The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Jney may save the trouble OF snort -nan0lnR
them. The stonographers, who follow the
| speaker to insert any impromptu remarks
declare that Mr.. De Forrest never omits or
misplaces word, no matter how long the
| speech may be.
Jean Luie, one of the most important wit
nesses on the claimants side In the celebra-
ted Tichborne trial has just turned up in
| Sydney, Australia, in connection with law
| suit for malicious prosecution. He is now
| debt collector, and is "A years old. To this
day he continues to strongly adhere to the
| statement which he made on oath in London
during the great trial. that ne was steward OF
the Osprey at the time she picked up the sur
vlvors Of the Bella. one OF whom was Sir Roger
uilchoorne, VINO according to ms hrm conVlc-
ton was Identical with the claimant. Luie
declares that the last Of the Tichborne case
has not yet been heard.
Few people would imagine that such a thing
as wild horse could be found in an old, set
| tied country like Delaware, but a recent law
suit brings out the fact that there are such
there and good many OF them. 1t seems
that twenty-one years ago the Wistar broth
ers gave two ponies to Mr.. Black to be
cared for in pasture on an island in the Della
ware river. They have bee there ever
since, and have multiplied until there are now
seventytwo OF them, all unbroken, and
they are so wild that it is dangerous to come
near them. Blacks widow has sued the
| W1Stars for the care Of the horses and got
Judgment for over 5000 much more than
anybody will give for the horses. The Wis
tars refuse TO pay or take their stock OF the
island.
Among the Bengalese it is said that shout
ing the name OF the king of birds (garunda)
drtvesaway snakes. Shouting ram RAM dri-
yes away ghosts. Cholera that attacks on Mon
day or Saturday always proves fatal cholera
that attacks on Thursday never ends fatally,
The Towering OF the bamboo means famine In
tanning, If the fan strikes the body it should
be instantly knocked three times against the
ground. When giving aims the giver and
receiver should both he on the same side of
the threshold. II is bad to pick ones teeth
with the nails If a snake be killed 1t should
| Immediately be burned. for all serpents that
are so unwise as to permit of having their
Brahmans, which hope thus to escape and
work mischief. The words snake" and
"tiger" should never be used after nightfall.
Call them "creepers' and insects" Never
awaken sleeping physician. Morning
dreams always come true.
|. That extreme cold paralyzes every vital
function IS, of course piece of everyday
knowledge But 1t has been left to Professor
Pictet, who has been conducting some expert
ments on this subject, to discover that at a
temperature Of 1862 below the eentigrade
| zero there is no chemical action between nj
| trio or Sulphurtc acid and potash, between
oxygen and potassium. though under ordi-
nary circumstances the affinity of the lat
| ter metal for oxygen is so great that IL will
! burn II thrown into water, owing to its com
| btnation with the oxygen in that fluid But il
| the electric spark Is played on bodies which
| have thus lost the power of chemical affinity
| some new and curious combinations result
| The latest investigations, the conclusions of
| which, however, have been theoretically pre-
saged for some years past, may require us to
| reconsider the question OF the temperature Of
| outer space and the possibility of an atmO-
! sphere composed Of gases in combination ex-
| listing there.
| The Mexican sombreros are built on plan
to stand wind and weather for many sum
mers, and the hat without its gaudy trim
| mings often weighs several pounds but
| stretched around il is a band of gold or silver
wrought in the highest style of the jewelers.
art, and the edge Is trimmed in design to
match the band of cord. So IL is easy to see
how $500 can be put in one hat, to be sold,
| perhaps, to vanQuero whose entire earthly
| possessions outside of 1t may be equal to only
one.ffth OF It's cost. But Mexicans run to
strange ideas judged from our own stand
| point. And their ideas have permeated GER
| tain Of the western states where COWBOYS
hold sway, and where 500 saddles are often
| seen on so horses Mexico makes nearly all
of its own sombreros, and 1t will surprise the
fastidious dressers who may chance in the
| section occupied by the exhibit from that
! country to see in cases silk hats and derby
/ hats Of the latest style and finest workman
ship which bears the imprint Of Mexican
manufacturers
Firemen are we'll enough used to running to
a fire, but 1t is not often that they have to
| chase one down the street, as the St LOUIS
department did the other day. Some sort of
a parade was in progress and among other
things were two floats, representing the Moni-
tor and the MeTrimac. While passing down
Grand avenue the Monitor took fire and some
thoughtful citizen turned in fire alarm. The
captain OF the Monitor. who was used to the
| command Of a fire truck, hearing the gongs
| of the fire engines behind him, and all uncon-
sc1ous of the cause of their coming concluded
that it was time to get out of the way,
| whipped his mules into run and the fiercely
| blazing craft tore away down the street as
| though the whole confederate navy was after
| H. The aStOniShed hremen paused at first,
| but knowing their duty, started in pursuit as
fast as their horses could go. 1t was not long
! until the driver of the float found out what
| was the matter, and cutting loose his mules
abandoned his craft to the fire department.
| but by that time there was hardly enough
| left of the float to extinguish
1t is a remarkable geological, piscatorial or
photographed fact, says the St Louis Re
public, that whales are never IF allowed to
| follow the dictates OF their own Wills found
within the limits of that great oce an river the
Gulf Stream. The shrewd Yankee whalers
were the first to gain an accurate knowledge
OF the extent and limits of the great artery
which pulsates between this country and
Europe; this by studying the habits and
haunts Of the whales. 1t was noted that thew
were plentiful northwest and southeast of Ger
tain well-defned lines, and that the neutral
waters were several degrees warmer than
those which, paradoXical as IL NAV sound
formed their banks" and boundaries
Finally 1t was decided, and rightly too
that the non-whale- producing area was the
Gulf Stream. Franklin learned this curious
scientific fact from the New England wha
lers, and in l770, published a chart for the hen
eft Of the mail packets or mail ships plving
between our large coast cities and Jond1n
Curiously enough. this chart was not gottfnun
for the purpose OF adding to the sum total Of
photographic knowledge nor for the purpose
OF outlining the Gulf Stream, but solely as a
guide TO the best route for ships to pursue in
order to keep from encountering whales!
Bameau, the celebrated French composer
1858 1904 is responsible for very curious
composition. says the Post-Dispatch. The
famous ballet dancer Sale, with whom he en-
tertained very friendly relations asked him
one day to give her some instruction in the
science OF composing that she might imuor
talize herself by a composition OF her own
Half ironically half CALAMITY, Rameau re-
piled that II was unnecessary for him to give
her any lessons, as all she would have 10 do
was to WELD the needle with which she nro
duced such delicate embroideries He fooly
some note paper from his pocket and directed
her to place stitch upon stitch within the
stan, or near the same. The beautiful girl
did as he asked, and when she had finished
Rameau took the sheet and Transformed The
stitches into notes Not one was omitted nv
him, while he changed their value etc an1
prehxed the clef when he had finished He
Then played the composition greatly IN tbe
delight OF the charming dancer The outcome
of this little DlPaSaDtrv