The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

nltcee OF ElErENEllenr - are the GduAL-
ters Of army officers. while nearly as
many are the daughters Of physicians
and surgeons.
"A German doctor. who has been col
Letting Information about the habits Of
long-lived persons, finds that the major
ity of those who attain old al &c INDUCED
in late hours. Eight out Of ten persons
over 80 never Went TO bed until well into
the small hours. and did not get up again
til late in the day.
Greek fire. which had several other
names-wild fire. liquid fire. wet fire and
fire rain-descriptive Of its destructive
ness, is said TO have been the most de-
structive engine of war previous TO gun
powder. Discovered by Callinicus. a Sy-
rian, it was first used in the siege Of Con
stantinopie, 6I3,67S. and at Mecca, SO
In former times chapels We're com
monty built on bridges ar the entrance
Of towns and villages, but the custom
has long since fallen into disuse, and
very few of these structures remain to-
day. One of the best existing specimens
may be seen at Rotterdam. II stands
on the bridge crossing the Don. and was
built in 1883. Leland mentions it in 1850.
Every one is familiar with the phen-
Omenon of echoes. In a cave in the Pam
theon the guide by striking the flap of
his coat, makes a noise equal 10
12-pound cannon's report. The singular
ity is noticed. in a lesser degree, in the
| Mammoth cave in Kentucky. In the cave
of Smeln, near Niborg. in Finland. a cat
or dog thrown in will make a screaming
echo lasting some minutes.
A South American lady is quoted as
saying that some tune ago. in the absence
"A
dearth at the time. she washed her face
with some of the juice of a watermelon.
| The result was so soothing that she re-
| peatedly washed her face in this manner
and her establishment was great, a few
| days later, on seeing that there was not
a freckle left on her previously befreckled
| face.
The old story of an immense herd of
camels roaming about in Arizona has
been revived again. and is going the
/ rounds of the press. The Arizona Re
/ publican. after saying that the story has
| been denied for years. declares that there
is not a camel to be found anywhere with
in the borders of Arizona. But 1t expects
| to find the story bob up again. as usual
next year. except that the herd of camels
will be much larger
-Brevity in kilograms is an. essential
requisite. more particularly as far as
the sender's pocket is concerned. Las.
| week a very sedate-looking man entered
| a Berlin telegraph office and handed in
| the following dispatch: Pastor Ahrens-
| Nordheim-Epistle st. John III verses Is
| and a." The operator, who was not
over well at home in Biblical lore, had
curiosity enough to look up the quota
| tons at home and found the following,
verse 10: Il had many things to write
but 1 will not with ink and pen write unto
| thee" and verse IA: But l trust / shall
| shortly see thee, and We shall speak face
| to face" These sentences, briefly and
| happily condensed as above, saved the
pious sender l mark and 10 pfennige.
The recent polar expeditions prompt
a Hebrew contemporary to call attention
to the fact that Jewish merchants, now
three hundred years ago, 1886, contributed
the money for fitting out seven ships ia
go to the Kara. sea from Amsterdam, says
the Baltimore Sun. There were several
Jews on board to act as interpreters with
the Saracen people supposed to be living
in Eastern Siberia. The expedition end
ed disastrously. only twelve of the par
Elephants returning from this fruitless voy-
age. Among kane's companions in 1856
were two Jews, one of whom was frozen
to death. August Sontag, director OF
the Dudley observatory, joined DR..
Hayes in 1860 and became a victim OF
the hardships of his venture. Edward
Israel was the astronomer of the Lady
Franklin bay cruise 1SS1-4 and perish he'd
with two-thirds of the number of thai
unfortunate party near Cape Sabine. The
physician of the Austrian-Polar expedi-
ton 1924, was DR.. Kepes a Jew Hal
and Mares were also accompanied by
Jews. Among Jewish Arctic explorers OF
modern fame were Emil Bessels of Hell
delberg and DR.. F. Boas. The latter lived
for three years among the Esquimaux
and studied their language and customs.
Husband and wife frequently grow to
look alike. This statement has often been
made and physiognomists say it is prov
ed by the facts, and that close, continued
and intimate association does produce a
likeness in features, says the New York
Herald. This claim has been made for
many noted men and their wives all
Through history. and among the last we
have seen exhibited in proof of the doc
trine are the faces of Maj. and Mrs Nc
Kinley. But more strange than the fact
laid down is the one that human faces
grow to look like the faces of animals, in
animate faces and even like inanimate OBJ
| JectS. All can remember, particularly In
their boyhood days companions who look
ed like their dogs, their sleds and even
the houses they lived in. When You visit
the menageries, notice the men who have
been longest in charge of the animals, in
CluQlng CnOSe IN the monkey house, and
draw your own conclusions. Then, if YOU
want to see remarkable instance of this
likeness through association, walk in the
streets about Madison square, and YOU
will see a man who is selling soft rubber
dolls heads, that can be squeezed into al
sorts of disgusting shapes, besides be
made to take on expressions more or less
pleasing. Look at the man and look al
the little rubber countenances between his
thumb and finger Observe closely. com.
pare the two, and see how very. very fire.
quently the expressions will be strikingly
alike.
Concerning the rich fruit of the lotus
which grew luxUriantly in the Nile, MANY
charming legends have been told. 1t was
l | believed that it is so delightful that those
? who ate of it would never leave The spot
where it grew, but for it would abandon
home and friends to spend their lives il
a dream Of serene delight Homer. IL
the odyssey, mentions the lotus-eaters
) who lived on the northern coast of Africa
and records their attempts to detain the
followers of Ulysses by giving them THE
: fruits of the lotus TO eat, so that the,