The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

as the whistling robber had become almost as
| Insult cradle a nuisance as the cranky old seeker
| of the Chicago mayOraity. A valiant man
| named Liz Marometz essayed TO subdue In
! and succeeded, by shooting him fun OF arrows
/ IN capturing him, and brought him TO frlnce
I NRldemir. The prince, who, OF course. had
1 heart Of the robbers wonderful power or
WhsillnR, was very curious to find out II an tnau
1 was said about this was true, and thought he
| would give himself and his family treat, so be
ordered the giant 20 tune up But II came
near proving a costly experiment.. I he man
began to whistle, and with such intensity and
power Of feeling that the prince and lis whole
| family would have persisted had not bold
courtier clapped his hands over the fellows
mouth
Now, all this is very interesting, but still more
so ls. what many readers will no doubt be sur
prised 20 learn, that there IS people among
whom even to-day whstling Is a full-fedged
language. A French servant who has recently
visited Gomera, one Of the Canary Islands, says
that among the natives whistling is still the
mode Of expression. The Gaunches, as these
people are called have virtually lost their
Identity as race, having been merged into the
spanish population, but they nevertheless pre-
serve many of the habits of their ancestors.
Being shepherds it will be readily understood
that their language of whistlinR stands them IN
good stead as a means Of communication from
long distances. The FrenchmRn AYERS that
couple Of these shepherds can talk" to each
other by this method from a distance OF several
nl5-. As en- illustration OF the intensity and
power of the GuancLe Whistling N. Lalard mem
one or these shepherds TO whistle IN his ear,
which he did, with the result that the English
man remained deaf for about three weeks. He
also says thai 1t was more particularly when
strangers were present that these queer people
couversed by this peculiar whtstling. This, he
thinks, is because they extremely sus-
pclOus While he does MT believe that they can
whistle an elaborate afterdinner speech la
Chauucey Depew, or a funeral Grafton, still they
manage exceedingly we'll A mother going out
IN the yard never dreams of shouting: Now
Johnny, If you don't stop feeding the baby with
marbles, II tell your father on you she only
whistles some sharp staccatO notes and her
Johnny chirps back few dulcet intonations-
and keeps right on.
In China and elsewhere they fasten a com
bination Of whistles 10 pigeons, which then to-
come animated -EOiau harps so to speak.
Carrier pigeons are provided with whistle
emitting harsh, shrill sound, to keep birds Of
prey ct a respectful distance. Every boy has
his favorite method Of using his fingers for this
purpose.
A wHIsTLING OYSTER.
As a curiosity in its line may be mentioned
the ''whistling oyster discovered some years
ago in London. Il was the greatest sensation
Of the hour, Rs It really did emit q whstlnR
sound or settlement The proprietor OF
oyster house discovered it among lot of or
binary plebeian oysters and quickly
put it on exhibition. 1t drew
enormous crowds and countless
Jokes we're perpetrated on its account. London
Punch had very clever imaginary sketch of
it, copy OF which the sketchl is now used as
a sign over the restaurant. Douglas JerrOld
thought that perhaps the oyster had been
crossed in love and now whistled TO show that
it didn't care - Thackeray insisted that he
really was ia the shop when an American came
to see this great phenomenon. After Uncle
Sans representative had heard the talented
bivaIve perform he simply shrugged his shout
ders with contempt, and said that lit was
nothing to an oyster he knew Of IN MassaOhu-
sets which Whistled Yankee Doodle clear
through, and followed its master about the
house like dog"