The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04
ITEMS or INTEREST.

The IRE losses during the panic year
showed an increase Of over S-l,gll,ty3 above
the normal rate. and an expert SAYS MS
lis not unusual nor unexpected "A state
ment that has 2 great deal OF st-tlssl-at
cynicism back Of H.
There are over $1,000 totally deaf per
sons in the United states ana nlHSn
larger number whose hearing is partlallL
defective II is believed that catarrhal
and ether affections which often impair
sight and hearing are frequently caused
by the presence in the mouth OF DEAD
teeth
Cart W J. L Wharton writes that
ocean storms originate chiefly in regions
where warm and cold currents meet one
Of these regions is south OF NeWtound-
land, where the gulf stream meets ths
Cape OF Good Hope, where the Ircple ana
Antarctic currents meet
An electrical expert says: II have word
Of advice TO give people VINO carry sieel-
rod umbrellas these wet days. They must
keep q sharp lookout for arc-nghts while
pushing their steel rods through the ar
OF course this only apples when the
current is on. and when II IS. II the uLn-
brella rod comes in contact with the
lamp. there is a strong probability that
the holder viii be very badly shocked,
if not seriously injured
In his popular astronomy. Flammarion
declares that the planets must be IN
habited, because such a thing as desert
world would be contrary 10 the entire
scheme Of nature. 1t does nos follow,
however, that they are all inhabited sim
ultaneously by beings of an intellect as
nigh as our own or higher, for our own
planet shows that it takes periods Of al
most unma ginable duratioa to prepare
world for the home of such creatures.
The changes word undergoes in pass
ing from one language 10 another de
pend largely on accent Thus the Latin
losing the syllable which had least stress
on 1t. In the same way the Greek word
'episkopos" lost its first and its last
syllable in becoming the English word
bishop" A great deal remains stin to
be learned by those who know most about
this Transforming power of accent
At tho cold Of 40 degrees below zero
produced by Prot. Dewar the tensile
strength of iron is doubled, and it will
stand a strain of sixty, instead of thirty.
tons 10 the square inch It is believed
that the particles of iron and all other
substances are in constant motion,
until they liquefy. and that the very low
temperature increases their strength by
retarding the motion of the particles and
giving them greater power of attraction
for each other
4 New York department store. accord
ing to Kate Fields Washington, has
opened banking business under the same
roof that shelters Its imported wraps,
highgrade canned goods. passementrie
trimmings and enameled frying pans.
This looks upon the face CT 1t like a
very tleNCi StneIne lnUGel. All IndL mas
heretofore prevented the shopping woman
from running herself in a single Gay at the
bargain counter of the department store
is that before she could get to the bank
for fresh supplies of cash the tempting
merchandise would all be sold and upon
her return to the scene of struggle she
would find, instead of japanese tea-pots
az - cents edchY q large pile OF Bingham
Kitchen aprons, selling briskly at two
for quarter. An arrangement by which
such cruel disappointments can be spared
- d lion Hfr
the parte of the clever merchants, but
doubt whether they will get many de-
positors for their bank. No man in his
senses would open an account for his
wife amid the temptations of a depart
mept Store, and the woman who controls
her own income would invariably spend
~ All on her way Irom the door TO the
pace where she could make her deposit.
1T is to the Tartars, who CONQUERED
China several centuries ago that we are
indebted for this much-discussed cue 1"
said Wing Lock, prominent Chinaman,
to the Pittsburg Dispatch. You hear "a
great deal about the laws of China relat-
ing TO the wearing of cues-hOw a China
man cannot return TO his country without
his cue, and all that Wen, it's bosh. The
wearing of a cue is no more required by
law than your gentlemen wearing whis-
kerS. 1t IS custom and q style. and a
Chinaman realizes some truth in the saw
ing that you might as We'll be out OF the
earth as out of style. a Chinaman retains
ms cue simply because If he should ever
return to his native land he would not
care 10 go about among his friends and
make himself conspicuous by such a rad
zeal departure from the style of so many
millions of people. Strange too, that the
Chinaman shoUld hold to his cue with
such tenacity when it was originally i'm
posed upon him as a mark of subsection
When the Tartars came over and set a
ruler on our throne, they decreed that e1--
cry Chinamsn should wear a cue such as
they did. OF course this was at first gall
ing 10 them, for they could not see or
touch their plated hair without being re-
minded Of their conquest. But time heals
all wounds. and 1t was not long before
the Chinaman began to cherish the mark
of subsection as a good fashion or style
This was also about the style Of dress
the Cinnamon now wear 1t is in the cue
that a. Chinaman wears his badge of
mourning
In the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, hidden away in an obscure
corner, Is an odd sort of exhibit of queer
FOODS eaten by out-of-the-way pecple
says the W ashington Star. There is a Ioa f
OF bread made. from the roasted leaves
of plant allied to the century plant
Another kind of bread is from a dough of
jumper berries. These are relished bv
some tribes of Indians, while others man
ufacture cakes out Of different kinds Of
bulbs. The prairie Indians relish q dish
OF wild turnips, which civilized people
would not be likely to enjoy at all In
the Great American desert the Screw
beans, which grow on mesquite bushes
are utilized for food. Soap berries furnish
an agreeable diet for some savages in this
country, While in California the copper
colored aborigines do not disdain the
seeds of salt grass. Also in California
the Digger Indians collect pine nuts
which are the seeds of a certain species
OF pine-sometimes called ''pinions"-by
kindling fires against the trees, thus caus-
ing the nuts to fall out of the cones. At
the same time a sweet gum exudes from
the bark, serving the purpose of sugar
The seeds OF gourds are consumed in the
shape of mush by Indians in Arizona IN
addition to all these things, the exhibit
referred to includes z par Of pulverized
cricketss which are eaten in that form
by the Indians III Oregon. They are
roasted, as are likewise grasshoppers and
even slugs. These delicacies are cooked
III apt. being arranged in alternate Law
ers with hot stones. After being thus
prepared they are dried and ground to
powder. They are mixed with pounded
acorns or berries, the flour made in this
way kneaded into cakes and dried in the
sun. The Assiniboines use a seed. to stop
Of no