The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! Work IN Kansas sno received letter OF
thanks from the president Of the Kansas
/ City Humane Society. She has been arrested
I once.
! When the freight train from the east ar
rived in Reno, the other evening. man who
emerged from a car loaded with long horned
/ steers told reporter for the Reno New
Gazette that wnen endeaVOring TO procure
| free passage on the cattle train leaving Win
nenucea the night before, one of the railroad
men said that he would let him mo a cattle
car, wnere ne could ride as long as he wanted
to keep company with the steers. To the sur
/ prise OF the railroad man the oner was &C
/ cepted and the tramp jumped in. lie says he
rooe the greater part OF the lbs miles between
Nlnnemucea and Keno astride'one OF the ami
mals, and when he got cold or tired OF that
position he stood in among them, where he
round IL quite warm and comfortable, and
would have continued his journey westward
had 1t not been for hunger and the absence of
any mich COWS in the car The railroad men
IN Keno say that brakebeam and blind bag
gage tourists are quite common, but they
never before heard OF one beating his way on
the BACK OF a wild steer.
"one OF the most singular springs I ever
saw" said D. L. Spratt to the corridor man
OF the st. Louis Globe Democrat, lis on the
top OF Mount Mitchell. Ii Is on the summit
ana is clear and cold. 1t has never been
known 10 go dry and is seemingly without
lotion, as lines have peen dropped down to a
great depth. as Mount Mitchell is the high
est peak of the Alleghenies, and the nearest
AlO uuIdln OF greater altitude IS In COLORADO,
aoout 2UOO miles distant, the query naturally
arises as 10 the source OF this spring. The
only conclusion is that tits siphon spring,
but II so, the water 1ows at least 1000 miles
ana under innumeraDle rivers ana streams,
under pra1ries and under mountains, until 1t
reaches the peak, where it forces its way
through assure to the top. The water is re-
markably clear and pure, and shows no trace
OF its having encountered any minerals dur
Ing It's long Journey although minerals are
found on every side Of the place where 1t
arises to the surface l have never heard any
satisfactory explanation Of the phenomenon"
Tree planting on the streets at Orlando,
Fla, is encouraged by a bounty OF 80 cents
for each tree in good condition after one year
OF growth says the New York Post. The
work is being done under an ordinance passed
two years ago 1t provided that the variety
to De planted must be the water oak in size
not less than two inches in diamter at a point
TWO feet above the ground. The trees must
be not less than ten feet in hight, and they
are to be set out at stated distances apart and
seven rect from the street bound OF the ada
cent lot. Thirty days after planting the trees
are inspected by committee, and for each
one IN good condition, % cents is paid in city
warrants upon the treasury. At the end Of
year similar sum is paid if the tree still
hourishes. Larger trees may be planted by
the property owners, provided they are uni
form form In size, but the city pays no more for
them. There seems to be no difficulty In find
ing men who are willing to make contracts
with property owners TO put out and care for
the trees, assuming al risks, and relieving
the owners OF the labor and care.
Dr. Haycock, the eminent Oxford, eng
land divine, would often arise from his bed
at night give out his text, and while sound
asleep, deliver an excellent sermon, says the
Philadelphia Press lie was frequently
watched, but no amount of pulling, Juggling
and plnching was sutf1cient to arouse him
from his peculiar somnambulistic state. Dr.
Macnlsh, the great Edinburgh physician eX-
plodes the old story Of somnambulists waking
the moment they touch water with their bare
feet. He knew an Irish sleep-walker who
once climbed out of bed one cold fall night
and swan two miles down a river. got ashore,
and was subsequently found sleeping soundly
by the river side, perfectly unconscious of the
eXtraordlnary feat he ne had performed.
DR.. Pritehard, another British physician of
national reputation, had a patient who was
very fond Of horseback exercise. This man
would rise at night find his way to the stable,
saddle and bride his horse enjoy long gal
lop and finally return home and arouse the
Wnoie FAMILY while proving around in som
namoulistic sleep. DR.. Pritchard further
says that this man could only be aroused by
having the soles of his feet ticl1led
After a series of observations extending
over period OF twelve years, and expert
menttng on twenty three individuals OF both
sexes and opposite colors PROF. Thiersch of
Leipzig has given the following as the result:
II piece OF negro skin is grated on the
nesh OF white man or woman. the trans
planted piece, as soon as it begins to properly
adhere, gradually changes in color and text
ure until it becomes undistinguishable from
that Of the surrounding cuticle, the process
OF change usually occupying period OF from
" to liz days to make the complete trans.
formation. On the other hand, when the skin
OF white person is grated to the flesh of a
negro, the change (which it has already been
admitted, finally takes place. is not nearly so
rapid, usually occupying period OF upwards
OF year. AS TO texture, it can be truly said
that the white piece, though it changes, to all
appearance to real negro skin, is never as
fine and soft as its bony surroundings. The
question now arises: Should further eXperi
ment prove this to be true beyond q doubt
will the bellies of the future have their faces
denuded and patched up with negro skin, in
order to give them fashionable texture?
They are always inventing something start
ling in France, says the Washington Star
The latest evolution Of the Partisan branch is
transparent leather, which has lately been
perfec ted and put on the market. The infor-
nation comes that the process Of letting light
through the hide of the OK does not unfit il for
use as foot-gear, and now it may reasonably
be expected that the new material will soon
appear as the latest fad of fashion. just think
OF transparent shoes. The chiropodists will
have rich harvest. The worried shoe store
clerks can tit the feet of their lady customers
with the sizes that they wear and not the
sizes that they want. Mishts will show as
plainly through the new shoes as q trouble
some corn. The owner of a really pretty foot
can take a certain pride in her shoes or her
slippers, provided that somebody comes for
ward and devises style OF hosiery that is
also transparent Under the new order of
things the old gentleman mentioned in the
nursery rhyme ION a misty, mostly morning
when cloudy was the weather, l CHANGED 10
meet an old man all clad In leather would
become an object OF pr osecution by the fol-
lowers OF Anthony Comstock Perhaps this ia
step toward a return to the primitive garb
with modern improvements. there is no
scrutnizing science or its motives, anyhow.
"The island of Taputcouea," said Captain
]. Duncan, until recently in command of the
missionary steamer Morning Star, to San
Francisco Examiner reporter, has adopted
q somewhat different code Of etiquette since
the return of the King of the Gilbert Island
from his visit to San Francieco His Mai
esty no longer roams barefooted around the
island in the native costume. but has de-
veloped pronounced fancy for collecting
clothes and owns an extentive wardrohe
Eastlake furniture is now in use at the rovai
palace and his majesty will allow nothing
but choice china and costly silverware on the
table. When the King returned home from
San Francisco he took a horse and buggy
with him. There are no horses AMI
no buggies on the island, and consequently no
roads. The king. Immediately after landing
set men to work hewing out rocks and make
circular road about fifty feet from the ton
OF the cone shaped island. The natives are
not rapid workers, their tools are crude. and
it was but short time ago that the road was
completed. This is the only road on tbe
island. and it begins and ends at the same
place and is fifteen miles long Every after-
mon the king arrayed in oNor4gr, o.,.,.-~-