The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-18
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market in England, by which the human voice
can be so magnified that it may be heard al a
distance oil several miles On its appearance a
| poor heppecked EngliShman wrote to the papers
ana said that If the electricians had on hand or
in view an instrument that would so diminish
the human voice that it couldn't be heard at all,
he was willing to pay a good deal Of money
for it
SYNDICATE OF wealthy French Jews has
| offered 100000 for this Hebrew Bible in the
vatican. For this book, generally conceded TO
be the most valuable in the world the Hebrews
OF Europe have more than once made offers in
the century past, one of the offers being its
weight in gold for the famous Bible: but il is
understood that the pope cannot legally sell it
without the authority of the Congregation of
the Propaganda.
A LONDON FIRM states that the shipments for
warded from the champagne districts for 10
year ending March 81 lover 23,OOO0OO bottles)
make the presentstock in cask and bottle eqnal
10 nve years consumption. This enormous
vintage could be duplicated, if necessary, too,
from the Jersey cider cellars of New York and
vicinity, so that there will be no immediate
alarm Inc trouble will be to get the accom-
panylng cracked ice.
FREDERICK SPITzER, the collector of probably
the greatest gathering OF objects of all sorts of
arts ever brought together by a private person,
ule1 IN Paris two weeks ago. Born in Hungary
IN 1915, he went to Vienna to engage in trade,
and accidentally discovered an Albert Durer,
which he bought and sold for little profit.
Till that time he had known nothing of pictures
or curiosities, but for thirty years he dealt in
antiquities all over Europe. His present collec-
ton is unparalleled, embracing nearly every
form of art.
A RUSSIAN PEASANT in the Simperfool distri ct
had two sons, of whom the younger was his ia
yorite. The elder, not liking this, took 81 ,OOl
tnat the old man had Secreted aud hid in a corn
stack. w. en- the old man discovered his loss
few days later, the elder son acknowledged
having taken the money, and offered to give il
up II the father would promise thereafter to
treat him the same as he did the younger one.
Inc father agreed, and both hurried off to the
cornstack. But the mice had been there before
them and the money was destroyed
THE London correspondent of an English
paper alleges that the Prince of Wales has insti-
tuted the tom of weighing both the coming
ana departing guests at Sandringham palace.
AT the first opportunity after his arrival the
guest IS weighed. and his weight recorded in a
oook kept for the purpos4, and he is weighed
again on the morning of his departure. and an
graph OF the guest. One of the latest sigma
lures In the book is that of Salisbury, and b IS
weight is put at eighteen stones, plump.
A POLICEMAN OF New YORK the other day cor
raled dog which appeared to be mad, in a shop
in Sixth avenue, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth Streets and, after shooting it. flung the
body into the gutter. AS 1t lay there a woman
and gently placed upon the dead animal
bunch of magnificent roses. The bunch was
nearly as biz as the dog, and cost more than a
better dog would sell for. Woman and dog
were unacquainted. The roses were merely a
| spontaneous tribute to a friendless beast.
AMATEUR MAeICIANs complain that they are no
| longer in demand. There is a general tendency
to frown on some of the young performers
| nowadays and the craze that set in some time
| ago over this particular form of household
| amusement has quite disappeared. The crowds
| that gather around Hermann are by no means
| as great as they were a year or two ago, when
he gave exhibitions of his dexserity in some
| public places and the manufacturers of sleght-
| ot-hand tools of various sorts, complain of a
constant falling off of their sales. Ii is appar-
| emily nothing more than freak of public
| taste.
BERLIN RESTAURANT and cafe is cooled in
summer and heated in winter by electricity, and
| the food of light from TIE electric lamps is
| tinted delicate pink, which is so becoming to
| the compilations OF the lady visitors that the
| place is simply thronged. In the center of the
| room there are several glass jars through which
| passes spiral platinum wire The electricity.
| on heating the wire, speedily raises the tenn
perature of the water in the jars to boiling
| point, and epares the coffee, which small
| electric railway transmits to the various tables,
| SO that the guests may help themselves at their
| pleasure.
THE LocH LEvEN TROUT was recently intro
duced into this country. 1t is indigenous to
Loeb Leven, Loeb Scone. Loeb Lomond and the
, River Forth in Scotland. Its back is of an
olive green, and the lateral line is bordered with
| large, dark, almost black Spots some round,
| some shaped like an X and some like XXX.
The spots are very irregular and very distinct
| It's peculiar habit is to fight under water never
rising to shake itself out of the water like the
winninsh of Lake st. John. The Loeb Leven
| trout is nsidered, by good authorities, va
| riety OF the German brown trout, now becom-
| ing popular In this country.
IN FNcT AMI in 1919 thara upas o,a ,x,.o,..,.
thief to every 1000 persons; in 1887 SO the per
centage had fallen by nearly half, and there
was only one known thief to every 1945 per
sons The decrease in the receivers of stolen
goods is still greater. In 186S69 there was one
| to every 8, 430 people; in 1S8168 there was one
to every q. 599 Ia 1869 there were l. 962 houses
kept by receivers of stolen goods; in 1888 there
were only 775. The number of suspected pub.
lie houses, beer shops and coffee shops has
fallen within the same period from 3, 1877 to 753
In 1850 there was one policeman to every 1858
| people: in 1SS7-SS there was one policeman to
every $50 people. Such are the last statistics.
PROBABLY no simple aggregation of figures
gives such a wonderful idea Of the advance in
modern warfare as the description of the new
Krupp gun which has just been ordered for
| Cronstadt. It throws ball weighing 1000
| pounds distance of twelve miles. The gun is
forty-four feet long, and it can be fired twice
minute. Every time it goes off it costs the gov
eminent $780, IL will not be used for the
| purpose of firing government salutes. If it
were planted on Governors Island and used to
salute Secretary Tracy when he passed by,
| every such ceremony would cost the govern.
ment So, 800. A few trips past Governors Is.
| land by the secretary would bankrupt the navy
| in single day.
| HOTELS are few and ill-conducted in Brazilian
| coast towns. but there are excellent French and
| German restaurants in Bahia and Pernambuco.
When one has the bill to settle he finds that the
| score runs into the thousands The basis of
currency is an imaginary unit, the refs, 100 of
| which make milres, worth, apart from ex-
| change, about 80 cents The lowest nickel coin
| is 100 refs, worth about cents Below these
are copper coins, 20 refs being equivalent to
| cent. If one dimes with friend at a resta,l-
rant the score will amount to 800 reis-a result
| startling to the uninitiated. When real estate
| transactions are conducted the figures rise into
\ the millions, and when trade statistics are com
| puted, billions and trillions are brought in Re-
verSlng the process, one pays 1000 refs to a
boatman TO 90 ashore from steamer / 900 reis
| or a milreis for bottle of beer and some
cheese 500 refs to guide for pilotage through
| public building 200 reis for a ride on a street
| car, 100 refs for a turn on the lift from the
| upper TO the lower floor, and another 100 refs
| for having his boots BACKED.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE of stealing, SAYS the
New York Sun, is reported from Paris. The
| administration of the Theater of Varieties was
| very much surprised to find, about a month
| ago. that theft had been perpetrated to their
prejudice; the battery of accumulators used for
| the lighting of the theater by electricity had
been stolen. The battery composed of thirty
| eight accumulators and weighing ] 200 pounds,
had a raI