The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
AT Usage, Kan, R. H Lyons turned
waste pool on his farm into a fish pond
/ ten years ago. Now he has a chain of fish
/ ponds worth $1,000 on the place, all
/ stocked from the waste pool.
-So-Mayou, who has just received his
diploma from Cobb University school at
/ Lewiston. Me, is probably the first heir
! TO an African throne who ever graduated
/ from an American college.
While repairing the Heidelberg castle
ruins the other day, some workmen came
| across a window group, the style of which
| revealed the fact that the famous castle
! was not begun in AL, as heretofore be-
lieved, but about 200 years earlier.
Probably the Oldest sailing craft in the
world is the so-called Godstad ship,
! Viking vessel, which was discovered in
| sepulchral mound on the shores of Chris
| tiana ford. 1t is not less than 1000 years
/ old.
Bicycle frames stamped out in two
| halves by one operation from a steel plate
! are a recent Birmingham novelty The
! halves are clamped together, and though
! the frame is not so elegant as one made
| by another process, it is perfectly rigid
| and can be made at cost of 81 instead of
| $3.50.
Miss Bette Runnels of New Orleans,
a social favorite and a young woman of
genuine worth, has the unique distinction
| of being the first female law student in
| the state of Louisiana. She has matri-
! culated al Tulane University and will take
| the full law course preparatory to enter
| ing the practice.
Charles r. Hosmer of Montreal, gen
eral manager of the Canadian Telegraph
- I'll -,
| Company, says that the Canadian gov
| eminent will construct and equip tele-
graph line to Dawson City by the route
! surveyed thirty years ago by George
! kenna, the Siberian traveller.
In Maricopa county, Arizona, there is
a geological freak. 1t is a five-horned
| sheep. While he was in Phoenix he Gre
| ated somewhat of a sensation, and was
! the pet if not the lion, of the hour. Then
! he went down to ella Bend and covered
| himself with glory and blood by whipping
! the biggest dog in Maricopa county.
The caribou, or reindeer, of New
foundland, roam over an area of some 25,-
900 miles of unbroken wilderness. They
are magnificent creatures, some of the
! larger stays which have been shot haY-
ing weighed from 500 to 600 pounds. AS
| might be expected Vension is pretty plen-
tiful in St. Johns market, and has been
! sold for as little as Ped per pound.
| Enthusiastically the title of '"The HUI
man Pincushion" belonged to a woman
who was dissected some years since at
| the New York State Hospital for the In
| sane. The doctors report enumera ties the
| following articles taken from the stom-
! ach: Firty-one hairpins, 16 needles or
! pieces of needles 8 darning needles, 81
! nails, from half inch to three inches in
! length; 2 screws one of them two and
one-half inches long; pieces of iron.
The last penny-in-the-slot continuance
to- Sow, A.
| Invention. The man with tire exhaust
ed of air puts In his money and receives
! pennyworth of wind n exchange. The
| machine is simply a .arge reservoir of
| compressed air and may either be placed
| In the public thoroughfare or in some
! small shop which caters to the needs of
| cyclists. 1t is very ingeniously arranged,
| and is said TO act with perfect satisfac
ton.
An American geography, published in
1872, contains the following interesting in
formation: California is wild and al
most unknown land, covered throughout
| the year by dense fogs, as damp as they
| are unhealthful. On the northern shores
| live anthropophagi and in the interior
| are active volcanoes and vast plains of
| shifting snow which sometimes shoot up
| columns to inconceivable nights" The
book adds that some of these statements
would seem incredible were they not so
well authenticated by trustworthy trav-
elers.
The following curious oath was until
recently administered in all the courts of
the Isle of Man: 'By this book and by
the holy contents thereof, and by the
| wonderful works that God has so miracu-
| lousy wrought in heaven above and in
| the earth beneath in six days, and seven
| nights, L do swear that | will, without
respect of favor or friendship, love or
| gain, consanguinity of affinity, envy or
| malice, execute the laws of this side and
| between party as indifferently as the her
! rings backbone doth lie in the middle of
the fish"
Record discipline" has been adopted
on the Freeport the Dubuque and the
Cherokee divisions of the Illinois Central
| Suspensions were abolished and all en-
| plOyes were started with clear record on
the date named The circular announcing
the change defines a perfect record as
| one against which no unfavorable entry
| has been made. A clear" record is one
on which unfavorable entries have been
| eXtinguished. Suspensions Suspension
| on paper Will not be made for less than
| five nor more than sixty days. A repri-
| mand will be eXtingushed by a clear rec
ord of three months; five days suspension
by six months; ten days by nine months;
thirty days by one year; sixty days by
eighteen months.
The Frankenstein of Shelley construct
ed form out of fragments of bodies Gull
ed from the neighboring graveyards and
dissecting rooms. The result was a mon
| slSf win no Drealn or divinity Per-
| haps later Frankenstein might have bet
ter results by using his materials on the
| quantities suggested by a French scien-
| fist, as composing the makeup of a man.
| According to his doctories a human be
| ing weighing 154 pounds would be COM
posed of 10 elements, of which 5 are gases
and solids. There would be 81 pounds of
| oxygen, 10 pounds of hydrogen, 81 pounds
of carbon, pounds nitrogen, pounds call
cium, % ounces each of chlorine and phos-
phorus, 312 ounces fluorine, ounces sui
phur 2 ounces each of potassium and
common salt, and l ounce of iron.
The unfortunate battle of Grants Hill,
which was fought in 1858, gave to the
Indian auxiliaries at Fort Duquesne many
scalps and many prisoners. Many of the
latter were doomed to perish at the stake
One, Highlander named Allan Macpher-
son, escaped it in a peculiar way. Observ-
ing that this horrible fate awaited him.
he managed to inform the Indians that he
held great secret in his keeping 1t was
a wonderful balsam which if applied to
the skin, would resist any kind of blow
| from tomahawk or sword. The credu-
| lous redskins escorted Macpherson 70 the
| woods, where he gravely selected a num-
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