The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


! JUDGE NOAH DAVIS was born on a farm and
made his first coin selling eggs
MIR. GLADSTONE weighs eleven stone, and Sir
| william Harcourt eighteen stone.
GROWING APART has its disadvantages and
even trees may tire of it and join themselves to-
| gether. There is a curiosity near Cordele Ga
| In the shape of a pine tree. 1t begins from the
| ground as two separate and we-developed
trees and continues so for distance of ii feet,
| when they join and go upward as one.
EIGHT YEARS AGO inquiries were made which
showed that in the lesser colleges 81. 500 a year
was the average for full professorship. Co
/ lumbia paid s., 800; Harvard and Johns Hopkins,
| S5, Geo. Yale was endeavorng to reach this
| level; the maximum at the University of Penn
| sylvanla, Amherst. Williams, and other colleges
| of like rank was $1,000; at Michigan 81, 500 and
so on down to $1,000 or less in small institutions.
| These figures have not materially changed. but
| the number of institutions offering $4,000 has
| increased and $4,000 no longer commands
good man unless he is very young.
! TaE FRAGMENTS of a fine marble statue of
the best period of Greek art, says the London
| STANDARD. have been found in the Tiber en-
| bankment excavations. The head is of extraor-
| binary beauty and well preserved So far as
| the fragments have been put together the
| sculptor Monteverde and the painter Morelli
| pronounce the statue to be a eff d'OeuUre OF
! Greek art. 1t will shortly be exhibited to the
| public in the museum in the bath of Dio-
| cietian, where other important objects lately
| found in the embankment works are preserved.
| FEW DAYS AGO children while play ing round
the church at South Paris, Ne, discovered a can
| of powder under the old eIifice. From its ap.
| pearance this is supposed to have been
| under the church since 1874, when il was the
| custom of the colonial patriots to secrete their
! powder in and near meeting houses. In the
| year mentioned, John Sullivan OF Berwick
raised company of men, and going to Fort
J nd of Orf
| tured 100 barrels of powder. part of which was
| concealed in the old church at Durham, Andres.
coggin county, and used the next year at Lex
! lngton and Bunker Hill. IL is thought that the
can found at South Paris is part of the same lot
| that Capt. Sullivans men seized from the kings
| men III years ago.
CURIOUS PANT, grows in Arabia called the
laughing plant. 1t is of moderate size, with
bright yellow flowers, and soft, velvety seed
| pods each of which contains two or three seeds
resembling black beans. The natives fire.
| quently dry the seeds and reduce them to pow
| der. 1t is said thai dose Of this powder pro
! duces similar effect to that of laughing gas.
| IL causes the most sober person TO dance, shout
and lSugh in an extremely boisterous manner,
! andto run about doing the most ridiculous
| things Tor az interval of half on hour or more.
| As the effects OF the powder wear off exhaus-
| ton sets in, and the person falls into deep
sleep. When he awaEens several hours later
| he has not the slightest recollection of any
| thing he did While under the influence Of TIE
| drug.
IT IS NOT the cisare t smoked in the ordinary
fashion that does harm; it is in the Inhalation
Of smoke SAYS the Medical Record This in
| PRODUCES quickly and delightfully."- a narcotic
| poison into the system and awakenS into the
habitue a sensation delightful that pro
duced by opium. The seriousness of the cigar
cite to inhalation hes not alone In the fact that
| it involves steady absorption of poison, but
| III the utter hopelesSness of the habit and
the entire Inability of the indulger to
give it up. Once cigarette inhaler, always
In IL lI1, 4,
! painful similarity the opium habit to
which it has many points Of resemblance. One
may stop the use Of the pipe or cigar, or the use
of tea or been or WHISKY, but the morphine and
| Decentralization habits if well established,
are practically incurable Tobacco smoke con-
| UalnS aqueous vapor. carbon SCOT, nicotine,
| traces OF certain organic acids and of products
of the aniline SERIES such as pyrolne. 1t is tn j,
nicotine, however. which probably does the
harm.
HAvISG been asked by friends frequently for
advice for their boys in handling guns, writes
| sportsman in crest and Stream, send Won a
I digest of same Perhaps as the shooting sea
son VIII now De on soon, you might think them
| worthy OF publication: !. Empty or loaded
never point gun toward yoursef or any other
| half COCK. II 10 cover, lot your hand shield the
hammers from whipping twgs. g. When
riding from one shooting ground to another, or
| whenever you have your gun in any conveyance
| remove the cartridges, q brosohloader IL
| being so easy 20 replace them. II a muzzle
| AOdIcA replaces tuo caps, DruSh on the nipples
and place wsd on nipples, letting DOWN
the hammers on wads-simply removing.
| caps sometimes leaves little Illumination on
the NIPPLE and blow on the hammer when
down discharges it. 4. Never draw a gun to-
| ward you by the barrels. s. More care is neces-
sary in the use OF gun in boat than else
| where; the limited space, confined action and
| uncertain motion making it dangerous at the
| best. II possible, no more than two persons
| should occupy boat Hammerless guns are n
| constant danger TO persons boating g. Always
| clean your gun thoroughly as soon as YOU re-
| turn from days sport no matter how tired
| you feel; the consequences of its always being
I ready for service is ample return for the few
minutes irksome labor.
| AT CAPUA there were such a number of per
| tuners, writes j. c. Sawyer in Knotcleooe. that
| the principal street of the city, named Seplasia
| was almost entirely occupied by them For the
| most part these tradeSmen were Greeks, and as
AT Athens their shops ttabarna) were the rem
| devious of the rich id.ers of those days The
perfumed oils and ointnentS were made in
great variety. The basis of the oils was gem
orally the oil OF Ben. and that of the unguents
was bleached and partly purified tai
| low. They were used not only for the
hair, but to anoint all parts of the
body, especially after the bath,
| 1t was also customary at banduets to
honor the guests by pouring costly perfumed
| oils over their feet. Some of these were simple
oils. such Rhodum made from ro,as.
Mehnun made from ounces; Metopium, from
bitter almonds; Narcissium from the narcissus
Perhaps the most fashionable oil after the
Oleun S1sinum, was that called Crocinum
made from saffron (Crocusi, which communil
Gated DO Ia a fine color and odor TO the person:
Hellogabaius never bathed without it, Butter
is noted by Pny as used bv the negroes and
lower classes Of Arabs for amounting their
bodies. The natives Of India prefer strong
perfumes for this irpose, and use oil Of sandal
and oil Of patchoun Savages also grease their
bodies, but probably with the idea of being en-
a.fsasIHg