The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-17
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relics OF him preserved in Arabia. and
other Mohammedan countries. Among
snsSe may De enumerated turbans. san
dals. buttons, locks Of hair. etc. but the
most unique perhaps, Is a single hair,
Hnicn Is preserved at Mecca This hair,
Nnlen Is very sandy red, is said 10 be
from the Prophets mustache. When the
angel OF life and earth called upon Ma
monet 70 have him choose between per-
petual Ire on earth and a blissful exis-
fence above. he found the prophet asleep.
IN order 70 awaken him, he plucked this
single na1r from the sage's mustache. and
sAlce that day II has been a sacred relic.
The Devils Hole" the deepest water
IN the Mississippi river known to steam
oostmen, is az a point just above Rich
arson Landing. nearly exactly 30 miles
DeloM the Eads Bridge in this city The
DeVIs Hole" (more appropriately the
levi 5 Gorge Is also the narroWest place
/ 70 De round anywhere between st. Louis
ana the Gun The cliffs on each side Of
the canon through which the river plunges
az tnaJ point are solid rock and stand up
from the waters edge almost as perpen-
~ u ,r as stone wall The exact depth
OF the water in The Devils Hole is I'M
known, but that it is deep enough for myth
ana mystery may be guessed when it is
known that the line has been let down TO
bottom.
"A Kentucky man caught a big rattle
SNAKE hNe and half feet long; and kent
II IN his store in a box with a glass cover
as curiosity, says the New Orleans Pic
ss s6il Not long ago he put a rat and a
I
Inc next morning the frog was out of
slght, but the rat was still there and APP
peared very indifferent to the snakes
presence. The rat remained undsturbed
all that day. but the groceryman conf
IDENTITY expected the snake to make a
ihn meal. on the rodent that night. In this.
however ne was mistaken The next
morning, when he examined the box he
FOUND the snake dead and the rat perched
uPoh Us mead A large place in the rattle
SNAKES hide showed that the rat had
sausned his hunger with a dish of rattle
snake. The box gave evidence of a strug-
gle between the snake and the rat and the
marks upon the snakes body showed that
the rat had been quicker with its teeth
than the snake had been wits its fangs
q curiosity.
Another iconoclast! The rampant re-
former of the day has now invaded bed
ICONS, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
Inc orthodox fashion in making up the
beds SO as TO gently slope toward the feet
ana having gOOd-sized pillow or two
under under the head IS all wrong. A prominent
french doctor. NJ. Wilhelm Fischer is re-
sponsible for this statement. He asserts
that after a long series of experiments
ne mas proved conclusively that to sleep
IN a bed prepared in the old-fashioned way
Is simply 20 induce ailments of all kinds.
he advocates complete reversal of
things. You must have your head on a
IeXel with or lower than your feet. If
pillows are used they must be under your
feet instead of under the head The re-
suit, he claims, will be amazing, being a
sure cure for, insomnia, as well as a pre-
Venuve for the nightmare. DIR. Fischer
says further that sleep in this new posi-
ton viii always be intellectual, because
more profound, the entire nervous sys-
tenn ameliorated; while people inclined to
lung and kidney trouble will be vastly
benefited by sleeping in this position" To
prevent any inconvenience by too sudden
a change the pillows should be gradu-
ally reduced and finally placed under the
feet.
Birds are commonly credited with an
extraordinary no
| Spectator. Circumstances lend aid to the
development of the mental factors in their
case. The usual distance at which terres-
tai species use their eyes is limited by
the ground horizon. But in the case of
the soaring birds, such as vultures and
eagles, the horizon, the natural limit
of sight, is enormously extended. Mac
glllivray early noted that though birds
OF prey have orbits of great slze-the
rs inches in diameter-they do not, as a
rule, soar when seeking their prey. The
eagle, when hunting, flies low, just as do
the sparrow hack and the hen-harrier.
Y ct the vultures and condors, birds which
admittedly do soar when seeking food,
have been proved to find carrion by sight.
A carcass was covered with canvas, and
some offal placed upon it. The vultures
saw this, descended and ate IL, and then
sat on the covered portion within few
inches OF putrtd carcass. When a hole
was made in the covering they saw and
attacked the food below. But the rapid
congregation of Vultures from a distance
to a carcass is probably due to their watch
ing their neighbors, each of which is sur
veying. limited area. Charles Darwin
| pointed out that in a level country the
hight of sky commonly noticed by a mount
ed man is not more than Is degrees above
the horizon; and vulture on the wing
| at the hight of between 1900 feet and 1900
| feet would probably be two miles distant,
and invisible. Those which descend rap
! idly and appear to have come from be-
| yond the range of human sight, were per-
| haps lowering vertically over the hunter
when he killed his game.
We may revile it, condemn it and curse
| at il as we please, but there is still some
thing aristocratic about the cigarette, says
| an exchange. While IL is perfectly true
that Office boys of low degree puff the per-
niciOuS weed to a remarkable extent, Ii
also remains a fact that the millionaires
| of Gotham, especially If they chance to
| have a drop or two of what is known as
sporting blood" in their veins, love the
slender white tube, and with it sedulously
WOO the Goddess Nicotinia. But they do
not go about buying the common article
| that is so vulgar as to be sold for 10 cents
| u boX-not they. The rich mans cigarette
has now become work of art, dream
| and a costly thing to trifie with. Most
wealthy New Workers with any preten-
sions to family now have their cigarettes
made to order and stamped with the crest
/ OF their race. If their race hasn't any crest
| they have one manufactured. And the
| prices they pay for these affairs are
| enough to stagger belief. The man who
| leads all the rest in this respect is e. A.
Schultz, young millionaire of Orange.
embossed with his monogram, cost him SIS
! a thousand. Theodore Havemeyer, the SUI
| gar magnate, expends 500 a month on the
choice articles he smokes. Mayor Strongs
son, Bradley, pays over 4 cents apiece for
| his. 1t stands Andrew S. Hamersley neat
sum for the pleasure of having his family
| crest stamped upon the rare cigarettes
! that are made for him in Cairo. +. Marion
! Crawford, the novelist, revels in a thin af-
| fair some six inches long, wrapped in
| corn husk paper that comes from Mexico
Royal Phelps Carroll has a most elaborate
| decoration, consisting of the crest of the
| CAROLS of Maryland monogram of his
! initials and below that his name spelled
out in full. Even the clergy is not exempt
from this little vanity for Rev. Dr. Pot
ter of the Second Avenue Tabernacle is an
industrious cigarette smoker. and has his
weeds made for him of Turkish tobacco
and marked d. c. p. All the aristocratic
clubs of New York now have their special
brands, and they are of the finest QUALIFY
For instance, the Union League has one
kind that Is imported for them at a cost
| of 12ia cents apiece. The fad is constantly
| growing, and no one can tell the lengths
to which this freak of luxury Will extend
Awarded