Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-19
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ENGLIsH PSYCHOLOGISTS are excited over
the addition of a new butterfly to the British
fauna. making total OF 65 species. The spe-
cies Is Lyceua argiades, a common dweller in
Southern Europe.
AN ITALIAN ASTRONOMER declares that the
planet Mars is peopled by intelligent beings,
who are trying to attract attention from
jewellers on this planet. He is now engaged
In making experiments with a view to dis
cover what the MESSAGES mean.
THE TELEPHONE has been introduced into
msny Of the hotels and cafes of Belgium. and
guests are allowed to make use of u without
charge. Under the circumstances the user
makes a point of ordering some refreshment
So that the proprietor gets his money back.
1T IS SAID on good authority, that Just be-
fore the outbreak of cholera in Toulon, the
swallows disappeared from the locality. An
officer in the Bengal cavalry said in reference
TO this, that during a cholera epidemic in
India, he had noticed that. though many Of
the dead remainet unbured, all of the car
rlon eating birds had disappeared.
EGYPT AND INDIA invented the round fan
with the handle, and China and Japan are re-
sponsible for the one that can open and shut;
also responsible remotely for that inspiration
OF the Occidental mind which seized upon this
opening and shutting suggestion, appl ed
muslc-and 10! the ACCORDION sprang forth,
tull keyed to witch the midnight air from the
corner grocery.
A WRITER from the tea districts of Northern
India defines the different varieties of tea as
follows: The very coarse tea remaining
after the first sitting (which ends the "mak-
ng'') is called Bohea an the second quality
Souchong FlOwery Pekoe is the very young
shoot. with down on it, called the flower
Facing" tea is simply cooking it in an iron
pan, by which means principally green tea
acquires its color
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fine Mackinaw straw hat for J. c. Higgins,
of Jacksonville, Fla, who probably has the
largest head Of any person in this country
THIS mammoth head covering measures in
side the ban1 32l2 inches, the brim Is 1914
inches wide, and the height Of the crown is 10
inches. AcrOs- from tip to tip of the rim the
tape measure marks 80 inches. Mr.. Higgins
has large trunk, however, to support his
massive head. He stands feet inches high,
measures one yard d three inches across
the back, and pulls down the scales at 4l51z
pounds.
THE DEATH of Viscount Ranelagh has re-
viyed many stories of his scandalous life, par
tlcularly of his connection with the notorious
mime. Rachel" whose alleged power of max
ing old women young and beautiful, found so
many believers in her day. Besides the Balm
OF 1outh-an enameling process-and the
Baths OF Beauty, the sumptuous apartments
of Mime. Rachel" offered other attractions
to jaded roues. DESTROYS If new sensation
For all his fast habi s. however, Lord Rane-
lagh did great deal of good in his day as a
promoter of the great volunteer movement
and an organizer Of building societies.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria's house
hold, is very limited in number. There are
four servants, all OF the sterner sex-Germans
whom the Prince brought with him from
his old home in Hesse. besides hail porter
ard the Resto- Baja, who is a martial loOk ing
Montenegrin. with smartly turned up nous
tache. he Aides de-Camp are former COM
rades OF his Hlghness, the most prominent
among them being Baron COrYin, who as
Captain OF the company in the Russian garde-
uu-corps IN which the Prince served as Lieut.
enant. FREUD of his boyhood, Herr Men
gems, occupies the position of private secre-
tary TO the Prince.
A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN some time ago en-
tered the convent of the Nun of Kenmare at
Orange, N. j., as a novitiate, but soon left I'M
der a suspicion of having Incorporated
money en- rusted to her to deposit in a bank in
Jersey City. Several merchants in Newark
and other cities have re emily been ewinOled
through money orders. forged and passed by
a woman, who is supposed to be the naughty
novltiate. The nang hty one entered the con-
vent as Ada Stagg, of Bait more. INQUIRY dis
covers that Miss Ada stage, of Baltimore, Is
at present clerk IN the treasury Depart
ment, and lives at lloS q street, Washington
Miss Stages wicked personator has not yet
been caught.
MUSIC FROM GAS is the latest English inven-
ton. 1t is called the pyrophone. Its compass |
IS three octaves, with keyboard, and it will |
be played in the same manner as an organ. It |
has 81 glass tubes in which a number of gas |
jets burn. These jets placed in circles. con-
tract and expand like the fingers of a hand. |
When the small burners separate the sound |
ls produced; When they close together, the
sound ceases. The tone depends upon the
number of burners and the size Of the pines in
q ~ a IN nj
rangement and selection, all the notes of the
musical scale may be produced IN several oc-
taves. Some Of the glass tubes in which the
jets burn are nearly II feet high.
DIR. BARTHELNIY, of Paris. is Of opinion that
the symptoms OF hydrOphobia in man are
mainly due to the imagination and the irrita-
bility Of the patient He himself had intro
duced his finger into the throat of a mad dog
and drew it out covered with frothv saliva.
IN drying 1t he observed that he had a slight
eXcoriation on his dnger. He lightly cauter-
zed 1t, but ten days after, he experienced a
sense of construction about the throat He
fe alarmed; the difficulty of swallowing in
creased unit he could not drink ANYTHING
and the sight of water caused spasms. The
will, however, was strongly exercised and AZ
the end OF three weeks the a tack was mas
tered. This IS not an unsupported experience
there being at least one other notab e cure nv
sheer Will -pow, r. Will-power, by the way,
has also been successfully exerted to over
come the effects Of venomous reptiles bite.
IN an exciting scene in the last London sen.
sation. Human Nature" which we shall soon
have here, the stage swarms with a demon
strative crowd cheering the troops returning
from Egypt, ano among them policemen are
seen moving in natural manner. II struct
one OF the demonstratlve supers. an lrishman
named Thomas COstigan. that the interesfs ~ |
dramatic realism would be forward, q n he !
a. saulted one Of the stage police So he an |
preached 443 T.. and at a favorable moment |
gave him "ons IN the wind He remonstra !
TED. but the enthusiastic Tom gsvlv gave IL fo |
him again ant again, and the truthfhIness ~
the situation was much enhanced when a
second real Policeman who ventured 10 inter- |
tere was b ocked down and kicke bv Mr.
Costgan Fellow demonstrators. The affair.
however. led b the distinguished supers bein1
nned at the Police Court next morning 81 20.
SOME Of themost eminent architects ara ~
the opinion tlat the chief source Of acoustical
defects in hall is the reflection of sound
waves in sucha way that they strike upon the
ear OF the helrer within certain interval
after the direct waves, and are recognized az
an echo or resonance. It is ascertained. iu
], caro- 10 thelmrts within which this point .
eXerts disturbing influence, that difference
OF lb19 TO ~ eet not only causes no disturb-
ance, but, under some circumstance. NAV
produce favorable reinforcement of the direct
by the reelected sound, and that with dimin-
ibhed intensity the difference NAV be soma
What greater, but under no cIrcumstancaa
should IL exceed 80 feet. In regard 10 tha |
acoustic condition Of churches, il lie asserted
that the cetine, which IN theatres helm the
enect IN me upper tiers, in churches are too