The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-31
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also called into play to bring the people to
their shops. Everybody smokes. regardless
1 as TO the employment or time. The car
| driver smokes pipe, and the conductor a
| cigarette, OF. ut least, a succession OF them,
| and all the male passengers are at liberty to
| indulge.
The titan Of BELLS the king OF bslls.'
the great bell OF Moscow" etc. was cast in
| 1872, part Of the metal used being from the
! fragments OF The Giant" one OF the former
monster bells which have made Moscow
| famous, says the ST. Louis Republic. The
| king was only in use five years before IL
met with an irreparable accident. having
/ huge piece broken from its side during the
| great fire in 1877. 1t is now on the ground
| and viii probably never be repaired and
hung as 1t would be impossible to do so
without recasting IL. During the present
century this monster bell itself is said TO have
| been used as a church. the three cornered
break in the side serving as a door. This
story IS not at all improbable when we con-
slider its gigantic proportions. which are as
follows Hight, 10 feet inches; circumfer-
ence around the margin, 90 feet and inches.
The weight Of this colossal folly has been
variously estimated by different travellers
and authors, but II has never been set down
at less than 240 tons.
The bats weakness as well as its strength
lies in its wings, says Chambers Journal. If
the delicate finger bones, which stretch the
nemorane-like umbrella ribs, or the mem
Drane ITSELF be damaged. the animal is dis
abled. Indeed. method of capturing bats
practiced oy the inhabitants OF some Of the
south Sea islands shows that the willy savage
mas appreciated this. Armed with thorny
| bush on the end of long bamboo, he steathily
approaches flying fox, which has settled to
| reed on fruit tree, when a dexterous blow
Will tear the bats skinny wing and bring 1t
TO the ground, an acceptable addition to the
| hunter s commisSarat. The flying foxes are
| rellshed as food by the inhabitants OF the
countries where they are found; and certainly
a creature which lives on fruit ought to be
good eating. Their heads are won
derfully like that of miniature
fox: and their large eyes suggest
that they find their way by sight, OF which
sense the small insectivorous bats would
seem to be almost independent as blinded
specimens, In the experiments of Spallan-
zani proved to be able to avoid obstacles to
their flight as easily as those which could see.
/ This power bats owe to their highly Cevel-
oped sense OF touch. the large sensitive sur
| race onered TO the atmosphere by the broad
| naked wings enabling them to perceive an
| object before they touch it, probably by the
dlrerence In the resistance of the air. And
the huge ears and complicated nose appen-
| oages round In so many lnsectfverous species
| also subserve the purpose of guidance,
| though they certainly do not add to the an
| bats being past description hideous, while
| they are just as offensive to the nose as TO
| the eye.
The Wandering Jew" Of medieval folk
lore had different names in different coun-
tries; for example: Cartaphilus Ahasuerus
and Isaac LaQuedem, says Cassell's Maya
| zine. According to one account the Wanderer
had been doorlFeeper In the house OF PLATE
and had struck our Saviour when he entered
| II, at the same time ordering him to hu rry.
According to another account he was a shoe
MAKER, VINO had been present at the cruel
hxion. In either version, however he had
been commanded to wander and live on until
the second advent That some real foundation
existed for the legend can scarcely be
doubted, and several old pictures Of the Wan
derer are extant There is copy OF a seven
teenth century portrait of him, the oldest
known. and now in the Munich library.
Another is a sketch now in the Biblio-
| theque Rationale, Paris, which was made
at Avignon, where the original was
has apparently teen discovered by Dr. Henry
Miege, OF Paris, in peculiar nervous affec-
ton which exists among certain Jews from
district on the frontiers OF Germany Poland
and Austria. Sever cases Of this disorder, or
'neuropath voy8geurs, " have been treated OF
recent years at the Saipetriere hospital
Parls, TO which the fame OF the late DR.. Char
cot had attracted them. They were all young
men, but looked nearly double their age and
were afflicted with a nervous craving for
| travel which was found to be incurable One
| is Moses B, Polish jew OF Warsaw 80
years old. He was educated In a Russian
school by the military authorities and on be-
| ing pressed to sb1ure his religion, fed the
| country. He was then only 10 years OF age
aud ever since he wandered from one country
| TO another. At Buda Pesth he married and
tried to settle down, but the impulse
children 10 Jerusalem, where he left them and
resumed his solitary wanderings over Europe
visiting Eng land among other countries, and
trying TO find remedy for his disease but
all in vain In 1892 he arrived at the Salpe
triere, and was unsuccessfully treated with
electricity. The other is Gottlieb N
jew, of wilma. AZ years old who has also
travelled over the continent seeking cure for
his malady These wanderers speak several
languages, are stability dressed, with long
unkempt locks. wrinkled faces and a sad eX,
preston. In fact. Th6V exhibit the traditional
traits Of the Wandering Jew" and DR.
Miege infers that the old legend has arisen
from similar cases In the past. which have
probably been contounded with one another.
Roughly speaking, says the Spectator, Of
London, burglars practice either as house
breakers or warehouse burglars In the case
OF the last the iron safe Is the object of attack
and as the Waterman is either absent. deceived
away, or an accomplish. the implements used
are of the largest kind, and their use not un-
accompanied by noise. 'Jimmies Z" or steel
crowbars, from three to five feet long, thick,
welghty' and with hooked points like
eagies PEAKS, ponderous braces" for
drilling holes into the locks OF
safes steel wedges and leaden ham.
mers faced with leather to deaden sound
even canisters OF gunpowder for blowing out
the locks, are part OF the equipment of che
safe" burglar Family burgling' is a sen
arate branch OF the art. The tools are far
more delicate, and means of escape must be
provided in addition to those of forcible entry
Neat ladders OF tarred rope, for fixing TO por-
tlcoeS as ready means OF sdescent are an
old precaution. But the wire and string en-
tanglementS which are now Invariably
stretched across the paths and gardens of vii
las and country residences in order to trip TN
pur5uers are recent improvement OF the
profession. The equipment of the warehouse
burglar is too bulky for hand carriage and is
always carried to the scene of action in a cab
or spring cart. The house burglar carries
| his tools in his long overcoat broken over
coat button, Of which one-half was found on a
smashed window sill. was used to identify a
burglar last week. Some OF the "jimmies'' az
Scotland Yard are of very careful workman.
ship, unscrewing in the center and able to be
concealed In hat. Masks are an anti
quated precaution. One is however, pre-
served, which was worn by a burglar who
was detected under a bed In public house
before closing time. Burglaries committed
after clock incur heavier penalty than
housebreaking achieved before that hour
For this and other reasons the time of dinner
is usually selected for the footing OF large
establishment This has only one draw
back. 1t leaves but little time for explora-
ton, and the burglar must be well acquainted
with the interior OF the house In this CON
nection women play an important andusually
an unconscious part II is not dif1eultofor
nice-spoken young man to get on friendly
terms with the maid servants In q large es-
adjustment, and servants take special
pride in showing their friends and admirers
round well-appointed house. A judictous
appreciation OF the taste displayed in the