The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a PARIS CORRESPONDENT says that compressed
sis Is now being extensively employed as a mo-
tive power in Paris instead OF steam. The Cen.
trsl station comprises twelve boilers a1d six
compound engines, and the air, which is com
pressed TO six atmospheres is stored 10 vast re-
ce!vers, and stribGted as required 70 various
industrial este bhshmeGtS ] re compressed air
also serves as a retngeratlng medium, which
can be utilized FOR sanitary a-d other purposes.
II Is intended TO erect covered markets. which
! will be provided with cooling chambers. sup
piled with compressed air fron the Central
| station.
| An ExTRAoRDISL ny CRIME. n the deed can be
called crime, owing TO the often Ter being
child Of only years OF age, was committed in
/ Panama the other day 1t appears that a poor
woman left her room, leaving her baby OF only
| a few weeks old fast asleep, and a second child,
! aged some years, plsyinr ia the room. On
| her return. to her CONSERVATION she found that
| the 4-year-o.d child bad beaten the baby so
severely over the head with stick that the
| little thing dead. The only theory ad-
| vanced is that the baby had awakened, and in
! order to quiet it the older had innocently beat
| 1t over the head and caused lts death.
| IT IS limited that the English are building a
eo-foot cutter, with which to again contest for
| the Americas cup. At any rate indications are
| growing which point to a challenge for the cup
| next year, aud at the late meeting OF the New
| York Club letter was received from the secre-
tary of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club asking if
|
Americas cup under the same conditions that
| the Volunteer-Thst race was sailed. and an
| Affirmative reply was sent. The story goes that
| the Earl OF Dunraven is building yacht from
| Watson's design similar to the cutter Harana
which made such good showing last year in
| British waters.
VERY NOVEL FEATURE is 10 be introduced into
the asylum for the blind to be established in
| Pittsburg Dr. Campbell, of the Royal Institute
| for the Blind in London, who is expected to be
| IN charge OF the asylum, aroused the greatest
interest in the worlds metropolis when in last
| September he selected class of blind pupils
| whom be had taught to ride on the bicycle. ard
they. with him in the lead, rode from London to
| Derby. The distance between the two places is
1870 miles. ana remarkable fact in connection
| with the feat was that no accident occurred on
| the way. DR.. Campbell will follow out his ideas
| on the subject when he takes charge OF the
| asylum at Pittsburg.
TIE FIRE ALARM protective chart, with key at
| tached, has been patented by an ingenious citi-
zen of Chicago 1t consists of small tin chart.
with the location of the nearest box and in
| structions how to use the key and the number
| OF the box printed upon it. IL is proposed to
place these keys with many householders as
possible In each fire district OF the city. When
| fire is discovered the dscoverer will then be
| able to locate Immediately the nearest fire
| alarm box and turn in the alarm. AS it is now.
| the locations of the boxes known to very
| few, and still fewer know how to work them
| when found. Consequently, a fire generally
| gains good Roadway before the department is
notified. aud considerable loss is in this manner
| incurred.
| CITIZENSHIP among any of the five tribes of
| the Indian nation has a tangible cash value
The Cherokees, of whom there are between 90
010 and % 600. possess IL 600 900 acres of land,
| worth from s. to Sl5 an acre and have 50 800
900 in the hands of tie United States govern
| ment. from which they draw Sl42 900 year
/ besides rental of 100000 from the cattle com
| panies, When surplus accumulates it is
| divided among the citizens. About half the
Cherokees are full blooded, while the rest are of
| mixed Scotch and Irish blood, but white men
cannot acquire citizenship now by simply
| rying Cherokee woman, as formerly. Sam
| Houston married a Cherokee; so did John
Sewer, and so did numbers of Adamses, Roses
and other leading families Of the south.
A GREAT DEAL OF interest has been created in
France by the novel form aud OPERATION of an
electric clock, recently introduced. the pecu.
| liarity in the construction of which consists in
| the presence of two kinds of batteries, ons a
| wet zinc iron element and the other dry zinc
| iron element. TIE former consists of an iron
| bottle Sc inches high by 315 inches diameter
| which forms one electrode; the other electrode
| is a rod zinc passing through an india rubber
| stopper into the interior of the bottle. this
| being filled with caustic potash and oxide Of
| mercury. There is no diaphragm and the zinc
| is gradually consumed, while the oxide of mer-
curry is reduced; the e. m. I. is 1.3 volts and the
| internal resistance only 2 of an ohm. These
| clocks receive an impulse forty times a minute
| and exhibit no weakening of the poweE either
| in the dry or the wet cell. An easy ca culation
| will show the interesting fact that the total
| number of electric impulses exceeds q, COO 600
| per annum-certainly most severe duty for
| any battery.
| "A TRAVELLER writes to the New York Tri-
bttne taking exceptions to the verdict OF rail
road officers that the new style of heating rail
way coaches is a success. 81 have" he says,
1.-THE opinion of many engine-drivers and train
men and they ali have condemned the system
| The travelling public is quite unanimously of
| the opinion that il is failure. 1t is generally
conceded that in cod weather the locomotives
| cannot supply steam enough to warm the
| coaches and at the same time make time
| Therefore, when the mercury falls to among the
lower twenties general Generalization Of
| trains and timetables follows. The public has
come to look for this condition every time the
| mercury settles. Any locomotive engineer will
| tell you il comes from a want of steam. Besides
| this there is good cause for complaint because
| Of the very unsteady temperature of the
| coaches. They are generally intens ely hot or
severely cold. Please advise those well-satis1ei
railroad officers TO take a trip over their roads
| and see things, as many Others see them
| THE EFFECTS OF HEREDITARY alcoholism are
| interestingly described by Dr. T. D. Crothers in
the current number of the Popular Science
Monthly. In persons of sound mind, but in
fected with an alcoholic faint, Dr. Crothers has
I
| times OF excitement, and without any use of
! intOXicantS, every symptom of intoxication is
| exhibited. An unfortunate treasurer Of large
| mandatory upon being accused of falsifying
| his booSs. suddenly appeared to be intoxicated
/ bo'h looking and walking like ne who had
| drank large quantities of spirits. The next day
/ he recovered and then made q full and ats
! factory explanation. His father had benn a
| sailor and free drinke-. Hardly less astonish-
| ing is the sudden, sympathetic drunkenness of
| persons who have formerly been a dicted to
| excessive Use Of intoXicIuts A prominent
! military man dining with some old comrades
| who became Intoxicated suddenly though he
| had drank nothing but coffee. became as niari-
| Gus the rest made a foolish speech and ut
| length had to be taken home in state Of stu
| pldlty.
DETROIT DISPATCH says: In 1861 George
! CnDelanl and his three brothers, Robert John
and William, enlisted in the union army. Dur
ing the war they were separated, and when the
| fighting was over each went mis- way suppos-
| ing the others dead Last week John Cone and
| saw reference TO George Copeland in a
| Canadian paper, and, thinking il might be his
! relative, wrote TO him. William and Robert
also saw tbs same paper and wrote to George
| Each WIS surprised to find that IL was his
| brother George, ana made arrangements for n
meeting unknown TO the others George Cone.
| land now lives in Essex Center, a small yilliga
in Canada, short distance from here. and
| yesterday the three men disemharked from a