The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21
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to have sprung from slip OF the tree
under which Buddha was born.
The magnolia tree IS so called in honor
OF Prof. MagnOl French naturalist, VINO
was born IN 1858 and died in 1Il5.
The first book entered for copyright
under the laws OF the United States was
THE Philadelphia Spelling Book"
Tradition asserts that a certain oak
tree OF Palestine grew from sprout
which Cain planted on the day before he
killed Abel.
"A bluegum tree growing in the sub
urbs OF Wybeck, New South Wales. is 4S2
feet in hight, and IS believed TO be the
tallest tree in the world.
The Oldest known living tree is the
Soma cypress of LOmbardy which the
known age" in the year AZ B. c.
IF We understand what is meant by
THE cubit Of man." says the st. Louis
Republic, the iron bedsteads of Og, giant
King Of Bashan, was 1872 feet in length
and feet in width
Two dozen officers of every grade from
colonel down to sergeant, and represent
ing every branch in the German army,
have just left Berlin for Valparaiso, hav-
ing been lent by the Emperor William to
the Chflian government for the purpose
Of reOrganizing the Gillian army. They
are to remain in South America for a term
Of three years.
1t appears that the comparatively few
losses to the Japanese troops in the Man
churian engagements in the recent war
with China were not altogether due to the
bad workmanship of the Chinese. As
means of protection against the cold the
japanese wore a quantity of floss silk I'M
der their outer clothing, and this acted
more or less as bullet-proof shield.
The Irish Royal Society has recently
been experimenting with new burner de-
signed especially for use on lighthouse
lamps, which has twice the Illuminating
power of any burner now in use. 1t is cal
in lion
with specially devised system of lenses,
can be made to transmit a light equal to
about 100000 candle-pOwer, which far eX-
ceeds any lamp now in use
AT a recent test with the new Lebel
carbines, in France, a bullet discharged at
an advancing bull is said to have struck
the animals shoulder and reappeared at
the tail, completely traversing its body:
the large bones were pierced with round
holes without being splintered. 1t is stat
ca by military authority, present at the
time, that the bullet would have passed
through eight men in a row.
In pixies History of Crimes" vol. /.
page Do may be found the following copy
OF the sentence of an old-time traitor: 1T
Is the order of the court that for your
treason you be drawn and hanged and be-
headed, and that your heart, bowels and
entrails, from whence come your traitor
Gus thoughts, be torn out and burnt to
ashes, and that the ashes be scattered to
the four winds, and that your body be af-
terWard cut into four quarters"
The famous distillery of the Benedic-
tine abbey, at Fecamp, in France which
was destroyed by fire three years ago,
has now been rebuilt, and was cOnse-
created along with the restored abbey
fortnight ago by the Cardinal Archbishop
OF Rouen. The spectacle of an archbishop
startling to those who have been taught
to look upon stimulants as one of the
creates curses of he world.
SCIENTISTS long since went on record"
as believing the ozone produced by cleo
trio discharges during thunderstorms to
be the cause of milk coagulating and sour
ing during the prevalence of such phenom-
ena: Recent experiments by Prof Tread
well prove that the SOuring of milk is not
due to oxidation caused by ozone or other
products of the electric discharge, but that
1t is produced by the growth of bacteria
in the fluid, the growth of which is eKcep-
uonally rapid in sultry hot weather, such
as usually prccedes thunderstorms.
The water spider is the curiosity of the
genus arenee He spends the principal
portion OF his time under water, and, in
order to make IL more convenient, always
carries bubble Of air about with him
to facilitate the breathing operation The
under side Of his body is specially adapted
Tor the purpose of carrying this air sup
ply, being covered with tiny hairs that
are set so closely together that the surface
him OF the water does not pass through
them, although the air does thus i'm
prisoning or combining the air among the
hairs.
"A Salt Lake City man is responsible for
this snake story: \ nest of rattlesnakes
was discovered by an Indian in the noun
tains eleven miles west of the city re-
Gently He was out hunting, and in as
cending rocky point was warned of the
presence of serpent by an ominous rat
tie. He discharged his rife a the RATHER,
and Immediately thereafter vast numbers
emerged from a rock pile. The Indian re-
treated and; securing branch of a pine
tree, invaded the nest and gave battle He
continued the slaughter until exhausted
but, seeing the impOssibility of eXtermin-
ating the reptiles, left the place after hav-
ing killed forty-one snakes.
The latest charge brought against the
bicycle IS that 1t Injuries the bookseller
trade, says the Philadelphia Record. Books
never nave the same sale in summer as in
winter, despite the fact that paper cover
ed novels are in demand by the loungers on
the seashore; but this year there is said
to be more than usual depression in
trade. The wheclman IS blamed for this
as II is logically argued that while in
dulging in his favorite pastime he cannot
possibly be reading a book and that when
he gets home from his spin he is too tired
to read. AS the cycling craze is con-
stantly increasing the result of it's growth
upon literature would make an interesting
study.
The French president, says the Lon
don Times, recently received from the
widow of Col. Petitpied, an artillery officer,
the fiag of her husbands regiment, which
he saved from the enemy in 1870. When
StrdSDurg Capitulated the colonel burned
the flagstaff and buried the flag itself in
his cellar While her husband was in pris-
on at Coblenz Nine. Petitpied returned to
Strasburg to recover the flag. Her house
was full of Prussian soldiers. She, how
ever succeeded in getting a room there
dug. up the flag in the night and took 1t
back to Coblenz. hidden In the cloak of
her 2-year-old child. She brought it back
to France after the peace sewn in her
dress. The flag will be placed in the Hotel
des Invalides.
Did you ever see a geode. the ugly
creamy, yellow, rounded rock which
upon being broken open, presents per-
fact wilderness of diamond like CRYSTALS?
asks the st. Louis Republic. They are cd
dities of the oldest kind, and are not too
plentiful anywhere. The word ''geode"
means "earthform." and Is applied to all
hollow stones which are filled with crvs-
talized matter. When broken open some
are found to be fun of pure-looking clear
water. Others appear to be fun of vel
low or brown paint, while a third class
are filled with what appears to be a very
fair quality of tar No odds what the fill
ing of the cavity may be composed of
the sides are always studded with CRYSTALS
Should the filling be yellow the CRYSTALS
are likely to be of the same color, but bv
far the greater portion of them are as clear
as ice or diamonds.