The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ing steam forms bubbles which burst.
forming the familiar volcanic peaks anu
craters Of the moon The mimic volca-
noes occur along certain lines ana n wa
IfOus groups; tracts OF the surface remain
fiat. ike the seas" OF the NOON long
lines Of fracture are produced, and n sand
is first sprinkled on the plaster the Tesem-
hlance Of its bliStered surface 10 the moon
becomes still greater.
There are high medical authorities TO
he cited on both sides OF the tobacco ques-
ton. But there IS one fact as TO which
there is no dispute among medical men.
and that IS that hot soda Biscuits, says
the Boston Advertiser. tsuch as are daily +
used in many homes IN the south anu 4
wCsU are exceedingly deletersCus 10 4
health. If the next general conference OF \
the N r. church decides that candidates 4
for ordination must he required TO ple1ge /
themselves IN regard TO some one hanit, ]
alleged to be physically unwhOiesOmes II 4
might be we'll TO drop the question. re gard /
ing the use Of tobacco ana inseI. n ~ /
place this: will you pledge yourself 10 |
wholly abstain from eating hot soda bis |
cuits?'
One word as to the supreme necessity !
Of bringing wine to a proper temPera-
ture before drinking il. Claret fresh from |
cool cellar is chilly stuff, and gentle
warmth is required to develop the bouquet
On the other hand. only the coarseSt KINDS
| will stand being suddenly heated ana 70
place a delicate wine before not ire Is
destructive of its refinement The prac-
tice which is usually adopted IN France Is
| to bring the bottle up some two or three
| davs beforehand. and TO keep il for that
| period a a temperature Of between % ana
| 20 degrees. To this precaution must nc
| added that of excluding all sediment IN
| decanting. even at a sacrifice OF what may
| sometimes seem an extraVagant proper
| ton of the wine.
| The Mexican burros have good horse
! sense; they know in a dry and thirsty
! land where 70 dig for water. A CORE
| spOndent of the Pittsburg Dispatch de-
scribes their close observation OF the sur
| face of the ground and subsequent dis
| covery: We had found in an arroyo
| sufficient quantity of water to make coiteer
! when we observed three burrOS searching
| for water They passed several damp
! places examined the ground. closely. when
| the leader halted near US and commenced
to paw hole in the dry, hot sand with his
| right forefoot After a while ne used his
| left forefoot. Having dug hole some
thing over foot in depth. he backed out
| and watched il intenty. To our surprise
IL soon commenced TO fill with water. Ihen
| he advanced and took drink. ana step
| ping aside invited. l think, the others 10
take a drink: at all events they promptly
| did so and then went away, when we got
down and took drink from their well.
| This water was cool and refreshing; much
better, in fact, than We had found Tor
many day.
In former years the combined telegraph
companies IN London dealt with some
thing like 10000 messages a day in their
several metropolitan offices, says the Cen
tleman's Magazine. To-day the number
dealt with by the poStoffice in its central
Office is 10000, or more than eleven tunes
as many, exclusive OF news. lOE Inc lAtS>f
which, on busy night, may reach nalt a
million of words, or more than 200 columns
Of say, the Standard newspaper. The
number of ordinary messages Is that for an
. average day: but there are many days in
1 | the year when, from a strange variety of
: causes, the number is greatly exceeded. A
big race, whore either horse or boats are
p engaged. a thick fog, a royal wedding, a
! | coming bank holiday, an increase in the
bank rate $50 much to be desired ire IN IN thefH
c | each and all lead to a large increase IN
. telegraphy. Thus the cup day at Good
: wood last year produced total of more
q | than 49, 900 kilograms through the central
y | Office while the foggy Christmas Eve of
/ | 1891 gave total of more than 10000
u | Again. the day previous TO the royal we'd
), ding of 1893 witnessed the arrival and dis
4 patch of 1850 kilograms at and from the
central office. while the record was iairiS
gust bank holiday of last year. when the
II number exceeded $4,000. From this i
woud appear that John Bull is most lavish
4 in the matter of kilograms when he IS 'or
O | pleasure bent.
I The Samoans, according to the West
% minister Review, are physically splendid
" ~ made race of deep bronze color; theil
W hair is naturally black, but is converted by
a frequent dressings of lime, which have {
~ bleaching effect, to a dull reddish tint
m this custom obtains both with the men anC
L the women Their arms and chests arr
specially well developed from their habi
n of padding long distances in their canoe!
* from island to island; in fact, at so grea
a distances from the mainland were thes'
natives seen by early LrdNelerS, tnaL I'M
group was christened the Navigator Is
lands. At this time, too, travellers report
~ ed that the Samoans wore fine black skein
u reaching from the waist to a short distanc
= above the knees. This report. though with
- out foundation in fact, was due to the Gus
,o tom possessed by these people of tattooinl
N themselves after that fashion, GOVERNS
'e about the same part of the body as woul
VI a pair of our bathing drawers. All tn
- men are thus tattooed on ARRIVING at ma
90 turity, and are not allowed to take unit
ST themselves wives before the painful pro
cess is complete. Regular professional
tattOOers are found among the people, an
ed the tattooing often occupies some months
IL a the patient only undergoes as much a
he can bear at each operation. The dc
e signs tattOoed are very ancient, and tn
present generations are entirely ignoran
of their signifcation. This latter fact al
plies also to the words of their rOWin
he songs, which they sing in perfect harmon
IT. and in time to their oars or paddles; tn
ou words sung are now obsolete, and, like tn
tattooed designs, are not understood by TN
people.
>, New orleans is considering plans for
"a system of canals, pumps and reservoir
az to drain the entire territory on which tn
10 city is located. The work Will cost $500
Nv 900, and will require five years for compile
O. ton. The plans were drawn by Crei
~ Rudolph Herring. the well-knOWn expel
~, in municipal engineering, after year
on study of the topography of the countr
and careful survey of the proposed CT
nails. Whether the system will be adop
ed by the city and constructed as planue
a has not been determined. but the leadin
en- | business men OF Inc place are heartily
favor of beginning the work at once. 1t
Is proposed to drain the city into Lake
ed Borgne and Pontchartrain, instead of int
to the Mississippi river, the level of II
MS. city is so low that river drainage Will a
mt ways be unsatisfactory. Eight steal
pumps will be required to force the wat,
sh- into the lakes, and by this means 1t is e,
mt pected to keep the water in the ma
hit canals at low level even during the he;
ch | West transforms. In advocating his sy
he tenn Gen. Herring said that the most Al
proved plans of recent times have. bee
1T, studied, with view to bringing into pis
w. all their successful features to be applit
led to the unusual conditions relative to N
on land on which New Orleans is built thj
nd it will be a grand auxiliary to the preset
scheme of sewerage; that it will dra
every part of the city thoroughly renderir
m. every foot of it habitable and. free from II
1 overhows which characterize it now: TIL
it will consequently build up the CITY an
er, put ii on par as a residence city Wi
any place in the country.
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