The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

According TO Boufort's Wine and Spirit
| Circular Italy is the greatest wine producing
country in the world, her annual production
amounting to an average to ga, 100000 gal
Ions" France and Spain come next. each
| with about SIC 1900 gallons. The combined
| production of Austria and Hungary each year
| is some 2l5 10000 gallons; that of Portugal,
1872, 100000; Russia, 49, go 900; Greece. 81 200,
600; Roumania, 81. 800 go; Germany, 81 200 900;
| Bulgaria, 40 $4,000, and Turkey. p. 696 600.
In this connection 1t is interesting to note the
growth OF champagne production. In 1884
| says the authority quoted above, there were
produced IN the champagne district 6,6OO,OJO
quart bottles of sparkling wine. Two million
two hundred thousand Of these were drunk in
France and 100000 exported. In 1892 the
production reached "a, 900. 90 bottles of which
nearly 100000 went into home comsump-
| ton" he imports Of champagne into the
United states during 1892 are given by an
other authority as 350622 cases, and 275,52
| during 1893, falling of last year probably
| due to the financial depression and the in
crease OF the imitation article,
Tame turkeys can be trained to hunt wild
ones, said Maj. A. s. Willis to the st. Louis
| Globe Democrat. Il owned one called Dick
| down in Polk county, Tennessee. that OBJ
| tanned state reputation. 1 was offered 800
Tor him at one time but then ! thought he
was phenomenal bird. Since his death,
however, have discovered that the talent
| for hunting wild turkeys is not uncommon
among tame ones The call Of the wild fowl
diners from that Of the domestic one, but the
| AdtbCE CdH easily learn L0B IOGul6E , Calls II
| the hunter is patient enough to teach him.
The tame turkey can be taught so that he
can be taken to the woods and will then
send forth the challenge call If a turkey
| cock is within hearing an answering note OF
defiance is invariably made. This is replied
| to, and finally the wild turkey will come
| very cautiously until he sees the tame one. as
ne is suspicious creature. But when he sees
| the turkey his fears are gone. and he starts
at once to do battle. Then the trained turkey
| runs and hunter shoots. The advantages of
m arnu erN a hn1n "a
can initiate a turkey call pretty closely, there
is an accompaniment made by striking the
ground with the wings which cannot be re-
produced, and without this the game is sus
picious. The hunting turkey must be taken
In hand when very young and constantly
drilled but beyond the patience required very
little skill need exist upon the part OF the
trainer"
1t is only within recent years that the Texas
oyster has been in good and regular standing.
so to speak, says the New York Post. The
home consumption Of it has increased so
| rapidly since 1880 that the taking of oysters
has now risen to be an industry. Nearly 400
men are engaged in IT, and the value of the
product approximates to 100000. The Texas
oyster is found everywhere along the cost, in
rivers. estuarieS and bays. and in such prodi
gal quantities that 1t sells very cheap at tide
water. In several respects it differs from the
Atlantic oyster. The shells are longer and
| more irregular in shape. AS rule, the oyster
itself is smaller. barrel Of Texas oysters
COutdln uOb more IMAM SIX quarts OF meat,
while the same measure of Atlantic oysters
would yield eight and even ten quarts.
The growth of the Texas shell-fsh is
unusually rapid. BY way of Illustration, $50
| "two-and a-half-ye I'LL three bushel
| barrel In the Chesapeake Bay region it
takes $50 oysters. In Matagorda and Mes
quite Bays, the Texas varieties grow to such
| size that only lCO Of them can be got into
| barrel. In quality the Texas compares ia
vorab1y with the Atlantic. Were it not for
spring freshets the abundance of oysters
he ET11F auf ha
| ment OF riches, for there the star fish is al
| most unknown. These freshets are very de-
| structive. an immense volume of water
| sweeping down the rivers which empty into
| the Gulf, and dislodging whole beds Of oys-
| ters. The drum-fish also does some damage
| The area of grounds on the Texas coast that
have been already worked is estimated at
| 81, $50 acres.
Discussing the subject of "Pin- Wells and
Rag Bushes" in Folklore, Mr.. E. Sidney
Hartland. F. S. A. suggests theory which
| he thinks adequate to account for many Of
| the varying practices of the supe rstitious in
| all parts of the globe: IF an article of nv
| clothing in witch's hands may cause me to
suner, the same article in contact with ben
| ehcent power may relieve my pain, restore
me TO health. or promote my general pros
| per1ty. pin that has pricked my Wart
| even If not covered with my blood, has by its
! contact by the wound 1t has inflicted acquired
/ a peculiar bond with the wart; the rag that
/ has rubbed the wart has by that friction &C
qutred similar bond. so that whatever is
| done to the pin or the rag whatever in
| 1uences the pin or the rag may undergo
| the same influences are by that very
| act brought to bear upon the wart. If
| instead OF using rag or making a pilgrim
| age TO a sacred we'll. rub my wart with raw
| meat, and then bury the meat. The wart will
| decay and disappear with the decay and dis
| solution Of the meat. The principle was once
exalted into serious surgery, when, three
| centuries ago, the learned chirurgeon used to
| anoint and dress the weapon instead of the
wound which the weapon caused. In like
manner my shirt or stocking, or rag to rep
| resent 1t, placed upon sacred bush, or thrust
| into a sacred well-my name written upon the
walls OF temple-a stone or a pellet from
| my hand cast upon a sacred image or a sacred
cairn is thenceforth in continual contact
with divinity; and the effiuence of divinity
reaching and involving it, will reach and in
| volVe me- In this way may become perma-
nently united with the god"
There is no limit to the capabilities OF seals
says writer in the ST. Louis Globe Demo
| crat. They not only learn to initiate, but
| they also reason. Unlike other animals, the
| seal is trained without punishment In fact
| to use whip would be to brighten the animal
which is the most tlmid and nervous Of all
| brute creation. 1t will learn by imitation
and none has ever lived long enough to test
| its capacity for acquiring knowledge. There
| Is steady and constant improvement in
| it is to be rewarded il it performs what is ex-
pected Of it, and that 1t is not to be rewarded
| if it fails, which indicates reasoning
| faculty. II a performing seal has done its
work, and by any oversight fails to get its
| fish, 1t will flap its tail on the floor and crv
| to attract the attention of it's trainer: hut
| if it has not done the work no fish is ex-
pected and when it fails to get any no Oh
| lection is made In the training of seals
another exception to usual training methods
| is made. 1t is never well to begin too early
| The baby seals are weak and cannot stand
the strain. The human expression in the ewes
| VI the seals has often been commented upon,
and 1t is not strange that there should be a
good deal OF the human in the disposition of
these animals. Some of them are inclined to
| to take a very serious view of life, while
others appreciate joke. Some have a
greater degree of intelligence than others
| and they all display an affection which an
proaches the human. They have been trained
| to do some very remarkable things the usual
| repertory, however, being to play banjos tam.
| bourines. drums, guitars, cymbals etc of
| course without any particular tune but thew
will operate the instrument, commencing and
| stopping at words.of command. Thew sail
| yachts by pushing them along; smoke
cigars, blowing the smoke away from
them, giving the appearance OF its
coming through their nostrils; sing songs nv
emitting their peculiar sounds at word ~
command one OF them playing an accountant
ment on musical instrument carry a line. in
the water to person adrift, turn grindstones
push a needle and make a very interesting
imitation of sewing waltz elm b chairs stand
on their tails, jump, with other diverting
fat hot hntu an ,,lo ,R.;1S