The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DR.. GRANA, a country physician In Spain, &C
cording to foreign papers, has discovered cure
for diphthera which he claims never fails The
queen regent of Spain is greatly interested
in the discovery and received DR.. Grana at
court a few weeks ago. The physician has been
invited to explain his remedy to the Madrid
Academy of Medicine.
SIR EDMOND DU CANE, a student Of crime says
there were IS $50 "habitual criminals" known
to the London police in 1854 and that in 1890
the number had fallen to $1,000. He scouts the
idea that crime would cease IL drunkenness
were swept away. "If any social habit more
than another leads to crime" says he, 1T is
that of betting and gambling, which derive
their attraction from the hope OF getting rich
without work.
IT is not often that an apparently useful inno-
walton in the art of scissor or shear lnsnufact.
ture is heard Of and doubtless for that reason
we have become apt to consider these indlspen-
sable adjuncts to civilization as probably unim-
prOvable instruments. In new KIND of shears
which has been brought on the market by an
ingenious mechanician, the cutting blades are
connected by capsule. in which simple lever
movement on the closing of the instrument,
causes the one blade to be drawn under by the
other The lower cheek then acts as a support,
and the upper cheek a knife, which sewers
the object on the support. Compared with the
orthodox scissors, much greater efficiency is
Claimed for the new form of shears.
WILLIAM MIX was the first spoon manufact-
urer of the United States. William Mixs
father was a blacksmith and his sons all learned
that trade. William lived on North Farm and
built the large white house known the Joel
Hough place. In those times men Travelled as
tinkers that is, they mended anything and
everything. Sometimes these men were for
eigners, and some of them were skilled in the
arts. One came to William Mix's house one
day and said he was tired and financially EN-.
barrassed. In his kit he had a rude spoon mold
It appealed to the fancy of Mr.. Mix and he pur-
chased it Of the tinker, and at his forge with
1og3 1ao md laah Mr. do fhn Rrak
spoons manufactuI cd in this country. Mr.. Mix
scrapad and hand FURNISHED the spoons and
went to New York whore he sold them His
business grew and he sold his farm and went to
Woodbridge. where he procured water power
and there originated the buffiu process. This
improved the spoons and gave them better
finish.
QUEENSLAND is dreading the invasion of rab
bits, which have worked SO much havoc in other
Australian colonies and have recently become a
scourge in some of the chief wool-producng
centers Of New South Wales. Border fences are
being erected. and Queensland newspapers con
tain minute Instructions for the destruction OF
the dreaded animals. In the dry season TANKS
of poisoned water are laid TO" the rabbits, and
when they are not likely to want water poisoned
grain and sticks are freely distributed. A Bris-
bane paper says tras in Ne South Wales mil.
lions of rabbits be killed With poisoned
sticss which are lad .ong the banks Of rivers
creeks, Ia looms and waterholes. The twigs
which RABBITS most prefer are sandal wood. o an
busn and turpenLlne bush, and arc cut in lie Tbs
of about twelve inches. Smoking out Is 50 G.
times accomplished by means OF bisulphide OF
carbon. A piece Of wool or cloth saturated with
the carbon is inserted into tho mouth Of one
burrow, all the other burrows being blocked
The piece OF wool is then set on fire, the re-
manning buIrow filed IN and the fumes pene
trate throughout the workings end suffocate all
the rabbits that are in them.
NEVER HEARD OF Chinaman collapsinz
from the heat, did your" asked q Chicago doc
tor, as he famed himself vigorously and oc-
casiOnaly tugRed away at his SHIRT collar.
They may be heather, but they have more
common sense in apparel than all US good
Christians combined. just passed. one Of the
cued gentry standing at the corner Of Madi-
son and Clark at high noon. tIe sun pouring
upon the top of his head aud the Thermometer
registering 90 in the shade He was cool as a
cucumber. He wore no band about his sh rt
and no collar to shirt or blouse. Vest, he bad
none. You and have from twenty 20 twenty
five th;cknesses Of cloth close about our jugu-
lars and then say Christians. Christians
know suicide TO be sinful. don't they2 Then
how dare they choke themselves in blistering
weather? And the Chinaman ism 3 idiot enough
to clinch his undergarments to his back with
perspiratiou- producing suspenders, nor wear
his shirt inside his trousers He affects cool
sandals and light hats and in all shows q superb
regard for his safety. Next to following the
example of our first parents in their first es-
tate. the Chinese plan in summer is the most
comfortable style of dress upon the face of the
earth"
IN Iue HOFIt 4WeTLCuH heUlelO LIT. hRRIeSGOn
shows that in three months of 1888 cholera cost
Egypt from 10000 to 10000 lives; France in
lSS4'S6, not less than 10 900; in 1Ss4-'S5, Spain
$50 $50; in ls4-'S7 Italy about So 900; or in all
Europe in the years named not less than
250, 600 lives and not less than $500, 600 00J in
money. A report to the department of state
from the United States consul at Marseilles is
to the effect that cholera found its way into
Europe in 1888 through that city, and was i'm
portel directly from Egypt, and that its
presence was carefully concealed until 1884
when the terrible outbreak in Toulon made
further concealment impossible. The authori-
ties of France are now engaged in an effort to
conceal its presence by calling it another name
1t is commended that the disease was brought
to New York in the fall of 1887 on a French
steamer from Marseilles, but that effectual san
tary regulations prevented its spreading. The
home OF cholera is in India. MIR. Eggleston
says: ut never originated anywhere else 1t
never came to America until Europe had been
infected. II is spread by pilgrims who travel
to the holy cties-Hurdwar, at the base of the
Himaayas; Meshed, in Persia west of Herat,
and Mecca These three places, receiving
hundreds Of thousands Of filthy pilgrims, be-
come, SO TO speak. three cholera metropolises "
In 1882 the destroyer came to America via Que
bee; in l94S it started on its hideous travels in
and from the ports of New York and New Or
leans From the time It developed in New Or
leans 1t required but nine days for it to reach
Memphis. IL came again in 1884 in immigrant
ships, and again in 1866 and 1873.