The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A PLAIN yankee farmer in Providence last
Saturday evening is reported to have asked the
following question: IF this ere little political
skillet, Rhode Island, can get so red hot in
April that they have to call in all the big cooks
IN the country, what will it be next fall when
the big 66 Gc0,00O gallon kettle gets to boil
ing?"
THE TOTAL VALUE Of the Tilden estate, which
has just been settled, is estimated at IS 900 o00
This, less the $500 900 taken for contingent ex
penses. leaves s.. 100000. The amount received
by each Of the six heirs will consequently be
$4,000. From the other half-S2 zoe, 000-
81, 900 900 is deducted for Mrs. Hazard while the
Tilden trust receives 81, 900, with which to
found public library.
If ANY ONE is ill or annoyed in any way in
Thibet the evil spirits are responsible, and the
only sensible thing is to GO and hire priest to
brighten them off For this purpose the lama
reads aloud from his sacred writings, blows a
horn made from human thigh bone, beats a
drum manufactured out of two human skulls
rings bell aud tells over a rosary OF disc-shaped
beads cut out Of human skulls.
A RECENT CASE shows that It Is not entirely
imagination that attribu es abnormal thickness
of the skull to the negro. A short time ago,
Nancy Sharp, colored woman 80 years old
died suddenly and mysteriouSly without medical
attendance at her home in st. Louis. At the
autopsy it was found that her skull was fully an
inch thick at the forehead, increasing gradually
to an inch and half at the back OF her head.
THERE are 100000 miles Of telegraph lines in
the world with approximately 2, 500, 900 miles Of
separate wires. Europe alone has 81 .4e5 tele-
graph stations out Of the total of 465, 900 Tie
worlds yearly messages are put down at
2s6, 000, 900. From this number ST. 500 900 are
m ssa zes transmitted from one country TO
another. The total receipts for the worlds
telegraph service amount to upward of
S45O,OOO.OO0.
LoNDoEERs, 1t Is said, will shortly be able to
enjoy locomotion by means of the "polycycle"
omnibus The polycyce omnibus, the Daily
NetCs says, will be sort of elongated tandem
tricycle., with seating cap lcty for eight or
ten persons. who will ride in couples side by
side. Passengers will be exp cted to do their
fair share of WORK; bat the steering arrange
ments viii be entirely in the hands OF the off,
cial in front-we cannot call him the driver
VINO viii be responsible in case OF accident
Penny fares will be the rule, as with omnbuses.
a limited liability company is to be floated, If
possible, to start the new venture.
The horsepower Of a whale has been made a
subject of study by the eminent anatomist, Sir
William Turner of the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland, in conjunction with the equally emil
nent Glasgow shipbuilder, John Henderson
The size and dimensions of a great huner
stranded several years ago on the shore at
LonRGiddy furnished The necessary data for a
computation OF the power necessary to propel
it at speed of twelve miles hour. This
whale measured so feet in length, 20 feet across
at the tianges Of the tail, and weighed "a tons,
To attain a speed of twelve miles per hour it
was calculated that i46 horse power was neces-
sary.
AN ACTIVE COMPETITION has for long time
past been carried on among the English iron
masters as to the degree of thinness to which
cold iron could be rolled. In one case the sheets
have been rolled to an average thickness or
thinness of the 1S0Oth part of an inch
in other words, 1909 sheets OF this iron, piled
upon the other, would measure only one inch in
thickness. And this marvellous flneness Of
work may be readily understood when the fact
is borne in mind that the great number Of
1900 sheets of the thinnest tissue paper
measures a slight fraction over an inch IL
also appears that these wonderful iron sheets
were perfectly smooth and easy to write upon.
Notwithstanding the fact of their being porous
when held up to a strong light.
In PARIS nothing is wasted, not the smallest
scrap OF paper; that which every one else
/ throws away here becomes a source of profit
Old provision tins, for instance, are full OF
money; the lead soldering is removed and
melted down into cakes, while the tin goes TO
always contain in the arch of the foot at least
one sound piece that will serve again. and gen
orally there are two or three others IN the sole
| the heel, and at the back. Scraps Of paper 20
to the cardboard factory, orange peel to the
| marmalade maker and on. The ideas sug-
| gested are not always agreeable, and to see
rag picker tshing orange peel out of the bas-
ket is enough to make ons foreswear marina
| lade-but ere is worse than that The most
valuable refuse-that which fetches francs
the kio-is air; the long goes to the hair
dresser, while the short is usad, among other
| things, for clarifying oils.