The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-20

and the 10. Ell. ge. Gauss .e
thumb TO close upon the paper, and il is
held quite firmly. All sorts " plans havs
been tried to make the fingers open and
close. One man inv nged hand which
contained quantity Of quicksilver, aud by
moving bis arm he eau ed this to run
down and act upon some springs
that closed the fingers. tie was SO
pleased with lis idea that he said
| he had made hand hich only
needed warmth to render it lifelike But
his invention never came to much. A pop
ular French actor who had lost a hand had
one made for him, TO the fingers of which
strings were ttached. These strings passed
up his arm, round his back, and were fast
ened to the other arm. The false hand re-
manned open until he frightened the strings
by jerking his other arm, wAea the fingers
closed, e. spring open again as soon Us the
Strings were loOsened. IL Is related that he
created perfect Juror amo & the audience
one night by walking on t. the stage with
outstretched arm and shaking lOther actor
vigorously by the hand. This idea is still
sometimes adopted"
Have wars done much FOR your business.
Mr.. Grossmithp sit IS ard to say whether
or no it would ever have reached its pres
emit state of perfection without the flip
that they undeniably give. The Crimean
war was the direct cause Of many improve
ments. | supplied a leg to Capt. Owen,
who was, believe, the first man wounded
in the Crimea."
II imagine from the eyes in your window
that you make good the loss of these as well
as Of limbsp 81 have over $500 custom
ers for artificial eyes" was Mr.. Grossmiths
reply. Among them Is member of the
House OF Lords, two of the House Of Com
mons, and several favOrite actors and
actresses. A popular clergyman wears
two OF my eyes, and am sure
that many of the thousands to
whom he breaches have no idea that hei
quite sig Gless. We English cannot boast
the same superiority in the matter of arh-
fetal eyes as i'll that Of limbs. The French
eyes are the best in the world, and ours are
made Of enamel i ported from France
great many eyes are turned out in Ger
many, but they are very inferior. Still
their price is lower than the French or ours,
and consequently there is a demand for
them which has 10 oe satisfied | am
obliged to employ some German workmen,
though | al avs recommend Gust )mers to
pass by their productions. German eyes
last no time; they soon cracl, and spoil.
You shall judge for YOURSELF and Mr.
Grossmlth left the room, returning in
moment with a tray containing eyes of
all colors He pointed out the differ
ence between German and English eyes,
and our representative was soon able to
distinguish ct ~een them. IAN z glish-
made eye costs pound from Stock con-
tInued Mr. GrossmiUh; "if specially made it
is IS. more. An eye of German make is
half as expensive, but the dearer one is the
cheaper in the long run. The Americans
fail completely in eyes. There is not one
good maker OF them in the States, and |
send consignments there by every mail
We reckon that an English eye lasts a year,
bat often they are broken long before they
have been six months in use. l have one
customer VINO uses six or seven every year
He is a member of the Atheneum Club,
where there are marble wristbands, and is
continually letting his eye drop on these and
break when ne takes it out with the object
of cleaning it."