The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NEARLY all the royal personages of Europe
are cousins, and not very far removed, as It has
been laid down by German genealogist that
every crowned head of Europe, bar Turkey. is
descended from one of two sisters who lived
about l5Oyears ago.
ENGLISH PEOPLE eat more butter than any
other nation In the world. The Table points
out that the consumption per head is 10 pounds
per annum, as compared with pounds in Ger
many, pounds in Holland, pounds in France
and l pound in Italy.
OLD-FAsHIoNED hunting matches have been
revived in Connecticut Fifty men, sometimes
twice that number, elect captains and hunt for
a day and night, the side bagging the most
game winning game supper at the expense Of
the defeated hunters,
IN the tombs of the Pharaohs have been found
very curious representations OF the human eye
in gold. Some of them are left eyes and others
right They are beautifully executed. the
brows, lids and pupils being carved out of little
rectangular pieces of metal.
NOWHERE in Europe is the struggle for exis-
tence fiercer at the present moment than in Ger
many. The nation is growing at the rate Of
Is per cent. per annum, practically at about the
same rate as the British. Allowing for deaths,
there is an addition to the population OF 600, 900
yearly. which, deductng zoo, 900 who emigrate.
leaves an increase of 1900. for whom room
must be made and food provided.
THOMAS S. PYNE has established q mint at
Cabul, which has turned out hundreds of thou
| sands OF ueatly-coined rupees and copper
pieces; he has erected a factory, where the
Afghans make from 1000 TO 10000 cartridges
every day; he has trained the natives TO make
| the best rifles and other fire arms with steam
machinery. and he has even established tailor
ing and boot and shoe workshops on the most
approved English system.
ONE of the most remarkable sales Of old silver
ever held was at Edinburgh lately. 1t included
pieces belonging to the late Earl of Dunmore
and the service Of St. Martins Abbey in Perth
shire. Several pieces were bought on commits
sion from New York The highest price ever
obtained for old silver. $50 An ounce was given
for an early Italian double-handled cup and sau-
Ger, $3.50 being the price. The highest price
heretofore had been $50 an ounce.
THE waiter first pours little from the newly
opened bottle into your hosts glass. Why9 Is
it to cleanse the bottle of anything which passes
off with the pouring OF the first Rlassf No
Away back In feudal times it was a CUSTOM too.
In those times it told mans guests that II his
flagon OF wine was poisoned the contents of his
own beaker would prove1 It. 30 il guest didn t
see his host doubled up with the cramps, and
his face working like jumping jack. it was
safe to conclude that the wine was all right, and
the repast might proceed.
SUPPosING the population OF Paris to be q
400. 600 individuals Figures which, If in error at
ALL are not far from right, and that each per
son eats an average Of 500 RrRmmes per day,
the French capital daily consumes 200 900 kilo-
grammes, or about 100000 pounds OF bread.
These figures convey q very poor idea OF the
enormous quantities OF bread daily consumed
by the Parsians. Let us present 1t In the
graphic" style. We will suppose that the
daily allowance OF the staff OF life reaches the
people of Paris in one continuous roll, of the
average thickness and width of a loaf
OF bread. If up to the average, this roll
would weigh about one kilogramme q 10
pouods) per meter 1919 inches). Now very
simple calculation will show that this roll
would have to find its way into town, without
| interruption or stopDage of any kind, at the
rate of 30 kiometers 80 niles per hour IN or
der to make it possible for each to find place
to cut off his daily allowance of 800 grammes.
This would make the bread roll enter the city
| with the speed of the average express train.
SIR JAMES PAGEr says that he once heard
Mile. Jsnotha render presto by Mendelssohn
in which she had to play $685. notes in four
minutes and three secondsl Every one of these
notes involved certain movements Of the fingers,
and In many there were movements laterally as
| well as those up and down. Let us say that
! there were three distinct movements for each
note. AS there we're twenty-four notes per Sc
cond she moved her fingers at least seventy
two distinct times each second. Moreover, each
of those notes was determined by the will and
allotted to q certain place. with certain force
at certain time and with a certain
duration Therefore there were four distinct
qualities in each of the seventy 1.-TWO movements
| in each second. Such were the transmissions
outward. And all those were conditional on
| consciousness of the position OF each hand and
each finger before it was moved, and by the
sound and force of each touch. Therefore
| there were three conscious sensations to every
note. There were seventy Two transmissions
| per second. IA to and fro, and those with con-
| slant change of quality. And then, added to
| that all the time the memory was remember
1 ing each note IN its due time and place, and
was exercised in the comparison of IL with
others that came before. So that it would be
fair to say that there we're not less than 200
trausmissions of every nerve force to and from
the brain outward and inward every second
| during that wonderful performance.
The DAYS of natural gas are numbered, says
| the St. Louis Globe Democrat. There Is sur.
prising unanimity among the mining engineers
on this point. They agree that more gas can be
found, and that wells may continue TO flow to
some extent, but they say experience has
proved that the supply cannot be depended upon
| for manufacturing or for heating purposes. The
amount OF natural gas reached its maximum
| two years ago. 1t has fallen off each year SINCE
Notwithstanding the large number Of new wells
bored. Said Pittsburg engineer: I'VE have
had pretty bad time this winter in Pittsburg
| The flow has given out repeatedly just at a
| time perhaps when most needed. People
| who had no coal in their houses have had the
gas 20 out on them in some OF the very
| coolest weather Manufacturers who de-
pended on gas for fuel have had 10 shut down.
| Business has been der9nged and home life has
| been made miserable. Some people are still
| boring wells and trying to keep up supply by
| tapping places, but with only partial success.
| One after another the wells give out. When
| they cease flowing the only thing to be done is
| TO turn the valve and leave them alone. Some
| times a well will start up again and flow gas
| after It has been idle for some time. But all
| seem to reach state of exhaustion sooner or
| later Manufacturers are going back to coal
| and householders are agreeing that 1t viii not
| do to depend upon natural gas. One thing has
| been made certain, the theory that this manu-
facture of gas is going on fast enough to supply
the flow is all wrong II IS slow process. We