The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mr.. FLAMAND, who has been studying the in
scribed stones In the southeastern part of Alge-
ria. has found many rocks upon which men.
women and children, who were evidently pre-
historic, are represented. The stones show the
figures of horses, cattle ostriches and elephants.
though the elephant has not inhabited this re-
gion within historic times.
FRENCH FACTORIES supply dentists with rings
upon which are strung thin short metal bars,
each carry tooth at its extr entity. There are
twenty five OF these sample teeth that run all
the way from nearly white to a shade that is
almost olive. Some one of the twenty five
usually almost matches the patients natural
teeth. and at any rate, enables the dentist to
match the teeth by application at the factory
THE BERLIN FIRE DEPARTMENT is experiment
ing with novel fire engine. The carriage is
constructed exclusively OF papier mache, all
the different parts, the body wheels, poles,
etc.. being finished in the best possible manner.
While the durability and power OF resistance
possessed by this material are fully as great as
those wood and metal, the weight Is much less.
This lightness is of course, of marked advan-
tage since it will enable the new engine to reach
the scene of fire with unusual dispatch.
THERE HAS been no other time In history
since 1902 when the Jew stood as high in the
estimation Of the intelligent world as he does
now says the american IsrdeIfte. He marches
up TO the generals rank In the army, to the
legislative halls and governing cabinets of the
greatest nations of this century. He occupies
prominent ClalrS IN ble most renowned unlVer-
sites of the world, stands at the head of the
public press even in Germany and Austria, Is
honorably represented in every temple of art
aud every department thereof. and is known
the world over as a peaceable, temperate, In
dustrious, law-sbiding man.
The Bedford Stone Quarries Company of
Bedford, Ind, which shipped twenty-five car
loads of stone to New York in a single train,
shipped few days ago the largest single block
Of stone ever quarried and shipped in the
TOD OF tha TRH fop lie
The block was 10 feet inches long, 6 feet
inches high and feet inches wide, con
tanning 500 cubic feet, and weighed 100000
pounds The car on which it was shipped had
to.be ordered specially for it, and was Penn
sylvana car that was built for the purpose of
transporting the 30-foot cannon sent by the
government to the Pacific coast few months
since. The stone is perfect, not having flaw
or defect
QUEEN ANNE was the last British sovereign
both of whose parents was born in England.
She was the daughter of James II. and Anne
| Hyde. Anne Hyde was the daughter of Olar-
endon, the historian and statesman who began
life as a lawyer. Queen Anne was as British as
British born and bred father and mother could
make her. George l. and George H. were born
in Germany, and were g rnan sovereigns on
the British throne. George Ill. was the first
king of the Hanoverian lime born in England,
and his parents were of German birth George
Ill married a German princess. So did Queen
Victora's father. The queens husband, the
late prince consort, was German OF the Ger
mans; so that practically the German blood OF
the English royal house has received no British,
| for it takes something more than being born in
| Great Britain to make one Briton. The rulers
| OF Great Britain are less British than they were
centuries ago.
! W. W. NEWELL, the secretary of the Ameri-
can Folk Lore Society. has been collecting for
| some years information as to the custom which
prevails in some parts OF this country OF Kidding
| a house of rats by writing them letter in which
| they are recommended to epart and make
| their abode in another part Of the country.
| This method of Riding a house from its do
| mestc pests. he says. appears to be well known,
| but is commonly regarded as jest. 1t is a sur
vival however. as he shows, of perfectly seri-
GUS and ancient usage. He gives specimen OF
such q letter, written up in Maine no later than
| 1883, in which the rats are duly requested to
| leave. The letter was creased, rolled up and
thrust into the entrance of the rat holes in or
der that it might be duly read, the result being,
as the owner of the house was assured, that
| the number of the pests was considerably
diminished. He adduces references to a similar
custom in England, Ireland and France. and In
a Greek treatise of the tenth century, composed
for Constantius Porphyrogenitus. Emperor Of
Constantinople.
SOME MEDICAL GENTLEMAN of a grewsome turn
of mind has just evolved highly depressing
scientific toy for the amusement OF the erudite
infant of to-day, says the New York Advertiser,
Exactly what form of amusement the said
erudite infant can extract from this pleasing
device is not evident, unless lurking passion
for the ghoulish fingers in his tiny soul. The
part of the plaything Is a second rate micros-
COPE which is attached to a small wooden box
Within this box is a glass disk, which upon
touching g spring, revolves slowly beneath the
lower lens of the microscope. Around the edge
of this disk are placed series of tissues, They
are taken from divers parts of the human
frame, and the majority of them ara samples
of the mucous membrane under various con-
dtions During his leisure moments the child
who possesses this prize may gaze upon the
traces of phthiss in the early stages of its fell
career, mark the initial hand-work of small pox,
and revel in illustrations of the subtitle action
of blood poisoning. He will then be in an ex-
cellent state of mind to appreciate the manifold
beauty of Mother Goose.
OLIVE GROWING is now all the rage in Califor-
MIA and warnings are thrown out that the bust
ness is likely to be overdone, In the neighbor-
hood of Pomona. for instance, more than 300.
900 trees have already been planted. 1t must
be admitted that the Californians are prone to
excuses in the matter of fruit culture. During
the past thirty five years there has been at diff
ferent times a craze to cultivate the grape.
apricot, Bartlett pear, and other popular
fruits. as if it overshadowed everything else 10
Importance The last fashionable horticultural
fad is the olive. writer on the subject points
out that Pomona being the headquarters for
the sale of olive cuttings, the conclusion that
elsewhere in California the olive is as largely
cultivated is unwarranted. He thinks that the
distribution of cuttings may go on for years
without danger of overstocking tho market.
Pure olive oil, he says, is hard to find in the
United States, and in supplying it will consist
the large profits of the growers. The imported
article is in most cases aduterated, and the ad-
mission is made that the Californian product
is sometimes not as pure as it might be, the
high price of the oil tempting the dealer to
fraud We're the state law against the adultera-
ton of olive oil strictly enforced he says every
grocer would be fined or imprisoned. OF thir.
teen samples of California oil recently exam
ined by the board Of horticulture only two were
found to be pure. The oil of sunfowers and
cotton seed enters largely into the aduItera-
ton.