The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-08
ITEMS of INTEREST.

former wealth Of Venice, Prof. Lombroso
notes that In the fourteenth century
merchant was able to quadruple his for
tune by one round trip of his ship, TAX
ing sugar from the Orient to London, ex-
changing it for wool and selling the WOO;
in Flanders.
understanding by SOUP the highest
intellectual faculties, Prof. D. G. Brinton
endeavors to decide where these functions
are located. Savages believe that the soul
resides in the liver or the heart; cynics
suggest that it is in the stomach. Phre-
nologjsts place ii in the front part of The
brain; but the most advanced physiologists
are now inclined to teach that the poster
Ter cerebral lobes have the highest intel
lectual value. In idiots these lobes are i'm
perfectly developed, and in chronic denen-
tia they reveal frequent LESSONS. DIR. Brin-
ton is inclined to support this theory.
The ViedomosH of ST. Petersburg is
one of the Oldest newspapers in Europe,
for 1t can boast of a continuous existence
of 172 years. just two centuries ago Peter
the Great licensed one Ivan Andreivich
Tossing TO print at Amsterdam and export
into Russia certain books, for the most
part of an educational character In 1904
he himself had types cut and sent them
where. under prtestly direction, a speci-
men number of the Viedomosu was got up.
1t was not, however, until 1726 that the
Viedomosti started on its career in ST.
Petersburg.
In the schools of Germany much atten-
ton is being given to developing left
handed facility among the school children.
1t is argued that the greater development
Of arfcr hon cfI
ments, which, repeated constantly, have
their influence on the entire system, and
spoil the symmetry of the body. In the
mechanical departments of the schools
much of the work of the boys is done by
the left hand by compuision. The pupils
are taught to saw, plane and hammer with
the left hand as we'll as with the right,
and the importance of being able to use
both hands equally well in all trades is
impressed upon them. This is in line with
the practice in the athletic departments
of Swedish schools of teaching the stu
dents to fence with either arm
"A new imitation of leather consists of
an extra heavy surface coating Of tough,
elastic composition laid on single thick
ness of either dril or duck When 1t
is used for a car seat covering, in which
great strength and durability are requir-
ed, one thickness of heavy duck takes
the place of two pieces of cloth pasted to-
gether, as a built-up texture of more than
one thickness is apt to result in blister
ing. The material is embossed by the
same electro-plate process that is used
for finishing leather so that any of the
commercial grain surfaces can be repro
duced in all colors. The product is so like
real leather in color, feeling, durability
and general appearance that the detec ton
i Il
standing it's close similarity to the best
morocco leather, the new material can
be produced, it is said, for one-third The
price of hand-buffed upholstery leather.
Sir Robert Bali, lately astronomer
royal in Ireland, says Golfers Weekly,
provided recently a suggestive address, in
the course of which he stated that within
the relatively narrow sphere to which hui
man observation is at present confined,
there are not less than 300,0O0,0OO worlds.
Many of them are, he noted, gigantic.
Their suns are more magnificent than
ours. Their stars are more neighborly
The conditions in which they revolve are
as a consequence presumably better than
those which the earth sometimes enjoys
and sometimes does not. 1t Is inconeelv-
able, he added, that these worlds should
be devoid of sentient beings who, if not
mortal in the sense which we give to the
term, at any rate, are finite. And Sir
Robert wound up by putting the follow
ing query: What is the relative position
of man? There is riddle which, if pa
tiently examined, will be found perhaps
to contain the greatest possible amount
OF relief for those whom ideas of their
own Importance bother. Behind the ut
termost of these worlds there are other
worlds, other suns, other systems. Wher-
ever in its WEAKNESS Imagination would
set limit there is space begun
The New York botanical garden, notes
the Sun, will publish shortly the results
of recent expedition sent out under its
auspices to explore the flora of Yellow
stone Park and the surrounding region.
Inc party of botanists was under the i'm
mediate supervision of DIR. P. A. Rydberg,
and its expenses were paid by William E.
Dodge. After search of three months it
brought back to New York 5000 specI-
mems Most of these were species of flow
ers shrubs, trees and seeds already well
known and classified by scientists, But
there was one species found hitherto I'M
known to botany. This was the smallest
Willow tree extant anywhere in the world.
IL is only an inch and a half high. and
was found by DR.. Rydberg on the summit
or Bridger mountains in Montana ssT,bis
species, said Prof N. L. Britton of CO.
lumbia University and director-in-chief of
the New York botanical garden, sis entire
~ new to u.s. 1t is the very smallest will
low tree to be found anywhere, and fonr-
lshes to some extent on the Bridger noun
tains. Its pigmy hight is due to the en-
IRENE exposure of the mountain top. We
cannot plant it here as weather conditions
would quickly kill it off, but nunohar
OF preserved specimens will be exhibited in
the botanical museum in the Bronx vU,ey
that building is completed next summer ;,
Navy department records show that
Admiral Dewey already has TWENTY-FIVE
vessels in his Philippine fleet, with officers
men and marines, as shown by the fol.
lowing list: ''i