The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-06
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know in these days, when we are getting a taste
Of an old-fashioned winter. so thai rubber shoes
are in frequent requisition By all classes. He
wishes to make il known that the easiest way
I TO clean rubber shoes OF any kind is TO rub them
with vaseline They then clean much better
and last longer than if they are washed with
water.
SOME RECENT STATISTICS show that very rapid
increase is being made in vine culture in this
I country. There are now under vine culture in
America 10000 acres, of which 300 600 are bear
| ing. The estimated value Of the vineyards aud
wine cellars is Si55, O000. In California there
are 10000 acres under vine culture, and large
I proportion Of the grapes produced are made
into wine Most of the grapes grown in New
YORK. state are sold for food. The total prOduc-
tion OF wine in the United States during the
past year is about 100000 gallons.
MONTE CARLO is increasing in favor as a re-
sort from year to year. and as result the villas
to let grow fewer and fewer. Several new ones
are IN course OF construction in and near the
famous gambling city. one of the most cha M
ing OF all being that which the Marquis OF Sails
bury, the British prime minister. is building at
Beauheu- This place is one of the most beau
tiful retreats the Riviera. and it is here that
most of the flowers which find their way TO Nice
and Monte Carlo are raj sed. The prime minis
ter s house has been more han year building,
and Will be called the Villa Cecil.
WHEN YAzoo BILL, a celebrated character of
Yazoo City Miss, comes to New York. as he
does sometimes. says the World, he is said to
hasten to the Fifth avenue to inquire after the
health and prosperity OF his friend Gen. Charles
+. Furlong, who lives there. Gen. Furiong is a
portly, rather clerical looking New Yorker,
wearing the chin beard which the city carica-
tlrists would have US believe is effected by
gentlemen resident in the cou try, but withal
so kindly OF eve and hearty OF manner that the
admiration OF a reputed desperate is not
surprising. 1t was while serving Uncle Sam in
Mississippi during the reconstru ton days that
Gen. Furlong acquired Yazoo Bills esteem, the
story being that during Furlong's official in
cumoency as provost marshal, or in some such
position, there was a ruction between the whites
and blacks and Furlong, although republican,
took sides with the whites and protected their
persons and property.
Mas. EDISON is quite fine musician, and she
and her stepchildren constantly practice to-
ether, says Alice Lanigan in sketch of Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison in the January Ladies Home
Journal Her home life is very simple and
quiet Que. Mrs. Edison has her housekeeping,
to WHOA she gives her personal supervision, her
music and her social duties, as well as inter
course with her husband and children to occupy
her time. Her connection with her husband s
work is shown by the close manner in which she
follows his inventions, step by step, and in the
interest with which she appreciates their dis
covery, improvements and completion. In ap-
pearance she is very youthful and charming.
Her complexion Is olive, her mouth firm, teeth
good and eyes shade darker than the hair,
which is brown, abundant and wavy, aud is
becoming way. She dresses handsomely and
well and looks what she is-the simple, quiet
wife of great and successful man.
THE OPENING of the coffin in which the body
Of St. Francis Xavier has lain for nearly three
centuries and half in the cathedral of Goa,
India, appears to have been attended with great
pomp and ceremony vast multitude of
Roman Catholics, including the patriarch arch
bishop and the governor general of Portuguese
Indie, were present. The coffin being opened
all the assembled dignitaries proceeded to ven
crate the remains and kiss the bare feet, which
for that purpose were left outside the glass
paneled case in which the coffin was deposited.
Thereupou great rush took place, every one
being DESTROYS of kissing or touching the body,
and 1t is stated that the utmost disorder and
confusion prevailed in the church. The face
( and feet are described as covered with dried
integuments Though the eyes had disappeared,
both ears remained. The disappearance of the
| right arm was explained by the fact that this
member was cut off long ago and sent to Rome,
where it is still to be seen. 1t is a curious cir
| cumstance that the body was found to be only
| four and half feet in length. Solemn vespers
were afterWard celebrated IN honor of the saint,
| ard IN the evening the churches and the public
places IN Goa were brilliantly Illuminated.
| THE EMPLOYMENT of selenium cells is regarded
as involving many interesting possibilities
| Shelford Bidwell, F. r S., Ia some recent ex
periments. interposed between q selenium cell
and a source of light. in this case gas burner
different coored plates of glass, and red. orange
and yellow glasses were found to exert nc
| screening effect but when green glass was
employed, the light was screened off, and an
electric bell which had been connected to the
cell began to ring, Among the applications of
this principle suggested by Mr. Bidwell was it,
| employment in ringing bell in case of the ex
| tincton OF q ships light, or of a rail-
way signal light. Many adaptations of this
| sort are likely to come into vogue before long.
| For instance, the lighting of lamps, which is
1 done ha
| with more regularity and perfect safety by an
| arrangement which will turn on the light when
| daylight falls below certain point. The sele.
mum cell can also be turned to excellent &C.
count for the preservation of property, and as q
protection against thieves. An apparatus ar.
ranged to ring bell when the cell is exposed tc
| light may be employed in safe or strong room,
and made sufficiently delicate TO be thrown
/ into action by the lighting of a burglar g
| lantern.
DR.. R. G.. EccLEs points out that the danger
| of diseases is as rule, in the direct ratio OF
the carelessness with which they are regarded
He says that diseases may be class.d as more
1 or less fatal as PEOPLE are afraid of them and
| eek proper advice to both prevent aud cure. II
people are not afraid OF diseases they act the
| part of fools by not eking medical knowled ge
| and skill, and so give the disease a chance to
| kill more people. The ravages Of various
diseases would be diminished to a surprising
extent If people were imbued with q more
| wholesome fear of them, and so led to make
use OF proper measures for eher prevention and
| cure. DR.. Eccles gives somes Interesting sta
tistlcs in support of his statements. No one fails
4 to send for a ply stefan in typhus, yet only
/ six persons in a million die of it. since efforts
| are made to suppress 1t. Four hundred and
| twenty eight 10 million die of whooping cough
| because it seldom frightens patients, and
| neighborly ladies give advice. Three hundred
| and forty-one 10 million die of measles, be-
cause it SO frightens US as to induce our frienas
| to send for doctor. Two hundred and twenty
| two in million die of scarlet fever, because
| medical advice is sought sooner and more i'm
| plicitly obeyed One hundred and sixty-eight
| in million die of diphtheria, because it fir ght
| ems more than most other diseases and sends
| People in haste to the dJctor Dr. Eccles urges
| on the medical profession the necessity OF
| teaching paople q rational fear OF disease and
| of impressing upon them the IDEA that the
greatest ele nent of safety is to avoid the mis-
| take of bad general i. E.. not to underestimate
the strength Of the enemy.
THE YER 1890 was remarkable for the great
number of large requests and donations which
have been received by the various charities al
home and abroad as well as for the many gifts
to found new schemes for the relief of sickness
and distress Looking abroad, it is seen that
considerable sums, both in requests and dona
tions, have been fort Incoming from the dictates
| OF benevolence. The late III. P. Ramonding left
| &39, zee for French charities; the late NJ E. G.
| Martel 935,714 for charities of Cognac; the
| late Mr.. Astor, f41 ,073 for two New York hos
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