The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

for the purpose. Is \ |
1t is suggested in Whitaker's AltAac |
that our calendar might be simpllAl as
follows: The years beginning on Il day !
after the shortest day might havdhir- |
teen months, each of four weeks, dept
ing the thirteenth month, which iould |
have twenty-nine days, and in leaEear |
50 days.
"A new and very practical pial for |
making an imitation for semi har(rub- |
Der varnishes or dips. says the IndiaRub- |
Der World is to have two solutior one
balata in bi-sulphide of carbon; thekther
celluloid in methylated spirit A PIE of
metal dipped alternately in these solions
dried after each dip, Will have a ver!high-
ly polished surface that will wear d well
as hard rubber, that will not be aected
by acids or alkalies, and that can bdnade
of any build desired.
The keys of typewriting machis are
generally made of glass or metal ah the
tapping of this unyielding surface II con-
siderable lengths of time days aft day
not only frequently shocks the rfvous
system, but produces actual soreiEs of
the finger ends. To prevent this ubber
thimbles have been designed to slip IN the
ends of the fingers, corrugated on te in
ner surface to prevent chatting, an pro-
vided with a cushioned tip throughEhich
are small holes run to afford ventilation
at the finger ends. n
The floating stone is one of the wdders
of Korea that travellers have spoken hucl
and often about. The stone is of treat
bulk, and shaped like an irregular dubk.
To all appearances the stone is resting IN
the ground and is perfectly free from SIP
,o4zfa cfA frnrA IAcr
a opposite ends of it, hold each the opio-
site ends of a thread, they will be pe
to pass the thread under the stone witput
encountering any obstacle. The naNes
consider the floating stone one ofIthe
greatest wonders of their land, and lave
erected a temple in its honor, knoBh as
the Fon Shin Mao.
-Absent-minded people are frAuent
source of amusement to other pksons,
says the New York Times. They 8e tell
ing now of a young girl in st. Albals, VT,
who called at newspaper Office D get
lost purse she had advertised for, md who
paid for the advertisement and thin calm
ly walked out leaving the purseand her
muff. Another, in Machias, Me, after re-
turning from a store, recollected'that she
had failed to pay for her purchases. and
went back only to find on arrival that she
room at home. BY a third TRIP she dis
charged all obligations and wal comfort
ed.
In order to obtain an intimate and dur
able connection between glass tiles one of
Americas host of inventors has patented
the process of electrolytically depositng
a metal between the individual tiles, thus
practically uniting them into solid body.
Tho several nf ha
ranged so as to leave a space between
them, in which an electrical conductor is
placed, and connected so as to form the
cathode of an electrolytic bath, by means
of which a homogeneous mass of metal is
electrically deposited between the tiles I'M
I'll the edges are permanently secured to-
gether by the engagement of the conductor
and mass of deposited metal.
According to the Washington Post, an
Illinois member of congress once dined
with BILLY" Mason in Chicago. They
had talked of the desire Of Mr. Mason to
come to the Senate, had admired the beau
tiful house in which he lives, had even
inspected the tiled glories of the bathroom
and then, smoking an after-dinner cigar,
the two friends walked downtown togeth-
er. When they were some distance from
the house the congressman turned and
looked back at the large and brilliantly
lighted dwelling. Yes" replied Mason
with a sound that was between a laugh
and sigh, "but l can hear that house
drawing interest two blocks away
They eat queer foods in some parts
of the world. Taste and other times ne
cessity have proved that many things
that we reject with horror are considered
good articles of diet by some people The
West India negroes will not touch a
cooked rabbit, but heartily enjoy palm
worms fried in fat, and baked snakes
Parrots, though tough, are eaten in Mex
leo, while the Argentine Guachos hunt
skunks for the sake of their flesh. IN
Corsica the octopus or devil fish, is
first boiled and then roasted, and is es-
teemed delicacy Lizards eggs are
devoured in the Pacific Islands, while the
natives of the Antilles eat alligators' eggs
Turtle, now a luxury, was eaten only by
the poorest people up to the beginning of
the last century. Ants are consumed in
Brazil, also in Siam. The Cingalese. after
robbing the bee of its honey, eat it, and
the Chinese, after winding the silk from
the cocoon, eat the crysalis of the silk
worm.
The latest snake story comes from
South Africa. 1t is recorded in the Trans
vaal, published in Cape Town, as cold
fact, that in Sekukiniland native ran
across a boa constructor measuring about
torty-seven feet, which had just swallow
ed young koodoo buck, all except the
horns. The horns stuck out on each side
of the reptiles mouth. The native recog-
nized the horns as those of a buck he
owned, and he ran and got sticks and
pinned the serpent which was dormant,
to the ground. Then he got hold of the
horns and pulled and twisted. He got the
buck out inch by inch, until half it's body
showed, and then 1t came with jerk. and
the boy fell over on his back. Before he
had time to think twice the snake, re-
lieved OF his load of mutton. was upon him.
and it seized his head in it's mouth and in
three minutes the native had taken the
place of the buck, only he was all inside:
there was nothing left out to pull on,
even if rescuer had come along. Having
swallowed the boy the boa deliberately
swung its head around and grabbing its
tail swallowed eight feet of it, then clos
ing tho mouth and throat down which
the native had disappeared. and making
escape absolutely impossible. The Trans
vaal vouches for the truth Of the story.
When was on the Zulu frontier. said
a traveller to the st. Louis Republic /
stopped for a week with a native. a SPLEEN
did fellow, who had fine farm. Among
other animals he had young bull called
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