The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-29
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stamped with the promise to pay" of the
Bank of England, got into circulation in 1918
ana Tor many years gave the cashiers much
trouble with their accounts. About fifteen
years ago II was brought to the bank, but the
owner not unwisely, would not take penny
for 1t and the bank settled the transaction by
giving him e5.
1t is pointed out that the only mechanic
buried in Westminster abbey is George
Graham, native of Cumberland. the inventor
OF the dead-beat escapement, the cylinder
eScapement and the mercurial pendulum, be-
SIDES several other improvements in appara-
tus useful in astronomical work. He was
buried in l75l and his funeral was attended by
all the members of the Royal Society.
At Beyroot the Turkish police have arrested
an Italian subject for uttering insulting
marks against the Mussulman religion. The
| ambassador and consul of Italy insist that
TINS arrest Is contrary to the existing inter
national law, and they demand the release Of
the offender. The Turks say that when a
ChrlStlan hnds himself in a Mohammedan
town ne must behave himself like a gentleman.
While quarrying for rock near Broken Bow,
Neo., recently, workmen discovered a ledge
OF limestone, on which the print of several
gigantic feet was clearly outlined. In shape
tnese marks are of human foot, though four
out OF the seven of the prints have six toes
the rest have the regulation number and are
the marks of a wellshaped, slender foot. The
latter appear to follow the others, which are
twice as large and much broader and better
u6uHtQ IN the rock. sinking nearly q quarter
OF an men below its surface.
The following experiment, which illustrates
in pleasing manner the actual formation Of
halos, has been given by DIR. Brewster: Take
a saturated solution of alum, and, having
spread few drops of it over plate of glass
II VIII readily crystalline in small, fiat octa-
hedronS scarcely visible to the eve. When
this plate is held between the observer and
the sun or a candle, with eyes very close to
the smooth side of the glass plate, there Will
be seen three beautiful halos of light at diff
ferent distances from the luminous body.
There is a stream in Colorado called pickle
Wire river and it derived its name in this
way: Years ago, when the first gold fever
drove men wild, party of MeXicans made
their way up the stream in search OF the
precious metal Months passed, and when
the little band old not return their friends
mourned them as dead, and called the Ell Rio
de los AnimOs Perdidos (the River of the Lost
Souls. Soon French colony made its home
on the banks of the stream, whose name was
freely translated into LIE Purgatoire. Then
came the American cowboy. He saw the
river, heard its name, and tranSlating (?) it
into his own tongue dubbed it Picket Wire
river
They make not only artificial flowers and
plants in the French quarter of New York
city, but also the implements with which arti-
hclal flowers and plants are made; and the
die s1nkers of that region are an uncommonly
deft and picturesque class of artihcers.
and then in the gloom of the shop a grimy
French workman in sabots, some indication
that the wearer is still in most essentials a
European. The implements turned out by
these men are made with great nicely. and
the workman must possess a certain artistic
FACULTY, as the forms are of great beauty, and
he must be able to copy with eXactitude the
parts of many flowers and the leading charac-
teristics of many leaves.
Windsor Ont. is in an agitation over the
performance of a medical student there A
teacher of the public schools was sick and
the student took his place for few days.
he observed that some of the children were
Sunerlng with the toothache, and. examining
their mouths, found or claimed to, that a
good many of them had decayed teeth. The
next day he brought pair of forceps to
school, and told the children that he would
remove the offending teeth for them free. A
good many of them submitted to be operated
on, and when the teacher dismissed school ne
carried away 125 teeth wrapped up in paper
and exhibited them to his friends. He was
promptly relieved from his duties in the
school, and number of the parents of the
children are threatening to prosecute him.
I'm certain New York town, IS said com
mercial traveller to a New York Tribune
writer, Il once ran against some artificial
strawberries, which were sold by a local
grocer. After he had been selling them for a
week rival grocer discovered that they were
all of the same size. whole quart might be
searched and there would be no one berry
larger or smaller than any other. This ex-
cited suspicion and a close examination
showed that the alleged Strawberries were
mixture of apple jelly colored with aniline
dyes and favored with strawberry essence.
The molds were perfect and in each one of
the irregularities timothy seed were dropped
so that when the mess was poured in and
moulded the seed stood out on the outside
just as those in a real berry stood This
looked so natural that the genuineness of the
berries had not been questioned. If the fell
low had not made them so large and perfect
he m1Fht have gone on for a long time with
out detection
Purdy NJ, Randall of this city has invented
an ingenious machine for hotel use. says the
Concord IN H Monitor. 1t is guest call
It is intended to assure the calling of a hotel
guest at any hour he may designate. In the
front of cabinet, which displays a clock dial
| is a metal tablet on which are a series of
forty eight hooks, representing every fifteen
minutes OF the twenty four hours of the day.
and all that is necessary Is for the clerk to
hang on the proper hook q metal check with
tho number OF the room where the signal is to
be given. More than one check may be put
upon single hook, and the same check or a
similar one may be used to remind whoever
is within the sound of the electric bell con
nected with the cabinet that that particular
time of the day or night has arrived When
any quarter hour for which the clock has been
set is reached the bell, unless connection is
intercepted will ring ten minutes and the
alarm may be made as loud as desirable. The
machine has been tested for three months
and has not failed once.
Simon Oppasich, a millionaire who has
been sentenced in Vienna to seven years hard
labor for repeatedly periuring himself, was
born without feet or arms says the Boston
Journal. His father and mother were pro
fessional heggars and in his 18th year he
was put on the street by them to solicit aims
His physical defects brought him an eXcep-
tiOnal amount OF sympathy and guldenS. He
saved his money and in 1880, at the age of A.
he had accumulated 100000. With this sum
began business pS 10
Spectator. In 1898 he had increased his
fortune to Sl25,000 in cash, and some 1900 OOO
in Trieste and Parenzo real estate Since
then he has quadrupled his wealth by trading
on the bOurse. His lniseriness led to his
present troubles He had promised to marry
a woman, but eventually threw her over To
avoid mourning the expense of a wedding
When she threatened him with legal proceed
ings he bought her forbearance for cents a
day. This expenditure was impovershing
him, he told her after few months and so he
discontinued it. In the trial Of the case which
she then made against him he swore that he
never had contemplated marrying her, had