The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE worlds fair managers recently offered
$500 for the programme held by Lincoln when
he was shot. Mrs McCIintock Of Philadelphia
now has the paper.
AN AMERICAN COMPANY has struck the popu-
lar taste in London by the organization of
system Of automatic machines on the penny-in-
the slot principle for the delivery Of ice cream.
This toothsoms element OF daily consumption
in this country is not commonly used in
England, aud the ability to obtain 1t at all hours
at slight cost constitute nothing short of
luxury to many classes of Londoners. The
novelty OF the machine lies in the combination
of the automatic delivery with an ice refriger-
ator, which is so effective that when the ma
chine is full the supply of ices will, each ice
being contained in separate cardboard box,
keep good for a whole week; that is to say,
will not melt during that period.
DR. orally HEWITT has concluded that the
sensation of sickness on board a vessel can be
lessened, if not prevented, by looking at objects
away from the vessel, and therefore, compar-
atively fixed, like clouds, the horizon, the shore,
or a passing vessel. The benefit to be derived
from this method is but little known, though
for moderately susceptible cases it is an almost
sure cure. Another and still more radical mode
OF preventing seasckness is the complete abo-
ishment of vision for the time being by the
bandagng of the eyes. The bandage should be
applied before starting on the voyage. The
patient should also lie down and get the benefit
of the horizontal position, which is an old rem
edy, although it has been found in many cases
had the required effect.
WHEN the electric light first came into vogue,
says Electricity great alarm was created
among the fair sex by the statement that the
new light was an active agent in the creation of
freckles Since then the world has grown
wiser, but still the Observation-Disclosures of the
modern luminant in revealing the actuaties Of
feature and the artificalities of complexion met
with in every ball room has initiated greatly
against its popularity. prominent New York
gnpiRfV lRQ6Hr AZ aQ oral do Of mil.
lions of her sisters by the discovery that all It's
Objectionable characteristics can be removed
by covering the incandescent lamp with pale
yellow silk. The effect on the complexion is
said to be creamy and fascinating, " and il may
be taken for granted that henceforbh the
stanchest advocates of the electric light will
be found among the sex that has found new
way OF causing it to render tribute to their
Effectiveness.
IT IS SAID that Teresa Urea, the 1S-year old
daughter of a Mexican don of Sonora has for
months past been working many notable mira
Giles. Some time ago she was taken Ill and went
into trance which lasted thirteen days. She
was pronounced dead and was about to be
buried when she revived and Immediately be-
gan to perform wonderful cures by the simple
touch Of her hand. A lame woman as her first
case, says the New Orleans PICdyune. This be-
coming rapidly gossip I'd about. the lame, blind
and otherwise ailing began to arrive in crowds,
walking on their knees as soon as they came In
| sight II the house and recting prayers and
calling the young lady the holy maiden" The
authorities have thought it worth while to in
vestigate, and the result is a report signed by
! Seniors Tiburcio, Esquer, Parada, Castro and
| Amparan, all of whom are the opposite of super
sttious According to what they have discov-
| cred, Miss Urea has cured more than 40 suf-
! ferers from all kinds of complaints. The haci-
| enda Of her parents is sixty miles from Alamos
| between the NGlui ami the Mayo. And there
all day long and day after day, in the eternal
! summer sunlight Of that land the crowd of
| suffers Jme walking on their knees and droning
their prayers and beseeching the 'holy maiden q"
and Teresa meets them with benign SELF conf
dence and bids them TO be well and depart in
peace.
A LARGE proportion of our drop Of ink was
once water. says London Leisure Hours. Think
for a moment of the familiar facts-of the
ocean and action OF the sunbeams upon IL, caus-
ing the infinite nunO7r of particles composing
it to get further aud further away from each
other, and so to ascend in the air as invisible
vapor This Invisible vapor rises and rises till
it becomes cooled. and condeAsas into a cloud
The cloud is then carried along by he wind, till
IL comes in contact with cold current OF air Of
chlllng surface winch causes the Watery parti-
Giles of the cloud to run together and form drops
OF moisture, which. being pulled by the earth's
gravity, are too heavy TO remain suspended in
the air, and so fall to the ground as rain.
part OF the rain that thus falls gives moisture to
the ground, while another part perco-
lates through the pores OF the
earth, till it reaches strata OF
soil such clay. through which it can no
longer drain, and is thus kept imprisoned to
form into wells. Another part falls on large
areas of slopinR ground, that decline on both
sides toward the river, and are called the
water basins. good proportion of rain that
falls on these extensive tracks Of land collects
into streams and smaller rivers, which, flowing
down the basin slopes, pour into the main river,
to thus increase its volume. This constant flow
Of water over the water basins and along the
rivers bed is slowly but surely altering the re-
lative position of land and water. The weather
by acting on the crust of the earth. loosen its
soil, and the rain, streams and rivers carry
along in their flow portion of this
loosened earth, depositing it eventu-
ally at the bottom Of the sea-
1t has been calculated that the sum total of the
soil thus taken from the earth's surface by the
united rivers and streams Of the world is
sufficient to build up a range Of mountains a
thousand feet high, one mile wide at the base
and thirty miles long. Our little Thames alone
carries to the sea 14O000 900 cubic feet of solid
matter. Let us imagine huge mass of stone
100 feet In width, 100 feet high this would con-
tain l,00J, 900 cubic feet of solid matter Four
teen of these cubes are taken from the Thames
basin by running water each year and deposited
at the bottom of the sea. The Thames basin
has, however, an area of o,160 square
miles, and this immense amount OF mat
ter is distracted from this large extent
Of surface, that it would only wear away
the basin l-S0Oth part OF an inch each year.
At the present wear and tear he basin has
only been lowered one inch since the Norman
conquest, and Prof. Geike has calculated that
it would take $500 900 years TO reduce the Brit
ish Isles to the level Of the sea, We now know
where the water composing our little drop of
ink comes from, and the WORK it helps to do in
natures great workshop. The chemist by some
interesting experiments can turn pure water
into oxygen gas. eight parts to one part OF hy-
drogen, and by mixing these gases in these pro-
portions he can obtain pure water. Hydrogen
gas is the lghtest substance known In nature
and is most infammable; oxygen gas is the
most active supporter of combustion What
mystery is here, that by a combination of these
two gases we form water, by which we extin-