The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| troll number OF the largest banks in the EN-.
pire, is said to be worth 81 800, 900 OO) and the
! richest man in the world.
When Chinese girl is married her attend
ants are always the oldest and uglest women
| to be found in the neighborhood. They are
! supposed to act as foils TO her youthful
! beauty.
! The Chinese doctors lot is not wholly a
happy one. -Four members Of the Imperial
| College Of Physicians at Picking failed re-
| Gently to make proper diagnosis of the EN-
! peror lndiSpositon and were punished by
! being fined year salary.
Indiana furnished great many tall men
for the army. Out of 1ls 25l men whose de.
scriptions were taken at the time OF enlisting
| IL 1872 were feet in height or more There
were 26l4 feet inch, 357 feet 2 inches,
| 400 feet inches, and COB over feet inches
Munhall, in his Balance Sheet OF the
World" says: Every day the sun rises
upon the American people it sees an addition
of & 800 600 to the accumulation of wealth in
the republic, which is equal to one-third of
the daily accumulation of mankind outside Of
the United States"
Electric light is being used as a bait by fish
ermen who ply their calling along the Pacific
| coast. This Yankee adaptation of electricity
brings big hauls. The fish are attracted by
the bright light in the water, and their inves-
legations generally end in their being hooked
while trying to swallow the glass globules.
At Kokomo, Ind. while three workers we're
standing over gas we'll fishing for some lost
tools the sulphuric gal or some other sub
stance burned the balls OF their eyes until
they had the appearance Of being scared over
with red hot iron. The pain is excruciating,
and 1t Is feared the men will never recover
their sight.
Throughout the east Of Europe and in Rou-
mania there has lately been organized a sys-
tenn of lady commercial travellers, whose mis-
sion 1t is to supply wedding trousseaus, lay
cites, mourning outfits and other goods.
These ladies hail from Paris, and carry with
them specimens and samples from the first
French houses.
A collector of rarities at Keokuk, Iowa, is
the owner OF an insole made for the shoes
Of the young Rainbow (Mo.) giantess. At the
time these shoes sre made-in the spring of
lS9l-the girl was only seventeen years old,
but even then she had foot that would make
big Foot January of Ohio" envious. The in
sole is l5H inches long, and 81 inches
broad
Fifty-nine freight steamers are now en-
ployed in transporting petroleum to foreign
countries, The capital In Pennsylvania wells
and lands is estimated at SS7 900, 900; and $685.
100000 is invested in plants for producing the
crude petroleum. This is exclusive Of such
accessories as pipe lines, tank-cars, refner-
les, docks, fleets OF vessels, etc. and an esti-
mate Of 100000 900 as the total valuation OF
all branches of the industry is not excessive
In johnson county, Wyoming, there is what
is called the burning mountain. 1t is an i'm
mense coal bank that has been on fire ever
since the first white man visited that coun-
try. There are many traditions among the
Indians as to the origin OF the fire but all
point to its great antiquity. and 1t is possible
that the bank has been burning for 200 or 300
fhn ofrvTa eli,
ularly barren appearance, which is not in the
least improved by the looks Of the mountain
itself
An electric funeral-car is a California limo
walton, says the New York Post About
miles distant from San Francisco are four
large cemeteries and a crematory, and it was
to bring them near the city, that an electric
railroad company introduced the new hearse.
Its first patron was benevolent organization,
one of whose members had died. At the time
appointed for the mourners to leave the city,
the electric funeralcar, appropriately draped
body was lifted by the pali-hearers
from an undertakers wagon to the
car, ana the bearers took their seats in SIC
tton reserved for them. The conductor rang
the bell twice, the motorman changed his
gong to clear the track OF mob of interested
spectators, and the funeral procession
started the mourners in electric cars follow
ing the hearse. The run from the starting
point to the cemetery was made In an hour.
The car was switched of on a track inside the
cemetery gates and the pallbearers lifted out
the coffin. Then the funeral procession was
reformed and moved slowly of towards the
chapel
There is no more effective sanitary agent
than fire says, Chambers Journal. The an
ctent who made his napkin of asbestos had
but to throw it into the fire VIII en- soi1ed. aud
II 1t could not be made cleaner. And If we
could but build our houses Of incOmbustible
materials the spring cleaning might be ef-
hciently accomplished by incendiarism. Lon
don, indeed, was purified from plague by a
general eonhgaration. And almost the one
thing whichthat nearly indestructi Die disease
germ. the bacillus cannot stand is heat
But II heat is a great purifier cold is no less
a prersever from decaV Amid the eternal
SHOWS OF the Arctic regions the unburied car
caSs may lie fresh and uncorrupt for months;
the flesh OF the mammoth, buried in the fro
zen SOIL OF Siberia, had resisted decay for UNI
toid centuries. And here, perhaps, we have
one OF natures hints to inventors. - for meat
IS now largely preserved by freezing. Elec
Irlclty Is also sanitary agent, When Prof.
1ynuall was experimenting with atmospheric
dust In his classical reseal ches on the origin
OF the lowest forms of life, he found that an
electric discharge passed through dusty at
mosphere purified it, by causing the minute
searches, 1t was commonly said and believed
mat a thunder storm purified the air. Thus
scientlhc foundation is found for the popular
belle1, and the lightning flash takes its place
as an accredited sanitary agent.
Every little while says the Boston Glube,
the police arrest man with kit of burglars
tools in his possession, and one naturally
wonders where they all come from. 1t is easy
to buy gun of any description, and the most
reputable citizen would not be ashamed to be
seen purchasing the most wicked-loelSing
knife ever made; but who would know where
10 get a slung Shot, or jimmie or device
Tor drilling into safe or any of the many
tools used by the professional burglar in the
pursuit Of his calling There PROP
aDly are places in many large cities
where these things are made and
sold to the users. but such places are scarce
once In while the police find such factory,
and then things go hard for the proprietors
1t may seem little strange to learn that
most OF the tools used in burglares are made
by mechanics who are looked upon as respect
wants any particular tool made he goes to a me-
chan1c who can do the job, and pays him per
haps i've times what it is actually worth for
making the tool and keeping still about H.
Superintendent Elbridge, of the police DEPART
ment, recalls many cases Of this kind that have
come to light in Boston. One in particular oc-
CURED three years ago, when an ESCAPED con.
Wet named Williams went to a blacksmith in
Roxbury and got him to make lot of drills
to be used in safe-cracking. He personalIv
superintendent the tempering OF the steel. and
when the job was nearly completed it leaked
out, and Williams was arrested In this in
stance the blacksmith knew nothing of the
use to which the tools were to e put, and es-
capped punishment. In the opinion Of Sinner.
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