The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-11
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any other country In the world. The aver
age export of cod Is about $4,000 hundred
weight per annum.
Cats can swim if they only care to ex-
ert themselves sufficiently. The ancient
Egyptians used to fish with them on the
Nile, according to the representations on
walls and so forth, that have come down
TO US.
-Africa's monkeys are giving out. In the
neighborhod of the Gold Coast they have
colony could collect only $3.50 monkey
skins, whereas, In 1894, 16S, 405 skins, valued
at $4,000, were exported.
A Canadian traveller who has spent a
couple of years in the far Northwest. part
of the time along the Peace river, says
Ihat there are in that country at least four
herds of wild buffalo, numbering altogeth-
er not less than 1000
The caribou, or reindeer, of Newfound-
land roam over an area of some 5000
miles of unbroken wilderness. They are
magnificent creatures some of the larger
stays which have been shot having weigh
ed from 500 to 500 pounds. As might be
expected, venison is pretty plentiful in
ST. johns market, and has been sold for
as little as 21ad per pound
New Jersey is constantly producing
wonders, says the New York Press. Fol-
lowing after the headed MOSQUITO
and bodiless gnats with phosphorescent
wings come a timid rooster-so timid. in
deed, that he committed suicide The bird
was the property of FenWiek Pew and
was of the Plymouth strain. A gamecock
in three distinct occasions, had kicked
the feathers off the pacifico, and yester-
III h.
Seeing no chance of escape, the Plymouth
dashed to a paling fence, inserted his
head between to stakes, and deliberately
choked himself to death.
In Cincinnati is 3-year-old girl. who
toddles voluntarily over snow and ice
with bare feet, says an exchange. In the
case of this baby not even red-topped or
gllt-toed shoes would create any other
feeling than disgust. Neither shoes not
stockings will be tolerated for an instant
on her feet Eghner is this queer baby's
name. For thousands of years Eghner's
ancestors, gypsies, have roamed in wilds.
untrammeled by conventionalities, but
even in the native tribes it is not known
that quite such an opposition to protection
against Ice and SNOW existed as in the case
of little Eghner Having wizard for a
mother and a queen for an aunt, Eghner
is fortunate enough to have an abundance
cured, by the determined little gypsy miss
will not wear them, She has trampled
over many miles of ice-covered streets
the past two months, in the eastern and
extreme western parts of the city, with
her only foot covering the SCOT that sticks
to the tiny brown soles.
The seal of the treasury department,
which has been in use for thirty-six years
in the division of loans and currency, be-
gins to show signs of serious wear, and ii
will be replaced by a new one, says a
Washington dispatch in the New York
Sun. The present seal has been impress
ed on bonds of the United States aggre-
eating at their face value $40, 2S7, 354, 900.
OF these bonds, 81, 756, 714,000 were original
issues, and the remainder were bonds is
sued in place of those surrendered for
transfer or exchange. The treasury pos
sesses one other seal, a duplicate of the
one used on the bonds but this one is
used only on papers of legal nature
which require the Secretary's signature.
Secretary Gage has authorized the engrav-
ing of new seal. 1t will be made by the
bureau of engraving and printing, and will
be of the same design as the old one. The
design consists of a shield surrounded by
thirteen stars. Below the shield are two
crossed keys The seal bears the words,
''Thesaur. Amer. Septent. Sigil. seal
of the treasury of North America. The
full history of the mechanical device is
not known to the treasury officials. 1t is
operated by an immense lever, which i'm
presses the seal on five bonds at time.
-Gladstone's malady is almost exactly
like that from which Bismarck has suffer
ed 50 long, facial neuralgia and deep men
tai depression being the chief symptoms in
both cases, says the New York Times. The
English statesman however, Is hardly
likely to give the same explanation of his
pains as was recently propounded by the
grimiy humorous Teuton One day when
the latter was obliged to sit for hours with
his fingers pressed hard against his cheeks
for the sake of getting a little relief, he
is said to have remarked: This is only
just; in my life l have sinned most with
my mouth-eating, drinking, and talking"
Gladstone has done rather more talking
than Bismarck, but of the three sinful uses
TO which mouths can be put the eating and
drinking might be expected to make more
trouble for old age, and in these respects
the Englishman's memories are not as va
ried as the Germans, if there is any truth
in the stories of the latter's student DAYS
It's very confusing, if one adopts the reap
and-soW theory, to see the same conse-
quences following habits so dissimiIar.
Bismarck, by the way, declares that his
depression" is due simply to the burden
of years. wait till you are 49," he ex-
claimed to a friend, land see how Won
feel, especially if you have spent nearly
half century in struggles and anxietv.''
The fact that ants used aphids for
milch cows was discovered nearly a CEN
fury ago, says Anna Botsford Comstock
in the Chautauquan, but the special care
given to their live stock has been a sub
ject of more recent study. Almost any
one may have observed ants running up
and down the trunks of trees and shrubs.
1t is no joy of climbing nor desire for a
wide outlook that leads the ants to ascend
trees, but because the leaves of the trees
afford pasturage for their small cattle. the
aphids. These little creatures exude vol
unfairly drops of a sweet liquid known
as honey dew The process of milking is
this: The ant comes up to the aDbjd and
pats it on the back with her anteunae
at which the fattered and pleased amid
gives forth the honey dew, which the ant
eats with every sign of enjoyment. If
might seem at first glance that the benefits
of this relationship accrue only to the
ants. However, this is not the case. The
ants are fierce defenders of their aocks
and make it very uncomfortable for the
many insect enemies of this aphde Sofne
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