The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-21
NATURAL RuITElNoRs.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A FRKNcHxAS undertook some time ago e
write book upon his travels through the land
of Goethe. This is the way he began Scr
many is country Inhabited by people called
Muller. Now, it turns out. according to Official
figures, that the empire Of William II. has 500 9S1
Mullers within its borders; that is TO say one
Muller for every rs Germans
AN EXPERT who claims to speak whereof he
knows" asserts that wine is a good investment
taking the chances of thirsty mobs and earth
quakes and revolution in public opinion all
over the world. A good port of 1915 sold in 1885
Tor Slf5 per dozen. TOkay laid down in 1906
sold in $50 for $50 per dozen, and that must
be considered as paying a fair interest on their
cost and keep.
A DOG is refractory TO the incubation Of the
tuberculosis of birds, but quickly succumbs ia
that of mankind. Hence NM. Charles Richet
and Hericourt have employed the virus of bird
tuberculosis to vaccinate the dog against
human tuberculosis. The result of their expert
ment is to prove that after inoculdtion gby bird
tuberculosis a dog becomes refractory TO
human tuberculosis.
The BUTTREssEs of "Trajan's Bridge, which
are still to be seen on the Danube, are the re-
mains Of what was, in some respects, the most
remarkable structure ever erected by man. It
was not mere floating bridge of large boats
and massive timbers, but was q permanent
structure carried on piers $50 feet high and 81
gether 40 Roman feet.
MEDICAL AUTHORITIES declare that fat people
are less able to resist the attacks Of disease or
the shocks of injuries and operations than the
moderately thin. Their respiratory muscles
cannot so easily act; their heart is often handi-
capped by the deposit on it, and the least exer-
tion throws them into perspiration. A very
fat person is In the position of man carrying a
heavy burden and too warmly clothed.
THE TEACUPs used by tea merchants in tast.
ing tea are made especially for the purpose of
the finest French china, and have no handles or
saucers. The teas are carefully weighed out
and placed in the cups, when boiling water is
poured on them. Tea tasters nowadays de-
pend more upon the odor than the taste of
teas, and some of the most expert do not taste
them at all, but rely entirely upon smelling
them.
IT has often puzzled the uninitiated to give a
reason why musicians tune their instruments in
public and not before they enter the orchestra.
II they tuned their instruments before entering
the theater or concert room the temperature Is
very apt to be different in the place of perform.
ance, and therefore the instruments would not
be in tune. piano that is in tune in cold
room would get out of tune if the room were
suddenly heated.
IT was generally believed in Mansfield, O..
many years ago, that the seeds of Jobs tears
(Coix Lachryma). if worn about the neck, would
cure goiter. In Portland. Me-, and Boston it is
ought that children teething should wear a
string of Jobs tears. They are somewhat com
monty sold for childred to wear at this criti-
cal period in Philadelphia and Cambridge.
while in Peabody, Mass, they are generally kept
for sale at the drug stores.
ANTOINE NELSON. Colorado cowboy, lassoed
an eagle few days ago. Nelson was riding over
the prairie on his little COW pony with his lasso
tied to his saddle when he saw the eagle flying
ahead OF him quite close to the ground. He
started his pony on run toward the bird, and
when q short distance away threw his rope,
VII C settled over the eagles neck and under
one wing, ana he succeeded in getting thesbird
to the ranch house alive The eagle measured
eight feet from tip to tip Of its wings.
THE PHRASE, "Robbing Peter to pay Paul is
supposed to have originated in an incident
which occurred in London during the sixteenth
century. About the year 1910 the Abbey of ST.
Peter in Westminster was elevated to the dig
nifty of a cathedral, but ten years later was
again Joined to the diocese of London and its
property appropriated to pay the expenses of
some necessary repairs to the Cathedral of st
Paul. 1t was evident that to DO honor to St
Paul the estate of Peter had TO suffer, and hence
the expression which has become proverbial.
TRAVELLERS in Washington and British Column
bia frequently tell of seeing trees dripping with
moisture when neither rain nor dew were pres
ent. The strange sight is said to be due to the
remarkable condensing power OF the leaves OF
some of the fir trees, which, when the humidi-
ty of the atmosphere closely approaches the
dew point, collect the moisture from the air
until the drops tal to the ground, giving the
tree the appearance of weeping. The same
phenomenon is said to be met with In different
species OF trees in Guinea and the Ferra Islands,
THE GUnLoTINE is to have itsycentenniaI this
year, the first execution on it having taken
place in May. 1892, when a brigand named
Peletier was experimentally executed by The
new invention, being the frst to feel that light
and pleasant freshness at the Neck to which
Dr. Guillotine would so often refer In Great
ing the invention the doctor hoped to assuage
the sutferlngs of criminals by the quick action
of the knife, but when he saw the diabolical use
to which it was put, and the horrible connection
OF his name to an instrument of torture, he died
a brOken-hearted old man in the Rue de la Sour
deere, at the age of 76, in March. 1914
AN ALBANY IN. " dispatch says: In July
1888, the bunco artist, John Price, now serving
a 19-year sentence at Dannemora, slipped up
behind P. X. Dedrick Just as he left his carria cye
on the front of the Farmers and Mechanics'
Bank and extracted from the seat a package
containing $4,000 in negotiable bonds few
Attorney Hugh Reilly. The package was in
tact. and the accumulated interest makes them
worth about $500. There is no clew from
whence they came except that they were sent
from New York city. The mystery lies in the
fact that they were returned at all as thew
were negotiable.
THE Brazilian minister at Washington has
notified Director General Davis that the repub-
lie of Brazil will send a special commissioner to
Chicago to arrange the preliminaries for its ex-
hibit at the worlds fair. This special commits
sioner will, it is expected, be in Chicago within
two or three weeks, Brazil applies for nearly
$1,000 square feet Of space divided among the
department buildings of the exposition this
being aside from the space that country takes
for the erection of the pavilion for headuuar-
ters. The Brazilian commission at home is
actively developing an exhibit from that coun-
try, among the leading features of which will be
groups Of cinChona. coffee trees in bearing
cochineal cactus, mammoth palms. ferns bam
booS, ETC.. and models of fruit.