The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

When Cavcndish and Dudley first landed ia
the West Indies they saw an infinite number
of lights moving in the forest, and, supposing
the Spanlards were upon them, retreated 70
their ships. 1he lights wore caused by IRE
flies.
A peculiar result Of lightning was noticed
near Dion, IN France. after severe thunder
storm. holt struck small pond Just out
side the city and % was discovered that me
electric shock had killed al the fsh in the
pond, about 900 in number
The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals does not hesitate to stop, through its
agents, In the streets OF Philadelphia United
States mail wagons when they are being
| drawn by sick or manned horses, ana TO take
the animals away, whether the United states
mails suffer detention or not At least this Is
the story told by the local press. The agents
protest that the law against inhumamty shaH
not be ignored through the greed Of eOntrac-
tors, even II the wagons are conveying the
mail
1t is said that an Italian savant, having no
ticed with some disgust the habit that many
| ladies have Of kissing their pet cats and dogs,
has made a careful examination Of the saliva
OF these ANNALS, which may be interesting to
those INDUCING in such oscillations. The sal
iva OF the cat is especially rich in all sorts OF
minute bacillt, and contains new form SEX
dom absent. and so fatal that rabbits ana
! guinea pigs inoculated with it died in twenty
| four hours. The dogs saliva contains an
| even greater number of bacteria, some of
( them Of particularly disagreeable character,
| plus occasional fiukes and the eggs of intestt-
nal worms. Nor is the horse free from these
! death-dealing organisms. For among the dl-
! verse "bacilH, StreptOcocci and Sprillta, IN
| It's saliva were three forms of a noxiOuS de-
| scripten
| J. w, Bradley formerly Of this city but
now of Pomeroy, Ia, is visiting friends here,
says the Columbus (O) Dispatch. He was on
the prairie within about six miles of the fear
| ful cyclone near Pomeroy several weeks ago.
| and tells Of some miraculous performances OF
| the wind He could see the dark, death-deal-
| ing cloud across the leval prairie and watched
| 1t as 1t apparently struck the ground, and
| after travelling the earth for distance would
| ascend. only to swOop down and wipe up
| everything ia its path. He went to examine
| the work of the cyclone the next day, and
| with others came across house that had been
| wrecked. The only evidence OF life about the
| place was live rooster that ran out after the
| boards had been removed, but the bird had
| been plucked Of his feathers. In fact, not
| single feather remained on the rooster 1t had
| been completely stripped of its plumage, but
! was otherwise uninjured.
The New York Sun has been making study
OF the debts of the various states, and finds
| that in the last ten years there has been
| total decrease of Si000O,0OO the forty-fouT
| states owing collectively 1924 100000, upon
| which they are paying $4,000 900 year In in
| terest Ten Massachusetts, Indiana.
| Minnesota. New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland,
| Georgia, North Carolina Florida and South
| CarOllna-have Increased their Indebtedness.
| Seven states-Vermont, Iowa, Michigan, IL
| linOis, Wisconsin, Oregon and Montana-are
| out Of debt. The other twenty-seven states
have reduced their debts during the ten-year
period. Ten years ago five states had more
| than S20OO0OOO each in outstanding obliga-
| lions, as follows: Virginia s29.O0O,OOO; Ten
| nesSee, S27OO0O00; Louisiana, S23, 100000; Mas
| sachusetts, S20,OOOOOO; and Pennsylvania,
| S20,C0)000. The debts Of these five states now
stand as follows: Virginia. S31 900 600; Ten
| nessee, Sl60OO0OO; Louisiana. $1,000 900;
| Massachusetts, 2SOO0,000; Pennsylvania,
| 81 900 900. Ihe outcome in general shows
| that good financtering is the rule In the ma
lority Of states.
Josephus the Jewish historian, relates that
the following phenomena appeared just at the
| beginning OF the war that ended in the de-
struction of Jerusalem by the Roman army
under Titus: "A comet which bore the re-
semblance Of a sword, hung over the city of
Jerusalem for the space of whole year" A
short time before the revolt of the Jews,
most remarkable and extraordinary light was
seen before the altar of the temple. 1t hap
pened at the ninth hour Of the night preced-
ing the celebration of the Feast of the Pass
| over, and continued about half an hour
| giving light equal to that Of day. Ignorant
| persons thought this good omen; but those
| of superior judgment thought that it was
prediction OF approaching war. The eastern
| gate of the interior part of the temple was
| composed of solid brass, and was of such i'm
| mense weight that it was the labor of twenty
| men to make IL fast every night. 1t was Sc
| cured with iron bolts and bars which were
| let down into a large threshold consisting OF
an entire stone. About the fifth hour of the
| night this gate opened without any human
| assistance. Some persons thought this a
good omen also, but others thought that it
| predicted the success of the enemy and the
| destruction of the city A short time after
| the celebration of the Feast of the Passover,
| before the setting Of the sun, the appearance
| of chariOtS and armed men were seen in the
| air in various parts of the country, passing
around the city (Jerusalem) among the
| clouds.
While on recent trip out into the country,
| says a writer in the ST. Louis Globe Demo
| crat, saw a farmer rid himself Of several
nests of humble bees in a very simple but
| effective manner. The particular field which
was being plowed over for the fall sowing was
| especially infected with the troublesome in
sects. and pillow boy the day before had been
| badly stung The farmer asked me to go
| with him and see the boys Jug the bees" A
| common brown jug half filled with water was
| taken along. One of the boys led the way to
| n especially large and dangerous looking
| nest lying on the stubble close to the ground
The jug was cautiously deposited by the side
| OF the nest. Then with long branch of a
! tree. the nest was violently stirred and the
| lad fed for his life. In perfect swarm the
| bees flew out to see who had dared assault their
| castle. and circled angrily about buz
! Zing violently all the time From a safe dis
! DIRT and stones at the angry insects. They
! seemed to be looking for their enemy. Gradu-
| ally their numbers grew less, and at last
| there were no bees to be seen. LET us look
| in the jug" said the farmer, as he led the
way II was picked upa and its contents poured
| out on to the ground with difficulty, as 154
! humble bees, by actual count, had flown into
| the jug in vain effort to find the DESTROYER of
! their home and had drowned / walked back
with one of the boys to spring to fill the lug
! with clear water, preparatory TO an attack
upon another colony of bees. AS we trudged
| over the sunny fields the berry brown lad re-
marked: I'D rather jug bees any day than
| pillow, wouldn't yOu?"
The very fountain and source Of the worlds
cholera to-day is Zemzen, the holy
well of the Mohammetans, saws
| the New Orleans Picayune. II
| is situated in one Of the marble APARTMENTS
! OF the famous mosque at Mecca and is simp
! ly a circular hole about five feet deep and six
| feet in diameter. Its waters are dark and
| malodorous, and are described by one of the
| few Europeans who have tasted them as be-
| ing good deal like teaspoonful of Epson
| salts in a tumbler of tepid water The Mos
! lens claim that this well was miraculously
! opened by the wing of an angel for Hagar
| when she was sent into the wilderness by
| Abram, and it has been vener-
ated from times long before Moham-
! med preached his new religion
| In fact, he got his start chiefly through the
/ fact that his family we're the custOdians of
! the well with the right of dipping wa
! ter for the pilgrims, who even then fire.
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