The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

III lIlS country mas prepared a plan Tor the
electric lighting of the Bosphorus from Ka-
max TO San Stefano. on the sea Of Marmora.
ne proposes TO accomplish this by building
three machines. or engines, at Amount
hoel, handu1 and Peral Barum. where the
current Is unusually strong. The plan has
appeared so simple and feasible that "A society
OF capitalists took it up and applied to the
turkish government for permission 10 carry
II out. Inc ministry now has the matter
under consideration, and it is believed that it
VIII De faYorably answered.
The sudden fall Of the iron roof Of the rail
road station at Dover. in England. carries
with 1t lesson to our iron bridge Construc-
TORS and especially to the management of
tne elevated railroad system OF this city. says
the New York Tribune. The roof in question
was old, having e IN constructed some thirty
years ago, and, Notwithstanding repeated
coverings Of paint and of other protective
material, it seems that the metal was eaten
away to such an extent by rust that it ended
ny railing OF its own accord. and without the
slightest warning. 1t remains to be seen how
long me iron glrderS OF our elevated railroad
system and the steel cables of the Brooklyn
bridge will be able to withstand the wear and
tear AID vibration. as well as the atmospheric
influences to which they are SubJe ted.
According to a computation Of the Berg
und Huettenmaenische Zeituug the amount
OF salt in the sea waters of the globe if ex.
tracted, would be greater in mass than the
land, so far as ii appears above the surface
Inc seas. it says. cover 20 per cent. of the
mani Square'mtles. The percentage of chlor-
natr1um in the sea is the same at all depths
Assuming that the average depth of the sea is
a half (German) mile, there are then 3 400 600
cubic miles of sea water. A cubic mile of sea
water contains, on the average about twenty
give Kilograms OF salt. The 3,400 600 cubic
miles OF sea water would. therefore. contain
6nWJ cubic miles Of distilled pure salt. There
IS therefore, little danger Of a salt famine-iS
the rather logical deduction of the writer
The Japanese, who so long remained true
to their beautiful island have now BEGUN to
follow the example of the Chimes Sc and imi-
CRATE IN comparatively large numbers. The
government, according to "GlObuS. looks
with favor on this change in the customs of
the people, and Encourages it as much as pos
slDIe Last year. according to the 5 a.isticS
recently compiled, 24.C0J men and 1900
women left Japan to find homes for them
selves abroad. Most of them went to Hawaii
ana Australia. and a few to Canada ana to
this country. In Australia. The japanese the
journal says, easily find employment and are
fast superSeding the natives in the pldnta-
tlonS about Cairns. Dungenessiand Mackay
They accuStOm themselves quickly to the
new manner of life, learn the language read
lily and work diligently. Many Australians
already prefer them to the Chinese as house
servants, gardeners and coachmen.
A prominent manufacturer of artificial eyes
has unburdened himself on what he consid-
ers grievance, says the London News. He
says that the public. and therefore opticians
Will no longer pay the price fol a good and
well-made article, and that the market is be-
Ing Hooded with cheap foreign rubbish" He
alleges that the cheap eyes crack after very
few weeks wear. Pursuing the subject
further, we are informed that summer time is
the best season for the sale of artificial eyes
People are at that time Of the year more par
ticular as to their appearance and discover
more readily that the artificial eve Is begin
ming to lose It's pristine perfection. Another
point is that there are many people walking
about whose outward appearance suggests !
that they are in full possession Of both visual
organs, buthave not even one. 'Ihave fitted"
said the manufacturer, scores of people with
two glass eyes The innocent deception is
the smOre successfully carried out owing to
the fact that the blind, from force Of
na6lt no douDt, look, or appear to look, one
full in the face when talking.
1t is estimated, says the New York Times.
that one province of Asia Minor has suffered
loss of$15CODOOO this year in trade owing to
the prevalence OF cholera and to the attempts
to suppress this disease If this be the meas.
ure OF the loss in one province of Asiatic Tur-
KEY, IL Is plum that the loss caused by ChOl-
era in Europe during the last two years must
be enormous. Is 1t not probable that the
European loss has been 100 times the loss of
the province OF Adm: And when the losses
of life and property caused BY this disease in
Europe since 1884 and before the epidemic of
last year are added, the total must be at least
three times the loss of the last two wears
And yet this loss could have been avoided bv
the combined efforts of the European powers
at a cost OF few millions of dollars The
and land from India. ana strict enforcement
OF the laws Of modern sanitation in Nee a
ana other holy Places midway between
Europe and the home of this pest would ro-
Quire the expenditure of a sum very small in
comparison with Europe's enormous cholera
loss.
Among the change for a dollar which the
conductor of north side car rendered me
the other day was quarter with an odd in.
ScrIptOn, says writer in the Chicago Times
Nicely engraved across the young lady who
impersonates the republic on the coin in a
slngularly strained attitude were these
words: Given TO Anna Polk Indianapolis
lS"., 1t was not merely scratched on but
neatly cut in an easy English script The
conductor noticed the legand, too. and offered
TO exchange the Qnarter for another Rut
the coin SCENE good enough, and 1 declined |
This, perhaps, encouraged the conductor to
remark that he had handled more queer
CONS, foreign and domestic, ancient and |
modern during and since the world 5 fair |
imam IN all his six years of street rairoading |
previously There was halfdOllar took |
in one ~ last August" he SAID (Which had |
a piece Of poetry cut in its face. | forget the |
other three lines but the last one was some.
thing about You are all my own and there |
were some lettel at the end. the writer mi |
tlalS, guess. The words were very small |
Dut so well engraved that YOU could read |
them easily enough. We had to keep a s5arn |
lookout Tor foreign coins. Canadian and En-. |
glSl, mostly. never saw so many old silver
dollars, quarters, and halves as the stran gers |
who came to see the fair turned out"
The great new bridge across the Thames !
opposite the Tower of London is now very
nearly finished says the New York Post II !
mas oeen DulIt upon the bascule principle, in
three spans. with two great MASONRY niers
rising from the bed OF the river 1t thfs !
point the Thames is $40 feet broad and Tho
depth OF water in mid channel varies accord |
ing to the tides from thirty feet to thirty i've
rect SIX inches. At a distance OF 30 feet from
elmer bank these great piers POI feet in !
feagt9 9. ana 100 feet broad-are built rising