The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
Il EMS OF INTEREST.

with the everlasting scarf on top, and rickety
| tables IN the middle of the floor, with marble
statuettes underneath glass covers, will be a
penefactor to the race. What is wanted is a
Home improvement Association whose id as
4 on decoration will be dominated by simplicity
| and elegance.
! ONE must travel from the north end of Jasper
county to the south end to realize the great diff
| ference in Texas temperature Crops NAV
safely be planted in the southern end of the
county month earlier than in the northern
| part. Oranges may be raised in the south end
OF the county with more safety than figs in the
north end. Serious damage was caused to the
1rult crop at Jasper by the late cold spring, yet
| twenty miles below town it seems not to have
| aHected vegetation in any manner.
A NATIVE of westphalia named Gwascher.
now residing at Brandon, Mimi, has written to
the authorities of his native town TO collect
| funds to enable him to make the tour of the
| world on horseback. He assures them that he
Will never quit the saddle except for the pur-
| pose OF sleeping and embracing at San Fran
cisco for Shanghai and at Havre for New York
| Thus he is certain great honor will be reflected
upon his birthplace. Up to the present writing
| the citizens of Westphalia have not exhibited
any enthusiasm for the scheme, and the paper
| can find no better headlines for it than the
American Humbug," 1.-THE Fraud on Horse
| back" etc.
SOME WOMEN can keep their husbands at home.
| Other women cannot do so. The former gen.
| orally are pleased with their faculties in that
| direction. Instances have been recorded in
which wives complained that their husbands
| were around the house too much Women visit
| each other and no reasonable complaint is made
Many men after their days toll is over visit
| their friends. No true wife would seek to DENY
her husband rational license in that direction.
| Some wives see but little of their husbands
The latter seem possessed to pass all their hours
| OF rest in drinking places. Wives in this class
are to be pitied and are their husbands
AFTER all, there are great many wives who
need no recipes for catching their husbands
! again and a great many husbands who do not
| need to be caught again. These Peep e live up
| TO the VOW of ceaving to each other ''for better
| for worse" For them and for their examples
| let us be thankful.
NEW YORK DIAMOND DEALER relates the fol-
lowing story: "A few days ago an unsophisti-
Gated couple, hailing from one Of the flourish
| ing villag of Long Island, made their way
| into my office, and after fishing out a small
| paper from the depths of an exaggerated hand
| bag, asked me to examine stone it contained
IL was diamond about half carat in weight.
| The possessors, on being assured that it was
| genuine, nudged each other. grinned and
| looked as if they had suddenly acquired posses
sion of a South Africa mine. Inquiry on my
| part soon eli tied the fact that the wife had dis
| covered the treasure in the crop of chicken
| purchased at the regular market price from a
| local butcher. few days later the couple
| called again, this time to sell the diamond
They informed me that wild excitement pre-
| vailed In their village, especially in the neigh
| borhood of the butchers shop, which has been
Deslegeo ever since the discovery of the dia-
| mond by crowd OF eager women, seeking to
| invest their ready mooney in all sorts and con
| ditions of poultry"
The degree of delicacy which has been at
tanned in the application of the radio-micro-
meter for the measurement of radiant heat.
| VIZ: from candle. fire. the sun, the moon,
| the stars or anything else which radiates heat
| through space, is marvellous. An appreciable
| effect is produced on the radio-micrometer by a
| candle placed two miles away, at which dis
| lance its light is almost COMPARABLE to that of
| barely visible nehua. The latest measure
! ments by Prof. Boys show that the heat of the
lunar rays can be definitely determined as $780,
| OOO greater than those of a candle twenty feet
away. The difference of radiation between a
moon nineteen days old, which goes through
the sky with its dark edge foremost and the
nflne-day moon In which the bright edge goes
| forward, and the diminished heat at the termi-
nator, as compared with the luminous part of
| Inc disc, shows in wonderful way the discrimi-
mating power OF the instrument. Prof. Boys
experiments fully confirm the inference drawn
| from earlier observations that the heat of the
| moon does not accumulate by penetrating be-
meath her surface; it lasts only from moment
to moment as supplied by the sun.
ARNOLD BRINKwoRTH is exhibiting with mucb
pride specimen of the F1eur de Lune, the ex-
| istence of which has often been doubted but
which was sent Mr.. Brinkworth a few months
| ago BY friend residing in Obydos, Brazil, saws
the New York Journal. IL was obtained for
| him by an Indian who found il growing in a
swamp in the depths of the Amazonian forests
and is the only specimen which has ever reached
this country alive. Those who have been ia
vored by glimpse of the curiosity saw il is a
delicate, tenacious vine, covered with small
glossy leaves Of bright and very tender green
climbing to hight of four or five feet bearino
mere ana there AZ inilk-white blossom of disk
ike shape. Wien the moon is at its
stain of deep yellow, which
seems rather in than out of the flower and cor
responding to the shape OF the moon makes its
appearance on this disk and grows as tine nIanet
does, until, when at its full Size the yellow stain
covers 1ne entire flower. AS the moon begins
TO wane again this retreats in the same ratio.
and finally disappears all together, to return
once more as the new moon is seen To come
back: When the planet SETS the flower closes
ana does not unfold until the moon rises on the
following night. It pursues this course month
after month, whether placed in the open air or
Kept In hothouse, though under the latter cir
cunstances the yellow tint is much paler and
more undecided, while the white surface takes
on a dIngy. unhealthy tinge. The plant sun
sists a most entirely on air, its roots being
barely covered with little moist gravel
THE PUBLIC is frequently warned by the med.
ical profession OF the danger which turks in the
practice OF dampening the gum on enyeIoues
with the tongue, and Notwithstanding the many
cases of vrulent and serious diseases which
nave been traced TO such an origin, the practice
IS still almost universal. Among attamnts
which have been made to provide a means of
escaping the necessity of licking the envAIona IL
an automatic lock envelope, which has lust been
patented. On the flap OF the envelope are two
projecting fanges, and ali that is necessary 10
I
close the envelope is to fold these fla pes bv |
clearly denoted lines, and insert the dap thus
narrower IN slot, whereupcn the folded
haBges automatically lock thenselyes' ana tSe
envelope cannot be opened without being torn
Inc operation sounds much more compli-
eateo lhan ~ really u.s. for one Of the new elve-
| lOpes can be clOaed As readily az tie better |
known guInmed envelope. stiil another remedy |
y patent u achins which molstens the ouen
| hhps oi envelopes and similar articles drawn
| through Il. This consists Of a res@rvofr Id |
| eonYexei under surface, which Is ATTACHED b. |
| the vertical member Of a frame Wien tie |
kumtnea nap y ~ envelope 10 passed under a |
| hponge which extends slightly dOwaWard /
| VIVID an opening 10 the base u the frame. a |
spring arm Il slightly 1T d ana ralses a 1I,S |
showing NAtsr - enter the reservoir aud feF. |
mHtigS ~ nov through the sp0ngs, whic6 4 |
lnps kef ~ q fhorou shiy moist condition. |
/ The immeelate return 81 he plug 10 lfs posl l
i2n ~ me spring arfn, after DE enyel0ps hss /
ne moisisaiag legid.