The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-07
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| Inc nrst monarch the earth ever
knew was Nimrod, grandson of Noah
The strength of the average horse is
| estimated TO be equal 70 that Of ~ aver
/ age men.
| According 10 a late estimate by an
electric journal. the world now has D.
z5O'oO miles Of telegraph wire in use.
The average weight of adult New
| Engianders IS only l33 pounds-that of
/ people Of the Mississippi Valley. lSs
pounds.
The largest tombstone in the world, a
rough block Of granite, marks the last
resting place of Henry Scarlet of Epson
county, Georgia.
Expert photographers say that in its
deepest parts the oceans waters are so
| dense that a sunken ironclad would never
reach the bottom.
The Magma Charta or great charter
| OF English liberties is still preserved in
the British Museum. The impress Of the
distinct
mo majoritxS of recent calculations
on the speed OF the sun through space
place it at about 20 miles per second. or
nearly 1900 times faster than the average
express train moves.
AT the Santa Caterina Cathedral, Ge-
noa, may be seen a crescent made of an
emerald, which is eight inches between
the points. Tradition says that it was
present from Solomon TO Queen Sheba.
The largest specimen of the domesti-
Gated canine ever known was Plinlim-
hibited al the great British bench show
of 1855 Plinlimmon lacked less than an
inch of being feet high at the shoulder
and weighed exactly 2144 pounds. Soon
after the close Of the dog show, Plinlm-
mon was sold to a rich young American
for several thousand dollars. The writer
believes that the dog is still alive and in
this country, but has no exact infOrma-
ton 10 that effect.
1t appears that every living creature
has its deadly enemies, and in this re-
ha nnrr7ftr fixF fe No
ton. Within a very short time, prOba
bly, by the 10Th Of the present month, fly
parasites will commence their work.
Their favOrite location is around the
wings of the fly. They soon become so
full of blood as TO be visible TO the max
ed eye. They keep sucking away until
they exhaust the source of supply, leaV-
ing the wrctched fly little more than
shell. In this condition ii attaches itself
to some convenient spot and gives up the
ghost.
The animal having the most teeth
is the great aTmadillo of South Central and
Northern South America. 1t is a fact
well known to most people that the normal
or average number Of teeth IN mammals
is %, is above and the same number sbe-
low. The great armadillo, however, is
an exception, having from ~ to 100. He
per jaw, and from p TO "a in each side
of the lower jaw. Another popularity
lies in the fact that they are all molars
or grinders. They increase in size from
front TO back, instead of from the root,
and are wholly destitute of enamel.
The earliest form of the horseshoe was
a leather boot worn by heavy war horses.
The ordinary war horses of the Greeks,
Romans and Perisians went unshod,
though methods of hardening the hoof
were occasionally resorted to. The very
earliest records of metal hUrseshOes is
found in a manuscript of Pope Leo VI,
who died in the year 81 A. D., but it is
known that they were used at much
earlier date as real metal shoes of that
character n he
known to date back to the sixth century
The Oldest oriental forms of horseshoes
were circular in shape and fastened with
hoOfs.
Tho most wonderful echo in the known
world is that heard from the Eagles
Nest in the lake regions of ireland. The
rock konwn as Eagles Nest is the
the most prominent peak to be found
among the nights that surround the Kill
larney lakes Its apex is $50 feet a hove
tne surface Of the water, and the extraor-
binary echo is heard to the best advantage
from spot 100 feet to the west from an
opening called tLS Devils Mouth. At
that point the effect of the re-echoed
sounds Is absolutely startling, the slight
est whisper being repeated as often as
lV0 times The rebound is always clear
ana distinct and appears to come from the
crags, cliffs and peaks which surround the
eNperlmenter on all sides.
the earliest surnames. says the St
Louis Republic, Were probably those be-
stOWeQ by the Romans and Greeks
though II may be SAID that the Jews of a
Stlll earlier date had surnames to some
sHteht' IN most cases, however, the sur
names OF the Hebrews were tribal and
not permanent, as are those of to-day
Inc very earliest surnames in the mod
eTn sense Of that term date from the mid
ule ages. when mobiles were known by the
name OF their domains and common peo-
pie by the name of their dwelling places
a, great many surnames were bestowed
on account of personal peculiarities, such
as Long, Short Stout, Stoop, Small etc
others on account of trade, such as Sad
dler, Smith, Baker, Weaver Fowler
Gardener, etc. A third class took names
from the places where they resided. EX-
amples in this class are John Hill and
John Cndcrhtll, the first John living on
the hill and the second in the little val
ley under the bluff. There were few, if
any, surnames in England prior to the
time of the Norman conquest and in Ire
land they did not become common until
1865. The German Jews did not use sur
names until about 1875, and in many
countries of Asia they are still unknown.
You would never imagine that the hui
man stomach was more invulnerable to
alcohol than an oyster can, would you?'
said F. A. Carter of Louisville. KY, ac-
cordlng to the St Louis Globe-Democrat
The friends thoroughly agreed that their
imagination would never run thus far
and the questoner proceeded: In the
whisky concern which / represent there
is employed an old darky. / suppose he
is well advanced in the seventies The
firm is controlled by a typical southern
Stlllollldl, WHO owned DeIOfe the
among other slaves, the darby referred
to. Therefore the darby takes to him
self all the privileges of the favored serv-
itor. Among these is one not allowed TO
any other employe-the consumption of
a certain quantity of the product of the
distillery day by day. But ordinary
whisky will not satisfy him. So he pro-
duces an oyster can and fills II with what
a whisky man calls low wines. These
low wines consist of what. to use another
technical phrase, is described as hot shot
That is, they are formed of the condenser
steam of the first boil of the material
used in whisky manufacture. They are
never below 100 degrees in proof He fills
the oyster can with this every morniner
coming down to the distillery even en-
Sunday for the purpose, and sip bv sin
drains 1T to the dregs before night arrives
Every week he is compelled to get a ne.v
oyster can. for every week one is com
pletely burned through by the alcohol
Yet the old darky goes on with his drink
ing. Several doctors have been to yisit
him. They all assure him that he will
drop dead without a moments Warnine-
If he does not quit his habit Never mind
massa, he will say. I amt never drOn
ped daid yit,' and his teeth shine like a
cats eyes in a coal hole as he says it,"