The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The product of the wax tree OF the
Andes cannot be distinguished from bees
wax
The two fields OF Waterloo and Linden
are each covered with a crop OF crimson
poPp-es every year.
4 farmer OF Newton. No, has sued
the school board for the water used from
his well during the last eighteen years.
The Battle Of the Thirty was a duel
fought in 1851, near Josselin, in France.
py thirty English and thirty French
knights. 10 settle a boundary dispute At
hrst the English were successful but
the French rallied and finally won the
day.
Herbivorous animals do not eat all or
nature $ menu The horse refuses the
water hemlock that the goat eats with
aVi4ity, and. on the other hand. the goat
refuses some plants that are eaten bv
the sheep. The Tobacco plant is avoided
baccO worm.
a Frenchman has constructed an electric
walking stick, of which the knob contains
small electric lamp in a thick glass bulb.
Inc battery being two cells of peculiar
shape down Inc cane itself The lamp
gives sufficient light to read d newspaper
in a train Or 10 light ones self upstairs a
night.
Tubing made from wood pulp is COM
ing into use for underground purposes.
owing 30 its high electrical resistance
and IT'S freedom from the action of earth
return currents which seriously iniure
gas and water pipes in cities where cleo
trio cars use the ground to eomplete their
circuits 1t is also free from difficulties
due TO expansion and contraction.
There is a theater in Paris for every
5000 Inhabitants. one in Berlin for every
sl.oo. one in Hamburg for every IL, 900,
one IN Vienna for every $4,000. one in
London for every $4,000. one in Bordeaux
for every $1,000, and on in Budapest for
every $500 In Italy there are more the
aters IN proportion to the population than
in any other European country, there be
ing IN Aat1nlA one to nA0 inhahi-
tants.
The Oldest play in the world" says the
New York Tribune, which will shortly
be presented at the Irving Place theater
was written by the Hindu kfng. Sudraku
somewhere about the year 400 r. C.. and
Is beyond doubt the earliest drama known
70 mankind. II may be older yet, as the
Hindoos possess no history. The author
deals with the highest moral questions
and with crimes. Mr. Conried intends to
produce this play with great spectacu-
lar effects on or about Jan. 3. over $50
people Will be required in the production"
purely whistle language used on
Gomcra Island, in the Canary Archipe-
lagO, is a sort of pendant to the drum
language of CAMERON. The Gomera
can carry on conversation by means
of whistling, and be understood by the
person with whom he is whisthng {.
mile off. The whistlirg is qiite articu-
late and is a kind of translation OF
common speech into Whistling each
syllable having its peculiar tone SO that
even foreign words can be whistIed We
are acquiring the language in this coun-
try. When man tells a 'whopper We
convey our sentiments by means of a
whistle.
If man at the very beginning was
hirsute, when did he afterward yearn to
get rid Of at least a portion of his hair2
Ihat brings us down at once TO shaVinC
says the New York Times At first the
hairs on the jaws and chin must have
been plCcked out singly. Could a process
OF this kind, carried out during i'm
measurable periods. have produced
comparatively beardless race, as are our
Indians? If man shaved first with a
smell or bit of flint, his sufferings
must have been intense Prehistoric men
IN Great Britain, Ireland, France and
italy used bronze raZors. for we find them
to-day. Generally these razOrs had
tang with a hole in tang, so thew could
be suspended. The razors are rounded
on the edge, and resemble in shape those
of the Chinese.
From what has come down to us. writ
ten, painted or chiseled, the Egyptian
fora must have been great swell The
details of the twelfth dynasty show Egyr-
tlan elegance at its best. The lord has a
male houSekeeper. his maitre d hotel
called superintendent of the provision
house There was superintendent of
the baking house." and the mixer of
drinks had the title of scribe of the side
board. Perhaps he was a butler and
regulated the supply of wines from the
cellar. There were gardeners, porters
and handicraft men, all busy in ATTENDING
to the master. "A preparer of sweets'
must must have been confectioner The
Egyptian, when he was no longer mortal
had hopes of being well fed in the here
after, as he believed he would be nourished
IN his particular heaven with abundant
goose and beef Offerings to the gods
show the variety of the Egyptian menu
and in one are included ten kinds of cooked
meat, five kinds of birds or game, sixteen
varieties of bread and cake six assorted
wines, four brews of beers, eleven sorts
OF fruits, and an endless number of sweet
things.
The following was taken from a man.
uscrlpt now in the possession of Lord
heuy' and IN his library, and was copied
from an original letter of Publius Len
Julius at Rome. 1t being the usual Gus
tom or Roman governors to advertise
me senate and people of such material
Ihlngs as happened in their provinces
In the days of Tiberius Caesar. Publius
Ientullus, president of Judea wrote the
Following epistle to the senate concern
ing our Savior: There appeared in our
days man of great virtue. named Jesus
| Christ who is yet living amongst us and
OF the Gentiles is accepted as a prophet
OF truth but his own disciples call him
the, Son of God. He raiseth the dead
somewhat tall and comelY with very
reverend countenance, such as behold
erS may both love and fear. His hair
OF the color of chestnut full ripe plain
to the ears. whence downward it is more
orient and curling and wavering about
his shoulders, In the midst of his head
IS a seam or partition of his hair after
the manner of the Nazerenes. His fore
mead plain and very delicate, his face
without spot or wrinkle. beautiful with
lovely red, his nose and mouth so formed
as nothing can be reprehended. His beard
thicklsh, in color like his hair not very
long, but forked, his look innocent and
mature, his eyes gray, clear and quick.
In reproving he is terrible, in admonish-
ing courteous and fair spoken. pleasant
in conversation mixed with gravity. 1t
cannot be remembered that any have seen
him laugh, but many have seen him
weep. IN proportion of body, most ex-
cellent, his hands and arms most delicate
to behold In speaking, very temperate
modest and wise. A man of his singular
beauty SURPRISING the children of men,"
A Christmas Gift.