The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


aid OF electric light.
Edinburgh. although only sixth in pop
ton 10 the treasury of the United King
dom. and although second IN contribu-
ton 10 the income tax, much revenue
comes from the excise Scotch whisky,
honesty and thrift are good things Tor
the British government apparently
NJ Binet. a young French naturalist.
mas presented TO the oorbonne thesls
on the "suh-intestiual nervous system
Of insects. In applying for his doctors
degree he has discovered that insects
have brains spread over the whole 81
their bodies. ana argues that they act
By intelligence rather than instinct.
4 blow has been struck al the cigar
stub industry in France. 4 manutuctur-
or OF TOBACCO MADE from casl-aNay
butts was charged in the courts with
defrauding the revenue hV not paying
duty. He claimed that the tobacco had
already paid duty once. bat the court
decided against him, and he had TO pay
the fine.
Another wonder doctor" has been dis
coVerd iu Germany He is a shepherd
named Asst. living in the small village
Of Eadbruch. Tn the last few weeks
over 1000 persons have visited him from
an parts Of Germany The people stand
IN crowds about the man s. hut waiting
Tor his advice. His success Is said to be
remarkable.
The widest canal in the world is said
10 ne The Chenab irrigation canal IN the
feet broad. and will he 200 feet broad
when finished. The main canal Will be
40 miles long, the principal branches
VIII nave an aggregate length OF Z.V9
miles, and the village branches Of 1000
miles. $4,000 acres are already irrigated.
Portugal proposes to obtain a modern
navy in novel manner. First-class ship
builders are to be asked how many
vessels of specified types they Will sup
ply year for twenty years or less. in
consideration of $500 900 a year and certain
T T1nn0naITQE on
firm that offers the most in the least
time and for the shortest period of mo-
. nopoly
Martin Fisher an employe of the Pos
tai Telegraph-Cable Company. in Phila-
delphia. IS a remarkable man The Rec
ord, OF that city. says that while he lost
his right arm below the elbow. and has
but the thumb and two fingers of his left
hand, ne Is one Of the most expert tel
egfaphers and typewriters in the employ
of the company. He is about thirty-dve
years old, and has been in the telegraph
business for about twenty years. He han
/ dies newspaper specials, which require
great accuracy and speed, and the letters
on many OF the keys OF his typewriter
have been rubbed off by the rapid manip-
/ ulation of his thumb and two fingers.
! In the spring of the year. when the
new foliage on the holly is developing the
old leaves fall 1t has been assumed that
/ the development Of the aXial bud pushes
the old leaf away. An observer on the
American holly has recently published
D
Not more than half the leaves fan at
/ that season. But fungus so minute that
4 the species cannot be determined by pow
/ ertul microscopes. has its home in the
/ leaf durins the previous summer. result
ing i'm the production of cork cells at the
! base Of the leaf just as cork cells are pro-
duced at the regular season for the gen
eral fall of the leaf, and thus effects this
spring defOliation. The writer suggests
! that as these spring cork cells are the
undoubted result of fungus action, fungus
may, in more general manner be respon-
sible for the annual fall of the leaf in all
/ cases
The rainbow. tea recently given in the
north was pleasing entertainment. The
/ hostess herself was in white. She was as
sisted by several girls in violet. indigo,
/ blue green, yellow. orange and red. in
order The little table over which each
/ presided was colOred by taper shapes. rib
! bOns, etc, besides the china used of the
/ color represented. BY the use Of the per-
I fecLy harmless coloring matter sold by
reputable faVOring manufactures the
/ icing on the cake was of the required tint
/ At the first table a young woman in vio-
/ let had candied violet before her. as well
/ as a guest book. bound in lavender silk.
I in which the visitors were asked to write
/ their names. At the next were small
/ cakes, with indigo frostng and rasp-
/ berry ice. At the following the small
! cakes with icing, colored by blue sugar.
had with them geatine jelly tinted in the
| same manner. For green, the mayon-
| naise dressing of salad was cOlored with
| spinach, and there were lettuce sand
/ M1cleS. elbow ana sponge CAKE orange,
| Russian and sunshine cake and red. claret
cup with small cakes, iced with red.
Ariel could put a girdle round about
| the world in forty minutes but he was
slow compared with the most ordinary
! dream. Many stories are told showing
| the different count of time Lord Broug-
/ ham relates that he dreamed a dream
/ of long continued action during a short
doze while a droning counsel was plead
/ ing before him. Lord Holland fell asleep
/ while listening to some one reading,
/ dreamed a long dream, and awO1e in
time to hear the conclusion of "a SEN
! tence, the first words of which were
| in his ears when he became unconscious.
! DIR. AberCrOmbie relates that a gentleman
/ dreamed that he had enlisted for a sol
der, Joined his regiment, deserted, had
/ been apprehended, carried back, con-
] demned TO be shot, and at last led out
/ for execution, After all the usual prep
/ arations he awoke with the report, and
found that a noise in an adjoining room
| had both produced the dream and awak-
/ ened him. Another dreamed that he had
/ crossed the Atlantic and spent a fort
night in America. In embarking, on his
| return. he fell into the sea, and, having
/ woke with the fright he found that he
had not been asleep ten minutes.
You have often heard the expression.
We had a great blow out last night
| sort of amusement, said a gentleman TO
the Pittsburg Dispatch. do you know
| Well, I'll tell you of it, Away back in the
/ SOS the cotton mills at Lowell, Mass.
were furnished with operatives from the
families of the farmers living about the
town. The sons and daughters of the
sturdy farmers held positions in the mills
and coming from such good old stock
there was a sort of social spirit developed
among the employees which is not 10 be
| found in factories in these days. From
the factories of Lowell some prominent
people have come. Helen Hunt Jackson
was employed there at one time
| The hours were long, and in winter
time lamps had to be provided to give
light TO the workers. It was before the
| days of kerosene or, as they used to pro-
| nounce it when it did come out, 'kerosen.'
| with the accent on the o. Whale oil
| lamps were burned They were lighted
on Nov. l regularly every year. and
| their use was dispensed with on May l.
| 1t was the operation on this latter date
that originated the word blowout When
the bell sounded on this day to quit work
| all lamps were blown out simultaneously.
not to be lighted again until November.
| This was called the blowout, and after
| this a dance or supper would be given,
| which a first was called the blowout
| dance or blowout supper until finally
any festivities attending the eXtinguish-
ing of the lambs for the year was called
the blowout. So the word blowout