The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An elephant mas become So fond ~ a mission
airy Ia India that "a follows him an over the
country Ike q doc. when he calls az house
tho boast stands outside until he comes out.
and then it trumpeis with delight and oaress-
cs him with iis trunk.
A prominent lawyer OF Buffalo. says paper
Of that city. tells,of a compromise he once
made on behalf Of a certain railway company
with an Erie county farmer whose wife had
been killed az railroad crossing. few
months after the terrible bereavement the
husband, who had sued the company for 5000
damages, came into the ONCE and accepted
compromise OF $500. AS he stuffed the wad Of
bills into his pocket he turned to the lawyer
and cheerfully remarked: Ven, dots not so
bad, after ALL I've got fife hundret tollar,
and goot teal better wife as had before"
The phrase freedom of the city" is thus
explained In olden times each trade in
European city formed a close corporation,
and no person could carry on business with
out belonging to the particular guild or asso-
clatlon OF those IN the same trade AS rule,
a man. TO become member of guild had to
serve seven years as an apprentice, several
years as ajourneyman, and finally he was ad-
mltted to the craft, became a master and
gained the freedom of his trade. AS a special
honor, the mayor of the town with the heads
OF the guilds would confer the freedom Of the
city upon distinguished guest. 1t was purely
an honor The guild system never was so
powerful here as abroad; but as the comforting
OF the freedom OF a city was the highest honor
which city, as city, could bestow, we have
retained the custom OF giving that freedom
from time to time
Wild camels have lately been reported in
Arizona, and there has been some speculation
as to their origin. They were imported nearly
forty years ago when Jefferson Davis was
secretary OF war under the Pierce administra-
ton. 1t was thought they would be valuable
for use in the Great American desert" which
was commonly supposed to be something like
the desert of Arabia, and of Sahara, in AT
RIGA. They were found serviceable, but the
war coming on the camels were lost sight of,
became wild, and have considerably increased
IN numbers. 1t is said that the camel en-
dureS extreme cold better than extreme heat,
It's only advantage for hot, desert countries
being that it can drink at once enough water
to last two or three days. The camel is said
TO be a more effective worker in many places
than the horse or mule. Its feet will not
stand hard roads and it can, therefore, never
be used for farming purposes except in wild,
uncultiyated districts.
Time was in this state that the marsh lands
were considered as of so little value that the
more a man owned of them the poorer he was
reckoned, says the Boston Transcript OF
late years, however. the development Of the
cranberry industry has modified the views on
this point, and farmers are specializing on the
possibility of finding other profitable uses for
the marshes and meadows High scientific
authority has declared that most of the
SWampy and DOGGY lands about the state not
available for cranberry culture can be con-
verified into soil for the cultivation of berries
and vegetables in great variety. The demand
for such products is yearly growing, even
faster than the population The systematic
development of these industries might have
the wholesome effect to draw from the cities
the host OF people who live In the close, stuffy
quarters that our civilization provides for the
workingman. AS in Holland France and
Florida they have accomplished brilliant re-
suits with similar lands, there is nothing fan
taStic in the suggestion here made.
Experiments are being made in the patho-
logical laboratory Of Johns Hopkins Hospital
with rattlesnake poison, says the Baltimore
Sun. The RATHER is good-sized and kept in
wire-covered box, together with several
smaller snakes. When his services are
needed q stick Is thrust down having a rope
moose attached which is slipped around his
neck. His snakeship is then lifted out and
deep glass saucer presented to him to vent his
spite upon. In striking the smooth edge Of
this vessel with his fangs the poison with
which he is supplied is deposited In the sau-
GER. Minute quantities of this deadly fluid
are then injected beneath the skin of rabbits.
AS soon as the rabbits are dead they are dis
sected for pathological examination of the
blood and tissues, which show marked LESSONS,
produced by the poison. The snake refuses to
feed in his natural way, and in order to keep
him alive for further experimentation artih-
cial feeding is resorted TO. He is noosed and
a stout glass tube is forced down his throat,
into which is poured an egg mixture to nourish
the snake.
The soldering of glass and porcelain with
metals is novel French process, and its
adaptations are likely to be as numerous as
they are valuable. 1t is also simple The
portion of the tube that is to be soldered is
first covered with thin layer of platinum,
this deposit being obtained by covering the
slightly heated glass, by means of brush,
with very neutral chloride Of platinum,
mixed with essential oil of chamomile, the
latter being slowly evaporated and, when the
waite and odoriferous Vapors cease to be
given off, the tempera ture is raised to a red
heat: the platinum is then reduced and covers
the glass tube with layer of bright metal.
On connecting the tube thus metallized and
placed in bath OF sulphate of copper, to the
negative pole of a battery of suitable energy,
there is deposited on the platinum a ring Of
copper, which will be malleable and very ad-
hesive If the operation has been properly per
formed. In this state the glass tube, covered
with copper. can be treated like o genuine
metallic tube, and can be soldered to iron,
copper, bronze, platinum, or any metals that
can be united with tin solder.
The gossips say Out they say it only in
whisper, for fear of arousng the ire of the
unfortunate father) that there is a monstros-
ity of "horrid mien'' in one of the first
families" of Greenburg Pa being modelled
after the image of the Creator with the ex-
ception OF Its head which is that of a great,
shaggy, pug -nosed, red-lipped bulldog The
creature Gt can hardly be called either a man
Is.
fore, "a years old, says the St Louis Repub-
lie. Up to 10 years ago there were but two
persons in the world outside of the family
that knew of the existence of the monster
the physician and nurse who were in attend
ance at the time of it's birth, each of whom
was sworn to keep the awful secret, the alter
native being death then and there. About 10
or 10 years ago third person accidentally
learned the facts in the sorroWful
case, and through him the world at large
has learned all that is known
in regard to it. One day when the family of
the dog headed child was temporarily absent
this man called on some neighbOrly business.
There being no response to his continued rap
pings, he pushed the door open and walked
in. In looking about to see where the folks
were he opened the door of the room in which
the freak was kept, and after taking a good
look at II was on the point of retiring. when
one of the outside doors opened and the mon
ster's father revolver in hand, stepped into
the room. The neighbor was sworn as the
doctor and nurse had been years before never
to reveal the character of the contents of
that little side room. After these preliminar-
les had been settled and the conditions agreed
to the head OF the unfortunate household told
how they Che and his good wife) had PRAYED
daily that the monStrosity might
die, yet it continued to grow and
thrive. Occasionally 1t would bark howl
whine and raise a terrible furore, but to keep
the neighbors and the public from guessing
the secret that was making their lives a tor
ture, they constantly kept a. number of large
dogs about the house and barn. Recently the
man who accidentally unearthed the awful
secret removed from Pennsylvania to Texas
with his family, and has since told the story
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