The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


crease in the number of technical schools
for Jewish boys.
"A foreign Jewish newspaper complains
of the Jewish disregard for the journals
of Judaism. It says: ''The great majority
of Jews never read a Jewish paper, and
there are very many educated Jews who
do not know of the existence of a Jewish
press These remarks, says the New York
Sun, do not apply to the Jews of the
United States, who support a large num-
Der of Jewish journals, many of which cir
culate by thousands and appear to be pros
porous.
-Chone is the name given by the Kan
akas to a tree which fiourishes in New
Caledonia. 1t reaches the hight of forty
feet and puts forth a beautiful white
flower with a perfume resembling the Jas
mine. The tree yields a milky juice. like
the india-rubber tree which, when evap-
GRATED, leaves a black gum that softens
in boiling water like gutta percha. 1t is
impermeable, like gutta percha, but has
the advantage of dissolving in petroleum
The solution painted or fioated on wood
and allowed to evaporate leaves thin
gum impervious TO water. Leath-
er impermeated with the gum
can remain in the water for
hours before it will become moist
A French scientist claims that 1t will
make an excellent waterproof varnish for
boots when it is dissolved in the essence
Of turpentine.
-Four thousand two hundred species of
plants are used for commercial purposes
in Europe. OF these, 42O have a perfume
that is pleasing and they are used largely
in the manufacture of soaps, scents and
sachets. Eleven hundred and twenty-four
species of white plants are gathered, a
larger number than of any other one col
or, and of these the extraordinary large
number of 1877 have sweet scents. Next
in order come the yellow blossoms. 957,
n of them being perfumed. Red flowers
number S23, of which 81 are scented The
blue flowers, 594 varieties. have only "a
understanding ones among their number,
and the violet blossoms amount to 30S
kinds, 10 of which have pleasant odors
Everywhere in Italy the viticulturists are
laboring to keep the vines free of the
fungicides which caused such serious loss
es last year.
"A headache should be treated as a
symptom and not as a disease. says the
Philadelphia Record. Nothing is more
harmful than to give a sufferer from head
ache drugs to ease the pain. The cause of
the headache, instead, should be treated.
Headache may be caused by diseased con-
ditions of the blood, by nervous irritation
and by Inflammation of the nerves of the
head or adjacent tissues this last being
infrequent. Liver torpidty and catarrhal
troubles have much to do with headaches,
as they affect the blood. Nerve irritation
comes in many forms The nerves ter
inmate throughout the body in the mus
cles and on mucous surfaces, in delicate
filaments and little round bodies. Contin-
IF Ic
headache. An eminent physician says the
best treatment for headache is proven
tive, and If we would all allot eight hours
for work. eight for play and eight for
sleep we would rarely suffer from this
cause. For nervous headache hot bath.
a stroll in the cool air. or nap in a cool,
quiet room will often be found success
full. headache from fatigue may be
helped by pressing a sponge wet with hot
water on the nape Of the neck and on the
temples. Neuralgia is caused not only
by cool air, but by acidity of the stomach.
starved nerves or imperfect diet Heat is
the best remedy and mustard plasters ap-
piled to the. stomach and legs will do
more good than any medicine. Cold water
applied to the nerves in front of the ear
has been known to work magic in chasing
away neuralgia pains. Bilious or sick
headaches are common to the first half
of life, and sometimes stop of their own
accord when one reaches middle age They
come when a person has eaten food which
does not digest readily and careful diet
is imperative, sweetmeats and pastry be-
ing especially dangerous. The headache
which comes from diseased eyes is most
common and least recognized. It's syrnp-
toms are pain in the eyes, temples and over
the brows. Hot water is a very valuable
stimulant for the eyes
DIR. James Weir writes in the Medical
Record that some animals, exceedingly
low in the scale of life, give evidences of
the possession of a ratiocinative faculty
the same in kind, though net in degree
as that possessed by man. The doctor
quotes the results of his observations of
minute animalculae of very low organiza-
ton. In his experiments he saw memory.
conscious observation and the funda-
mental principles of reason clearly dem
onstrated." In the case of a wasp, the
doctor relates an instance in which af-
ter disagreeable effort to fly through
glass window, the insect sought for other
means OF egress, and after having dis
covered small hole in one of the panes
made use of it afterward, even when the
window was open. In his experience with
meas, however, DR.. Weir draws very heav-
lily upon our faith in mankind. we all
know says the Baltimore Sun, that this
little pest has trick of vanishing lust
ABOUT the time we are about to annihilate
him, and while we are quite prepared to
invest him with the attribute of malice
we must confess that the quality of con-
scious humor had not occurred to us nm
to this time. The flea, according to the
doctor, is an insect of infinite Jest. which
leases his brothers and sisters lust as the
naughty little boy in the book. This 10
not theory of the doctors, but is the re-
suit OF his observation. He has seen the
comedy enacted on dogs legs, where
t1ea is supposed to be happiest Herear-
ter, when an unfortunate mortal is the
victim of fiea's agility and is CHASING
the nimble little insect from head to heel
II may relieve the bite to be Informed that
Mr.. Flea is simply getting rid of his sn-
perabundant humor and is ENJOYING the
situation most keenly. That reflection
may make us kinder to an insect which
In proportion to size, has a greater canan'
ity for producing misery than any other
insect known to the entomologist or snf-
fering humanity. When the flea IS 80
vortine'' over the human body do NOT
grow angry or profane. He is only arnus1
ing himself 1t is his way of joking,