The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

A now vegetable is about 20 be- introduced
90 me people ~ the United States Through
fre department 81 agriculture Tt is the root
Of tho Gala lily. which resembles somewhat IN
appearance the ordinary Irish tuher, vita
the addition OF o few nbrous roots, that nave
nothing 70 DO with the qualities Of the article
as an esculent so prolific and palatahle Is
the root OF tnat plant that their propagation
in many parts Of the United states. where
conditions are favorable. may reasonably be
looked forward to as an agricultural industry
OF the future.
A curious operation, says The Hospital, has
been reported to the French Opthalmologieal
Society A boy OF 10. after an injury 10 his
eyelid, had IL so severely contracted that ne
could no longer close his eve. Accordingly
an incision was made in the eyelid, and tiny
fragments of frogs skin were inserted in
kind Of chequer work. II adhered perfectly,
and the wound was completely healed over.
After about five months the eYel1d recovered
its power of movement. a tiny transverse
line across the lid is the only sign visible OF
the fragments borrowed from the frog.
A. B. Evans, representing the Libby Glass
Company whose work of weaving glass cloth
is shown in the Midway Plaisance at the
worlds fair. was at the Carrollton hotel
Baltimore. with room full of the fabric
says the Sun. Among the articles made
from spun glass which he showed were
lamp shades in white old gold and
red combinations; cushions, mats, mOu-
choir and cravat cases, and even glass cravats.
Some of the articles were made OF glass
cloth having a Silken warp, While Others were
entirely of glass All of them are as soft as
silk. have an indestructible gloss and are said
to he very durable, When the fabric becomes
dusty it needs only to be spOnged off to renew
its fresh appearance and the colorS do not fade
as they are melted in the glass. The threads
Of glass are as small as the finest silk threads
and 200 Of them go to make up strand in the
weaving The glass cravats resemble GRO
cheted silk. The only way the fabric can be
destroyed is by bending and creasing it sharp
", when the threads are cut. When dresses
are made of the glass cloth the breadths are
cut out and the seams cemented together
with liquid glass. Ribbon or a braid of the
woven glass is pasted over the seam to hide
it. The garments are finished with fringe
which is light and fine, and the whole dress
is said to be as serviceable as silk, but slight
ly heavier.
In the history OF taxation there is nothing
more curious than the imposts to be found in
the laws of the early days of Holland. The
must curious tax of all was one imposed in
1873 on boots and shoes, says the Shoe and
Leather Review In order to prevent the i'm
post from being evaded, each OF those articles
so essential to human comfort had to be con-
SptciOusly marked on the upper leather with
the stamp of the maker, and also with that of
the taxing officer. The sum to be paid was
regulated by the size of the boot or shoe. So
apart from the question of beauty,
In those days it was real advantage
imposed on all passengers travel
ing in Holland by land or water. In 1871 this
tax was still in force. In 1874 a duty OF
cents was levied upon each person who en-
tered a tavern before noon The tax was
increased for afternoon visits. Persons who
assembled in a private house after
O'Clock In the afternoon for the purpose OF
amusing themselves had each to pay certain
sum, and those who entered place OF public
entertainment were likewise taxed. There
was duty on marriages and deaths The
tod 14r,rr N1,Ea
social position of the parties; while in the case
of person buried outside of the district in
which he had lived, the amount payable by
his executor was doubled
Not many remedies of Queen Mary's time
retain place in the modern pharmacopueia
says Blackwood's Magazine. Cardano recon-
mended bark of Indian wood, cinnamon, cary
ophyllum, colocynth. camphor. cyclamen vi
ola, turpentine, hops, anise, SIENNA, poppy,
mustard myrrh, NORWOOD, agrimony, IL
chen, privet rue, raisins. hyssop, crOcus,
marJoram, scablous, hgs, honey and many
more, and he earnestly urges the use of
remedy which he had tried himself for
breathlessneSs accompanied by bad cough:
Take the lungs of fox and forthwith wash
them with wine and dry it in a furnace to
cinder; powder and mix well with the yoke of
an egg. Among his external remedies, one
which was evidently prime favorite was that
which he applied over the SutureS of the
skull and especially the coronal, and which
he found great remedy for bringing away
the humOrs of the brain. 1t was composed of
Greek pitch and ships tar, white mustard,
euphorbium and honey, sharpened, If neces-
sary, by the addition of blister-fiy. He had
unbOunded faith in the efficacy of elaterium-
two grains dissolved in four ounces OF goats
or cows milk and as much water: this is to
be drawn through the noStril when the pa
tient was fasting. He had found-and we can
well believe it-that. when this remedy was
used very copiOus discharge of humor took
place from the nostrils. l shall not attempt
to follow him through the long series
of medicines which he recommended to be
used
The London morning papers contain about
10000 advertisements every week. Over 400
newspapers of all descriptions are published
in London two of which are printed in the
Spanish language 1t is calculated that every
week day morning 900 miles of London news
pal ers are given to the world by means of
rotary press. The combined circulation of
these papers is over 30. 900 900 copies weekly
the expenditure for news in the capital alone
would amount to R12,0O0 day Ten million
letters are delivered weekly in London by
1900 postmen, who walk together distance
equal to twice the circumference of the globe.
Last year 10000 600 postal articles passed
through the general postoitice day at Christ
mas time, total which has never before been
There are u postal deliveries a day in
the f. G, district. Londoners write more
than $1,000 letters a day. requiring 80
gallons of ink, and each inhabitant receives
on an average two letters a week. There are
said to be twice as many letters delivered
yearly in the metropolis as in Ireland, Wales
and Scotland together in the same time. The
number of telegraph messages received in
London last year was S6000000-a third of
the kilograms daily dispatched in. England
being sent from London Offices; 10 600 miles
of overhead telegraph wires almost shut out
the smoky canopy over some of the London
streets while 81 900 miles of similar wires
worm their way underground, in company
with the 5000 miles of gas pipes and $500
mi los NJ w. a prn ar Aral1
Il 600 street hydrants in London. Twelve
per cent of the water supply is drawn from ar
teSian wells and in one month LondonerS OBJ
tanned considerable over 81 200, 900 gallons of
water daily from their famous river.
On the subject of crownless kings the Lon
don Times says: Charles X. was expelled from
France in 1880 For two years he lived in
England, and for four on the continent, finally
dying in Hungary. His favorite amusement
during his exile was card playing. Maximil-
ian, the unfortunate Emperor of Mexico did
not have chance to go into exile, but all the
world knows the story of the unhappy Car
lotta, driven to madness by the misfortunes
of herself and husband. Amadeus of Spain
abdicated in 1873, disguised with the tedious
turned to Italy and was glad to resume his
honorary and nominal duties as an officer
in the italian service. The expulsion of
good old Dom Pedro of Brazil is fresh
in the minds of all readers. He had
ample fortune, and with his family moved
to Paris. where he was we'll received
He rented apartments and lived quietly in
Paris until his death short time ago. Stephen
II of Hungary, abdicated out of WEAKNESS in