The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I Sllt Was ~ years OF age ana Ne WAS 81. Two
children were born to them. Mrs Turner Is
/ tail and well preserved and although 81 years
! of age is in possession Of all her faculties.
! The creature most tenacious of life is the
/ common sea polyp. One may be cut in two
and two creatures are the result. One may
/ be slit lengthwise into half dozen sections,
J making as many animals. They may be
turned inside out and enjoy themselves just
( as well as before. II two be divided and
! placed end to end the result will be monster
having head &C each end Of its body.
While not all the attractions Of the Midway
! Plaisance we're financially successful, it IS
! estimated that the sum sent and carried
! away by the various show people approx
/ mates 81 OOU,O0O A donkey boy exchanged
/ $500 OF American silver for French francs at
( one Of the tourist agencies. A camel driver
/ exchanged II 600. An Arab bought draft
! Tor al 800 on BeyrOut. A Turk had 5000 o
/ transfer. Persian dancer 81 800 IN American
| silver, and Nubian soldier had $500 in bills
| An elderly Eg -ptian, who sold piastCrs worth
/ zen for DIN OF 800 b. c.. for r., exchanged
hundreds Of col ars for napoleons.
The city marshal OF Boston more than sixty
years ago arrested one William Doyle, and
found in his possession a deposit book on the
Providence Institution for Savings, showing
that the prisoner had deposited $50 there. The
city marshal took possession OF the book;
Doyle served his time after sentence, and was
then lost to sight. Long after il was learned
that he died in CharlestOwn, Mass, leaving
ceedlngs were instituted, publications were
made and no claimant appeared. Last week
| the sum on depOsA, which had increased to
about S2,lO) was turned over to the common
wealth Of Massachusetts.
In ordinary respiration, says the Dietetic
and Hygienic Gazette the nose recognizes
only pronounced odor, since the filaments Of
the olfactory nerve are distributed only in
the upper third of the lining mem brane of it's
| fossa7. and IN ordinary breathing the air
I a. FarrVA NE -
| these cavities. Hence. a modified respira-
tory etfort-a quick, forced inspiration or
| snlH is usually necessary in order to bring
air carrying odoriferous parties TO the olfac
tory nerve endings. Nevertheless. whenever
air mixed with Odorous gases and noxious
particles is inhaled through the nose during a
lew successive ordinary reSpriatiOns. the OIL
factory sense IS awakened TO a knowledge of
| their presence through the law of diffusion of
gases in virtue of which the odorous par
tlcles are conveyed to the superior fOss8
OF the nose, and hence to the terminal MA
ments OF the OlfactOry nerve. Thus to Ger
tain extent, the sense of smell is preservative
OF health.
1t is said that never since health statistics
were kept has there been such a scourge Of
dtphtheria as is now raging in London. 1t has
prevailed for two months past. and seems to
be growing constantly worse About 400 new
cases are reported weekly. and the weekly
deaths from the disease lately run from so to
10. The epidemic is frightfully fatal for it is
/ found that, whereas scarlet fever kills less
than per cent. of those attacked. the fatality
[ In diphtheria runs from 20 to % PER cent In
l '5l and 1892 the great scarlet fever epidemic
winch was much talked about, killed less than
h 4lf as many people as diphtheria did at the
same time, though this latter disease was
scarcely recognized as being specially preva-
lent. 1t is only OF recent years that diph-
theria has ga ned footing in the British me
tropohs. Up to 1888 it had never caused
thousand deaths in single year, but in 1899
that number was nearly doubled, and, as in
the last ten months it has claimed about
900 victims it is assumed that the total NOR
tality from it will amount to at least 81 900 by
the end of December.
New London bridge was opened in 1851.
SAYS the St. Louis Republic. Old London
bridge was mOnstrosity. II dated back to
the year ll7G \. D., and at least three wooden
bridges are known to have ocCulied the same
site prior to that date. Tho old bridge was
slightly over 800 feet in length and had
X solid stone piers varying in thickness
from - to - feet, thus Conhning the flow Of
the river to less than half its natural channel
The entire surface of the bridge was OCCUPIED
by blocks Of brick and stone buildings
erected on arches, with the roadway running
tunnelllke beneath), some of them four sto
Iies high. All o these bridge buildings were
densely packed with human beings tat one
time estimated at LOO. carrying on all rue
trades and other vOcatiOnS of life. Spanning
the two center piers was huge ChuFch build
ing, Qedltated TO St Thomas, of Canterbury.
but usually styled st, Peter of the Bridge
In very cary time the arch opening from the
bridge towards the city was called Traitors
gate, ana 1t was no unusual thing TO see the
heads OF a dozen executed criminals hanging
over it.
The story Of the talking canary, which a
few weeks ago attracted much attention says
the Liverpool Mercury, has brought out other
instances of an acquired power of speech in
the same Dird. In the organ of the Sell Ornp
society, where the story originally appeared
ftt1.fl ,as nos ls,ri,r
bly, many more may be yet forthcoming At
tention has been directed to an account of a
talking canary, at Norwood which was pub
nShed IN a natural history magazine for IS5S
IL began by repeating word which its mis-
treSS had often used to it-''kiSsie kissie'--
and by following the word up by an imita-
ton OF the sound Of a kiss. Its mistress had
! oeenln the ha0lt OF kissing the bird and talk
ing 10 IL as II 1t were a child After a time
the bird repeated other words until il has
now a large vocabulary, OF phrases,
one or which consists of five words
Again, IN 1868, talking canary was
heard and seen at q cottage near Bath Visi-
tors crowded to the spot to hear and see it
Its vocabulary consisted of such phrases as
are generally tlught to parrots
case is also recorded of a speaking canary
having been exhibited in Regent street about
twenty ears ago The explanation given is
that the bird is gifted with unusual powers of
imitation and Will pick up airs freely which it
is III the habit of frequently hearing Teft tn
Itself, 1t quickly initiates the notes of other
canaries are usually placed for this purpose
besides the nightingale. In our own country
they are often taught to initiate the larl;
The words which it initiates may be regarded
rs mere development or variant of It's must
cal notes.
People hear a great deal about yestibule
cars nowadays, and when a railroad desires
topiaCc an especially seductive advertisement
before the public it announces in attractive
typography that it runs a solid vcstibuled
Tram 10 such place, says the Cincinnati
times Star. Most people probably imagine
that the Vesubule car Is a particularly mod
ern invention. when, as a matter of fart il
ism l. and the wonder is that the railroads
We're 50 slow in adopting them. now that they
are so particular to announce that they have
them, and, in fact. no well regulated and
prosperous railroad dares acknowledges that
1t ism equipped with the all popular yeSti.
bule Inc hrst patent was secure in 1852
ny a man named Waterbury and the first
Yestlouled car was used on the Naugafr1clI
hallrOGd IN 1898, and about 90 patents bave
been taken ont since that time in mis-
country and 20 in foreign countries II
was formerly attached only to Dal]or and
sleeping cars. but the service is now common
on ordinary trains and it is the most corn
pletc appliance OF modern times for prOter.
ton and comfort. 1t is preventive againsf
telescopng, 1t assists in ventilation II is a
means OF Steadylng the vibratory motion of
trains, IL Is a protection in passing to and fro
between cars. 1t Is missing link" suppIied
IN mlnlmizes the atmospheric resistance tothe
running OF trains, and in the provision of in
creased buffer resistance gives protection To
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