The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A WRITER in the North China Herald de-
scribes the fairs in Northern China. There are
but two months in the year when the people do
not hold large fairs at convenient centers, at
which all imaginable wants of all customers
are supplied. The exceptions are the sixth
month, when the roads are generally impassa-
BILE, and the first, which Is devoted to rest and
recreation There is constant succession OF
these gatherings In any given district, at which.
it is not uncommon for Il, 900 persons TO b
congregated. There is no method of adver-
tising the exact date at which a fair will begin
except by red slips of paper put up in public
places, and these notices are often very mis-
leading.
THE THUMB and great toe of men are two
jointed, while the remainder of the fingers and
toes are three jolnted. But in the examination
of skeletons it has been observed that occasion
ally the little toe is TWO jointed, the middle and
terminal phalanges having been so united that
they can scarcely be distinguished, This varia-
ton occurs more frequently in women than In
men, and usually effects both feet alike Pres
sure OF the shoes is believed to be one cause of
it, and DR.. Phtzner, who has made a special
study OF the subject, has come to the conclusion
that the little toe is in process of degeneration
and that without its being possible to show that
it is suffering an adaptation to any external
mechanically operating influence.
THE negroes Of Cincinnati, think that thew
see a color line in that city and they want it
abolished. To that end they held a numerously
attended meeting the other day, and appointed
committees 10 wall on the railroad and street
car companies and the principal mercantile
houses ard presented the following character
istic circular Do you employ colored gentlemen
and ladies as freely as you do whites? Will you
hereafter employ them as far as their capacity
entities them? If not, do you consider it nee
essary for us TO establish separate mediums OF
trade and employment. In order further to
obliterste this offensive line they decided to or
ganlLe a company, capitalized at $50 600 under
the name of THE Colored Mercantile and I'm
provement Association to do q general mer-
camille business in Cincinnati, and absorb the
trade of the color, portion Of the Community,
TIE well known scientific photographer An.
schetz of LISA, has for some years been ex-
perimenting In making photographs of the
flight Of cannon balls from the instant thew
leave the muzzIe o { the gun to the time of their
striking the object aimed at, says the New
York Advertiser. After many attempts and
failures he finally succeeded in obtaining
highly interesting results. not reaching what he
called the acme Of perfection, however, until
in May, 1890. The plates of this last mentioned
experiment were submitted to Dr. Koeni2 OF
the Berlin University, who was able to make
therefrom the long sought practical calculA-
tons. From figures thus deducted DR.. Koenig
established the fact that the proiectie photoi
graphed had been passing through the air with
a velocity Of 400 meters per second, and that
the duration of the light thrown on the photo.
graphic plates had not exceeded the 0,000th
part of a second.