The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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i An ingenious young woman Of New Or
7 leans is about 10 bring 10 completion one
{ of the most unique musical Instruments
Z perhaps ever yet invented II Is nothing
more nor less than simple device with
4 strings and sounding plate TO be attached
/ underneath the key board OF typewriting
f machine. N such a manner that wnen q
/ letter is struck by the operator note
4 Of music viii be produced Instead OF the
I ordinary click clack noise which some
course II IS only once IN hundred times
I no doubt that such combination OF keFS
/ VIII be struck as to produce any rear
! harmony Of sound. stin each note VIII be
distinctly musical. and the invention viii
I probably greatly enhance the use and
value Of the typewriter. 1t IS expected
\ that a patent viii soon be applied FOX
! Among the numerous vegetables pro-
! ducts OF Brazil. the Moquilea utilis, or
f pottery tree. is not the least noteworthy,
I says Public Opinion (English) This tree
attains a hight of 100 feet. and has
/ very slender trunk, which seldom much
I exceeds one foot in diameter at the base
1 The wood is exceedingly hard ard con-
I tains very large amount OF silica, Dut
/ not 50 much as does the bark which is
/ largely employed as source OF silica
for the manufacture of pottery. In Lre-
/ pairing the bark for the potter's use, it IS
I FIRST burned. and the residue is then pun
4 verized and mixed with clay in the prop
i er proportion. With an equal quantity
/ of the two ingredients,a superior quality
of earthenware is produced. This is very
durable. and is capable of withstandipg
any amount of heat The natives en-
pillow il for all kinds Of culinary purposes
/ When fresh. the bark cuts like soft sand
4 stone and the presence of the slick may
4 be readily ascertained by grinding
/ piece of the bark between the teeth.
/ When dry, it is generally brittle, though
+ sometimes difficult to break. After being
/ burned, IT cannot. If of good quality, be
+ broken up between the fingers, mortar
and pestle being required to crush il.
Silver grows in favor as an article
/ of fashionable adOrnment as well as IN
/ congress, says the Dry Goods Chronicle.
\ In fact. it looks as though the women
! might be able to solve the QUESTION of
! utilizing the silver output of the world
/ If they are only stimulated little. The
! woman who cannot AFFORD to carry around
/ three or four pounds of silver is not do
/ ing her duty. 1t enters into her hairpins,
| buckles, card-case, poCketbook. lOrgnette,
/ opera glasses the dangling chains and
| bOn-bon boxes, umbrella handles bag
/ and bundle markers-in fact there IS
! scarcely any article of attire into which a
| woman does not introduce some silver.
| 1t isn't an extravagant idea, either. Sill
| yer never wears out and never goes en-
| tirely out of fashion, and gathers beauty
| and value with age If its workmanship Is
! of a high order. Mrs. Cleveland has
| given new impetus to the scent bottle
! fever. She carries with her at all her
| receptions the silver and crystal scent
bottle that was given her in Philadelphia
| when she went to christen the big war
ship; It is set with a beautiful diamond
Now it is quite the thing to carry one Of
the tiny bottles showed up the glove.
in these days when everybody is read
ing and talking about Napoleon Bona
| parte, says the Philadelphia Times. it
| is interesting TO hear the story current
| in England that at one time a vessel was
| undertaken to be built al Batersea by the
renowned johnson. the smuggler, for the
| purpose of liberating Bonaparte from the
/ island of st. Helena. The vessel was
about 90 feet long and of the burden of
] n ma n
The grain of two such planks was placed
in a vertical, and the other two in hOr-
/ well calked and cemented together that
| the thickness of the sides of the vessel
did not exceed that of an ordinary wash
ing-tub The masts were so cOntrived
that they could be lowered to a level
with the deck, and the whole vessel
might be sunk in shoal water with the
crew on board without danger. Ample
means were provided for supplying the
| vessel with fresh air. The plan was to
sail up al night within a short distance
of ST. Helena. and sink the vessel until
the next or some subsequent night, when
Bonaparte would be enabled to make
his escape to the beach. at which time
to get on board and sail away in the
dark 1t happened, however, that Bona
parte died before the vessel was quite
finished, and il is a curious coincidence
that she was to be coppered the very
day the news of his death arrived. john
son was to have received 100000 as soon
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elusive of the reward TO be given in case
! the enterprise succeeded.
As a test of character, tobacco is use
full, says the Baltimore Sun. A man may
be known by the cigars he keeps, as we'll
as by the way he smokes them. No man
of refined taste will smoke q bad cigar
The philosophic smoker takes his comfort
in a leisurey way. amid proper surround
ings, and is able to shut himself out from
the world and all its petty annoyances as
he follows the curling wreath into the
| dreamand of reVerie. The man who al
lows his cigar to go out a great many
times and relights it in successive spasms
of fidgetness may usually be set down as
an incCherent character, quite pI one to
get off his trolley. so to speak, and GER
tainly lacking In tenaCity of purpose. The
man who fumbles his cigar a good deal
and manages to get the wrapper I'M
raveled and the fire al on one side, may
be dismissed as nervous person with g
proelivity for Observation-Disclosures Men
who chew their cigars, leaving their
teeth prints on them, and do this for q
long time before lighting them, are quite
likely to be stern, determined men full of
grit and resolution. Gen. Grant used to
handle a cigar IN that way, and Bismarck
is said to do likewise. As index of gener-
osity or meanness OF soul, the cigar is
quite trustworthy The generous man if
he smokes al all. is sure to indulge him
self and his friends, when they call on
him, with a good cigar. The man who.
with abundant means to smoke the best
deliberately buys the worst cigars, and
pretends to enjoy them, is capable of al
contra. the man who can find solace and
refreshment from a cigar of good quality.
or pipe filled with choice tobacco, and
who Is always ready to open his heart
wide and let his tongue wag the most
merrly wnen he takes his friend into the
Inequalities of a mutual smoke-talk is
pretty sure to be one whose instincts and
impulses are in the main honest, genial
and right.
One of the strangest languages in the
world, used for the the queerest of pur-
poses, is the .camphor language Of Jo-
hore, a country of the Malay peninsula
1t has lately been studied and reported
upon by Mr.. Lake, an English engineer
in the service of the sultan OF Johore.
says Public Opinion (England) This Ian
guage is called the 'Pangtang Kapor," or
camphor language, and is used by the ma
tives and all others who are engaged in
gathering the product of the Maayan
Camphor tree, and only at that time If
they used either of the languages of the
region, the Malay or the aboriginal ia
kun, the natives believe that they could
not obtain the camphor. and for a most
curious reason. The camphor tree, dryo-
balanops camphora, grows abundantly in
certain parts of the peninsula, but only
occasionally contains camphor CRYSTALS