The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

or these things before.
Aristotle mentions a woman who had
five living children at one birth four times
successfully; Menage tells of one who had
twenty-one children in seven years.
A new steering device for ships con-
trolls the rudder by pneumatic pressure,
the air being forced into a cylinder on
either side OF the rudder-post by means of
the steering wheel in the pilot house
An automatic stereopticon has just
been patented, which has a series of pic
lures set in revolving wheel, which are
brought in turn before the lenses by pull
ing cord, so that the lecturer can oper-
ate his own instrument.
-Blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food; no heat
or waste, says Good Housekeeping. Wal
nuts give nerve or brain food, muscle, heat
ana waste. Pine kernels give heat and
stay. They serve as substitute for
bread. Green water grapes are blood
purifying (but of little food value); reject
pips and skins. Blue grapes are feeding
ana blood purifying; too rich for those
who suffer from the liver Tomatoes
Higher nerve or brain food and waste; no
heat; they are thinning and stimulating:
do not swallow skins. Juicy fruits give
more or less the higher nerve or brain, and
some few muscle food and waste; no heat
Apples supply the higher nerve and muscle
food, but do not give stay. Prunes afford
the highest nerve or brain food supply
heat and waste, but are not muscle feed
ing. They should be avoided by those who
suffer from the liver. Oranges are re-
freshing and feeding, but are not good if the
liver is out of order. Green figs are ex-
cellent food. Dried figs contain nerve
and muscle food, heat and waste, but are
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small fresh seed fruits are laxative. All
stone fruits are considered to be injurious
for those who suffer from the liver, and
should be used cautiously. Lemons and
tomatoes should not be used daily in cold
weather; they have thinning and cooling
effect. Raisins are stimulating in proper
ton to their quality.
There are, it is said, certain savages-
just barely human beings-caled Dyaks.
They have become famous to the world as
head-hunters. These Dyaks creep
through miles of forest paths and kill as
many as they can of another lot of peo-
pie, and then cut off the heads of the
slain and dry them, and hang them up
arranged on lines more or less artistically
testooned about the place in which they
live, says writer in Womans Home
Companion. This exhibition of dried and
dead human heads seems to make these
glad. These people are, as we under
stand, or think we understand but I'M
developed, cruel. bloody-minded human
creatures. They prefer the dried human
heads TO delicate leaves and fragrant
flowers. They have their own ideas con
corning decoration. Upon a dozen or two
of the islands in the Southern Pacific
where the waves lap the sloping sands
lazily, and life should be calm and peace
full there are, or were until lately, GER
tain people who occasionally killed SER
tain other people for reasons sufficiently
good, no doubt, to them, and who thus
coming into possession of a group of dead
creatures with fingers conceived the idea
that fingers of these dead when dried
would make most artistic, not to say sug-
gestive. necklaces. So they strung these
dried fingers upon something strong and
plant and wore them with much pride
When l see the bright feathers of birds,
slain that hats may be garnished for the
thoughtless females of a high grade of be,
ings, 1 am reminded somehow of the Dy..
axis and the wearers of the necklaces Of
made fingers
The latest novelty In foreign railroad
ing is the hospital car, designed to serve
a double purpose, says the Baltimore Sun.
In the event of a serious accident, these
cars can be run to the place of the dis
aster, where the injured may be picked up
and carried to the nearest large city for
treatment, instead of being left to pass
long hours at some wayside station while
awaiting surgical attendance. 1t also
enables the railway companies at GER
tain seasons or upon special occasions to
transport large numbers of invalids 20
health resorts or places of pilgrimage
The interior of the car is divided into
main compartment, corridor to one side
and two small rooms at the end The
largest compartment is the hospital prop
er; it contains twenty-four isolated beds
Each patient lies in front of two little
windows, which may be closed or opened
at will. Each bed is provided with a lit
tie movable table, and a cord serves TO
hold all the various small objects which
the patient may require. The corridors
on the outside lead to the linen closet
ana the Doctors apartment. Various trap
doors in the floor, when opened disclose
10 view an ice chest a compartment for
the disinfection of soiled linen, and a pro-
vision cellar. If necessary, a portion OF
the hospital chamber may be transformed
into an operating room for urgent cases.
Finally as customary abroad, a small
chapel for religious worship is provided.
This car viii be put in charge of a sur
geon and nurses, and will be chiefly used
to cary invalids from Belgium direct to
the health resorts of France
San Francisco can boast of having the
largest wine tank in the world, SAYS the
San Francisco Examiner. No mere HeI-
delberg tun, with a capacity of 5000 gal
ions is this monstrous vessel; no indeed.
for the famous vat, once the pride and
wonder of the German cellarmen, has been
far eclipsed in proportions by the San
Francisco giant, which will hold 10000
Drawn Off into quart bottles, the contents
OF the tank would fill 10000 large wine
bottles, or more than one bottle for every
person in San Francisco. This leads a
step further to the thought what would
be the effect If all this wine were con-
stunned In one evening within the city's
limits. The great tun holds enough to
intoxicate the entire population I'm one
night The tank stands In a house built
for itself at one of the warehouses Of
the California Wine Association on Bran
men street Wine men say that the large
majority of wine vaults in California
could easily empty all their hogsheads
into II, and yet would not fill the vat. But
as the wine association carries an aver
age stock Of 100000 gallons OF wine, the
tank, immense as 10 Is. seems to be a
comparative trle. II was built for the
sole purpose Of blending sweet wines FOR
me American market, and quite fire.