The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16

The beard of Valentine Tapley is

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he is proud of his peculiar distinction
He lives at Frankfort, Mo, and the
beard. which is the longest in the world
is more than eleven feet in length. It
has remained untrimmed since the Civil
War. Mr.. Tapley lives in the district
represented in Congress by Champ
Clark, and is a close friend of the
statesman. He preserves his beard by
wrapping it from the chin down in a
silk braid, rolling it up and wearing ii
under his shirt bosom.
In a paper read before the Con-
gres of French Alienists at Grenoble
DIR. Castor Lalanne pointed out that
anxiety is a, disturbance which is ex-
pressed by the entire being. The phys
ical symptoms of anxiety include
variety degrees of vague dread and
apprehensiveness, often taking definite
forms, in which case they are desig-
mated as 'phObias" or "obessions of
fear" weakened of the capacity of at
tention and of memory and a tendency
to confusion of ideas. 'Hallucinations
of the senses are prone to occur.
"A writer in the Fortnightly Review
describes the origin of the name "Dal-
NY" First. it seems, it was ordered
that neither Alexander nor Nicholas
Russian name, in some degree appro-
PIRATE; and, thirdly, it must be capa-
bic of being written in Chinese writing
of TalienWan, that there might not be
too much confusion caused in the Chi
nese mind. 1t was reserved for a sub
ordinate officer in the Russian Ministry
of Finance to think of the Russian
word 'dalny." which means FAR" or
very far
The most extraordinary pearl-or,
rather, cluster of pearls-known as
the Southern Cross" is owned by a
syndicate of Australians, who value it
at 100000. So far as is known, it oc-
cuptes an absolutely unique position.
1t consists of nine pearls naturally
grown together in so regular a manner
as to form a perfect Latin cross The
pearl was discovered by a pearl fisher
at Roebourne, West Australia. The
first owner regarded it with so much
superstition that he buried it; but it
was discovered in 1874. and five years
later was placed on exhibition in Aus
tralia.
old Mother Smiles-at-Woe the old
est member of the Winnebago Tribe, is
living with her people on a reservation
in Nebraska, says an exchange. She
- OiiC 4AullOI Gu anu seven years ola, ana
is the only living Indian, so far as
known, who was with the original six
Nations in New York state. The Win
nebagos had their origin in the famous
old lroquols, and in their unhappy per-
carnations, ending at the Nebraska
reservation, Mother Smiles-at- Woe has
remained with them. She has shun-
ned the vices which the younger peo-
pie have acquired, and to this fact is
ascribed her longevity.
A lowered window-sill contest"
arranged by artists, has been APPROX
ed by the authorities, says the London
Telegraph. Cabinet Ministers and the
project of the State Department have
given effectual support by each Of
tering prizes to be awarded to the
prettiest shows. The idea of the con
test was first suggested during King
Edwards visit to Paris, when on the
occasion of the fetes, a well-knoWn
Paris and London dressm aker Great
ed sensation by decorating the en-
tire front of his house in the Rue de
Ia PAX with masses of flowers. An
architect NJ. Frantz Jourdain, a
panorama painter; M Polpot. the
celebrated poster artist; M. Cheret. a
lady artist; Mile. Dufau and others
dubbed together to arrange the con-
roDN' Jul cliiO llCu dHh6 are invited
10 join. Several big horticulturists
have agreed to supply seeds, bulbs, cut
tings, and even pots of rich soil free
TO competitors who cannot afford to
buy them, and the President, NJ. Poll
pot. is receiving scores of letters from
Workgirls anxious to obtain the where
withal to grow flowers on their sew
enth- floor window-sills On a. date
to be fixed the committee will travel
n vi in,
noting all the shows, from the hand
soonest to the humblest, and will then
award prizes proportionately to the
taste displayed by the competitors and
to the means they have at their dis
posal.
Indian bail is a peculiar, a fasci-
mating, and bloody game, says the
Kansas City Journal. 1t is played on
ground almost like gridiron. There
are two goals 80 yards anart. and the
object is to pass the ball between these
goals. The ball is like a baseball. the
Indians making them themselves with
yarn covered with deerskin. A stick
about two feet long with a spoon shane
at the end backed by thong Iaces is
used, and in this spoon the Indian
must catch the ball. He is not allow
ca 10 touch 1t with his hands. He
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game is skirmish all the time. and
there are twenty players on a side. An
Indian catches the ball in his stick
II he is skillful. He starts on a run
for his goal. He is Immediately tack
led by all his opponents, and the scene
closely resembles a down" He runs
as far as he can and then tries to
throw the ball. The opposing players
balk at him at every move. They
strike his stick, if they can, and If NOT
they strike whatever is in reach often
the head of the player. The games are
sometimes very bloody, especially when
played between rival towns, and many
a player has been killed in the game.
When women play they are allowed tn
use their hands in addition to their
sticks. They can throw the ball any
way they like. They are as fleet as
the men, and, with the advantage of
their hands, often win. A game con-
eists of Fl points, and there is no time
limit. They play until one side has
put the ball through the goal twenty
one times.
1t is generally agreed that the main
body of the sun-the nucleus within
the photosphere-must be purely gas
eous, says Prof. C. A. Young. ne
Princeton. in Harper's Weekly. This
seems to be an unavoidable conclusion
from the suns low mean density and
its tremendous internal temperature,
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