The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PduSuCe TtNalnS tnat OF a CnineSe puzzle
worker, has made calculation of the
number of hairs on the average human
head. His estimate is 127, go. There are
probably few authorities in the world to
contradict him
The telephone has been introduced in
to the palace of the Grand Lama at Tibet,
who is thus enabled to issue his encycl-
Gals orally and at long range, ringing off
dissent and remonstrance in case any
schismatic within his pontiicate were dis
posed to offer them. To compete the mod
ernizing Of his court and papacy, the bicy-
Gle should now be introduced, the Grand
Lama leading the procession.
Prof NIikulicz of Breslau when per-
forming operations has found it best to use
fine thread gloves which are made aseptic
in steam in the same way as surgical
bandages. 'fOf course" says the Argouaut,
the hands are washed and disinfected in
the usual manner before the gloves are
put on. The gloves have to be changed
several times during long operations; they
are worn by the assistants as we'll Prof
Mikuiicz declares that none of the manip-
ulations are rendered awkward or difficult,
ana thaL on the contrary, it is easier TO
take and keep hold of tissues in gloves
NAAe"iA NAeAi TIC DdiG Idtlu. lie IuT[nef rec
ommends the use of a respirator of ster-
ilized muslin, in order to avoid danger
from mouth bacteria"
During a recent session of the Ger
man Archaeological Institute at Athens.
Greece" says the New Orleans Picayune.
"theater tickets of ancient Hellenic times
were exhibited and discussed. They are
tiny metal plates, decorated In relief and
found In considerable numbers in the CITY
and the Piraeus. Some of them are adnlis-
sion marks to the theater of Dionysius in
Athens, dating partly from the days of
Lycurgus, the orator and statesman, about
go b. c. These tickets either. present the
head of Minerva turned leftward-in con-
tradistinction from coins, upon which her
face is invariably looking to the rlght--or a
lions head or a letter of the Greek alpha
bet. Those of the time of Lycurgus are
the Oldest extant."
The scheme to bring pure water info
Jerusalem has been abandoned. "As all
visitors know" says the Jewish Chronicle
the inhabitants of that city. of every
creed and nationality, and particularly
the poorer residents, suffer untold hard
ships In consequence of the scarcity of
drinking water. At the present time thew
depend principally upon the supply col
lected in cisterns from the rains which
rall during the rainy season-from De-
cember to March. Some of the water
noWs' IN the first place, through the
streets of Jerusalem, before reaching the
tanks, which are above the houses
Thence 1t trickles down into underground
clsterns, where 1t stagnates and breeds
an sorts OF insects and impurities. And
thls is what the majority of the people
nave to drink! Even if filtered and boil
ed, it would scarcely be safe to imhihe
such stuff. And by the end of June even
TINS supply is often exhausted"
The largest generator for electric trac-
ton work ever built is now under con-
sruction at the works of the General
Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y,
TOT the Louisville Railway Company. The
competed machine will have twenty-five
poles, an output of q 400 kilowatts or 1000
morse power, and viii be driven at a speed
OF seVenty-dve revolutions per minute bv
a 4OOO-horse power, cross-compouud en-
glne. The generator will be constructed
10 stand an overload of about one-tbird
SO mat the capacity in case of emergen
cles may equal 5000 klowatts. or over
4oO-horse power. The field frame is 10
feet In diameter by feet / inch in uidtb
the diameter of the armature is 70 feat a
inches, the commutator feet 8 inches
and the SHAFT feet 8 inches. The weiobt
OF the armature and commutator is 50 ,6n0
POUNDS ana the total weight of the gen
orator complete is 1000 pounds.
There is movement on foot in Rerl;n
to provide free courses to pbvsiciaps :,
which they shall be Instructed in all tho
laws bearing upon the profession ond frs
practice, says the New York Tr;h,,oo
Ihere, as here, the young man fresh from,
the university does not know much ana is
III great need of postgraduate course to
dcqualht him with branches of his nrof,s-
SION or which he will some dav stand in
urgent need. According to the plan nro-
posed, those who have taken degrees .,r1,1
diplomas are to be supplied with furtbar
instruction, receiving clear expla ma tion of
the Jaws concerning accidents. insurance
JUDICIARY functions and the like. so far
as possible per1ecting their equipment for
'ne aruuous ana responsible duties of their
ploless'on' Formerly they picked I'D this
information as they went along. with the
chance of possessing some sort Of noster1
OF 1t late in life; now it is to he irnna,.fa1
practically as part of the regular course
of study ~ ui sc
IAiaL HdS observed the WAYS Of
ANIMALS must have noticed how NAM,
even insignificant little creatures ba,,as
very good manners, says Our Animal,
Friends. You may think it strange that
an animal can give lessons in politeness.
put' after all, politeness is necessary in a
community, and the animals that live ora
LABOR together, that lead any sort of So
claI lie have to be considerate of one an
others feelings. You cannot be sociabla
ana selhsh both. Have you never seen a
number of ants working to move a lorga
morsel OF food to their larder? II wonid
De perfectly absurd for one ant to trv to
Tug away the delicacy by himself. and he
mas sense enough not TO attennt II In
Stead he calls as many of his friends az
ne can and they ali work with will
mere IS no disorderly jostling or quarrel
lhs' because that would interfere with the
accomplishment of their purpose. They
POTTERY help one another for the comno0
good. OF course, ants, we may say he
long TO one family, and it is only natural
that they should be polite. Manv anin1a1s
are polite to others that are not of their
species. little girl friend of ours was
lately much distressed by the loss of her
pet cat. For several weeks nothing was
heard OF the cat. Then, one MORNING he
appeared on the doorstep of his home ana