The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ImperatOr since the time of Peter the
Great. The title car is used only in in
formal conversations.
The largest and Oldest willow tree in
England IS standing in HaverhOlm park,
Lincolnshire At one foot from the ground
II measures 2 feet and 4 inches in cir
conference; al four feet from the ground,
70 feet inches. and at seven feet (meas-
ured around the prOtuberances at the
Dase OF the nrSr set Of large lmbsl, SIS
feet. The spread of the limbs is 50 feet on
one side and IS feet on the other. The
tree IS OF the Huntingdon species, and on
that account is low-topped and scraggy,
being scarcely so feet in hight 1t is per-
fectiy sound in both trunk and branches
and IS known to be over 1000 years old
The late Sir MoreIl Mackenzie told his
clgarette-smoking patients that they
should smoke their cigarettes through a
tube, when he promised that the smoker
VIII get all the good effects of the soOth-
ing plant without the bane which lufks in
It," The cigarette tube, in fact, acts
condenser of the nicotine alkaloid. II
mas been found, however that small
plug of wood inserted in the mouth end of
a cigarette has the same effect, while a
piece OF natural straw around the mouth
piece Keeps the cigarette so cool that,
while the wooden anti-nicotine plug effect
ually guards the throat, chest, lungs and
general health, the lips are also protected
from poison, swelling, Inflammation, bis
tering, burning, smarting. Irritation and
other injuries medically traced to cigar
cite smoking. Both these features, which
have been patented. are combined in the
new Science Siftings' cigarettes, which
the Lancet says may be smoked and the
same advantages derived as if a cigarette
tube were used
The question as to whether Adam was
really the first man of all the earth,
and II so, where Cain obtained his wife,
is still open for discussion, says the St.
Louis Republic. There are certain sects
and creeds that believe in pre-Adamite
creation of man. The advocates of this
theory believe that it is altogether prob
able that the pre-existing races of the
human species covered more than half of
hlhitahln
time when God "breathed into Adams
nostrils the breath of life and man be-
not the true one, who were the sons of
God Genesis vi, p of whom IL is writ
ten that they saw the daughters of men
that they were fair?" According to the
pre-Adamic theory, these Sons of Cod
were none other than the representatives
of race that had been created prior to
Adams formation from the dust of the
earth. Chevalier, the great French an
thropologist, declares both the negro and
the Chinaman to be of the pre-Adamic
races.
The sleep of plants is so conspicuous
| phenomenon, says Chambers journal.
that it excited discussion and speculation
as early the time of Pliny, and many
explanations were given, which science
has since disprOved. The dropping of the
leaves was attributed by some botanists
to an aversion to moisture, a theory
which had to be abandoned when such
| movements were made on cloudy days
and devices nights. The clover tribe,
which always close their leaves at night,
revel in rain; and nasturtiums will go
through a day of tempestuous weather
without showing any inclination to change
their position. Linnaeus was the first to
give to the subject special study and sci
entific research. While watching the
progress of some plants of lotus, he began
that series of observations upon which
his great work sleep of Plants" is based.
He found that nocturnal changes are de-
termined by temperature and the daily
alterations of light and darkness; move
ment is not actually caused by darkness,
l 6fffaTnnQa n a f11n If
light and darkness; movement is not ac-
tually caused by darkness, but by the diff
ference in the amount of light the plant
receives during the night and day. Many
plants, notably the nasturtium, unless
brilliantly illumined in the day. will not
sleep at night. If two plants were brought
into the center of a room, one from the
open air and the other from dark corner,
the neutral light which would cause the
former to droop its leaves would act as a
stimulant upon the latter.
A certain prominent physician of Phila-
delphia mot New Orleans) always wears
shoes made from leather obtained by tam
ming the skins of negroes, says the St
| Louis Republic. In order to further sat
isfy the Neutrality-suspicious. people of
the north, will say that this same physi-
clan is not a southerner by birth, and fur
| thermore, he fought to free the beings
| whose skins he now uses as footwear.
! He may have done his fighting from pure
| selfishness, however for IL must be ad-
mitted that negro skins are more easily OBJ
tanned now than they were "befor' the
| his lifetime supply of shoe leather during
/ the stormy days of '61-'65. However this
may be, he insists that the tanned hide of
/ an African makes the most enduring and
| pliable leather that has yet been utilized
| by man. According to the doctors story
/ pair of shoes made of negro skin will
/ wear twice as long as those made from
| the skin of a white man, and from this
| confession IT may be inferred that this &c
| centric NJ. ID. has tried both He obtains
| the skins from the bodies of negroes dis
I sected IN one OF the large medical coneges
located in the City of Brotherly Love
| The best leather Is that taken from the
| thighs, breast and back the soles being
4 formed of several thicknesses of the same
| well sewed together. The doctors pedal
! coverings are said to have. queer fas-
| cinatiOn for all of his friends who know
the true character of the leather, and his
ehums frequently greet him with: rs the
! feet? '"'
Attempts have been made to determine
/ which of the constituents of tea are re-
! sponsible for the physiological effects
! both bad and good, attributed to its use
but as yet they, are far from complete,
slons come to, however, may be summed
up as follows; Tannin is, of course, well
khnoWn 10 pc strong astringent and
taken IN any quantity habitually by most
! people. If few finely powdered tea
leaves are placed on a watchglass COW
cred with a paper cap, and The glass
placed on hot plate a white yapoT
slowly rises and condenses in the CAP in
CRYSTALS
1 These crystals are the heterogeneous sub.
lance theme, the active principle of tea
The oil; which is supposed to give tea its
flavor, is of yellow lemon color and has
mas strong smell like that of the tea
/ plant 1t is undoubtedly the oil which
mas the effect on the nerves, and gave
Sucn alarming results as those instanced
/ by the writer's of a hundred wears ago
but which in smaller quantities helps To-
make tea so refreshing. Accordine 10
| some authorities theme has Somewhat The
same effect, but it seems to have Other
| qualities as well, and to be more truly mn
/ trltlous. Therefore what we want in The
| Yea we drink is as much theme as we can |
get; llttle Oil for the sake of the flavor
ana as little tannin as possible Nov
| the meme is dissolved out of the leaves
much more quickly than the tannin and
thus we see the reason for the RAPIDLY
! itiIJit1easing custom OF using a perforated
| holder IN the teapot in which to nut ~
leaves. and removing this after a few few
minutes, or, better still, of pourinp ~
infusion off the leaves into anotbeS me me
Elther way the boiling water should not
minutes. Imam nVe