The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-25
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I essentials Of Judaism is thus in part an
I sWered by the Jewish Messenger: The
] root-idea Of Judaism is primarily Unita-
4 r-anlsfn, but mere bald belief in God =
I unity would not o-merentiate the Hebrew.
+ He can hardly cut away the historic basis
I OF his religion and parL company with the
I entire record Of its religious LIFE and de-
I VelOpment. II is true, we recognize sue
+ cess.ve eras in the history of the Jew his
/ traditions. his bible, his ritual code, his
philosophy. Thus MOsa.sm may be re-
garded as one stage, phODhetism as an
other; rabbinism in its early and its later
periods. with such OutgroWths as karaisrl
and Chassidlsm, as a further development
Modern Judaism from MendelssOhns day,
with its variations and phases. cOnserVa-
/ tive and radical according TO the point Of
view, represents the CONTINUOUS progress
/ Of our old religion. We call essentials.
not the prevalent custom or philosophy,
which may differ with age and line and
/ environment. but such fundamental OBJ
seryanCes which have been universal
( among the Jews. such institutions as have
| ever maintained the Jews vitality.
The late car was very fond of eggs
/ and ate large quantities of them, says an
I exchange. He was always on the watch
against poison in his food, and ne thought
eggs would be safe from any deadly drug;
ne was therefore very much startled 10
find that pricl0ing them with poisoned
needle enough acOnite 10 kill could be
placed in them. The poor car never ate
in any peace and the arrangements for
his meals was one of the most important
proceedings of his reign. When ne made
southern palace at Livadia, royal kitchens
were fitted up at intervals along the route.
These were conducted by large forces of
picked and trusted servants, who were on
duty for days that they might cook one
meal when the royal train should reach
the place. If the train was a little late.
and the meal was not needed. as hap
pened more than once on the journey, all
the work and waiting went for nothing al
one kitchen, while the next one was has
THY commanded by telegram TO move for
ward several miles, perhaps, to meet the
train sooner than had been planed. A
ear you know, does not have TO think
about any trouble his orders may give.
Strab.smus or cross eyes are now
safely and almost painlessly corrected,
says the Philadelphia Record. The de-
sired result may be obtained by the wear
ing of proper spectacles in early youth,
but II the evil is not then corrected, an
operation. later on, will be necessary.
eye IS one of the most delicate operations
performed by the oculist. A cataract is
formed by the lens of the eye becoming
Opaque so as to appear Srayish or other
wise, when 1t shuts out the light from the
optic nerve. The oCulist of to-day cuts
into the ball of the eye and removes the
darkened lens, and the opt!cian supplies
the defect by artificial lenses that make
good the sight. The demand for glass
eyes is increasing as the character and
duaEty OF the eyes improve. Unsightly
eyeballs are now removed in part leaving
enough of the muscles to rotate the glass
shell that is placed over them. Where
of the glass eye can move it about with
all the naturalness of a real optic, and in
many cases il is difficult to tell the man
ufactured article from the genuine. All
the wild stories about subs titutng rabbits
eyes for human eyes, or the statements
to the effect that oculists can take eyes
from their sockets. Wipe them on d coarse
towel and restore them unimpaired to
the happy patient, are all moonshne and
any one who is called upon to listen to
any such tales is perfectly justified If, I'M
circumstances,
the other eye.
number of years ago. at the time
when Edison was experimenting on diaph-
ragms for the telephone. he had con-
structed number of small sheepskin
drumheads to compare with the metal
ones, says the New York Dispatch. To
some of these sheepskin diaphragms he
had attached a small needle, which was
intended to project toward the magnet
and assist in conveying the vibration
caused by the human voice. The sheep
skin diaphragmS did not fulfill Edison's
expectations and We're thrown aside as
useless. Toying idly with these discard
ed diaphragms. his assistants discovered
that by holding them in front of their
mouths and emitting a cultural sound
preaching music could be produced. In
passing one of the men engaged in playing
on a diaphrasm one day Edison piayfully
attempted to stop the noise by touching
the projecting metal pin with his finger.
DO that again, said Edison, and 1t was
repeated, and again the pin impigned up
on his finger, to his evident delight. He
repeated the experiments with other as
sistants, getting them to talk against the
diaphragm. Finally he retired to his den
and commenced drawing diaphragms for
new machinery, and a few days later the
first photograph was put together. 1t
was a crude affair. the pin making an i'm
preston on wax, and It talked imperfect
", but it did enough to show Edison that
he was on the right track and he rapidly
improved it, until now it is comparatively
perfect. The photograph was regarded
as toy at first, but later on it sold for
some 100000.
People who have never been in a Jungle
talk of the sky as a painter talks of the
horizon or a seafaring man of the offing
as If when you wanted to see it you
only need use your eyes. But in the jun
gle you don't see the sky-at least, you see
only a few scraggy patches Of it overhead
through OPENINGS in the twigs and leaves,
says the Siam Free Press. Neither do
you feel the wind blowing, nor get burned
or dazzled by the sum- nor even see that
luminary, except by momentary glimpses
about midday. From which it follows that
a 1ungleman does not usually pretend to
be weatherwise. If he does he is even a
greater humbug than the rest of the wea-
Their prophets. On the afternoon about
which we were speaking / remember set
ting forth on my walk in the still glow of
the tropical calm and wondering rather
at the intense stiffness of the surrounding
forest. Then the air grew cooler and The
green OF the foliage in front seemed to
deepen, and presently there was a sound
as OF a giant waterfall in the distance.
waterfalls do not, however, grow louder
every second whereas the noise in front
did so. Then there was a loud. angry
growl. as of a dozen lions. minute moe
and the whole jungle began to roar as if
fifty squadrons of heavy cavalry were
coming up at a galop. Then came drop
of rain and n peal of thunder which
seemed to make the world stop Then the
storm began. The sky above darkened
the trees clattered. the brushwood be-
meath Kissed and bowed itself A deluge
OF rain drops blotted out the narrow view.
Down 1t came, soaking through the dens-
est leaves under which one fed for refuge
striking the grass and sand with millions
Of dull thuds, dashing furiously against
the leaves as if they were so many hostile
shields. streaking the air with innllnera-
Die perpendicular lines and hurting itself
down with the force of bullets In such a
doWnpour one may as well walk and get
wet as stand stin and get wet Inform
nately one did not know where to walk to
The "ciTcumbendus system" presupDo- !
ses the fact that the wagon wheels and
bullock tracks can be seen and noted But /
when the cart track is no longer a cart /
track, but ali turned to rushing waters (
such tracks cannot be seen, and unless I
you have pocket compass you NAV as
well Try 10 fly to get back to where Won /
came from, " hen one reads of travellers /
lost in the hackwoods they always steer [
by the sun-and probably very badly but
there is no u