The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-21

proof. was one ui fhe Few things itlf ri.llHIila
10 the ruins o. The cold storage warehouse ia
Chicago
Dr. Tomarol noted Russian physician e
about o. make public what he claims to he
positive cure Tor lcprosv. The chief ingredi-
ent iu the remedy is a whey obtained from
sheep
A California melon grower raises seedless
melons. and here is the way he does IT, lie
plants IN the usual way When the vines are
Two OF three feet long he covers them al the
joints. where the leaves come out. with earth
In "a week or so they take root az these FONTS
He then cuts on the vine between the hrst
Joint and the parent stem and the newrooted
vines do the rest, and seedless melons are the
result.
There have been pie-eating and quail-de-
vourinC matches, oyster, clam and lobster
swallowing matches and various other contest
in which stomach capacity was involved, but
Charles a. Smith, Of Denver. Colo. is entitled
to the honor Of deyisng a new gaStronomlc
test He has issued a sweeping and odorlfe-
TOuS challenge to eat onions against any man
in the United States for stake OF 800 side,
the loser to pay for the onions No one has
yet been found bold enough to accept the
challenge, but the Italian quarter OF any good
sized city ought to furnish champion.
A dispatch from Bedford, N. j., states
that two hives Of bees have taken posses
sion of DIR. Reeves house and there is a
miniature reign of terror One hive is in the
chimney and part of the other under the
caves They are using the garnet as play
house, and those in the chimney have been
taking their recreation in the dining room
and the parlor. The family are imprisoned
in the upstairs rooms number OF plans
have been tried to induce the busy pests 10
change their quarters, but they have eyl-
IDENTIFY come to stay, and the physician is
thinking Of investing in other real estate
AS a rule the North American Indian is not
a traveller, at least not beyond the limit that
his own feet set for him, says Harpers Young
People He does not often embark in a larger
boat than q canoe. and Buffalo Bills Indians
were among the few that have ever crossed
the Atlantic to Europe Two of these red
men have since become confirmed globe
trOtterS. and they were IN destitute clrcum-
stances and supported by the government.
The two Indians are American Bear and
Eagle Elk. They deserted the Wild West
show in Europe. and after wandering through
the southern part of the continent they made
their way to Australia, where they have been
for six months
A company has been formed in Milan for
supplying the city with tricycles, says the
Scientific American At tritlng cost per-
son may hire one Of these machines, to be had
at certain defined places, ana take drive
either for business or pleasure. Each tricy-
Gle has driver so that the hirer has nothing
to do with either its propulsion or direction.
| The fare may depend upon the distance to be
traversed or the time to be occupied by the
Journey AS to speed it is believed the tricy-
Gle can go about twice as fast as the ordinary
cab horse. that is to say, if the payment is to
be for n definite distance. But If the tricycle.
has been engaged by the hour, the speed. as
rule, is not remarkable. This system Of local
transit is on par with the Japanese hand
cart method or "rlckshaw." The Jap vehicle
is, doubtless, preferable to the tricycle..
The officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
system are about to abandon the telegraph as
means of communication among themselves,
and in its stead will introduce the lOngdis-
lance telephone. The introduction of the new
system is largely due to Third Vice President
Charles E. Pugh, who has given personal at
tentiOn to the matter, working up the plans.
mapping out the points to be reached, and
finally making the contracts with the tele
phone companies. The important pOints thus
brought into direct communication are New
York, Jersey City, Philadelphia Wilmington,
Baltimore, Washington, Harrisburg Altoona,
Pittsburg and Chicago The wires in each
city run into the private offices of the executive
officers OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. so that the responsible heads of the
system have within touch the means of instant
communication with one another. The sys-
TEN is for the exclusive use among themselves
of the higher officials of the company in the
transaction Of the companys business, and
under no circumstances will the privilege be
extended.
DR.. Lauciani in,his work ouancient Rome,
says that while a system of garbage collec-
ton existed under Roman rule the disposal
OF REFUSE Was DIS CTuuc as IL Is III IlduN ilOu-
ern towns and cities, says the Engineering
News That this disposal method was re
garded as a nuisance at very carly period
is made evident by the fact that sanitary laws
were passed two thousand years ago that
were intended to ut least mitigate the trouble.
Some OF these laws. craven on stone. were
unearthed by Dr.. LauCianl in his excavation,
and the text of one of them reads C Cent?
us, son of Caius the PrRtOr by order Of the
Senate, has set up this line of terminal stones
to mark the extent Of ground that must he
kept absolutely free from dirt and from car
casseS, and from corpses. Here
is strictly forbidden. On the bottom Of this
stone, in red letters some probably near res
ident had written. DO Gerry the dirt little
farther; otherwise you will be fined But
this bounding line beyond which any foul
matter might be cast to putrefy under a RO-
man sun, was only 400 feet from the city walls
! as erected by Seryius Tullius Wheel Dr.
LauCiani dug up these stones, on June %,
1884, and about 1000 years after the use of
this area for refuse disposal the soil was
still so polluted and the stencil arising from
it SO horrible that even his wOrkmcn Injured
osuch work as they were, foGnd it absolutely
unhearahle and had to be relieved AZ frequent
intervals.
Those who are accustomed to frequent the
courts in which murder cases arc tried, find
themselves drifting into the habit of attaching
great significance to actions, gestures and ex-
prcssiors which under ordinary circumstaa-
I
| Dispatch, prominent electrical journal re
lates how this babit led to the conviction of n
murderer through the aid of electricity The
murder had been one of unwOnted GtrOcity, and
the prisoner appeared absolutely Indifferent
/ In fact, il was impossible for the keencst eye
| to detect any change in his countenanCe or at
! titude during the examination of the witness
| Ses who gave the most damaging testimony
! against him The prosecuting attorney, how
| ever, noticed that he never once relaxed his
! hold on the arms Of the chair in which he sat
| but seemed to support himself by the press
| ure which he brought to bear on them.
| knowing that under intense mental excite
| ment, no matter how Outwardly calm an indi-
| Yidual may he. the hands will inVoluntarily
contract and relax according to the intensity
| OF the emotion and the susceptibility of the
| person affected, the counsel saw here a
| chance Of securing evidence Of great value
He thought that If the arms of the chair could
only be made to communicate the pressure of
the invisible contractions of the muscles OF
the hands and arms of the witness, an import
ant light might be thrown on the case. He
called an electrician to his aid. and during
the absence of the prisoner from the court
room the arms Of the chair were removed and
split in half, and in each was placed "a
hard carbon plate, which served as
variable resistance. Wires were run
from metal placed on either side of the car
bon through the legs of the chair and under
the floor to telephone receiver and battery
placed in an adjoining closet The arms
were again upholstered and the chair replaced.
/ Every increase in the pressure of the arms of
the chair now affected the carbon which
acting as o transmitter, caused sounds to