The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-25
NATURAL FRUIT FLENoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

II 1T WE'RE POSSIBLE to rise above the at
mosphere which surrounds the earth, the sun
would look like sharply defined ball OF fire.
While everything else would be wrapped 10 total
darkness. There could be no difference Of light
without an atmosphere or some similar medium
Tor the sun s rays TO act upon. But, on the con-
trary, IL the earth's atmosphere extended 10 a
hight of ZOO miles. the suns heat and RAYS could
never penetrate 1t, and we would freeze TO death
while wrapped in darkness blacker than the
blacklist midnight.
@IT APPEARS on Chinese authority that Chris
tians can be identified by their smell. But
skeptical travellers are inclined to believe after
seeing the dlthy condition of Chinese towns and
villages that 1t is by the comparative absence
OF odor among civilized races that Chinaman
can spot Christian. By the best accounts
Chinese towns are incredibly filthy, there being
no pretense of sewerage, everything being,
thrown on the street During one of the wars
with China Commissioner Yeh who was yiceroy
slderation of his high rank he was kept on board
the flagship. While there he lived after the
Iashlon OF Peter the Great, when he occupied
Evelyn S house at Deptford, and his society was
30 unoearabe that a formal complaint was
made by the crew to the admiral The latter
explained TO Yeh through the interpreter that
If he did not mend his ways the sailors would
have to swab him down twice day like a bull
lock on shipboard.
AN enthusiastic German advocate for the
unifcation Of the human race invented, some
years since, universal language, which he
named Nolapilk The original work was the
only one which became well known before 1885,
ana since that time sixty-six books on the
same subject have appeared. The system was
enc which we should have thought might very
well have been left to the neglect which, in spite
OF the increasing literature on it. is sure in the
long run TO overtake it. But unfortunately
the basis OF the system is the German language
Thls, 1t is obvious. is more than some French
men can endure, and. in order to checkmate the
lnS10lOuS Attemnt of the Of
perpetuate the supremacy of Germany in
RenlouS Frenchmen have invented twenty five
new systems, all based on the Romance
language, and to which they have given names
such as 'Bopal," "Myrana, - "Lingua Franco, ~
"Linguaumina, ;" ''Neo Latino. ''Iingua -
Pasilingua," ETC.
Stop and think moment what the sentence
"A journey to the sun" implies cannon ball
could hardly complete the trip in fifteen years
gong at the rate such missiles are known to
travel: Take the fastest express train as an
other Illustration of that unthinkable distance
HAD one of these trans left the earth at the
same moment the Mayhower sailed for Amer-
ca, and had it travelled at the rate of a mile a
minute day and night since that time, it would
still be several miles from It's celes-
tai destination The fare, az the GUS
tomarY rate, would be $2,S50.OOOl Again.
1t has been found that sensation is
not absolutely instantaneous, but that a yery
minute time eapses as it travels along the
nerves. therefore, II person put his finger to
heated iron. or ia the blaze Of a candle there
is certain almost inconceivably small space of
time. say the onethousandth part of a second
before the brain knows of the burn. Now, sup
pose man with an arm long enough to reach
the sun. From the known rate of sensatory
transmission. that man would have to live more
than 100 years after touching the great lumin.
AIRY before ne would know that his fingers had
been scorched!
SEVERAL OF the papers. in referring to the
funeral OF the Duke OF Clarence. express satis-
faction that he should
Winds r. because he rests with many genera
tlons or his illustrious and historical fore
Iathers. The fact is that most OF the illus
trlous and historical forefathers' of the present
generations OF the royal family are buried in
westminster Abbey, where the royal vault was
closed after the funeral of William Duke of
Cumberland, because it was full. The present
royal vault or tomb house" at Windsor YES
constructed only about 100 wear, AGO unJer
the superintendent of George III =, who ordered
tnat his coffin and that OF Queen Charlotte
should De placed on the stone table in the
center OF the vault, and that the collins Of
their children and grandchildren should be
deposited on the shelves at their sides Nearly
al the children OF George LII. were buried here
the only exceptions being the Duke of Gam
bridge, whose grave is at Kew: Ernest King Of
Hanover, who is buried at Hanover; the Queen
OF Murtemburg, who rests at Stuttgart and the
Duke of Sussex and Princess Sophia who were
buried at KenSal Green. OF the Queens childran
Princess Alice is buried at Darmstadt and
Prince Leopold's coffin was removed in 1ss5
AiOih VIC NduIb anu pidCeQ IN a HaTCODhaUnS in
the Wolsey or Albert Memorial chapel Excent
KlnS George of Hanover no member of the
royal family had been really buried in this
vault until last week since Queen Adelaide, who
died in l649. There are seventeen collins in the
vault, the earliest being those Of the Princes
Alfred and Octavius, sons of George Ill which
were removed here from Westminster Abbey.
THE FEES that directors of business corpora
lions receive range from SIS to SIS for attend
ance at each meeting says the New York
Times. 1t is a fact not generally known that
there are some men in this town who eninTy
very handsome incomes from this source alons
Or course they are men Of wealth and high
business standing whose reputation for financial
sklil and probity makes them eagerly sought
Tor as directors. Cornelius Vanderbilt John n
Rockefeller or j. Pierpont Morgan. for instance
would be welcomed in the directory of anv
business corporation. Samuel D. Babcock ex-
president OF the chamber of commerce. has the
reputation of being director in more concerns
than any other man IN New Yor< Russell Sa0e
is not far behind him, Jay Gould might also he
multlfariouS director, but of late wears ba
has given the greater part of his time
ana attention to corporations which he
practically controls The president of one
OF the largest banks in this city said the other
day That, although he was director in com
paratlvely few corporations, his fees amounted
TO $1,000 last year. II know one man ~ said
he, whose income from directors fees alone
ranges from $1,000 to S100 900 a year" Nearly
all or the great financial concerns pay their d.
rectors $40 each for every meeting they attend
Inc money is usually paid in gold and is
handed to the director as soon as he enters the
board room. In some cases the custom pre-
walls to make pool at each meeting, which is
divided among the directors in attendance
Wherethere are fifteen members of a hoard of
directors $50 in $40 gold pieces or crisp new
notes is placed on a plate in the center of
the directors table and the members who are
present when the meeting is called to order at
once divide up the amount. If there Is but five
members they each take $50 from the plate.
rms method stimulates promptness in attend
ing the meetings