The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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other animal
Army inspectors say that blue eyes make
the best snots
The heaviest woods are pomegranate and
hgnum VITAE, while cork is the highest.
Burmese children of both sexes begin to
smoke almost as soon as they can speak.
During the fourteenth century in Italy
tax was levied on every one who wore
shoes.
Cool as q cucumter' is scientifically cor
rect Investigation shows that this vegetable
has temperature Il below the surrounding
atmosphere.
The highest spot inhabited by human beings
on this glo6e is the Buddhist cloiste- at
Hanle. ThiUet. where twenty-one monks live
at an altitude Of l600)feet.
Sire was originally used TO designate the
! proprietor Of a farm. Rising in dignity it
was afterward applied TO a no5leman, then
/ used IN addressing monarch.
/ The greatest whirlpool in the world is on
the Norwegian coast, near the Island of
! Moskenaesoe; it is four miles in diameter,
and It's roar can be heard seven miles OF.
In digging the foundations for house near
/ the Church o. st. Stepen in Jerusalem lately
beautiful masonic pavement was discov-
ereu Whl b measured q ie t b. l3 and con-
!
/ was cavern in which were found bones
lamps and glass vases
! Inc long drought was RESPONSE lie for the
following crime committed at Sto, K ridge,
| Mass, the other day. ONE workmen heard
! roUll utterlng loud cri s. and saw the bird
uaIC ng from branch to branch OF a Tree N
/ sIed. eScit ment, on c oSe e6amln L on,
| are ulrrel was seen ting on a branch
! no Ding young room in b S VS.. he men
tnreW $40 e at m, viii h finally made him
MI Al IN ~ 3. 4
( TO be qli dead and al most drained Of 10 ID
the rrel having SATISFIED his thirst at the
cost of the birds life.
1t Is not generally known that the transfer
companies in New York, Chi, ago and other
cities expect to pay for the baggage they
Smash, ana this seems to be a Seasonal lie
| tlme TO bring that ia to the attention OF the
| pubnc, says New York letter IN the Chicago
record. Every railNaJ laggage master is
! required to give the transfer comnanv a re-
celpt for all the aggage he receives and viii
mol accept package unless it is in good
OFuer, Inc same rule is applied when the
tIaheler company receives blgk age from the
LallrOalS, so That II trunk is dell vered at its
destination in damaged condition the blame
can pc traced and laid where it belongs Mr
? W r; draper general manager Of the
New YORK transfer Company, tells me that
they nave to pay several thousand dollars
every year for damaged baggage and often
are required TO give indemnity even foc the
loss strap. In order o secure themselves
they carry an accident insurance policy of
SlzOOJ, and this not only covers damages to
baggage but cidents to their wagons or
drivers or horSes # one of their wagons
happens to run over a child. or take the wheel
on a yugRy, the &C -ident insurance company
pays the bill. Last year the tota. damage
collected under the insu ance policy was
about 81 o. This year II their good luck
continues, 1t will be less. Mr.. Draper tells
me that travel this year is out 80 per cent
greater IMAM 1t was las. year at this time,
duu that the northern watering pla. es must
nave done very we'll. Last simmer the
travel was toward the exposition tut now
people seem to oe going most everywhere
why do we never have red clover honey
for sale:' said the dealer TO the New York
sun. Well for the simple reason tia; there
Is never any red clover honey made DIV honey
bees. There is no blossom so rich in stores
OF sweetness as the red clover blossom As
every school oy whose privilege it is to pluck
ana suck their nectar well knows. Bat the
money bee never collects those sweets for its
use, because 1t cannot. The corolla tube Of
the red clover is so deep and small that the
zee cannot reach the honey stored at the
base OF the tube The lee knows this and If
you VIII think moment you vi remember
that you never saw honey bee, either wild
or hlve-dweller, on red clover 81 ossom
these wise and busy insects do not waste
their time in efforts to obtain sweets that are
reyond their reach. nut the lum erlng bum
bic zee lie yies tri Dute on every red clover match
in his bailiwi k AS smart as the honey bee is.
1t has vet to learn trick that
Is as old as the lis to it's big
Gnu AuOIS 6bupiQ seeming cousin. When the
cum lie bee lights on a head o. red clover he
I punctures hole in the base of the corolla
/ and, thruSting in his prObOsciS sucks ont The
nectar. 1t lsed TO lie favorite but cruel
pastlme among the boys Of the rural districts
TO capture the humble ee, pull it anart and
take out its honey ag "A TRANSPARENT sack as
big as sn a pea. Billed with the most deli
cate OF honey the honey OF the red clover-and
eat the sweet morsel, or. rather let 1t burst
IN the mouth and spill it's drop OF ln.ompar-
able ne tar Anyone who has thus robbed the
q n 20 and h1
will never forget the deIic Gus quality OF tie
honey thus obi lined Unfortunately this
big. clumsy bee is not much Of a honey maker
You might ROB score OF bum le ee nests
and not get quarter Of pound of honey:
and. besides these nests are few and far e.
tween. Consequently, we will ha to wait
until the hive lee learns to drill into the
blossom to get the nectar before we can have
red lover honey for our DUckwheat cakes and
wafnes."
There is, it appears small spider, such as
may be called the diving spider although
rather rare. according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
Like all its kin, 1t is an air reathing crea IRE
ana dlVas below the surface of ponds and
ends large part Of its life under water Il
manages to do this much in the same Way
that II an in diving bell is a. Die to live and
work for cen siderable time at the bottom
OF the sea. 1T surrounds the who under
part OF its uody. where its breathing organs
are, with buD lie OF air, and, incased in this
crystalline bell, 1t AeepS the water out and is
lie % breathe freely. Exposed to the al.
ia ks OF many enemies above water it seeEs
TO escape from them nv making a hidin ,
place for Itself at the bottom OF the DOnd
This il does DY DRAWN together the tons Of
J some OF the weeds growing there with a few
THREADS which II spins, SO to make a / tile
| tower. 1t then asce ds 10 the surface and
brlnLs down bubble air with II par. of
which IL sIueez out a . d leaves in the inside
Of the bower whose steu S meeting over il
| preventing it from getting ont OF its pla and
rtslI g TO the top as air buU. lie a.ways do wben
disturbed or released. 1he .plIer then with
the part Of the DuuOle which IL has kept to
itself, as ends TO the su face a second time
and tetches down another IN BILE OF air o lrt
OF which 1t secures in the same fashion and
with the remaining part ascends to the TOP To
| bring dCwl some more air. II re beats this
| curious proceeding until within the COVER il
I lcceeded IN forming bubble OF air as
big plum, concealed and kept in its place
by the stlken me hes OF the weeds like the
net work OF small balloon. Thus the spider
IN the me way that M son carries stones
and lime TO his building, carries down bells of
air from the surface 20 build Tor Itself a Crys.
tai palace, whose clear transparent dome
I and walls, thin as the finest MIN. are vet S Z.
hciently strong to keep out the great cody OF
water and to ENABLE the creature TO live az
! the lotion OF the pond as easily as II II were
! on dry and. In this luminous nest it laws its
eggs and rears its young IN perfect sectlrit,
and when the air within threatens to become
exhausted II Is renewed from tme to time
by the visits OF the creature to the surface of
| the pond.