The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

nor Cretoni the nuncio at Madrid. will rep
resent the pope at the ceremony, ana, OF
course, viii be the bearer OF some very manu-
some presents.
The government of Saxony has adopted
novel method TO secure the payment of taxes
Tho names of persons who did not pay their
taxes last year are printed and hung up IN all
the restaurants and saloons. The proprletorS
dare not serve those mentioned on the ilst
with food or drink, under penalty OF losing
their licenses.
The stimulus of the suns direct rays and
that arising from the friction OF the fresh air
causes increased activity IN the capillaries
supplying the surface with blood. When this
stimulus is continued for any considerable
time these vessels become gorged, and MI
mute portions of the blood force their way
into the layer Immediately under the eplder-
mis- or outer skin 1t is the presence OF the
red corpuscles of blood which give the rudy
flesh tint seen through the outer skin. AT
the same time the sweat glands and oil
glands. whose function 1t is to lubricate the
surface and kept moist and COOL becomes
exhausted by over stimulus; the outer SKIN
gets hard and dry, and SoCn begins TO peel on
In the familiar way, taking the minute partl-
cles OF extravasated blood along with it. Di-
rect sunlight also has darkentng enect upon
the tual coloring pigments OF the skin, but
this action is distinct from actual tanning,
and manifests itself in the form of freckles.
The permanent bronze or ruddiness OF com
pleXiOn seen in sailors and travellers in hot
combination Of the two processes.
Lightning itself could be no swifter than
the sudden spasm Of terror with which Mrs.
Dora Hayn was struck dead at her home in
the tenement house at No 10 Dry Dock street,
New York city. A kerosene lamp exploded
in her hand, and although there was abSo-
lutely no danger and no damage whatever
ensued, the woman fell a corpse to the floor
| before she had time to utter single cry.
Mrs. Hayn had long had morbid fear OF
| kerosene explosions, aud curiously enough,
! 1t was her extraordinary carefulneSs IN pre-
pairing the lamp which led to the accident.
Owing to the insufficient quantity of oil, the
lamp began TO smoke ana the flame died
down. Mr.. Hayn told his wife to run and
fetch another lamp, but as he had nearly fin
ished his work she replied that she thought
the lamp would last, and began shaking it in
order to wet the wick. The light fared up
and then the fame evidently communicated
with the gas in the upper part Of the reser-
voir for there came brilliant fash, accom-
panied by a. loud report. and the lamp was
shattered into thousand fragments. As If
struck by bullet, Mrs. Hayn fell on the
floor in q heap, and the children, who had
been watching, fed screaming from the
room.
The Railroad Gazette, analyzing the last
report OF the superintendent of railway mail
service, finds that in the four years from 1889
to 1892, inclusive, SO postal clerks were killed
and 500 injured In railroad accidents. The
number killed per thousand employed was
1876 the number injured was 1913, and the
total casualties per thousand were PAS. In
| the year Of greatest fatality, 1891, there were
g clerks killed per thousand employed. The
| statistics relating to the loss and injuries OF
| trainmen for the same period are not aces
| siblc, but in 1890 and 1891 the trainmen
! killed per thousand were 20 injured 1872,
! and the total casualties (k1lled and iniured),
| 1853 The explanation Of these hgures-which
| show that more trainmen were killed and
| fewer in1ured-ts simple. The trainmen in
| clude engineers and hremen, who are sub
! 1ected to more deadly peril than the postal
! clerks, confined as they are in closed cars Of
| strong construction. This fact alone accounts
! for the higher mortality among trainmen. AS
! to injuries, the trainmen, taking all grades,
! often receive warning OF impending danger,
which enables them to escape 1t, whereas the
! postal clerk, who is usually ignorant Of it, is
| the victim OF wreck and collision.
Experiments we're made recently at the
South London rife butts, Nunhead, with yet
another "smOkeless explosive, " the invention
| of a Frenchman, NJ. Table Schnebelin, and
called. after him, 'Schnet elite gunpowder, -
says the Leeds Mercury" The basis of this
powder is chlorate OF potash, substance
which has hitherto been used only for the
manufacture of decorating compounds. on ac-
count of the facility with which 1t can be
detenated by PERCUSSION or friction when
! mixed with some ipf1ammable material such
| as sulphur or black sulphide of anthony.
! Enough only preliminary and incOn-
( elusive, these experiments indicate
|
ties which would render it suitable for use as
a propelling and a destructive agent, but
much more exhaustive and detailed expert
| ments are necessary before any decided opin-
| ion can be arrived at. The safety and facility
| of manufacture and its cheapness are in its
! favor; some of this powder was made in the
morning after the visitors arrived on the
| ground, taking only few minutes, and this
| same powder, after being dried for a couple
| Of hours, was fired from the shotgun in the
afternoon, with excellent results as to pene-
| traton.
| Yes, factl It is becoming a fad. I'VE are
suffering" says the European Mail, I'VE are
suffering from what pleases the newspapers
to call an epidemic of suicide. 1t is attribu-
| ted by some to the recent heat, but 1t is more
| probably due to the contagton Of an hyster-
tcal sentimentallty. The newspapers have
| been talking goOd deal of nonsense on the
| matter. That victim of the modern form of
| Wertherism should take his life out OF mere
! love OF Dotoriety, and that delight OF know
| ing the public are reading his feeble lncubra-
| t1ons in the newspapers, and that the Lon
don Telegraph is indicting leading
| article on the event, is quite sui
ticient reward for ceasing to live
| for more brainsck fools than we generally
! imagine, Vanity has much to do with the
| psychology Of suicide" But I can hardly
| conceive Of a case more sad than that which
| occurred lately-a poor fellow who had lost
the sight Of one eye, and was assured by his
doctor that he would soon be stone blind.
| He awok at midnight certain that his sight
ndu gone. he Ill Il match, 1t burned his
fingers but he could not see it. Then in the
| double darkness he wrote a farewell to his
| people. Suicids had become to him terrible
| necessity, He could not live as a burden on
| others. And So. But an idiotic British
| jury brought in verdict of temporary IN
sanity. Wasn't Carlyle right-"Population
300 O,Oo0-mostly FOOLS"
Whiskers was the chief subject of discus
sion at a rather informal meeting of the Min
inters Alliance yesterday morning, says the
Kansas City Times. When DR.. Armstrong
appeared with freshly shaver upper lip ana
a face as devoid of hirsute adornment as a
| newborn babes the subject was found and
he was promptly called upon to address the
| alliance upon the Rise and Fall Of the Mus
tache." DR.. Armstrong told how he had cut
| of his mustache and nearly scared his little
/ ones to death. Upon being questioned he ad-
mitted that the operation was performed late
| Sunday night but said that IL was done for
| the good Of his congregation and for the
improvement Of his voice. He wanted the
word Of God to proceed from his
mouth, clear and plain and distinct, unhin-
dered by any obstruction. He closed his re
marks by saying that he had sacrificed his
J beauty for the benefit of his congregation
and that he was aware that the more ms
face was covered the better looking he was
/ Dr. Tigert responded with fervent ..That q
So and DR.. Armstrong came back at him nv
sayirg he had already been mistaken for Dr
TigerI. DR.. Haley said he thought all minis
tiers should either be smooth -shaven or wear
full beard. The doctor himself supports a
| very luXurlant beard. slightly tinCed with