The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the extraordinary length OF Sfg leels Lntlt
are elephants mOlars and bones remains
OF mammoths, teeth Of rhinocerOses and
appropriateness, and large number OF
mint implements. The discovery of human
relics with remains of such antiquity IS
very unusual.
There are many reasons. says an eX-
change, in favor Of the supposItion that
Mars Is more likely to have been inhab-
lted IN past ages than at the present time,
IN spite OF its atmosphere or water or
clouds. Mr.. Proctor, for instance. has
pointed out that globe OF the size Of
Mars would cool rather more than two
and a half times as quickly as one Of the
size OF the earth. II the earth and Mars
We're in a similar condition 100000 of
years ago, Mars would have attained lac
cordlng TO that rate of cOolingl. to the
earth's present condition in 100000 years.
/ e.; u,Uo0OOO years ago; and the earth
would now require 2S,O0O,Ooo future years
IN which TO cool as much Mars has
cooled during the last 100000 years. So
Tar as regards that consideration. there
fore, the probability of the present hab-
liability OF Mars must be compared with
the probability Of the earths being in
habited when 100000 more years will be
past and gone.
Harry NARROW of BristoIville, O.. has
planned tour OF the world on which he
expects to start Jan. /. 1t will be much
more than a journey around the globe.
He means to leave New York and travel
southwest, entering Mexico, and thence
going through Central America. He is to
so all the way down the east coast of
south America and up the west coast 70
Panama, There he Will embark for the
sandwich Islands. and Southern Austria
Ia After crossing Australia, he means
70 sail for the Cape of Good Hope, and
thence to travel up the west coast OF
Africa and along the north coast to the
Suez Canal. His route will then lie east
TO China. north TO Siberia, west across
Asia and Europe to Spain, up to Russia,
sweden and across the British Isles. He
VIII sail for Canada, and go across the
continent TO san Francisco. returning
20 New York by more southern route.
II ne carries out his plan of walking most
o. the way, he VIII need to live TO a green
old age TO accomplish the journey, as he
must travel about seventy-five thousand
miles.
The very playthings Of Japan have
now warlike character says a recent
newspaper from that country. Chess is
a favOrite amusement of the mikado's
subjects. and the shapes of the pieces
the popular taste, the pawns being
made to represent Japanese and Chinese
soldiers. and the bishops and knights and
rocks the officers of higher rank. The
market is also being flooded with a great
variety Of mechanical toys, Of tin or
wood, which, by turning a crank or by
simple clOckWOrk. are made to show Chi
nese soldiers IN various unenviable posi-
tions. Some of them represent the Celes-
uals pursued by Japanese troopers, who
make terrific sweeps with sword or lance
in stately seesaw: others show prisoners
caught by their queues and trying to
avoid the rising and falling blades. A fav-
clay inquire OF Chinaman pleading FOR
mercy. The most ambitious bit of mech
anism represents japanese war vessei
gradually closing with "a Chinese ship.
The latter is struck its flag comes down
with rush, and the doomed vessel SINKS
beneath the turbulent tin waves.
Now physicians and Psychologists
come 20 the front with the astounding
statement that a man goes TO sleep piece
meal instead Of altogether and simulta-
neously, as IL We're. That is. the senses
do not lull themselves unitedly and at
once into state OF siumoer but cease
20 receive impressions gradually, one
after the other At first the sight ceases
and next the sense OF taste loses its sus-
ceptibility TO outward impression. Even
then, the individual being almost in a
state Of Inconsistencies. three senses
still remain in a condition Of activity
smelling. hearing and thought. Gradual
~ the sense Of smelling goes, then hear
ing and finally with the lapse of thought,
the entire body becomes completely
asleep. The psychologists have gone even
further than this, and they say that the
senses sleep with different degrees of pro-
foundness. The sense Of touch is the
most easily TO arouse, next that of hear
. ing, then sight. and taste and smelling
last. Sleep steals on the body gradually.
certain parts of muscles beginning to
sleep before others. Slumber commences
at the eNtremities, beginning with the
feet and legs. That is why Il is always
necessary TO keep the feet warm.
Paris will have a museum this winter
Tor printers and typesetters. The mU-
scum will in all probability be called the
Book Muasum." Its leading features
Will comprise all that concern typoE-
raphy and TYPOGRAPHY, the industry Of
paper making and the Illustration of books
An influential committee will be at its
mead. Many important gifts have already
been made, and this fan the municipai
council of Paris will turn over a builG-
ing, or suite of rooms. so that the
typesettcrs and printers may have a home
Of their own one OF the most interest,"
ing exhibits Will be the collection Of Nj
Cells Didot, who has promised to donate
his valuable collection of Curios of the
great printers of the eighteenth century
which consists largely Of material when
was employed by them in the embellish-
ment of the beautifully Nlustra ted books
of that period. He has also promised the
busts of leading members of his family
VINO were noted printers a century ana
more ago, and likewise the bust of Ber-
hardin de Saint Pierre, who married the
daughter of Firmin Didot Among the
other important gifts that have been
engraving plates to be donated by NJ
Champier, the secretary of the Central
Union of Decorative Arts.
The original formation of the crust
OF the world consists Of sterile volcanic
rocks, only capable of supporting a very
limited amount of plant life, says Long
man man $ Ma5gazlne. by the action OF water
these rocks are worn away and degraded,
and the debris being transported and de-
posted in layers of soil of more or less
thickness, on which vegetation can flour
sumption: The surface of the earth is
thus subject to constant degradation and
reconstruction. The mills of nature
grind slowly but surely, and without
ceasing, and as steadily as existing rocks
are worn away, new land is being formed.
In fact. the whole cultivated land of the
world is derived from debris disintegrat-
ed from volcanic rocks. transported by
water, deposited at some lower level, and
subsequently again raised to the elevat-
ed tracts which now form the
greater part Of the surface of
the earth. 1t requires a strong
effort of Imagination to realize
the enormous periods of time that must
have elapsed during which the sandstone
rocks, the limestone hills and plains and
the chalk downs with which this country
is diversified, were being eroded, trans
ported and deposited. There are, 'howev-
er, also vast plains of alluvial soil, a large
part of which have been made within
comparatively recent periods of time, and
the composition of which is still going on
in a manner that can be traced and real
lied The process of degradation is prin-
cipally due to mechanical action, the
primary and moving agent of destruction
being water.
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