The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The owner Of the land before the place
was laid out did not possess much learn
Ing. but wanted 10 appear classical HtlaI9
when he concluded TO start a town ne Went
TO a frienI and asked him 10 suggest a
name o. some famous people OF CITY %
ancient times The friend was Wag,
and replied: well, the vandals " no help-
ed conquer Rome were a noted peopie-
Name IL 'Nandalia,' which means tie
home OF the vandals.' Hence Nandaha II
became.
An ingenious device for testing the pur-
lty Of the air in workshops and other
crowded places is on exhibition at ~
rich. A closed vessel filled with a chemi-
cal solution, sensitive 10 caroonlc aclu
gas sends out a drop through a gas
siphOn every two minutes the drop s9dAs
through a cord hanging vertically from
the end Of the siphon. II the ar IS very
bad lhe drop changes its natural cOlcIs
red TO white at once. at the upper elld
OF the cord. It keeps its color along ne
cord in proportion 10 the purity or the
air, not changing at all II the air IS per
fectly pure. a graduated scale uNeQ 70
the cord marks the degree of impurity-
st. Louis has a visitor in the person of
Prof Arthur Wallace. Of Lemars' Ia that
the word genius only fits. says the St
Louis Post-Dispatch. He is deaf and dumb.
but has mastered an art that pfONOkeS
both wonder and admiration With slate
and pencil he talks TO the person ne APP
proaches with the rapidity Of one VINO IS
not deprived Of the power OF speech ana
with marvellous intelligence. he sldIlus
facing the person he addresses, and, with
his slate inclining at an angle OF torty-nVe
degrees. he writes backward and Forward
so that, as he writes, the person ADDRESS
ed reads and with his last word IS ready
for his answer. He entertained large
number Of persons on the steps OF the
federal building with his wonderful feat
Saturday afternoon. Ills sentences aIe
clear cut crisp and scholarly, and he writes
with great rapidly. Withal he IS modest
in bearing and evinces pleasure only When
ne sees that his accomplis hment IS appre-
ciated. Prof. Wallace says that Bishop
Saver, of the Mississippi diocese OF
Mute churches, is the only mute In the
world besides himself who has mastered
this art And, moreover, he says one can
learn it as easily as he can learn 10 write
in the ordinary way. The professor is evil
IDENTIFY not over p years of age and is up
to date on all subjects.
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse reports
a recent experimental ascension with an
entirely new spherical balloon, which en-
abled the ascending officers to report a
number of very interesting scientific OBJ
servations. Altoget her the balloon remain
ed a q hight of from $500 to 1000 feet Tor
four hours, during which time no ballast
had 70 be thrown out. The balloon re-
manned quite steady and in the most per-
feet balance. During this time thunder
storm broke beneath the balloon, and
Capt. Trieb noticed how, shortly before the
lightning commenced, portions OF clouus
would rise up considerably over the rest
of the Clouds only to fall back. Upon this
apparition the captain has based his the
DRY of aerial waves, which, he claims, are
in most intimate relation with electric
storms. The two aeronauts suffered con-
sderably from the burning sun, being ex-
posed to the scorching rays for seven
hours. The balloon landed go miles from
Vienna, the landing being effected accord
ing to the new method recently introduced
in the aeronautic regiment. The military
balloons do not carry anchors any more,
the landing being effected by means of
drag ropes and an automatic arrangement
which tears the balloon at the top, as
soon as the car touches the ground.
Through the rent the gas escapes within
a few seconds and the former dangers Of
landing are absolutely avoided.
The Burmese women smoke-not cigar
cites in an initiative sort Of way, but che
roots, which are the Burmese substitute
for cigars, says the Hartford Times. 1t
is a curious and a very picturesque sight
to see one of these Burmese girls in the
enjoyment of her cheroot. The greater
number of them select weed that is long
and green, fully 10 inches in length,
and in day they smoke many of them.
Though cigars, rolled in the European
used to some extent in the Burmese cities
where foreign civilization has crept in,
the true Burmese cheroot is of a distinc-
tive sort. 1t is constructed of an envelop
formed of a certain dried leaf or of the
inner husk of the maize plant, and this
enYelOp is filed with mixture of tobacco
and finely chopped wood the latter gen.
orally of the stalk of the tobacco plant it.
self. 1t is an inch in diameter at the
thicker end. 1t is the custom in Burrnah
for a woman not to smoke her cheroot in
steady puffs, but to take a few whiffs and
then lay 1t down or pass 1t to the next one
in the party. Quite as common is the
smoking habit among girls as it is among
women, and it extends to children. A
frequent sight Is that of a Burmese moth
or taking a cheroot from her mouth and
putting It to the lips of her nursing child.
The child, If it be a year and half or two
years Of age land the women of Burmah.
according to an old custom, do not wean
their children until they are long past
two), Will purse up his tiny lips and puff
away at the weed with every indication
of pleasure.
The inhabitants Of DENLY Dale. a ham,
let in the township of DENLY, near Barns
ley who for over century have baked
large pies in commemoration of remark
able events in the history of the coun-
try, are preparing to celebrate the Jubilee
of the Repeal Of the Corn Laws on Sat
urday, Aug. l, by means of another Cargo
pie says the London News A pie was
baken In commemoration of the recovery
OF George III from mental affection At
the conclusion of peace between England
and France in 1915 another large pie was
baked, containing half a sheep, twenty
fowls and half a peck of flour. The
Repeal Pie" as it is locally called. was
made on Aug. 8, 1916, and was drawn
through the village with thirty-one
horses headed by three bands of music.
The pie was feet in diameter, / foot
10 inches deep, and contained forty stones
Of -four 1t was served in the presence
Of an estimated crowd of $4,000 people.
on the occasion of the jubilee of Queen
Victoria another monster pie was pro-
vlded, on Aug. q, 1887. The pie was baked
in a dish weighing 1900 pounds The pie
was feet in diameter and 2 feet deem.
The total weight was over two tons. and
the cost was put down at $3.50 1t was
drawn by ten horses. The pie when cut
into, was gamey, and few could eat il.
A smaller pie was made on Sept 5. 1887.
and fully 1000 persons dined off IT. The
coming pie will be feet s inches in
width, 10 feet inches in length. Owing
to the large crowds which assemble. arr
ransements are being made for mounted
and other police. Barriers will be erected
to prevent undue crushing and to proven +
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