The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

clergyman took the incident as q text for
a sermon in which he declared that her
death was judgment sent by God 10 in
dictate his condemnation OF card playing,
says the New York Tribune. But the next
week a man dropped dead while carrying
FOOD 10 starving family, and his sudden
death was declared TO be an evidence that
God approved OF his errand OF mercy and
therefore took him home.
Strange to say. the question as to
whether the pain OF headache is inside
or outside the skull. has never been set
tied, says the Hartford Times. The com
mon frontal headache Of dyspepsia seems
inside the head above the eyes. but those
who have suffered from shingles on the
forehead. a painful complaint Of the skin
nerves, say that the pain is exactly sim
lar The common migSraine headache
which generally occurs in one temple,
seems outside the heads for the temporal
artery throbs, but many now think that
II Is due to anaemia Of the brain on
the affected side, and that the thrObbing
artery Is merely the blood finding another
channel. Erysipelas of the scalp causes
headache indistinguishable from that
brought on by tumOr Of the brain, while
pulling the hair makes some peoples head
ache. The brain itself has been proved
TO be quite insensible. and other evidence
tends to prove that the majority of head
aches are outside Of the skull. or rather
| have their immediate cause outside, for
the pain is where We feel it, and can
be nowhere else.
The skill shown by the late Gen. Casey.
chief Of army engineers, in estimating in
advance the cost Of engineering will be
better appreciated, says the Army and
Navy Journal. when we recall the errors
made by others in similar calculations. The
estimated cost of the Manchester snip
canal was SIS 10000. Nearly SS0.000O00 was
spent before the canal was ready for bus
lness. Inc international commission re-
ported in 1856 that the cost of digging the
Z pavrr eadS D.
/ 100000 It had cost S94, 500 600, 10 say Moth
| ing of Egypts gratuitOus building of
/ light houses, dredging Of the harbOrs, adj
vance OF money without interest and gift
/ of forced labor, the whole amounting TO
! S20,OO0,O0O more. Engineers spent a year
| collecting data for their report on the
| Congo railroad, which they asserted could
/ be built Tor $5,UO,OOO. They now say that
| the total cost will be from S12,0000O0 to
| Sl3,WOOOO. The egregious underestimate
/ or the cost of the Panama canal nearly
\ swamped that enterprise before whole
! sale stealing completed the ruin. The
| forts on the Meuse ricer, estimated at
/ S4,5O0O0O, cost $4,000 600; the Corinth canal
| cost S12,00O0O0 instead of the estimated
/ S6,00OOO harbor and railroad on the
| island of Reunion cost 1880, O00 instead
! of S6,S00OjO; the Senegal railroad, which
| was TO be completed for 5000. 900, absorb
! ed 100000, and the Langson railroad. in
/ Tonkin, which was to open a conquered
! province for an expenditure of S5OO,OO0 bled
/ the French treasury to the tune of $780,
| 40.
| Never use charcoal in any form for
the teeth" says an uptown dentist, who
| is recognized in his discoveries, writings.
and inventions as well as in his regular
! practlce, as occupying one OF the highest
! positions in his profession says the New
| York Times. when examined under The
| microscope, powdered charcoal has the
| appearance of needle points. There Is no
chemical that win dissolve it. 1t forms
black line on the gums, which becomes
| permanent Disagreement. L have cut
| away the gum in some cases to remove it.
| Tooth powder should be used once or
| twice a day. All tooth powders are made
| OF few simple ngredients-chalk, myrrh
| ana blcarbonate of soda Those are the
ingredients of all, with little colorine
matter, sugar, and perfume. Never rinse
the mouth after using tooth powder. Tho
| chalk in the powder is a slow antacid; BIZ
carbonate of soda is a quick antacid. The
| OBJECT OF the powder beside that of scOur-
| ing is to find its way into the cavities
| between the teeth and, by killing the
| acids, prevent the decomposition of food
Whlcn destroyes the tooth tissues. CASTLE
| soap IS found in some good tooth powders.
/ IL IS not deleteriOus, but, making a LIQUID
1t Nanishes more quickly. The object of
soap Is always to kill grease, which, I'M
DER ordinary circumstances, should not
be found in the mouth. A tooth paste
| should never be used when il has been
Kept long. There is glycerine in it which
soon ferments, and then becomes an irri-
tant Tablets-these are made with an
addition of gum arabic to the powde err
are excellent for travelling. Never use a
tooth brush with stiff bristles. They wear
away the gum at the neck Of the tooth
leaving the part which is porous and
enamel exposed, to become discolored and
Drown L have brush made for my
own use, with long bristles, which must
nave soft action, like paint brush"
"A craze for emeraIds is being revived.
and the beautiful green brilliant is now
second only to the diamond in popular
| faVor. Let anybody imagine that the
item of cost has anything to do with the
sudden popularity of the emerald for with
the exception of the sparkling crystal
from the mines of Golconda and South
AFRICA no gem is so costly as the emer-
aid. The prices asked and obtained for
some of these Jewels seem almost incred-
lDle. The cheapest brilliant of this de-
scrlpton in one store was valued at $3.50
and from that price ranged up to $40 600,
| With the increased demand for these
gems come new designs in cutting and
setting. Often, too, the emerald IS pol
| lshed and ground down and not cut To
the JeWeler a stone thus prepared is
known as an en- cabation, or uncut
Others, again, are cut into different
| shapes in high relief, and as hemispheres
| hearts and pendants. The most popular
stones used TO combine with emeraids are
diamonds, which, however, are, as a rule
much smaller than the green gems when
they are set together. A new stvle of
cutting, which originated in the far east.
the native home of the emerald. and
which has but recently been introduced
by western jewellers, is that of engraving
coats OF arms on gems. This greatly in
creases the cost of the gems Among
other curious designs in which the emer-
aid predominates this season is that of a
diamond and emerald brooch, which can
also be used as tiara. The design seems
TO be taken from a clover leaf with a bis
pear-shaped emerald in the center. The
leaves of the design are open work, thick
ly set with small diamonds. Another de-
sign IS something after the style of a
"sun-burst" with a large square-cut en-
erald in the center. The radiating raw
are set with diamonds, each being Timed
with small emerald. This jewel is in
tended for hair ornament. and is valued
at $1,000. A pair of link cuff buttons with
a comparatively small emerald, cut round
and set in a circle of tiny diamonds costs
500. To one unfamiliar with the value
) OF gems 1t appears to be worth about 500.
| Pear-shaped drops cut from a single EN-
erald and suspended from a diamond bar
are worth $50, and from that the price
ranges on up into the thousands