The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

months after the brain had been removed.
The heart will continue to beat for fifty
minutes after being cur from the place
where 1t was first rooted.
In Columbia, the first capital of the
republic of Texas, are many relics. There
is the capitol building, now a crumbling,
tumbling shanty. worth not more than
500. Opposite it is a group of three oak
trees under which the Texas Declaration
Of Independence was read.&
I'm the neighborhoods of the Bermudas
the sea is extremely Transparent, so that
the fishermen can readily see the horns
of the Holsters protruding from their hid
ing places in the rocks at considerable
depth. To entice the crustaceans from
their crannies they tie lot of snails IN
a ball and dangle them in front of the
cautious lobster.
The Arabs of the Nublan desert sup
posed they knew all about their country,
but an engineer recently bored well rs
miles from the Nile and found an abund-
ant supply of water at depth of Sc feet
Bicycle stands similar TO cab stands
are to be started in Berlin. 1t is pro-
posed to put $50 on hire in various parts
of the city. and the fee for hire will be
the modest sum of ! penny for twenty
minutes during the day and twice that
sum at night.
The terrible fire in Paris last year.
which was caused by an accident to a
cinematograph, has been followed by so
many explosions from a similar cause that
a strong disinclination has0sprung up to
use this and kindred forms of projecting
lanterns in large halls where a panic
might lead to a catastrophe. This i'm
preston has led to the designing of
hreproof animatographe, in which if the
film should be ignited only a mere scrap
burns, the remainder being sealed I'D in
fireproof drums for feeding and taking up
the strip. The English Insurance eompa-
MES commend the device highly, and bear
witness to it's safety II is said that one
firm which supervises the operation of
30 machines of this class has during the
past six months given 5, $50 separate ex-
hfbltionS of animated pictures-in MANY
instances of audiences of 1900 or 1890 peo-
ple-without single mishap, or any COM
paint whatever by fire insurance officials.
The musical notes, or singing tones.
so often heard at night in the vicinity of
telegraph lines are produced by the vibra
ton of the wires in the wind says the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat. A wire suspended
from one pole to another will vibrate I'M
der the touch of a very light breeze and
as the vibration continues the length of
wire, from one pole to another, divides
itself into two and often more sections.
each producing a different tone. The
principle of vibration under the influence
of the wind is beautifully illustrated in
the aeolian harp, a musical instrument
OF so ancient date that by the Greeks its
invention was ascribed to the gods AS
ordinarily constructed, the harp is a box
open at the top, from to s feet in length.
with any number of strings. generally
from three to ten being used, stretched
across the box in the direction of its
length and tuned in unison. When plac-
ed in a window at night the strings vi
brate under the fingers of the breeze and
give fourth melodies as strange, wild and
weird as TO furnish perfectly satisfacto-
ry explanation of the many tales and le-
gends connected with this singular instru
ment.
"A prominent physician alleges, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch, that the cause of half
the nervous prostrations among women is
too much talking. Energy and nervous
force are consumed in continuous chatter.
quite as much as in hard labor of any
other kind. The tongue and the facial mus
Giles require rest in order to repair the
waste caused by exercise. MANY women
imagine they are resting when they drop
their house-work and drop into a neigh
boris house for little gossip, but this,
though change, is quite as wearing upon
the nerves as the other form of exercise
and not half so profitable. When such a
woman as this gets nervous prostration
and comes to me for advice" says the doc
tor, 81 give her this prescription: Go home
and keep quiet. Don't talk. Time your
tongue-wag ging. Allow your husband to
read his newspaper without interruption.
Read sew and walk, but do not make or
receive .l,,
but if you try my silence cure and take
absolutely no medicine your nervous sys-
tenn will rest and you will be restored to
perfect health in a month - It is a good
idea to have regular hours for keeping 81
lent. Observation brings out the fact that
most deaf and dumb subjects are otherwise
healthy, and, as Rip Van Wrinkle saws.
wat good wives dey would maker
Since the typewriter has been intro
duced for general work in telegraph Of
fees it has been found necessary to use
saunders, in order to make the clicks of
the message clearly distnguishable abovs
the noise of the typewriting machine. The
result of this in many offices has been a
din of such deafening and nerve-racking
character as to be serious menace to the
health of the operators. With a view of
reducing'the noise, and at the same time
to make the message entirely secret, If
desired, a novel secret sounder has been
designed This device, which is very light,
weighing complete only four ounces, is
inclosed in a hard rubber case. The case
is attached to head bands of hard rub
Der, which keep it in position at the ear
OF the operator. Owing to the loudness
of the sound as 1t strikes the resonatine
plate, messages may be received with the
sounder placed on the table or desk and
in this way it may be used as a call. thus
combining in one instrument a loud and
secret sounder, an innovation in tele-
graphy. If a secret message is to be re-
ceiyed, the sounder can be adjusted so as
to deliver any volume of sound desired.
from the faintest click to the note of the
loudest sounder The device is specially
adapted for the secret service of the gov
eminent, for line inspectors and for test
ing, and it will doubtless be extensively
employed in stock exchanges, brokers' Of
fees, newspaper offices, etc. ,,
The cnematograDh has settled an i'm
portant international question between
France and Russia that might otherwise
have added to the prevailing political IN
certainty In Europe, says the New York
Tribune. 1t seems that Prince Bismarck in
an interview with a German newspaper
man, recently observed that President