The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A. c. Cook, Jr., of Manchester eng, is
aged Al years, but he recently won a wager Of
= by beating younger competitors 10 the top
OF a snip rigging. He an old son OF A Z.
Emperor Alexander III has recently
founded Xenia Institute for the education Of
women: The institute. when completed it is
said. will be the most extensive and finely
equipped II Russia.
Both the governor-elect and the lieutenant
governor-elect Of Vermont lost their right
arms in battle. The governor-elect, Hon.
UrDan A. Woodbury.. was The fist soldier
from the Green Mountain state to lose an arm
in battle.
The Anti-Marrying Club. Of Derby, Conn,
after stirring and uncertain life OF thirty
six hours, has disbanded. The young men
VINO were members p-eJged themselves
net 10 walk on the street with ladies or escort
them 10 place Of entertainment.
Smokers cramp is reported to be the dis
ease of the moment IN France and Spain. and
is caused by necessarily rolling cigarettes
between the fingers, while the smoking OF the
doomlnatlon known as government to-
oacco Is said to be responsible for The crimes
OF CaSerlo and other anarchists
Turkish bedrooms are models OF simplicity,
the beds being made upon the floor, whence
they are swept bp early in the morning by
slave girls and stored away in closets while
hAS-LOE Is lciG 10 NESSS ll1IIStLL III d rum
from " nj h all traces OF disorder have diSap-
peared as If by the wave OF magic hand
Small incandescent lamps, using secondary
batteries weighing about half a pound, are
used for nj ght service in the German army.
II has oeen suggested that they re used with
balloons for signalling, and tue b cycle corps
uses them IN reCOnnolterlng. Inc small &C
cumulators have i So been lpplleJ to low
der magazines and artillery depots.
The Belgian government, it is reported, is
about to oren negotiations with the British
government looking to the establishment of
telephone lines between London and BruS-
sells The thorities at Berlin b I'VE sgni-
ned their willingness to lOntlnLe he line TO
Berlin, and the proSDe { is geo that London
aud Berlin Will soon re come ted by tele-
phone by way of Cstend and Brussels.
A strong protest against the use of that IN
pleasant phrase, 1t goss without saying"
appears in the Atlantic. In French, this
writer says, 1t is not meaningless, nor Is 1t
inelegant. As the French use 1t. 1t mas
widely different meaning from the English
version. Thele Is q > genuine equivalent Tor
il in any language out of France where 1t
originated Dumas uses 1t with good effect IN
La Comtesse de Charny,o ana other writers
hay e followed him. The literal trans alton,
as we Lave it, is not elective 1t CRATES on the
ear, and there Is nothing strong or helpful
about It, To my mind, 1t rather tends to
weaken the force of the text Why not say
at once and be done with 1t, 1t is an evident
a
truism,' Nobody disputes it 1t admitted
But what goes without saying; Can any
body teI:'
Speaking OF lizards the queerest one we
have seen for a long time reached US the
other day from New Zealand" says a scien-
fist in the Washing ton correspondence Of the
81 LOUIS clio lie DemOcrat. 1t Is named the
cyIlOpean lizard Decause it has a third eye
on the top of its head. However, it is not a
true lizard, but sort of connecting link be-
I hn do lac
| species is limited to a small island near New
| Zealand and 1t has been rendered almost en-
| tirely extinct by hogs with q taste for its
! flesh. 1t attainS a length of three feet, hut
| all OF the big ones were eaten up long ago.
| The third eye is rudimentary, but a dis
! section Of its structure plainly reveals
| the eye socket, the lens and strand
| OF nerves connecting the visual tract of the
brain. This eye is interesting chiefly because
it CORES ponds to the third eye with which
every human being is provided The so
called 'pineal gland Is actually an eye that
has become rudimentary. The gland Is about
the size and shape Of pea. and is situated
IN the middle OF the head. Place the end of
your finger Just ABOVE the fridge o. your
nose, on a level with the eyes, and directly
behind that point five inches is the gland. 1t
still retains somewhat the structure of an
eye. The anclentS supposed it to be the
center OF consciousness and the seat of the
soul"
Admiral Won Werner, high authority in
naval matters in Germany, describes in
work recently Published the behavior of
armor plated men of-war in heavy sea,
says the ST James Gazette. lie says: Even
with q moderate gale and sea, an armOr-
plated cruiser. If going against the wind. Will
lind herself IN conditions similar to those of a
storm at least, the crew Will have that i'm
preston. he movements Of the stern of The
ship are violent and exceedingly dlSagrCel-
Die. The waves pushed by the advancing
PROV sweep continually over the sh p from
low TO stern All windows and portfolios
! n mr. nf ftNa 1NyHrG
! decks. where the heat increases uubearaOly.
! only TIM Ugh the artificial ventilatorS. With
the exception of the specially pro-
| tected command bridge, ali the unCoV-
! cred portions of the ship are impassa-
| Bile; thus the whole crew must bear as well
! as they can the hell Of the closed decks. On
| such a ship no one can feel ConforJabte and
| when there is storm in which sailing ship
| would feel comparatively at ease, the crew of
! an armor- plated ship lmagineS itself to be in
| a heavy hurricane which threatens deStruc-
! ton at every minute The long narrow lore
/ part of the ship, which is not borne lightly by
| the water, and is rendered extremely heavy
| 10y the mighty ram AMI the armOced de, and
| the cannon and tOrpedoeS, forces the ship in
/ a high sea to pitchings and rOllings OF Su h
| an extraordinary kind that they cannot be de-
| scribed. The crew OF such q ship is not only
| exposed to mortal dangers, but the voyages
| they make render them physically ex remedy
! ana dangerously nervous; the mental impre !.
! souS they recei6 e wear them out and maze
! the profession hateful
The method Of binding the feet Of Chinese
| girls is described by DR.. Haslef as follows:
! While the great toe is left straight. the other
| toes are folded on the plantar surface OF the
| foot, often until the tips of the toes are on a
! line with the edge Of the inner side OF the
/ foot, and then the foot is bound '-snugly."
| Gradually the bandage is MADE tighter and
| tighter. When the metatarsal bones begin to
| curve, making the Characteristic lump on the
dorsum of the foot, the Oandages are tigh-
tened more rapidly than before If swelling
! takes place a. owe the ankle, the foot is
| handaged more tightly. II liberation occurs
| the fCo5 is uandaged still mole tightly,
| Swelling is not desirable complication. VI
ceration is greeted with JOY, for 1t is usually a
! sign that the foot is Welding gracefully to the
I inevitable. 10 make the smallest foot with the
| minimum Of suffering and produce no I'M
/ toward results is the desidcratuu; this process
| should take aLout ten years Patience will
/ then show her perfect WCri; that which for.
| eiRners call a deformity and restricted loco
! motion are necessary sequela5. not uutoward
results They begin to bandage the feet Of a
child when She s between and years OF age
| Generally the services of a professional
! bandager are obtained This woman carries
| with her stock of small wooden shoes OF va
! rlous sizes. These are the patterns Her
| patrons choose the size desired. A contract
! is then made to have the foo. OF this size in a
| certain length of time-three years or more
| or less, as the case may be. The professional
| andagers, for the most part, fulfill their con
| tracts with superb lndlfferen- e to the chill
| drens sufIerings, and sometimes with such
! results as the death Of the child ganErene Of
| the feet. necrosis Of bones, etc