The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the Indian police, died recently In the Indian
Territory. She was OF the Chickasaw nation,
! a sister Of Ex-Governor Guy, of that nation,
and a niece Of Ex-Governor harris.
The official Chinese interpreters at San
! Francisco says that within a year there will
be a tremendous exodus of Chinese from this
country, and from all other countries OF the
[ world, back to the celestial empire. They VIII
go to attend the great fair which IS held
every sixty years, ana when every gooo
Chinaman that can afford il attends. Pen Sc,
I the interpreter says that the attendance viii
run well up into the millions Invitations
/ will be extended TO the people OF all nations,
| and he says that everybody ought to go, as IL
| will be one OF the sights OF a lifetime. IhlS
| fair was founded many centuries ago, and has
| been held regularly ever since. The exact
| date has not yet been fixed, but 1t will te
! within two years, and great preparations Tor
| IL are already in progress in all parts OF the
empire.
Says an Episcopal clergyman. Many
bishops of our church ,are in the habit of de-
cribing themselves, by divine permission
| bishopOf their diocese. in Embellishments.
| a certain bishop, whose name need not be
| given, not long ago had occasion 10 send
such a document to most deVout, but not
| highly educated laymau. Thereupon, 1t be-
came the duty of the layman in question to
draw up and sign some official document re-
lating to some church business, and noticing
| the phrase referred to in the bishops
! paper he thought il was incumbent upon him
| also to recognize the divine guidance. So, in
| entire good faith he described himself as
] John Smith, by divine permission grocer and
dealer in all kinds of flour and feed The
| paper never got into the archives OF the
! church however, as he was requested to
| draw up another, with the Objectionable
| phrase omitted"
| A novel theory in regard to high buildings
was advanced the other day by German
architect who had been to Chicago. He AYERS
| that it is only question of time until these
| sixteen, eighteen and twenty story buildings
| will disntegrate owing to oscillation. Here
| is how he put it: Science has demonstrated
| that the movement of the earth will produce
pa considerable oscillation either in bodies
J suspended from great heights or IN very tall
| buildings For instance, the chandeliers of
| the famous Cologne Cathedral have been
| swinging for over one hundred years. The
| arc described by the pendulouS chandeliers
| grows constantly greater and IL is necessary
70 retard the motion every year or so.
] NOW. under the plan pursued by the
architects Of these tall buildings, they are
| formed into rigid, upright single body, as
| they are bolted together exactly like steel
bridge. They are as subject to the oscillatory
| forces as the swinging chandeliers" This
| German claimed to have first had his atten-
| tion called to the matter by observing the
| qulYerlng OF the wire In an incandeSCent light
| on sunday when there was no machinery
| operating in the building He experimental
| further and claims to have found proofs Of a
| degree OF oscillation already existent, which
| will increase until eventual disinte grafton is
| inevitable.
Il should hate to see our government adopt
| the small caliber rife in our army" said DR..
| +. NJ. Endlich, of California, to a New York
| Press writer. The small caliber ball will
| carry much greater distance than the larger
| size but 1t will not begin to do the execution.
/ l have experimental with the small caliber
| guns in hunting in the west. When | used
| small caliber gun my game got away from me
| in nearly every instance. Bad Workmanship,
| did you say? No, it was not that | would
| pass for hrst-class shot with the rife or
| pistol but observed that pear or ante
| lope struck by bullet Of small caliber.
| even when hit in vital spot. would run for
/ five or six miles before falling Thus in
/ nine times out of ten you would lose it
| altogether. Ii the wound had been inflicted
| with ball of As or 20 cahber the animal
| would almost have dropped in its tracks
| War is not pastime. In war the object is to
| XIII or disable as many as possible within the
| shortest space of time Now a soldier when
| hit by small caliber bullet, unless it be an
| absolutely vital spot, will recover and be
| ready for service again in very few weeks
| For instance, a small caliber bullet would go
| through the wrist bone of a man without
shattering the bone or inflicting any very
| serious damage. The chances are that he
| could report for duty inside Of a month on
the other hand, bullet OF 40 caliber would
shatter the arm and render the man unfit for
| further military service. / admit the nene-
| tration is greater but the execution is fully
| so per cent less"
| Never needlessly expose the eyes to foreign
particles, but when necessary wear plain
| glasses or goggles, says writer in the Hygie-
mic Doctor When experimenting with chem
/ icals always turn the mouth of the tube or
bottle away from the face and eyes. When
ever an,eye is injured severely, place the pa
/ tient Immediately in dark room and under
| the care of slzillful physician, whose direc-
| ttons must be implicitly followed. The for
/ eign bodies may be solids. as sands cinders
| hair, dirt, ETC., lime, acids or alkalies Don't
| rub the eyes. avoid sudden gares of light
| never look directly at the sun. 70 remove
hnG f11 n mart Tnf fp1VN
| sufficient to pull the lid away from the eve
| and to wipe the body with q piece of moist
paper or the corner OF a handkerchief: if it is
| under the upper lid grasp the lid firmly
| between the thumb and finger lift
| it from the eyeban and draw it down
| over the lower lid, and then allow il to slide
| slowly back to its natural position. The for
| eign body will be scraped off on the lashes
| The operation may be repeated several times
| Or lift the lid from the eyebaIl, allow the
| tears to accumulate beneath the lid and fOrci-
| bly, blow the nose. Or place in the eye few
| grains of faxseed, which forming a mucilage
| will promptly bring relief. Or place across
the upper ia the point of a pencil or bodkin
| and turn the lid back over it; in this way the
| foreign particle is brought into distinct view
| and can be readily wiped away. Lime and
Roman cement are very destructive to the
| eyes, if permitted to remain any considerable
| time. Wash the eyes Immediately with
| water. then with water containing vinegar or
| lemon juice. For acids in tie eve wash with
water containing little ammonia or baking
| soda. For alkaiies wash with water contain
! ing vinegar or lemon juice.
In an assemblage of many crickets kent
for certain observations in a rearing drawer
or box, says writer in National Science. the
numbers diminished from day to day: at
least only one-not a little fattened-re-
NAMED by the side of the remains of his for
mer companions. Hitherto cannibalism among
the crickets has been noticed only among the
captives, but am now enabled to state thai
under certain conditions cannibalism is pres
ent among some orthoptera in the free state
at all events among the locusts. In the sum.
mer OF 1883 in which the excessive heat and
drought had brought about the nearly entire
disappearance of vegetation in a good part Of
the country, and mora particularly in the
broken country of the Randa Oriental, | had
occasion TO make journey from San Jose
to Mercedes At one place. Las Piedras at
which the diligence stopped l noticed great
numbers of locusts of the species
Pezotettlx vittiger Pezotettix mas
cuhpennis and Pezotettix arrogans
which covered the ground and rocks. NV
attention was attracted by the fact of seeing
around one locust a number Of other indi.
viduals OF the same species, which were eat
ing its soft parts, even while it was vet alive
and protesting vigorously. i saw different
attacks, in which the conquerors. two or
three at time, got hold OF the weaker mem
bers Of their own kind throwing them over
and opening the abdomen in order to devour
the entraQs, these being the softer and mora
savory portions. since they still Contained
Of