The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
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capable Of producing in one year the amount Of
wine bearing their label sold annually in the
United states, so the Bermudas grow only a
small percentage OF the "Bermudas potatoes"
sold in this country. II often happens, indeed
that the so-called Bermuda potatoes are small
and poor potatoes of native growth, which have
been treated with acids in order that they may
look like the imported tubers.
THE experiment Of the S-hour day, or rather
Of making forty-eiGht hours a weeks work. is
now being tried in one Of the largest iron works
In England, tie Stafford works at Stafford, which
is a suburb of Manchester. The working hours
ct these works have heretofore been fifty-three
per week, aud the reduction is made on an IN
Outstanding with the men that the output of the
works shall not be diminished by the shorten
Ing OF the hours. The men to be punctual
and energetic. and TO save the owners from loss
because of this shortening Of hours by greater
industry. There IS to be no reduction of wages
and if the end of the year finds the experiment
successful the 4Shour week will be the per-
manent arrangement
"DoN'T you know that these Columbian'post-
age stamps are going to work revolution in
the stamp Market said Arthur W1lletts a
former postal employe of Philadelphia to a st
Louis Globe DemOc, at writer. Now you mark
my word, they are going to make big change
both in form and color OF the stamp Of the
future We will never go back to the old stamp.
People will get so used to seeing and using this
big stamp that they. with their characteristic
American nature to have something to show
viii AuslSC On u stamp JnhC Will De DlR enough
show the world that there is such place as
America. don't think they will want q stamp
quite as large as this Columbian stamp, but
they III want something like something that
shows they have something for their money q nd
the glory of the country. l think it will prob
ably be something between the old stamp and
the new one in size, but we will never go back
To the little brick colored 2-cent stamp that we
have so long put up with. What the new stamp
will be may be a mystery, but it will be a
change, and will be like something We have
never had before"
THE Lancet. the leading medical review of
England, in commenting on Mr.. Gladstone's
great speech as a physical feat, says: I'VE
must leave to politicians the appraseuent of
Mr.. GIadstones speech regarde as a piece OF
craftsmanship but considered from medical
or physiological point of view there cen be no
difference of opinion, The performance must
be regarded and must remain not only as his
torical but probably as unique In the history OF
elOqueuce and of states Those who were
privileged to be amongst the audience will never
forget the SENSE or the speaker. In the or wded
chamber, file with all that was distinguished
and influential Ia British society, his voice was
heard Tor the first hour of the speech with per-
feet ease; and even when its physical force be-
gan to abate it was still felt as an influence al
together exquisite and refined. No difference
OF opinion could avail to save the listener from
the spell OF voice, always seconded by the
choicest amenitY of expression, which it may
safely be said has no rival in contemporaneous
parliaments. The wonder of all is doubled
by the fact that the speaker is
in his Saith year, Though there
was perceptible falling off In the force and vol
ume OF voice as the second hour was reached,
the animation Of tie orator was all 10 intact
His eye, and especially his right hand brought
into emphatic contact with the table from time
to time, test fled to the vehemence OF his
thought ana feeling, and when occasion re-
Quired 1t, as for tie delivery of a passage of
special importance or the final Ieroration q
reserve of voice was again and again drawn
upon, and the enthusiasm OF the mighty audi
SWAllO6 atp hHy
which il was itself swayed. The most marvel
part Of all was to see the orator after he
had resumed his seat looking as serene as il
nothing unusual had been done, and to learn
that he went home to dine quietly with his fam
lily and to sleep with as little disturbance as IL
he had only been engaged in the most ordinary
occupation. The record Of eloquence is beaten
by our octogenaran premier and apart from
any consideration of politics, with which we
are not concerned, We are all very proud of
HIM"
CHINA is the paradise OF the numismAtist The
collections Of cash, according to Consul Edward
Bedloe's report to the state department, quoted
by the Philadelphia Bulletin, are something
marvellous. They are small coins of bronze
BRASS copper or silver, ranging in intrinsic value
from One-twentieth of q cent TO 25 cents Tho
Oldest OF these coins on record appeared about
1900 B. G. Over Is 200 different kinds of cash
are preserved In collections Some are wonder
full examples of coinage, but most OF them are
clumsy and coarse. The numismatiSt can work
all his life, spend very little money and leave to
posterity Thousands Of coins. All he needs to
do is to confne his work to the collection Of cash.
the small coins in brass and bronze, whoss value
ranges from one-tenth to one-rourteenth OF a
cent. Their workmanship varies but is usually
very good, Their shape to-day is like that of
European coins, with the execution that tn rough
the center Is square hole through which the
coins are strung together like beads. In the
past, however. other forms were employed in
GLIDING the square, triangle, heart, eclipse,
shield key, sword and spear. The number OF
kiGds is simply immense. They are referred to
in the literature as far back as 300 B. c. The
earliest that have heard Of" says Consul
Bedloe, dates from the Is in dynasty, which
ruled from 255 to 307 B. G. From shat time
until to-day these useful little coins have been
used by every monarch, no matter whether he
was an emperor OF the entire country or king
or one of the petty principalties into which,
from time TO time. the Chinese empire was
broken. There have been over /. 200 occupants
of the various thrones. royal and imperial. In
addition to these regular issues, If such they
may be- called, there have been special issues
from time to time, and also special local issues
wealth mandarin in Canton is said to have
the finest collection extant. containing % 600
specimens of different kinds. The cost in
creases as you go backward in time. The cash
of this century can be secured at
their nominal face value. Those Of the
eighteenth aud seventeenth centuries hiring
from cent to 10 cents each. Those Of
the Han dynasties, from 206 60 100 A. L. =, bring
8 90 each when in fine state of preseryation
These true antiques are found In ancient tombs
aud ruins Several hundred were discovered
in Annoy this year in digging grave, when the
laborers broke into an old tomb several feet be
low the surface OF the soil. The coins lay in a
pretty earthenwGrs jar incrusted with a thin
layer Of mslachite that here and there had been
changed by moisture into azurite The coins
were sold by the lucky coolies in the next
twenty-four hours, and are said to have brought
81 apiece, an immense sum TO men working FOR
y cents per day. To succeed in collecting cash
a person must be a fine Chinese scholar The
labor thereby involved is so severe as to nre.
clude most collectors from indulging In the
pleasure to any great extent"