The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Inc JAPANESE are 10 nave superb eA-
hibition at Toxic. the buildings covering
some ten acres of grounds. and the ex-
hibits numbering over 10000. The collec-
ton of gas and electrical appliances, many
of which are of native invention, viii
be especially interesting.
Many tales have been told of the I'M
willingness of the Chinese to see the adj
vantages of the Introduction of the tee
graph into China. A telegraph journal
now adds TO the number by the recital of
an incident connected with the first cable
along the coast from Tekin to Shanghai.
Soon after the cable was faid, a lottery
drawing came off in Pekin in which many
of the residents of Shanghai held tickets.
One of the gamblers so far overcame his
distrust of the cable as TO have the WIN
ming numbers sent him, and he bought the
tickets bearing them from his more skep-
tical townsmen, realizing a small fortune
on the transaction. Not long after there
was a scanty crop of rice in the upper
provinces, and a Shanghai merchant tele-
graphed TO Pekin instructions 10 buy
heavily. The ultimate result was that
he sold at an immense profit and retired
on an independency. BY degrees it began
TO dawn on the Chinese that it was just
as well not to tear down telegraph wires,
as the telegraph was fairly good thing
TO have around.
Prince Min of Korea induced Landor
to paint his portrait, says an exchange.
The artist thus describes the scene: For
three hours he sat motionless and speech
less like a stat 1t Is Finished l final
ly said, and he sprang up in a childlike
fashion and came over to look at the work.
His delight was unbonded, and he seized
my hand and shook it most enthusiast
cally After this he suddenly became
at he
ed at the back of it. He seemed horri-
fed. What is 1T? 1 inquired of his
royal highness. You have not put in
my jade decoration said he, almost in
despair. l had, of course, painted his
portrait full face and as the Koreans have
the strange notion of wearing their dec
orations in the shape of small button of
jade, gold, silver or amber, behind the
left ear, these, of course, did not appear.
thereon. No explanation of the theory of
European art would satisfy the sitter so
to pacify him l executed a rapid sketch of
his profile, bringing in the ornament. That
is all very well he said, but where is the
other eyer -
An English paper describes the electri-
cal equestrienne performance of Mdlle.
Rosina. This lady appears in the ring,
which is otherwise In darkness, with both
herself and her horse outlined with minia-
ture electric lamps, which give sufficient
light to enable her to go through her per-
Torrance of juggling, etc. There are IS
lamps on the horse and lady, each of 70
volts. There are six cells, each giving about
two to 225 volts, carried in the saddle of
the horse, and each cell measures 1% inch
es by inches by inches high, and weighs
six pound six ounces, so that the extra
weight carried by the horse is only little
over 50 pounds. Mr.. Sharman, the per-
formers in
getting anybody in England to undertake
to supply the cells to weigh under 40
pounds and at the same time to give suf-
ticient output to keep the lamps brilliant
during the turn. However, eventually Mr..
Ellison undertook the job, and after six
months use the cells appear to be still in
perfectly good condition. Mr.. Sharman
carries about with him seven ampere, 20
volt dynamo and a small gas engine, for
charging the cells, so that he is always
Independent of any outside supply for his
current.
There is good scientific authority for
the assertion that old maids are favora-
BILE to the growth of clover seed. Both
Darwin and Prof Huxley are the authori-
ties for this strange statement The clover
blossom has a long tube, in which it's
honey is concealed. Only one insect, the
humble-bee has a proboscis long enough
to insert in this tube and extract the hon.
ey. Humble-bees are, therefore, the only
insects attracted to clover blossoms, and
they alone fertilize the clover by carrying
the pollen from one blossom to another
on their hairy legs The more bees fire.
quentng a meadow the larger will be the
yield of clover seed. Field mice feed upon
humble-bees; therefore, the more field mice
the fewer humbe-bees and the less clover
seed. Cats eat mice, and among the fields
a
than elsewhere, owing to the presence of
the cats The more cats the fewer mice, the
more humble-bees and the more clover
seed. This is the limit of Prof. Darwin's
chain of cause and effect but Prof. Hulk
ley adds another link thereto. Old maids,
he says, are great cat keepers; therefore,
the more old maids in a certain district
the greater the number of cats, the fewer
the MICE the more bees and the more Glow
| er seed.
Education is playing sad havoc with
the teeth of modern generations, says the
London Telegraph. So an experienced
dentist in the West End says, and he
ought to know. Formerly decayed teeth
were generally attributed to secret fond
ness for bon-bons, but the idea is, it APP
pears, quite mistake. In fact, sugar is
rather nourishing than otherwise. The
truth is that the ancient sturdy, square
Jaw Oh lHe tnSliSn race is changing,
through lessons and book learning, to an
angular or V-shape, which presses the
molars one upon the other does not give
them room to grow and will in time
prevent some of them cutting at ALL In
deed, this catastrophe is not infrequent
already. In many cases the original teeth
are becoming less in number than they
ought to be- and often the "wisdomers''
fail to appear. This in an educated Jaw
is lamentable The new facial form is
according to the dentist much cultivated
by ladies, who find that it is popular
among gentlemen. The latter like women
with the educated" angle of chin, which
generally carries with It pearly but very
frail teeth. If the specialist be right this
process of selection, aided by further les
sons and more study, will. in the course
of time, produce race without any teeth
at all. Then will the dentist make for
tunes-for people will require complete
artificial sets from babyhood onward.
Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiold is the
most widely known of Sweden's great
men. Although distinguished for his ia rot1,,