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


Hanniker Heaton has been gathering some
very interesting marriage statistics concern
| ing the customs in vogue in different coun-
| trles from which one reads with amusement.
| ana perhaps certain degree of amazement,
| tnat tnrougnout japan man may get di-
| Norce II ms wife talks too much, says the
| New York Sun. Ordinary people may sup
| pose tnat this harsh law win have the effect
OF curolng loquaclty but it has not. Japa-
| hese Iadies are the most laxative of :heir
| sex. and divorces are common among them.
IN Ihloet woman is entitled to three hus-
bands; IN Melbourne man may secure a d.
Vorce II his wife gets drunk three times, or II
sne habltually neglects her household duties.
THE most cruel tribe among the North
American Indians is the Apaches," said J. I.
| Griswold, to the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
| was IN TIE Tar west during one Of their out
| breaks, and while did not witness their
| dIrocltles L talked with those who had. Their
captives are tortured with knives by tire
| brands. and in every other way that the IN
genulty OF the savages can invent I met one
| man who had lived in the west for many
| years, who carried a derringer pistol es-
| peclaiy for the purpose Of killing himself,
should he exhaust his other firearms in a
| ITulIlesS attempt to escape capture. II taken
| awe he said he would use his derringer upon
nlmsef, and consider that he was fortunate
| IN being able to escape by such death the
| tortureS that would ensue if he became
| captive"
The ancient use of cross instead of a sig.
!
| could and by those who could not write saws
| the Brooklyn Eagle. 1t was a symbol of an
| oath from It's earliest associations. On this
account, Charles knight. in his notes on THE
| preston, God save the mark" Henry w
| as form OF ejaculation approaching to the
form form OF an oath. Kelly, in his Comments on
| scotch Proverbs" observes that the Scots
| When they Used to compare person to person
| used the expression, save the mark" An
| other explanation of the expression is that in
| archery. when an archer shot we'll II was
| we custom 10 cry out, God save the mark ."
that is, prevent any one coming after to hit
me same mark and thereby displace the ar
| row. Ironically, it was said to a novice whose
| arrow STRUCK nowhere.
According to an Austrian scientist the
humming and singing OF telegraph and tele-
| phone wires, which most people explain by
the action Of tho wind are due to vibrations
| caused by the changes OF atmospheric tenn
| perature, and especially through the action
OF SoIa. A lower. ng of temperature induces
| shortening OF the wires extending over the
| whole OF the conductor. Thus a consider
| able amount of friction is produced on the
| supporting bells. which evokes sound both
| on the wires and poles. While this humming
mas been going on birds have mistaken the
| sounds for insects inside the poles and nave
been seen to peck with their bills on the out
| sac, as they do upon the apple and other
| trees The story Is told OF bear that mis-
| TOOK the humming noise as coming from a
nest OF bees and clawed at the pole and tore
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| nndlng the much convicted honey.
The official report of the French ministry
| OF justice for 1893 has only just been issued.
and 1t contains particulars as to the opera-
| ZION OF the divorce act which came into foree
IN 1854 says the London Times. From that
1ste M Dec 81 1880 1887 petitions have
| cessful while 1871 had been rejected and $50
| had resulted in a compromise Concurrently
! WIN the increase in the number OF petitions
| 0lV0rCa fara fEov, A.
having fallen from 2,47O In 1884 to 2 O4l in 1890
| The mum Ger OF divorces and separations to
every lCoO marriages was respectively
| twenty Tour and i've In 1890, while sixty-three
| cases out Of 100 the petition was lodged by
| Inc wire and in elRhty-Seven cas- - out of 100
| Tor a separation. More than half of the petit
| lions Tor divorce were lodged By the working
classes. while tradeSpeople were 20 per cen,
| the liberal professions ~ per cent, farmers
ana peasants per cent. and domestic ser
| wants per cent In thirty-eiRht of every 100
| cases the petitionng party had been married
| from i've to ten years, In twenty-eight from
zen 10 twenty years, IN twenty-five from one
| TO hVe years, in seven from twenty to thirty
| years. In seventy six of every 100 cases the
| petition was based an the ground of cruelty
| or desert1on. in twenty-one upon the ground
| OF adultery and in three upon the plea that
Ihe respondent had been condemned to penal
| serVitude r..E - Fs--'
Three reputable physicians Of Mobile re-
Gently made some experiments on the person
OF man named Lartado, a native OF Trini-
dad. I his man seemingly is wonder. He
| appears to be utterly oblivlous to the sensa-
| ttons OF heat and cold and in fact, experiences
| no feeling OF pain, even when undergoing
treatment that would cause an ordinary man
untold agony. He Is "A years old [. feet
| inches in hight, wei his 100 pounds and is
perfectly sound mentally and physically His
father was Spaniard and his mother an Eng
| lish woman. A CORES Dondent OF the New
Orleans Times Democrat witnessed the man
| run through his neck down to and grazing the
| trachea piece OF steel wire one-eighth OF an
inch IN diameter to which most powerful
| galvantc battery was attached and shifted
| from one current to another with
| out any perceptible pain. but with
considerable acoeleration Of pulse He passed
| another large steel wire into his mouth and
| through his cheek, in all directions and no
| blood flowed. Another large wire was passed
| through ana through the large muscles OF the
| cali OF the leg and between the biceps muscle
| in line with the brachial artery and through
| the arm above the wrist between the two
! bones OF the arm, and other like experiments
! IN dlnerent parts OF tle body, all OF which
| with seemingly no pain and no bleeding from
| any place but drop from the neck. In fact,
| each OF the openlnggs made by the instrument
| closed up as bloodleSs and as easily as if the
| man was constructed OF India rubber. The
| physicians present declared that it was the
! most wonderful exhibition of freedom from
| all pain they ever witnessed. The man never
| fiinched during any of the experiments while
the instruments were iabbed into him with no
more consideration than if he had been a
| watermelon.
c@4AAcAo az liOb l4hO uOISebs says Lle Ashton
| Reporter. Il horse does not want to do
| anything we make him. II camel does not
! want to do anything he leaves il undoue No
! amount Of coaxing no amount of cruelty will
| make him bulge. lie has the determination
| OF mule combined with the strength of an
| elephant. A camel is one of those aggrava-
! ting rutes which will drive a hot-tempered
| man to distraction. Nothing will persuade
! him TO listen to reason. He will oppose YOUR
! Will with passive resistance that is abso-
| lutely unconquerable. The only way TO treat
| camel is TO humor If you cannot humbug
! him. They will often lie down If Won load
/ them with the proverbial last straw, and Won
! might beat them to death or offer up all the
| pleasures OF paradise before they would get
| up. They are pig headed beasts Sometimes
| when they have quite light load thew turn
| nasty and throw themselves to the ground
| But although they are obstinate, they are not
| cute. and an Arab by pretending to submit.
| can generally get the better of the
| stubborn feasts. The drivers will ostenta
| tiously remove three or four packages from
the load and an animal with an inward
| chuckle OF satisfaction, rises at once without
perceiving that the parcels have meanwhlle
been returned to their former place AS he
fiatters himself he has shlrked some OF his
duty he swings away with light heart graft
ned beyond measure. like a spoiled child at
having its own way. The camel is an unso-
ctable beast. He is also habitually dull. eT
cept when he is snifine the salt air OF the des-
ert. When he is treading the sands with the
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