The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-07
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| say that his fund of stories is unlimited. There
| are few men who have larger acquaintance
/ with public men all over the country. Many of
| them who are not inclined to tempt fate on the
| green cloth are Sheedy's friends. AS he stood
| on Broadway day or TWO ago talking to the
writer. almost every third man that passed
knew Shelly. Several of them reminded him
of good stories and it was difficult to realize
| that he had been a well-known gambler for
years.
THE finest grades Of razors are so delicate
that even the famous Damascus sword blades
cannot equal them in texture. II is not gener-
ally known that the grain Of a Swedish razor is
SO sensitive that its general direction is changed
after short service. When you buy fine ra-
zor the grain runs from the upper end Of the
outer point in a dag NAL direction toward the
handle. Constant strapping will twist the steel
until the grain appears 10 be set straight up and
down. Subsequent use will drag the grain out
ward from the edge, so that after steady use
Tor several months the fiber of the steel occupies
position exactly the reverse of that which it did
on the day of the purchase The process also
affects the temper of the blade, and when the
gram sets from the lower outer point towards
the back, you nave razor which cannot be
Kept In condition. even by the most couscien-
tious barber But here's another curious
freak that will take place in the same tool:
Leave the razor alone for month or two, and
when you take it up you will fiud that the
grain has assumed its fir st position This op-
GRAFTON can be repe ated until the steel is worn
through to the back.
The FORCE equivalent to the working power
steam engines represent: In the United States
100000 horse power; in England, 1000, 600
horse power; in France, 3 900, 900 horse mower.
in Austria, 10000 horse power and in Ger
many, 100000 horse power In these figures
the motive power of locomotive engines is not
included, whose number in all the world at the
beginning of 1890 was los, 900, representing a
total of between 100000 and 100000 horse
power for the sake of convenience we will say
100000 horse power, which, added to the
ire ~ Oh
total of 100000 morse power for the world
a steam horse power" is equal to three
actual horses power; and q living horses
strength is equal to that of seven men. There
fore the steam engines of the world represent,
approximately, the working power OF 1000
100000 of men. or more than double the work
ing population OF the world, the total population
OF which is usually estimated at 1885 923 O00
inhabitants Steam has accordingly enabled
man to treble his working power ma king it
possible for him to economic his physical
strength while attending to his intellectual
development.
IN. CAsIN y family, Salvador, is the way
one of the largest coffee exporters of Central
America, registered at the Grand Pacific. says
the Chicago Tribune. NJ. Casin arrived in San
Francisco last week from Salvador, and is on
his way TO Europe, bent on both plea sure and
business Like great majority of the better
educated SPANS Americans, Casin is con
versant with French and Spanish. and knows
barely enough English to make his way about
Ia an Eng ish-speaking country He says he
finds ast0ns iingly few Americans who speak
French and none who speak Spanish this side
OF California. ''Ezata's ascendency in Salvador
is practically supreme" he said. "An
snd eu.tem reslng between Salvador
the recent war will soon be for
gotten. Many citizens of one country have
like myself, resided at one time in the other,
and have personal interest in the mainte-
nance of peace between the Jwo" NJ Casln
takes a peculiar view of the United States
tarlH policy, Speaking of the duty upon
coHee, he said: Your people are enormously
rlch. You can afford TO pay much more than
other nations. He seemed to have an idea
that the tariff was a luxury in which the
United States could afford to indulge itself
The coffee from Central America. he said
ranked in quality next to Mocha and above the
Brazilian Rio. Salvador exports annually 300,
600, or hundredweights, of coffee, and Guate-
maia 100000 quintales,
A HUNGARIAN NEWSPAPER reporter underwent
| a dIsagreeabls experience during the recent
visit of Archduke ludwig and Archduchess
| Maria There sa to their estates at Kis-Tapolos
| any. Anxious to excel his colleagues in sim
| plying his journal with sensational intelligence
| a journalist OF the name of Jose Gyorf went SO
| far as to attempt to push his way into the
Archducai presence within the precincts of the
CdStle, with view to interviewing their I'm
| per1al Highnesses. Meeting with difficulties on
| the part OF the servitors, ne waylaid the Arch
duchess on country drive, and obstructed the
road by placing his own hired vihicie across it.
On the approach of the Royal equipage, Gyorfi,
| IN sWallowtallS and opera hat ad-
| vanced to the carriage, which had been brought
| to sudden standstili, land handing the lady his
card and pencil case, implored her autograph,
on the plea that his own future and his family S
| happiness depended on her granting his re-
quest Maria Theresa was on the point of com
plying with bis wish when she hesltated Per
haps in ink" suggested the self-possessed re-
porter. No." said the archduchess and or
dered the coachman to drive on, The follow
ing day Gyorf1 appeared again at the castle and
craVed az audience of the archGucal adjutant
Count Sehaafgotsch- The adjutant dismissed
him abruptly. On leaving the apartment the
reporter espied winding staircase, and, be-
llev1ng 1t he'd to the arduchess rooms rushed to
the top, when he was colared by the count
who flung him over the bannisters where he
was picked up and thrown by the attendants
into the road
FATALIsTs and those who think that the flu
ture of men and women is predestined or in
iuenced by the day and the month of their
BIRTH believe that the majority of men and wo
men who achieve lasting fame and greatness in
THIS world are born in the fall, winter or spring
months OF the year. Out of the twenty-three
Presidents only three were born IN summer
Jonn QUINCY Adams and Andrew Johnson in
July. and Benjamin Harrison in August Wash
lngton: Lincoln and William Henry Harrison
were born in February; Madison, jackson,
Tyler, Fillmore and Cleveland 10 March: Letter
son, M99nroe' buchanan and Grant IN April;
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Taylor Pierce, Polk and Garfield in November,
Van Buren, in December Three-fftbs of the
present pres Senate first saw. the light in
the oyster" months of the year
Thomas B. Reed Won Moltke. hem
Swift, Jonathan Edwards. Sir Moses MontefIore
were borne In October. George Eliot Wepdell
Philnps Louisa Aleott, Thurlow Weed. De
Lesseps. Pieyel, Cowper, Livingston and Luther
IN November. December claims Gladstona
William ian Lloyd Garrison Murillo. John Milton
and Thomas Carlyle. Among the great d onla
norn In JANUARY are found Lord Byron b. Mel
WEBSTER, James u. Blaine, Moliere Robert r
Lee and both of the Lessings. Lowell Tong
ieilow, 6alleo, Dickens, Ruskin Horace Grse
ley and Mckinley were born in February: Hvden
IN march, Edison, Morse, Charlotte Bronte
washington Irving, Shakespeare, Henry CLAW
LUCIA Patti and kossuth in April: John Ser
man. Emerson and Columbus in May
Among the many natural curiosities of Can
trai Florida, none attract more attention from
the native and the northern traveller than the
many small ponds known in the section WHARF
they abound as sinks They are usualI,, of
irregular, round or oval shape and are fonnd
scattered throughout the pine forests Genar-
ally speaking. they have neither visible s,,nnI,
nor outlet, and Yet their level scarcelJ epa
varies from one season TO another Thssv 10 40
not supplied by rains, since they are r,ensreIi,-
found in perfectly flat sections. where Ihora
but little if any drainage Their waters or 20
perfectly pure sweet and cold as a rule indi
eating hidden springs as their source of sinnIv
some OF them ar very deep-one in nartfc,y
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