The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-21
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yard wide. At a distance the buds look
like gigantic cabbage heads. \ single flow
er has been known to weigh more than %
pounds. The natives call it the Bolo. Spec
linens sent 10 Europe were recognized to
be of the species Rafflesion, a plant discov-
cred in Sumatra and named after the Eng
lish governor of that island, Sir Stamford
Raffies. The bolo is only to be found in the
neighborhood of the crater of Apo, one of
the highest volcanoes in the Philippines or
about $500 feet above the level of the sea.
How many historical students have OBJ
served that Denmark's kings for 384 years
have all been named Christian or Freder-
lex? This is not the result of accident,
says an exchange. 1t is the law. The pres
ent king is Christian TX. He win be sue
ceeded by Frederick VIII, who in turn
will be succeeded by Christian X. 1t is the
law of Denmark that Christian must be
succeeded by Frederick and Frederick by
Christian. To attain this, and without the
changing of names, in case of death or
other reason, every Danish prince, no mat
ter what other names he may receive, al
ways includes Christian and Frederick In
some German royal families it is also The
custom to name all the male children af-
ter the head of the house. Thus it trans
pires that the House of Reuss has its King
Henry LXIX.
street, in this city, says Hardware, of New
York, who stands ready 10 demolish any
man who attempts to persuade him that
| horse-shoes are lucky. He started up the
street the other day with load of discard
ed horseshoes, which were to be delivered
10 a junk shop in the neighborhood. He
was hardly under way when the tail board
Of his wagon fell out, and about a bushel
of shoes were scattered on the pavement,
and in picking these up, one of them fell
upon his foot and injured him so that he
limped for a week While he was reload
ing rapidly driven car came down the
street and struck the rim of his wheel, de-
molishing two spokes, and he had hardly
unloaded and started for home before his
horse took fright and ran away, demol-
ishing his wagon and nearly killing him in
the bargain by throwing him against pill
| lar of the elevated road. On reaching home
he found three of the children sick with
| the measles.
The story published of a certain old
| Pennsylvania, who is just now cutting a
fresh set of teeth, is attracting a great
deal of attention. Many people viii refuse
to believe it, though this is by no means
| the first case of the kind on record. An
old woman of Castierea ireland, named
| Dillon, cut a tooth in the lower jaw at Is
| years of age. Russell of Acton, England,
cut an entire new set of teeth when past
| 50 years of age, after having been tooth
| less for a good many years. 1t is also
! recorded that Margaret White of Kirk
| caldy, Scotland, took on a new life by
cutting eight teeth in her S7th year. Even
! so well known a parsonage as Samuel
| Croxall translator of Aesop's Fables,
! died of fever Occasioned by the cutting of
a set of teeth. He was then SO. Numer-
Gus other cases of the kind could be cited.
| In this connection ii is also worth while
quoting an epitaph to be found at Gay
! ton-le-Marsh Lincolnshire, England
! which tells its own story: elizabeth
Cook, a poor woman, aged IS, and who
never had a tooth, was buried June Il,
! 179g'
In reference to the hunt for Capt
Kidds treasure in the Delaware" writes
John Page of Maud, Bucks county. to the
Philadelphia Record, II believe the parties
| in search of it are on the right track
| While fishing in the Delaware one day last
| September, Casper Banes and John Wool
verin and I got our net tangled in some
! thing on the bottom of the river just be-
! low the old Aurora wharf We pulled on
it for half an hour, and then decided to
| under-run our net We came finally to
| the part that was fast, and after pulling
a long while We got it loose and began to
/ haul ii to the surface. There was some
| thing heavy stuck in the net, and when it
| got to the surface it proved to be a large
anchor of ancient design. We couldn't
| get it into the boat, so we called for as
| sistance. About a dozen men came to
! help us, and with their help we got the
! anchor up to the stern of our boat Then
We noticed large barrel-shaped object
| attached to the anchor. All, ladsv cries
! Woolverin it's Cap'n Kidd's gold. The
next moent the supposed treasure box
e1fv r,,I <,Hc h.,
| the bottom We hauled our net over the
place several times, but without success.
| The barrel probably dropped down between
rocks. Mr.. Banes still has the anchor"
-Co-operators may be pleased to know
that among the few trades in the world
| in the hands of the laborers is that of
the emery quarryman, says Pearson's
| Weekly. Emery comes from the Island of
| NaXos, in the Eastern Mediterranean.
whence it has been exported for the last
| two centuries or more The beds are in
the northeast of the island, the deposits
| descending into some of the neighboring
islands, the emery being found in lentic-
ular masses, resting on layers of schist
in limestone, almost identical with Pa
rian marble, the finest marble known
which comes from the Island of Paros
close by. There are about 300 men engag-
ed in the trade, all of whom have to be
married before they are admitted into the
fraternity. The material is much too hard
to be dug out, or even blasted. Great
| fires are built around the blocks until the
natural cracks expand with the heat and
levers are then inserted to pry them out.
| This system is then continued until the
! blocks are reduced in size to masses of a
cubic foot or less, and they are then ship
ped as if they We're Goals. There are said
to be 20o00,o00 tons yet available at Max
os, and last years export was $3.50 tons
| 1t is one of the hardest substances vet
| known coming next to the diamond. and
| among its crystalline forms known to the
| jewelers. are the ruby and the sapphire.
Almost all persons die of disappoint-
ment personal, mental or bodily toll or
| accident, says the New York Ledger. The
! passions kill men sometimes even sud
| denly. The common expression, "choked
with rage" has little eXaggeration in it.
for even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong-bodied men
often die young, weak men live longer than
| the strong, for the strong use their
! strength and the weak have none to use
! the latter take care of themselves. the
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