The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

riads of diamonds rubes and emeralds
strung on tiny wires, woven into the
form of a snake. Every time the wearer
breathes it looks as if The glittering, I'M
canny creature coiled about her throat
was moving and shaking its priceless
scales.
The devastation of Switzerland by the
landscape advertiser still goes on, says an
exchange. The Rigi has long since been
handed over TO chocolate manufacturer
and the Teufelstein is devoted to praises
of maker of steel pens. The finest parts
OF France and Germany are suffering in
the same manner, and on the Rhine, as
every traveller knows. hardly a rock Or
ruin is without its flaring poster But al
ready a commendable movement for re-
form has begun in Germany.
Frank Roberts Is in the New York
Hospital suffering from the rare and curl
Gus malady called "Addison's disease"
after the late DR.. Thomas Addison of
Guys Hospital, London, who discovered
the disease which bears his name in 1855.
says New York letter. f'Addison's dis
ease" more popuarly called "bronzed
skim" is characterized by progressive de-
blllly and emaciaton, with increased pig
mentat4on of the skin. 1t arises from a
diseased state of the suprarenai capsules
Early yesterday morning Roberts was at
ldShNu ny tle HldAduys ana MS SKIN RAPIDLY
became bronze-colored and grew darker
in tint each hour, so that when taken TO
the hospital last night he was the color of
an African negro. He was in a state of
extreme debility and semi-unconscious-
ness.
That man can become accustomed to
pretty much anything is proved says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat by the Off
GERS IN the army, who, when camped out
or placed in a position where they do not
have the accessories of the toilet, soon
learn to do without articles generally
thought to be indispensable. In CONVEX
sation, an army officer said the other day:
why, L never think of using a mirror
when L shave; do not stand up to do it,
either, but sit down on a camp stool or
the side of a cot and whack away at my
face. 1t is more comfortable to be seat
ed, and then I do not have to crane NV
neck 10 see the place 1 am shaving, ana
thereby expose myself to a cash from the
razor. never cut myself; in fact, I will
be willing TO wager that 1 can shave in
my tent without a mirror as easily or
with more ease than many who have
every convenience of the tonsoriaI table
and often leave marks of their awkward
ness on their faces 1t is all due to habit,
formed by necessity
The only structures in Japan which
| seem TO be earthquake proof are the pa
godas, which are erected before the tenn
| pies. There are many which are 100 or SEQ
years old, and as solid as when first built
Ihere Is reason for this and it lies in
| their construction. A pagoda is practical
| ly framework of heavy timbers which
start from a wide base, and is in itself
substantial structure, but is rendered
more stable by peculiar device Inside
the framework and suspended from the
| apex is long, heavy beam of timber two
| feet thick or more. This hangs from one
| end of the four sides, four more heavy
timbers, and if the pagoda is very lofty,
| still more timbers are added to these
| The whole forms an enormous pendulum
| which reaches within six inches of the
ground. When the shock of an earth
| quake rocks the pagoda, the pendulum
| swings in unison, and Keeps the center of
| gravity always at the base of the frame
| work. Consequently the equilibrium of
the pagoda is never disturbed, and this is
the explanation of the great age of many
of them, when from their hight one would
| suppose them 10 be peculiarly susceptible
to the effects of an earthquake.
| -"Archtect," writing to the New York
Tribune says: 1.-THE experience of forty
years is such that 1 contend that doors
should, with few exceptions open into
| the rooms to which they give ingress. The
| exceptions are as follows: In cases where
| the floor of the room is higher than the
| hall or corridor; in closets and small bath
| rooms, the doors Of which are kept closed;
| in churches and schools where doors
should open outward to provide for pam
| les, etc. But doors opening into halls or
| corridors are fruitful sources of mishaps,
| as they are sure oftentime to be left open,
| and passers by are pretty sure to run
against then and bruise their foreheads
| or blacken their eyes, the writer of this
1 81 Ir.l A,.sY.g
| some time ago in a hotel where the corri-
| dor was dimly lighted. Moreover ID is
very awkward for a person to have 10
| back away from a door when opening ii
| toward him. The occupants of a room
| are much less numerous than those using
| a hall, which is another reason why doors
! should not open outward. Besides in the
| majority of cases, doors opening into
| rooms fold against partition or piece of
furniture, and are, therefore, practically
out of the way"
Almost all persons die Of disappoint-
ment, personal, mental or bodily toll or
accident, says Pearson's Weekly. The
| passions kill men sometimes even sudden
| ly. The common expression "choked with
rage has little exaggeration in It for
even though not always suddenly fatal,
| strong passions shorten life. Stronghold
| led men often die young, and weak men
| usually live longer than the strong for
! the strong use their strength and the
! weak have hardly any to use-the latter
| take care of themselves, the former do
not. As it is with the body, so it is with
the mind and the temper-the strong are
| apt to break, or, like the candle, run; the
! weak burn out. Man, of all animals, is
| one that seldom comes up to the average.
| He ought to live 100 years according to the
| physiological law, but instead of that he
scarcely reaches an average of four times
| the growing period. The reason is OBJ
vious-man is not only the most irregular
| and most Incorporate, but the most labo-
| rious and Woodworking of all animals. He
| is always the most irritable, and there is
| reason to believe though we cannot tell
| what an animal secretly feels, that more
| than any other animal, man cherishes
wrath TO keep it warm, and consumes
| himself with the fire of his own refec-
| tons
Experiments are at present being con-
| Quoted on the Pars-Bordeaux line with
! some interesting machines, which the in
| ventor, NJ. AIecadier, has been working on