The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-19
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have cost, counting origin Il price paid and cost
of importation, close upon 91,o00 He was
born in the palace of the miKado, and is the
most beautiful, as well as the most costly cat
in this country OF unusual size, he lie like a
maltese cat in color and intelligence. His
mouse-Colored coat is like heavy satin. so rich
his bath and is combed and fed before he is
allowed to present himselfin Mrs. Vanderbilt's
rose colored morning room, His breakfast of
cream and grilled bones is served in delicate
china bowl and soup plate. very much ike those
used by children for their oatmeal One of
Koko's accomplishments is the delicate v ay in
drop of cream or touches the delicate carpet
with piece of meat or bone Mrs Wander
bilt laughs and says Koko could give lessons in
table manners to a good many people.
TIssoT attempts to account for the greater
longevity of women as compared to that of men
by the theory that the large amounts Of talking
for which women are noted is a healthful ex-
ercise that promotes the circulation OF the
blood without overtaxing the vital organs. This
may do for a cynical French Joke, but the
Detroit Free Press thinks the real explanation
probably is the gu eter and more regular life that
women lead. thus preventing the premature
wear out Of the nervous system. One of the
most famous of female centernaians wss the
Countess of Desmond, who lived to be l45 and
died in the reign of James 1. from the effects of
an accident This wonderful woman found her
self, at the age of 100, so lively and strong to
be able TO take part in a dance, and when she
was l40 she travelled all the way from
Bristol 60 London-no trifing journey in those
some bus ness affairs. Lady Desmond is. how
ever, quite thrown into the shade by 4
French woman, Marie Prion, who died in st.
| Columbe in June, 1S3S-it is said--at the won
derful age of 1888 Toward the end Of her life
she lived exclusively on goats milk and cheese.
| Although her body was shrunk that she
| weighed only forty pounds she retained all
her mental faculties to the last II is an extra
! ordinary but incontestahle fact that some
women at The age when most people die under
20 sort Of natural process OF rejuvenation--the
hair and teeth grow again, the wrinkles disap-
| pear from the skin aud sight and hearing reac-
| quire their former sharpness MarquiSe de
| Mirabeau Is an example OF this rare and remark
| able phenomenon She died at the age of Sc.
| but a few years before her death she became in
| appearance quite young again. The same
cuange happened to nun of the name of Mar
| guerite Nerdur, who at the age of 62 lost her
| wrinkles, reRaned her sight and grew several
| new teeth. When she died ten years later her
appearance was almost that of young girl.
TIE elder HerscheI fully believed that on one
occasion he saw the flames OF an active volcano
on the moon, and only a few years ago. 1875.
| DR.. Klein announced his discovery Of crater
on the lunar surface Still the prevailing i'm
| preston among astronomers is that the moon is
a dead world. and that while evidence of past
volcanic action on that satellite is abundant its
| Internal fires have long since been extnguished.
1t is recalled by the st. Louis Republic that the
controversy on the supposed existence of active
| volcanoes on the moon was renewed and waRed
| with much bitterness during the year 1879
| by the publication in the Scientific A'neri.
can of an account of a supposed vol
caDc eruption on the moon which was
viewed by Prof. John Hammes and his
son on the evening OF Nov. II. 1878, at Oska-
looss; Ia Hemmes lives at Keokuk, la, and
| spends good part of his time travelling over
| the country with a l2-inch telescope. through
| which he shows the moon and planets to stu
| dents and professors Of colleges which are not
| able to possess Instruments of their own. In
this capacity Mr.. Hammes has become quite
familiar with Luna and the other planets. as
| well as with his instrument He describes the
| great lunar eruption as lasting full half hour,
and as being as plainly visible as any other OBJ
| ject or piece Of scenery the lunar surface
His son also saw the phenomenon but describes
| the eruptive stresks as being less fan shaped
than those noted by the father. which, how
| ever. makes but little difference, as no two men
| see alike. According to the sketch furnished
! BY the professor, this. the most wonderful of
| all volcanoes. Is in the vicinity OF Pace, Barocius
and Nicoai. as given on Beer & Msdler's map
| of the moon. AS the phenomenon was alto
Gether unexpected. Mr. Hammes was not pre-
pared for taking measurements of the hight of
| the eruptive streaks. In the absence of more
exact data he furnishes his sketch, which ena
! oes one 10 form pretty good opinion both of
| the hight and width OF this, the only clearly OBJ
| served lunar eruption on record as well as snow
| ing quite plainly the clearly defined crater from
which the stream of fire proceeded.
PAPER MONEY developed from the bills of ex-
change or certificates of the banks was proba-
bly, first issued by the Italian bankers of the
fourteenth century, says the San Francisco
| Examiner, Governments found 1t easy way
| of obtaining money in times of necessity. being
| In effect, forced loan from the people Paper
| bills are promises to pay. and when the govern
| meut issues them in exchange for supplies or
| services it has actually borrowed Just s. much
from the man to whom il pays them. Il, how
ever, allows him to pass this note in payment of
| his debts, so instead Of being loan from him
| singly it is a loan from the whole people, The
| case with which the notes may be issued has
led many govern ents into disastrous expert
mentS in time of war or stress, the
promises being issued in such PERCUSSION
| that they became of no value. The continental
currency issued during the revolution By the
| American congress- and the assignsrs Of the
| French revolution may be instanced. Paper
| money depends for its value on the ability of
the authority that issues 1t to give value for it
when payment is demanded. When the issue
of the civil war was In doubt the value of
the greenbacks issued by the United States
| sunk to one-thrd their face value. due partly to
a lack of confidence in the government and due
still more TO the certainty that payment of the
notes must be indefinitely postponed Even
doupt of the government The currency was de.
p-eciated for thirteen years. The government
| was in the position of the man known to his
neighbors as good, but slow pay" His notes
known 10 be good for the amount and II
was certain that it would be ready to redeem
| its notes some day, but that was not enough for
| the man who wanted 70 use the money right
| away. He thus passed the notes at a discount
| The value Of paper money thus depends at any
| given moment on the promise of the govern
| ment TO redeem it. IT the promise will be met
when the notes are presented they pass at their
| face value. II there is doubt on this point the
notes must pass at discount, greater or less &C.
cordi 7g TO circumstances. II thsre is no chance
| that they will ever be paid they are worth
| nothing at all AS the United States govern
| ment has stood ready since 1879 to redee n in
| gold any notes soon as presented, its cur.
| rency passes without question at its face value.