The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| on Omaha and Grant Shelter at Denver
ana the tower OF the American Surety
| Sompany's building, New York city. The
nrst Is $50 feet and 5 inches; the second
| 80 feet and inches; the third $50 feet and
| 4hches, ana the fourth 800 feet and inch.
| An unmarried man or woman of mar
| rlageaDle age is something that is rarely
| seen in the Fiji Islands The reason. OF
| TINS Is not FAR 10 seek. The natives be
unmarried state HIS or her soul is doomed
| 70 wander about through the endless ages
| OF eternity in an intermediate region be-
tween heaven and hadeS At the end of
| each moon they are allowed to look into
heaven, but are never permitted to enter.
"A Geneva (Switzerland) matchmaker
Is now engaged in spending all his spare
time in perfecting a wonderful speak
| ing watch" His idea is to make a chro-
nometer which will call out the hours
| ana halt hours instead of ringing a bell
| high-priced watches 1t is said that he
| mas devoted much patient labor and study
20 ms invention, and that the speaking
hour-caller in this unique timepiece is
| miniature photograph, and on account
Oh It's having to use so many different
| WORDS Is very complicated as we'll as
wonderfully minute apparatus
| The biggest fish story of the season
comes from Havana, where Spanish war
snip mas run across the largest fish on
record: Sanchez BarcaiZtequi and Maria
| Cnrlstlana report that near the Colorado
| reets they met a monstrous fish of great
length. The Maria Christiana collided with
| some unknown substance iniuring her
| bottom plates. After a thorough search
| they found the monster, which was fol-
lowed by others of the same species, but
sras Inc oilcers declare that the fish
was was almost the size Of the cruiser. Posi-
Dly the cuban insurgents turned out this
| schooi OF fish for the purpose of wrecking
| When "Old Pharr," the British Me-
| tnuselah, died in London in November
1000; az the age of 1853 years and was
s Duried in Westminster Abbey slab was
SCI up over his grave. One. of the very
last services the late Dean Stanley did
Nans 70 have the Inscription, which had
oe pee ne almost obliterated with age. re-
cur: The following is a copy of the in
scrlption thereon; Tho: Parr of We
county of Salop. Borne in A. d. 1883
ne ne Iyed IN ye reigns of Ten Princes.
VIZ: X. Edw. !. K. Edw. 5, K. Rich g.
n. Hen q K. Hen. s, X. Edw. 6, Q. Ma.
| y. Eliz., K ia, & X. Charles Aged l55
yeares, and was Buried Here Novemb.
There are but few articles of tewelry
| IN this country that can boast of such a
curious curl and authentic history as can a
ring worn by Mr.. Neill. who holds a
responsible position in one of the large
clothing firms in this city, says the Phil
| adelphia Record When the mummy of
| Rameses the Great was discovered in
Egypt. a few years ago. one of Mr.. Neill' s
friends happened to be travelling there
ana was present at the opening of the
sarcophague. Inside were several of the
sacred scarbei so priced by the Egyptians,
ana these bore the great Pharaoh's own
seal. a scarabeus was captured and pre-
scented to Mr.. Neil by his friend 1t has
since been elegantly mounted and has
Deen widely admired for its evident redo
/ fence with interest and antiquity
The French government proposes to
| encourage temperance by taxing heavily
/ all Intoxicating drinks and not taxing
az all what are called hygienic drinks
! Deputies say that hygienic drinks are wine
peer, cider, perry and hydromel. These,
unless the senate should throw out the
Dill Tor the reform of the liquor traffic
recently adopted by the lower chamber,
| are to be declared exempt from all duty
whereas the duty on alcohol. from what
| ever substance il may be obtained, is to
be raised at 275fr. the 100 litres-a figure
| perfectly startling to the French. There
is little likelihood that the measure will be
materially modified by the senate, for,
in spite of the fierce opposition of those
| whose interests are attacked by it, it is
| approved of by public opinion.
| "A new and seemingly distinct species
| of bear has been discovered near the vi
| entity of the Mount ST. Elias glaciers in
Alaska; This bear is known to range
| especially about Yakutat and a single
specimen has been Killed in the mountains
as Tar east as Jureau. About IS skins
nave, however, already been brought to
Sltka. The general color of the animal re-
sembles that of a silver fox. The fur
is not very long, but remarkably soft
ana with rich under-fur of a blush
| black shade. The sides of the muzzle and
| the lower anterior part of the cheeks are
of a bright tan color, a character not seen
IN any other American bear, and this
| character is said to be inVariable. There
| is no tint Ofb rown elsewhere in the
| pelag e. There is no tail visible on the
pelts. The claws are small, very much
| curved, sharp, black above and lighter
| below; the animal evidently can climb
trees, which the brown bear cannot do.
To the ordinary mortal. says the St
Louis Republic, drop of water is what
| the primrose was to Peter Bell. a drop of
| water and nothing more: but to the stu
| dent OF nature, armed with a high-power
microscope, it Immediately becomes a
world teeming with living creatures, the
| most minute representatives, of animal life
Ihese thoughts were suggested by reading
| Prof. Grace's description of a battle he
once witnessed while examining a collec-
! ton of rot.fers, which were amassed in a
/ single drop of fresh water. Among others
Mr. Grace noticed fine specimen of in
| IuSor1an, which was swimming back and
| forth among the rotifers. as If intent on
mischief. On the following day it was no.
uced tnat the rot!fer colony had lost sew
| eral OF Its members. and that the infu-
! sorian's form had rounded out until ne
resembled miniature st. Louis barten-
ger. Mr. Grace now resolved to watch the
| infusorian's movements and ascertain if
/ possible, whereby the capture of
sven sven expert swimmers as. the ro-
effected. A few minutes wait sufficed. Soon
| 1t was noticed that the infusorian was
/ slowly and continuously working his wav
around the foot Of rotifer, which was
i
| around he went as shyly as mouse in an
| oat bin, and when he had finished it was
| noticed that the rotifer's foot was firmly
cemented to the glass The infusoriari
seeming to know that victim was secure
| began to goad the tethered creature and
torment it in all the ways that devilish in
genuity could suggest. He would jump
| upon its back and bite it in several places
with Hghtning-hke rapidity and then
spring off and seize leg and pull it almost
| from its socket Mr. Grace saws that he
| watched this unequal combat for nearly a
| half hour, when 1t was noticed that the
rotifer was dying from exhaustion Not
ing the death of his victim the infusorian
| proceeded to devour his prey as he doubt
less had done the others that were miss
ing. Mr.. Grace next examined a small body
OF water, consisting of four drops, in which
there were several infusorians and roti-
fers, The former proved the enemies of
the latter just as in the single drop pre-
viously examined. 1t was also noticed that
the infusoria, having devoured a victim.
would almost Immediately divide into two
or four new animals, each of which would
quickly swim away in search Of prey, Just
as its parent had done before.