The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Z Badges Of matrimony were worn by
/ al Other nations, but tabOOed by Ameri-
Ihe Germans wear little cap or hood,
I OF which they are very proud, and 'd0n-
ming the cap is a feature of the wedding
Gay among the peasants OF certain 10
/ cal.ties- The Russians are always seen,
even IN the hottest Wea Their, with a thick
! cloth OF dark hue twisted about their
/ heads. In New Guinea the young wo-
man lets her hair hang about her shout
cers, but when she is married this IS
! cut short Chinese matrons braid their
halr like helmet In Wadai the wives
color their lips by tattOOing them with
the thorns Of the acacia, then rubbing
with iron filings. In parts or AFRICA the
married women perfOrate the outer edges
of their ears and lips and stick rows OF
grass stalks in them, and among certain
Monaghan tribe, the Manthes, the WO-
men wear suspended from the ear
/ little basket full of cotton, to which a
spindle is attached. The universal Amer
lean wears what she likes. regardless
whether il be matrOnly or not, and the
daughters will select articles suitable
only 10 married women.
Iron that has been galva nized to pre-
vent It's rusting appears TO become much
weaker after the process than IL was
previous to it, says the Railway Review.
In a test of number of bolts OF the same
quality of iron, some of which had been
galvanized, it was found that the latter
Invariably gave way first. Galvanized
iron is frequently used in places where lit
tie strength is required, but where
streak of rust would be Objectionable;
/ DuL MneFe the luli strength OF the ma
| terlal Is required and also no rust stains,
| they may be prevented by simply putting
a strip of zine in the hole through which
| the bolt must pass and screw the latter up
tightly. The rusting is effectually pre-
| vented possibly by some electrical action
| between the iron and zinc. In the case
| Of nails it is only necessary to bore
small hole for starting the nail, put a
/ small strip of zinc in the hole, and drive
| the nail home. No rust will ever appear
around the head of the nail thus treated.
/ Sl1Dn0Ged
| some kind of electrical action between
! themselves which prevents the formation
/ of oxide of iron. Without the presence of
! that salt rust stains cannot be made upon
| wood or other material
"A locomotive engineer residing in
! Pittsburg, who rides to and from his
I home on the electric cars, says that in
/ the method employed in signalling and
/ warning people on the tracks the electric
| roads are away behind the times. The
| mOtOrman on street railway, he de-
! clares, lis in a position of fearful re-
| spcnsibility, and while he is often CEN
! sured, he never gets praise for his watch
| fulness, which often saves lives. He has
| no other means of stopping his car than
! by resort to the hand brakes, which are
mostly ueIecIVe, ana no means OF slNlnB
! warning of danger except by constantly
| hammering poor, miserable excuse for
| gong with his heel. There should be
| some kind of an emergency alarm signal
! to be used when people walking on the
| tracks are in danger, and for calling at
| tCntiOn of teamsters to the approach of
Z a a
| ter signal than the gong now in use.
| ] read the other day OF an attempt hav-
| ing been made to lynch a mOtorman
| whose ear ran over a child. Such action
is all wrong. Why don't the people COM
| pei the street car companies to use such
| methods as will enable the mOtormen to
! prevent accidents, instead of trying to
kill the poor fellows who are not to
| blame?"
SO far as can ascertain says writer
| in the Popular Science Monthly, facts are
ct nFnrrIr sv,laa
| ted fear OF animals. Just as in the first
| month a child will manifest something
| like recoll from pretty and perfectly in
! nocent pigeon, so later on Children mani
! fest fear in the most unlikely directions.
In the Invisible Playmate" we are told
| of girl who got into her first fright on
] seeing a sparrow drop on the grass near
! her though she was not the least afraid
| of big things, and on first hearing the dog
bark in his kennel said with laugh of
| surprise: "Oh! coughing" A parallel case
| is sent me by a lady friend. One day when
| her daughter was about A years old she
found her standing. the eyes wide open
and filled with tears, the arms outstretch-
| ed for help, evidently transfixed with ter
| rOr. while a small wood louise made its
SLOW, way toward her. The next day the
| child was taken for the first time to the
| Zoo" and the mother. anticipating
| trouble held her hand. But there was no
| need. fearless spirit" in general, she
| released her hand at the first sight of the
| elephant and galloped after the mons
ter. If inheritance plays a principal part
| IN lHe CnllO rear OF animals one would
have expected the facts to be reversed.
| The elephant should have excited dread,
| not the harmless insect.
Joseph Browns eyesight was saved by
Ear Infirmary Monday. Brown is a work
man employed at Plainheld, N. j. on
Saturday, while at work. a piece of steel
flew from his hammer and imbedded IT.
self in his eye. An examination showed
that the steel had sunk so deeply into
his eye that an attempt to cut it out with
knives would probably result in the loss of
sight. He was then taken to the New
! York Eye and Ear Infrmary. That insti-
tuition possesses the strongest magnet In
the world. 1t consists of coiled wire
about twelve inches in diameter and two
feet in length. At the ends the soft iron
comes down to points. The magnet is con-
nected with the dynamo in the building.
The exact strength of the magnet is not
known, but il is supposed that it will
hold up 100 pounds by the power of attrac-
| ton. Browns head was brought close 10
one of these points yesterday and his eve
carefully opened. He felt a sharp sensa-
ton of pain, and then on the blood-stain-
ed eyeball appeared a small bit of shin
ing steel. which had come to the surface
of the wound. A small magnet was then
placed to his eye and the steel was drawn
away. The doctors say he will not lose
his sight. The use of a magnet in sucn
cases is not rare. the doctors say, and it
has prevented many a man. from becoming
blind
My attention was called by a clerk
in a drug store to a web which had been
super bly u6COTdleu WIN makes and scales
of logwood, says a writer in the Boston
Herald ! thought at first that this beau
tifUl passementerie effect had been pro
duced accidentally, but after watching
for few minutes l saw the spider de-
scend into the box of logwood. affix a
thread of silk to flake of the dye hoist
it TO the web above, and securely fasten
it to one of the transverse strands The
Slittering scales moved at the slightest
jar or when they were struck by a cur
rent of air, and were dazzling to the eve.
This little decorative artist had indeed
constructed a truly palatial residence.
Some spiders unquestionably are affected
by music to marked degree. On one oc-
casion 1 noticed a spider which had
swung down from the ceiling of a church
and hung suspended just above the or
ganists hands. The organist informed
me that he had repeatedly noticed thar
spiders were affected by music. Several
days afterward, while seated at the organ.
l observed the same spider. Several times
| ] drove her away and enticed her back.
| by playing alternately soft andante and
loud bravura selections. Prof. c. Reclaim.
| during a concert at Leipsic, saw spider
! descend from one of the Chandeliers
while violin solo was being played: buf
as soon as the orchestra began to sound
it quickly ran back again.