The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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parts with drops of fluid from their mouths.
Executions ceased to be public in England
in 1865. Before that time they were in the
| squares in front of the jails and attracted
| thousands OF people from the country round.
| The aphides are the milch kline of the ants,
and are regularly approached and,milked by
| the latter. Ants have been known to keep
| the aphldes in captivity, as COWS are kept in
! cities.
Austria is the most lenient to murderers.
In the ten years ending 1879 there were SIG
criminals found guilty OF wiIlful murder in
Austria of whom only twenty-three were put
to death.
Texas paper, the Bolton Journal says
that the slang phrase sin it, or mot in it,
was first used by Ezekiel, the Hebrew
prophet, in the following passage: Though
these three men, Noah, Daniel and job were
in it, they should deliver but their own souls
by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. ~
Did you ever stop to think how much can be
gotten out Of bar OF steel costing SIP Put it
through needle factory and it will produce
$3.50 worth of needles The proprietor of a
cutlery mandatory will take it and produce
30 worth OF knife blades. A matchmaker
VIII take It and produce $3.50 worth of balance
springs. Thus, bar Of iron costing 81 and
put into watches will give S240,999.
The fire commissioners Of Boston recon-
mend plan for using water from the harbor
to ext1nguish fires in the business part of the
city, says the Baltimore Sun. 1t is proposed
to lay mains through the district, and in case
OF fire TO force water into them with the two
flreboats, These two boats one of which
has been built and an appropriation made
for the second, have combined capacity of
$1,000 gallons Of water minute. This would
equal twenty-four Second-siZe land engines
and would furnish sufficient pressure any,
where in the district for ten streams for each
boat A plan somewhat similar is already in
In q and and -
seem to recommend itself to all cities whose
fresh water supply is seriously impaired by
droughts.
Some California genius has invented com
position which may be spread over the floor
of skating rink and will give a surface on
which ordinary runner skates, such as are
worn on Ice may be used. Sulphur is one OF
the principal ingredients, but there are four
Others which the inventor keeps secret. The
material is hard and elastic, and gives a sur
race as slippery as ice, and perfectly smooth.
Ernest Westleius, who has won a medal as
the champion skater oil the Scandina via and
who, with his pirouettes and his intricate
couplings and curves on the ice, has s6ated
MS way into more or less fame in many coun-
tries has tested the substance and declares
tnat, as whole, he prefers it to ice, although
In smoothness of the surface there is little
d1nerence between the two.
Everybody knows that the earth makes one
complete revolution on it's axis every twenty
TOUR uOurS. But rev, however, have anV idea
OF the high rate of speed necessary to accom-
phsh that feat. says the St. Louis Republic
The highest velocity ever attained by a can
non ball has been etismated at 1925 feet per
second, which is equal to a mile in By sec
onds. The earth, in making one revolution in
twenty-four hours, must turn with a velocity
nearly equal to that Of cannon ball. In
short, the rate of speed at the equator has
been estimated at nearly 800 feet per sec
ond, or a mile every SO seconds. Therefore
it has been calculated that II cannon bali
were fired due west and could maintain its
Initial velocity independent of the earth and
could keep up the speed with which IL left
the mouth of the gun, It would beat the sun in
his apparent journey around the earth.
The Japanese, who so long remained true
to their beautiful islands, have now begun to
follow the example of the Chinese and emf
CRATE in comparatively large numbers. The
government, according to Globus, looks with
favor on the change in the custom of the peo-
pie and encourages it as much as possible
Last year according to the statistics recently
compiled, $1,000 men and $4,000 women left
Japan to find homes for themselves abroad
Most of them went to Hawaii and Australia
and few to Canada and to this country In
Australia the Japanese, the journal says
easily lind employment, and are fast SUPER
Sedtng the natives in the plantations about
Cairns Douglass and Mackay. They accus-
tom themselves quickly to the new manner of
life, learn the language readily, and work dill
gently. Many Australians already prefer
them to the Chinese as servants, gardeners
and coachmen.
Thoughtful and observant persons do not
need demonstration that the senses are less
keen in woman than in man saws the Pail
Mall Budget. Their own experience has re-
vealed that natural law. But since we are
not all thoughtful or obserVant the exDeri-
ments of Profs. Nichols and Browne are well
come. These American psychologists have
begun TO experiment with the sense
OF smell. They took four substances
most strongly odoriferous-essence of
Glove, of garlic, Of lemon and prus-
sic acid. Each of these they diluted with
pure water in growing proportion, filling a
set OF bottles at every degree of the scale I'M
til tbs last set represented part of the test
substance to 100000 parts of waters. Then
they shuft1ed the bottles so to sneak
and called in "A men and 80 women chosen
from the various ranks of life, all young and
healthy. These representatives of either sex
were instructed to rearrange the bottles
guided by the sense of smell, putting each
set of ttnctures by itself, garlic with garlic
lemon with lemon, etc. To put results
shortly, the women were not in it. None of
them could trace prussic acid beyond the di-
luton of 2O6OO parts to /. while most of the
men traced IL up to 100000 parts Three OF
the latter actually passed the extreme limit.
Identifying prussic acid at a single part In
100000. Beyond 100 900 parts all the women
failed TO recognize essence of lemon; all the
men detected it at $50 QUO. This proportion
represents their average superiority all
around.
'There should be system in the tipping OF
POAbOAS ohu oOl anus just dS Il6re is IN every
other expenditure of money!" said Theodore
Dean, a travelling man, to a Washington Post
writer The lndlscrlminate feeling that most
travellers indulge in is very reprehensible II
has grown to such an extent that walters hell
boys, porters, and other gentry with whom
you come in contact on journey expect 10 he
given gratu1ty every time they move a stem
In your service. And If they are not timed
the hrst time they do something for you thev
Will be pretty apt to steer clear of You alto
gether II they can or to give you mighty moor
attention If they are compelled to continue
waiting on you. never have any trouble
with such attendants, either white or blaclx
male or female, because l pursue a reeI,iar
course. When get aboard a Pullman for
instance, call the porter. If it is Short
trip of six or seven hours / give him a
quarter and tell him to keep an eve on
me. II it is long journey l make his
gratuity half dollar. Then he is under
obligations to me, and in every instance get
more and better attention than the man who
gives nothing at the start, but waits until his
destination Is reached before settling with
the porter. IL is the same way at the hotels
l invariably ask the dining room servant IL
he is the regular attendant at the table oc
cupy. If he answers afirmatively I dron
him quarter l never have dregs In INV
coffee or tough steak or cold dishes. VIII
the bell boy and the chambermaid IL is The
same thing. pay them in advance ana az
said before, place them under Obligations ~
the start. Itravel on an average 30 OO0 miles
a year, and visit cities without end ana az
tribute the comfort always enjoy to the sim
pie system OF tipping in advance Trv IL
when you make your next journey, and see