The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ne biggest UNI brella in the world IS now
relng built in London for a certain king in
Africa In many Of the tribes Of that coun-
try the umbrella is the insignia of ROYALTY.
and TO capture the kings umbrella is the
most Illuminating punishment that can Re in
nlctel on him. The umbrella making in Lon
uoh mas stan ntteen feet long, with brass
Ilos some ten feet in length 1t viii he COW
ered with cOlOred silk. and when extendei
VII &c large enough to cover the king and all
nj prominent officers z he premier. or some
other exalted otilCer. will have the honor OF
carrying the umbrella over the king. and will
wear Tor the purpose a strong leather belt.
win a socket for the end of the stah. How
seen.
Up in Alaska the method Of taking bath
Is somewhat heroic says the GloLe Demo
crat Every trading post has a hath house.
anu Inc people are supposed to avail them
selves OF Its privileges once a week. A person
accustomed to living n a milder Ct mate
would have good deal OF hesitancy auout
undressing in one Of these places, as the tenn
perature Is always below zero. In an inner
room an arch Of stone is built so that nre
Iaue neneath can penetrate through A trap
uCoc IN the roof answers for chimney.
AFTER the stones become thoroughly heated
ana the smoke has passed out, all the Goals
are removed aud the trap door closed.
IN THIS room stands a CaSk of warW
wafer and another of ice cold. When the
oather enters he pours hot water
on the stones until the room is filled with
steam; then. taking seat on a tench he
waits tlll the perSpiration streams from every
pore In his body. Next he takes a bunch of
urea tWlgs and leaves. prepared for the pur-
pose, with which he scruCS himself TIL all the
Impurities have been removed from the skin,
IoLiowlng this with wash of in warm water
ana soap. he concludes his bath BY dashing
bucket OF cold water over his body. and then
ruShllg TO the dressing room where. With his
teeth chatterlng and shivering in every limb,
ne resumes his clothes
Why the pyramids were built has always
| proved to he perplexing question For some
| reason the builders of the pyramidsNof Egypt
appear to have concealed the object of these
structures, and this SO successfully according
to the Brooklyn Eagle. that Lot even a ira
dltlon has reached US which purports to have
been handed down from the date OF their @ l.
StructiOn. Including ancient and mode. n
theories we tind wide range o. choice Some
nave thought hat these buildings were asso-
clated with the religion Of the early Egyptians;
others have suggested that they were tombs,
others that they combined the purposes of
tOmDS and temples. or they were Astronomical
OtSerVatorieS, defenSeS against the sands of
the Great Desert, granaries like those made
under JoSephs direction or places of resort
during excessive oVerftOwS OF the Nile while
Aristotle says that the work was set on foot
10 keep the people well employed and busy in
earning their daily bread so that they should
nave no leisure for conspirng against their
rulers According to the late Prof. Proctor,
ton to be tenable as presenting the sole
purpose OF the pyramids, and he suggested
that they must have been in
pose during the lifetime of the builder.
and that they were built by each different
king in der that astronomical observations
might be continued throughout his life to de
termlne ms future. to as ertan what epCchs
were dangerous or pTOpitious for him and to
note such unusual phenomena among the ce-
IeStal bodies as seemed to bode h IN good or
evil fortune. Astrology is in fact the keynote
OF his theory. which is, perhaps on the whole
the most satisfactory that has been evolved
IL has been stated by experts that the great
| pyramid could not now e built at a less cost
than Sl4)2U0CO0,
1t is difficult for one who has had no occa-
sion to familiarize himself with the subject to
apr reciate the consequences which attend
depriying he body of the necessary amount
OF sleep, 5 y ) the Youths CompaniOn The
symptoms which follow such a ,feDrivatiOn
aHOrd striking example OF the intimate rela-
tion OF every part Of the body to every other
part. 1t may be that the sufferer has been
paced in circumstances under which sleep.
owing to the demands made upon his time by
other matters, is practically prohi tied; or
perhaps he has ner5ed himself to perform
oed 6oas task no, IN nnor tspeoihiea time
| nature. In either event the result is
the same. The unhappy victim suu-
denly nnds that he does not feel the need of
sep. lie may at first be inclined to con
graduate himself, but this period OF excita-
tton does not last long. for, try as he may. he
cannot bring tack sleep 10 his now WORKOUT
LOAlN- EIOn lulS IOAII lE6 trouble RAPIDLY
IN reases. Especially is the fact demon
strated that the need of sleep is felt by the
entire system. 1t s true that the nervous
| symptoms predominant, and that if the con
dltlon Of the patient is not ameliorated the
| case soon becomes one of nervous pr0stra-
| ton. But every organ of the body suffers
| equally with the brain The stomach
| Is upset the pTetite impared-and
| emac alton and debility follow. The
| treatment of person suffering from
| lack OF sleep is unfortunately much compro-
I MI zah nv no
| Under the impression that an opiate IS re-
| quired. he tegins the systematic administra-
| ton OF some sleep produ ing powder. Moth
| ing COULD he more perniCiOus. as Is seen
| when, after having tried in turn every rem
| edy, the uferer finally finds II next to i'm
| pc sSlnle toeottaln any rest except by such
unnatural means. Healthful sleep is needed
! and this S to be obtained only by careful and
! prolonged treatment under the guild lnce Of
| skilled medical adviser. OpiateS should sell
dom be administered the patient himself
and never with the object Of directly pro
| duCing sleep.
My friend Lohrab can wag his ears in the
most comic fashion imaginable. saws a St
Louis Republic writer. but, Judging from the
! celebrity with with the aforesaid auricular
! appenCageS take on the crimson hue when
| ever the abnormal faculty is even jokingly
! alt ded TO IN the presence of their owner
| am Of the opinion that h Is not oyerprCui of
! his pecuiia powers. Exactly Why he should
! feel any I'll OF constituencies when his Boon
! gle his ears, is an enigma which so ia
! have Teen unable to solve. these exhibitions
/ OF the finer sense of feeling on my friends
/ part are not puzzles of themselves; hut when
J one Knows the young mans strength of mind
and stOps to consider the fact that he makes
! character study IA slime. then we have a
! condition hard to understand or exp ain He is
well aware of the tact that the writer has an
/ under jaw strongly suggestive of CannibaIistic
instincts, vet he never exhibits the least ner-
| Vousness or show of timidity while we are
! cOnversing together. even an hour after meal
| time. That movable ears and projecting nm
der Jaws are the index hands which Doint to
/ some predominating meta physical or Dsvcho-
| logical trait or Characteristic of their owners
is a fallacy too often relied upon by the self
styled physiOgnonist is true feyond ones
ton, for, 1t Shollt he remem pered that II is
possible for the grocer to leave the butter
sign out even for days after his last pound Of
that commodity has bee sold he inference
to pc drawn from this homely illustration is
that, although man may carry
a sign of some british propsn-
sity among his many features il Is
not at all improbable that the animal facuItv
itself was tired out a half dozen or nn,,re
centuries ago. Darwin says that the ear
wagging characteristic is the survival of n
power once possessed in common nv both
men and the lower animals, but he does moi
even hint that the accidental crossing of two
muscles or cords and their SUI seduent ad-
herence to each other in such manner as To
make the movement Of one impossible with.
out that of the other would or sbOuld in any