The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

considerable comment has been arOus-
cd BY the emphatic stand against the in
PRODUCTION Of military drills in schools tax
en- by so eminent an authority as Dr. Sar-
gent, physical director o. Harvard. He as
serts that such drill not only does not de-
Nesop the body, II used without previous
PHYSICAL training. but. on the contrary, IN
clines those taking part 10 contracted
chests and round shoulders.
-Waban in Newton. says the Boston
Transcript, was named from an Indian
chief Of that name. He was magistrate
and the following is handed down as "A
warrant issued by him. You. you big
constable, quick you catch UNI jeremiah
Omscow, strong you hold um, safe you
bring um afOre me. Thomas Waban, JUS
tice Peace" When Waban became super
animated a younger magistrate was ap-
pointed to succeed him. Cherishing for
age and long experience that respect for
which Indians are remarkable, the new Of
fcer waited on the old man for advice.
Having stated a variety of cases and re-
ceived satisfactory answers. he at length
get drunk, and quarrel, and fight, and eat
AXE diVvil. what YOU do DEM "Hahi tie
nm all up and whip UNI plaintiff, UNI
PENDANT and whip UNI witness"
-Four very rare and costly books have
been sold under the hammer this season
and the prices they fetched shows that
book-cOllecting is not at all on the wane.
The rarest and the highest priced of all
NftH AltF III ~ t-tAANAOl VI roe = Idbltlldllts
which was sold at the Maxwell sale in Bos-
ton,April =. for 81. $50. Next in price comes
the first edition of WaltOn's "COmpleat
Angler" 1858, sold at the Alexander sale
in New York for I.325. George Herberts
Temple. 1858. very rare and beautiful
edition, was sold at the FOote sale in New
York for Sl,050 and the star volume in the
LiNermore collection in Boston brought
$1,000. The four together realized nearly
5000. Mr.. Alexander cleared nearly 81 go
on the Angler and Nj. Foote $500 on the
% nHnN 10 H.
there is money in old books-for those who
know.
The British Medical Journal attacks
the time honored adage, Early TO bed and
early to rise. etc, tooth and nail. II says
the desire 10 rise early is usually a sign,
not of vigOr but of advancing age The
long deep sleep of youth is made possible
by thoroughly elastic vascular system.
and the stinening vessels of age are not so
easily controlled by the vasomotor nerves;
hence shorter sleeps. "Paterfamilias," it
continues, who goes to bed at II p. m,
wants to get up at > or a. m. and looks
upon his healthy son. who prefers to lie
till 5, as a sluggard. When this foolish in
depreciation of a proverb about health and
wealth to be got from early rising is COM
bined with the still more foolish adage
which says of sleep six hours for a man.
seven for a woman and eight for fool,
then we have vicious system capable Of
working great mischief tc young people of
both sexes"
There is much ingenuity displayed in
the naming of racehorses says an ex-
change. a colt or filly is simply identified
by It's sire and dam until It is sold and
the purchaser Is allowed the privilege of
choosing a name. This is done in a hun
dred different ways. Little Pepper" be-
ing small. black and fiery is a case of
suitability; Gateway" who ran at Haw-
thorne yesterday, is by Getaway" said
W. G. Nivell, land the name was made
the sire's name. Acilojam, by Majolica
Is similar instance, Acilojam being Ma.
Jolica spelled backward. ia ia and such
are simply freaks of imagination. Glen
elg, the name of a well-known stud sire
is a made-up word which spells the name
backward as forward. Such a word is
called a palindrome. Palindrome is de-
rived from the Greek palm" meaning
again, and drome, running, so that 1t
means literally running again" 1t is GER
tainly a good method of choosing a title
for racehorse, but Glenelg is the only
known instance. "Palindrome" applies to
any sentence or word that reads theesame
both ways. The commonly known exam
pies are Hannah" and the Napoleonic ex-
more modern one is NO. ii is opposition. 3"
ana an unusually long one was discovered
by druggist. who is said to have paint
ed sign upon his window" Red root
put up 10 order"-and discovered that il
spelled the same from both sides. and
was therefore a palindrome.
Since the dawn of history a great
many meteoric stones have been precipi-
beyond the air, which our astronomers
vaguey refer to as the regions of space"
says the ST. Louis Republic Numerous
as these falls have been there are but
few authentic cases of people or animals
being killed by them. It is said that there
was a fall of aerolites in Africa which
K Id5d many men and cattle in the year
lOzO. Also that priest was killed In 1911
anu that monk met a similar fate in
1850. As the writer omits to give locality
even as 10 country in these last two men
IlOne0. little NQlt1n oh L.,
ed to this mere allusion to such occur
rences. The editor of this Department NJ
me Republic has carefully searched for
information on this subject of death-deaI
ing aerolites, and will say that in ali prob
abilities there is but one authenticated in
stance of the kind on record Early one
morning, IN August, 1873. David Misen-
thaler, OF Milestone Township, Crawford
county, Ohio, was struck and Instantly
Killed by a stone which fell from the sky.
In this instance the aerolite was Of aboHt
the size of a peck measure and weighed
about CD pounds From the position of the
remains of Misenthaler when found IL is
direction little west of south Tlfeiman's
Dody was cut entirely in two.
In previous installments, saws the ST
Louis Republic, we have given curious par
ticulars concerning the odd forms which
stones, trees; flowers. etc, have occasion
ally assumed. In the first class-ir1ifatiIla
forms in rocks-the result is generalI,,
brought about by action of the elements
Onuer that head we have described the ia
nous stone elephant" "Washingtonis
profile" "Anthony's nose" - and dozens Of
other natural wonders in the realm Of ee-
ology; under the second head we have pIv-
en- pen pictures of the wonderful "statne
trees of Japan, the snake tree of or
dota, and the famous tree of a tboneend
images in India. Initiative forms in bof
any are not at all rare but some of them
are most unique in form and markings
Striking initiative forms and uncommon 70.
semolances are by no means rare among
Nesetsbles, and the seeds therefrom viii
reproduce Ike wonders In the maioritv
OF cases, however, they are accidentsl
freaks; AVlcenna relates the story Of %
Jew VINO had mandrake root, which b,d
a human head and the body and legs If =
earnyard fowl In 1928 turnip was p,iIied
from garden in the village of Wei Sia11
Germany, which had a human face on a.
pulp near the top of the ground. It also
had shoulders, body and arms, but tbe ' reo
mainder forked into numerous roots bay
ing no resemblance to human or am; o1bo,
KIND OF legs. In 1898 Mr.. John A. H0gI,s 81
Holcomb, this state sent the RennhIic
radish which was in the exact shan - a
hfr n N Il nd er,I,