs Of Benvento Cellini" attest the mar.
velous instincts of the canine race and are not
very rare. A robber one night made his way
into Cellnis studio, and the artists dog at first
tried to attack the thief who was armed with a
sword; then, running to the room occupied by
the workmen, he Weakened them, pulling the
covers from their beds; shaking them by the
arms. Not understanding the cause of these
opportunities, the workmen drove the animal
from the room and locked the door The dog
then started in pursuit of the robber, who had
gained the street, and seized him by the mantle:
but the thief had the presence of mind
TO call mad dog" which brought a
number of people to his assistance AMI
for the time he escaped punishment, long
time after. as Cellini was one day walking in a
public square at Rome, his dog suddenly sprang
upon young man and f1ercely chung to him,
Notwithstanding the swords and clubs of the
bystanders He was finally made to release
the young man, who retired 80 hastily that be
let several small objects fall from under his
cloak, and among them Cellni recognized a
ring belonging to himself. 60" cried he, sit
Is the miscreant who entered my studio at
night and my dog has recognized him" and as