The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


onies; there is a report in England that a
native wood Is suDersedlng them. II this En-
glish authority in correct. machinery Is being
sent out for the manufacture OF such handles
on large scale.
The grave OF Eve according to the Chicago
Interior, is visited by 4OOOOO pilgrims each
year. 1t is TO be seen at JedGah. in a Gene
terry outside the city walls. The tomb Is city
Cublts long and twelve wide. rhe Arabs en-
terrain belief that Eve was the tallest
woman who ever lived.
Algol, the vari BILE star Of the constellation
OF Perseus, 80 is regarded among astronomers
as the greatest mystery OF the heavens. says
the st. Louis Republic. ITS light usually re-
mains constant aud uniform for a period OF
forty eight 10 sixty -hVe hours. 1t then com
mences to gradually fade from view, and in
less than four hours dimlnishes to an lnsig-
nihcant point of light. After remaining in a
state OF s6mlObscuratiOn for period Of time
varying from fifteen to twenty minutes it
again regalns its Iorner brilnancy. Astrono-
mers DeleYe that some large dead and dark
world revolves between us and AlgOl, but this
is the disputed point, mystery which will,
IN all PROBABILITY, never be explained
The mosquitoes bill, infinitely delicate as
that organ Is, is simply a tOol-box in which
are kept six separate surgical Instruments
miniature olood-letting apparatus of the most
perfect pattern. Two of these instruments
are SAID TO be exact cOunterparts of a sur
geon lance; one is a spear with double
DarDed mead; the third needle of exquisite
hneness. A saw and pump go to make up
this wonderful complement of tools The
spear Is the largest of the six and is used in
making the initial puncture; next the lances
are are Drought INTO play their work causing the
p4oou 10 now more freely. In case this last
operation fails OF having the desired effect
the saw ana the needle are carefully inserted
IN lateral direction in the victims flesh.
Inc pump. the most delicate instrument of
the entire set, is used in transferring the
blood to the insects.
M. de Lapparent, the eminent professor of
geology at the Institute of Paris. in paper
read before the recent scientific catholic con
gfess, at Brussels expressed the opinion that
all mountains will vanish of the face of the
earth In course of time. He declared that II
the actual forces at work upon our globe re-
tam the present intensity. in $500 OOJ years
all inequalities Of surface will be leyeled lie
lnstanced as striking example the reduc-
LlOn OF the ArdenneS, which were once
chain of the Alps, but which had already
Shrunk to their present dlmensl ons at the
outset OF the Tertiary epoch The Alps he
SAID, eXempllfed the youth, the Pyrenees the
maturity, ana the mountains OF Provence the
declining years OF mountain ranges, while the
central plateau of France was typical of their
death and dissolution. He adduced other ar
guments in support of his thesis-namelV. the
leVellng OF the earth's surface in given num-
Der of cycles-and paid an eloquent tribute to
the laborS Of the biologists who read the
records OF life upon the earth before the ad-
vent Of man.
The most wonderful case on record is that
of the little son of butcher and wife named
Poeler in BraunSchweig, saws an exchange
A few weeks ago the mother took the DaOy
which is only y months old to Dr. Berkham
Tor examination, telling the doctor that the
eniid could read everything at sight
The first thing the bOy did to
prove his mothers assertion correct
was to pick up the doctors books and read
from them correctly. as he turned page after
/ no do ITO
amlned the child and found that his develop
ment, both physical and mental was normal
aside from a phenomenal amount of memory
! Impressions, which aOed MIN to READ
German and Latin print and script, and also
numbers composed OF two figures At the age
| OF 10 months the child manifested unusual
| interest in all Stgn-bOardS and bill posters,
| the snow windows of book stores etc. and
| demanded an explanation for everything it
saw in this line. 1t was the same at home with
| the books and newspapers If found about
the house. In this way the babe absorbed an
| enormous amount OF pictures of words. let
tiers and figures. one day, to the great as
| constituent of his parents the child pointed
| TO the name Of Otto in newspaper which
| he snatched from his fathers hand. From
| that time on he read nearly everything that
| came under his eyes. AS soon as he sees a
book or newspaper in any ones hand the
| boy grows restless and nervous until il is
| handed to him. When riding in a street car
| he sets up disappointed howl II his eyes do
not discover the usual street car advertise
| ments and placards This yearning for
| printed things is phySlORical without eNDlana-
ton, and medical history has not a similar
case on record, except that of DaSe. the
| famous mathematician who gave evidence
of his phenomenal talent in early wears
| But this was all he ever knew. The ques-
ton is asked by the scientists who have ex-
amlned little Otto Poehler, whether he will
develop IN other directions as Strikingly as
lie has in this.
The 'cobweb cure" for asthma has occa-
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the country, says the New York Advertiser
The family in Wooster O., who effected the
cure OF daughter by this peculiar remedy
thought they owed ii to the public to make
the case known. never expecting that the
publication Of the matter would cause them
TO be Geluged with letters inguiring about the
alleged cure. At first the family undertook
| TO answer inquiries but when the letters
| reached hundreds daily the head of the
| household. who Is engaged in other business
| found it would require the entire time of him
self and family TO attend to the large cor
| respondence. So he had circulars printed in
which he gave particulars OF the method and
| for these he charges fee, IN order to limit
| IN some measure the number OF inquiries
! he charges 81 for three "cobweb pills, -
| and in speaking of the matter SAID: II
| have to crawl around garrets and all
| sorts OF dirty places to get the webs. l then
| have to clean them. All this takes time
feel II it is not worth dollar it is not worth a
| cent Then there is the matter of discerning
the difference between spiders webs and cob
webs. 1 have heard from number Of DpOnlp
who undertook to cure themselves that we're
made very sick through the poison of spiders
webs, which they thought the same as cob
webs. 1t Is generally thought that a cObweb
Is deserted spider web. AnauthOritv saws
that cObweb is not a spider web. Although
Webster and the Century Dictionary have il
defined as such, the authority claims that
both have made mistakes A cobweb saws
this writer, is formed in some manner as vet
uneX planned by the adhesion of particles of
impalpa0le dust apparently selfcoherent and
the result IS veil like web without any an
proach to regularity of form, therein differing
from the true spiders web. The cobweb is
many times heavier than a spiders web and
| is never occupied by spider or any other in
sect. 1t Is most frequently found in
rooms that have long been dark
ened and are slightly damp, and generaIls
mas several nlamentOuS pendants OF VARYING
| length. 1t is never fastened across sDace
| from one place to another, but is Invariably
pendulOus. The writer warns people AGAINST
| the danger of taking spiders webs, as he
says many cases of serious illness have re.
suited from following them While this
authority may be CORE It. 1t is very difficult to
make people believe that the cohweb is not
made by spider or some other insect One
man told me that the substance OF the con
web is vegetable" The Wooster case of asth.
ma, which by the way, is the only case upon
which the alleged cure is founded, was cured
by three pills. Cobwehs have been taken in.
ternally for other diseases. II is considered
by some an unfailing GpeCihc for ague The
danger Of making a mistake in administering
spiders webs for cobwebs should cause peo.
pie 10 be careful in the use Of this novel rem
eday.