The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-10
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fdAANdEC VI bGlIlE very expensive. IneY
should. on the other hand, be practically
! indestructible, as the skin, when tanned,
Is nearly two inches in thickness.
According to Berlin papers, the talIest
man in the world at the present time is
now to be seen in the Passage Panopti-
cum in that city. He is the Arabian Has
san Ali, who has grown to the enormous
| hight of nine feet two inches, although
he is only is years old. 1t is believed that
he will continue to grow for several years.
Hassan Ali was born near the Sinah
Ammons Oasis, in Egypt He has the
ARABIAN cast Of features, but does not
possess the usual grace, it is needless to
say, of his people. Before him, the same
papers say, the tallest man was the Chi
nese giant, Shang-Y Sing, but even when
"a years old he was a half foot or more
shorter
with railroads running to Jerusalem,
and even the possibility of a trolley. the
status of the holy city is likely to be
changed. By the failure of a local bank
some of the securities of the concern,
notably parcels of land in the proximity
OF Jerusalem, have ben thrown on the
market Among the pieces of land be-
longing to the bank is one known as
the Tombs of the Judges. Should this
property fall into the hands of a specula-
tor 1T might be cut into lots and sold
to the highest bidder. the spirit of trade
being the same whether in Jerusalem or
chicago. The executive committee pf
the Palestine exposition fund, through its
chairman, asks for monetary aid, so
that the Tombs of the Judges may be
saved from destruction.
A peculiar case of juvenile fendishness
is reported from Pittsburg. Willie Brown
was playing with some other boys few
days since, and one of them picked UP a
shoe that had fallen from the hoof of
some mule, One of the others proposed
that they should play blacksmith, and
Willie was pitched upon to represent the
horse. The crowd held the unfortunate
boy fast, while one of the boys drove
three nails through the sole of his foot
one OF the nails passed entirely through
his foot, while both the others penetrated
the flesh for some distance. The victim
tainted from the pain, and his tormentors
ran away and left him. He was found
and carried home by some workmen, and
is in an extremely critical condition. The
physicians think that lockjaw is sure to
follow, and death.
The diminished use of boots is a matter
of concern to the manufacturers of them.
and to the producers of heavy leather and
heavy calf skins, says the Shoe and
Leather Reporter Twenty years ago the
calf boot industry was a leading one
in New England. Whole towns were stud
ded with factories which produced calf
boots exclusively. For a decade the sale
has been gradually falling off, and to-
day it is hardly of any Importance. A
Few manufacturers of shoes include boots
as a speciality, but the demand is too light
TO amount to much. When calf boots were
more in vogue manufacturers consulted
the partialities of the COW boys, to whom
price was secondary consideration The
legs tTPOnRntlV NTH sill
stitching. The star and crescent and
other fanCiful ornamentations were in
laid on the legs of the boots; there were
high heels, and the boots were striking
specimens of mechanical art. The soles
were inlaid with copper zinc and brass
nails. The cowboys no longer pay SIS or
$40 for pair of boots. They want sub
stance instead of show. But they were
not the only wearers of calf boots They
were extensively worn. Many men pre-
fer them to-day, though the number is
growing less. The old-fashioned stoga
boots were formerly sold in large GUAM
titles; they are well nigh obsolete. There
followed demand for lighter and more
stylish article. A kip boot of finer texture
was produced, about equal in appearance
to the best calf boot, but this, too has
fallen somewhat into disuse and the sales
this season are scarcely over one-half the
usual amount. Where there were twenty
factories producing boots exclusively
there is now but one. Even the farmers
are using heavy shoes instead of boots,
and If it becomes necessity to wear long
legged boots they buy rubber.
The seeming fpower of a well-bred.
we'll trained setter is thing wholly be-
yond human conception, and the mar
vellous exhibitions they give of this power
can scarcely be credited, says the Chicago
tribune. Indeed, 1t would not be wise to
seriously discuss the quality of a dogs
nose were it not possible to verify the
stories that might be told of this wonder
full power. Who would believe that n dog
going at good gallop, with a dead bird
in its mouth could scent a live bird on
the ground several yards to one side
of his course? And yet there are few
sportsmen who have not seen dog point
a live bird with a dead bird in his mouth
1t would seem as if the scent of the bird
so near his nose would prevent the dog
from seeming another bird of the same
variety lying close in the grass several
yards from him. A man with a bunch of
roses in his face would not pretend he
could smell a bunch of similar flowers
a foot away If he did no one would be-
lieve him Yet there is no doubt about
the setter being able to smell and point
live birds on the ground while he holds
a dead bird in his mouth. He goes further
than this. He points a dead bird on the
ground with dead bird in his mouth and
he knows the instant he feels the scent
that it is a dead bird This fact he ex-
presses in his manner of pointing, and If
1t is a wounded bird he knows that too.
and indicates the fact. Most dogs are
taught to point stanchy a live bird and
not to point dead bird. The dog will go
at fun speed right up to his dead bird and
never pause a moment. If there is a live
bird near he will point that stanchlv
and the promptness and certainty of his
decisions show that the instant he
catches scent he knows whether the
bird is alive or dead. He makes a dis
tinction. too, between Il dead bird. a
live bird and wounded bird. He points
the wounded bird differently from what
he does the live bird, and usually springs
in and catches it. What there is about
wounded birds scent that he can rec
ognize instantly is a puzzle to every one
who has thought much of the question.
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