The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

7 nOuE mana ana the MI points directly
south II the III points TO the sun, II IS
/ due south; if VIII points 70 the sun. X is
| due south.
An interesting Latin inscription has
been discovered at kourba, in Tunis. 1t
gives an account Of the defense OF the
town in 40 3. c, by POmpey's party
against JULIUS Caesar. and contains
military term hitherto unknown, pos
teieus. meaning gate for sortie-
The owner Of a menagerie in Berlin,
| which includes happy family" con-
sisting Of lion, tiger, wolf and
sheep, was asked in confidence how long
these animals had lived together. About
nine months" he replied, except the
sheep which has to be renewed occasion
ally
The Massachusetts, legislature has ap-
pointed a committee of fifteen members
to assist the sergeant-at-arms in removing
I from the old to the new hall of representa-
pended in the chamber Of the House.
Loyal Massachusetts, citizens look upon
this Goldfish as sacred talisman.
Prof Gore believes that the sun Of
our polar system is a member Of group
of stars possibly distributed in the form
of a ring" and that at a much greater
distance from US than the stars of this
ring is another cluster of suns at such
an immense distance that their light Is
visibly only in the Milky Way gleam Of
our midnight skies.
The japanese speak backward write
backward, read backward and even think
backward, according to European notions,
says the New York Record. They wear
white for mourning. The post of honor
IS al the left, not the right. of the host.
The best room is in the rear of the house,
not the front. They prepare to enter
house by removing their shoes, not the
hat They tie their horses heads to the
back end of the stall and laugh at funer-
ais.
They talk of yankee enterprise, but Il
Is curious to find already in London news
papers pictures of Miss Becker, the only
woman saved from the Inflated Elbe in
the alleged Identical dress she Wore. the
said dress having been purchased from a
London firm. in attestation of which a
| letter supposed to have been written by
Miss Blocker is attached. The suggestion
Is thrown out that the dress saved her
that.
"A new lighthouse will be built on Pen
march point off the coast of Brittany and
viii be known as the Eckmuhl lighthouse.
1t viii contain an electric light of 4o
100000 candle-power casting a beam which
can be seen a distance I'm clear weather.
of thirty-three miles, and in foggy wea-
Their a distance of twenty-one miles. The
| highest order of light now in operation in
the United States lighthouse service can
be seen only twenty-one miles in clear
weather.
"A terrible story comes from Vino,
Russia, which reads as though It had been
taken from a sensational novel. A son
of a very poor family emigrated to Amer
lea, and came back rich and 50 changed
that his parents did not recognize him.
Their cupidity was aroused by the wealth
he exhibited while staying in their house
under a fictitious name, and during the
night he was murdered. When the truth
was discovered the parents went insane
with grief and horror.
in 1S43 the naturalist Westring an
| nounced the discovery Of an instrument
for producing sound in certain kind of
spider Since then other kinds of spiders
have been found to possess the same gift.
In spider of the southern hemisphere
there Is an extra limb or bow arm as
one might call 1t, which has nothing to
do but play tunes on a rough part of the
Jaw. This sound resembles the hum of
bee, and 1t scares away many an enemy
that would make short work of the spider.
According to a scientist who has been
looking into the question, three times as
much rain falls in Eastern Kansas as
is required for the growing of bountiful
crops. The problem is to conserve this
moisture by means of deep blowing,
mulching and pond building in order to
have II available for unusually dry sea-
sons. He finds that it can be done, indeed
that 1t has been done and is being done
| by a steadily increasing number of farm
ers every year.
The German laws are curiously strict
in regard to the naming of children and
only permit names that are found in the
calendar or in ancient history, a provis
ion made to prevent such revolutionary
names Robespierre. An Englishman re-
Gently complained because he was not able
to name his child born in Germany Fran
els, Franciskus being the only authorized
forbidden to name his child Aegir, after
the. emperor's ode, because that is the
name of a heather divinity.
In view of the fact that the depth of
the ocean has never been fai.homed it
is impossible to tell if a piece of solid
iron will go to the bottom C1ose to the
through marine valley, which, in 1873,
was sounded from the United States
steamer Tuscarora to a deptl Of five
and a quarter miles. The heavy sound
ing weight took more than an hour to
sink to the bottom. A trial was made
of a chasm still deeper where the lead
did not fetch up Bottom, and this Is said
to be the only ocean depth that remains
unfathomed. AS to how far solid piece
of iron viii sink depends upon the size
of the piece and upon the density of the
water. Scientists assert that a depth
of 5000 feet in the ocean the water is so
dense that each square inch will support
weight of 2,64S pounds.
You will often come across the word
"windfall" in your reading, meaning an
unexpected piece of good fortune. The
origin of this word is not uninteresting
and is said to have been as follows: Some
of the nobility of England by the terms
under which they were allowed to hold
their vast estates, were forbidden to cut
down any of the trees that grew upon
them. The timber of the forests was re-
served for the use of the royal navy in
the construction of vessels, but such
trees as fell without cutting the owners
of the estates could use as they pleased,
so that a heavy wind that blew the
trees uOWI-dS nGdNY WlHuS often 90
became an unexpected piece of good for
tune to the one who could profit from
the timber acquired. Hence, the use of
the term "windfall" became common,
and finally entered into the English Ian
guage.
When Stuart Sinclair of York, Pa,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, put his
autograph on the register of the Fafay-
cite hotel recently, he dropped the pen as
if paralyZed A blank expression spread
over his face, and then he strobe across
the office TO big mirror and intensely
scrutiniZed his reflection, as II to gain as
surance that he was really himself Then
he looked through his pockets and pull
ing out every letter he could find he care
fully read the addresses. The envelopes
had all been directed to Stuart Sin
clair" and so the gentleman from York
seemed to be satisfied that there was no
mistake, and he was really the man he
had supposed himself to be. When Clerk
Videtto sought to find reason for his
guests strange conduct, he glanced at the
register. and there, directly above Mr..
Sinclair's name, was the signature of
Sinclair Stuart of New York. The man
from York hunted up his counterpart from
New York, and they smiled.
Awarded
HsrdA0& Hor1opc NXowgAs. III