The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

yielded to the serpent was because apples
are good for the complexion, and that he
told her so. Whether the argument was
needed or not IL is a true one, says the New
York Advertiser. Nothing 10 all our
varied and fascinating range OF fruits
holds quite the quality Of an apple. A ripe,
raw apple atdts best is digested In eighty
hye minutes, and the malic acid which
gives II Its distinctive character stimula ties
the liver, assists digestion and neutraiizss
much noXtous matter which, II not elir1t
mated, produces eruptions OF the skin.
They do not satisfy Ike potatoes, people
to whom they nave been recommended as
food, but the starch Of the potato, added
to the surplus Of starch we are always
eating, makes that vegetable thoroughly
undesirable standby. The more fruit We
add to our dietary the clearer brains and
the clearer skin we are likely TO have.
Our forefathers must have felt this in
tuitiVely, for the chief relaxation or New
England evenings was apple eating, ana
no one has v II Us much n re pIctul esque
putting OF this fact than Beecher-
In 1893, De Poincy and Sir Thomas War
ner. the governors of the French and Eng
lsh quarters OF the Island of St. Christie
pher, ordered the entire destruction OF
the tobacco crops, on account of the over
production having caused glut in the
market, SAYS Notes and Queries. The
planters then turned their attention 10
the production of sugar which they prob
ably learned from the Dutch trading to
Brazil Richard Lyon, who landed at
Barbados in September. 1917. relates in his
history of that island how the planters
had commenced sugar making five or SIX
years before mis- arrival and that there
Wefc then many works set up. he de-
scribcs the dist;llation of spirits from the
skimmings of the coppers, and saws that
this. the faVorite drink of the cOlOnists
was called kill-devii, and was sold to the
shipping al the rate Of Is. 3D. per gallon.
He never once makes use OF the word
rum. \. Darnell Davis in his Cavaliers
and Roundheads in Barbados" quotes as
follows from manuscript description OF
that island, to which he assigns the date
1850: The chiefe fudling they make In
the island rumbullion. alias kill-devii. and
this is made of sugar canes distilled,
hott, hellish, and terrible liquor.
There are several ways Of rendering
the growth of plants both audit BILE and
visible, but the mOdus Operandi in the
latest improved eNper- ments is as fol-
lows: In order TO make the growth of
very vigorous plant visible, X fine plat
mum wire should be carefully attached
to the growing part The other end Of
this wire should be attached to pencil
pressing gently against q drum which Is
being driven by clOckWork If the growth
be uniform a straight line is marked on
the paper, but the very slightest increase
is shown by inclined tracing 4 Slight
modification Of this arrangement rem
ders the growth audible. In this expert
ment the drum must be covered with
platinum Tolls of a certain width, and
separated from each by spaces about one
eighth Of an inch. These strips Of plati-
mum should be made TO complete the cir
cut Of a galvanic battery, to which an
electric bell is attached, In tbs case the
/ bell IS Kept continuously ringing while
width of the strips used. and is silent
while the pointer is passing over the
slscss between the strips OF metal The
growing or corn may be heard direct by
means of the microphone and there are
tnoSe VINO declare they have heard il
without any artificial assistance.
The old idea that the woodpecker trans
fixes its prey with its sharp-tipped tongue
Is probably not yet extinct but Herr Pre-
Vot ADDS his opposition to this opinion. and
states that the insects are agglutinated to
| IT'S tongue by the sticky secretion with
though the form of the tongue usually cor
responds 10 the shape of the bill, there
are exceptions to this rule. as, for exam
pie, in the Waders, ,kingishCrs and hoo
poe, which, in spite of their long bills only
possess small. caTtilaginous tongues; in
the pencan, indeed, the tongue is alto
I gether rudimentary. in most birds whose
rood consists OfseedS, the tongue is dart
or awl-Snaped, says a writer in Nature; in
others, spatulate; rarely, Verniform or
tubular. In some birds, such as the owl,
which swallow their prey entire, the
tongue IS broad and serves as a mere
shovel In the hedge sparrow, nuthatch,
woodcock and others, the tongue is bifid
or tritd al its apex, while in the hummng-
bird the tongue is spit into two branches
almost to its base, and is used for actually
gripping the small insects on which these
Respondent little creatures subsst. In
! the family of parrots CTrichoglossidae)
the tongue is provided at its apex with
brush OF some go or 800 hairiike processes.
In the parrots the tongue is thick and
heshly, devoid of horny barbs or papillae,
and is even suspected to possess sense or
gans of taste.
Steel is the bridge material of the future
says an exchange. Whether it takes on
the graceful curves of the suspended cable
or the airy balance Of the cantileVer or
! the cobweb construction OF our Pecos or
ktnZua, IL viii have its own beauty The
science of bridge building clearly points
the way to the art of bridge building
which is simply truth. We are rapidly
learning to accept new ideas of the
strength of materials We admired the
| Roman arch because it showed mass and
strength of materials. We are beginning
to grasp the idea Of lightness and strength
combined in the steel cantilever In q
solid beam men neither saw nor imagined
the lines of strain. In a steel bridge the
lines of strain are accepted by the bridge
members-all else is omitted as useless
waste of material and space. The engineer
and bridge builder already recognize that
within the limits of their science they may
find a high art and that truth and beauty
have commercial value, well as work
and duty. Every bridge has its own duty
| it may have its own beauty. The most
| famous bridge is still on paper. If the
| Hudson is spanned by a six track railroad
bridge We may have splendid cantilever
| of 400 feet longer span than the Forth
| bridge, and quite as high above the water
| 1t is possible that the bridge may be an
| other suspension. Whatever form it ulti-
| mately assumes it will be the famous
bridge OF the world.
1T is common enough" said Mr. Crate
! bar to the New York Sun "to see man
| sitting in the aisle end of a pew in church
I get up on the arrival of some other men,
! Der of the family, step out into the aisle
| to let the late conner in, and then resume
his seat at the end Of the pew. 1t seems
/ to me that ! have read that this custom
| originated in New England in the early
! days, when the men all sat by the aisle 50
/ that they could seize their guns and get
out promptly in case of attack by Indians
We don't have much to fear from Indians
nowadays, but the seat by the aisle is
still occupied by the head of the family
He stands in the aisle while the others
pass in. and then calmly takes his place
in the end seat at the head of the line
as sort of general protector. Sometimes
in these days 1--WE are 50 very free from
Indians now) the head of the family
thinks it is safe for him to stay at home
when he has a headache, and then the
young son takes his place. I imagine that
he talks it over with his mother on the
way to church, so that it is all under
stood. When they get to the pew ne
stands in the aisle while his sister and his
mother pass in. / fancy that his sisters
are rather glad when they are all seated
and no longer conspicuous, but upon his
mothers face as she brushes past him into
the pew. there is a smile of affectionate
pride; and then he takes his seat in his
fathers place and sits there with fine
boyish dignity"
Indian Camp, where the Louisiana hos
pital for lepers has been established. is
on the Mississippi river and in the parish
of Iberville. The main building is a fine
old plantation house, that was the seat