The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

were invented and that upon the intro
auction or the fork the napkin was for
quite period OF time discarded.
Prof asa Gray is reported to have
once said that the Washington elm at
Cambridge has been estimated 10 produce
t.e-tyU caves. which would make d sur
lace radiation OF about five acres in ex-
tent ana give out every fair day in the
growing season seven ana three-fOurths
tons o. moisture.
Bamboo plants are said TO have the pc
euliarity Of blooming at exactly the same
time. whether in Europe or Africa. the diff
ference in climate and surroundings seem
ing TO make no change in the plants burst
ing INTO mower. II blossoms rarely but
a. IL dies Immediately afterWard this can
not be depiored. The plant is said TO be
eXquisitely graceful and is easily cult
waited.
The origin of the game Of chess dates
back to antiquity. a game essentially the
modern chess was played 5000 years ago
z RANKIN and Napoleon were famous
players or chess. The great American
chessplayer Paul Morphy, visited Europe
N 1898, and defeated one after another all
the noted players Of the day. His phe-
Homenal teat was playing, blindfolded,
SIX games at once with as many different
players and winning them all.
"A young chimpanzee. Jack. which was
a great favorite Of the late Col. North. mas
just died at Avery hill. the nitrate kings
place The animal was about three feet
high-the adult chimpanzee is about i've
ana MS face, hands and feet were almost
hairless The chimpanZee has no tail and
IN many ways approaches most nearly TO
man OF all lower animals the differences
between young ape Of this species and
human infant being comparatively small
Many suppose that the odors of flowers
come from the sweet secretions that the
honey bees so fondly cherishes This is
true TO some extent and especially in flow
ers that have no petals and are yet sweet
BUT In large number of instances the
petals turn.sh the grateful fragrance
the rose and the carnations are familiar
instances. There is not much sweetness
70 the rose after the petals have fallen
tar.
In order to illustrate the enhancement
Of values by labor. Thomas Morris recent
~ told the Staffordshire England iron
and steel managers that he had in his
possession drawn wire worth SI32 pound
or more than $500 per ton. Pinion wire
ne priced at $4,000 per ton. Hairspring
wire IS worth 100000 per ton. and the
Darbed wire used by dentists in tooth
nerve extraction $4,000 per ton The
basic material of an is ordinary cbean
ore
Keys, canine employee of a western
iron works. slipped and fell twenty feet
the other day breaking his leg The an
imal is said to have reported at the works
at the striking of the gong every morn
ing ana to have tOiled all day long. crawl
ing INTO small holes in boilers and about
ships, carrying tools bolts nuts and
other smaller articles to the worl5men
VINO mad gone into such places and who
Mould, II IL were not for Keys. have
oeen compelled to crawl in and out for
these articles. Recently a steamer. vyas
placed on the dry dock for repairs. and
the dog, realizing that his services would
be needed, started to Climb a ladder to
tne deck and fell. The men sent for
physician to set the broken limb bur
the result was not stated.
"A question, says the PHILADELPHIA Rec
ord which is greatly agitating the minds
of the college boys is, How will the next
freshman class be DESIGNATED? T,ast
years class was known as the class of
W, but the coming class, which will he
graduated in 1900. must so down in his
tory as 100. The two thoughts admit 81
but little opportunity for. the oral on
bursts SO essential to the hardness Of
the college boy and consequently. he is
meg with CONSERVATION as the situation
cohIfonts him. Especially Is this true of
the youngster who has lust emerged from
preparatory school, and who hopes to en-
Yer upon his college career in the fan
ne class or 90 is too suggestive of in
nOcuOuS deSuetude to suit him and Same
thing must clearly be done to give indi-
Vluuallty to the class One bright voung
man mas suggested that IL be known a.
Iile class OF naughty-naught, and the
suggestion is too good to be ignored There
Is an aroma Of delightful Welcomes
ABOUT the naughty which quite CON
dones the Objectionable "naught."
Olive oil is most extensively used IN
SPAN Italy and France and it is to this
that the good digestion of the people Of
IneSe countries is attributed saws tbe
Snlcdso News. In fact, dyspepsia Is nm
AhOWh among them. Until petroleum oil
came IN olive oil was used for iIlunfn
atlng purposes and in some PARTS Of Snair
Is yet used. Spanish beauties keen their
halr soft and black by application ar oIiva
OIL IN Spain almost everything excent
meat Is cooked with olive oil 1t wouId
amaze a Spanish cook to fry with lara ~.
butter ana no one could be induced r.
eat the result: even macaroni and COOS
are cooked with oil, cabbage is boiled and
dressed with it and layer of oil is pourad
on top of wine before it is sea led in or,5a-
10 preserve it. An American cook would
De horrihed to see how fish is fried in the
southern European countries. The cuts
~ slIHpIy swimming in pan half-flled
win the OIL In fact, olive oil is so mn
tFluouS that the shepherds of Spain de-
pend largely upon it for their dailv food
Ihey are always found with good
@~N NN'ttAC VI OllNt OIL, a loaf of
bread and some onions A coupIe Of
slices of the bread are soaked in the oil
an onion added and the whole washed
down with glass of wine. Stronger mon
Ihan the Spanish shepherds are rarely
found. The children most appreciate a
lunch OF toasted bread sprinkled with sail
ana olive oil, which they eagerly devou-
Another popular refreshment is a cake
IN which are embedded oily sardines hav-
ing layer of finely cut parsley on
top. In some rural towns of Spain theI,
celebrate new crop of honey bv HAVING
a FESTIVAL From early morning till nigbf
the crullermarkers fill large pots win
olive oil, under which they build fires
one of these pots is half-flled with water
and into it IS set a large jar of the new
honey. Cruller after cruller is thrown IN
to the boiling oil and when done is serv-
ed with cup of warm honey The taste
IS delicious. The manufacture of olive
oil was carried on long before the birth
of Christ, though of course with crude
implements. The modern olive press will
crush in twenty-four hours 800 bushels Of
olive pulp. As it comes from the nress
the oil is sweet and aromatic. Perhans
the best oils are those of greenish tint
though some are golden Foreign conn,
tries object to the green color and So nv
chemical process it is eliminated at +ba
sacrifice of the flavor W