The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! come the earliest car load Of American ralslns
/ sh lpped east. The season there is ahead
/ that Of southern California and the atmos
| phere is peculiarly suited to the curing o.
raisins.
The average waist Of women is now q
! inches against 10 inches of i've years ago
| This development is attributed to Sarah
! Bernhardt and by no means to the dress
| Teformers. their patterns and their astOnish
| Ing garments. The PEOPLE who invent new
! costumes have beel inspired by the beauty
| and grace of Beruhardts stage clothes
| Ihese are copied for their customers. 1t l.
| impossible TO wear these costumes with cor
! sets. Nine. fieulefov, the wife Of the e.
| plorer, who has perm ssiOn OF the French
/ authorities to wear men clothes. has re
| Gently had a collection of dress reform clothes
su mlttcd to her for her expert opinion. She
! hell Jhem up Y the fingers and Commentet
/ on them ScoTnfully. That they we're ugly
| formleSS and inartistio Outweighed any ad
| vantage they might possess. } ither women :
| clothes or mems there is no middle ground
! Men clothes. looking at her own smart coa
| ana trousers. she commended. were the last eX
! preston in dress Women mi hit arrive a
them nothing would eyer supersede them.
| On the farm of S. R. t. Jones' ABOUT three
| fourths Of a mile south of Hubbard and onl
| few rods from the stage road, says tn
/ VI oodbuTn (Ore.) Independent. is a curiosit
| which at present is attracting considerable
/ attention. 1t has been noticed for the las
! hIteen years, but never has aroused such in
! terest as in the past few months On a spac
OIL say, twenty feet square appears this
| what Is lt:' II an Le seen best Just afte
| rain or while the ground is filled or covere
| with water. There are numerous holes, abou
1 as large as common lead or slate pencils
| IRON which gas or air is constantly esCapin
with sound as of meat frying or the hissin
| OF water on hot stove or iron; sometime
! the pressure may be stronger than
| others. but 1t is there just the same. TIL
| pressure is so great that If these vents ar,
! closed they Will in a few minutes send th
\ mud nYlng as though miniature blast ha
1 exploded. A large, heavy iron pan was il
| verified over some Of the strongest vents the
| rim being buried IN mud, preventing any es
| cape or gas; man then sat down on the pa
and awaited results, which were not long il
| coming, as pan and man were lifted bodily
| he gas, or air. was forced through lin
/ water. but no change was noticed. 1t wa
tested by fire, bat cannot say it burned On
| popularity Of the soil is that no matter no,
wet the surrounding ground may be Thu
| spot plows up hard and dry. well close
| keeps up constant kissing and the waite
reveals nothing out of common.
The electric headlight is now used on many
railroads, and w. B. Sparks who is inter.
ested in a southern road, says that his com
| pany has found it very proata Die invest.
| ment, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch lhe
| llgh $ cost about 1919 each fixed on the loco
| motive and they cost no more than the oil
usht to maintain. The old headlight would
| not throw Its light on d very dark niyht more
| than 80 feet. and it Is i'm ossible for an
| engineer to slow up his train in that distance,
| even with the emergency brake. Quite an
| Item IN the expense Of the road used TO be
| ulalms for cattle killed. During the rainy
| season the lands along the line of road become
| Yer. wet in places they are entirely covered
| with water, and the cattle come upon the track
| seeking some dry spot on which to sleep.
| W hen the old headlight was in use as many
| as thirteen cows have been killed at one time,
| and the damage claims have sometimes
| amounted to over 81 cooper month Now the
| electric light throws its rays from half to
| three-quarters Of a mile in front OF the en-
| CINE; o structlOns can be easily seen at that
| distance and some of the engineers insist
| that switch disc can be more easily made
| oIt by IL at night than in the daytime. The
| lights, moreover, do away with switch lights.
! which is quite saving to roads that use
| them to any great extent. Mr.. Sparks saws
| that the engines using the electric headlights
| on his road have never killed a cow and he
is confident that the saving in stock claims
| alone Will more than pay for all the head
! lights on the road within two years.
The largest sum ever paid to painter for
painting portrait was 10000 $3.50 900 francs)
| that sum having been paid by Mrs Maclzay
wife of the millionaire and silver king TO the
| great French artist, MelsSonier for painting
her portrait A curious story is told of this
| portraiJ-namely, that the lady, not being
| pleased with this costly likeness of herself
| cut it up, ana threw it into the lire but paid
| the prize just the same; and the artist NOT tC
| te outdone. took the che k, and. tearing il
| Everett Millais, Batonet and X. A.. who al
| the common ement of his career was glad tc
get - pc portrait will not undertake one
| now for much under 5000. or nearly 1 tOl
| he asks. Milla egan daaDiina
| in art at the early age Of s. and pictures
| ~ his hand have now been on exhi
ultlon for over 60 years. He is chiefly dis
| tinguiShed for his exquisite delineation OF
children faces. Millais, who was one OF the
founders of the pre- Raphaelite movement
1VrgAAh 80 frar9
| MS portrait OF who n is considered by many
| as his finest effort at portraiture. Portraits
ny the old masters brings large prices; the
| late Mr.. Wertheimer paid 2l50O1 for a nor
| trait OF Lady Jane Halliday lily Sir Joshua
| Reynolds, and 900 for portrait of Mad
| anne do POmpado IT. The portrait of the
| Duchess of Deyonshre, by Galnsborough
| the stealing OF which caused such a sensation
some years ago, was purchased by Mr.
| A2neW for 1000 guineas During this YEA
| there have cen sold at Christie the Dutch
| Burgomaster and his Wife. a pair of picture:
by eiasquez, for 1915 and e7,O35 reSpec
| lively, and Mariana of Austria by tn,
same artist for E43L5; aud Lady Price" b,
Sir Joshua Reynolds, for e3,S65.
There are some drawbacks to the Isthmiar
| cattle business that would rather astonist
| the American COW o. we're he to go there
he chief of these is the vampire bat, says &
! sun Coires1 ondent writing from Panama
| One reads stories of the vampire uat sucking
the blood Of human beings, and at least two
/ books natdraltsts of repute say that these
| bats do suck human blood Vampire bats
| are found by the thousand in Veraguas and
| Chlrlqui. asked at every pace fora person
| whose blood had cen sucked by vampires
! but could not find a soul And yet people
| sleep out OF doors without even a blanket tt
! protect them-seep lareheaded and bare
! footed. The vampire had every chance tC
/ allght on the man ig toe as he is said tC
do, am while soothing the foot with its fan
ming wings to suck out the life blood
could not ind any such case, however MOI
had an servant Englishman. Mr. c.
Preedy, who lived twenty years in David, ever
found any. But the vampire is the
pest OF the cattiemen lie is par
ticularly fond of veal blood, but Older
stock and horses colts, mules anC
! buarros oil suffer. / did not catch vampire
at hla work ih0agh | saw hundreds Of them,
| but the catt e aen all tell the same story.
! he vampire settles somewhere on the lack
| OF the east in the pasture at niIht and then
/ while SLOWLY flaming its wings to and fro
! cuts circular piece Of skin one quarter of an
inch in diameter. Through this hole he sucks
the ulood till satisfied one wound would he
, of little conse Al enIe, nor would the loss OF
blood do much damage were that all but q
hal dozen vampires may feast on one poor
calf or on the back Of a saddle horse in one
night. The calf is badly weakened by the
loss of blood while n saddle horse so served
is worthless until the wounds are entirely
healed. But that is not the worst result OF
the Ute. The re- iOn swarms with pestifer.
Gus fly that soon after daylight finds the
wound anu lays eggs in 1t. Uness the wound
is properly cleaned and dressed with a waxy
sa We within forty eight hours after the YAM
pres attack the animal will be DESTROYED by