The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE first pomade was made by macerating
overripe apples in grease. The word came
from pomum, an apple, because these were
first used in the making of hair ointment. By
and by, however, it was found that the ap le
was useless in the preparation, and the grease
was then employed, first alone. but was soon
afterward perfumed with the finest scents pro-
durable.
TRAVELLERS and tourists who have been for a
summers outing among the islands which skirt
the coest Of Honduras tell marvellous stories of
TIE oyster groves of that country, and the rare
de icacy of the bivalves (which grow on the
trees the facts in this ''tree-oyster" case are
these The mangrove trees grow in either fresh
or salt water swamps, and even in water five or
six feet deep. The limbs OF the tnangrove are
dropping like those of the weeping willow In
case they do not reach the water, the attraction
OF the moisture below causes shoots to put out
which often extend far beneath the surface;
thus a thicket of mangroves is a matted mass
OF limbs, trunks, shoots and roots On these
limbs and shoots, deep down under the surface
or the water. large punches OF oysters cling,
thus forming the far famed oyster groves OF
Honduras"
The DECLINE of matrimony in England has of
late years been very marked. more especially
among the middle and lower classee. Nor are
the revelation S that are occasionally made in
the divorce court Of a nature 10 encourage the
more prudent ana eligible young men, and
those who would make the best husbands. to be
IN any hurry to enter into the enjoyment OF
connubial bliss. II is some relief to middle class
families overburdened W tn an excess OF
daughters that the opportunities for girls earn
ing their own living appear to be on the in
crease; but the competition for paid employ
ment acceptable to young ladies of the middle
classes Is every day growing more severe. The
prospect for middle class girls In the immediate
future appear, therefore, to be anything but
bright, except TO these who are not afraid of
work. There are thousands of young men
wanting wives at this moment in Australia and
America. Xler9 there fSw Wivaz IN ba nd
There is a career open to the surplus female
population Of England If they can only manage
once to get to the other side OF the globe.
SOME curious facts are brought into promi-
nence by correspondent Of Cycling, who mas
been at the pains to draw up a comparative
table of the rates of speed in different modes
OF locomot;on. The express train, of course
stands pre-eminent. Man has as yet
discovered no faster way OF getting about on
the earth's surface 1t will he a surprise how
ever, to many to learn that the safety bicycle,
of which so much is heard NOWADAYS only
occupies in this list the seventh place
the fastest time in which a train has been
known to travel mile is forty nine seconds and
a fraction; to accomplish the same distance
the fastest blcylist who has hitherto ridden
took two minutes and thrse-uuarters, or Just
about three tim IS long. An ice yacht has
Travelled "a nile in 1:10, running horse in
1854, torpedo boat in 1:50, steam yacht in
2:l2 and fraction, and skater on ice. with a
favorable wind behind him, 2:12 and rather a
la r9e fraction. A little way after the safety
bicycle comes the ocean liner; the oarsman is
much slower. taking $40 to travel a mile and
the sloweSt of al is the swimmer, who requires
very little short OF 80 minutes to perform the
same journey.
A GREAT DEAL of interest has been awakened
by some remarks made at the last meeting OF
the British Association for the Advancement of
Science by Prof. Oliver P Lodge, says the
Youths Con nanior- Prof. Lodge holds high
rank among men of science in England. What
ever he says is, therefore, entitled to respectful
consideration. Speaking of the limitations of
mans knowledge of nature, he referred to the
phenomenon known as thought transference, ="
anu after recalling the fact, which Of course
verybody knows, that Il thought can be trans
ferred from one mind to another either by the
agency OF sight, as in writing, or of sound, as in
sOeaklug, he uttered these remarkable words:
is it possible that an idea can be transferred
from one person TO another by q process such
as we nave not yet grown accustomed to and
know practic Ily moth ng about? In this case
nave evidence. assert that / have seen il
done and am perfectly convinced of the fact "
Prof. Lodge, who has devoted particular atten-
tlon to this subject for number OF years, sug-
geSts that the ether which pervei s space and
conveys the waves oflight, electricity, etc NAV
serve as medium of communication between
mind and mind. In this way many mysterious
and ap arently miraculous phenomena could be
explained without resorLing to supernatural
asencl :.
States that goes to waste just as do some OF
those faraway tropical streams youread about,
says e. lduaoaite'S Gsogr dphicdI Magazine
All travellers in Colorado know of the interest
ing eta Pass, in the southern part of the state
by which the railroad finds its way over the
Saagre de Cristo range, into the great dry plain
OF san Luis. At the western gate Of this pass
stands the ia lest mountain in Colorado Sierra
Blanca, about II $50 feet in altitude Veta pass
OPENS south of this peak. North of it is an open
ing into other pass. now almost forgotten
called Mosca pass by the Spanish settlers. who
Formerly used it a great deal 1t is the gorge
o. mo intain stream which comes Gathering
down from the snowy nights eof the central
range, gathering contributions from each Stone
until, when it reaches the open valley among
ertuI torrent. Never was q river more promis-
ing. and. as you descend It's growing current.
you picture to yourself the wide belt of green
farms which 1t must irrigate out there on the
plain. But, alas! No such beneficence awaits
IL! Across the mouth of the pass on this west
ern side the winds have heaped a line of drift
ing sand dunes. They are as yellow as gold
ana sharp-ridged as the waves of chopping
sea. Into them the river PUSHES from its
mountain sally-post joyous and brave in it's
strength, but it never passes beyond. The
thlrsty sand swallows up, as fast as they come
Iae ceaseless supplies the river pours down
The waves subside. the currents slacKen, the
rlpples spread out and disappear, and you may
walk upon dusty strand aroung the gorge OF
That brave stream within 100 yards of where IL
dashes out of its rocky gates.