The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-05


for diamond which he had dropped on the
floor 1t was soon found, and, to our aston
lshment employed as filling in the front
tooth OF the patient. When completed the
diamond represented a brilliant star; the
crescent-fOrmed gold filling at the periphery
Of the diamond made the star and crescent
beautiful in design and finish. We have
heard of the fad of diamonds in teeth. but do
not think there is another person in Norfolk
with diamonds in her teeth.
The Philadelphia Record says that the dis
sipation of certain summer young men" is a
hat-band spree A youth stopping at one of
the fashionable hotels at Cape May made his
appearance on the morning of his arrival
with a hat trimmed with blue band. In the
afternoon he Strolied around the porch with
q white band. Later he donned the UniverS
ity OF Pennsylvania combination of red and
blue, and the next day he started in with vel
low and white, following IL up with mOrestart
ling combinations. The rumor spread around
that he has brought a hat store with him, anC
some of the girls brlbed the chambermafd tC
count his hats, She reported only one hat
but twenty-seven hat-bands, which chappit
took off and put on as readily as he would his
coat or vest.
In response to query as to how far an
| ocean steamer could go after her engines had
been checked the Inter Ocean replies: Some
| years ago the Scientific American took occa
sion to interview large number of command
erS OF ocean steamers concerning the momen
tum of vessels. Suppose" 10 asked, "a
steam vessel were running at fun speed and
the engines were reversed, how far would the
vessel run before IL began to gather stern
way that is, to move backward?' The an
swers varied between two and four miles, but
the conclusion was reached that if two yes
sells were approaching each other under full
head of steam they might, after hearing the
fog horn at distance of four miles apart. do
their best to stop and yet come into collision
with each other with serious consequence.
According to a recent writer, it is impos-
sible to give any close figures on the number
of persons who have lived on this earth It is
generally considered that one person in every
thirteen dies each year. At this rate the pop
years. Assuming that the population Of the
world is 900, 900 000 and that II has been /, =
00O00OOOO at any time during the last 5000
years, we find that the population has been
renewed about 461 times; that is. that 462,
900 900 900 have lived on this earth since it's
creation. This, of course, is vastly in excess
of the real number, for the world, so far as we
can tell is more thiclSly populated now than
ever before. Probably If we were to cut
those figures in two we should still be above
the actual number, with total of 231 900, 600,
900 persons.
Getting married in England, to people who
are not able to buy a license is a very embar-
RAISING matter. A license is expensive while
a marriage by banns costs only a few shil-
lings, so most prefer the bannS You have TO
be cried three times on three separate sun
days, and If a fellow happens to make a mis-
take and go to church on the Sunday when his
banns are cried he finds the proclamation of
his matrimonial intentions to be very embar-
RAISING, for OF course he is numerically
grinned at by the rest of the audience. Cou-
pies having their banns cried usually stay
away from the morning service or prevail on
the clergyman to proclaim the banns at an af-
ternoon or evening service when few are pres
emit. Very often. however, the parson refuses
to do this, arguing that as the banns are de
signed to give publicity 10 the occasion the
most public time OF proclamation should be
chosen, so the afflicted man and his unfortu-
nate companion that is to be are forced to
bear the gibeS Of their acquaintance for at
least three weeks.
A very novel type of bridge has just been
built across the Chicago river. 1t was in
spectedan and accepted few days since The
bridge problem has always been q very Seri-
GUS one at Chicago. The river is narrowaand
serves as harbor for a very heavy COM
merce, and, passing through the heart of the
city, has to be crossed by countless thousands
every day. The drawbridges hitherto in use.
with their narrow spans and slow motions.
have always caused vexatiOus delays both on
the streets and the river, and ingenuity has
long exercised itself in vain to devise some
thing better. The new bridge seems to be the
knife bridge, from the way in which il opens.
1t is divided into two sections, each sur
ported by high framework the bank
The power is gained by counter balance.
ing. Heavy weights are attached to the end
of each section on shore, and when the bridge
is opened 1t simply bends in the middle Of
each section on hinge and folds up under the
high supports on the bank, and leaves the
river free for the passage of boats. The ends
of the two sections come close together over
the middle of the river, and when the bridge
is closed there is nothing but narrow crack.
When opened the bridge leaves clear chan
mel 80 feet wide for boats tolpass. In this type
the width Of the bridge is immaterial, for as
II does not swing out into the river but folds
against the bank the width of the bridge
could he doubled or trebled, with only an ad-
ditional cost and more power
Experiments that are now being made with
the palmetto in Florida point to the growth
OF new and profitable industry from the
prolific scrub growth of the Florida forests
and fields. IL has been proved that the leaf
of the saw palmetto can be ground into a
pulp which makes an excellent article of hol
lOwware for domestic and other uses and
the present experiments are expected to DrOve
the adaptability of this material to the maxi
ing OF all kinds Of paper For some time past
the peculiar cabhage-like substance in the
top Of the cabbage palmetto has been used
with the tender tops as well, as a fiber in the
manufacture Of parchment. 1t IS now pro
posed to obtain cheap paper fibre from the
ordinary scrub plant. Some Of this pulp has
been successfully worked up by manufactur-
ing concern in Boston into pals, tubs, basins.
and other hollow-ware The supply of saw
palmetto is practically ineXhaustible in
Florida. Millions of acres are covered with
it, and when cut down to the ground il grows
up again two or three times q year. The
Florida Times Union commenting on its pro
iected use, says that for the plant that grows
without cultivation, and in such inexhausti-
BILE quantities, the saw palmetto bids fair to
have more money in il than most of the cul-
tivated crops of Florida and adds: "A
fiber made from the leaf can be used prohta-
bly, by upholsterers wherever curled hair
moss, or excelsior is used; the root can be
turned into brushes of almost endless forms
and innumberable uses; and the poplar ana
other wood pulps of commerce are now like
ly to find a dangerous rival in palmetto
pulp