The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

GERS. military and ciYil-the Representatives
OF foreign towers and other notaoles. Gifts
of money were presented to all the men and
women In the country who had attained their
| nineteenth year.
In the waters OF the Red Sea the cessation
OF the engines on a steamer for an hour
means extreme physical suferings for pas
sengerS Tor day it would involve al solute
torture. The wind which prevails every day
| is hot asphyxlating blast, and its continu-
Gus directions are from north and south
toward the center As result. every pass
ing vessel is subjected to two DAYS Of almost
intolerable heat, followed by two days Of com
paratlve comfort
The exchange OF wedding presents has be-
come regular branch Of trade in some parts,
with a view OF relieving brides and bride
grooms Of shoal of duplicates. IN the shape
| OF Dis ,uit boxes. butter dishes, and other
taVorite gifts. The eXchauger carefully scans
the list of presents generally published at
any marriage of importance and when the
neWly married pair have settled down in their
home he one day calls on the bride. and in the
most diplomatic manner proposes either to
buy her duplicate gifts or exchange them for
something more useful. He generally de
parts with some good bargains, and after
ward retails them cheap to persons intend
ing TO make wedding presents themselves
man with a nest of ooekroaches in his
head presented himself at the Emergency
hospital in Washington re emily. Stori,
have often been told o. snakes and frogs in
human stomaehs An instance in regard TO
the habits OF animals which Is even more pc
culiar came TO light at out a week ago. Cases
nave often been noticed where bugs have en-
tered the ear and clused excruciating pain
| by eating the delicate mbranes and tissues
OF the inner ear before they could be driven
| out But this Is the first case known to the
Omaha Zee where roach was permitted to
remain IN the ear long enough to Law its eggs
and hatch Its young. George Woods. the
patient, young man Of bout 20, is employed
1 on an oyster boat. Like many other boats
, this one was infested with big, black cock
| reaches. One night while Woods was asleep
| roach crept in his ear and lodged itself lust
| lar enough inside to lie out of reach. Woo Is
| felt 1t there next morning. but benz unaole
| to poke 1t out with his tingec he per
mitted 1t to remain, thinking her roach
! ship would tire of her quarters and
move out But the roach, either because it
| got in head first and could not turn around
| and get out. or because it found the accom-
modatlons exceedingly comfortable instead
| OF getting out, proceeded to make it's nest
| right there in the mans car Finally it
started t. tunnel through the head. AS it
| atterward was shown on Investigation the
| roach had eaten its way through the channel
| TO the typanum and through the drum itself.
| Here IL seems 1t gave up Investigations and
from some cause or other died. When Woods
found that he was deaf in the right ear he
| thought he had better have the matter looked
into, so he took advantage Of his boat being
| IN washing ton to visit the hospital. When
Dr. johnson washed out the ear. in addition
to the o1y of the defunct roach number of
little reaches and some eggs which had failed
to hatch were removed.
The following is a fair sample OF how cum
ningly crockodiles, in common with all other
wild animals can conceal themselves in mo-
ments OF danger says "a writer in the West
minister Gazette. After a happy week spent
In the Jungle with friend OF mine we halted
for breakfast before making the last stage
IOr heaoqIarters ana nome, at place called
PoonarhyL-Anglice, garden of fiowers-lnd
while at breakfast were amused by watching
mum er Of crockodiles, about eight or ten,
summing themselves on the surface OF small
lake, or tank, as it is there called OF about an
acre in extent. A sudden thought struck me-
| Il say, Murray, what fun Ii would be to
| try and catch some of these beggars in a
| net. Bravo" said he. Lets try il pres
emily. Appu. send the horsekeeper TO the
village and tell him to bring up all the men
| he can find and some long fishing lines We
VIII give good santosum' present., The
villagers scented some fun, and with the
| further stimulus OF santosum, very soon
turned up TO the number of thirty. 1t was now
IL O'Clock and scorchtng hot the air
| quivering over the bare, sandy plain in which
the pond was situated. 1t was breast deep
| as We knew. including alout one
foot or eighteen inches of heavy
make enc long enough to reach across the
tank, about thirty yards, and this was heavily
| weighed along the bottom and arranged to be
Drawn with lon ropes from each shore. I'm
| medlately behind the net came line. and
men aLoIt yard apart, with long
pointed poles with which to prod the mud
| alcng the bottom OF the net, and so drive the
maIlnger1ag gentlemen into proper position
| IN front of the net. My friend and his ser
want (for all entered into the SPORT followed
| close up to the second line. At it we all now
went splaShing shouting STAN ming and bauI.
| ing, but-a big but-not 81 IN did we find of
| a single one Of the brutes that we had seen
| before us when we came to the edge OF the
| water We dragged that water backward
| ana forward more than once. but our only
| reward was deadly thirst that lasted us
| till late that night. They had burrowed
! deeper into the mud than we could reach
| them, fof nothing-I doubt il even rat
| could have escaped unseen out of the water.
One of the most extraordinary voyages on
| on record was that made by an old woman
| from the Shetland Islands 10 Norway some
| years ago, as related by a traveller to a re-
| porter for the Detroit Free Press Z he yVo-
man, whose name was Elizabeth Mount had
| gone to nelghboring island TO consult a
| doctor, and the skipper of the Columbine
! hShlng craft OF twenty-one tons offered her
passage nome. Elizabeth accepted but the
! little vessel was soon forced by stress of
weather to put back. Pro eeding to sea again
| the Columb lne again met heavy weather dur
| ing viii, the captain was knocked overheard
| by the mainboom. The three other men form.
| ing the crew proceeded tohis ass stance in a
| boat and + liZabeth was left alone on the
smack. She endeavOred to reach the derk
! but fell back 10 the floor and was Knocked
| senseieSs. The three men reached land safely
| but saw nothing of the captain The
! ColumDlue meantime drnted out to sea
! helplessly the solitary passenger remaining
! Glow fearing to go on deck. All night and
! next day the smack was tossed about and
! about clock on the second morning ran
! ashore on sandy beach, The pla e where
/ the Colum bine came to land after It's erratic
| voyage across the North Sea was the little
| Island of J.epsoe on the coast OF Norway
| twelve miles north of the fishing town 0f
| Aalesund. Elizabeth looked out of the
| hatchway and saw some boys. who ran for
| assistance, and shortly several fishermen an
| peared. One, with a rope around his waist.
" q liked into the sea, but was several times
| be aten back. At length he succeeded in
| reaching the vessel and climbed on board
and was quickly followed by a companion'
! Meantime Elijah beth by desperate effort.
! climbed out on deck, where she mad not been
| since she had gone on hoard The men fonnd
! her sitting almost helpless Their language
was unknown to her, but they gathered
! that the woman was the only living Creature
| on board. Pv means of a rope from the shore
| and with tle assistance of the RECURRING
waves, the vessel was pulled as far upOn The
leach as practicable and made fast The
! fishermen put a rope around the wounan's
waist ana threw it to land They next lifted
| her over the bow and gave her hold of the
| rope by which the vessel had been drawn
! toward the shore, and which was there held
| taut by Wiling hands. Suspended in mid Air
! this woman of 90 years scrambled hand over
hand for distance Of several yards, until re-
| heVed by two men from the shore who
standing up to their middle in the water
caught her in their arms. She was carried
ashore nearly dead with terror and exhaus-
ton. he people gave her fOod and Voc