The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WALTER NJ. REASON, stenographer of the
Sixth judicial circuit ofiMichigan, who recently
wrote 1874 words Of unfamiliar matter from die
tatton In one minute, claims the championship
This is at nearly the rate OF 5I5 words per
second.
THE thistle, according TO the London Vegeta-
rian Federal Union, is desirable article of hu-
man food. If boile1, they are hike delicate
turnip tops, and maybe eaten like spinach on
| toast with poached or fried eggs, and with a
little olive oil or mixed with cream"
AN English manufacturer, while examining
the texture and quality of some bandages found
on mummy, was astonished to find that the
| arrangement of the .threads was exactly like
| that which he had patented few months be -
| tore, which he had supposed to be an independ-
| emit invention of his own.
THE use of horse flesh as an article of food has
made great progress in Paris, where about l 900
horses per week are said to be slaughte ed the
animals even being imported for that purpose.
| me snail ls becoming another fashionable arti-
Gle OF Diet in France Snails were highly es-
| teeIned by the Romans, and in the sixteenth
| century the Capuchins of Fribourg possessed
| the art of fattening them.
| SMALL CONVEX MIRRORS of glass we're made in
| Germany before the sixteenth century, nd
were in demand until comparatively modern
times. they were produced oy blowing small
glass globes, into which, while they were hot,
| was passed through pipe mixture of tin an
| ttmony and rosin When the globe was coated
| inside it was allowed to cool, and was afterward
| cut into convex lenses, which formed small but
| well-dehned images.
| IT IT rather curious that it 1852 the principal
sovereigns regning in Europe were the third of
| their respective names They were George Ill,
hing of Great Britain; Charles III, King of
Spa.n; Augustus Ill, King of Poland; Frederick
| H., King of Prussia; Charles Emanuel III,
| King OF Sardinia; Mustapha III Emperor of
tne turks; Peter Ill, Emperor of Russia;
| Francis Ill, Duke of Modena, and Frederick
| ILL.,, Duke of SaxeGotha.
THERE have been during the past years a
series of fashionable crazes in Japan. The
| year 1873 was the rabbit year. The Japanese
went wild over these little auadrupeds. AS
| much as t3OO was paid or a single specimen
| ands eculations il 8lC0 and e2O0 rabbits were
| OF daily occurrence. Cockfghting, printing
| dictionaries by subscription, boating, whist
Waiting, gigantic funerals, and table turning
| are among other recent crazes.
! THE streets OF Berlin are soon to be enriched
| by large number of so-called ''Uranian pill
lars, of which it is proposed to set I'D In all 200
| These pillars will be about Is feet high, con
| structed of cast iron, and will each contain a
| clock, meteorological Instruments weather
| charts, astronomical and geographical an
nouncements, and also, as in the streets of Paris
| plan OF the neighboring streets in enlarged
form to enable strangers to find their way.
| PHILIP BULLION, an old and impecunious SOL
der, has been for more than two years in Jail
| is imprisoned originated in a store bill con-
tracted by his wife, to pay which he borrowed
money and gave his note. Afterward he and
| his wife separated and according to his stare
ment. she assumed the debt. He refused to pay
the note, his creditor was vindictive and judg-
ment went against him, with a sentence Of i'm
| prisonment until debt should be paid.
The Oldest newspaper in the world, of course,
is In China. 1t is the King Pan. is the official
journal OF the empire, and was founded in Gil.
ORIGINALLY vaz ohaA 31t~
after 1901 1t appeared regularly every week
In 1904 it was converted into a daily and now
issues three editions day and sells at about a
cent copy. The morning sheet printed on
yellow paper, is devoted to commercial news
1t has circulation of about 5000 copies The
midday issue contains official documents and
general news. The evening edition, printed on
red paper gives the latest intelligence and ex
tracts from the two previous editions. The pa
per is conducted by six literat, appointed by the
state.
A GENTLEMAN well known in the scientific
world has just invented pair OF shot-proof
spectaces It is not exactly a compliment to
the modern sportsman, says the London Truth
but am bound to say that In view of the
alarming increase of shooting accidents in re-
cent years the invention must be considered as
supplying serious want. l have it from a
friend who has been going into the question
| that these glasses (which are being manufact-
urei on the Strandl may be relied upon to with
stend almost anything short of q charge fired
poIntolank and they have the advantage of
thoroughly protecting the side OF the eye
which is the direction in which the most serious
wounds are generally received.
SOME fresh reference having been made by
western papers TO the false story that Lawrence
Barrett's real name was Larry Branpigan.,
the actors own denial is printed by the Cedar
Rapids Ia Republican. Therein Mr. Barrett
says: Every repetition Of the story ia a dec
laraton that am most despicabe liar deny
ing the name my father gave me- You cannot
wonder, then, INDIGNATION VIII I
fresh evidence Of its vitality. respect and re-
we're my fathers memory, and were his name
Branngan, instead of Barrett, and 1 had been
christened Larry instead of Lawrence, it would
with me be Larry Brannigan' to the last and
II there be any merit in my acting, the public
would in tins have come to recognize it Under
one name as well as another
THERE is not much liberation for the anti
vaccination craze in France, where medical
science has reached a very high point of de-
velopment. The recent outbreak of sman.nox
at Rheims has called out proclamation from
the Comite Consultatif d'Hydiene Publioue de
france, declaring that ''revaccination is a duty
imposed upon every citizen" 1t scouts the idea
that any danger can arise from the operation
when properly performed, and concludes by
saying: Vaccination is the most salutarv ~
practices. IL is also most harmless when sur
rounded by the precautions whic 1, in the pres-
ent day, have been clearly defined. 1t is, in
reanty' the only etticacous means for stamping
out the smallpox epidemic
A MACHINE was received at the custom house
yesterday, says New York contemporary, which
it is claimed will revolutionize the dairy indus
try and do away with that useful adjunct Of
ever well regulated farm the hired hand who
does the milking. The machine was imported
from Glasgow, Scotland. The machine, it is
claimed, will milk thirty COWS in one hour. 1t
ID constructed on the vacuum principle and
when adjusted to the cow the milk flows in a
continuous stream. The machine does the
work without assistance. The apparatus re-
ceived yesterday is said to be the first one ever
brought to this country and its use will be in ,
the nature Of an experiment at first The
machine is largely used in Scotland, audIrits
practicabllity has been long ago demonstrated
The one imported yesterday is valued at S56 in
Scotland but the duties paid upon it added S45
making the total cost 800. The appraisers had
considerable difficulty IN finding duty which
would apply, no machines of the kind having
ever been received at this port