The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-20

reptile had been in ths mans stomach
fourteen years George Hoffman. an sc-
latter only a day or two 40 ana vsss
told Of the maj r1ddance Of the reptile.
Time was when references to a wood
en- overccat' were understood as the r.
reverent equivalent Of measuring man
for a coffin, but IL would seem that s-frs
OF clothes made Of wood may soon bsr an
2ccompllsnea iaet SAYS the Edin-
70 q merchant OF the city Of cloth-Lesds
for a glimpse Of samples Of a species OF
cloth. and also OF a sort Of cotton made
wholly out Of wood dber, these two V-oy-er,
pieces having all the. appearance Of A.
tractive articles Of their own kind Botn
these novel textile fabrics are the result
on ptoloh5eu s4p=ttI.lenlS win pineWo God
and spruce. which have been ingenioHsI,-
torn to pieces In the first instance and
then bieached b. an elaborate chemical
process. After chemical treatment ",
many ways the wood becomes q soft
white pulp. which s. run through per
fOraled plates. the resulting threads be
ing dried by q steauling process. These
threads can be woven and the material
Of dye. The fabric can be made at an
astonishing cheap cost; 1t looks wen. ana
has a certain amount OF strength (experi-
ments IN this connection are now being
carried ouO, and its appearance on the
market. sooner or later. Is absolutely Ger
tain. especially in the form of Imitation
cotton.
reference is made in the new Quar-.
terly Statement of the Palestine tx
ploration Fund" says the London News.
TO paragraph which appeared recently
in the Daily News on the subject of that
strangely named instrument. the Jews
harp. Why a Jews harp2 it has often
been asked, and no satisfactory sOlu-
ton, so Tar as We are aware, has ever
been afforded. The writer in the Pal
estine exploration funds organ thinks the
term may be derived from 'jeu-harpe.'
or toy harp. This suggestion IS not new.
for II is to be found in Richardson
dictionary and other works OF reference,
but it is clearly inadmissable. In French
'Jouet' IS a 10Y, not 'leu'" and, more
over. leu" is a substantive, and cannot
possibly be employed as an adjective.
1t is more likely that Jews harp Is a cor
ruption of a word that had a somewhat
similar sound. 1t is not impossible that
it is derived from the FreN word
instrument, or possibly from the word
unknown, whence this was derived. The
difference between guimbarde" and
between "eVeQue' and bishop. which
are both from "episcOpus" The ten
dency to convert unknown words into
words that are known y very common,
and may be illustrated by sparrow
grass from asparagus.
In one school Of 700 pupils 500 from N
TO is years Of age says a writer in the
American Medical Journal l distributed
printed slips with the following questions,
Do you cleanse your teeth with d brush
every day. DO you cleanse your teeth
with Drush twice a day. The teachers
requested The pupils to answer the ques-
lions 10y writing the word yes or no 70
each question. The Slips were immedi-
ately gathered up. on summing up il
was ascertained that out of 600 pupils
50 cleaned their teeth twice a day; 20
used a brushs sometimes, while 10 did
not own a brush. Notice, the ages We're
from 10 to IS. In the primary department
OF 200 pupils, from TO 10 years of age
the teachers said they did not think there
were ten children in the department who
used a tooth brush. This school is not
an exceptional one in this matter. as
further inquiry and investigation demon
strated. In fact. its graduates take high
rank at our universities, and if there is
any difference if is in advance of most
schools in percentage of those who have
clean mouths, as we'll as neat clothes and
bright faces. w hen there is so much neg
lect and so little real care of the mouth
it is not at all strange that the siXth-year
molars have to be sacrificed daily, be-
pense of treatment to have them pre-
/ served, thinking all The time that this
valuable tooth is decdious, and soon TO
be replaced by one that is bacteria proof
and will last forever in a mouth that
has never been properly cleaned. The
school Of 200 pupils mentioned, where
only 80 made any pretense to regular
care for the teeth. shows what a Geld
for instruction and training every teacher
has. What an opportunity for philan-
thropy and missionary work Our chill
has taught Us that it is impossible to
repair the ravages of decay, except in a
limited degree. Prevention through clean
llness and proper care of the teeth is
the only way possible and practicable
to limit the wholesale destruction.