The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


in Switzerland. An Italian, Al years old
who five years ago became a deaf mute
in consequence of a serious disease was
startled by the sudden appearance of a
runaway horse. As he jumped aside to
avoid the animal he uttered a ioud scream
and after it had gone by found that he was
able to talk and hear.
Prof Willis L. Moore, in a recent lee
ture, cited statistics to show what a great
effect the weather conditions have on
crime. There is a larger proportion of
crime in the hot months than in the very
cold ones, although there is much more
inducement for crime in the winter.
From the records compiled by a weather
bureau official a few years ago, it was
found that while there were ], 600 suicides
and $500 murders during the three warm
est months of the year, there were but
1,2C0 suicides and LOO murders during the
three coolest months.
The construction of trolley car line
from Cairo to the Pyramids has now been
followed by the placing of a steamboat
on the river Jordan, which makes the jour
ney from Jericho to Tiberias-that is to
say, from the Dead Sea to the Lake of
Galilee-in about seven hours. If matters
go on at this rate we shall before long
witness the installation of electric light
in the mysterious caves beneath the
mosque at Hebron, and ROntgen rays APP
piled to the mummies of Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and the other patriarchs who are
supposed to repose there.
In an article entitled Made in Japan"
the Pail Mall Gazette describes how man
ufacturing nations have always en-
croached upon each others domains. The
Dutch, importing English clay, made good
profit out of limitations of Chinese porce-
a.
became firmly established in the remarks
of the world as Delft were. English pot
ters copied the Dutch pattern, sod it a
good deal cheaper and the North of Eng
land became the headquarters for Delft
china. Lately the Japanese, having &C
quainted themselves with the patterns best
liked in England, encroach upon the do
main long monopolized by the English
potter. The Japanese product is much
cheaper than the best English ware, and
thus Japan is providing the markets with
goods which were originally regarded as a
Chinese monopoly. 1t should be added.
however, that in deepness and richness
of color neither England nor Japan has
equalled the superb blue of the Dutch
Delft. The modern imitation is a pottery
craze with which our own Trenton potters
are afflicted. But the modern blue is no
more like the old than midnight is like
nooday in warmth or beauty.
William A. Goodrich, A. NJ, architect
and engineer at Baltimore, Nd, has
| given some very interesting opinions re-
| garding the use of red as a color for build
ings, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. He
says this color produces many optic and
astigmatic malformations." Also speaks
of the soothing effect upon the optic nerve
of a change from a red brick street to
yellow buff or white facades. Further
n q a
luted concentric ray ever active when red
brick is in mass. The sensation is a
twisting or rending of the nerves that
focus the sight rays, so that they cross
each other in irregular curves and angles
and tangents." This produces the de-
formities that engender myoptic and as
tigmatic optics. In city built largely of
red brick large per cent. of the popula-
| ton, even little children, are specialized.
| Nature uses this color very sparingly.
| Red blossoms are seldom fragrant This
| color is not often seen in any remedial
agent in a college of pharmacy. Mr..
| Goodrich greets gladly the architectural
change wherein mellow shades of white,
yellow buff, drab and pearl are giving an
| appearance of luxury and refinement to
| streets that red could never assume. He
| cites a case where a Partisan landlord
| painted his store front a glazing red. This
so detracted from the show windows and
| played across the way, causing them 10
show in such uncanny colors, that it him
dered their sale The courts awarded
heavy damages to the merchants and the
landlord was compelled to remove tae
obnoxious red color.
The Forum for March contains an ar
ticle on modern Greece from the pen of
the late Prof. Blackie, which is specially
interesting in view of the recent stand
taken by that brave little kingdom. Prof.
Blackie points out-a fact that has been
demonstrated afresh since his article was
written-that Greece, behind an outward
show of slavish debasement to the Turk,
has had a heart of sturdy Independence
that cherished the patriotic memories of
ages and has seized eagerly on every
chance that might enable her to stand be-
fore the world in the attitude and char
acter that has given her the most prom
inent place in the history of the human
race. The Greeks were politically extin-
guished by the Turks in 1853 but intel
lectually and morally they remained free,
and the Turks were glad to employ the
intelligent and enlightened Greeks of Con-
stantinople as governors for their half
conquered provinces. These men, out
wardly doing duty for their masters were
silently but effectively preparing the way
for the two years struggle which gave
Greece the right to look Europe in the
race as noble people, determined to die
rather than live the slaves of a hateful
tyranny. In 1886 Athens was little better
than ruined village. and it's amazing
growth in the course of half a century
into an imposing city, asserting it's place
among other famous European cities that
combine commercial enterprise with culti-
waited intelligence is due to tie noble "a
triotic pride of the Greeks. A humorous
class of eXpatriated Greeks, all over Eu-
rope, in Asia Minor and in Africa. out
side of Greece bodily, but intensely beating
with warm pulses of patriotism from the
moment of the publicly recognized indie
pendence of their fatherland looked to
the ruins of Athens as the natural soil in
20 which their liberal patriotism was to
cast the seeds of a swift resurrection. ."
FUNDS were Immediately subscribed. with
which schools and colleges, museums and
benevolent associations of all kinds were
set in motion, ana "a rotten old Turkish
village rose into a position Of honora BILE
rivalry with the fairest cities Of western
Europe Greece, though the most pic
turesque and interesting of all European
countries, far more attractive even than
Switzerland, Is comparatively little
known to English-speaking travellers
Two reasons for this state of affairs q "a