The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

on region by automobiles. he sun makes
his trips with pack animals, looks on the
canon as practically his own, and tells
the same wonderful stories that have
earned for him the name of the most
picturesque liar in Arizona"
The green moray in the Aquarium,
SAYS the New York Press, looks as if ii
might be 5000 years old, judging from the
dignihed. historic, or rather prehistoric.
manner in which it raises and lowers its
head. The simple physical effort takes al
least a week. There are now living IN
the Royal Aquarium in Russia several
carp that are known to be over 600 years
cd Ordinary gold fish have been known
to live to be over 100 In the museum
at Mannheim is the skeleton of a pike
which was caught in 1897. In the gilis
IS a ring, bearing the following inscription
in Greek: Il am the fish which was
first of all put into the lake by the hands
Of the Governor of the Universe, FrederlcN
II, the 5th of October, 1870" That pike
was, therefore, at least 267 years cd when
caught.
A decided sensation has been created
here, says a Norfolk dispatch to the
Lynchburg News, by the finding of what
is alleged to be cat claws in sausage,
which reputable grocer sold TO a col
ored citizen. The negro turned the al
legged cat claws over to the police who
in turn will ask the health commits
sioner to investigate. The sausage, il
is said, was made in Norfolk county,
and was sold as country sausage 1t
is possible that some of this homemade
sausage was compounded from house
cats that have recently been disappear
ing from Newport News in such large
ordered. A man in what is known as
the Acre" was arrested for slaughter
ing the felines. He said bought the
cats for their hides and sold the dressed
bodies to a man in the country. This
individual has not been located, and there
is strong suspicion that he may have
furnished the sausage from which the
alleged cat claws were taken.
Prof. De Gubernatis, the well-known
Italian Orientalist, has been the victim
of a crime often read of in lurid tales
but seldom experienced in real life. The
other day he was travelling in a first
class passenger carnage, in which there
was one other individual. He went to
sleep and on arriving at Padua found
himself without his purse, containing l ,4V0
francs. He Immediately complained to
the station authorities, and not long af-
ter certain Spaniard, Alfredo Garcia
of Barcelona, who described himself as
a silk merchant, was arrested says "a
London paper. In spite of his protesta-
tons of innocence his baggage was ex-
anined and was found to contain, besides
knife, money and scissors used by
thieves for cutting out pockets, a case
with some cigarettes This last object
in the possession of Spaniard is not
suspicious circums lance, but one of
the police thought he would try them,
and to his establishment the room full
OF people were soon all soundly and
peacefully sleeping. An examination
proved that the cigarettes contained a
substance, the smoke of which acts as
narcotic, while the smoker expert
ences no inconvenience after having be-
come accustomed to it, The arrest of
the professors travelling companion was
soon effected, but Prof. De Guberna tbs
has not recovered a penny of his Ios-
money.
1t is to be feared that new problem
of much difficulty confronts the aspiring
American dramatist. The threaten. ny
trouble lies in the INSTRUMENTATION of ami
mails brought upon the stage 10 secure a
real tic effect says the Chicago Record.
Not long ago a hen thus used in a comic
opera performance in Chicago, finding
stage life arduous acd van, abruptly de-
cided to leave it and dashed across the
tootlights into the parquet. Now comes
the report of an intra eta BILE lamb. which
instead of playing its part with becoming
humility, made for the leading lady with
lowered head, and after inf ct ng slight
injuries, proceeded to overturn and smash
the stage accessories. 1t is evident that
if these unruy tendencies on the part
o ( D1c 3 4
truly realistic play in the future will BE-
attended with perl Lately there has
been quite a demand for the form of his
tronc art which presents idy lie vi Tvs
OF barn and farm yard. Unless something
can be done to restrain the nervous ten
denotes of the poultry, COWS, sheep, horses
and other animals in the exhibit, some
thing painful is likely to happen The ex-
element which an unruly COW might oc-
casion, for example were she to become
dissatisfied with her role and step over
into the orchestra. would be utterly de-
structive of Illusion. The writer's inter-
ested in elevating the zoolog' cal drama
should take necessary precautions.
When the war in the Transvaal broke
out DR.. Frederick Schaffer distinguish
ed army surgeon, obtained permission to
accompany the British troops. his object
DtllS 10 dSCGFtdin 10 Wndt extent the lance
is effective as a weapon in war During
the campaign he devoted his entire atten-
ton to this subject, and now he has re-
turned home and forwarded to his gov
eminent an official report thereon. In it
ne says that wounds caused by a lance
are not dangerous and are easily cured
ana mat the reason is because the iron
point of the weapon is round and therefore
passes through the organs of the body
without injuring them to any great ex-
tent. Being such humane weapon ne
points out, THE lance is by no means as
valuable in war as is generally supposed
Nevertheless, it can be made dangerous
weapon by merely changing the form of
It's point, and If the military authorities
decide to retain II as a portion of the
equipment of cavalry this should certainly,
be done. This suggestion is exciting a
good deal of comment in Europe. The
Frankfort Gazette, apparently appalled, at
the thought of transforming a humane
weapon into cruel one, says sarcastical-
ly; we propose that the point of tho
lance be made of such shape that II
VIII lacerate every organ in the body
and render the cure of every wound NJ
terly impossible. Furthermore. IL will
be well for the authorities to seriously
consider the advisa bility of impregnating
the point of the lance with some deadly
poison
The Worcester Spy prints a letter
from soldier serving in the Ninth
urited States Infantry in China, in
a..l.