The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. 49,
SOME Chinese proverbs are noteworthy for
their acuteness. Here is one. for instance He
man and my friend but ne who praises me on
all occasions is q fool who dsspises me- or a
knavs who wishes TO cheat me-" :. a..
KENTUCKY MAN recently, got prize for the
following definition Of gentleman: "a man
OF refinement and culture whose aims are noble,
whose truth Is constant. and not only constant
in its kind, but elevated IN its degree; whose
want Of meanness makes him simple, and who
can look the whole world in the face with a
true. manly sympathy for the great and small
ONE Of the most remarkable discoveries in the
shape of a peculiar species of fish ever made on
this continent was that made at Carson City,
New, in 1876. At that time both the Hale &
Norcross and the Savage mines were down to
what is known as the y 200foot level" When
at that depth snbterranean lake of boiling
water was tapped This accident flooded both
mines TO depth of 400 feet After this water
had all been pumped out except that which had
gathered in basins aud in the inaccessible por-
lions of the works, and when the water still
had a temperature OF t2So-nearly scald-
ing hot-meny queer-looking little blood
red fish were taken out. In appear
ance they somewhat resembled the gold fish
They seemed lively and spostive enough when
they we're in their native element-boilng
Observation-Disclosures the fact that they did
FISH were taken out of the hot water and put
into buckets of cold water. for the purpose OF
being transported TO the surface. they died as
quickly as a perch or bass would If plunged
into a kettle of water that was scadng hot;
not only this but the skin peeled of exactly as
if it had been boiled. Eyeless FISH are common
enough in all subterranean lakes and rivers, but
this IS the only case on record of living fish
being found in boiling water.
TIE Kew B,llettn tells US, says the Gentle
1.f. hat ha cal
and the tallest trees in the world are found in
the gulliss Of Victoria, several trees having
been measured that were more than 400 feet
high, and the highest was III feet" Visitors
to tie Indo-ColeniaH exhibition will remember
the size ana beauty Of the specimens exhibited
world is said TO be the Agassz, one Of the Sc
quota glgantea. thirty-one feet in diameter,
nearly 800 feet in hight, and of remarkable sym
metry. At the Paris exhibition OF 1878 there
were shown no fewer than :. $50 specimens of
wood from Indis belonging TO sos species and
Inhibition, that held in Edinburgh in
glories of the Japanese woods, and those of the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Go to the East
India docks, and you will see the huge logs of
psdowk Pterocarpus Indicus}. q tree rivaling
mahogany in the depth of color Of its wood and
the density of its texture. Here, too the stink.
wood, the Oreodaphne bullata of South Africa,
vies, in spite of It's il-chosen name, with the
teak Qectona grandis) OF Burmah and Malabar
Or. If you prefer TO see growing timber, cross
over TO Germany and note the massive beach
trees OF Hesse Nassau whose brsnchless stems
contain no less than 10 SIS cubic feet per hectare
or nearly 5000 cubic feet Of timber per acre.
In former instruments of Notes for the Curl.
GUS. says st. Louis Republic writer. have
given geanings from all sources and all ages
concerning the sacred Buddhist relics en-
shrined in costly TEN piles in India Ceylon, Siam,
China and Japan. among the various Notes.
on these subjects being articles ON "Buddha's
Sacred Tooth" Mountains OF the Holy Foot
print" "Buddhas Book Of Gold, Tho Origin
OF the Sacred Bo Tree" and several Others
equally curious and interesting. The following
on 'Buddha's Sacred Eyeball" is from the Ten
of q traveller who visited the Orient In 1888:
Among she sacred relics of Horiuji is the
veritable eyebsll OF Buddha. 1t looks like
nothing else but the tiny, black, well-boiled
pearl that one so often finds ia an oyster
stew. This Eye of Buddha' is shown every
day at high noon, special mass being chentsd
by the priests while the relic is being brought
out and displayed. For consideration, and
for the welfare OF the temples treasury, the
mass can be repeated at any hour. We sent for
the old priest, who came in company with O
brother whose Office was that of holding big
yellow umbrella over the Holy Mans head.
First he knelt, touched 8 silver gong and
played before gilded shrine with closed doors
and golden lotus ornaments Next he drew
from one side of the shrine large bundle Gov
cred with wrapping of rich old gold and red
oEOcaue anu tleo WIN SILK corus ms was
reverenty laid on Q low ornamented table
near the altar. Then, with muttered chants
or prayer going on all the time the old
priest united and laid out bag after bag
of brocade. each lined with some dull con.
trasting color and tied with heavy silken cord.
After the ninth bag had been ia ken out and I'm.
tied, an upright box, covered with more bro
code, appeared, and, lifting it out. the priest
opened 1t and produced a little rock crystal
reliquary and set 1t upon Rilded lotus pedestal
that stood near. This reliquary was shaped
like the tombstones in a cemetery-a cube a
sphere and pyramid being placed &c above
In the hollow OF the sphere Law the tiny little
dingy relic. which ratified around like a pear or
pebble when the priest turned and tipped the
box 30 that / could get q better view of the
sacred objects. He never stopped once in his
rnuttered chant and after a proper time had
been given for me to see It to my satisfaction
he replaced the relic in its ten wrappings and
again consigned 1t to its sacred shrine.''