The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The race Of flyine dragons. which
/ spread such dismay and terror in old times
4 not yet entirely extinct. If We are 10 be-
ueFe the utterances in a late Queensland
/ tAustralia) paper. The Queensland Muir
curry OF March Is says. James Bass OF the
sandy nat. lying beyond the Blue Hhl,
near the head waters of earns creek. has
/ brought another specimen flying serpent 10
I Ihls Office Il is somewhat smaller than the
I one exhibited by him at Gulley last year,
and larger than the one which he present
I "a US on Christmas day. lake the other two
/ II has four three-jOinted legs, each inches
I long between these legs, which are STU
ated two on each side OF the body, is
I leathery membrane. much resembling
/ bats wing Mr.. Bass declares that he has
often seen them fly across earns creek
/ at places where II is 60 feet wide"
/ Although it has been doubted that an
I oyster has been SO far subjugated as to
follow its master up and down stairs" a
contamination which might be accepted as
/ "A positive step in the rise towards ulti-
mate civilization. at least oysters are sus-
eeptlnle OF being educated to certain eK-
lenl' says the New YORK Times. In the
I great establishment on the coast of Cal
FauoS the merchants teach oysters TO hold
[ their shells closed when out OF the water
/ by which means the liuqor retained keeps
their gills moist. and they arrive in far
I Instant Paris al alive. The process may
[ be worthy OF extensive publicity; II is this
/ No sooner Is an oyster taken out Of the
sea than 10 closes its shell. and opens Il
/ aiier a certain time from fatigue. 1t is
I said, but more prOba bly, because the shock
/ II received by removal into the air causing
| It's muscles TO contract, has passed away
The Calvados men take advantage OF this
/ 10 exercise the oysters and make them ac-
/ customed 10 De out OF water by leaving
| them daily in the atmosphere for longer
] and longer periods. This has the desired
/ erect the well-educated mOllusc keeps its
! doors closed many consecutive hours and
/ so long as the shell is closed its gills are
| kept moist.
The naval photographic Office has been
noti ieS , 81 me discovery of new form OF
! animal lie IN the open ocean, which has
! hitherto not been classified by naturalists
| VINO are unable from the description re-
| celved 10 say just what is the new bug, or
! nsh or whatever IL is. says a Washington
/ dispatch. The report comes from Cant
/ n. a. Niejahr of the German steamer He
nos. He was cruising in the South Atlantic
| Detween Cape Horn and the Cape of Good
| Hope. little to the west of Inaccessible and
! tristan da Cunana Islands. when the phe-
| nomenon appeared. The entry on his log
/ IS as follows. This afternoon my mate CALI
! ca my attention to the looks of the water
| L went on deck and saw several spots of
| yellow and muddy-looking water We
| Steereu Tor one of these spots, and pass
] ing through II observed that the water had
| reddish color called forth by millions and
! mllllons OF red ephemenon worms. caught
| some IN bucket and found that their
! bodies were bladdery with long legs on
| one enq; on the other end seemed to be the
mead. Set on dry spot. they jumped very
Tar. Biologists in Washington presume the
| German captain refers to the order of
| "ephemerina, in speaking Of 'ephemenon
worms, but this order. which includes the
| common day fly. does not fit the captain's
description of his discovery.
The majority Of the people are not
aware perhaps, that each of their ears is
| provided with a many-stringed harp. blN
suGn Is me case, says the St. Louis Re
| public. These wonderful little Instruments
are named after their discover, being cali
ca the organs OF COrti. Each Of these Gu.
sioHs ear harps is provided with 500 won
ueIiuily minute strings of varying length
ana thickness. The larger strings are es-
| llmated to be about 1-5.OCOth of an inch IN,
diameter and as shown by actual nea g
urement, are only l-200th of an inch in
length. The smaller ones are so infinitesi-
mally nne that no estimate of their thick
ness Sthlnness) has ever been made. They
~, however, estimated to be about IL
VWth or an inch in length. Musicians will
zen you that when properly tuned violin
- nei 10. near piano. and the string OF
that instrument is struck. the correspond
ing string on the violin will also vibrate.
SO with all the rest. Now, the 500 strings
compass that any appreciate sound which
can be imagined can find string of cor
responding tone the moment it enters the
ear passages. The sounds thus noted on
the many-stringed harp are instantly con-
Veyed through the connecting hliament to
IN, une aTTaitory nerve, thence to the sensori-
uIlI. 1hus knowledge Of the sound is
conveyed to the brain.
Has any one noticed the change in the
Idshlon OF London dogs? asks the West
Minister Gazette. For of course now thar
me season is within measurable distance.
the leading dog has to show himself and be
PROVIDED for. Last year he was still the
irish terrier who had made HIS mark al
ready some years before and kept a place
IN the running. Now he is common enough.
almost commoner than the fox-terrier. The
| moment the new dog becomes too nlentif,,l
I ms reign is over. During the first season
ne Is always a well-bred animal It not he
ing worth while to introduce the inferior
article. Then he gets popular; there is a
demand LOT him; he is bred largely and in
/ cOnSl0eratHlVs he &c III
worthless, and the streets are full III
IoHgrels. sometimes, when an intro
ouced breed becomes the favorite. and in
c0nSeuqence degenerate ties, another variety
Of the same breed will be started the FOL
loving year. And this, in fact, happened
s ~i' Ime ir 1 terrier who first appeared
on the larger kind, which. in its turn. is
S soW gong on; For the new favorite is
Seotch 1t halls from Aberdeen or there
abouts, and the popular color is steei-grav
yellow, and black. Just now the tide "a
s tSo, IN very strong for them. This year
they will be abundant and chean +bair
successor will be making his Appearances
and they will be going out %
The theosophical leaders of the world
nave very curious belief. which is sell
| dom alluded to outside of the sOcietv saws
the St. Louis Republic TheosophIcaI IA
| losoPny divides human existence on fbfe
| hiioDe INTO seven races, or seven great fam
| mes OF people. According to this Ga mo
| phlosophy, five of these races have al
ready appeared, the human family today
oeing representatives of the fifth divis,
ion The original or primitive diviston
ACCORDING to this extraordinary belief was
a race OF beings In which the two sexes
| We're combined in single individual This
curious creature, the last representative of
Whlcn probably became extinct thousands
OF years since. was of gigantic size and had
| Two perfect backbones and two sninai
cords. Annie Besant William @. JIldSe
SSIi Ii OSh ti theosophical lights profess TO
DeieVe that the world is ripe for the adj
i xemt OF me sixth race. According to their
individuals similar to those of me afr9Stt
race They viii be giants in statue (aveT.
aging ABOUT thirty-two feet in hight. win
nave the Characteristic double spinai col
umn' and will each be provided With thTee
| eyes, the third great optical rch-Iiahf
being situated in the center of the fore.
head The first of these giant monstrosj-
ties Will be looked upon as curiosities b11t
| they VIII multiply at a very rapid ratio a,d
| soon predominant. They will fnaiiC
squeeze T1egu li1 humanity out of exist
| perceded by the seventh ana L. - gu