The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

effort TO eNfefmlnate them. the AniufSe
quarters are usully overrun with these
pests.
Chinese Dentists rub a secret powder
on the gum over the affected tooth and
tod 10 sneeze- The tooth then fails Out
Many attempts have been made By Euro
pean dentists 10 secure this powder but
none have ever succeeded in doing so.
Among the Turks bath money forms
an item in every marriage contract. the
husband engaging to allow his wife
a certain sum for bathing purposes. II IL
Is withheld she has only TO so before The
cadl and turn her slipper upside down.
II the complaint be not then redressed Il
Is ground Tor divorce.
The birds are weather prophets. Fish
ermen and shepherds often are guided by
the augury of birds. some of their &C
tons so surely foretelling change OF
weather. When the rocks come home by
day and indulge in one OF those mad ard
may dances, CaWing loudly. this Is a
sure presage of a coming rain.
OF the few genuine relics Of Shakes
peare preserved in his native town the
most Interesting are his signet ring. with
the initials wv. s on IT, and the desk at
Mhnh ne sat IN the grammar school al
strattord- The average numer Of visit
OTIS 10 the poets home and church is 3D.
900 year, of whom 5000 are Americans.
1t is not commonly known that the
capital of China IS ice-bound for five
months out of the twelve. or that the
stolid-looking Chinese could ever be grace
full skaters. The Chinese use a. very infe-
rlor style of skate, Of their own nanufac-
urea mere chunk OF wood arranged to
tie on the shoe and shod with a rather
broad strip of iron.
The teeth of rats arc kept sharp by a
very peculiar provision of nature. The
outer edge of the incisors is covered with
a layer of enamel as hard as flint. while
the under side is much softer. The layers
of enamel on the under side therefore
wear away much faster than those on the
upper surface, and a keen cutting edge
is always presented
The jumping-jack is by no means an
invention of to-day for the early Egyp-
tian children had il among their play
things. In the Leyden museum there
IS a capital little figure of a man working
IS sloping block before him. You pull
the string and the figure moves. the hands
keeping on the slope of the block.
People are apt to consider that golf
in England is quite a modern introduce
ton, and it Will be news to many that
II was popular and that II fiourished
pretty close to London more than a hum
bred years ago. Evidence of this may be
found in a fine engraving by Valentine
Green of picture after L. +. Abbott, en-
| titled Golfers on Blackheath," and dated
1870.
The assistant director of Kew gardens,
| lecturing recently at the London insti-
tute on some curiosities of tropical plant
life, said that among these were the pearls
found occasionally in the cocOanut palm
of the Philippine Islands-pearls which.
like those of the ocean, are composed of
carbonate of lime. The bamboo too yields
another precious product in the shape of
true Opals, which are found in its Joints
In each case this mineral matter is Of
course, obtained from the soil. The natives
OF the Celebes use these vegetable opals
| as amulets and charms against disease.
During the storming of Port Arthur by
the japanese, a soldier belonging TO the
| Twenty-fourth regiment is reported to
have leveled his rife to fire at an unus-
ually conspicuous Chinaman, when, lust
as he was about to fire, a bullet from the
enemy's side came whizzing on and, mar
Velous to relate entered the barrel of his
own gun as smoothly and neatly as if the
muzzie had been placed mouth to mouth.
Ihere was, OF course, an explosion, and
the soldiers piece was shattered to the
stock, but without his receiving any in
| juries whatever.
"A large quantity of the worlds supply
or rubies comes from the Burmah mines,
/ which have been actively worked since
/ the annexation of Burmah by the British
I government. The ruby district is about
/ twenty-six miles long and twelve broad
/ and lies at elevations varying from 1000
/ feet to 5000 feet above the sea level Some
/ or the mines have been worked by the
| natives from very remote periods; in fact
| old workings are found, over an area of
| slXty-siX square miles. 1t is in the lower
| clay beds of the river alluvia and in
similar deposits formed in gullies in the
| NH wash, that the rubies, spinels. and
| other gems are found In the alluvia
! square pits from two feet to nine feet
/ across, ingeniously timbered with ba m hoo
are sunk TO the ruby earth, which is drawn
| up by bamboo baskets In the Hill wash
| long, open trenches are carried from the
SIDES OF a gully. Regular mines are opened
| IN Solae places; in others the limestone is
! quarried.
! "A Philadelphia dispatch says: One of
! the most curious and interesting of ami
1lals a. the geological gardens died yester
1 Gay II was the fish cat from India The
| animal looks very much like a common
mouse cat, although a trile larger The
anupathy of cats for water is well known
/ Therein lay the difference between the
/ late lamented fish cat and others of its
/ species. 1t simply yearned for water In
! swims for its health, but il earned it's
living in the streams which il freouented
| Mhen the pangs of hunger approached. it
/ was wont 10 go out in the river dive under
/ the water, and catch a fish as they passed
/ II was a clever fisherman. Nothing with
ms was too quick for it, and consequently
/ IL was always sleek and well fed. When
] Drought to the ZOO" this longing to go
/ out and catch fish was pretty well devel-
oPed, D9t became gradually dulled by re-
! celVing ITS fish already caught. The keeper
| fed 1t fish every day, and little else II
/ thrived for a long time. having been an
inmate of the ZOO fer years but a short
time ago it was taken sick and gradually
| grew worse, until it died
In the incandescent electric light there
has always been something lacking.
! 1t has always been desired to secure a
/ shield or shade which would protect the
/ eyes, and yet rob the light of but little of
/ its power, This has been at last obtained,
/ It is said in the beaded globes
/ The manner of their discovery makes an
! interesting story. One of the best known
society ladies in Paris, attracted by the
! effect produced by the suns rays playing
/ on a japanese cloth made of glass beads
/ which hung at one of her windows, solved
| the difficulty a once by taking the beaded
| cloth and wrapping it around an mean
| descent lamp; the effect was most pleas
! ing. She called her electrician and or
J dered him to make a shade of glass beads
/ in the shape of the lamp bulb and fasten
/ It as best he could. The electrician Mr.. 81
| Nedovelli succeeded in making the desired
| shade and completed it by the Introduction
/ OF a clasp made of a circular ring of the
/ lazy tong type. The shades thus finished
| were placed on the lamps and the effect
| produced was recognized to be all that
/ could be desired Several days after the
! lady conquered Paris by the surprise she
/ gave her guests with the new illumina-
ton of her salons, and the result was
/ that orders came from all over to the
! electrician who, to fill these orders had
| to give up his professional engagements