The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Vienna a man died recently who had
his heart on the right side and almos. al
his internal organs. milt liver and intes-
tines. were found 10 be opposite 10 their
usual places. Deceased never felt any IN
convenience from this arrangement he
learned Of IL accidentally several years
ago. and offered TO sell his body TO the
British museum for the Immediate pay
ment OF a good round sum, but the oHeF
was declined The cause OF death was con-
sumption.
Sheep and cattle ranchers in southwest
Texas are asking the state 10 help them
exterminate or Keep down the Wild ami
mails that are playing havoc in that re-
slOu- so Tar the advent OF settlers mas
not thlnned out the panthers wolves ana
cayotes. The animals are increasing
greatly in numbers through the abunc-
ance OF food offered by the herds OF cattle
and sheep The ranchers nave spent
thousands Of dollars in trying 10 agate the
pest without avail. and now they want the
state 10 take a hand.
The electric village Of Niagara Falls IS
rejoicing these days because the tuu-
mel power project Is now reality. the
greatest pulp and paper-ma king plant IN
the world being actually OPP rated uy ms
water OF Niagara river flowing through
canal. wheel pit and tunnel and giving
employment 70 over 800 men. TN ola year
has seen the completion of the power
house the arrangement OF vast amount
of para pheFnala. the completion OF the
canal. the construction of a trapTformer
building and Of q half mile electrical con-
duit.
Murder trials in Prussia are not alw. "
models Of decOrum- At a recent trial OF a
man for his life at Dusseldorf the jury,
after being locked up to consider their YER
dict. escaped through the window and
went 10 a beer cellar, where they deliber-
ated over pipes and fOaming tankardS Of
lager Having concluded that the prisoner
was guilty they returned TO the court anu
gave their verdict The prisoners counsel
obtained Information Of this extraordi-
nary conduct and he is taking measures to
81 1f an he
of infOrmality.
Flash-lght photography. which is said
to be all the 20 among the -Four Hun
dred' in New York il has been discovered
Is very discOncerting TO the animal pets.
A mastim recently when the flash oC-
CURED jumped az the operator and
smashed the camera, cat went crazy
alter being photographed and had 10 be
killed and a dog with three puppies that
underwent the same operation was so
frightened that it jumped through plate
glass window while the puppies were in
great terror. NO dinner party IS SAID 10
be complete without being flashed" and
taken by the swell amateurs.
in the province OF Kharkov Russia there
is terrible plague Of mice Cats have be
come so used 10 them that they do not
slVe them a passing glance. Provisions
candles, soap, books. shoes etc. are eat
en- during the night and even furniture is
not exempt from the raVaEes of the pcstif-
erous rodents. Sleep is impossible unless
the bed Is drawn into the middle of the
room and its legs placed in vessels filled
with wafer Otherwise the mice run all
over the bed and often bite its occupants
severely. Several land owners have fled
10 -; Petersburg. leaving their properly
to take care of itself for the present.
Mother SYMPTOMS prophecy that car
riages without horses shan go" is being
fulnlled in Kansas City, where there ie
an electric carriage, the invention and
build Of a local electrician. The car
rage is the size of an ordinary vehicle.
+ one seat, holding three persons. fills the
'front.' and another accommodating an
equal number faces the rear. 4 storage
/ battery is arranged under the seat. The
/ wheels are of wood, with rubber cush-
/ ions The steering is done by d toothed
segment and piniOn attached to the axle
I OF the fore wheels and handed by steer
J ms post manipulated Icy the driver. with
his hands The carriage can make quick.
/ short turns. ana speed of eleven miles
an hour was easily obtained The stor-
age batteries will run the machine seven
or eight hours.
/ If YOU are superstitious there are many
things You must not do, says the New Or
leans Picayune. In North Germany you
/ Christmas lest you should walk after
yGor death, nor after sunset on Saturday.
for then mice viii eat your work. Speak
! ing OF eating. If you want to have money
and luck all the year round you must not
/ fail to eat heITings on New Years day;
nor, If you wish to be lucky must YOU
/ rock an empty cradle, or spill salt wan
] tonly, or cross knives. or point at the
stars. If you leave dirty cloth on the
] ttlbiG pNcA AlSIL 9bu " lil MAKE the Angels
T Weep u you point upward to the rain
bow you viii make the angels feet bleed ,
and II you talk of cabbages while looking
" at the moon you VIII hurt the feelings of
! the man i'm it,, who was a cabbage stealer
ia his salad days.
Whenever the name of the sultan is
mentioned, says a writer in the Nine
teenth Century, IL is after the manner of
the following passage, which l translate
literally from Turkish paper before
me; To-day our paper reaches the thir-
tcenth year of its existence. and we cele-
/ brates this anniversary in the reign Of
\ the finest pearl Of the age the esteemed
center of the universe; at whose grand
portal stand the camels of justice and
I mercy, and to whom the eyes of the
Fklnss ana the people IN the west have
I been drawn; the rulers there finding an
example of political proWess ana the
I classes model of mercy and kindness:
/ II is our Lord and Master, the Sultan of
/ the two Shores and the High King (Kha-
kan) Of the two seas; the crown of ages
and the pride of all countries, the great
est of all khallfs; the Shadow of God on
Earth; the successor of the Apostle of
The Lord Of the Universe, the \ ictorious
I Conqueror (Al-Ghiz) Sultan Abdul Ha-
mid Khan; may God protect his king
dom and place his glory above the Sun
and Moon and may the Lord supply all
/ the world with the goodness which pro-
tentions.
In the neighborhood of Hammond. Ind.
on the outskirts of Chicago, there are three
places where horses are slaughtered for
food as well as for fertilzug purposes.
says the New York Post The proprie-
tors say that the meat is shipped TO Bel
gium and. France. but strong suspicion
prevails that some of it is consumed i'm
chicago. The animals killed are the halt
the blind, and the decrepit mere wrecks
OF beasts that are bought for a song.
From three TO ten horses are killed every
day at each of the establishments" 4
visitor to one OF them found carcassee
less the hides and hoofs, hanging from
butchers hooks The hearts. livers and
tongues had been removed, and. carefully
cleansed and dried, were being packed i'm
/ boxes 10 be sent away. I'VE salt the
meat, said the manager. but the bones
so to the reducing mills at the stock
YARDS. Another kind Of mill a sausage
mill the visitor found in full operation.
Inc stock used was part horse-meat and
part pork. Everything about the place was
clear and orderly. \ local justice of peace
secuted the story that all the horse-Tneats
goes to Belgium. My wagons" he said
nave carried good deal of the product
up TO Archer avenue, Chicago The salI-
saSe-meat goes up in pals and tubs and
/ there Is place up there on Archer aven-
/ ue where they mix it or make il up into
/ saCsages. These little Frankfurter san
sages-l0ok out for 'em-they're boss
meat. The live horses cost from three tn
cents pound.
some OF the best known Dhvsiciars IN