The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
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! climbing orchid Vanilla planltolia- the
I capsule or POD Of which is about three
Z eighths Of an inch in diameter and from
I six 70 ten inches long. and has a certain
/ resemblance 10 the so-called catalpa bean
DR.. Bertillon, the inventor OF the an
/ thropometrical system, asserts that ne
! Tying handwriting. II is based on the
! measurement Of beatings OF the pulse.
/ which are said 10 have in every body
/ different and characteristic eject on
| handwriting.
/ A singular state of relationship on a
J large scale is Vouched for by the Louis
/ district school near Mt. Oliver. Ky. where
] - pupils are enrolled Each pupil IS re-
4 70 every other child in the school, one OF
] the other Of the parents Of each of the
T nfty-lve children was either a pupil or
7 schoolmate with the present teacher
/ A Paris doctor, who has been studying
I the effect of liquors on the voice. states
! that none Of the great singers have ever
! been teetotalers, says the New York sun.
+ Wine taken in moderation, he believes, is
/ useful for the voice, but beer thickens 1t
and makes It cultural. Malibran used 10
/ dftnk Madeira and eat sardnes; Garcia
/ took gloria, a cup of coffee with Cognacs
! Persiana nibbled an UNDERGONE chop;
Dumesnil drank six bottles OF cha pa gne
I before singing. and thought each bottle
I improved the strength and quality Of his
/ voice he was careful, however, not to
I drink TO excess.
During the reign of terror in Paris, in
I llsc, many Of the nobility We're reduced
I TO starvation and beggary. The abattoirs
sent their hides 10 the tanneries without
/ removing the tails, and in cleaning them
I the tails were thrown away. One of these
noble beggars asked for tail. and II was
/ willingly given to him. he took 1T to his
| lodging and made (what is now famous)
/ the first dish of oX-tail soup. He told
| others of his good luck. and they an
| noyed the tanners so much that price
/ was put upon them This Is said to have
I been the origin Of the delicious ox-tsn
I soup, and thereby hangs a tale.
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| having lots of fun this winter with a giant
| coaster which they have constructed. says
the New York Tribune. il is in four sec
tons, and is Y feet long altogether,
/ weighs so pounds, and can carry six tons
in weight. The planks that connect the
sled are fourteen inches wide while the
seds are 8 feet inches in length and 10
inches i'm width They are made of vel
low birch, with half round caststeel shoes.
The greatest number that has ever been
on the coaster is eighty-seven. It will
! carry seVenty-seven with ease. Each sec
ton is strongly trussed with wrought iron
fods, ana the whole Is bolted with three
eight-inch bolts. The coaster cost $50
bat when it goes flying down Farming
tons main street the citizens get more
IMAM that amount OF fun out OF it every
night.
Within a few weeks, says the Boston
/ Transcript, there Will be new trip ham
nler al the WatertoWn arsenal capable
or striking a blow equal TO a weight Of
70 tons. II VIII be the largest hammer
| IN New England. Its hight is nineteen
feet three and one-half Inches IL will
be supported by two legs. the distance
between which will be eight feet. The
stroke viii be four feet six inches. The
machine weighs ten tons and the hammer
three tons. When this hammer SIS in po~s-
ton the WATERFOWL arsenal win be able
to forge any piece OF steel which viii ue
required by the United States ordnance
department, and as all articles of ord
nance, with the exception OF guns, are now
made al Waterfowl. 1t is probable that
the hammer will be in constant use.
The foundation for the machine Is now be-
sHaaa Lott al r4f.n Iras- n.rar -.
dug, and in IL viii be laid number of
pieces OF timber sixteen feet long and
tWenty-four inches square.
\ powerful binocular glass for determin-
ing the exact distance of an object from
the observer is now in use in the French
army. 1t is called the lunette Souchard.
When the glass is IN focus there are in
terposed by movement OF the fingers,
between the eye and the object. two
prisms of Iceland spar. Then there are
brought into the field OF vision two i'm
ages the one the real object. the other
! smoky fac-simile in line with and at
the rear of 1t. The second image is more
| elevated, as the distance is greater. The
object which sen es for the adjustment
of the glass as used in the French army
one on horseback. If the-head of the real
image reaches to the shoulder of the fac
simile he is distant just 300 metres $685.
inches TO the meter; If to the waist of the
image, COO metres; If 10 the knees, 1900
I metres. If the feet Of the image appar-
emily rest on the head OF the soldier. the
is a space between the feet Of one and
the head OF the other, the distance can
only be approximately be determined.
Mothers of puny and delicate babies
need not despair, says lie Eappel. The
excessively weak condition of Voltaire
prevented his being baptized for several
protested at that early agei Newton was
so small and frail at his birth that his
life was despaired OF. He lived, however
like Noltaire. TO the age OF s.. Jean
Jacques Rosseau says: u came into the
world sick and infirm." Up to the age of
5 the life Of De Thou, the historian (born
1889. hung by a slender thread. Fonte-
nellie, whose mental faculties remained
unimpaired to the end OF his long life
he died within a month OF being a cente-
narian-was so delicate in his infancy
that he was not allowed to be taken out
into the omen air. Walter Scott was an
invalid before the age OF 2. His right
| leg being paralvzed, the poor little fellow
had 10 support himself on a crutch. After
beiug sent into the hill country with his
father. he came back strong and active.
And Victor HUGO has told US in his .'Au-
tumn Leaves how delicate he was from
his birth, and what anxious solicitude
made him twice the child Of his persist
ent mother"
The Iozenge of everyday life has hith-
erto been looked upon as harmless If
not unnecessary compound saws the Pail
| Mall Gazette. Such is found to be the case
no longer after the behavior of one of the
chlorate of potash family. Tt belonged to
d man who smoked What he smoked
there is no evidence Whatever it was, it
1ozenge 10 look after his tongue. He be-
Ieved in il implicitly, and carried ii
about, quite loose, in his waistcoat pocket.
The Iozenge repaid his confidence by prov
ing a pocket volcano; and the man was in
a fair way to obtain a practical experience
of cremation, when they threw a pail Of
water over him and put him out. OF
course, he was very much put out. He
had not expected this of the lozenge, and
he could not understand it. Science has
had to explain. In the same pocket with
the lozenee the smoker carried a box of
matches They were not ordinary matches,
or nothing would have happened. They
were safety matches. But they were made
OF chlorate of potash, like the lozenge;
| and they go off only on the box because
only there they find the phosphorus to go
off upon. The chlorate OF potash lozenge
found the phosphorus There was the rub.
The Iozenge went on; the matches hared
up. The conflagration became general For
fine future this smoker viii have TO keep
his lozenge under proper control, OF, bet
fer still smoke something that does not
| induce a sore tongue.
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