The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-02
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
MAX BoRNEsTEIN, a Polish Jew living in New
ark N. j.. has retained counsel in a suit for
damages in which three conSLables are made
defendants. The plaintiff bases his claim for
damages on the fact that the constables, who
are Christians, slept In his house and desecTated
his tableware and kitchen utensils by cooking
and eating meals which had not been prepared
according to the Hebraic usages and principles.
He charges that, as one OF the constables
brought pork sausage into the house and nte
the same therein, his property has been SO de.
filed that he can no longer make use of IL. The
case will be brought to trial as soon as the nee
essary papers are prepared.
The ward room hoy" on board man-of- war
is often as o d as many of those whom he
serves, but the old-fashioned title and form of
address sticks to him. Ward room boys usually
are colored men or foreigners. When the Hay
tian or Jamaican negro is obtainable he is re-
garded as catch. This is truer still of the
Jap. The latter seem to understand by instinct,
TO remember a multitude of details without
effort and to obey promptly and without Ques-
ton. The rule aboard ship is one boy to every
two officers in the ward room. All are i'm
mediately responsible to the steward, and
through him to the mess caterer, who is one OF
the officers detailed for the purpose. All are
under Semi-military discipline. but they seem to
desert with impunity.
PHYSICIANS explain in an interesting fashion
that the electric current when applied to the
tongue seems to taste sour. The gustatory or
tasting nerves. according to the doctors are in
dustrious and well-meaning little things, and,
although 1t is not their business to take cogni.
zance of any impression made by touch. they
do their best to look after anything that hap
pens to come In their way. Thus, when sub
jected to the electric current, they telegraph
the fact in their own language to the brain,
and as their LAT guage is exclusively that Of
taste they inform the brain that an electric cur
rent is sour. The ordinary unscientihc citizen.
having confidence in the stories told by his
gustatory nerves, really believes that the cleo
trio current has an acid taste.
AFTER studying the section in a recent act Of
parliament emitting witnesses to claim to be
sworn in Scotch fashion, with the uplifted right
hand instead of by kissing the book, the Rev.
W. j. jenkins of South Tottenham wrote for
information concerning the Scotch manner of
taking the oath to Hthe secretary for Scotland,
says the London NelCs. 1t is hardly the business
OF Sir George Trevelyan to answer such cues
tions, but he has good-naturedly sent by ths
permanent under secretary of his department
the terms of the Scotch judicial OATH which
are: Il swear by Almighty God, and as l shall
answer to God at the great day Of judgment,
that will tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. in so far as know, or as
the same shall be asked of me-" This, says Sir
Colin Scott Moncrieff, is the formula used by
witness when he is put upon his oath. He
stands, and with his right hand held up repeats
these words after the judge or commissioner
empowered to administer the oath.
NINE. CARNoT is a brunette, with dark blue
eyes, a pale complexion, delcately nodded
| features, and hair as black and glossy as black
satin, writes Lucy Hamilton Hooper in a de-
lghtful sketch. with portrait of the home life
and personality or the wife of The president of
the French republic in the March Ladies' Home
Journal. Her expression is at once intellectual
and charming. Outside her official duties.
which are many, Nine. Cavnot leads very
quiet and domestic lite. She rises at O'Clock,
and her first breakfast, consisting of a Gun OF
coffeeiand roll, is served to her in her dressing
room. Until 20 O'Clock she occupies herself
with her private correspondence, which always
includes letter to one or the other OF her chill
dren, only her youngest son, Francois, who is at
school in Paris, being at home. At 10 o'clock
she joins the president in the library, and aids
| him in examining the voluminous mass of let
tiers which arrives daily at the Elysee, Her thor
! ough knowledge of modern languages
and her intelligence and unfailing good sense
make OF her a valuable assistant. The second
breakfast or lunch is served at ! O'Clock in the
breakfast room of the palace. and is usually a
| very simple repast. Guests are seldom invited
| to luncheon at the Elysse, as both the presi-
| dent and his wife prefer entertaining their
| friends at dinner. Lunch once concluded
| Nine. Carnot, on the days of state dinner par
/ ties or balls, gives audience to her chief cook
| Then she drives out either to ACCOMPANY her
| husband to the opening of an exhibition or the
| inauguration of some charitable institution or
to some other official function. Tho ordering
/ and experimenting of her toilettes absorhs a
| coed deal of her time. and is really one of her
official duties, the dress Of the wife OF the ruler
| OF state exercising widespread influence over
| the commercial interests Of France. Then she
| is interested in number Of charities and drops
| in from time to time to see how her proteges
are progressing.
In THE human body there are about 1858 bones.
says the Popular Science Monthly. The
muscles are about 500 in number. The length
of the alimenrary canal ID about 80 feet. The
amount Of blood in an adult averages 80 pounds,
or fully one-fifth the entire weight. The heart
is inches in length and inches in diameter.
and beats 20 times per minute. 400 times per
hour, 100 700 times per day, &c. 900 times per
year. 1865, 40, 900 in threescore and ten and at
each beat ~ ounces Of blood are thrown out OF
Il, l75 ounces per minute, t5s pounds per hour,
"a tons per day. All the blood in the body
passes through the heart in minutes This
little organ by its ceaseless industry pumps
each day what is equal to lifting 122 tons foot
high, or ton 192 feet high. The lungs will con
tain about gallon of air at their usual degree
OF initiation. We breathe on an average 200
times per hour, inhale 600 gallons of air, or
"a, 900 per day. The aggregate surface of the
air sells Of the lungs exceeds 10000 square
floor of room ~ feet square. The
average weight Of the brain OF an admit
male is pounds and ounces; OF female ?
pounds and ounces. The nerves are all con.
nected with 1t directly or by the spinal marrow
These nerves, together with their branches and
minute ramitications probably exceed 10, 900, 900
IN number, forming a body guard" outnumber.
ing by far the greatest army ever marshaled
The skin is composed of three layers and varies
from one-fourth to one-eighth of an inch in
thickness. The atmospheric pressure being
about fourteen pounds to the square inch a
person Of medium size is subjected to a pres
sure OF 10000 pounds! Each square inch of skin
contains $500 sweating tubes or perspiratory
pores each OF which may be Hkened to-a little
drain pipe one-fourth Of an inch long, making
an aggregate length Of the entire surface of the
body Of 2Ol, 100 feet, or a tile ditch for draining
the body almost forty miles long Man is mar
velously made. Who IL eager to investigate the
curious and wonderful works of omnipotent
wisdom, let him not wander the wide world
around TO seek them, but examine himself