The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sidera5ly over 100000. The most expen-
slVe railway system in the world Is the Inner
Circle ne of London which cost including
the purchase OF the land. from S300G0 to So
$4,000 per mile. The last constructed mile, be-
tween the Mansion house and Aldgate. cost
aito2ether1 including computations, nearly
SlO.O00000,
Yucati is the home Of an uncanny species
Of spider, known all over Central America as
the 'mule-shearer." This queeI representa-
tive OF the mygale family has habit OF creep
ing up the legs Of mules and horses and shelr-
ing on the hair that surrounds the hOof.
especially the tetlOck. The hair gained in
this curious operation is used by the insect as
a neSt-bulldipg material, and is removed from
tne leg OF the mule or horse by strong pair
or mand1bleS, which resemble those OF
ptnchlng" bug. Animals bitten by the
mule shearer' always lose their hOots
"Refners of nitrate Of silver for the use of
photographers said one OF this profession
to a New York Sun writer 'have agents
travelling constantly about the country col
Letting the waste clipping of SensitiZed paper
that accumulate in every photograph gallery
Ihey buy al they can find, and pay for it IN
new nitrate, allowing the photographer good
round price for his waste, The waste is
shipped TO the rehnerS, where the nitrate in
the paper is separated from 1t by chemical
processes, and prepared for market again.
mis- re-rehned nitrate is as good as it was
originally. and Is sold for just as much. The
rehnerS, OF course, make a big profit out OF
the waste, and the photographer is able to get
good supply OF material for the scraps that
would otherwise be of no use to him.
physician tells the Cincinnati Times-Star
that the widespread fear of disease germs is
largely groundleSs. Everything he says,
rs full OF germs or crus;el with them, but
every germ is not harmful. Every disease
germ on the body does not produce disease.
II II did there would not be person on the
race of the earth tomorrow People lived
before disease germs were known and we're
as hea thy as they are to-day They lived as
carefully as we dO-perhaps more so. We
cannot avoid contact with disease germs, but
we can do what is hetter-strengthen the
body so that it resists them as easily as lion
can flea. Some scientists pretend to de
plore lack Of precaution people take against
germs. tits simply because the people see,
despite theories, that every germ doesn't pro
duce sickness any more than every man is a
murderer. Every man may possible be one.
Dut we would not be Justified in going armed
on that account
There is a wholly unintentional flavor of
romance in a new publication of the federal
government. says the New York sun 1t is a
little yellOw-backed volume purporting to in
dlcate the principal exports to the United
States from cities and countries where the
consuls OF this government reside. The odd
the unexpected. and the incongruous con
stantly come out In these lists. From Turin
according 10 this record we obtain gun
stocks; from Naples, cutie fish bones: from
Portugal, ARGOS an antimony: from Moscow
horses names; from Riga, oOJectS of divine
service; from Barcelona, cream of tartar
llcOrlce, glycer1ne, laCSaSSesS and oil paint
lngS; from IuXpGm Mexico vanilla. thtches
money, cedar. sarsaparilla and deerskins;
from Colon tia, skins, hides, dividvi, bones
and bananas: from Bathurst British Al
rica, ostrich eggs and everlasting flowers;
from Sierra LeoIe. ginger, palm oil and mon
keys; from New Zealand Kauri gum. gold
and sausage castings and from Samoa wreck
age, copra and curioS.
Female life is not priced very highly in
China "a IL he POI
Sun. Yet the simultaneous suicide of ten
young ladies IN the province of Canton re-
Gently moved even many a Celestial : callous
heart. The IndiSChe Me- kur. Of Amsterdam
Holland, reports that the lot Of married
women Is 50 Wretched that young girls organ
lie StSterhOods, whose members by oath
pledge themselves TO single life. These usu-
ally consist Of only ten or a dozen maidens
VINO are well acquainted and often related to
each other. The societies adopt various
names indicative of their character as for in
stance, The Wholly Pure, The Ceu1ate5"
The Man Haters." etc. A young lady be-
longing to one Of these sisterhoods had been
carried by force to the residence of tue man
her father had chosen for her Not succeed
ing in attempting her life by swallowing a
gold ring, she escaped, fed to her sisters"
who, ten in number, together leaped into the
Dragon river, whose rapids swiftly carried
them to certain death.
The Karelians, Finnish tribe, settled in
Finland, the north of Sweden and several
Russian districts. possess "a rich folk lore,
says the Baltimore Sun. Among their Too-
ular tales, the following appears Ii ,hly poet
! lcal Once upon q time, il says, there lived in
| karelia youth who wished to become a
great singer. He went wandering about the
| land, and studied with the wisest teachers
! but il seemed as though ,he could not learn
| the divine art nor could anything or person
! appeCss his hearts innermost longing. In his
/ despair he implored God to help him And
! behold, an angel appeared, seized his hand
and led him onward, ever onward
! into wilderness far from the hab-
itation OF man. There he left him
! In the dreary desert. all alone, and with
/ out any knowledge Of path by which to re-
| turn AT first the youth broke forth in tears
full OF unreasonable grief but soon his heart
| aWo%e, and over his lips poured out the
| grande5t songs that mortals ever voiced A
! prayerful heart Is the fountain of song.
| One Of the innumerable curious sights OF
| India is the Nuggar tank of Kuracht saws
| Chambers Journal In former times the
/ crocodileS which Inhabit it roamed the neigh
! rofhcod az their will, seeking whom the
! might deyOur, but so great were their de ore-
! dations that the authorities We're forced 10
| build wall around their haunt. This is in =
| swamp caused by hOs springs the medical
J virtues of which have been known from en- rI,y
! uEes, and are attributed to the sanctity OF n
Mohammedan whose tomb is close by and 10
| whom the crOcOdiles are sacred. The tank
| as IL IS called, Is about $50 yards by about
haH that distance IN breadth. In this space
! one observer counted over 2)O reptiles. from
/ eight to fifteen feet long, and smaller ones in
! Vulnerable. They are so tame in n sense
! that 1t is necessary to poke them with a sticl;
! before they will move. BufTalOes are alwovs
( standing in the water. and are not alta ,ked
| but any other animal is Instantly se1zed
| The whole appearance OF the place. 8" savs
| one writer. with its green, Shiny, stagnant
| water, and so many of these huge. uneontb
/ monsters moving slugPi shly about. is dis
gushing in the extreme. and ii Will long he re-.
mem Tered byme as the m )st loathsome spot
ever heheld." P0'
Not every one knows, says the London
Graphic, that within Italy there exists the
most ancient surviving republic in the world
independent IN law, government finance
ana armament Of Italy Itself. Twice a va9r
on April and Oct. l. takes place the most I'm
portant function of the state namely Inc in
auguration OF the two new conSuls g.
Marine has little army of fifty men me
little republic has its own copper coin and n
special issue OF postage stamps quite n raritt|
In their way. they collect and appl, tbais
own taxes quite independent OF ItaIy 10 ,vI,o,,,
lhey pay nothing. A handsome new state bnnsn |
bGllt OF marble, is in course OF counlafion ~,
may be mentioned as significant OF the indo
pendence OF the little republic that only latcI,
an eXtradttton Jaw with 1 ally vas framed sn5J |
passed. Before that they were worried W. |
an excess OF deserters from the Italian ar,,,,.
The revenue is $4,000 a year collected troy1n, |
500 inhabitants. One third goes IN the - |
mlnlstratlon one-third to the army and one |
third tothe civil service. There Is an anniINl |
surplus. The revenue is supplied nv ,i,ao,I,
OF tax salt and |