The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ OF Maine, stocking it with black foxes and en-
gazing in the fur trade
( A burglar broke into a mans house in New
/ York the other night and found himself in
/ room full OF serpents. pets Of the owner OF
the house. The REPTILES got after the burglar,
who fled in alright, leaving all his tools ue-
hind him.
Some time ago a temperance association IN
Germany sent a circular TO seventy prominent
physicians, asking their opinion as to the Gus
tom prevalent ia that country of giving small
quantities Of beer and wine 10 very young
children. With the exception Of two all the
| PHYSICIANS condemned the practice as 1nju-
rlouS.
A procession Of jewels takes place in Brus
sells this month Allegorical groups. repre-
senting the various precious stones. viii
parade the streets, and as well-knOwn artists
are designing costumes the procession is
expected to be most novel and picturesque.
| The streets viii be specially lighted with
view TO show up the brilliancy of the imita-
ton jewels decking the dresses.
French doctor has just discovered why
some fishermen catch cod ana others do not.
He found that on the northerly side of high
submarine peaks the cod would 2 %, bite while
on the southerly side they did. BY attaching
thermometers TO fishing lines he further
found that most fish was taken at a tempera-
ture between 459 and 50o, and that at 49, with
a depth OF about fourteen fathoms, the catch
was best
The New York Mail aud Express says:
The way people leave their umbrellas on the
elevated cara is something wonderful The
lost property room OF the elevated road. at
No. 30 Greenwich street. is full of all kinds of
| articles lost on the cars and awaiting identih-
cation, but the umbrellas far Outnumber all
the rest. There are in the neigh orhood OF
5000 umbrellas there. piled in huge heaps and
spread out on long tables, roughly classified
according to the time when turned in, the
latest I'M DTPlflS fOuOd hn10cr NJ he
top
The British Weekly tells how Lord Rose
| berry overcame the sleeplessness which rem
dered him reluctant to enter Mr.. Gladstcne's
last administration. In answer to an inquiry
from a Scottish member of parliament, Lord
Roseberry wrote: As soon as the story
about my sleeplessness appeared in the news.
papers / was overwhelmed with letters Sug-
costing cures One of the first I read ad-
vised tumbler of hot water as hot as could
be drunk. TO e slipped before going to bed !
thought this seemed the easiest cure and re
solved to give it trial Since then have
slept perfectly WE'LL
A Chicago paper tells about q resident of
that town, John Gustafson by name, who
eats paris green, as other people take opium
or drink whisky. A friend of his was in his
room, and Gustafson lay on the bed with
loX Of paris green beside him, which he was
eating little at time with apparent relish.
After watching him consume some two table
spoonfuls, and vainly demonstrating with
him, the friend went out and informed a po-
llceman that he was attempting to commit
suicide. Two officers ard the ambulance
were soon on hald to take the suppose
would-te suicide to the hospital, but
| he surprised the officers by telling
them that he did not want TO go with them
| He w in no danger he said, as he had been
/ in the haDlt for ten years of eating paris
green whenever he felt bad. He took 1t for a
| stimulant. Gustafson's friends told the Of
tcers that he was in love with a young lady,
! who had given him the cold shoulder. and
| that he was trying to kill himself. He de-
MED It, but he was taken to the hospital any
/ way, and pumped out by the doctors. They
! said that he had taken enough paris green to
/ kill an ordinary man, but that h seemed to.
| be all right. He had teen using il 30 long
that an ordinary dose had no effect on him.
The fact that iron, in very finely divided
state, when EXPOSED TO the atmosphere, may
oxidiZe so rapidly as to practically take fire
is pretty generally known. saws Casters
/ Magazine The circumstance is brought to
mind by newspaper watf reporting an Incl
dent Of the Alexandria Lom ardment in
! Egypt dozen years ago, a shell te.oaging
/ to one of the English ships had passed into a.
! house without exploding. and the residents
subsequently requested the removal Of the
/ unWelcome guest. 4 number OF men were ac-
! cord ely sent ashore. and after some consld-
/ Grafton as to the lest Illn to be pursued in
| removing the dangerous missile, feather
/ Ted was procured and the shell firmly envel-
| oped in It, 1t was then carefully rolled
| downstairs, and was probably thrown
into the sea. To show, however,
! that this was by no means convincing evil
| dence that its dangerous properties were
| destroyed the case was cited of an iron shell
which had lain under water for about 20
| years, and which when brought to the Sur
! face, was so com Die ely honey omed by the
! sea water and presented metal in so fine
| state of division that, to the horror of the
! surprised Under itgIa1ually steamed tiercely
/ aud became red hot. from this it was argued
/ as moi al all improbable that d similar o.
/ currence might Ike pace with the shell OF
| the later period, and that if, in after years,
! 1t should be found and brought to the sur
face, its finder might lie surprised in much
| the same way.
Count des Carrots, gren1pephew of La
| fayette, is hunting in the Rockies. In the
/ San Francisco Chronicle the other day lie
told som thing ABOUT his farorite sport Of
| wolf hunting. for which he has become IA
nous IN Russia. Wolf hunting" he "a
/ Is probatlJ the most dangerous sport there
/ Is. With servant ana a couple of fast
! horses attache1 TO q sleigh L have gone out
and GATED the ground for the brutes on
numerous occasions. A fat hog tied to q tree
never failed TO collect pack. The trouble
/ was that it drew too many. The wolves
/ would gather to the number of 200 or SCO and
! deyour the pig. Then we would dash upon
/ the scene and the fun would commence. Tnev
are as feet as u deer. To say, that they are
/ as meet as wolves would be more
! like 1t. They can outrun the horses
! every time, and If they are not picked off
as last as they come up, you might as well
give up the fight and permit yourself TO be
deyoured. Imagine yourself making a run
ming fight with band of 800 hungry. mad.
dened wolves. and with the knOWl sdge that il
one OF the fleet tile bruteS reaches your
horses o are dead man, and you can pos.
Slbly imagine what nervy sport it is. II re-
Quires a cool head and good eye If you
miss your mark you're gone. Your only
chance Of safety is in keeping your horses up,
1t is generally a long tight. You look back
and see the carcaSses of the animals dotting
the snow for agmlle or two in your wake and
still they pursue you in great numbers.
Slowly the pack 'hjns out Many have
dropped bleeding TO the ground. Others
stop to devour the carcasses, The more that
fan the more timid the rest be ;ome. When
you finally out-dlstance the pack YOU have
been through the most trying ordeal that
the most aruent sportsman could wish Yes
] consider wolf hunting the most dangerous
sport there is. Tiger hunting in India is tame
beside II. II you so into the jungles of India
to shoot tiger you are accompanied by a
long rettnue You shoot your prev from the
hOwdan OF an elephant. If you miss your
victim there are twenty bullets ready for him
before he springs. A person miEht as well
go tiger huLting in a menagerie. The only
unsatisfactory part Of the sport which wolves
afford is that alter you are ali through YOU
haven anything to show for your efforts But
II is a great sport ~
Bkk NC PONDER.
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