The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

pOsite the statues of Garfield and Allen
of Ohio In this position they will be
very prominent. being in the direct path
way OF all who pass in and out of the han
from the rotunda Of the House of Rep
resentatlVes.
4 man connected with a travelling me
nagerie was sleeping on some blankets
on the door Of a tent. when something
craving over his breast aroused him.
says the New York Ledger. Springing
up he threw on the creature which
proved TO be a huge rattlesnake. As he
struck IL he felt the prick of its fanEs
IN MS arm, and. with howl OF pain and
terror, bounded from the tent and shouted
Tor help. whisky. a doctor or some medi-
cine. There CHANGED to be nothing avail
able within reach, and his fellows stood
around with scared faces waiting for him
20 Ole. which he appeared likely 10 do
IN a very short time. The arm began to
sWeil ana the poor victim was soon gasp
ing for breath and grooming with almost
lntolerable pain. At last, just as the
breath seemed to leave his body, some
one among the wagons shouted that one
of the pet snakes had escaped. It was an
enormous RATHER, but harmless. as the
fangs had been removed. The reptile was
found dead under one side of the tent
where the man had flung it, The bite
proved TO be the prick of a sharp tack in
the canvas Of the tent. In an hour the
man was well as ever save for weak
ness caused by the nervous excitement.
It was the opinion of all who witnessed
the incident that but for the timely disa-
buse OF the mans mind he would have
been dead within a few minutes, the
victim of nervous dread and terror
The Fifty-fourth congress will contain
considerable number of members of
duplicate names, says the Washington
Post" There are two members by the
name of Arnold, one from Pennsylvania
and one from Rhode Island; three Bak-
ers, from Kansas, Maryland and New
Hampshire; two Bartletts from Georgia
and New York; two Bells from Colorado
and Texas; two Blacks, from Georgia
and New York; two Buttons from Mary
land and Ohio; three Clarks, from Alaba-
ma, Iowa and Missouri; two CannOns,
from Illinois and Utah; two Cooks, from
Illinois and Wisconsin; three Coopers.
from Florida, Texas and Wisconsin;
three Curtises. from Iowa Kansas and
New York; two Cobbs. from Alabama
and Missouri; Gillett from Massachusetts
and Gillet from New York; two Henrys,
from Connecticut and Indiana; two John
sons, from Indiana and North Dakota;
two Millers, from Kansas and West Nir-
ginia; two Murphys, from Illinois and
Arizona; two McCalls, from Massachu-
sets and Tennessee. Miner from New
York and Minor from Wisconsin bear the
same name with the distinction of one
letter; two members bear the name of
Russell one from Connecticut and the
other from Georgia. There are two
Smiths, one from Illinois and one from
Michigan; two stones, both from Pennsyl-
ydnia; two Turner'S, from Georgia and
Virginia; two Walkers, from Massachu-
sets and Virginia. Then we have more
men bearing the name of Wilson than any
other-four in all-from Idaho, New York,
Ohio and South Carolina.
George Harger living south of Kiowa,
in the Cherokee Strip, is the father of an
S-year-old boy who is an electrical won
Ger, says Guthrie (Okla) dispatch. Those
who nursed him when an infant were wont
to say that he made them nervous"
though his actions and habits were those
Of all infants, and he has never shown
any mental traits of development beyond
what is found in the average boy. His
parents and other members of the family,
however, say that there has always been
something uncanny about him, and that
whenever, as little child. he was lifted
suddenly from the floor or bed a cracking
noise was heard and a slight shock Of
prickling sensation was felt by the person
Ilttlng him, somewhat similar to the shock
received from a small storage battery
The boy is now old enough to take cog
nizance of his peculiar power and he
takes great delight in shocking those who
come near him He can greatly increase
the force of the shock by rubbing his feet
on the carpet, and after dark the cleo
trlcal discharge is so strong that sparks
are emitted when he slides across the
noor and touches piece of metal. The
force of the current seems to be greatly
augmented for several days before a
storm OF any kind, and the father claims
he can foretell any change in the weather
by watching the boy The little fellow
often amuses himself by touching cats
and dogs on the back. and iramediately
every hair on the animal viii begin to
raise, and they will turn and run. There
Is no animal magnetism about it, for ne
repelS rather than attracts anything: il
seems TO be remarkable surcharge of
electricity in his body at times
The beard and mustache came into
Iasnion among Englishmen so recently
that middle-aged folks can easily rec
ollect when il required some courage
10 lay the razor aside and still more
TO race the world during the initial sta
ges Of the result, says the London Stan
dafd. towards the close of last cen
fury, the second Lord Rokeby endeavored
10 restore the pointed beard, which went
out with the Stuarts. But his country
would hoo ,,fe- Oh,
tion, and recalled the hero of the Cor
don riots, who, when he turned Jew, al
lowed his beard to grow, after the almost
sacred custom of the co-relgionists Lord
Rokeby, therefore, endured to no purpose
the SCOTS of his CONTEMPORARIES al what
one of them described as THE most CON
spicuous trait of his person. All Eng
land either shaved or compromised nv
permitting Scanty hint of Whisker to
grow. Even mutton chops" regarded in
america until lately as the peculiar mark
of an Englishman. were not genrroIlyJ
adopted by the staider Britons As for
muStaches' only military men wore them
and, indeed cavalry officers had almost
a monopoly of this warlize appendage.
The infantry seldom adopted it, and MANY
othcers of high rank. like Wellington.
never wore II at any period of their career
Even Napoleon remained throughout
life, smooth-faced, and generally piled the
razor himself 'One born to be a king"
Ialleyrand explained to Rogers has
someone to shave him: but they who
acquire Kingdoms shave themselves =" Ma
val OHceTS, many or whom are, in COM
mon with their men, bearded like the
pard-though even they are subject to
certain rules in this resDect-used TO he
still more strictly tied down. A mustacbe
Tar less beard was never seen ahoat
The mustaches of foreign sailors never
failed to excite the amusement and con-
tempt OF our blue Jackets, just as the
bearded lips of the visitor at once
stamped him as not to the Island born-he
was probably a 'Frenchy," a German
waiter a singer, or a circus rider Dick
ems gives expression to this popular pref
udice in Martin Chuzzleurt'' when he
endows Montagu Tigg with a mustache
and the semi-military frogged coat then
in favor with shady gentlemen who liked
10 be addressed Captain" Hmm
was Mark Tapiey's contemptuous obser-
walton: Il could see him a little better
if he'd shave himself and get his hair
cut. ! wouldn't have any such Peter
the Wild Boy in my house, not if I was
paid race-week prices for it, He's enough
to turn the very beer sour" Yet Dickens
himself wore a beard in his latter DAYS
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