The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-02
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active service. They are the Ranger, Alert,
Marion, Lancaster, Mohican, Yantic, Thetis,
Kearsarge, Alliance, Adams and Essex. These
will rapidly go out of commission as new steel
vessels are accepted The Pensacola is 70 be
Sold being already out Of commission. Her
sale will be followed by this governments dis
posing Of the Omaha, Iroquols and other old
timers
President HARRISON has received from John
F. Healy, consul at Funchal. Madeira Islands,
cane made from the wood of house on Porto
Santo. one of the islands, occupied by Christie
pher Columbus at the time he was resident
there. Columbus married the daughter OF
Perestrellc, who was the governor or ruler OF
the island. He was q sailor and explorer OF
note himself. and the discovery of the Madeiras
is by some attributed TO him. The cane is OF
dark wood, but unlike most of the growth of
that locality. is conlpaI stively light. similar
cane was also forwarded 70 w. E. Curtis, who
has charge of the Columbian exhibit at the
worlds fair.
WHEN, as rarely happens English farm Ia
borers come to this country, they find it ex-
tremely difficult TO accommodate themselves to
the current American custom Of eating but
three meals day. says the New York Sun. An
English maid servant and nurse. who lived TO
be more than 100 years old, averred that she
had always been accustomed to "a dew bit and
breakfast. g stay bit and dinner, a nommst, 9
are e Common enough during lie harvest season
In this country. The hasty breakfast at $3.50 in
the morning il followed by stay bit at
o CLOCK anu Dy q luncheon between Jne noon
day dinner and the after-sunset supper. In
parts of Southern Pennsylvania the dinner hour
is II O'Clock IN the morning, and 1t would not
be difficult to show that Americans living on
the same meridian are dining all the way from
that hour until in the evening. The great
mass of country folk dine at noon,
AN AUSTRALIAN BLACK never uses his knees
when climbing. II the tree is small in girth
they sometimes use q vine, passing 1t around
the tree and holding on to 1t as they ascend
The most common way, however IL to asceI
by means OF notches cut into the tree or bark
about / ls inches deep and about feet apart.
Having fixed upon the side he intends ascend
ing, the climber cuts a notch with his stone
tomahawk about the hight Of his waist and
another on level with his head, but little TO
the ri zht or left of the lower notch, the case
may be. These notches are made by few taps
of the Ratchet, first horizontally and then down
at an angle of As degrees. Having made
the two lower ones. the ascent is made by stand
ing on the ball of the foot with the great toe in
the notch, While the climber cuts fresh notch
| level with his bead, and so on until the lower
branches are gained. Cften the gum trees run
i eighty feet from the ground to the lowest limb
| the trunk of the tree being perfectly smooth
| These notches are cut with great regularity,
| for, measured on la.lea tre-, the distance be-
| tween them seldom varies half an inch, In re-
ascending tree fresh cats are made for every
| fresh ascent
| AN ASSIGNEE in bankruptcy Under the empire
| OF Napoleon III had a strange fancy for col
i
| hands upon and placi x them in his library
| says the New York Sun. He carefully gathered
| all the new productions, until his library be-
came so famous that it was seized by the au-
rhorities- Strange to say, the volumes went to
hell" in the language of the officials of
| the French National library the name OF the
| room where all the immoral books, devilsh
pictures aud vile engraving are securely locked.
| The old assignee has just sued the state for the
| recovery Of his treasures. He claimed that the
republic was bound to restore the books that
I IA afOx1iro Spizad a Un hat f1tie
OF he'll there is no redemption; because the
state attorney and the procureur de la repub-
lique beat him with the argument that morality
/ is eternal and that republic should maintain
1t even more jealousy than an empire. He'll
is situated in the Rue Richelieu, and
contains about 200 damned volumes When
ore wants TO go there, it Ia necessary TO send q
petition TO the chief administrator Of the Ma
| tional library stating precisely the reasons for
such serious step. severe inquiry is immedl-
| atsly made into the case, with the chances all
in favor OF refusal Sad 20 say, doctors
and lawyers can all 90 to "hell"; there
are no distinctions thrown In their path !;
which is some consolation. The pictures, etc,
in "hell'' generally represent subjects analo-
| gous TO those which are to be found in the
Secret Museum OF Naples. or those which in
| mansions Of the Romans. But as the Devil-and
he SHOULD always be spelled with big D, a tout
| sei0neur tout honnettr-is not so black as he is
| painted. the hell of the National library is
! not much of place after all. Out Of the 5000,
900 Of volumes In the library zoo is the precise
number Of urid productions which are con-
| signed to the place OF darkness, there to be
kept from the public light for ever and ever.
| The very thought is enough to make Comstock
| sigh and Parkhurst yell.
IT SEEMS a somewhat startling fact that at
this late day philosophers should be discussing
the question. What is Sleep2" and should an.
nounce .entirely new views and ideas on
the subject. The human race has been sleeping
Arlxr Tad
or 200, COO years and has certainly had enough
experience with it, but, according TO the New
Orleans Times Democrat, it would seem that
we do not fully understand the matter, do not
quite know what sleep is, how il comes about or
even its effect. One thing, however, is now &C
cepted as proved--that the condition of the
blood vessels of the BRAIN and indeed, of such
tissue as the optic disk, is an snRmic one m
sleep. As drowsiness comes On the surface OF
the brain grows paler in color and the lack of
red blood is noticeable when such conditions
are observed The theory of DR.. James Cappie
of Edinburgh and of some other eminent
scientists has been to the effect that .he veins
of the pia matter, the inner membrane of the
skull, are capable of congestiug and dispensing
comparatively large quantities Of blood
that congestion produces vertigo and
"senselessness" or stupor, and that the dis
persion OF blood from the brain-cells pro-
duces a slight compression on the surface of
the brain and thus brings about sleep. The
brain being less active the circulation OF
blood to the brain is supposed by this theory
TO be diminished, and as the blood in the
brsin-cells has passed into the veins the
effect will be to cause slight yielding in
the brain and a pressure upon IL. Aud
now comes forward great German
scientist, Herr Rosenbaum. with an entirely
new and original propositlon-that the
an8mic condition Of the brain is due to an
excess of water in the cells Of that body, q
sort Of water on the brain. Sleep according
to his theory, is especially q matter of nerv.
Gus action-the fatigue of the nerve calls
which communicate with the heart aud
, bring about q change In the circulation The
nervous cells are full Of water when sleep comes
on, which, during sleep passes into the venous
blood as waste, while the nerve cells receive
nourishment from fresh arterial blood. When
the process is entirely over the sleeper awakes
unless he IS disturbed sooner. According &c
Rosenbaum's theory sleep is not only healthy
because OF the rest II gives the entire body, but
actually invigorating ia itself. Those who have
imagined thai slumber was simply quiet and
rest for an overworked and fatigued mind OF
body will be surprised 60 learn that the eoien-
lists are divided in opinion "a 20 whether IL IL
pressure on the brain. similar to vertigo and
other attacks which produce inconsistencies,
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