The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Old people wear sTectacles because the
lense of the eve becomes Aattsned in old
age and must be assisted ia It's action ~
artificial means
Thanksgiving day is observed IN all
the states as popular noiiday. tnoush
in several states there is no statutory pro-
vision 10 that effect
This bones never touch each other.
hut are separated by thin mempraneS,
because u they did touch. there Noald
be D s. elasticity OF motion
In passing from darkness into light The
eve IS panied because the pupil i7 widely
extended and 20 much light enters IS 10
cause pain TO The optic nerve
The most sensitive nerves are in the
nose. tongue and ewes. becsuse in these
organs greater sensitiv.ness IS needed
than in any other portion of the BODY.
The ears have become immovahle on
account OF the extreme mobility or me
neck muscles. For the same reason the
eyes Of the owl are fNed in his head.
The taste is often the last faculty 70
he impaired by old a &c because II IS most
needed for the protection OF the individual
against the use Of unwholesome food.
The pupil Of the eve is so called because
when looking in il "A very small image OF
the observer may be seen. hence the term
from the Latin pupillus. or little pupil
Professional cOntortionists are more
graceful in their motions than other peo-
pie. because of the greater neNibluty OF
The ticking of a watch placed against
the teeth can be distinctly heard because
the sound is conveyed through the teeth
and bones of the head TO those OF the ear
Through increased postal facilities
letter posted in Paris at midday can be
delivered in London at o clock p m,
by means of an Express Messengers
arrangement.
The Hindoo ma.dens have a feast Of
lamps, very prettily alluded to by Moore
fr all lob 4 HfrrfaH EH la mn
adrift on the Ganges. and from its fate
is foretold that of the owner.
a woman who had lost her way on
the street in London recently paid 3
pence and had herself conducted by spe-
cial messenger from the pOstOfiice TO her
home. where a receipt for her was duly
obtained.
one Of the most useful of the Jewish in
stitutions in Paris is the Ecole B.S7choft-
shem. This school is exclusively at
tended by girls. who are trained 10 become
dressmakers, cutters, milllners, aruncial
florists and teachers, the latter including
girls from the east.
The most extraordinary precautions are
taken in Spain to provide for the safety
of the sovereign at night. His slumbers
are watched throughout the night by the
MonteTof de EspinOsa, body OF men who
for 400 years have enjoyed the exclusive
privilege of guarding their royal master
or mistress from sunset TO sunrise. They
lock the palace gates with much Cere-
open them again al o'clock In the morn
ing Their fidelity to the person of their
sovereign does not admit of question
A correspondent of the New York Times,
In speaking of the oldest newspaper in
the world. published at Picking. of which
mention was made in this column sew
eral days ago. says: "A newspaper pub
liShed in Picking is understood to be
the oldest in the world. 1t dates from a
period of 200 years prior to the Norman
conquest of England Naturally its pro-
longed existence in an automatically gov
erned country like China has been marked
by many vcissitudes, not the least of
which is the fact recently announced
in its columns. that during the 600 years
Of its existence 1900 of its editors have
been beheaded, or, roughly speaking, two
per annum.'
The sense of hearing is developed in
the modern telegraph operator 10 an
abnormal degree owing to his use of the
typewriter in his work says the St
Louis Post Dispatch. In former years,
when he copied his messages with pen or
pencil. bis ears We're accustomed to only
one kind of sound-that of the telegraph
instrument-while in these days of the
typewriter he must distinguish between
the sharp Glck OF the ticker ana the
almost similar rattle of the copying ma
chine. According to an old operator,
the sense of hearing soon becomes so
developed that the distinction is easily
made. With a little experience in the
use of the typewriter along with tile tel
egraph instrument the operator ceases
to notice any similarity of the sounds.
A man on Lake Huron steamer had
the only specimen of black rattlesnake
l have ever met with, says Cincin-
natl Enquirer writer. 1t was about the
size of an ordinary garter snake. and
as vicious as satan. 1t was confined in
a strong box covered with thick plate
glass. When anyone would touch the
glass with his finger the snake would
strike the under side opposite the finger
as quickly as a stroke of lightning. The
eXperimenter would always jerk away
as suddenly. There was not man on
board, however, muscular and free from
nervousness, who could keep his finger
to the glass when the snake would strike,
although knowing that IL could not posi-
bly, touch him. Strong men would try
il again and again, certain of their abil-
ity to endure the test, but with the same
result.
the remedial virtues of its waters, sit
uated on the great Columbian plateau
in Southern Washington. at an altitude
of 900 feet above the level of the Pa
cific. is the Dead sea of America 1t is
about a mile long, and from a half to
three-quarters of a mile in width. and
with maximum depth of about sixty feet.
The composition of the waters of this
Alpine lake is almost identical with that
of the Dead sea of Palestine and, like
the oriental counterpart, no plant has
vet been found growing in or near its
life. species of large boat bug" queer
little terrapin. and the famous walk
ing fish being its only inhabitants. This
walking fish is an oddly really deserv-
ing OF special note. 1t is from eight
to nine inches long, and has a finny
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