The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Tho absolutely necessary expenses d girl
who attends The leading women coilores are
said Co De-. Bryu Naur si55. Vassar s3O0,
smith. $3.50 Wellesley s}50. Women Col
leEe ~ Baltimore S31o. Mount Ho.yole. s'po.
The bicycle rider ard the horse are in close
competition Tor the fastest record. DiTectum,
the swift California stallion. trotted half
I IN l-oli4 the fastest ON record. The same day
. iNltf. az Hartford. rode his bicycle halt "a
mlie 10 l-ol -. breaking the record Tor fast
riding on the machine In going long dis
/ tahces the bicycle rider easily defeats the
I horse.
one Of the novel business trades Of Boston
is that OF a dealer in second hand plate glass
Nearly all Of this glass is bought by the
| dealer from insurance companies. The large
/ plates Of this kind OF glass are insured when
/ put in a window, and when any of them Is
/ broken, the owner OF the injured glass usually
! prefers that the insurance company replace
/ the broken piece rather than that he should
! DE pald It's price. The dealer In the second
! haEu glass COntrlVes to utilize what remains
OF the unbroken part Of the glass.
Life insurance companies are becoming the
/ holders Of enormous masses of capital, says
/ the New York Tribune. Statistics made pub
lie at the meeting on Wednesday Of the Ma
! tlonal Association of Life Underwriters show
| sessment corporations and societies. hold as
sets 10 the value Of $3.50 900 go, that they re
! celve from policy holders about sl75OOOOW
! year that their gross income is nearly 1920,
| UJO,OOO annually, and that they pay about 800,
/ OOOOJO annually to the insured in the form of
! death losses, surrenders and dividends.
The great diamond recently found in tie
African fields is now in The hands of cutter
1t has been named the Excelsior. It is in
| such good shape that it is believed it will
| weigh 800 carats when cut, which IS several
! times larger than any other stone. There ap-
! pears, however to be little black speck
/ near the center, which may make 1t necessary
! to cut the diamond in two. Even then the
| two stones would he larger than any others.
! and of perfect color. The Imperial. the next
! largest white diamond, sold for 81 100000. 1t
! Is said that the owners would accept 81, $50 900
| for the Excelsior
German papers tell Of queer method of jul
| dicial procedure in parts of the kingdom of
Siam. In the absence of trustworthy wit
nesses. the learned judge orders the two con-
| testants to dive in deep water. He who is
| able TO remain below the surface the longer
| time is the winner of the suit, The report
| further declares that particularly quarrel
! some merchant, who considered himself too
| old to try the cold water proof process, " had
a famous swimmer train his son to perform
! marvellous aquatic feats. In all the subse-
! quent suits the father was represented by
| the son, and as result was always victori-
/ Gus
Owls move in a buoyant manner, as if
| lighter than the air, says the st. Louis Re
! public. Ravens when on the wing. spend
much time striking each other, and often turn
J on their backs with loud croak and seem to
/ be falling to the ground In fact, they are
| scratching themselves with one foot and have
/ lost their centre Of gravity. Crows and DAVIS
! swagger in their walk. Woodpeckers fly
! opening and closing their wings and so are
always rising or falling in curves. When
| they run up trees they use their tails, which
incline downward, as sort OF support.
| Most OF the small birds fly by jerks. rising
! and falling as they advance, and most of them
| hop; but wagtails and larks walk. Skylarks
! rise and fall perpendicularly as they sing.
| WOODLANDS hang poised in the air and
| titlarks rise and fall in large
curves, singing as they come down.
The foreign electricians who are now in
this country attending the electrical congress
Of the world fair. did a most graceful thing
the other day at one Of their meetings of
which no public mention has yet been made,
says the New York Press. 1t has been the
custom among electricians TO honor the dis
coverer of certain units representing cleo
trical force by giving the names Of such dis
coYererS to these units. NOlter, the Italian
scientist, who demonstrated the unit of pres
sure is made immortal to scientists by the
selection OF his name to represent that unit
which is now called the volt Ohme the
German, has been hOnored by calling the unit
OF resistance by his name. The unit Of current
- udlil6u LOT <AlupCTb. Lle fTeDCDfQaQ, ana
the unit Of capacity, called Farad is named
for the Englishman, Faraday. The unit of
Induction, which has hitherto been named the
quadrant IL has been decided by these scien-
lists to call in honor of the late Prof. Henry
OF the Smithsonian Institution the Henry
Representatives of all nations most
heartily agreee to this suggestion.
Several of the western states have gone
extensively into fish culture within the
last two or three years, with the encourage
ment and assistance of the United States au-
thoritieS. This is notably true of Michigan
Illinois and Missouri. In the latter state the
United States fish commission has for two
years furnished large supplies of indigenous
fish gathered along the Mississippi river as
a result OF the high water Among these are
bass, both large and small-mOuthed pike,
crOppy, ring perch. gOggled-e eye and speckled
cat, the latter really river trout thriving
only in muddy water. The state hatcheries
have recently undergone considerable i'm
provement and engagements. At Forest
park the authorities have nine ponds. covcr-
Ing an area OF II acres OF water, in which bass.
crOppy, and carp are being cultivated. At
St. Joseph the commissioner has ten acres of
ponds. During the last II months the state
has assisted in the establishment of number
OF town hatchcres. At the st. Louis expo
siton this fall it is proposed to have very
extensive exhibition of Missouri fish and in
Ordcr to further stimulate interest in the
subject, the chairman of the state commits
sion is soon to deliver a series of lectures in
various parts of the state on fish culture ana
'ue economy ana DeneNt 10 be derived from
the use of fish more extensively for food.
Medical men are divided on the subject of
the employment of safe" hypnotics says a
writer of the Plttsburg Dispatch. Some pre-
scribe them very readily, while there are
others who never prescribe them at all. ex-
cept under the sternest compulsion. Sir An
drew Clarke is one of these who hold that the
too ready prescriber of hypnOtics even of the
safest class, deserve the seVerest profess
Slonal apprehension. Strongly contir1natory
OF this opinion is the account which has lust
appeared of the case of a man who had ex-
! per1enced extraordinary sufferings as the re
suit OF the 'paraldehyde habit" The victim
In addition to his profound miseries, was a
long time within sight of deaths door, and
the case is published as a warning both to
doctors and to patients. The patient has
I been subject to insomnia. and under medical
advice he tried paraldehyde. Beginning
with occasional small doses, the unfortunate
man rapidly proceeded to frequent large
ones. In a few months he could not live
without the drug, and in very few years it
became evident that he could not live with iC
Life became an agony and the apprehension
OF death terror which was intOlerable In
the course Of time the drug lost it's power and
sometimes as much as seven teaspoonfuls of
paraldehyde procured no more than half an
hour sleep, The hearts action failed and
the sounds often Iecame almost inaudible
Peculiar shivers ran through the body and
the patient was beset by constant fearful i'm