The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-24
NATURAL FRUIT FLANORS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A1hAo OH lNIEhE6T.
| WAX PALM grows in Brazil The young
leaves are covered with wax, which is detached
| by shaving them, and melted, to be finally run
| into cakes. 1t is harder than beeswax and is
| utilized for candles. The upper part of
| the young stem OF this tree yields kind of
| sage.
A MOST remarkable alloy of gold and alumni
! mum is now under the examination of scientists.
1t is of beautiful, rich purple color This roya
metal will make a handsome addition to those
now used Tor purposes of adornment. From
| all accounts it seems amenable to the
methods of jewelers. in making their gold orna-
| ments.
THE greatest known depth of the ocean in the
Pacific is near the Ladrone Islands, where
soundings were made to the depth Of sc, $50
| feet, or little over five miles. In the Atlantic
the greatest depth found is just north of the
| West Indian Islands, which is %, $50 feet, or
nearly four and half miles. In those parts of
the ocean most free from islands, as in the
| route from Newfoundland to ireland. the ocean
is most shallow, seldom exceeding Il, 600 feet.
THE 'depopulation'' of France and the
means of checking the progress of the evil are
| subjects that have for some time engaged the
attention of the Academic de Medicine, but the
| deliberations of that body have not yet led to
| the discovery OF the effectUal remedy. In tn e
meantime NJ. TernieE, the president of the
| academic, has offered bounty of 100 francs to
| every married couple in his native commune
who shall enrich the French republic with an
additional citizen during the year 1892.
AT Kimberley, South Africa. recently a brood
ing hen persistently sat on heap of empty
bottles for several days. There were no eggs
and she was driven off. Some time after a
pointer bitch had litter of four puppies in the
same place. The hen, during the dogs absence
established herself as nurse to the puppies
placing herself in their midst and gathering them
under her wings. The pointer evidently &C
0lliaSCad in this cnriOug
day subsequently the hen and dog were observed
Nesting close together with the puppies half
concealed under the wings of the would-be
mother, head or tail appearing here and
there from beneath her widespread wings.
THE LAUGHING PLANT is the name of plant
growing in ARABIA, and. according to the Medi
cal Times. is so called by reason of the effect
produced upon those who eat its seeds The
plant is of moderate size, with bright yellow
flowers, and soft velvety seedpods, each of
which contains two or three seeds resemb ing
black beans The natives of the district where
the plant grows dry these seeds and reduce
them to powder A dose of this powder has
similar effects to those arising from the inhala-
ton OF laughiD gas. Ii causes the most sober
person to dance. shout and laugh with the
boisterous excitement Of a mailman, and to
rush about cutting the most ridiculous capers
for about an hour. At the expiration of this
time exhaustion SteS in. and the excited person
falls asleep, to awake after several hours with
no recollection Of his antics.
NAREoEHT CASE In one of the Indian courts,
says the Bombay Gazette, jury had before
them evidence that could not be in any way
shaken. When the concluding stage had been
reached, the following interchange of CONVEX
sation took place between the judge and his
colleagues in the administration Of Justice,
Gentleman, are you ready to give your ver-
dict?" Yes. What is your verdict?' Our
answer is, sir, that you can do as you like with
the men that have confessed, but we acquit all
the rest" But is it possible that you have
weighed the evidencefn Evidence like this can
always be fabricated" "Do you find that as re-
CARDS these prisoners it has been fabricated?''
evidence can be fabricated" so the evidence
is untrustworthy?' Unless q man confesses
who can tell if he is guilty?"
THE straugest fad that has yet come under
my observation is one that l recently encoun-
tered in an eastern city. says writer in the
Globe Democrat. was talking on business to
ladies' tailor when he told me that he was
making a big thing out of his idea of
making becoming gowns for fair Divorces.
questioned him wonderinSly, and found that
what thought was fake" was in reality a
firmly established branch of trade. The women
who obtain divorces are anxious to appear
charming, and yet to study closely appearance
and gain sympathy, not comment To this end
a careful study OF costume is made during the
trial. and each day some appropriate one of
white, violet, or black is chosen. Apparently
each one is simple but in reality no debutante's
gown is half SO considerably selected. And
the men who designs and makes these telling
effects on the jury gets double price for his
pains.
THE death of Mrs Fair was severe shock in
the social circles of the Pacific coast. Mrs. Fair
was separated from her husband. ex-senator
Fair in 1883. The courts awarded her 81 $50, COO
as her share of the property. In speaking OF
the estate Richard v. Dey, who has been Mrs.
Fair confidential secretary for years. said: Ito
roughly estimate Mrs Fairs wealth. l should
say that it would aggregate $50 600 You
remember her portion of the estate was nearly
S., 900 coo and that was eight years ago" Msny
of her investments were very profitable, and as
TO her money, the bulk of il was in
securities that naturally increased with
time Her will was made some years ago, John
W. MackGy and Mr.. Dey are the executors
From an intimate friend Of the family it Is
learned that Mrs. Fair had divided her fortune
between her daughters. expecting Senetor Fair
to provide for her sons She leaves large sums
to numerous charities, several requests to
friends and faithful employees, and legacy to
the Catholic church.
CLAUDIO REYNA and Juan Araneta registered
at Chicago hotel recently. They are from the
Philippine Islands and are making tour of the
world, studying and observing customs of all
races. They are Spaniards, Both are retired
farmers aud heavy owners of sugar plantations
and oreer productive real estate on the tropical
islands. Iiolio, town not far from Manila, is
the postoffioe address. but for some months
they have been travelling through China Mon
gona, Japan. at Hong Kong, the islands
of the Pacific and latterly in San Fran
cisco and other portions OF the Pacific coast
They were in Chicago long enough to declare
in their native Spanish tongue to their friend,
Alberto Zerata. the Spanish commercial agent
in the Rookery, that Chicago was the most
wonderful town they had ever seen in the
world, They visited the site of the worlds fair
and marveled at the stupendous magnitude of
the enterprise. The Philippine Islands are
Spanish possessions, and under the control Of
that government are expecting to make great
display of tropical fruits, grain. trees and
civilization at the Columbian exposition. The
gentlemen are studying the sugar market in
America with view to increasing their ex-