The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

seven out OF Ten average lH0lNAN NIAA-A
live that long If they lived in the right
way. They should cultivate spirit Of
serene cheerfulness under all circum-
stances. and should learn 10 Ike physical
exercise in a scientific way. No man, ne
says, need be particularly abstemious IN
regard TO any article OF 1000, Tor tne
secret Of long life does not lie there \
happy disposition, plenty Of sleep, tenn
perate qualification Of all the natural dp-
petites, and the right kind OF physical eN-
ercise, viii insure longevity TO most peo-
pie.
The uses of aluminium DO not seem to
have been exhausted yet. II is now COM
ing into use in the decoration of wall
papers, many beautiful conceptions De-
ing shown in which this metal is con-
spicuous feature. In floral striped effects
the motives are printed on beauuful en-
bOssed grounds, which gives burnlsned
effect to the aluminium that is very de-
sirable. An effective arrangement OF
daisies and fern leaves around the metal
line is said to make choice decoration
for parlOr or bedroom. The use Of alum
inium with color, with or without the
addition of gold, is spoken Of as aEother
special feature Of this new class On pa
pers.
Although Mr.. Cookers horse. lost on
the way to England, was insured for
5000, horse life insurance is not an ev-
ery-day matter, and the policy in this
case may have been some modification of
marine insurance. Live stock is not es-
teemed by the underwriters as good
risk, because the moral hazard" Is great,
and although horses are constantly in
sured against fire and against the acct
dents common in the course of transporta-
ton, the rate for regular horse life in
surance is high, often as much as per
cent. 1t is u7ual, also, to limit the risk
TO not more than two-thirds Of the value
of the animal. The consequence is that
live stock insurance. though often tried
does not greatly flourish.
The click of the American clock is
| heard around the world says an Eng
lish newspaper. We sell clocks to the
value of nearly 81 10000 yearly in the
I markets of the world. England is the larg-
est buyer taking almost one-half of that
amount. We import directly to every
/ country in the world but Turkey, swift
crland and ROumania. In Australia, China
| and Japan we have hardly any rivals in
/ the clock trade. Not only are our clocks
| the best timekeepers in the world. but they
1 exist in such great variety Every sort OF
material is usec-glass, ivory pearl, plush,
/ marble, metal, paint, porcelain. All sorts
| of devices are attached for special pur-
| poses Clock making and hat making
| are two original Yankee industries In
/ the latter we have not kept pace with
/ some other countries, but in clocks We
! lead the world.
A Philadelphia employment agency
| has instituted a unique departure. few
] days ago an advertisement appeared IN
| the morning papers of that city which
read Wanted. a young man suffering
from pulmonary or heart disease. EX-
| animation free" Inquiry at the office of
/ the advertiser elected the information
| that the young man" was wanted for
/ the various hospitals about town, which
We're anxious TO get live subjects Tor
] clinical demonstration. THE applicants
/ are received here" said the manager of
/ the agency. and are promptly examined.
/ The eligible ones, that is, those who are
| found to be victims Of the two diseases
| in question, are given cards for presenta-
/ ton a. the hospitals which we serve;
/ They are paid well for their services. and
/ they suffer no inconvenience from their
| experience at the hands of the surgeons.
/ Sometimes in fact, they reap benefits
Ia oh 4 Tod nj
/ them regaining complete health under the
/ treatment So you see pulmonary and
| heart affection command a sort of pre-
/ MUM. Sometimes we hnd among the APP
/ pGCants some cases even more interesting
than we had expected. These men, of
course. command more money than the
/ ordinary sufferers"
The story of a most remarkable snow
storm is told by Lieut.. John +. Finley Of
| the Ninth Infantry. one Of the best in
formed meteorologists in the United
States, who encountered the storm in max
ing an ascent Of Pixies Peak. says the
New York Tribune. He says the storm
could not be described as a shower Of
cold fire In reality II was tall OF
snow, in which every flake was so charged
with electricity as to present a scene more
! easily imagined than described At first
the fakes only discharged their tiny lights
on coming in contact with the hair of the
mule on which the lieutenant was
thicker and faster each fake emitting its
spark as it sank into drifts Of the snow
or settled on the clothing Of the lieutenant
or hair of the mule. As the storm in
smaller, each of the icy particles ap-
peared as a trailing blaze Of ghostly white
light and the noise produced by the con
slant electric explosions conveyed an i'm
preston Of natures power which Lieut..
| Finley will never forget. When the storm
was al its hight and each flake of snow
was like drop of fire, electric sparks
were shaken in streams from the lieuten-
ants finger tins, as well as from his ears.
! beard and nose, and a wave Of his arms
| was like the sweep of flaming sword
blades through the air. every point of
snow touching giving out lis little snap
and fash of light.
~ Last week, says a Warrington. w Va.
dispatch in the Baltimore American.
Charles Johnson, a weli-known hunter,
got out his rife after it had been standing
for two weeks in "A closet with the barrel
loaded, and found upon extracting the
cartridge to clean the gun. that the lead
of the bullet had all been eaten away,
and poured out of the barrel in fine dust.
With the dust there came the dried body
Of a moth, and the appearance Of the
moth indicated that it had eaten the lead
from the bullet He showed the moth
and the lead dust to several friends, and
all agreed that everything indicated that
the moth had eaten away the lead. One
of Mr.. Johnson's friends happened to be
acquainted with Mr. Frank johnson OF
, Brooklyn, n. Y, a famous entomOOgiSt
and suggested that the moth and lead
borings be sent to him for examination
+ and report. This was done, and to-day the
report was received Mr. johnson says
/ the moth was a common carpet moth, and
that the gun, standing against the wall
of the closet, had captured the moth
as it fell from some article of clothing,
, and the moth, being unable to climb out
, of the smooth barrel had attacked the
softost part it could find, and had gone
to work to bore its way out. He says that
it is the second case on record. the first
being where a French entomologist had
placed several moths in a lead box and
they had eaten their way out He stated
that the present case was most remark
able, the moth had reduced nearly an
, ounce of lead to powder in less than two
weeks and that without food upon which
to renew its energies.
That ants are capable of producing
sounds Ineligible to their fellows and
even audible to our ears. says the Pop
ular Science Monthly, seems to be proved
by the experiments Of Sir John Lubbock
Landois, Robert Wroughton of Bombay
G. Jaret, FOrel, Z. Warsmann and others
1t also seems to be determined that the
sounds are produced by the rubbing to-
gether of superficial portions of the body
simple yet ingenious contrivance is de-
, scribed for enabling an observer to hear
and study these sounds. A glass tunnel
is set small end down, in the middle of a
square of window glass of five or six