The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-17
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count 100000 Of inhabitants, consumes each
day 1000 tottles Of wine, 10000 quarts of
beer and l.600 90 slas Is Of an alcohol known
under the name Of vodky.
4 GERMAN LIEUTENANT practicing with ta-
loon got his foot entang!ed IN the valve line and
was carried for two miles with his head down
ward. The balloon lit without breaking his
neck, but be was insensible.
TEERE is progress among the recent immi-
grants. The Italians of Boston nave just held
a meeting 10 take steps to establish an indus
trial sc1OCl for young men and women of their
race, IN which. also, they can learn 10 read and
wr.ts the English language.
The EUROPEAN COUNTRY which possesses the
largest number Of public Libraries is Austria.
In Austria there are no fewer than 577 public
libraries. containing 5.415 eco volumes without
cton maps and 10 anus ;ripts. a total
Whch comes out at twenty-siX volumes per 100
OF toe population.
As JOIN A CRAWFORD, a Chicago travelling
man. was taking drink on a train at James
port, Mo. his false teeth slipped down his
throat He was taken to IrontOn, Mo, and
placed in charge Of the surgeons bu. By that
time bis throat and chest had become so swol
Zen ana ln4amed mat the teeth could not be
got at. and he is slowly choking to death.
IN ENGLAND. writes Maurice Thompson, in the
North american Reuieir, a novelist of the
script of his latest novel to his publisher and re-
celre ~ exchange for Il a cneck of from 81 900
10 El0JO. Even Anthony Trollope received as
Inucn as $1,000 Tor a novel. 1t is safe to say
tlefe Is not in America publisher. not maya
%ine or Journal owner, who would pay Mr.. How
els the half Of such sum In a word we RE-
sent e curious condition of nation rea1
more books tn IN any other nation in the wor d,
ana at the same time aging 70 It's own writer's
OF hIgh merit the smallest incomes offered TO
such authors within the limits of civilization
Ex-AssIsTANT SECRETARY OF THE TR-IsURY
CHARLES E. Coon startled some of his friends
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, Mondt y
nl;nt by announcing that ne had "a great
scheme. with millions in it." He went on very
gIavely to say; IT is the starting of an i'm
Inehse ranch for raising guinea pigs and pupsy
dogs which will core into great demand BY
reason of Or. Brown Sequard' discovery Of the
elixir of life" Then Mr. Coon smiled broadly
ana the crowd laughed at the psIpable sell,
when Dir. Coon remarked: See here, gentle
men. taat proposition is tame COMMONPLACE
practical ami sensible compared with three
fourt s of the schemes presented for considera-
tlon IN New ork banking houses daily
The woman that the shah took about with
him dressed up in mems clothes lost much of
her shyness after she got away from the staring
crowds Of London. and enjoyed herself thor
oughly further north. She has a very fetch
ing way OF peepi < at men out of the corners
OF her eyes, which would be a gOisend to girls
VINO affect snyne-s. Newspaper men aud 9th
ers VINO wer- deta; ed to follow the shah on mis-
travels. aud had many an opp JrtInity of watch
ing TINS strange title Persian woman say thai
they never once saw her look straight at a
man. though she closely observed the manners
ana dress OF ALT the women with whom she came
IN co ita;t. She never dined with the rest of
Inc shah suite. Her meas we're usually served
TO her IN her own apartments
IT Is TOLD Of Mas ed Deem that on one occa-
sion he conceived the idea of initiating Haroun-
atRaschid and going about by night in disguise
and unatten e through the streets of Teheran.
On leaving the cas- lie. the sentinel doing in ms
box, let him pass two nj Shts without hindrance
Whereupon the Shah tad the sleepy sentine
hog ed. The third night another soldier stool
Ga guard, ana he stopped the shah, and forced
nm despite all his proteStations to spend the
rest o. the night IN the sentry-box barring
eSreSs with his bayonet. The next morning tie
shan, after havi E been liberated. first had the
accommodating soldier bastinadoed ami
then sent MIN purse with a SUM equal to $50
and robe OF honor: but the shah was cured of
his love for nightly excursions.
LITERARY PEOPLE, actors and scores of others
who circulate in upper Bohemia saw a good
deal OF Bill Nye during his short stay in Lon
don Wilson Barrett breakfasted him at He'd
bingham, and Brandon Thomas invited some
kindred spirits to meet tn American hunorlst
at the Savage Clue. at Mary Moore's tea. in
the Criterion theater, a wetl-known actor said
10 hr' Nye: "A few months ago was PLAYING
IN farce at this very theater A fine Old fell
low IN the stalls, whom most of lis in the com
pany Knew very well. laughed inmoderately
we sent stage hand to the Charing Cross teIe-
graph Office, and when the curtain went I'm
aSa'n we had the satisfaction OF seeing oar
Trend ID the stalls stare with amaze,nent at
TINS telegram: That's right. Enjoy yourseIf
%hlle you live, for you'll be long time dead y
iSgnedj Bill Nye.
HE most important question concerning the
Brown-Sequard elixir is not as to whether if will
put new HE IN man, but as to how long that
new life will last. There is kind of ELIXIR nat
VIII maze warrior Of a man weak and gantIo
as woman, ald rejuvenate his system Rnt
the trouble Is the eliXiraton or exhiIaratjor
does not last long enough. Then comaS ~
hopeless reaction that leaves the aged A n1ontb
OF Two olaer 9y morning than be was at the
preceding midnight. Probably the wondartnI
new elixir IS tut another one of hhose ah1or
nal stimulants, like the alcoholic or variNy,.
narcotics, Whlca rouse or a brief interval hrain
TO more vigorous taou Sht and body to n1irL-ar
motion. The rule that has generally betn baid
TO apply 70 human vigor an / Vitality il tha+ tba
higher art strives TO abnormallv stimulate tn
BODY the lower nature dragS it down in resant
full reaction.
a VERY INTERESTING CALCULATION has recent,v
been made by the statistical bureau in Berlin
Fourfifths Of the power machines at nrasan+
in activity in the world have been eracteI
during the past twenty-five years, The com
try which possesses the highest amount ne
morse power Is the Unitel States with : 500
900 horse power; then follow England win
'OO,UOJ; Germany, with 4500O0O; France
WITH 3,OO,OOi, and Austro- hungary m
100000 These figures do not include iocomo-
tiveS, of which are l05 900 at wort yt-,tb
total horse power of 3,O00OO0 TINS the teal
horse power IN the worlt is 10, 900 COO A steam
horse power Is equivalent TO three actuai
horses, strength, and each living horse re1rs-
sentS the strength of seven men TINS tho 10
tai horse power of the entire word ranr-sants
the work of 100 900. me or more than tIvica
the total WofkiIg pOIU ion If tna EARN
Steam has u tripled the entire human vrork
power of the earth.
MORE than $50 years ago Reaumur. observing
that clothing moths never attacked the wool and
hair on living animals, inferred that the natu
raj odor of the WOOL or OF the oily matter in II
was distateful to them. Consequently. he ruh
bed various garments with the wool of fresh
pelts, and also wet other garments with the
water 10 which wool had been washed and
found that they were never att icked by moths
Experiments with tobacco smoke and the odorc
of spirits of turpentine showed that both yvera
eq ally destructive, but it was necessary tn
close the rooms very tightly and Ike 70 the firnes
very dense in them for tweuty-fo1r hours ~
obtain satisfactory results Chests of cedar or
sprigs of this tree are so disagreeable to them
that they Will not deposit tn 'lr eggs where this
odor is at all strong; but should the eggs h..
laid before the garments are packed away the
odor will not prevent the hatchin: of tbs eggs
nor the destructive work of the Larvae after
ward. Clothing may also be protected from
moths by packing it in stout cotton or raner
bags made perfectly tight but this must be
done before the moths appear on the wing