The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PROF CARL MYERS OF Frankfort N Y, has
returned from Washington, d. c., where he
was called TO consult with officials regarding
the carrying out. Of an extensive scheme for
promoting rainfalls in arid regions during
seasons Of prolonged drought, by producing
conclusions in upper atmospheres. for which
congress has made appropriations. Prof.
Myers viii begin operations with one hundred
balloons OF various sizes. The charges of
mixed gases will be exploded at various nights
through the medium of galvanic batteries and
electric cables which will serve both to retain
captive balloons and con duct the electric s ark
to explosive compounds. The necessary work
viii be done on his balloon farm at Frankfort,
where the oxygen and hydrogen will be gen.
Grated. Experiments will be made at Frank
fort and near Washington; finally the sky
stOrmers viii be taken to the arid regions of
Texas, Colorado and other states Theory and
statistics favor the successful issue Of the
experiments.
MARRIED at 10 O'Clock and grass" widow at
noon. That was the experience of Lizzie
Davis, a handsome girl of 90 who applied to the
Memphis police Wednesday for aid. She is
| hunting for l.. A. Avant. a patent medicine doc
tor, who calls himself ''Dr. Y ellowstone, and
clai rs to be a cousin of the notorious Yellow
stone Kit He took the girl from her home at
Cadaretta, Miss. few months ago under prom
Use OF marriage, and she has bsen travelling with
him ever since as his wife. On her arrival at
| Memphis he yielded to her entreaties TO make
| good his pledge, and they were married by the
|
| own goodness that he concluded to get his Iona
hair cropped. His bride accompanied him to
the barber shop Having been trimmed like
unto prize fighter, Ayant insisted on Mrs A.
undergoing the same operation. She consented
and was soon shorn as he had been, but when
the job was finished and she looked around for
her husband he was nowhere TO be seen, nor
have the police as yet found him.
FROM the crown to the nape of the neck is one
twelfth the stature of perfectly formed man,
says the st. Louis Republic The hand from
the wrist to the end of the middle finger is one
tenth of the total hight of a man of perfect
proportions. A man of good proportions is as
tall as the distance between the tips of his fin
gers when both arms are extended to full length.
The face from the highest point of the forehead
where the hair begins, to the end of the chin is
one tenth of the whole stature of man of per-
feet mold. II the face from the roots of the
hair to the chin be divided into three equal parts
the first division determines the place where the
eyebrows should meet, the second the opening
! of the noStrils if the man be perfect in form.
The proportions of the human figure are six
times the length of The right foot. Whether
the form is slender or plump the rule holds
good on an average Any deviation from the
rule is departure from the beauty of proper
| ton. 1t is claimed that the Greeks made all
their statues according to this rule
1 STARTED an old resident of Washington to
talking the other day about the women says
writer in the Washington Post, who had lived
| In that city at various times by reason of the
a keen observer of humankind and has had
ample opportunities of observation. He said:
The wives and daughters of officials are the
greatest of sticklers for precedence and etl-
quette. Al receptions in the white house the
women quarrel among themselves over who
shall be first in line and all that sort of thing.
The men care very little about whether they are
nrst or last, so they are recognized by the Pres
ldentS famlly-that is, well recognized end not
formally. But the women will say the most
splteful things about each other, and will talk
about each other in a way that among men
would mean bloodshed, yet they will smile and
| gossip with each other without the slightest
| sign OF being angered. The senator's wives the
| justices wives and the wives of cabinet minis
| tiers are In constant combat about precedence. g"
There are so many pretty girls in Nashville
| that the Nashville boys are unusually gal
| liant set, and this is the charitable way of ex-
planning the unusual ferocity of the duennas
| who gu ard the hearts and persons Of the young
ladies' in the many Nashville seminaries An
| official connected with the Tennessee legislature
ha, been particularly eloquent concerning one
| OF these Jealous custodians of maidenhood for
| the last few days. 1t happens that he has a
| very pretty young wife, and that she has
| walking costume resembling the uniform
| adopted by one of the leading boarding schools
While taking an afternoon stroll together the
| other day they accidentally encountered the
| pupils of this boarding school, who were also
taking an afternoon stroll en- maSSe. The gal
| liant young lawmaker was suddenly surprised
Dy the lady in charge, who rushed up behind
him, pushed him vigorously to one side and
taking his wife by the shoulders. gave her
| severe reprimand and commanded her to
get in line" 1t was in vain they expo5tu
| lated. She refused to listen TO him for one
moment and forcibly propelled the trembling
young wife to the other side Of the column,
where she was hurried beyond the reach of her
| astounded lord and master. The protests of
ell the young ladies present were necessary to
| convince the excited matron that she had
| made a mistake, but the legislative dignitary
| hastily accepted her apologies, glad to escape
| with his life.
BY USE Of the table given below you can as
| certain the name Of any person or place, pro-
viding the rules below the letter diagram are
| strictly observed, says the st. Louis GLOBE
| Democrat:
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