The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-24
NATURAL FRUIT FLkWoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DUTCH MILITARY cycling volunteers have to
pass a real examination before they are &C.
cepted for the maneuvers. but when passed
they get forms a day, first-class fare travel
the state. They have to be able to ride 63 miles
in hours and 81 miles in 211 hours.
GRANITE is the lowest rock in the earth's
crust. II is the bed rock OF the world It
shows no evidenc of animal or vegetable Nfe
Ii is from two to ten times as thick as the
united thickness Of all the other rocks. 1t is
the parent rock, from which all other rocks
have been either directly or Indirectly de-
rived.
RATS and mice are found almost everywhere
on the earth's surface except In the central
portions OF tbe African and Australian CONT
nents and in the cold regions of the extreme
north and south. Bats, too, are widely dis
tributed. and are, indeed, found everywhere in
the tropical and temperate portions of the
world.
SECTION of roadway under the gate leading
TO the departure platform OF the st. Pranoas
terminus, London, has for some years past been
paved with India rubber, and many people must
have been pleasantly surprised at the deadenlng
sound when passing over it on wheels and at the
grateful elasticity to the tread when traversing
IL on foot.
HAssAN BEN ALI, the Arab who was In this
country some months ago interesting himself in
the worlds fair has since obtained permission
of the Sultan of Morocco to prepare an exhibit
Tor the exposition from that country. One Of
his promised attractions is band of cannibal
dwarfs and a number of savage war songs for
Photographic reproduction.
MRS. THEODORE HAvEmYER has presented to
the Rev. Father Cotton of st. Stephens Roman
Catholic church of New York the finest set Of
priests vestments IN this country. She found
them in an obscure shop in Paris, paid 81 800
for them and 500 more to have them restored
They date back to the time of Louis XIV. and
will be worn by Father Cotton for the first time
on Easter Sunday.
THE most expensive of England's soldiers
CARDS is the bandmaster's of the Life Guards,
which cost S125. A troopers of the same
regiment costs 80. A sergeant drummer of
the Foot Guard may well swell his chest'
when he wears tunic costing no less than
$37 so. the total value Of his ''rigout" being
S122 50. The cheapest uniform of all is that of
private or ordinary infantry regiment, valued
at $21. DC
THE horse power unit was established by
James Watt about century ago. and the
figures were settled in a curious way Watt
in his usual careful manner proceeded to find
out the average work which the horses of his
district could perform, and he found that the
raising of 22,0O0 pounds one foot per minute
was about the actual horsepower. AS a method
of encouraging business, Watt offered to sell
engines reckoning 81, 900 foot pounds to a horse
power or one-third more than the actual.
HONEY could be immensely improved by the
planting of flowers known TO yield a fine
favored nectar. Every one knows the differ
ence in the quality Of the comb contents in
different parts OF the same country and in
different regions. The Sarbonne honey derives
| its fine flavor by being harvested chiefly from
labiate plants, such rosemary, etc, and
although it appears that the Maltese honey
does not, as often stated, owe its fine aroma to
orange blossoms. the latter undeniably perfume
the Greek honey.
EDWARD NATHANIEL LEVER, who was all his
life connected with the London Stock Exchange.
and died on May z 1876, aged 80. once said in
all seriousness that during the Napoleonic wars
so much false news Of politics and army move
ments came through Hamburg that anything
that smacked of the incredible was received
with the derisive phrase, That's Hamburg :"
whence is derived by corruption the word
"humbuR." II the word does not date back be-
yong the period referred TO, it seems a more
reasonable derivation than the very labored one
we get il Websters Dictionary.
LIKE the British House of Commons the
lower house of the United States congress at
Washington possesses symbol of its authority
in the form of mace 1t looks like the fasces
which were borne by the lictors before the
Roman tribunes and consuls, and consists of a
bundle of thirteen ebony rods entwined and
bound together with silver bands, The thirteen
ebony sticks represent the thirteen original
states Of the union. They are surmounted by
globe of silver, upon which the hemispheres
are traced, while silver eagle with outstretched
wings is perched upon the summit of the globe
1t was made in 1884 weighs twenty pounds and
is intrusted to the custody of the sergeant-at-
arms.
SAYS Cincinnati literary man: 1T used to
think that the word sophomore was made I'D
of the Greek word sgnifying wise and the
English word more The word was thus appI-
lcable, thought.ito the second class In a college
because they were more wise than their fel-
lows IN their own estimation But it seems that
the word has purer genealogy and g meaning
even less hattering to the class of collegians
to whom it is applied. 1t was first
used at the University of Cambridge,
England, and In its infancy appeared in
the form, 'soph-mor.' 1t was composed of the
words 'soph. a contraction for 'soDhister' and
a Greek word over three years and one term
The respective.claSses of students were termed
freshmen, or f1rst-year men; junior sophs or
soph-mors, senior ,sophS and questioners
This nomenclature was transferred to the
American higher institutions of learning, and
In the form freshmen, juniors and seniors still
exists, while 1t has wholly disappeared on the
other side of the water"
WHEN Senator Henderson, who is president
pro TEN. of the Senate. presides over the de.
alterations of that body he can WELD a sayel
which has perhaps as much historic interest to
the square inch as any similar implement OF
the kind. 1t was presented to him recently by
q committee appointed at meeting OF the
Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry Assoca-
ton, held in Detroit in August last. In carry
ing out their instructions the committee had
the gavel made OF woods from the prominent
battle fields where the regiment. led by their
commander, Gen. Henderson, participated in
the conflict between the north and south. The
handle, made Of cherry bears the name OF
Rich Mountain. which was one OF the first bat
ties fought in West Virginia. On the other
woods forming the gavel are the names OF
Shiloh, Jonesboro, Stone River, Rocky Face
Pickett's Mills, Kenesaw Mountain, Mission
Ridge, and Lovejoy Station. Senator Mander.
SON. in his letter acknowledging this gift, states
that he will place it by the side OF the brace of
pistols that were presented TO him by the mem
beers Of his regiment after the desperate battle