The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

One of the most remarka BILE products
of Nevada is a species of wood known as
mountain mahogany, which, when dry.
is as hard as lockwood, very fine grained,
red in color and of very high specific grav-
ity. 1t has been used for boxes for shaft
ings, and in some instances for slides and
dies In quartz batteries. 1t burns with a
blaze as long-lasting as ordinary wood,
but after going through what appears to
be regular combustion it is found almost
unchanged in form, being converted into a
charcoal tnat lasts about twice as long as
ordinary wood, giving out intense heat,
greater than coal all the time.
w. J. Green, a Pittsburg grocer, bav-
ing had his supply of city water shut off
as the result of a dispute with the rate
assessor, bethought himself of a well in
his yard and a tank on his roof. To fill
the one from the other seemed to neces-
state lot of work, done either by Mr.
Green or by his coal heap but after pro-
longed study of the situation, he rugged
up a swing over the WE'LL connected 1t in
some subtle manner with the pump ham
die, and then invited the children of the
neighborhood to come and have lots of
run. They came, had it, and the tank
Keeps full all the time. So at least saws
the Pittsburg Mercantile Journal.
Have you ever noticed" inquired the
Observant Man, according to the Phila-
delphta Record, that in speaking to for
eigners you unconsciously raise your voice
to the same pitch and degree of force as
in addressing a person who is partially
deafY Well, you do, whether you've no
ticed it or not. Next time a foreigner in
your hearing asks some one question in
badly fractured English just listen for the
reply. You will find that the answer will
be given in louder tone than is usually
employed in conversation, and with the
careful and distinct articulation which you
involuntarily use in talking to person of
defective hearing or in speaking into a
telephone transmitter. The why of it?
All! now you've got me-"
The annual Lion sermon" which has
just been preached in the Church of ST.
Katharine Cree, LeadenhaI street, Lon
don, has been preached in the same church
for 251 years. It's origin is due to one
Sir John Gayer, a former lord mayor of
London, who, travelling in a wild part of
Asia far in advance of his attendants
suddenly found himself alone and face to
face with lion. Being pious man. Sir
John fell en- his knees and prayed God 10
protect him in his hour of need. The
prayer was answered, for on rising Sir
| John saw the animal walking away. Con-
sidering his escape miraculous on his re,
! turn to London Sir John set aside a fund
| be purchased for distribution to the poor
on each succeeding anniversary and a SER
mon be preached to tell future generations
how God heard his prayer and delivered
him from the mouth of the lion
The most curious of all the ways of
spreading the seeds is that adopted by
! the jewelweed, says ST. Nicholas This
| is handsome plant, often seen in shady
places along brooks. 1t owes it's name to
the dew that in early morning hangs in
| glistening drops, like small round dia-
| monds along the scalloped edges of the
| leaves. Late in summer-in August and
September-the jewel-weed is covered
| with pretty flowers, something like snap
| dragon blossoms, orange-red spotted with
! brown. Later on, when the seeds are rfpe.
the lightest touch will make the pods that
hold them burst open suddenly, and scat
| ter them far and wide, like shot from a
| tiny cannon. For this reason the Euro
! pean jewel-weed is known as Nolime-
| tangere which is Latin for '"Touch me
| not. The garden balsam, or lady-sIip-
per. relative of the jewel-weed, has the
same sort of elastically-opening pods.
"A man may change his bumps, says
the New York Times That is the en-
| couraging conclusion of the phrenologists.
Miss Jessie Fowler of the College of Phre-
nology says she has seen a mans head
chahse ana vary from an inch to an inch
and half in the course of several wears
This was owing to his change of
| and interest in things calling for the Dlav
| OF different characteristics. If we under
| stood phrenology we could read in indeli-
Bile lines any changes of character in our
| friends. That might not be so easy, how
| ever as to obtain a first and thorough
| knowledge of them. That is supposed TO
| be one of the benefits of phrenological
| education. The College of Phrenoloev is
quite different from other collegiate insti-
| buttons. 1t is in session only two months
| in the year-September and October-and
! It's students are a varied class of people
| Many of them intend to take up phrenol-
| ogy as a business, but others make
study of it for their own benefit. At the
| last session of the school there were sew
eral lawyers among the students, doctor
| and minister. They all believed that
| knowledge Of the art might aid them in
| their several professions The minister. a
man from another state, mad engaged
SUBSTITUTE for his pulpit during his alb
| Sence and only made one or two visits
| home during the college session. All these
| men expect to give their respective pa-
| irons most satisfactory advice when thew
| are able to more thoroughly understand
| their characters, and also, perhaps. to
make better selections of friends The
| people who advocate a course of selection
|
| do not know how much the phrenologists
are consulted in such cases. This is more
| perhaps, in regard to the adaptability of
character than anything else. Young
man had his head examined at the college
recently, and not long after a young wo-
man appeared who wished to know her
chief characteristics, and-if she and tbe
young man aforementioned would make
satisfactory companions for life Eyes -
answered Miss Fowler you are admir-
ably adapted to each other if Won are
careful about two things. He has a great
deal of conjugality-the capacity for CEN
tering his affection upon one person-and
he may be jealous Then you both have
strong tempers II you wish him 10 do
anything suggest, do not command II
or he will be apt to make an Opposite
stand" 1t is to be supposed that the
young couple were married and lived han
py ever after. 1t is not certain that an
the applicants follow all the good advice
given them.
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