The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The opinion first expressed by Schia-
parelI that certain lines visible on Mars
are canals is now opposed by another
Italian astronomer. DR.. Cerulli, who de-
cuares the whole thing an optical delusion.
Government ordnance experts are gath
ering up unexploded shells around Santa
go, and are sending them to Washington
for examination by judges in order to de-
termine the reason why they did not ex-
plode when they struck the shore, so that
similar mistakes may be prevented in the
future and the responsibility fixed. Capt.
Donahoe, of the bark Anita Berwind, who
has just arrived at Philadelphia from the
scene of the recent conflict, states that al
NOSE everywhere shells, apparently as
sound as when they were fired from the
guns on the warships of SIMPSONS fleet,
can be picked up.
President McKinley's recent visit to
Boston, with the incidental speeches and
Inequalities, kept him away from the cap
ital but three or four days. 1t was differ
ent when President Washington set out
for Boston, October 49, 1889. He arrived
there in nine days, and the Boston week.
lies of the period one of which had the re-
sounding name of the Independent Chron-
icler and Universal Advertiser, printed ex-
ceedingly meager accounts of the event.
The political essay was then the essential
feature of a newspaper, and the functions
of reporting were unknown. The first Pres
ident had a quiet time in Boston, as far
as journalism was concerned.
The while oak is a long-lived tree, says
an exchange, and this what makes the fol-
lowing story so remarkable: Several years
ago a lawbreaker in Maryland was cap
tured by lynchers and strung up on
sturdy young white oak tree growing near
his home. In spite of its vigor the oak at
once began to decay. The strange part
of the story is, the fatal limb upon which
the man was hanged first withered and
died. The blight then spread up that side
of the tree to the topmost bough, and
then the entire tree began falling to pieces,
until to-day only a rugged trunk and rot
zen limbs are left. The place ever since
has been "hoodooed' so far the negro
population is concerned, and they give the
Jim Pippin tree wide berth after sun
down.
Hearing some peddlers on Broadway
CENTS" says the New York correspondent
of the Pittsburg Dispatch, Il ascertained
that the article were thin shells of gold
ish yellow metal, not intended as aids
to mastication, but merely to cover sound
teeth for Ornamental effect" 1t occur
red to me that there might be many read
ers who would be interested in knowing
the customs and practices of some other
nations respecting their fancied adorn-
ment of the teeth and face. Now, Japa-
nese women gild their teeth the Indians
paint them red, while in Guzerat the pearl
of the teeth to be beautiful must be de-
cided black and the lips blue. In Persia
they paint a black streak around the eyes
and ornament their faces with various fig
ures. Gothamites have not quite Caught
on" to this fad yet, but the Broadway
peddlers seem to be doing a good bust
ness, and soon, no doubt, the gold teeth
for 10 cents" will make their appearance
in the cafes.
A Madison, Wis, dispatch says: Prof. r.
w. Wood, of the University of Wisconsin,
The originator of the electrical thaw, has
a new method Of photographing in natural
colors. He reproduces the colors by diff
fraction, and, although at present the pro-
duction of the first finished picture is
somewhat tedious, 1t Is said duplicates can
be printed as easily as ordinary photo
graphs are made The pictures are on glass
and are not only colorless, but almost in
s,
when placed in a viewing apparatus show
the colors of nature with briFliancy. Prof
Wood said of his process: THE finished
picture Is a transparent film of gelatine
with very fine parallel and equidistant lines
on it, about 1900 to the inch on the aver
age Colors in the pictures depend solely
on the spacing between the lines and are
pure spectrum coloI 5, or mixtures of such.
The pictures can be projected on a screen
by employing a suitable lantern or can be
viewed individually with a very simple
piece of apparatus, consisting of a lens and
perforated screen mounted on a frame. A
peculiarly of the process is that there
is no such thing as a negative in it. have
printed half dozen pictures in succession
one from another and all are positive and
distinguishable from each other"
-The very latest thing in the way of
flowers and hero-worshlp, says the New
York letter of the Pittsburg Dispatch, is
the Admiral Dewey rose, which made its
| appearance in the stores of the Broadway
florists to-day. 1t is grown by a Long
Island florist, who paid $4,000 for the
original plant. At present the flower is
very scarce, but the demand for it is very
great. The new rose is of a light tea
shade, and is very fragrant. Its principal
S4luA eiSlCi lSlAC5 anu tie one winch en-
hances its value in the eyes of florists. is
its lasting quality. An Admiral Dewey
rose will retain its freshness for as long
| as ten days The rose in some respects
closely resembles the bridesmaid rose al
though of a much richer color. Another
new rose on the market is the Liberty. 1t
is an importation from England, $35 900 be-
| Ing paid for six plants by a florist who
saw chance for speculation. Although
no Liberty roses will be sold until next
year, those already exhibited have won
the admiration of florists. Its claim for
distinction is its color. which is a genuine
ruby red, every rose being an almost ex-
| act match in color for the finest gem. No
other rose approaches 1t in this respect.
1t is very expensive, and only 500 will be
| propagated next season. The two roses,
the Admiral Dewey and the liberty. for
lists say, are the finest yet produced in this
| country.
Calcutta" said Mr.. r. D. Garrison of
New York. to the Washington Post, as
one of the most interesting cities I ever