The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New Mexico Colorado and in Arizona, where
the donkey is as we'll known as the horse, ne
is always called by his Spanish name, on &C
count OF the fact that this section OF the
United States so recently belonged to the
Mexicans who, as everybody knows, talk mat
language. The Spaniards and Me1lcans also
apply the term "burro' to stupid or lg-
norant person, Just as EngIlSh-speaAIhg I"Ces
use the word donkey"
Louisiana. according to one who has in
vestigated the subject. is entitled to rank as
a great lumber state. having within her bounds
5O,OO0O0O,O 900 feet Of excellent timber anu the
pre- dlction is made that before many years
pass sugar, as the leading industry OF the
state will give way TO lumber. In cypress
Louisiana is especially rich This WOOD is
durable and much IN demand Tor interior
decorations Nine million feet OF cypress
alone will be used in New Orleans and otner
business centers Of the state this year
In British India, says the New Orleans
Times Democrat, the ancient Brahmanic
religious belief still counts 21lOO0 900 in its
different sects. The Buddhist form OF belief IS
held by 100000 in Farther India thurman,
not in India proper. The ancient iallh OF
Zoroaster dating back to the time OF cyrus
and Darius is professed by $1,000; who bear
the name of Parsi or Persian. The followers
Of Mohammed number 57OOOOOO; the EN-
press OF India has a far greater number OF
mohammedan subjects that the sultan or
shah. The ancient pagan, or nature Wor-
shippers, number 100000.
Among the novel societies incorporated in
Europe recently is THE Society for the Pro
lection Of Nonsmok ers," in lower Austria.
The members. already numerous, propose no
campaign against smokers, but they intend
to accomplish, II possible, the strict enforce
ment Of the regulations regarding the prohl-
bltion Of smoking in certain railroad train
compartments public buildings, restaurants
frequented by men and women, street cars,
concert halls and other places OF public
amusement. They wish to prevent smoking,
nnGGihln nlarRE circulars
are to be sent TO estaurant-keepers asking
that rooms be set apart for ronsmOkers
Branches Of the society are TO be established
in Vienna, Prague, Bruenn and Graz. lntiu-
entail names are on the roll Of membership.
The human heart is hollow muscle OF a
conical form placed between the two lungs
and nclosed in the pericardium, or heart sac.
The ordinary size Of the heart in the adult is
about inches in length, 80 inches in readth
at the broadcast part and pa inches in thick
ness, and its weight is from 10 to IL ounces IN
men and to 10 ounces in women. The in
crease in size is greatest and most rapid dur
ing the first and second years OF life, its bulk
at the end Of the second year being exactly
double what it originally was. Between the
second and seventh year it is again almost
double in size. A slower rate OF growth then
sets in and continues during the period OF ma
turity OF other portions Of the body After the
fifteenth year up to the hftieth the annual
growth OF the heart is about .06l Of cubic
inch, the increase ceas1ng about the hftieth
year.
There is no doubt says Chambers Journal,
that the Germans are the strongest people on
earth and probably the most prolific, and 1
believe it is owing to their eating black
bread. A great deal of the nOurishment must
be wasted in refining -four as it is now done
| by all civilized nations The bread IS made
more palata0le. perhaps more d1gestible for
weak, worn out stOmachs, but black bread
must be the true stan OF life. The Germans
do not eat much fresh meat. There may be
in lnfh rtg If a pfrN lint oil
the Rhine you never see cattle grazing in
pastures. I did not see one sheep in all my
tramps. and the only COWS l saw were the
poor things hltched to heavy carts doing the
work Of oxen. There is no milk along the
Rhine to speak Of. l got no taste of cream
and the eggs had were stale. Black bread.
then, IS what this people live on, and with 1t
they thrive and grow to be mighty conquer
ors.
With the bank OF England says Chambers
Journal, the destruction of it's notes takes
place about once week, and at p N. 1t
used 10 lie done in the daytime. but made
such a smell that the neighboring stock
brokers pettioned the governors to do 1t in
Cancelled by punching hole through the
amount lin hgureSl and fearing on the sigma
ture OF the chief cashier. The notes are
burned in closed furnace, and the only
agency employed is shavings and bundles Of
wood. They used to be burned in a
cage, the result OF which was
ened with burned fragments OF notes. For
future purposes Of reference, the notes are
left for five years before being burned, The
number OF notes coming into the Bank OF
England every day is about 80 600. and $50 900
are destroyed every week or something like
10 100000 every year The stock OF paid notes
for five years is about III 900 in mum Der
and they I'LL 1900 boxes, which. if placed
side by side, would reach two and one-third
miles If the notes we're placed in a pile
they would reach to a hight OF Eve and two
thirds miles n II mined end md
form ribbon l2,45 miles long.
There has been placed in the Vandyke
room at Windsor Castle, according to the
London Standard, an interesting relic of
King Charles 7. whose portrait. together
with the likenesses Of his family adorns the
walls OF the apartment. Il consists of an
elegantly constructed sedan chair, formerly
used by the unfortunate monarch cOnsOrt
Queen Henrietta OF France and which at ter
> lying almost unnOticed nearly $50 years IN the
/ lord chant eTlains stores has been success
/ fully renovated under the supervision OF her
malesty'S inspector, and once more assigned
! an honorable position IN the royal reside nee
! The body Of the chair, which is of a light
| and graceful design of the Louis lie Grand
| period is covered with crimson leather. the
| panels being enriched with wreaths and en-
| biematic devices, beautifully executed in
| Eilt-brass repousse work. The lower side pan
! els are centred with cupid standing between
| the fore half figures of a lion and unicorn and
on the Jack is another cupid in a sailing boat
| I he movable top is surmOunted by a crown
ana heavy crimson silk taSsels depend from
its four corners. The inside of the chair is IN
hOlstered with lowered silk. and the windows
have fringed curtains. Another sedan which
was used by King Charles l, is also being re
| stored. II is covered, like Queen Eeurietta's
with crimson leather. and bears the royal
cipher &C. R." and the heraldic crown, lion
and unicorn.
Most curious in origin OF all nocturnal in
| sect hunters, says the Cornhill Magazine. are
the leather-winged bats, which may be re-
garded, practically speaking, as very tiny
monkeys. highly specialized for the task OF
! catching nocturnal flies and midges Few
| people know how nearly they are related to
| US. They belong to the self-Same division of
| the higher mammals man and the apes.
| their skeleton answers to ours Eone for lone
| and joint for joint, in an ordinary manner:
| only the unessenttal fact that they have yerv
| long fingers with a web between as an organ
| Of flight prevents US from instantly and in
| stinctiyely recognizing them as remote cons.
! ms. once removed from the gorilla The
| female bat in particular is absurdly human
Most OF them feed of insects alone; but n
| few. like the famous vampire bats OF south
America, take mean advantage of sleeping
animals. and suck their blood after the
! fashion Of mosquitoes, as they lie defenseless
| in the forest OF on the open pampas. Others
like the living foxes OF the MALAY arcbineia.S'
make q frugal meal of fruits and vegeta Ies.
but even these are persistent night hiers
They hang head downward from the boughs