The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-12
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swallowed Ndrn1Sn, which had hardened
and filed the pit OF the stomach solid.
"A joint stock company has recently
been established in japan, the chief object
of which is to float sunken ships. The first
work contemplated is the floating of sew
eral Chinese men-of-war sunk by the
japanese fleet during the recent war.
There is a wonderful amount of char
acter in the finger and thumbs, says the
New York Press In general usefulness
the thumb is quite the equal Of the four
fingers 1t backs them up on all occasions.
The shape of the thumb tells all we want
TO know OF man s character The index
or forennger tells a mans occupation in
Ire. The big middle finger indicates a
mans habits. The third finger is the most
sensitive of all, and is generally used when
delcacy OF touch is necessary. The little
niger IS simply rest for the hand a sort
OF spring upon which it may fall at any
time without jar or shock. We could
get along very well without our little fin
gers. Women like them because they
can use them to show off a pretty hand
Iney are really worthless to women ex-
cept Tor ornament They are always up in
service.
Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish like every other fluid of the
body and the lachrymal gland is not
paced behind the eye simply to fill space
OF 70 give expressions to emotion. The
chemical properties of tears consist of
phosphate of lime and soda, making
them very salty but never bitter Their
acuoh on the eye is very beneficial and
mere consists their prescribed duty of the
body washing thoroughly that sensitive
organ thgg which allows no foreign fluid to do
eye like good. salty showed bath and
medical art has followed natures law in
this respect, advocating the invigorating
solution for any distressed condition Of
the optics. Tears do not weaken the
sight but improve 1t. They act as a tonic
soft and limpid, and 1t will be noticed
that women in whose eyes sympathetic
tears gather quickly have brighter. ten
derer TBS than others. When the pupils
are hard and cold the world attributes it
to ones disposition, which is a mere fig
ure Of speech, implying the lack of balmy
tears that are to the cornea what salVe
blood.
Says the Baltimore Sun: "A counter
felt of a silver half-dollar was presented
Goodrich, after a careful examination, de-
clared the imitation to be an excellent one
Placed under a microscope alongside of
valid coin, crudlties in the finish of the
counterfeit were brought out, the finely
executed and clean-cut design of the good
coin contrasting sharply with the poorer
workmanship of the other. With pocket
knife Mr.. Goodrich scraped off the outer
surface of the counterfeit, and, applying
a drop OF acid, black spot instantly APP
peared. Taking a good coin, similarly
scraping off the surface and applying the
acid, no change was to be observed The
outer surface is scraped off, because fire.
ing of silver. The acid employed in the
test is secret preparation furnished by
the treasury department Other compari-
sons developed that the counterfeit was
slightly smaller in diameter and thicker
than the regulation coin, also different in
color, and ii bent under an attempt to
make 1t rebound. Referring to these diff
ferences, Mr.. Goodrich said that they were
quickly noticeable to the expert eye but
would not be apparent to the general pub
lie, which doesn't closely study the APP
pearance of coins"
Samuel Appleton, the Bristol manu-
facturer who died recently, was a warm
friend OF John Field, who now has in his
possession a photograph of the Appleton
residence, which contains a curious in
scrlpUon, says the Philadelphia Record.
Underneath the picture is written: Con
tingency cottage-No c, No c, No c. No
G, No. c." Mr.. Appleton's estate when
he died was said to be worth Sl50000, but
in 1883 his business was completely shat
tered; Greatly discouraged, he went to
his old friend, John Field, for advice.
After listening to his tale of woe. Mr..
h Red 6TSg By wsy az ep VOW a66s
ton presented his business card, in one
corner Of which was printed; mo c, No
an explanation ne replied: chat repre-
sents my stock in trade. The first c
means Clara, my wife, who has just in
means cash, of which l have none. The
third means credit, of which | have
none, the fourth means courage of which
ter, of which l have none" Mr.. Field
was so impressed with his friends de.
lection that he entered into a business
deal with him, which resulted in the re-
storation of M. Appletons fortune.
In Japan nothing is fixed but the throne
says the Chicago News. Perpetual change
is identical with state policy. Ministers,
governors, suDerintendents INSPECTORS ali
high civil and military officials, are shift
ed at irregular and surprisingly short in
tervals, and hosts of smaller officials scat
ter each time with the whirl. Not to dwell
upon the fact that even during the com
paratiVcy brief period of her written his
tory Japan has had more than sixty cap
itGls, of which the greater number have
completely disappeared it may be broadly
stated that every Japanese city is rebuilt
within the time of q generation. Some
temples and Few colossal fortresses Of
fer exceptions; but, as general rule, the
Japanese city changes its substance, if
not its form. in the lifetime of a man.
Fires earthquakes and many other causes
partly account for this; the chief reason,
however, is that houses are not built to
last. The common people have no ances-
trail homes. The dearest spot to all is not
the place of birth but the place of burial,
and there is little that is permanent save
the resting places of the dead and the
sites of the ancient shrines Rivers Shift
their courses, coasts their outline plains
their level; volcanic peaks highten or
crumble; valleys are blocked by laVa-fioods
or landslides lakes appear and disappear.
Even the matchless shape of Full, that
snowy miracle which has been the inspi-
ration of innumerable artists for centuries
has been changed within the last few
years. The roofs of their unstable houses
suggest the nomad tent. The ordinary
dwelling-place is built in less than five
days Before a Japanese moves he has
nothing to consider. He simply leaves the
place he dislikes and goes to the place
he wishes, without any trouble. There is
nothing to prevent him. Poverty is not an
obstacle but a stimulus. Impediments he
has none or only such as he can dispose
of in few minutes. Distances have no
significance for him. Nature has given
him perfect feet that can spring him over
fifty miles day without. pain; a stomach
whose chemistry can extract ample nour-
ishment from food on which no European
could live: and a constitution that scorns
heat, cold and damp alike, because still
unimpaired by unhealthy clothing, by SUI
perfiuous comforts, by the habit of seek
ing warmth from CRATES and stoves and
by the habit of wearing leather shoes If
he desires to travel 900 miles he can get
ready for his journey in five minutes. His
whole outfit need not cost rs cents: and
all his baggage can be put into a handker-
chief. On SO he can travel for year
without work or he can travel simply on
his ability to work or he can travel as a
pilgrim. The gods, indeed, remain-haunt
their homes upon the hills, diffuse a soft