The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIPPRRUsALE8 is the name Of a town in Okla
homs Tipparusalem was the happy compro-
mise between one promoter who wanted to
name the place Tpperary and another who de-
sired TO call it Jerusalem.
A KENTUCKY MAN has water spaniel that he
has taught to extinguish fire whenever it sees
anything burning To test the little dog. piece
of paper was ignited and dropped on the ioor
In an instant the dog jumped upon it and very
Quickly extinguished the flame by rubbing it
with It's paws. The dog was tried with a
lighted cigar, with the same result.
A WRITER in Science says that there is no
element Of speech so variously pronounced in
dialect and by individuals as the letter r. All
varieties he explains are derived from fric-
tional emission OF breath or of voice between
two surfaces in the breath channel. IL may be
made in the throat, in the gutteral passage be-
tween the back of the tongue and the soft
palate, between the arched top of the tongue
and the roof of the mouth-common in the
United States. the normal R, produced between
the point of the tongue and the upper gum
and by transferring the sound from the tongue
to the lips so that has the sound of W.
Another series results from q rafting organic
vibration instead of a mere friction Of the
breath or voice.
THB old corn field on the Washington farm at
Mount Vernon proved veritabe gold mine to
its owner during the visits of the grand army
men, says Kate Efetd'S Washington The
veterans appeared eager for mementos OF their
visit, and ears of corn retaled at rs cents each
and held stitfiy to that rate, as a man with a
gun was stationed at the source Of supply to
prevent the flooding OF the market with stolen
property, Kansas farmers, who regularly put
corn into their fuel bins as well as their barns,
paid quarter OF a dollar apiece for ears of
corn which they would scorn to acknowledge as
the product of their own farms Next year
there will be shabby, struggling patch in the
corners of many a western field, which the
owner will point to with pride raised from
seed from the Mount Vernon farm, and koIden
corn cob over the dining room chimney piece
will serve to remind the family of the old
mansion on the Potomac,
THE general superintendent Of the life saving
service has Just received information of the
death Of old Neptune. horse that has quite a
remarkable history. He was the hrst horse
purchased by the government for the life
ing service, and for twenty years past, regard
less Of wind or weather. he faithfully performed
the duty of carrying the midnight patrol at the
Arrategue Beach station TO the limits OF his
post, distance of 1919 miles. He learned the
limits of his beat so well that, however dark or
stormy tee night, he knew at once when he
reached there, and no amount of persuasion
would cause him TO 90 further at the time of
his purchase he was a beautiful iron gray. but
the haniahips OF the beach and advanced aged
turned him snow white. Old Neptune on num-
erous occasions rendered valuable assistance in
saving life. He knew his duties so perfectly
that he was regarded as u NEST important ad-
junct to the crew. The men became very much
attached to him and gave him an honorable
burial on High Hill, Va, within sight OF the
beaten track whereon he had passed the best
part Of his life.
THE SUBSTITUTE for glass brought to notice
some time ago by a maBufa turer in Vienna,
Austria, observes a writer in the New York Sun,
is pronounced practicable thing. likely to be
introduced as valuable Tor certain purposes.
Toe article is produced by disSolving from to
8 parts of collodion wool in about 100 parts by
eight OF ether, or alcohol, or acetic ether, and
with this are intimately combined from to
per cent of castor oil and 4 to 10 per cent of
81 n halaan1 nd x1yba
poured upon glass plate and subjected to the
drying action of a current OF air of about 500
cent. solidifes in comparatively short time
into a transparent Rlass-lke sheet or plate.
the thickness OF which may be
regulated as required. The sheet
or plate so obtained has substantially the same
properties as glass, resisting the action Of salts
and alkalies and Of dilute acids, and like glass,
is transparent and has no smell. Again it is
said to be piabe or flexible and Intangible to
great degree, while its infsmmabiity is much
less than that of the collodion substitutes. Any
desired color may be impaired to the compound
by admixture OF the necessary pigment the lat
ter to be soluble in the solvent used in the pre-
paration of the compound, il incorporated
Herewith; but color may be impaired BY sur
face application, aniline dies being employed,
and thus the sheets may be used In leu Of
stained glass.
FREDERICK G, GHERKE, Q German professor
of zoology and comparative anatomy, the au-
thor OF that remarkable book, THE True De-
scent Of Man." is the high priest of the extraor-
binary doctrine OF man, the noblsst work of
God, )" being a descendant OF the bear! At one
time says the st. Louis Republic, this professor
of peculiar views occupied the chair of compar-
alive anatomy at Williams College. Williams
town. Mass, and may do SO even to this day for
auRht know to the contrary. Speaking OF his
theory as opposed to that Of the descent from
apes, which he says has been falsely called
the "Darwinian theory" he says: AN
ape has none of the characteristics of
q man. An ape imitates-a man reasons An
ape has four hands, all of which are unlike
either the hands or feet of man. Apes ars idiots,
something that cannot be said of the very low
est orders of mankind. l say that man has de-
museum at Paris saw the skeleton Of a cave
bear, which | examined very closely. was con-
vinced at the time that the animal had par
TALLY developed knee pan, aid since that time
have gwen the matter much study. went over
in my mind to time beyond the history of
primeval man had been found in caves with
bears. Another thing, nearly all
skeletons of primeval man are of
gigantic size. The bear Is nearer
the size of a man than the average ape, and
could have gotten rid OF his little fragment of
tail much more easily than ape could Of his
My idea is that the earlier bears came down
from the north, probably through Boring
straits, and drfted toward the tropic shores of
Asia on icebergs. AS these melted the bears
easily found shelter on islands and along the
coast of the mainland. In the course of ages
great floods came and the bears sought shelter
in caves. In the meantime great changes had
been going on: the bear had been gradually
shedding his heavy coat as a result Of exposure
TO tropical heat; he had also learned to walk on
his hind feet. In the caves, in the dry, warm
atmosphere other changes took place. The
connecting link was a kind Of hairy, indie
scribable man, who lived and died in these
caves beside his elder brother, the bear"