The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03
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character is known is Afforded by those
Of KiOwa county. Kansas, says St Mich
0ldS- They Tell on a prairie Wnere rocks
were scarce and valuable, and the farm
ers Of the vicinity found meteorites con-
venient for holding down haystacks, sta
bic roofs. or covers 10 rain barrels OF
such purposes tne@ might nave eeell 49,
Tor q long time mad not the Mile OF one
OF the farmers become convinced tnat
there was something unusual about them.
and called in an expert 10 examine tnem-
He at once recognized their nature ana
the enterprising woman finally sold hers
for enough TO pay OF q heavy mortgage
upon the farm
"A Fifth avenue dentist. who plugs up
the molars of the -Four Hundred, says
that he has made 500 in a day, but only
once. says the New York Avertiser. a
lady came 10 MIN who wanted diamonds
put i'm "A gold filing Of her front teeth. IL
was evident" saws the dentist. that she
had just come into her inheritance. she
seemed so anxious 10 spend money.
didn't approve of the diamonds, ana told
her so. but she would have Jnens ana /
humOred her TO such an extent that my
days work Melted me 500. What DO
make ordinarily Well, / charge so an
hour, ana / rarely work more than lFe
hours. People don't care to come before
10 in the morning, and late in the after
noon the light IS not good enough one
hundred dollars day is about the extent
of what dentist can make, ana II Is
the most eXacting of all the professions.
The city of Limoges is preparing to
celebrate the centenary anniversary of
the introduction of the manufacture OF
hard porcelain into France. The origin
of this grand industry dates back bur
a hundred years, and the forthcoming
celebration viii demonstrate the progress
accomplished and the point of perfection
attained to-day in that admirable prod
uct of French Industrial art. The eXhi-
bitiOn of the Limoges porcelain industry
viii be opened on July IN the great halls
OF the Limoges city nail. Inc eNpoSl-
ton viii show the entire history OF the
manufacture of porcelain from its lncep-
ton down to our days, indicating
the progress made i'm the choice of the
first material, i'm tools and machinery. in
the firing of porcelain and in the form ana
decorating of the product. Besides hard
porcelain, the exposition viii be open
to all ceramic productions OF the district,
comprising architectural decorative ware,
terra cottas, faiences and artistic earthen-
ware. The great factories of Limoges
Will all be represented, and the exhibition
promises TO be very interesting.
No other still hunter can travel so
quietly as a fox, and mighty few men are
as crafty as the four-legged hunter when
it comes to a matter of getting meat,
says the New York sun. Foxes have been
seen in England, slipping from bush to
bush, crawling and creeping after a feed
ing hare, for all the world like a man
stalking deer. The fox cannot eaten
a rabbit in a fair chase but its fOOG
is mostly rabbits, in spite of their fleet
ness. But at no time does II display It's
skill so well as when running for life
with a pack of hounds in its trail. Lord
WillOughby de Broke writes TO the Bad
minton Magazine to tell how a tired fox
made straight for a flock of sheep in
pen, ran through them, and in the end
escaped. CLAUS Magnus, archbishop of
Upsala, wrote a book called Historic re
Gentibus Septentrionaibus," of which an
English translation exists. This book tells
of fox that leaped from back TO back
nf haq f-fH of A. Fasa IL
not follow. the fox escaped. A curious
trick of English foxes is to jump as high
as possible, grasping tree branch with
their teeth, hold on till the hounds have
gone on and then dropping to the ground
escape. This is similar to the trick of
the American fox, which jumps into a
dogs are not such fools as English dogs
They gather around the tree and howl tin
the hunter comes.
One of the curious consequences of the
modern division of labor, says the New
York Mercury. is the cramp that attacks
those who constantly use their hands in
one particular manner. Writers cramp
known until the introduction OF steel
pens 1t affects men far oftener than the
tair sex and singularly, those who suffer
are not literary men, but cOpyists It
| Is almost incurable, and even when the
| left hand is used the cramp very soon
| crosses over to it. Musicians of every
] III
chiefly ladies ambitious to become pro-
fessionals who are the victims. Violent
! pain, weakness, and fatigue of the arm
| make playing an impOssibiity. Niolinists
| are affected both in the fingers of the
| left hand, and the hand that holds the
| bow. Clarinet players get cramps of the
Ion6ue' anu mute players ger cramp IN the
IafynX. IeleSraphists suffer very often
! and they call it loss of the grip" Tail
! OrS get cramps in legs as well as hands.
| Smiths and carpenters get what is called
! q nj q r'-ftT' h9
enormous number of blows struck. 1t is
| estimated that a forger of knives and
scissors strikes $4,000 blows every day
| Drivers get cramp in the hand, especially
| in the case of those who break in hard
mOuthed horses. Cigar makers, watch
makers, photographers, auctloneers, saw
/ yers, billiard players, dentists, turner's
! stampers, weaVers painters, money count
| ers, and ballet dancers suffer from their
| own peculiar cramps, and often so severely
| that they have to exchange their employ
| ment for some other.
Otter hunting is sport very much en-
! joyed by Englishmen, says the New York
Sun. The otter is great fish eater and
| that is why the fishermen feel themselves
! compelled to kill it. Some angling clubs
/ and societies offer rewards for otter kills
/ and that makes the hunters angry Otter
/ hunting is done with dogs and men They
| so whOoping up sJrsam on the offers trail
! the hired men keeping in the water in a
/ line to prevent the animals turning dowr
J stream, dS the pedSL cannot De traleC
| while going down. The dogs come up with
! and tear the otter TO death, if the hunt is
! successful but often the otter
| tears the dogs. An otter viii
whip any dog in the water
| An English otter of over thirty pounds
! weight is a big one, and few reach that
weight The biggest one remembered
weighed thirty-seven pounds, and was
! killed a Bowthorp, near Norwich A
! thirty-siX FOUNDER was caught in Skeg.
! giles water Westmoreland. Some English
| men used to eat the hearts of the ami
| mails, considering them to be fine. The
! American otter is a sly animal, which is
not often killed by a gunshot, and as sci
/ dom taken with traps since nothing but
| the utmost care in setting and batting tbs
! trap will deceive it. Once in a while trout
| fishermen see offers along an Adirondack
! stream, and otter trails are common on the
! snow-coVered ice back in the woods OF
/ on the streams opposite clearings. Some
| times the animals are seen on the ice by
| rabbit hunters, and are shot at, but. few
| of the wounded or even killed creatures