The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SOME persons profess TO be able TO guess ap-
proximately from what part of Italy woman
comes by the length OF her earrings, says the
New York sun. Italian earrings lenRthen as
one goes southwark, aud in the extreme south
OF Italy the carr ngs OF these women reach
nearly TO the shoulders. IL often happens that
the jewels OF the Jtal an peaEants are OF soil
gold and shaped in pleasing fashion, and this is
true Of Jewels brought to tbis country by many
European immigrants. One seldom or never
sees here, however, the beautiful gold orna-
ments worn by the peasant women of Brittany.
Another kind Of peasant ornament seldom seen
here except when brought by Travellers Is the
silver jewery, rings, bracelets and the like, worn
by coolie women in the West Indies. Tdese
ornanents usually represent the savir Is of the
cooHe husband, and sold bv the women
only with his permission. 4 mans wealth is
measured by the splendCr of his wife's Adorn-
ment.
THOROUGH and scientific experiments with
light have given some astonishing results. The
latest in this line has been to prove that cut
or sat in a piece OF paper, even though the
opening be not more than One-forty-thOusandth
of an inch in Width, is sufficient to transmit
light To the human retina. Here is the expert
menter S account OF his wonder vi doings: l
lave determined an extraordinary fact viz:
That light will show through keen cut open
ing, even though the crack be Of exceeding
minuteness. This interesting fact was proven
by taking two thoroughly clean, straight edges,
placing piece Of paper between the surfaces
at one end, the ether end being allowed 70 come
together. The straight edges being placed be-
tween the eye and O strong light in dark
room, wedge of light perceived from the
ends between which the paper placed and
the opposite nds, which were brought together
The thickness OF the paper being known the
distance apart at the two edges OF the small end
of the wedge Of light was easily calculated,
giving US as an astounding result Il a. the
bar Of light was not NOR than one-Torty-thou-
sandth OF an inch in thickness.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS we're experienced in vari-
GUS and widely separated parts of theOld world
during January aud the early part OF February
about the time Of the disastrous disturbances ia
Zante, says the New YORK sun. There was
destructive earthquake in the island OF Samo-
thrace in the Grecian archipelago, the latter
part OF January. The extent of the damage
done was not estimated at last reports, but all
the buildings we're said tO'be destroyed. There
was a severe shock in y ew Zealand on Feb. Il.
1t was felt in both the North and South Islands,
being most severe in the city of Wellington and
the town OF Nelson But slight damage was
occasioned. A very severe shock was expe-
rienced on the borders Of Afgnanstan, near
QuetLa, and it had some curious features The
railway near Chamau was utterly DESTROYED and
the rails were twisted like corkscrews" A
| deep rent in the earth's surface was made di-
rectly along the old British frontier line with
AfghanistRn. az il existed bafore the English
extended their dominion over the Khojsk ridge
| to Chaman. The crack follows the old line of
| demarkation for miles and the Afghans say il is
sign from Allah that the old frontier was the
proper limit, beyond which the English should
| not 20.
THE CHINESE, the Japanese and the Siamese
| know q thing or two about botany aud fori-
culture that would be of much value to the
| German, English and American botaniSts. A
| year or two ago, says writer in the st. Louis
| Republic, told the readers Of Notes for the
| Curious why blue rose was an impossibilty,
| but since then have been reading up" on the
! botanical curiosities that have been literally
bred by the almond-eyed Mongolians of the
| countries named above l have arrived at the
| conclusion that probably blue rose is pos
| sible after all, and that the oriental botRn cal
wizards Will evolve one sooner or later. One
| Of their achievements-the one on which they
| pride themselves above all others, unless il is
the art of raising oaks in thimblss-is the
| "changeAbla rose, real rose in everything
| except that it is white when in the shade and
| bloOd-red as soon as the sunlight strikes il .
! The words ''as soon" in the last sentence above
| do not literally mean ms tRntaneously, but one
thing is sure. the tran stormation is rapid
enough for the wondering eyes t at are
/ allowed the rare pleasure of beholdinR
| such wonderful sight After night,
| or when in dark room, this
curiosity OF the rose family is a pure, waxy
white blossom, the thick, succuient petals much
reminding ono OF gigantic mandrake flowers,
with the exceptions that even the stRmens aud
| piStils are Of the same immaculate color. When
| transferred to open air the transformation i'm
! mediatey sets IN, the time OF the entire change
| of the flower from a livil wilderness TO the most
sanguine Of all sanEuine hues depending on the
| degree OF sun light and warmth. First the petals
! take a kind Of washed or faded blue color
| which rapidly changes to a very faint blush Of
| pink. The pink gradually deepeus in hue until
you find that your lily-whte rose OF an hour
befors is as red as the reddest peony that ever
! doomed. l have searched bOtauies by the
| dozen and read dozens Of articles on history
and description of the rose family" but not a
| sil gle one mentions the Chan geable Rose of
Mong Ola, " which must be well known to all
! oriental travee, s.