The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
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On the surface Of every leaf are myri-
! ads Of little mouths or breathing holes.
/ which the botanists call "stomates." They
are most abundant on the upper surface
| Of leaves. Each is an oval opening guard
! ed by a pair of lips which open and close
/ according TO requirement. They vary
from 1000 to 10000 40 the square inch of
/ leaf surface, depending on the variety and
/ species of plant.
While Cortez was in Mexico he came
/ into possession Of five emeralds of great
/ size and wonderfully wrought. One was
cut to resemble a rose, another was in the
shape of horn. the third was FISH, with
| pure diamond eyes, the fourth bell with
/ a gigantic pearl strung on a gold wire for
| clapper. the fifth an emerald cup poised
on a golden foot. Besides the above ne also
| obtained two emerald vases which were
/ valued at 10000 crowns each.
| "A representation has been addressed
/ by the French government to the Quir-
was adopted at the Duke of Aosta's we'd
/ ding, when the bride was officially de-
seribed in every document. and on all
| France a title to which she had no
right whatever. her name being Prin-
eesse Helene d'orleans. Only daughters
OF reigning soyereigns were ever known
as Princesses de France.
As the summer is the season of travel
| says Godey's Magazine, and accidents to
me eye are apt to occur from dust and
clnders, simple remedy for removing
| foreign particles from the eye will be
/ found useful. Oculists are not ALWAYS
/ procurable in small places, so it is well
| for the tourist to provide against acct
| dents small package of faxseed will
| be found useful. If cinders or dust render
/ the eye painful, place a haxseed under
the lid of the eye and close it; the musci-
lage which exudes from the seed alleviate
| the irritation, and the Objectionable par
| ticle is apt to attach itself to the CELIA
/ tinous seed, so that when it is removed
the cinder or particle of dust are also re-
moved.
The shotmaking trade has a legend.
says Hardware, which recites that back
/ IN the days when guns were shot off by
| lighting matches and were swiyeled to
| supports because they were too big and
clumsy to be lifted on the shoulder, and
| when all shot was nodded as bullets are
| to-day, some workmen were fastening an
/ iron grating to the walls of castle. They
had cut out the hole in the stone, and
/ after placing the iron in the hole poured
some lead in to hold the iron IN place, just
as they do to-day. Some of the lead es-
capped and ran over the edge of the wall
into the moat below. Soon afterward the
attention of the soldiers were attracted
/ to the lead in the clear water, and, dip
| ping it out. they found that the metal
in falling from the hight had become
/ globules. After that those soldiers made
their bullets by sprinkling melted lead
| over the castle wall into the waters of the
moat.
The Home Salon" or Bishop Fallows
| IN Chicago, fools a great many old topers.
| His idea is to make the place as much like
| a flrSt-class saloon as possible and to sell
| in il something as much like beer as
| science could concoct without its being
! the real thing. The salon has a big bar,
| with substantial rail, from which hang
| half dozen towels. Back of the bar is a
| Wnlte-coated bartender. and back of him
are big mirrors and rows of shelves. COW
cred with black bottles bearing gaudy la
| bells. A row of lemons and a bowl of
cracked ice help to make up the Illusion.
/ Every day some thirsty victim wanders in
ana orders beer" He gets glass of
! foaming something that cools, may cheer,
| but can't tnebrtate. The victim usually
| gulps ii down. then opens and shuts his
| mouth and tries to recall the taste, while
| a puzzled look spreads over his face Some
| times he asks questions. but usually he
walks slowly away, wondering whether or
| not his stomach Is all right.
Prof. Ullathorne, in his great work on
! Australia, gives the following points con-
| corning which country is dissimilar to the
/ other countries of the world: Australia
/ is really the antipodes of the remainder
I OF the world in all respects. Summer time
comes during the time of European Win
| ter the rising barometer indicates rain
| and the falling the opposite; the swans
| are all black and the eagles white; the
male lays eggs and has bill like duck;
/ the native dogs never bark; the serpents
| nave tails like fishes and wings like bats:
thep richly pears grows to be a tall tree,
/ ana the poplars and oaks seldom grow
/ above breast high; ferns grow from 20 to
/ 80 feet in hight; the emu has hairs in
/ place of his feathers; the birds are without
| song; the sun is in the north at noon; the
| chief rivers flow inland; the pear tree
/ grows fruit that is beautiful to look
| upon; but which. when ripe. is as hard
| as though fashioned from the wood of
| the tsee itself; thel caves of the trees
| all stand edgewise and cast no shadows;
4 the stone or pit of the cherry is on the out
| side and must be cracked in order to get
/ at the meat; the opossums fly liks bats;
| the king fisher never catches fish, but lives
! on fruits; the pease are poisonous; the
oaks bear no acorns; the chestnuts are
] without burr. and, in many instances,
/ the trees are hollow with the bark on the
| inside.
Crime-stained as it is to-day and ghast-
| ~ with murder every step of its tortuous,
4 secret career the 'Mahia'' of ItaIv
sprang into being from an inspiration of
1 patriotism, says London Tit-Bits, but its
/ very birth was heralded by a libation of
4 blood. The Malta" society is over GOO
/ years old, having it's origin at the revolt
4 OF Palermo which took place during an
| Easter ceremonial in the suburbs of that
| city in the year 1882. A beautiful young
glrl and her betrothed in accordance with
\ the quaint and primitive customs of that
| people, approached the Church of the
Holy. Ghost to be united in marriage at
its altar, and while the lover sought the
padre in the little room at the rear of
| the building his bride paused upon the
| threshold. AS she stood there drunken
| sergeant OF the French garrison, named
Druet, strobe up behind her, threw his
| arm about her waist and kissed her. With
| a cry of horror she tore herself from
ms grasp and turned to fly, but the heel
| of her slipper caught in the coping of the
! stone pavement and she fell, striking her
head agaist a sharp projection in the cor
nice. At that instant the returning low
| er's eyes fell upon her PROSTATE form, and
| with the savage fury of a wild beast
he threw himself upon Druet, bore him to
the earth and drove his stiletto to the
| Wretch's heart, crying "Morte ALA Fran
cia! Oeathato the French.") There was
a moments pause of silence, and then
| that maddened cry became the roar of
infuriated thousands. 1t swelled and deep
ened; 1t took more solemn meaning-it be-
! came Northumberland then burst forth:
/ 'Morte all F'rancia Italia aneIeaw ("Death
| to the French is Italys cryr') For sew
enty-two hours armed bands. headed by
the father and betrothed of the hapless
| girl, hunted down the French. But retri-
| button was to come after this carnival
| of blood, and in dread of the vengeance
| of the French nation these unhappy peo-
pie formed themselves into secret organ
izations with the password and name
Of the society made up of the initial let
| tiers of the words which Compose that
fateful death cry, thus forming Mafia-
| Its. object was resistance to oppression.
and as the lapse of years added to its
power and influence it stretched forth its