The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The most curious timekeeper, perhaps.
that has ever been made in this country
was the work of Victor Doriot, who liv-
ed at Bristol, Tenn, about twenty years
ago. This oddity was a wooden watch.
The case was made of briar root and the
inside wheels and the springs (Which were
or metaD were made from a piece of old
lockwood rule. the face, which was pol
ished until it looked like a slab of the
finest ivory was made from the shoulder
blade of an old cow It was an open-fac-
ed affair, with a glass crystal, and was
pronounced a fine piece of work by all
the watchmakers in the state.
Havoc is being made of the best cedar
swamps in the country to supply the in
creasing demand of the long-distance cleo
trio transmission plants and the power
and lighting lines, for poles. One firm
handled 10000 poles last year, and has
been making large consignments to Bue-
nos Ayres South America and Canada
as well as shipments to Texas, Utah and
Colorado. The poles are RATED from the
forest lakes in lots of 10000, and lifted
from the water by steam elevators They
are then sorted and placed in separate
piles. Those which are not of high stand
ard are used for fence posts, shingles,
railroad ties and paving blocks.
According to a French paper, perfume
has character. Violet, which as a flower
is noted for retiring modesty, is thought
to suggest, when used as a perfume, great
coquetry. It is faint and delicate, but
elusive, insinuating, leading the unwary
on to seek the object which is so inviting
ly embalmed. Orchid scent belongs to the
true Partisan, while reseda is given up to
the stately matron. For young girls moth
ing is more appropriate than new-mown
hay. Lilac belongs to the innocent one,
the ingenue, who thus heralds her COM
ing. White rose is for loves young
dream, and the superb Marechal Neil de-
clares the presence of regrets and memo
ries.
In the Medico Mechanical Institute at
Stuttgart, celluloid has been found an ex-
cellent substitute for plaster of paris as
splint material On account of its
weight and its proneness to become foul
by absorbing sweat, etc, plaster of paris
has not been very much liked. wide
mOuthed bottle is packed for about a
quarter of its hight by celluoid cut into
small pieces and then covered with ace
tone. 1t is provided with an alright stop
per to guard against evaporation. From
time to time il is opened and the contents
are stirred with a stick, the cellulOd dis
solving in course of time. A plaster cast
of the diseased or injured part is covered
with moderately thick layer of felt or
bed into this with the hands, which are
protected by leather gloves. This is then
applied to the injured member.
Several families (spanish) from the
Canary Islands came to Louisiana in IT'S
under the auspices of the reigning King of
Spain, at whose expense they were also
furnished after they had established
homes in the province, with pecuniary as
a ia mi v
chickens, agricultural implements and pro-
visions, says the New Orleans PiCayune.
This generous help to these Spanish col
onists continued for three years after their
arrival. Three settlements of these colo
nists were formed in Louisiana, to wit
one at Terre-auX- Boeufs, below New Or
leans; one at Galveztown on the Amite
river, and the third on the Bayou La
fourche, to which was given the name Of
Nalenzuela, The kings generosity also
provided church for each of these set
Elements. Among the present inhabitants
Of Terre-aux- and of St. Bernard
parish are descendants of this old Span
ish immigration from the Canarles.
The swelling which follows from
blow is natures effect to protect the part
from further injury and to keep it at rest
while repair is going on. What actually
takes place at the seat of injury is not
even now quite understood The injury to
the smaller blood vessels interferes with
the flow of blood through them and the
white cOrpuscles, with part of The serum
the watering part of the blood. ESCAPES
into the surrounding tissues At the same
time the blood vessels in the neighborhood
dilate and the Increased flow of blood with
the thorOughfare INSTRUCTED increases the
swelling 1t is probable that the white
corpuscles of the blood pass into the it's
sues to assist IN the repair, as bees or
ants assemble at an injury to their store
| house, but with the difference that the sub
stance of the corpuscles is probably con-
Verted into the tissue of repair. From one
point of view the human body ic only one
gigantic colony of individuals, and the
swelling that follows injury but the rush
of these to repair that breach.
Mrs. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. who
wrote "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
lives in a pretty frame cottage at Pacific
Beach, near San Diego Cal. SAYS an ex-
| change. When asked recently TO tell how
| she came to write the poem that has
made her famous, she replied: Il cannot
| remember when l did not write poetry 1
| nave done 1t ever since l was a child Nv
mother did not approve of my writing
| One day after school I went to my room.
L had been studying the historic period
| of the poem, and the incident impressed
| impelled to write about it. 1 was about
| half way through when my mother came
| in, saying young friend had come 10
! spend the afternoon and take tea with me-
| In great distress l called out, Oh mother,
| can't she wait a little while? My mother,
| thinking l was solving a hard problem in
! arithmetic, said she would amuse my
| friend until I could leave. At last l fin
| ished it and put it away. Two or three
years later [ wanted poem for publca-
! ton In a Detroit paper to which l had
! been in the habit of contributing short
! poems gratuitously. l was unable at the
| time to write. as usual, and, on looking
| over my papers, found this one which l
! decided to send, though doubling it's ac-
| ceptance as it was so long. day or two
| afterward l received a note from the edi-
| tor complimenting my last contribution
highly, and prophesying for it great and
| immediate success"
Nothing is more wonderful than the
difference between the Austrian empire
| that was and the Austrian empire that
is. I knew It above forty years ago
| says a correspondent of London Truth.