The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-29
ITEMS of INTEREST.

NEW scientific instrument has been gotten
up by Prof. Bigelow. which is called the aurora
inclinometer. By extensive researches he has
iound bhat the same law which underlies the
working OF electricity and magnetism Is operat-
Ing on the sun, and that sunlight is a magnetic
Ieid IN which the ma Snetized earth rotates as
uoeS Ine aEmature OF the dynamore. The in
De used in the study of the aurora as it is there
seen in the best conditions
VIRGINIA LADY missed a very vaiua-
ole and highly priced watch and chain from her
Jewelry case. Convinced that one of the female
servants about the house had purloined it, she
,soe no aao ABOUT the matter. bus confidently
informed the suspected eulprit that she would
go TO Richmond and consult q fortune teller
who could easily tell her just where the watch
was Inc next day the stolen articles were
found In their usual place of abode. Supersti.
ton mad done good detective good
The number OF newspapers published In all
countries is estimated at Al, 900, Of which mum.
Der about 81 900 appear In Europe. Germany
heads the list with 5000 theh comes Francs
with 4,100 England with COO, AustrIs, H,.naary
VIII S,oOO: Italy with i.4o0 Spain With $50. Rus
sla with 800. Switzerland With 49, Belgium and
Holland with 800 each, and the rest are pub
llshed in Portugal, the Scandinavian and the
balkan countries. The United States have over
!io,5oo newspapers, Canada has 700 and Austria
liza also zoo.
possess
sion horseshoe which Is decidedly a cariosity.
1t is made Of ordinary iron, without toepiece or
corks. and instead of solid iron the bottom is
constructed with an opening, which runs arouhd
she entire bottom OF the shoe. leaving nothing
0ds , tnln ron rim. In this opening is forced
hard as stone being petritied by lying on the
ground. The shoe was intended 70 be a noise
less one. On either side are three holes for
nalis' on the front ''F 3, !" Patented 1873"
A PARTISAN SHARPER has developed a new
game. He stops at a hotel and registers his
name. which strangely happens to be the same
as that of the proprietor OF the house. This IA
SO remarkable that the guest and the host have
friendly chat about II. The guest requests
him 90 pay special attention TO his mail which
IS daily handed to the guests wallet" Two or
three packages come, and the wallet" taxes
them also. Then a small package, neat-loohing
and evidently valuable, Is passed oyer the
counter. When the valet" gets this he and his
between the hotel proprietor and Z jeweier, Who
presents his bill for iewery furnished TO the
valne of say, 10000 francs.
SEVERAL married ladies' were discussing the
method by which their several admirers had
proposed. Said one: I'VE were out d irving In
the country, returning nome about dusk, when.
coming to clear road with large number OF
r1cade over which no sensible animal would like
to climb, he Stacked the rein and allowed the
mule to walk. You have something in your
keeping which belongs TO me- said he. %. this
pencilH ! exclaimed, handing him one had
borrowed q few days before Something
Of moro value than that, l hope.
heart be- aaeHg ny hand can IT is ,aRS
yours In returHP" Before ! could reply the
mule started TO the side Of the road and began
dragging the buggy over the road. He was
obliged 10 get out OF the buggy and lead the
animal into the road again That mule had dis
covered in some way that he was not being
thought OF in regard to an early supper and
concluded to make short cut across the coun.
try regardless OF consequences. l have often
laughed az the ridiculous picture we must have
presented, and wish had a photograph of the
scene. You see afterward broke tie engage
ment. only entered into ID because thought
it too bad that q man should be deserted by his
best girl, and his mule both IN the same
minute"
DR.. NAvILLE, the discoverer OF Bubastis and
OF the treasure city of Pithom. has just given
to the world the results of bis work in identify
ing other cities and districts Ia Egypt, more
especially Some connected with the EXODUS of
the 1sraelites BE illustrated his remarks by re.
ferrtng TO ON elaborate map of bis surveys. He
said he had found that Succoth was noyA chg
as some had supposed. but a district, from
rsmarkaole valuable inscription discovered ~
Fithotn, there was no longer any doubs that n
was taat Greek Heroepolis, from whence, ae
Strabo. Pliny, Agathemeres and Artsrnidorus
described. merchant ships sailed TO che
results OF modern scientific surveys, which
sA2wed that there had bsep ayaduA rising Of
theiand, and that the Red se8 ONCE extended
up to the walls OF Pithom; this musS have besn
the case about 900 yeeEs ego, and Sir William
Dawson and the French engineer. Liuant, held
that it went even further north Tho next
place noted by NJ. NavilIe was Baal Zephon, and
in identifying this he had been aided through
some recently discovered papyri. which proved
that 1t was not village or city, but an ancient
shrine OF Baal and noted place OF pilgrimage
Other places were Migdol and ri Hahroth and
here again papyrus had helped him, 1t seemed
probable that the Serapeum was the Epyptiau
MaItal or migdol, and 1t was greatly TO be Ie-
GREETED that bilingual tablet discovered there
rev years ago had been destroyed before be-
ing deciphered The bearing of his identihoa-
lions is Of no small interest to the students of
history, both sacred aud other.
LADY, calling on a friend and asking after
the health Of the family, was informed that all
were well except Blanche, her eldest daughter.
And TO think" she continued, ''she was to 20
to the german tonight She has severe sick
heauache, caused by something she has eaten
or by sleeping too warm. Whatever the cause
am sure of the effect" "If she win uncoudi-
tionally place herself in my hands will cure
her before 1t is time for the german " said her
isitor This was readily agreed to- While
arge kettle which she had ordered was eating
the visitor went to the room of the sick girl To
prepare here for treatment. The invalid had
eaten little breakfast and no dinner. 1t was
chair with her head leaning on her arm too Ill
to look up. She had her clothes hooked tipht
as she did when feeling well. Bier friend assisted
her to remove every article except her under
clothing She then put on her night dress
and warm wrapper and made her drink
quart of water as hot IS her throat would bear.
BY this time the hot water for foot bath was
ready. Mustard and salt were put In, She
placed her in this and remained half hour. the
water being kept quite hot by the addition.
from time to time of boiling water During
this bath she was covered from her ghoulders
down with thick blanket, also an extra one
over her lower limbs. After the half hour was
up she was placed in bed with hot brick to her
feet The room having heen
darkened she was left to doze
IL she could, until s O'Clock. At that time
she given to drink glass of hot milk with a
pinch of salt in it, This was slowly slipped
After resting few inmates, she was sponged
with solution OF alcohol Fresh underciothin9
was then put ON. Her corset fitted her loosely,
OF course, her dancing dress would not meet at
the waist; but tho gap was flied In with plated
lace artstcally arranged Her hair was
arranged on the top of her head, so that would
be no strain on the delicate nerves that had SO
recently throbbed with pain. Everything had
been done quietly, and she was given frequent
intervals OF rest during the trial OF dressing for
ball" By the time her escort came, at p:30
o'clock, she was feeling almost like her us,al
SELL She was cautioned not to dance more than
twice before supper, not to drink or eat any
thing iced, and to avoid sweets and pickles and
not to stay later than o'clock a. m, All these
admonitions she strictly folio we'd, and reported
TO her adviser afterward that she had no reti,rn