The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MINIATURE ARROW HEADS cut out OF jasper
and carnelian are found to this day by Arabs
in the desert sands and strung In necklaces for
charms. The Etruscans of old used to mount
similar arrow heads in gold. and one sees them
worn even now in scarf pins Thus is the stone
age brought down to the very present time.
THE largest tree in diameter of which correct
measurements have been taken in England is
the one known as the "Old Man" tree, near
Gardeners selection, Beech Forest, on the main
Sabna range, between the Are and the G lii
brand. Near the ground the circumference is
80 feet; 5 feet from the ground, as feet; feet
from the ground, 90 feet, and fe,t above the
first branch, 40 feet.
On New Years day at the capital city Of
Thibet, Lhasa, there begins season Of festiyIty.
One of the entertainments is called the Spec
tacle Of the Flying Spirits" The performers
stretch an enormous large rope made of hide
all the way from the top to the bottom Of Mount
Potalo; then they fasten grooved blocks Of
woods to their chests, and sail down the line
like so many swallows.
AN ancient method of taking caribou by the
Esquimaux was by means of pitfalls dug in the
snow along the banks Of rivers, where the snow
lodges in immense quantities, and wherever
there is a sloping place down which the rein
deer can travel The pits were covered with
thin slabs of snow strong enough to hold their
shape, but II trod upon by the animal It was
Immediately precptated into the cavity.
The great high bridge of the Southern Pa
cfc railroad is said TO be the third highest
bridgs in the world, and is, by several feet. the
highest in this country. IL is 2,lS0 feet in
length and 32S feet above the surface of the
stream. 1t has 4S spans, nearly all OF which are
template Orders, alternately IS feet and 65
feet In length. In the center, directly above the
bed of the river. is cantilever span i85 feet in
length. 9s-
QUEEN vIcToR1A's state team or cream-col-
ored horses have history The present stock
are intelligent. gentle beasts, fond of being no
ticed by strangers. The cream-colored horses
were brought over from Hanover originally by
George l., and from that time, with the excep-
ton of the period between 1903 and 1913, when
Napoleon |. was in possession of Hanover, until
1887 they were regularly supplied from the cleo
toral stud at Hanover.
ToMILLERs whose mills are infested with in
sects an exchange recommends the use Of BIZ
sulphide of carbon. The cheapest grade will
serve the purpose of destroying Insect life. 1t
volatillzes readily, and, as the vapor is heavie
than air, it falls instead Of rising. II has di s.
agreeable ordor and is very inlammRble The
apartment in which it il to b used should be
ughly cleaned and made as air tight as
possible. SO as to increase It's effectiveness.
The celebration of marriage, partly in
churches and partly outside them, was first or.
dered by Pope Innocent III. in 1899. All the
ancient mlssals direct that toward the cor"lu-
sion OF the service sthe parties shall enter The
church far the step of the altar. The greater
| portion OF the ceremony was thus performed in
| the south porch, still often called in country
| districts the wedding door" 1t was only in
! the reign of Edward VI that the whole OF the
ceremony was allowed TO be performed In the
middle Of the church.
DRIED LIcHEE have long been familiar to us
as a table delicacy. The Chinese are now can
ming the fresh fruit at Macow for export, and
the tin cans, with Chinese and English labels
are to be seen in their shops. In San Francisco
I the Chinese cannerles. put up green balsam
apples In the same manner as tomatoes and
other vegetables, for use in winter, when here
tofore dried balsam apples have been sub
stituted The Chinese balsam apple, called fu
wa has a bitter taste, and is one OF their most
| highly esteemed vegetables,
NJ. KoEBELE, who has been for the second
time searching in Australia and New Zealand
for beneficial insects ~ has discovered that Or.
Gus chaly beus steel-b,ue lady bird, is a most
| important enemy of the red scale. According
| to Nature he has found them by the hundred,
| and has observed the mature insects eating the
scales. The trees were full Of eggs" and the
Larvae were swarminR on all the orange and
| lemon trees infested with the red scale NJ
Koebele has sent to America large quantity OF
| the eggs and many Of the adult beetles.
ONE of the latest methods of testing the
| academic proficiency of mail clerks has just
been devised in San Francisco, 1t consists OF a
SCENTS a country pOstoftice. The victim gets a
number of cards having written addresses on
Lhem TO represent ordinary letters. lie IS then
timed with a stop watch in order to ascertain
how long it takes him to get all the cards 10
their proper pigeon holes. In California alone
there are 1850 minor postoffices. il may be
imagined that the task is not an easy one.
TIE Marquis Hosokawa has. been dunned for
debt contracted by his ancestor, Hosokawa
Etchu no Kami in the fifteenth year of Genroku,
or 1902 Hosokawa Etchu no-Kami borrowed
800 koban from his business agent Onuma
Sanemori, The time for which the money was
/ lent was not specified in the deed, but the Hoso-
kawa family was held liable whenever payment
might be demanded The deed has been pre-.
served by six generations of the Oinuma family
and has at last been presented for payment.
Japanese law, however, will let the present mar
quis of.
THE literal meaning of the word toilette is
a diminutive of toile, small covering of linen
thrown over dressing table, but it was re-
served for the decorators of the reign of Louis
XIV. to discriminate between the grand and the
little toilette. The latter was a very simple
arrangement indeed, plain wooden altar with
unadorned white napery and looking glass at
which the celebrants we're only the lady's maid
and the hair dresser. The grand toilette was a
much more splendid affair. The table was laden
with Golfers Of jewels, glove boxes, powder
boxes, receptacles for paint, patches, poma.
tum and scented waters; and finally with the
dressing case, the furniture Of which was often
lf,fer ~. a or aiIg ha1 oil oh