The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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adelphia Record. They are now made in
all sizes and forms for dressmaking, tail
oring, nail-trimming and even for lamp
wick trimming. 1t is also claimed for
these scissors that they Will not Sip or
twist whatever is being cut, and will cut
the entire length of the blade.
The Chinese are said to possess secrets
in the preparation of sweets that astonish
our most accomplished confectioners, says
the New York Sun. They know how to
remove the pulp from oranges and SUBJ
stitute various jellies. The closest exam
ination fails to reveal any opening or in
cision in the skin of the fruit They per
form the same feat with eggs. The shells
are apparently as intact as when the
eggs were newly laid, but upon breaking
and opening them the contents consist of
nuts and sweetmeats.
An English military writer says, con-
corning a charge of cavalry on an infan-
try square, that no one who has not ex-
perienced 1t can understand the nervous
strain on the soldiers braced to receive the
shock, or the impulse of the horsemen to
pull up sharp at the bristling walls of
bayonets. One of Napoleou's cavalry gen.
erals said there should be some device to
drop the bits from the horses mouths at
ten PAGES from the enemy, and that no
square could resist the impact of horses
freed at the last moment from all re-
straint.
There is a big oil boom in Madison
county, Indiana, owing to the discovery of
new oil wells. The indianapolis Journal
says: THE operations of the Alexandria
oil Held have excited the gravest appre-
hension for the future of natural gas. not
only in this city but all over the gas ter
rltory. The long-distance telephone in
GOV. Mounts office was kept busy yes
terday with messages from the gas belt
asking him to invoke all the powers of
the law, with all possible speed. to pre-
vent the further waste of gas. 1t was
represented to the governor that millions
OF 1eet OF gas were being wasted daily by
the oil proSpectors, who endeavored to
blow the gas out of the holes drilled in or
der to get at the oil beneath. The point
was made that, while oil could go only to
me benefit of those mining it, the gas was
OF penent to the general public, a fact the
legislature had recognized by passing laws
10 prevent its waste"
Last autumn Mrs Ella Ireland, the
Wife of well-known Brockton man. died
after a snort illness, saws Rrockton
MASS, special to the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat She was sick of acute gastritis
Tier body was buried in the family lot in
a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
Near the lot is a spring which boils IN
ana whose waters are strongly impregna-
ted with mineral substances. A few davs
ago 1t became necessary to remove the
coifln to another lot While this was he
ing done the cover of the coffin contain
ing the corpse of Mrs. Ireland was acct
dentaliy dislodged by the pick of a care
less laborer. The workmen, who looked at
II, We're aStoniShed to see that decay had
apparently made no inroads. Mrs Ireland
looked as though she lay sleeping in the
casket Even the flowers upon her breast
seemed as fresh as when they were placed
there SIX months ago. Investigation
showed that the body had become petrified
and was as hard in texture as though it
had been sculptured from a marble block
There seemed to be nothing that would
prevent its enduring for hundreds of years
without suffering any change. The pecu-
liar chemical constitution of the soil in
the cemetery is supposed to be the cause
of the phenomenon.
"A Chicago physician is responsible for
revolutionary theories in regard to fruits
says the New York Sun. He undertakes
to prove the practical worthlessness as
food of all cultivated varieties. Hyper-
acid fruits, such as the lemon shaddock
orange, apple and cherry, he asserts.
should never be eaten. Sub-acid fruits
such as the grape, pear and peach, may be
eaten, but with extreme caution. Sweet
fruits, like the fig, banana and date. he
unqualihedly commends, as they are sim
ply wild fruits, and have not changed
from their natural condition or flavor By
man. On the other hand the fruits he
condemns. he says, are forced or abnor-
NAL varieties. as is shown when cult
waited, and afterward allowed TO run wild
They Immediately retrograde ana ASSUME
the sour and inedible qualities originally
inherent in them. Man, he claims has
not been able to make a proper food of
them. They are unnatural combinations
of fruit elements, and are frequently prone
to cause digestive disturbances when
taken into the stomach BY forcing seed
lngs, grating and assiduously cultivat-
ing under artificial conditions man has
modified the progenitors of our present
domestic fruits: he has made them ac-
ceptable to the palate, but he has not
eliminated their harmful qualities
There is at present in the keeping of
Mr.. Hayward of Argyll street. Regent
street, Ceylon sapphire belonging to Mai.
Gen. Rob.ey, says the London Times
which is not less remarkable for its size
than FOR its transluency and the brilliance
OF the optical effects il can show The
weight Of the gem is 63S carats, and il is OF
dark, milky blue color, perfectly trans
parent and fiawless. Larger sapphires
have been known, but they have usually
If not always, been duh and muddy instead
OF having the clear, translucent color of
this specimen. But. In addition it pos
sesses a property occasionally found I'm
slightly cloudy or milky Ceylon sapphires
and sometimes in other gems, too-which
greatly enhances its value in the eyes of
believers in the occult powers of precious
stones TO confer health and good fortune
on their wearers. 1t is star sapphire or
astoria. That is, being cut en- cabochon
IL displays beautiful opalescent star d.
viding its six rays at the apex which
changes its position according to the move
ment or the source of light by which il Is
viewed. BY employing two or three sources
OF light two or three Of these stars can be
simultaneously seen In the gem. BY fur
Their cutting IL is said that the beauty OF
this stone could be still more Increased.
but Of course, at the expense of it's size.
Grown jewels, says an English news
paper, do not often find their way into the
market. and IT was not surprising to find
that the sale OF a portion OF the French
imperial regalia aroused more than usual
interest IN the auction room OF Messrs
Debenhah, Storr & Sons Yesterday The