The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A ton o. Atlantic water. when eva /
GRATED. yields 81 pounds Of salt; ton 1 /
Pacific water, 70 pounds: the water I'll
the Dead sea more than twice as much-i
Isl pounds 10 the ton.
"A mathematician has computed the
movements Of a riders feet while working
a bicycle, and demonstrated that II re-
quires less exertiOn 10 travel fifteen miles
on bicycle than to walk three miles.
Mr.. z. B. Turner, T. R. c. S.. writing
IN the British Medical Journal. says that
in functional arrangement Of the liver, in
whatever form il shows itself. bicycle eX-
ercise surpasses even calomel as rem
edy, and acts like a charm in those all
ments which arise from too much acid
IN tne system. In nervous breakdown, al
so, il is very valuable; in fact, many brain
workers now consider a daily ride indis-
pensa bic II their work is 10 remain at con-
cert Pitch and in the anaemia OF young
girls steel In the form OF the wheel Is even
more effectual than steel in "drOpt."
Many sufferers from sick headache, neu-
Talgia and hysteria have reaped much ban
eft from regulated cycle riding, and may
cases Of sO-called palpitation have ben
cured.
"A modern small arm, capable of ter
rife power and firing the smallest bullet
yet adapted in this country for military
purposes Is 10 De SuDnllEQ 10 Inc navy.
and marine corps in a week or two. says
a Washington dispatch. The smallness OF
the bullet Of the new rifle is the main and
only objection TO il. The piece is the light
est OF any yet adopted, and the velocities
obtained have been far higher than those
of the best English and French guns It's
range is treble that Of the Winches ler. and
It's penetrating qualities six times as great
as those Of any guns heretofore Used in
the navy. Il is cOntended that a bullet
as small Is that fred from the new gun
VIII not stop a man in action. The terrific
velocity generated by the gun send the
ball with such force that its path through
a human being is even and not marked by
ragged cuts, and bones wnen hit will not
be shattered, but pierced. II. on the other
hand, man is struck in the head the
effect viii be to cause an explosion of the
head, and this would be true of the heat
and lungs or any part Of the human ana
omy where gases or liquid are found.
old Roman and Greek coins are found
in large quantities every year in tombs and
in the ruins of old houses. says Harper S
Round Table. Messrs. Hunt and Gren-
fell found two large jars of Roman silver
and gold coins in Lower Egypt last win
ter in which were over 1000 coins in per-
feet preservation. The latest coins were
those of Hadrian "a. d. 1881 and Marcus
Aurelious Ga. d. 16I. All over Europe, Asia
and Africa similar finds are frequent. In
June, 1893, some boys found a box contain
ing 1000 coins, which were mostly English
OF the reign of William the Conquerer
"a. d. 1855 and William Rufus "a. D.
100. In 1882 the sexton of Hexham church
while digging a grave, found a brass buck
ct containing over 5000 coins Of the early
saxon kings Of England about A. D. 500
In High Wycombe a shepherd boy found
a large number Of British gold coins which
had been hidden over 1890 years. In 1881
a chest containing over 10000 coins of Ed.
ward l and II about A. D. 1900 was un-
earthed at Tutbury, and not far from this
ma another box was dug up containing
over 1900 gold and silver coins, mostly
Saxon (about A. d. 500, but containine
many foreign coins. 1t was proba bly, the
entire stock of some money-broker who
was obliged to fee for his life.
The efficacy of salt air as a natural
specific for many diseases, neurasthenis
nervous prostration) in particular. is
we'll known. says the Hartford Times
Many neurathenics who have taken Ions
sea trips have been permanently improv-
ed, and some have been entirely cured
| There has been, however, a seeming fail.
ure in the salt air cure" in cases where
neurasthenics have passed weeks or ever
months at seaside resorts This is ex.
planned by the fact lately scientifically
demonstrated, that in calm weather the
atmosphere at such resorts contains
no appreciable quantity Of sea salt. Ac.
cording to an article in the Revue Sci.
I
caused, by means of an aspirator 100
liters of air, under the conditions given
10 pass through a solution of silver. Nc
cloudiness could be discerned in the so.
luton, and consequently it was proved
that the air contained no salt In con.
sequence of this and similar experiments
IL is shown that the air contains salt
only when wind from off the sea is
strong enough to carry in mechanical
suspension salt spray from the wave
crests. The salt of sea water Is not held
in the air in solution. THE evident con.
! clusion IS that to obtain the beneficial
| action of sea air we must go where the
air is sufficiently agitated by the wind
to continually hold the sea water in sus.
| pension. Such localities are infinitely
more beneficial and active" There art
Such localities on the seashore but they
| are usually inferior in results to a triI
on the sea, with its motion directly over
the health-giving salt waters.
The musical. or whistling tree. is found
in the West Indian Islands, in Nubia
! and the Soudan. 1t has a peculiar-shapec
| leaf, and pods with a split or open edge
| The wind passing through these SENDS
out the sound which gives the tree its
peculiar name. In Barbados there is ?
valley nled with these trees, and wher
the trade winds blow across the islands
a constant moaning, deep-tOned whistle
IS heard from it, which in the still hours
OF the night, has a very weird and un.
ptedSdul eleCt. A species of acacia
which grows very abundantly in thf
Soudan, is also called the whistlins- tree
by the natives. Its shoots are frequently
by the agency of the larvae of insects. dis.
torted in shape, and swollen into a glob
ular bladder from one to two inches ir
diameter. After the insect has emergec
from a circular hole in the side of this
sWellng. the opening, played upon BY
the wind, becomes musical Instrument
equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute.
One Peter Brossoit of Belle River
Canada, distinguished himself some time
ago by carrying off prizes at the county
fair for embroidery, crochet, beadwork
etc, and the papers published paragraphs
on "Canada's New Man." says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. He has a ri.
val in town of Ontario. In preference
TO playing marbles, shiny or other how.
ish sports, youth of that town used t.
sit with girls and surpass them in the
use. of the needle. One day he appeared
with pillbox in hand and exclaimed
i've made the most delightful little Dill.
low sham" He brought forth a minia.
ture piece of work exquisitely finished
He not only did plain sewing and fancy
work, but turned his hand at the family
millinery His 6na avohrog5o.t--