The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18
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sumption Is correct, says the London Lady.
We are told that the market is just now
hooded with pearls of great value, such
as ordinary persons would not be able
to purchase, were 1t not for the Indian
famine, which has Obliged owners of al
most priceless heirlooms to sell them at
a sacrifice. Truly, cit is an Ill wind which
blows nobody good but it may indeed be
said that the history of jewels is more ful
OF tragedy than that of any other mod
ern item Of luxury.
The less hair a man has on his body
and the more he has on his head the
higher type of civilization he is supposed
to represent, says the New York Press.
A superabundance of hair on the body in
dicates physical strength and menta.
weakness. Hairlessness means cleann.
ness. 1t is unnecessary to remark brutal.
~ that man without a beard can kee.,
his face clean. while some men with
boards cannot Two high authorities on
whiskers are Senator Allison and ex-Gov.
Morton. Ask them. There is a vast show
OF character in mans mouth, and II
cannot be seen when his lips are covered
with hair. / once knew chap who was
me very best fellow in the world until he
shaved of his mustache Then l saw
tnat he was a scoundrel, and, brethren.
on my honor, he so turned out to be.
There is no reason why dromedary
should not be partial to a good cigar
says Answers. Most dromedaries, ac
cording to a menagerie proprietor, ar
particularly fond of tobacco smoke, anc
can be made to do almost anything un-
der Its influence. Travellers in Egypt"
he asserts, rely more on tobacco smoke
for their control over these huge beasts
than anything else. When travelling or
long Journeys the dromedaries are ir
many cases required to travel night and
day without rest, and the beasts are KEEP
up to their tasks by smoking cigars. r The
driver carries triangular piece of Woo
which is pierced a. one point like ciga
holder. This is inserted in the mouth o,
the beast, the cigar being lit and pressed
into the hole in the same fashion followed
by man. The dromedary immediatel,
closes its eyes and puffs away through 1t,
nostrils until the cigar is burned away"
-On the island Of Corsica a Society for
the determination of the Vendetta" ha
just been founded, and statistics prove thai
there Is much for the society to do. says
the Philadelphia Record According [,
official documents in Genoese archives the
number of death by murder from 1888 unit
ln5 amounted to 2S,15 on the island alone
not counting the murders perpetrated BY
Corsicans elsewhere. This makes an aver
age OF 800 violent deaths per year with a
population exceeding at no time 5000
SOUS, certainly an unenviable record Even
to-day the conditions are but little better
ana the number of murders for revenge ex.
coed the average of the first of Europe, al
though the other crimes are much less fire.
quent than elsewhere. Careful estimates
made by the Italian professor, Poletti
based upon authentic records, establish
the total OF deaths of Corsicans who fel
victims to vendetta, at more than 100 o.
since the fifteenth century, most of the
number having died In the prime of life.
Tho chirography Of the Presidents
from Washington down to Mex nley is as
different as the chirography of the same
number of any other men chosen at ran
lie, says the St. Louis Republic
Students of character contend that there
are many points of similarity IN the men
tai makeup and equipment of our Presi
dents, but If there are they are certainly
not shown in the hand wriing of these
men, OF the entire lot suppose old zach
airy Taylor wrote the worst hand I have
seen numerous letters of his which I am
confident no human being could read. II
was cramped and awkward, like that of a
boy just learning to write. Jefferson wrote
a plain, flowing hand, and Monroes writ
Ing was decidedly feminine, though not
nearly so much so as Grover Cleveland's
whose chirography is small and delicate
Jackson's scrawl bespoke a nervousness
and tim.dlty Of which nobody dare to ac-
cuse him while he was on EARTH and Lin
CONS smooth polish which his crude
simple mind did not bespeak. OF all our
chief magistrates Mckinley writes the
best hand. and his chirography shows a
pains-taking ease and caution which are
evidently dnDnfnonf e
mans character.
That we may know the least about
what we commonly see is well illustrated
In the life history OF the houseiy saws
Meehans Monthly. They are always with
US. but we know very little of their com
lngs in and goings out The University
OF Minnesota has recently issued. a paper
on the subJect-not telling us all we would
ike to know, but still adding considerably
70 the little we have. 1t is not certain
that 1t Is real native of America. or
whether 1t came as a stowaway in some
early vessel from the Old world They are
vrey active In Minnesota during the month
OF August. Between o. m and ga m
next day one ny had laid 120 eggs. This
was Aug. u; Aug. IA the eggs were hatch
ed' and minute fly maggots were craving
about The eggs usually hatch In about
twenty-four hours after being laid. The
ny usually deposits its eggs In manure
The msggots moult twice. The larya is
tuil grown In six days, when II becomes a
pupa, and la ave or six days emerges from,
its case full-grown fly. Each female Az
Is capable OF laying 1000 eggs in a season.
few of the stronger live through the win.
ter as flies, and start the brood next sea
SON. Many die In the fall from a parasite
Fungus. and may be seen fast to the win
dow glass.
Sonora Isadore de Cousino. the riches,
woman in the world. Is soon to visit Amer.
lea She is so rich that nobody knows ius,
now much her possessions are worth. Her
wealth is estimated 10 be at least 500 OnO
Wo. The senora's property is in Chile. she
inherited much OF II from her father and
brother, but her own shrewd Instinct FOR
business has served to add largely 10 ths
property Among her possessions are
many copper mines IN Chile and Perm I'm
ward OF a hundred steamers and saiII5s
vessels the entire town of Lota IN chile,
coal mines of incalculable value. farm
lands plantations. fruit ranches vine
yards, and three palaces the like OF which
are not TO be found outside the Imagined
ElOries n the A "a bfot sTt.A.-. -