The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


take the place of hoofs, two projecting
forward and two backward on each foot.
The British Medical Journal inveighs
against the use of so-called rice powder
for the face. on the ground of its injuri-
Gus effects on the skin Some of the rice
powders are alleged to be no longer com.
posed of rice, but of chalk, white lead,
starch, and alabaster in varying proper
lions.
--Argentina's torpedo boat destroyer
Entire Rios has just reached Buenos Ayres
from England having made the run from
the Island of st. Vincent, a distance of
300 miles, without putting into port for
coal. The Entire Rios crossed the Atlantic
in stormy weather and proved herself
nrSt-rate sea boat.
When drop of human blood is placed
between two plates of glass and examined
with microscope it is seen to contain lit
tie whitish grains called white corpus
perature equal to that of the human body
these orpuscles, or phagocytes, as they
are otherwise called, will be seen to put
out and retract minute processes, which,
as If acting the part of feet, enable the
phagocytes to crawl over the surface of
the glass. The phagocytes in our blood
iced upon the microbes of Infectious dis
eases when such microbes are introduced
into the system. Phagocytes are the main
defensive means possessed by the living
body against its microscopic foes. When
ever wound is made in any part of the
body the phagocytes, like we'll trained SOL
dlers, rush to the breach and make war
upon the putrefactive microbes endeaVor-
ing to enter the system.
When the Mohammedan dies the pop
ular belief is that two angels appear at his
head holding balance, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. One part points to the east, the
other to the west. In this the dead mans
sins as wei. as his good deeds are weighed.
Then his soul is transported over a deep
abyss. II ne has been true believer his
passage will be made easy by two ac-
companying angels. If otherwise, he will
be obliged to halt many times on the way.
There are seven stations in the abyss. AT
the first he is asked in what manner he has
observed the religious rites prescribed by
Mohammed; at the second he must tell If
ne mas said his prayers regularly; at the
third he enumerates his deeds of charity;
at he fourth he must tell how he has OBJ
served the fasts and festivals; at the fifth
he Will be questioned as to his visits to
Mecca; at the sixth prove that he has at
tended to all his duties regularly and at the
seventh prove that he has never neglected
MS family. For every sin some penalty
is exacted.
An authority on smoking matters says
that not one in a thousand cigar smokers,
and not one in a hundred tobacconists.
treats his cigars as they ought to be
treated. The tobaccon.st alternately
dampS them and let's them get as dry at
finder until every bit of flavor is lost. In
deed, every smoker knows how difficult
1t is to get satisfactory Smoke" even
when he pays a fair price for it. And
the worst Of the matter is that the cigar
is well-made, and of good quality, but
it has been ruined in the keeping. A
cool, dry cellar is the proper place to
store large Quantities. But you can dis
store room if you keep your cigars in
wide-mouthed, well-corked bottles. OF
course, those who have studied the mat
ter, and appreciate a good cigar, have
quite a scientific system of treatment But,
for the ordinary run of smokers, all that
while it is in good condition, and then put
1t at once in the bottle. Try this plan
next time you buy a box, and you will
be delighted with the result.
TO be overtaken all on a sudden, with
out time for preparation, by a cheeky os-
trich, is one of the greatest ills flesh is
heir to, and might result disastrously to
all there on an emergency, says the Strand
Magazine. Undoubtedly the best weapon,
barring wire fence, is good stout stick
or blunt pitchfork. AS rule, if a birds
means to have your life or die in the at
tempt he charges from about thirty yards,
when you receive him at the bayonets
looking the very embodiment of fury
Drawing himself up to a hight of ten feet
or more with wings outstretched and hiss
ing like a cobra, he makes four or five
strikes. You retreat a pace or two, so
as to avoid the fork piercing through his
neck and hold him off at arms length till
he learns that his efforts are useless. Draw
ing the fork sharply away you strike him
blow on the neck, rendering him insen-
siDle and taking away his breath. This
quiets him awhile, till he RECEIVERS from his
bewilderment and makes a fresh charge
when the fork is again presented.
"A curious relic of the old days of the
paper duties which so much hampered
journalistic enterprise in the first half of
the present century will shortly come up
for sale at London auction room saws
Gazette 10 AZ
number of 'Berthoid's Political Handker-
chlef, pelng a news sheet printed on cot
TO eVade the paper duty. 1t is dated Lon
don, Saturday, Sept. 3, 1881, price four
pence, and the letter press, which is fairly
legible, is as remarkable as the material
on which it is printed. The tone of this
news rag is intensely radical, but it repro
o9ces me order OF ceremonial to be observ-
and Queen Adelaide on the following
thursday, and it is announced that proc.
1anlst nc 10 the people of Europe viii APP
lished with medallion woodcut Of Nano-
leon crossing the Alps, but the ink in this
p,cSoF ta EFFORT was too much for the cotton,
peror on horseback very indistinct.
Paris is besieged by rats, says the New
YORK Press London correspondence Thew
have been thriving and multipIving In
way that has attracted the attention Of
the municipal councillors who are sear.h
us AOt tLe DeSL method to DESTROY tha1Y1
one municipal councillor proposes Thai
9o,uO pc offered to the syndicate or ner.
son who viii kill 100000 rats within tha
next month. Some of his colleagues arr
que that cents apiece is too large a
bounty. Others say that it would he net
Ter 10 give 5 cents apiece for every dean
rat delivered to the city government
which would give the poor people a chance
70 earn some money. The first collnciIor
responds by saying that this would re.
qu4re small army of clerks, and the XIII. |
ing would be desultory, while the work ~
a. syndicate would be a harvest ~ |
slaughter. The recent floods have made
the rat nuisance worse than ever. Thev
are raising havoc in the abattoirs. the |
markets and the shops. AT night thew
appear in the stress in squadrons. and
the gendarmes pursue them with their |
sword bayonets by way of diversion.
Americans who have visited the Bank
of England will remember the great pomn- |
Gus beadles in gilt uniform, who look as
II they had stepped out of a fairy hook.
anu whose business is, nominallv. 10 nro, |
Iect the bank from thieves, saws a Lon
don cable In the New York Press, For
N these days they are largely ornamented
detectives in plain clothes doing the real
work. But all Englishmen love the nres- |
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