The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Probably the sWiftest vessel In the
world has recently been built. according
10 the Revue Industrielle. IN France. This
extraordinary craft is the seagoing tor
peio vessel constructed at Hayre b. the
We'll known house Of Augustsn NOrmaud
the contract requiring that 10 should
maintain a speed OF from tWenty-nlne TO
thirty knots for an hour under usual
steam Al its trial trip, il seems. this
vessel. the Forban, ran a distance OF more
than thirty-one knots in an hour, this be-
ing equivalent 70 about Ihirty-iive miles,
probably the greatest distance ever COW
cred by seagoing ship in sixty minutes
powerful engines being necessary, Of
course, 10 drive the vessel through the
water at sucn rapid rate. On this score
therefore, the statement is not surprising
that, although the displacement Of the
craft IS only about 80 English tons, 1t
carries engines Of $3.50 horse power.
The largest gold coin now in circula-
ton in the world Is the ''loof" OF AMMAN.
a French colony in Eastern Asia, says
the St. Louis Republic. II IS a fat, round
gold piece, almost as large as a tea sau-
GER and is worth $40 in United States
coin. The second largest is the .'obang'
OF Japan The obang is a beautiful, OBJ
long coin Of the finest quality Of gold,
and is worth about SIS of our money
The third largest and most valuable Of
the regular current coinage Of the ma
tons is the bends" a hamshaped ingOt
which circulates as lawful money in
Ashantee. The bends Is worth so in Uni
ted States gold, which makes IL about
equal in value TO the California gold $50
piece. The "loOf' or AMMAN the coin
hrst mentioned above, Is believed to be
the largest and most valuable piece ever
coined in the history OF the world, eN-
cepttng, of course (as far as value is
/ concerned), the different gold coins of
smaller denominations which have sold
at enormous prices on account Of scarcity
| or on account of historical associations.
/ AS far as weight ineness is concerned
the loof is the king-pin of the worlds
| coinage.
Every midsummer day a unique con-
\ cert is given in Copenhagen, Denmark,
/ such as the whole world cannot show the
| Ike of. There are kept in the COpen-
/ hagen museum a number of ancient Scan
! dinavian horns, more than three thou
/ sand years old called Lauren" OF
| this collection fourteen are in good con-
! dillon. They have an elegant shape, and
| the fiat metal plates at the mouthpIece
| show good technical perfection and a
| developed taste for art They are of diff
| ferent pieces fitted together. They Were
| found buried in mOorland, and their good
| preservation is believed to be due to the
/ turfy water. They are of very thin metal,
| and generally seven feet long. They were
| always found in pairs, the one in tune
| with the other. A few years ago 1t was
| found out by DR.. Hammerich that they
| could srill be blown or played upon. Their
| tones resemble those Of the tenor horn,
| and they have a soft but powerful sound.
| Some are tuned in C and 2 sharp, others
| In d, Il or c. and these tones form an
| accord, but no scala The midSum-
mer concert is held as follows: On a bal
| cOny in tho court of the princely palace
| in which is kept the Northern museum
| two members of the royal "Capella'' blow
| tunes on two of these primeval horns.
! An enormous crowd fills the court, the
| streets, the marble bridge and the neigh
| boring square. as far as it is possible to
| hear the sounds.
| Condiments are of value as they affect
the senses in a way which produces a de-
sire for eating, says the Chicago News.
| They also assist digestion. When intelli-
| gently used cOndiment are of aid to health
| but the abuse Of them leads to grave dis
| orders. Aromatic and stimulating condi-
| ments such as cloves nutmegS, cinnamon,
| pepper, ginger, etc, are not restOratives,
as they do not impart any necessary con-
| stituent of the bOdy-they are simply
stimulants and the constant use of them
| affects the temperament of individuals.
| one famous authority lays the fierce and
restless temperament of the races of
| southern Europe to the oVeruse of pep
| perry ViandS. Salt is a cOndiment only
when 1t IS used in quantity which ex-
| ceed5 the normal amount of salt in the
| human body. In the body OF an ordinary
| size man there exists about half q pound
| OF salt and this supply must be constant
ly kept IN. Almost all nations, even the
most savage, understand the use and
| value of salt and one finds the lowest type
eating their fish and meat dressed with a
| sauce of sea water Pepper comes next in
the quantity used 1t is a stimulant mere
~ and when used to excess is dam gerous,
as 1t produces inward Inflammation and
severe thirst. In some cases the immod-
crate use of pepper has been followed by
commissions and delirium. Cayenne pep
| per is possessed of curative virtues Mus
n al xrat -0Yr1l lel -
ter to confine 1t to the realm of medicine
only. Its use is good in cases of throat
and lung trouble. Vinegar is a valuable
condtment as IL not only stimulates az
gestion but acts as a solvent on certain
food. Constant use of vinegar reduces
corpuience, but IS not advised by author
tiles, as IL is apt to produce disorders of
the blood.
Just as the hoof of the horse is the
remnant of an original five toes, Just as
the pineal gland in man is now said to be
the survival of a prehistoric eve on the
top OF the head, says the Westminster Ca
zette, so perhaps, this levity in regard Ia
particular ailments Din others may be the
descendant Of an aboriginal ferocty in
man. II IS a well-known theory that
what we call humor arose from the SAM
source; that the first human laugh tha,
ever woke the aStonished echoes of gloonv
prlneval forests was not an expression
OF mlrth, but eXultation over the misery
or tortured enemy. There is to this day
something terrible in laughter. The
laugh of madness or of cruelty is a SOM /
more awful than that Of the bitterest
lamentations. BY means of that strange
monograph that we call literature we can
listen even now to the laughter of the
dead; to the hearty outlaws or cynical
utterlngs of generation after generation
OIL Dygone men and women; and If we are
curious IN such matters We can probe into
the nature of the changes that have
| passed over the fashion OF mems hunaor
For it has been said, not without the
support of weighty cumulative evidences
that, as we penetrate further into thr
past, we find the sense of humor depend
ing always more obviously and solely IN.
on the enjoyment of the pain, misfortune
mortlhcation or embarrassment of 9th.
ers- me sense of superiority was the
sense OF humor in our ancestors: or in
other words, vanity lay at the root OF
this, as of most other attributes to ON
photograph we catch the echoes of =
strange and merry tumult; boisterous
cruel, often brutal, yet with here ana
there tender cadence from some soil.
tary voice. and presently this note grow
stronger and sweeter, as we travel SLOW.
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