The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The largest egg is that of the ostrich.
II weighs three pounds, and - consid-
cred equal in amount 70 twenty-four hens
eggs.
The largest bird in the world is the con-
/ dor CondOrs with a spread Of wing OF
! els hteen to twenty feet have been shot
/ in the Andes.
The German govern rnent has issued an
edtct to the effect that the names OF new
babies must be taken only from the bible
and the roll of princes and national ne
rOes.
The peculiar deposit often noticed on the
+ upper surfaces Of leaves, especially upon
those of the Eastwood ana the hickory,
has been accounted tor in two ways: BY
/ the eXcTetlOn of species OF minute m
sect called aphides, and also as an eEuda-
/ ton of the leaves themselves. It may be
/ truthtully said that the cause Of this ex--
udation (which IS saccharlne- Hqulq- OF
wonderful sWeetneSsl is still an unsOlVeC
botanical mystery. Gray says: 1T seems
] TO be caused by something peculiar in the
| atmosphere, and occurs most frequently
! on trees growing upon Islands in temper
| ate ATTITUDES
( on the site Of the great palace Of the
1 kings Of Babylon, where BelshazZar held
! his feast, a black baSalt statue, covered
/ WIN me inscriptions, has been found by
| AlaD dlSSers and sent e-COnstantlnople.
/ the hndS of the French and American eX-
pIoIerS IN southern Babylonia all pelonS
| 10 the Turkish government, and are taken
| 20 the Imperial Ottoman museum at Con-
StdnJlnopIe, where there are now no less.
! IMAM oU,UUJ newly discovered inscribed Cd
| iects from Sippara, where the Turks
! themselves are eXcavat.ng; from Telioh
! Where the French are, and from NlHr the
! American field. At Tel-lOh. lately, after
| NJ. SarzaC, the French agent left, the
Arabs employed by him came upon large
chamber hlled with inscribed clay tablets,
most of which they sold TO Armenian.
syrian, and Jewish brokers. who succeeded
in setting part of the collection to London
and Paris. The remainder was seized by
| the authorities at Bagdad.
London is always having a cat show,
/ says the Boston Herald. Year by year
] the popularity of the feline race increases
and its Intelligence in proportion. for the
! more notice man takes of an animal the
| more II improves in those qualities for
/ Wnlch II Is esteemed and loved. Every
! BODY who has studied cats, according to
| the president of the National Cat Club
| KNOWS what an Intense" animal il is, how
! Iuiiy charged with electricity but few
! people are aware that it is seriously con-
tended that rubbing the fur on a cats
back he's a beneficial effect on persons in
| pad health, and the stronger the cat the
| better influence for good which can be
! derived from this gentle friction. it is
helleved, says this reliable source, that
| the presence Of white in the colornC of
! cat, except in the case of a pure white
! Is a sign of wea '5ness. At the show now
/ on in London, this is evidently thought
! to he true, for the club encourages the
/ production Of whole or "se1f-colored" cats.
/ ana the present entries are, many Of
/ them, exceptionally lovely specinens The
! cat snow mum bered $50 ''iGOls Of the
. family and the rank and fashion OF the
! town went to this exhibition.
The suppostitious edibles and turntables
/ consumed on the stage usually puzzle the
/ people in the audience more or less. SAYS
/ the ShlngtOn Star. Theater manage
mentS dltter very much in their liberality
! on mat point, Star writer was told At
| a Washington theater the actors are fur
nlshed with real pies and other actual deli
cacies sometimes. On the other hand,
| there is a theater in Boston which keeps
ali its provisions in the shape of wooden
dummies, which the player must pretend
TO consume with relish Whisky and
/ brandy on the stage are always cold tea.
| The cold tea which actors get on the road
| is apt to be fearful, having been boiled all
day on the fire. Stage champagne is gin
ger ale, with some soda water with ii TO
make it lighter in color In summer at
the theaters hot coffee is apt to be iced
tea. once in while joker will substi-
/ tute real whisky for the cold tea that or
I d,narilY takes the place of that article
me victim guips it down Unexpectedly.
[ and, though perhaps much pleased makes
big howl about il afterward. SAYING the {
ms acFlng was ruined That is a stock
theatrical joke The business of eating
on the stage is very difficult because II
has TO be done so rapidly If the PLAYERS
sat long at the table the audience w0uIJ
%et tired. SO II az has TO be done with
the utmost disp9tch while at the same
time, the anoearanoe Of taking a rieaI IN
proper fa shion is kept up
The constant danger that threatens the
inhabitants of our cities from the heavy
currents of electricity employed in cleo
! trio lighting and trolley cars saws the
New Orleans Picayune, is well illustra ed
by an incident that occurred in Chicago
a few days since. A carrier went to open
the mail box to take out the contents
when, as he inserted his key in the lock,
ne received such shock as made him veil
with pain a policeman came running IN
and asked what was the matter 'fI'Ve
sPralned my wrist, was the sly answer
of the mail carrier. Nv ont you unlock
the box for me?' Then the policeman
accOmodatngly pushed the key into the
hole and fell back as though kicked by a
Iar.
stood aside to wait for results A red
faced man stepped UP with a handful of
letters and grabbed the knob which opens
the box on top. He didp't put the letters
in the box, but dropped them on the side
walk and began to swear at the govern
ment for imposing upon its patrons A
woman with bundle under her arm and
a postal card in her hand was the next tC
tritie with the feelings of the mail box
and she dropped both bundle and postal
card to scream. A crowd soon gathered
around the mail box and waited for a
chance to laugh. One by one the vic
post, only to jump back and then &c
away in search of box that was better
behaved. For an hour this continued
when the current of electricity forsooR
the box, but nobody has been able to tel
where II came from or whittier it went
The whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis
are situated in the Strait of Messina be
tween Sicily and Italian Apuha and al
though dangerous to the mariner of tn.
ancient world, are not very formidable ir
! the present Jay. Inc Whirlpool oil ECNll2
lies at the base of the cliffs on which
stands the village of Scylla. The circline
waters have worn the cliff into caves
which in heavy seas emit sounds like tbs
barking of a dog. Charybdis is near tht
port OF Messna. nine sea miles frolr
Scylla, and, according to SigRor Spallan
Zani. is 500 feet deep. The old danger in
sailing between them has recently beer
explained by NJ. Keller, an engineer. who
shows that the currents in the strait de
pend both on tide and wind The current &
are strong because the tide is low in the
Ionian sea, when it is high in the TYR
rhenian sea, and vice versa, and whirI
pools more or less energetic, are formed
at various points of the strait. When tn,
wind is from the southeast the watel
pours from the lonian sea into the strait
and form whrlpools north of the port o.
Messina, and also near Faro. where shin.
at anchor are sometimes carried out Il
sea and borne by the current on the rock,
of Calabria, toward the point Of Pezzo :
little farther off than Soylla. 1t is pTob
able, therefore says a writer in the Globe
that the ancients meant by Carybdis IN,
| casual whirlpOols near the port of Mes
sina, and by Scyla those of Point Pezzo
The danger Is really serious for saiIins
vessels, which were all the ancients had