The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-25
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fishermen are forced to serve on board
ship that there are scarcely any left to go
fishing.
The cliff where more sea birds are said
to build their nests than in any other
place in the world is on the coast of Nor
way 1t is loo feet high. and goes by the
name of Observation-Disclosures I<ittiwakes
have built their nests of bent and seaweed
Tor ages in innumerable quantities.
Circus rings always are uniform in size.
Circus horses are trained to perform in a
standard ring forty-two feet in diameter.
In larger or a smaller ring their pace
becomes uneven, irregular and unreliable,
and the riders in turning somersaults are
liable to miscalculate the curve, and miss
their footing.
Charles o. Cappers, an amateur trap
per of Lewiston, Me, says the skunk is
the biggest fool in the world, and one can
be caught any night in a flour barrel. All
that it is necessary to do is to incline an
empty barrel over a stone. or something
hunk of bread, or almost anything to bait
it. Along comes a skunk in the night, he
smells the bait, jumps into the tilted bar
rel, his weight tips it up, and there he is,
and he can't get out.
The Paris Velo, a daily journal de-
voted to the bicycle, has opened its col
umns to opinions, in interview or commu-
nication, concerning the bill providing for
a bicycle tax which will shortly be de-
bated in the Chamber of Deputies. A re-
porter of the Velo called on Emile lola,
who is well known as an enthusiastic eye
list. The novelist's answer TO the ques-
ton, should tax be levied on bicycles?
was short and simple: Il would have BIZ
cycles relieved of all tax. and my reason
is simply that any impeachment placed in
the way of the free exercise and develop
ment of the wheel is social error"
The part played by the Bank of Spain
in floating the new loan destined to pro-
vide resources for the continuance of the
war in Cuba has placed that institution
in a very awkward position, says
the New York Tribune. For, in addition
to the immense sums which it has furnish
ed to the government itself, it has adj
vanced one way and another nearly $40,-
100000 to people who subscribed for the
loan. The bank may, therefore, be said
money subscribed. Besides this, the bank
is a creditor to the government under va
riouS heads to the extent of more than
$250,000,000. Inasmuch as the capital fully
paid uD of the bank, together with its re-
serve fund, only amounts to $50, 100000, IL
will readily be seen that the strain to which
this the leading financial institution in
Spain, is being subjected is tremendous
and cannot be continued much longer be-
fore disaster ensues.
An ingenious person named Krohn,
whose patience is evidently more highly
developed than his sense of humor, has
been making some experiments that are
supposed to be very important to scien-
tif1c teachers, says the Bookman- He has
found that it takes a young child 364-l000
of a second to recognize the letter C, S5S-
1000 of second to recognize the letter a,
and 3S9-1OO0 of second to recognize the
letter t. while the word cat as a whole
is recognized in S89-10OO of second. There
fore, he says, primary teaching should be
done by words and not by letters, and the
letters should be 1-12 of an inch high and
printed in a line not more than four inches
ont Of " hxnv hah hos
discovered all these things, but that does
not matter; for he is evidently a very pro-
found person. We have done some figur-
ing ourselves on the basis of his research
es, and We found that, following out his
method and adopting his kind of reading
book book, child OF years. in an Jay average &c
of minute out of its valuable time
Think of that!
Every few years somebody in Mexico
collects a lot of the seeds known as Jump
ing beans" and sends them north for the
mystification, edification, or amusement,
as the case may be, of people to whom
these eccentric combinations of animal
and vegetable life are not familiar saws
the New York Times A consignment of
the seeds reached London recently, and
they have attracted considerable attention.
Conrad Cooke. the electrician, made a care
fu. study of them, and one of his discov-
grow on species of euphor bum) seem
able, when laid on a fiat surface to travel
horizontally in given direction, but when
suspended in air they are absolutely de-
void of lateral movement A bean hung
by fibre will jump sometimes half an inch
upward but will never acquire pendulum
movement. Similarly, bean mounted at
the end of quill, and fitted with a mir
ror, IKE galvanometer needle will cause
a spot OF light to move UP and down YER
tlcal scale, but never off it. The reason
Tor this is difficult to seek The move
ments are caused by the convulsive action
Of a grup, which chooses this seed for its
a 10 nc 80 IT,
tloie, 1t has been supposed that the egg is
lald in the flower and becomes incornor-
ated with the seed. After emergence and
passing into the cocoon state, the GRIM
develops into moth similar to the Goblin
molh, whose grub is so destructive to an
pies. ~ aP
The French author, Maurice Cabs. re-
Gently published in the Republioue Fran
caise an essay about the restaurants and
eating houses of Paris relating many IN
terestlng details. His story of how tha
term restaurant" was first used is well
worth repeating. For a long time inns
anu eating houses in France We're only
INTENDED for the benefit of traveIinS,
people for the people took their meals
az az homes, and restaurants were unknown
me hrst enterprise of the kind was
founded in Paris in 1865 citizen b,,
the name of Boulanger opened in The
rue rnl des Pouiies an eating house where
soup; meat, fowl and eggs were served
A chronicler relates that meals uera
served there on small round, marble
taoles, and everything was scrIipuIoIIsiv
cream. over the entry to this first eatinS
mouse the proprietor had hung a sign, nm
on which were the Latin words: '9Venite
al me omnes quae stomacho laboratis ct
ego restaurabo vosv' Come unto me All
ye whose stomachs need attention ana 7
VIII restore thent). This is a parody on
tne Well-known Biblical quotation
come unto me all We who labor and are
heavy laden, and l will give Won rest );
only In place of the labor and heavy
laden he said whose stomachs need at.
tention. The word ''restaurabo :" from
the Latin ''restaurare (restore or re-
1resn) was the main characteristic Of fhe
new establishment, and gave il its name
Boulanger amassed large fortune for
his enterprise prove eminently successfnl.
put ne was soon initiated. some of his i'm,
ltators becoming more famous than he
IKE Borel, at whose place 100 wears ago
meals could be had for $50 francs (s30l ner
cover WV" Pc
One of the latest novelties in the line Of
war material is an equipment consisting of
two rapid fire guns mounted on an auto
car, says the Scientific American. The an
pa;ra , has been designed by E. J. PEN
nlngton, the well-known inventor of the
autocar and motor cycle movement The
autocar IS driven by a sixteen-horse mower
engine, the wheels having four a., 80