The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-15

Day
Mr. Green, the venera bic head verger
OF St. Paul's, has had at length TO retire
from the service of London Cathedral He
has been a well-known figure in 81. PauPs
for half a century. He officia ed at tho
funeral Of the Duke Of Wellington, and
mas outlived quite succession of deans.
The dean and chapter of Canterbury
have just received a somewhat remarka-
BILE gift from a lady whose name is not
made public. The present consists of IN
exact copy of the robes worn by Thomas
a Beckett, now deposited at the Cathedral
OF Sens They are of scarlet cloth inter-
woven with gold and silver and decorated
with pearls and precious stones.
Prof. Marks, who has just entered on
his seth year. is the doyen of British He
brew ministers. For no leas than fifty
eight years of his life he has been in the
service of the West London Synagogue #
British Jews, and for considerable per-
iod of thsA time has held the position of
senior minister. The professor takes
Notwithstanding his great age, an active
part in the administration of the syna-
gogue.
"A telephone of novel character has just,
been exhibited at the Paris Academy Of
Science. The inventor, NJ Dessaud, has
constructed an apparatus which receives
and registers messages in the absence of
the user. Political speeches. business
communica lions and music hall songs can
therefore. be stored and tapped al will
Experiments between Paris and Marseilles
are said to augur wide success for the
new telephone.
Sixteen years ago Saber Rouse. the
10, ha
Union Pacific Railroad, was run over by
freight train on that line in Cherokee
county, Kansas and one of her legs was
crushed below the knee. At that time she
was years old. She grew into woman
hood without making any claim against
the railroad company; but a few weeks
ago just before her eighteenth birthday,
she was advised to bring suit for dam
ages. A few days ago the company was
notified that action had been commenced
in the court of Cherokee county for $780,
O00
The Philadelphia Record figures out that
the twentieth century will open on Tues
day and close on Sunday. 1t will have
twenty-four leap years, the greatest num-
Der possible. February will have five Sun
days three times-1920, 1913 and 1876. The
earliest possible date on which Easter can
occur is March y. The last time ii oc-
CURED on that date was 1918. The latest
that Easter can occur is April %. 1t will
occur but one time in the coming century
on that date-1943. The twentieth century
will contain 6,525 days, or lacking one
day of 521S weeks The middle day of the
century will be Jan. l, 1851. There will
be $50 eclipses during the coming century
In 1885 there will be seven eclpses. There
will be eight solar eclipses visible in the
United States-191S, 1928, 1925, 1915 1854,
1879, 1884 and 1894 There will be twelve
transits of Mercury. There will be no
transit of Venus until 2004."
THE largest plant in the world" said
an eminent naturalist to a writer for the
Washington Star, the other day, lis prob
ably a gigantic seaweed, known as the
nereocytis, which frequently grows to
hight of more than 800 feet The stem
of the plant is as strong as an ordinary
rope and large quantities of it are dried
and used as rope by the inhabitants of
the South Sea Islands where the curious
vegetable ropes are found. This seaweed
usually grows at a depth of from 200 to
800 feet. AS soon as the plant takes root
a pear-shaped balloon is formed, which
grows with the stem toward the surface
of the center. This balloon frequently
has diameter of six feet or more. 1t has,
of course, an upward tendency, and there
fore keeps the stem growing until ii floats
on top of the water. This enormous weed
grows in such quantities that large mead
ow-lke islands are formed, which are Of
ten so big as to impede navigation. The
ropes made from the stems of the plant
are used for building purposes. and the
balloons, when dried, make very service
able vessels"
Peanut butter is not a fad and is
rapidly becoming an important CONNER
cial product" said Charles B. Fancher.
according to the Washington Post. pea
nut butter is made by grinding peanuts
very fine and reducing the mass to a
pasty substance, portion, at least of the
large amount of oil contained being re-
moved. Some salt is added for favoring,
and the result is a cheap and nourishing
spread for crackers or bread. the nutri-
tious value of which is now recognized by
many physicians. Nuts nave always been
knowb to contain fat and strengthening
elements, but the general reputation that
they enjoy for being indigestible and not
adapted as a food results from the wav
in which they are usually taken into the
stomach. Half-chewed nuts of any kind
are not readily attacked by the digestive
fluids, but when reduced to a paste they
are somewhat dry, and when taken into
the mouth almost demand an effort in
raising sufficient saliva before swallowing.
1t is right here that physicians hold the
value OF thlS KIND of food lies. Foods
that are easily swallowed are seldom
properly masticated and as preventives of
indigestion those that require large sun
ply of saliva are by far the best. An
other value added to peanut butter is its
absolute purity, there being no likelihood
of germs as in the case of butter made
from cream, and moreover the product is
an excellent one for the poor, in that il
can be made al fraction Of the expense
OF cream butter. The industry is growing
rapidly, and peanut butter is extensively
used in the large cities to-day
-hlondike is apt to become a disused
and forgotten name of the promise of the
new Alaska gold field shall be maintained
Ihe Cape Nome grounds, as Cant. g y
Shoemaker Of the revenue marine service
learns from Lieut.. Jarvis. very cool
headed man not at all likely to be indule-
ing in stories of the dazzling. Aladdin
sort are rich beyond description. Jarvis
led the overland expedition for the relief
or the wrecked whalers, a journey calling
n a lfagt IL.