The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-18
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considerable of society man. He went to her
house one afternoon and sent her his card, wish
ing to pay his respects She received him with
amiability and spent half an hour in converse
ton, interesting him greatly 10 topics he had
never before discussed. AS he rose TO 90 she
I handed him back his card. He was a little dis
mayed at this act, but deeming il some peculiar
courtesy or piece of etiquette of which he was
ignorant, he went away with it in his hand But
was passing street lamp, his eyes
happened TO fall on the card and dis
covered writing on its back. Hastily ex-
aiming the scrawl, he found these words.
tlsh had seen the same Inscription and had
delicately returned the card to prevent him
! from humiliation"
| BETWEEN ELECTRICITY. which turns night into
day and in other ways fulflls the duty of city
| full of policemen. and photography, which dis
! somlnates the features of the convict far and
| wide, the times are not so suspicious for the
| burglar as they used to be. A citizen of Toledo
| ~, IS accredited with an invention by which an
| instantaneous photograph of an incoming burg
| lar can be made by the hash-light camera that
mas been previously set and focused toward the
door IN such way as to take in the entire figure
OF the intruder. The essential features of the
device are camera and a f1ash-light arrange
ment, In which is provided mechanism to strike
/ a match that ignItes the flash powder. Stimuli
taneouSIy with the flash pivoted spring shut.
| ter is moved SO as to cause instant exposure on
| the sensitive plate, and the work is DONE As
the burglar opens the door and steps on a pre-
pared mat an electrical connection is made and
q lively greeting rings out from the alarm bells
The burglar may retreat as hastily as he pleases,
but the photo ftash-light has been too quick fol.
him and his image is left behind.
The USE of tears is not generally appreciate =,
even by those who shed them most freely, says
the Newcastle Chronicle 1t is assumed that
tears are Shed only occasionally. as an express
sion OF grlet, though tears of Joy are not wholly
| unknown. This, however, is mistake, for the
discharge of tears is continuous and the flow of
moisture from the lachrymal glands serves a
very beautiful provision OF nature. An I'M
mense quantity of fine dust is always floating
in the air, and though this is impalpable to the
VISION. II would soon obscure the sight if al
lowed TO remain in the eyes, The continual
flow OF moisture from the lachrymal glands is
Sufficient TO keep the eyeballs clear from this
accumulation of dust; but when any grit, IN
sect or smoke gets into the eyes it so affects
the nerves as to cause an extra flow of tears to
| clear it away. Tears are thus involuntary and
| may be caused by any pungent vapor, such as
| arise from acids or the odor of onions. The
Chief element in the composition of a tear is
water, but with water is associated minute pro-
portions OF salt soda, phosphate of lime, phos-
phate of soda and mucous, and when seen under
the microscope a tear, after evaporation, looks
like very small fish bOne-owing to the sa-
lines forming themselves into heightened
CROSSINGS
On THE AUTHORITY Of DIR. Fraser Halo, it is
quite possible for a man to see his own BRAIN
Fifty years have elapsed since Purkinge OBJ
served that by passing a candle to and fro
several times by the side of the eye the air in
front was transformed into kind of screen on
which was reflected what was then supposed to
be "a magnified image of part of the retnan
Sir G. then Mr.) Wueatstone believed it to be
the shadow of the vascular network" Mayo
thought it was ian image of the blood vessels
or the retina. Sir Benjamin Brodie said that
it was to him really incompre lensible.
By means of more careful drawings DR..
Fraser Halle resumed thes@.exp GRAFTON and
cd in iExriV,e hA
with the represent lton of the anterior
lobe of the cerebrum." The picture consists he
has long observed, of red convolutions with
dark interspaces," among which a whitish ad.
mixture is sometimes visible These he saws
constitute exactly the image of folds of the an
terror lobe of the brain with the burrows be-
tween them. The candle should be moved to
and fro ABOUT four inches below the eye and
three and quarter inches from the face When
the movement ceases the undulations of course
also cease and the image disappears. A reddish
mist appears first and the image is soon Gevel-
oped and defined. Night is the best time for it.
but 1t can be SEN in dark place-falntly-in
the daytime.
BREAKFAST is rather failure as meal with
town men. says The Hospital. Taat ought not
to be. There is something wrong when a man
is not vigorously hungry in the morning Where
IS the tault? Is it in the late dinner? Not in the
dinner, probably. so much as in what is drunk
at dinner; In chat, ana in the nervous strain Of
the times: 1t does not matter whether we dine
long as we dine judiciously. But the man who
has much work to do, and particularly brain
work, cannot dine in the middle of the day.
Ii ne does, he must make up his mind to lose at
least an hour of his most valuable time
A light luncheon at midday with no stimulant
stronger than Cup of coffee or a bottle
OF ginger ale, is the suitable thing. But this
must on no account be used as substitute for
dinner. He who lunches IN this way at midday
must dine in the evening and dine we'll The
business man should dine at $50. or at latest
Nv mar dina x.rba bo
The man who has earned his dinner should
have good one-not heavy but nutritious: not
too elaborate, but we'll selected and well cooked.
he should drink, II possible, only one kind of
wine and that light one, sparkling and still
Spirits and beer he should avoid Dinner
should be the last meal of the day, except for
those who cannot sleep without little food in
their stomachs. These may take cup of cocoa
with little thin bread and butter, Just at the
moment of going 20 bed. If attention be raid
TO these suggestions very few people will fail to
be hungry at breakfast.
The DISCOVERY of the beautiful and costly
timber known as the mahogany was purely &C
cidontal The first mention made of it was by
Sir Walter Raleigh, who used it in 1897 at Trini-
dad for repairing his ships, says the Detroit
rree Press. About the beginning of the
eighteenth century a small quantity of it was
taken to England by West India captain
named Gibbons who sent a few planks to his
brother, physician residing in London. This
gentleman at the time OF the receipt of the
wood, was having house built and placed
the planks in the hands OF the carpenters
They attempted to cut it. but because of its
hardness very quickly threw it aside The
doctor expostulated but the workmen became
fixed in their determination to have nothing to
do with lumber which so successfully resisted
their attempts to saw it. The planks were then
sent to q cabinet maker named Wollaston who
was directed to make candle box with a nor
ton OF the wood The same objection was adj
vanced by this workman, but being a persever-
ing Individual. he persisted and finally made the
box When polished it so outshone ANYTHING
previously made that it very quickly became
an object of curiosity, and the people foe ked to
see 1t. As a consequence the wood became
quite popular, especially after portion of the
physicians treasures we're employed in the con-
struction of two bureaus, one for himself and
the other for the Duchess of Buckingham
These specimens of cabinet work caused the
rejected wood to become prominent factor i'm
the construction of luxurious pieces of furni-
ture. Thus Wollaston was amply rewarded for
his perseverance in fashioning it into the candle
box, and his name, together with that of the
physician and his nautical brother became in
separately connected with the history of the
introduction of this wood into civilized lands
HEARD an amusing story some days ago, saws
writer in the Wilmington Nelcs, as to how
an Englshman who was visiting this country
at the time of the Astor-WiIling wedding. man
aged to get his name in the papers as one of the
guests. 1t seems the EngliShman made his
headquarters in New Yore, where he is pretty
well known, and enjoys the company of q few
chosen friends upon his stated visits to this
country. He happened to be- in the metronOIia