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

The colors Of pure ocean water and the
varying shades observed where impure
ties are met with are still further divers
med by the coloring effects Of the enor-
nous multitudes Of various forms OF or
ganized life which sometimes mask the
natural color OF the surface Of the sea
ana tinge extensive areas with remark
able cOlors- Red appears to be most fire.
quently met with. In the southern parts
OF the Red sea and in the Arabian gulf
large areas are colOred blood-red by mi
croscopic animacula, and In 1he Indian
ocean similar forms OF life cause, in ad-
diuon TO red, miIk-white or yellow spots
OF great extent, the appearance Of which
Is frequently alarming TO the ignorant
sailor. of the Guinea coast ships some
times appear to float In milk. Extensive
red streaks are also known 70 occur in the
South Atlantic and South Pacific, which
are caused by hosts of small red crusta-
cea- The "Nermillion- sea" of California
owes its brilliant color to infusOria.
Areas colored green have been noted, es-
pecially in the Attic regions, which are
due to myriads of diatoms, and in some
portions Of the Antarctic seas diatoms of
rusty color make the water dirty brown.
The London Lancet says. apropos of the
recent cat show: The electrical effect pro-
duced by rubbing a cats back is, of
course, well known; il is also well known
that this is FRACTIONAL electricity, or, per
haps, more correctly, the electricity of
contact-that il is a surface effect pro-
duced by the rubbing, that it does not
point TO pre-eXistng electricity stored in
the body of the animal and that the per-
son who, having concluded a message,
sinks into a chair declaring that his ex-
haustion IS consequent on the loss of the
living galvanism" which he has i'm
parted to the patient is a charlatan. 1t
IS TO be remembered that friction be-
tween any dissimilar substances al
ways produces electricity, and in illustra-
ton of this the electrical effect sometimes
produced in dry atmosphere when the
hair is combed or the body quickly di-
vested of a flannel jersey may be in
stanced. or the classic experiment of rub
bling stick of sealing wax on a rabbits
fur may be called to mind Those who
are accustomed to rely on the curative
effect of stroking a cats back may find
consolation in the last named expert
ment, inasmuch as It teaches them that
when their feline favorite" is no more,
health and strength may still be secured
by gentle friction on its skin. Apart, how
ever, from questions of Observation-Disclosures
it is instructive to learn that the presence
of white in the color of a cat, unless the
animal be whole-colored, is a sign of
weakness.
Now. the longer live the more be-
lieve in blood-good blood, bad blood
proud blood, humble blood. hon
Sood 0l0 sSmar fReV bl6od 9o2 Writes her9e
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage in the Deem
Der Ladies' Home Journal. The tendency
may skip generation or two but 1t is
sure to come out, as in little child you
sometimes see a similarity to a great
grandfather, whose picture hangs on the
wall. That the physical and mental and
moral qualities are Unbeatable is patent to
any one who keeps his eyes open. The
similarity is so striking sometimes as to
be amusing. Great families, regal or lit
erary, are apt to have the characteristics
all down through the generations, and
what is more perceptible in such families
may be seen on a smaller scale in all fam
lilies. thousand years have no power
to obliterate the difference. The large lip
of the House of Austria is seen in all the
descendants, and is called the Hapsburg
lip. The House of Stuart always means in
all generations cruelty and bigotry and
sensuality. Witness Queen of Scots Wit
ness Charles l and Charles H. Witness
James ] and James II, and all the others
of that imperial line. Scotch blood means
persistence. Dutch blood means clean
illness and good breeding. English blood
means reverence for the ancient. Welsh
blood means religiosity. Danish blood
means fondness for the sea. Indian blood
means roaming disposition. Celtic blood
means fervidity. Roman blood means con-
quest. The Jewish faculty for accumula-
ton you may trace clear back to Abra-
ham, of whom the Bible says, He was
rich in silver and gold and cattle" and to
Isaac and Jacob, who had the same fam
lily characteristics.
"All over the Tyrol, Switzerland. and the
Alpine country generally. you find to-day
curious conjunction of the modern and
the medieval in the village streets, the
stores and the inns" said a traveller to
the New York Sun. In the smallest, the
most remote, and the most ancient viii
lagos in the Bavarian Alps the Tyrol and
the Bernese Oberland you find the streets
the stores, the inns. and not infrequently
the houses supplied with electric lights.
| revisited last August little village back
in the Tyrolean mountains, near Inns
bruck, which is one of the most charac-
! teristically medieval communities one
could well find. The people live in the
houses Of their grandsires, and follow their
customs and ways. This year l arrived
there in the evening, and was amazed to
ind the streets as brilliantly lighted as
Broadway, where formerly the only light
was from a swinging horn lantern here
there There olr ct Of fv,.,.,
descent lights strung across the streets
every few yards. The little inn had a COM
plete installation, and so had the few lit
tie shops. l was prepared to learn that