Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

\ DRUG JOURNAL gives correspondent two
formulas for ''butter colors." They contain
annatto, tumeric. saffron, caustic potash.
bOraX and alcohol.
4 MINERAL EXHIBIT. marked unknown
at the Boston exhibition last fall. is said to
have led TO the discovery Of the reported
valuable tin deposits III North Carolina.
THE Lancet feels a sort Of righteous lndig-
nation al the necessity Of informing CORES
pondent that 1.-THE notion of suicide Of animals
below man Is absurd and unphvsiological.'
THOUSANDS Of pounds Of dynamite are
carted through the streets Of Chicago every
day. The man in charge of the factory says
the stun IS not so dangerous as ordinary gun
powder
THERE are twelve manufactures Of artif-
eIal teeth in the United states, which make
l0.CO0,O 900 Of those useful articles per annum.
They are made Of feldspar, kaolin and rock
crystal.
TIE scheme for tunueling under the Straits
OF Msssina has met with such difficulties that
it has been rejected in favor OF long ferry
boat capable Of carrying twenty -four railway
carriages.
THERE are 1900 Edison lights in ten cotton
mills in Fail river, and so popular are they
that the hands in one mill have struck against
all Wtrk by gasllght in mill where they re-
fused to put IN electricity.
IT is probable that the Government Of
Switzerland VIII be compelled to rescind its
recent order OF expulsion and outlawry against
the anarchists. The country is overrun with
petty German officials ON the search for sus-
poets. who prove q much greater nuisance 10
the people than the evil which the law was
intended TO remedy.
A GENTLEMAN long connected with the
French civil service says that in no other great
city which he has visited has he witnessed the
rude street manners which prevail in New
Ork. Probably the greatest courtesy Of the
open air IS tnat which may be seen IN south
ern cities. In Washington or Baltimore. for
instance, one man would not treat another as
brusquely as men treat women in New York.
A SWEDISH TOURIST is reported to have
arrived at Warsaw in fulflment Of a wager
made with two Engishmen, the conditions Of
which are that during this year, from the lst
Of last January. he shall visit all the cities of
Europe which are. or have been at any time.
capitals. and numbering. according To his
reckoning, Jog. He has visited all the capitals
Of Germany ltWenty-siX), and from Warsaw
ne VIII 90 on 10 st; Peters burg. ana thence TO
Moscow. Vino and kied. If he succeeds he il
To receive $4,000 and his travelling expenses
But it is stated that although he has a. yet
visited only One-fOurth Of the whole number
Of cities he has undertaken to visit. he COM
plains Of extreme fatigue.
THERE is good hope, from what is said, that
the Kings Mountain locality may prove a
workable deposit. Tin is such a valuable
metal that 1t pays to work comparatively lean
rock for il. In England the average Of the
rock passed through the mills and worked for
tin contains per cent. only Of black tin ore,
or nearly IS pounds to the long ton. Ordina-
rily so tons Of rOck-bearing ore have to be
mined to produce one ton Of black tin. This
one ton Of ore then yields about l,5O0 pounds
Of metallic tin worth $40. 1t is said that the
vein rock at Kings Mountain yields 10 per
cent. Of tin ore. which IS five times as rich as
the average English rock. This makes it very
hopeful for tin mine in North Carolina.
NJ. PAUL LEROY BEAULIEU says that the
monetary situation Of France is better than
it has been for many years. Not long ago the
l cash reserve of the Bank of France was COM
posed Of fve-sevenths of silver and two Of
gold. On the 18th of December, 1880. the
bank held 542.662. 000fr. gold and l,224.9l5,-
000fr silver. On the 10Th Of March. 1884, the
proportion was, 997. 645, 995fr. gold. to 1902.
SIC. 72Sfr. silver. The position is considered
favorable to the renewal of the monetary
league, called the Latin Union. which Will
soon expire. On the 9th Of March a further
increase had taken place in the store of gold
held by the Bank Of France, which had risen
to lO04, 295, Ssjfr., against 1907, 42S, S6fr. in
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