The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17
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| false eyelid, which can be drawn over
I the eyebal, either to cleanse il or to
protect il from too strong a light
The mole is not blind. as many persons
suppose Its eye is hardly larger than
pinhead, and is carefully protected
from dust and dirt by means of enclosing
hairs.
Josephine made handkerchfefs popuIar
in the present century. She had very
bad teeth and always held a handker-
chief before her lips when she laughed to
conceal the deformity.
The blood flows almost as freely
through the bones as through the flesh
OF very young children, but as age comes
on, the blood vessels in the bones are
almost nlled with matter.
Military shoes in the thirteenth CEN
Jury were tipped with steel pike, which
the knights used as on offensive Weapon
More than one man was killed bv a kick
from these iron-clad boots.
Fans came from the east during the
cFusades. being brought back by return
ING knights as presents for their friends
A French nObleman brought the FIRST as
! trlch ian to Paris about 100
The gabardine, so often mentioned nv
ShakeSpeare, was a cloak for rainy wea-
Iner. In several countries the Jewish peo-
PIE were compelled by law to wear ga bar
dimes as a distinctive article of dress
The bridal veil is a survival of the cloth
D'rre Dy tptr maidens over the bride at
a saxon marriage to conceal bushes of
the poor girl at the coarse tests that were
Always banded about on such occasions
The aketon was a quilted Jacket worn
unuSr the armOr. In the reign of John
o. o. "a ma tn re appears an entry in
the royal accounts of pound of cot
same amount '--N
The huge run was brought from Italy
70 france by Catherine de Medici. Ii
became so wide that spoons with handles
d Ioot long We're provided for ladies' at
alnner, so they could get their victuals
10 their mouths.
ole. A trapped rat may easily be tanned
Dy allowing no water but that offered
IN a spoon for the creature soon learns
TO recognize the hand which supplies this
all-important necessity.
For several centuries the purse was AL
ways worn fastened to the girdle A Ont
purse got its name from the fact that
rather than take the time to loose The
purse from the belt, where it was secured
Dy buckles, one cut the straps
Camlet was first made in England dur
my lhe reign of Elizabeth. 1t was so
SSdiIed not, as some suppose. from its
DelnS made of camePs hair but from the
river Camlet in Montgomeryshire on
"nich the hrst factory was located
to ope6StaeIes We're fashionable in the six
DeenIh century. They We're COSTLY the
usual price being an equivalent of * II
was believed that the larger the lenses ana
tne heavier the rims the greater mo Jia,-
nifty added to the wearer's appearance
But four destructive tornadoes have
NIslteu the New England states during
one past nIty years. The ones referred 10
occurred ar the places and upon the dates
annexed below: West Cambrfdge and NJ
ford, 1850; Keene, ~ H. 1871: Pitfs6eid
Mass 1879, and Lawrence, Mass, 1890.
me erect which living at high attitudes
mas on the blood of man and animals bes
recently been investigated The resmif
SLOWS lnat the proportion of oxygen and
O. d,s oIslltuents in the blood of Alpine
men and animals is exactly the SAM as
among similar creatures living below SO ao
level. us "e4oW sea-
A Mexican paper states that a new
II ,O 3t LOT the sanitation of the sewers
sl- S Sde CITY OF Mexico, at a cost of about
$z9'gOO calls for the building of some tent
| y-nNe Wlndmills in different parts of tba
any oI,i ITitate paddle wheels in the sewers
second. - '4ie metre per
Inc steep dip in Picadilly, London. inst
opPoslte the st. James Club which Is fbe
Vtduse OF almost daily accidents is SAID
70 be due to a Lord Coventry w'bo y 1fth
me me PERMISSION of the king was perrnitted
d ~ nolloW the ground facing his new resi-
11ence so as to produce a kind of narlr Of
igct opposite his windows The 81 Ianoa
NIup mouse was originally Coventry house
me most wonderful hailstorm on record
St. t aaV ing occurred within the United
Se6 was that at Dubuque la I,1na 1e
49, 1t began at 2:35 D. m and U ia+n ~
thlrteen minutes, but within that go,
haiiste zen 10 me depth of three feet. The
s2 pouhds. We're of all kinds of fantastic
Shapes, and were woven around iSaSttc
~N-AN' Sei III bttlleS, frogs, etc
cartridges and uuaH will geror,,,.-
Whcn accidentally caught nv - bSjoI ra,ity'
close their wings and drop TO the e, ~imu5
IN IN sianting direction, only using fbeir
earth They frequently fall 70 ene
themselves in time, or the force Of tbn
t Wild IS greater than they calculated and
tney are dashed with tremendoIIs fo, -, o'i ~
Ihe earth and are wounded or killed &c u
The only known variety. snecies or oo,,
du rug OF pants known to botanical invseti
gsatoTs IN which the flower grows from fba
rear mas just been described in tbe i Pa ne
journal de Botanique This onae ,iie 4 aris
hatN OF tropical Africa, and in P' IL tt Is
back of f IRE I poTne along the mdrib on the
70 ABOVE is by Prof Hua and is leu ted
treat TO all lovers of the odd and cS a ieaI
in nature. N anu curious
After twenty-six years of canti,,it,, -.
Polar bear in the London 700 Re Wy, the
was fond of horse fat and hiscu uGfau' II
bbe esrs arS deteSted Ice. Londons PoIar
zee whalers. They live in bie f,,b nc 81 Duh-
oRe voyage. One of the ends is tak eni ing ing
b .ne tupi and through the other is hoped
moose is made at the other end P@1ia3eq' a
SnPped over the captive's neck Tb 1lC us Is
and IL ana the bear is got into the tub zen
Gnu Is put on, and there you are. N' 'He
tot rrof IL -: f. Barnard of the Lick Observa.
OF Chicago man for building an 9caeIne
{.biob tieiSsc0pe near San Diego Csi
,,.a-II - ~ nave the largest glass II, 49,
1u mIaqe up of numberIess sr' Lii
tbasis ~ is working on a wrong bVnnl
ehesls, ne says What he wants i ISPo.
do sT wbatg has Of the kind proposed but to
oI quetlng the atmosphere IN 'i ntIa
WORDS, MS proposition is an ahsIlrS EtmeT
IToI. barnard says people make a LILY ar
III IN coming to the Lick Observs
AZ night TO see the stars. for tbeS, car oths
seen Tar better in the day time P Stn 3e
iloCk there. too, to see the moon ubaDp a.
Is run; THAT is the very worst t i'm ~ ~
ne SAID They can see a great do Il ,a,
When 1t Is only half-ful, for then tbe an rtr
ing sun shines on it, and ali the neoi RS
Jams, valleys and even the shadow on
pc distinctly observed. When tbe cail
Is run, 1t simply looks like blur i nr al
best map" "iul' OF at
One OF the many curious superstittonr
OF the welsh peasantry is thar ~ S 1OIls
AnnWn or the spirit hounds of The I'm ~ II
says the 81. Louis Republic. Wbeni
storm RACES over the mountains Of w. d
the peasant will tell you that his ~ aa w ares
discern the howl of the Cron AnnVn ni ,O Ian
gIed with that of the wind but srffinia NIL
cIear and distinct to admit of no rojstIiy
as 10 what IT is These SPORT hounds g ne ne
courleS OF the air." he tells Won ara +p ol
SSpeGtral dogs which hunt the souls Of ne
p Ha1l