The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The smallest newspaper in the world Is said
TO be FL Telegram, published In Guadalsjars,
Mexico. It is four inches square.
THE largest barometer yet made has been put
in working order at the st. Jacques tower In
Paris. It is Il feet inches high.
AT Cahoes, France. the workmen on the
foundation for a convent unearthsd large
house of the Gallo-Roman period, the mosaic
floors Of which are in place and enough Of the
walls to reveal frescoes In q fair state Of pre-
servation 1t is supposed to have been destroyed
IN the sixth century, when Theodebert sacked
the town. Pottery fragments, bronzes and
coins were found on the site.
For several months pair of grey squirrels
have been making daily visits Co the house OF
farmer In Lower Creek. N j., says q cores
pendent in that place. They would pick up
crumbs about the yard, and after a few visits
they were not the least disconnected by the
family and seemed as tame as II they had al
ways been household pets. A few days ago
they appeared at the house with two OF their
young, which were at first rather shy, hut now
are as tame as the old ones.
THE word pig" as applied to iron Is q Nero
play on the word SOW" When iron is melted
it runs off into a channel called ''sow," the
lateral branches Of which are called the pigs"
Here the iron cools and is called ''pig IRON"
Now SOW" has nothing whatever to do with
swine, but is from the Saxon "sawan, to scat
TER GSELHans 's6WbAn, TO rush, ana ought 70
be written saws (sows.) Having q SOW for
the parent channel it re quired no great effort
of wit to make the, lateral grooves the little
pigs.
A ScoTcHMAN one evening recently sat look
ing at some mice, relates writer in the Scottish
american: An idea struck him. He decided to
set the little thieves spinning yarn and it was
probably a very astoniShed pair of mice that
found themselves a few days later working a
small tread-mill in a cage like those in which
rats and other small animals are kept, but
without the slightest idea that they were pay
ing their board in this way, An ordinary mouse
can twist over 100 threads on reels every day,
although to do this be has TO run 1915 miles.
Dr.. JAMES of the Brooklyn Ethical Association
has been studying the problem of municipal
government in this couutrYs9and finds that the
%eGTy OF b our 0tes ey fDge
delphia and Baltimore retain the dual system
OF the next II in size 4 have but one Legislative
body; Of the next Is IS adhere to the single sys-
tenn, and out of S6 Incorporated cities contain
ing 900 inhabitants 294 have the single system
and out of the remaining cities, about 600. a
single legislative body ID the almost universal
rule
AN Australian pearl diver says that one of
the strange effects of diving is the invariable
bad temper felt while working at the bottom of
the sea. AS this usually passes away as soon as
the surface is reached, it is probably due to the
pressure of the air affecting the lungs and
through them the brain. The exhiaration and
bonhome of the mountain climber are a con-
trary feeling from an opposite cause. A diver
becomes SO angry at some imaginary wrong
doing on the part OF those in the boat above
the intention of knocking the heads of the en-
tire crew." only to forget what he came up for
when the surface is reached.
IT IS q common belief that if pearls are left
unworn for any great length Of time that they
become sick or lusterless. and paragraphs are
not infrequently seen which state that some
body's famous pearls are being soaked in the
sea in order that they may recover their lost
brilliancy. According to George y. Kunz,
author OF Gems and Precious Stones OF North
Amer ca" this belief has no foundation In fact,
and, as for the treatment, he says: 1T viii NOT
help the pearls unless they were In q pearl
oyster receiving new layers of nacre. otherwise
a dish Of salt water would do as well e. the
absorption of grease, from packing Ia wool or
wooden things Mr.. Kunz recommends that
such pearls be cleaned with little carbonate Of
soda, orris root or by bleaching In the sun.
A MAN from Birmingham has been trying to
prove the xselessness Of church bells in this
age of cheap clocks and watches, says the New
York Tribune. He has taken observations of
the effect of the bell-rngtng, with the following
results: For the first few minutes afterthe
beginning of 1t no one appeared. About ten
minutes later people began slowly to file
in, the advance guard being led by three
building all to themselves for at least ten
minutes For the space of twenty minutes
there were not above dozen people in the
church, most of whom were children At twen-
ty-five minutes after they began to hurry up:
in the next five minutes, when the bell stopped
sixty-fve had passed in, and they continued
doing 30 for another thirty minutes when an
equal number entered the sacred building.
CURIOUS SCENE occurred the other evening
In the cafe of the Manhattan Club, says the
New York SUM young gentleman worth q
million or two, and fond Of games Of chance,
strolled In about midnight and challenged one
OF the gentlemen in the cafe to match cents for
81, 900 side. This diversion between the two
lasted until about 900 had changed hands,
the wealthy young gentleman being the winner
He then joined the group at a table and sug-
gested that they all match cents for each
others watches In half an hour the young
millionaire had watches tucked ia all
his pockets with the chains dangling from
them. The next proposition was that they
should match for the coats on their backs and
IN forty minutes the young millionaire had the
coats Of his opponents piled in a chair beside
him To end the evenings sport he proposed
that they should match for waistcoAts Luck
followed the young millionaire throughout, and
the wastcoats were soon piled on top OF the
coats beside him. His opponents, In shirts and
trousers. declared that they had had enough
sport after that The young millionaire or
dered a couple Of maRnuns for the party and
graciously handed back the watches and cloth
ing. He tucked the check for the money won,
though, in his wallet.