The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

for last year and finds that the killing OF
wild animals cost s12. 900 in bounties.
There is quietly practing medicine in
HobOken venerable Hebrew physician
whose services as a patriot IN 1918 are com
memorated BY imposing monuments IN sew
eral Hungarlan cities. he Old gentleman
has been over to look at these memorial
tributes. and he keeps photographs of them
at home.
a public test of hydraulic prison cells was
made recently at Cheyenne Wy. The model
worked perfectly showing the entire practiCa-
blhty of The invention The cells are made
wholly o. iron or siesl pipes which are filled
with water under pressure Should there be
any leak''ln the pipes the reduction OF the
pressure therein would at once re indi Gated
oy an electric alarm IN the wardeus ONCE.
Lne locks on the doors were also operated by
! hydraulic pressure.
Among the decisions handed down in the
court of appea $ Of N issourI recently was one
declaring that a debt contracted in an option
deal cannot be collected by law, as such
speculative dealing is gambling and illegal
/ Inc points sustained were that the debtor
! was not bona tde purchaser. was not pre-
/ pared 10 re, Give and did not expect to receive
/ the actual grain. and that. If in contract for
/ future delivery the ouly pur pose is TO specu-
late on the difference between buying and sell
/ ing prices. such q contract is a wager and
! therefore null and void.
/ Mr.. Giadstone,s handwriting. saws the sat
/ urday journal, is the exact opposite to that Of
! Lord Salisbury. The Premier uses a new
/ gull. and his up-strokes are as heavy as his
I down strokes. He avoids f1Ourishes, scrupu-
J louSly DO S his rs and crosses his u S. and
4 writes closely. so that he can put hundred
! words into half the space required by most
| people. The Marc uts Of Salistury's writing
/ with a steel pen retains the characteristics Of
/ the preSsman. His is "a free running hand.
! ana where Mr.. Gladstone puts six or seven
/ words into a line. Mr.. Salisbury has only
] u r. & q mir and
and follows the journalistic plan Of time
saving, by Joining words together whenever
/ possible. 1t has been the n 3cessity OF taking
/ rapid notes IN the courts which had led to
| this habit
1t is easy enough TO understand why Persia
! is hot1e ed for cholera. says the New York
/ Post The only wonder is that it should ever
! be free from that plague. Here is an extract
/ from recent report Of the British consul at
Re5ht, town of 10000 inhabitants; n he
| cesspools that exist in ca n house are mere
! wells, more or less deep which have no exit.
! Drinking water is obtained from wells sunk
! within ten to twenty ards Of these cesspools
! mere are no sewers and although
cutters exist in some streets, the f.,
! are v orse than useless, for they have
! no means OF carrying away the accu
/ mulated water. and consequently they are Of
! tener than not full OF stagnant green liquid.
/ he rubbish out OF kitchens and stun that
/ goes INTO the ddst bin at home, here is thrown
! out in certain corners of streets and open
! spaces, where 1t is allowed to accumulate
! Ponds have cen artifcially made where wa
| ter out of the cutters aCcumulates. and when
IN winter 1t freezes this filthy muddy water is
/ turned into ice, and collected in theice houses
Tor consumption the following summer"
There is shortly to be exhibited in Paris a
machine of very peculiar model which its in
ventor, NJ. VALERIE, calls a running machine"
BECAUSE. In using ii, the N JtiOns made are
those OF man in the act of running NJ. Va
lere, an &C accomplished ticycliSt was not sat
! lSteQ with the fiVjtV n tho bnu6g nd
/ arms In the ordinary machine. and was led to
design machine in which those members
could lie simultaneously utilized Two hand
levers rise tIOm the body OF the cycle, which
are worked back and forth very much in the
lines followed by runners hands, The en-
ergy thus generated is communicated TO the
wheels and supplements tue work done by
teet. w nile the right leg Lears on the pedal,
the right arm pushes the right-hand lever.
and while the pedal to the left, that is to say,
the left leg. rises behind the left arm pulls
the lever to the left toward the body. It is
/ said this form Of cycle has no difficulty in
distanciug any machine OF ordinary construc-
ton. This will be understood when il is re-
lnem Oered that the ordinary t1cycIe. at every
| revolution of the pedal, makes distance Of
90 meters. that of NJ. VALERIE makes nearly s
meters. without the least supplementary ia,
tlgue 10 the rider \ machine for track work
that will make 10 meters is said. 10 be in
! course of construction.
The margay, or American tiger cat, is a lit,
tie smaller than the ocelot and not quite so
handsome, says st, Nicholas. The legs and
feet are spotted in true leopard fashion but
the shoulders. sides and back are plentifully
bCSprlnkled with small, irregular rosetteS. or
else big black blotCheS. which on the shoulders
/ are heightened into semicircular bands, The
ground color Is bright taWQY aLOVe, and
lighter le4ow. specimen in the American
Museum of Natural history measures q
inches in length Of head and body; tail, 10
inches; and height at the shoulder lUia inches
OF all the American felidae the margay
cat approaches nearest to the domestic
cat in temper and habits. In South
/ America. where II is cOmmOneSt ii is often
/ tanned, and allowed the freedom of d house
/ because of the rats it eXterminates. 1t is
said to make, when caught Young and Well
/ treate g. very docile animal In its wild
state. however. II Is death on poultry and
/ yot NJ pigs and wherever d house stands at
the edge OF its Jungle home 1t makes itself
! great nulsa ice. / once shot bod and au-
/ ID lOuS spe linen on the r SsequiLO river in
/ south America, about midday, as IL was in
/ the very act of carrying off ducklipg from a
spot within thirty yards OF the house. The
nome of the margay cat is in the heavy. low
lying forests Of tropical America from the
state of Vera Cruz in Mexico southwark
! through the whole Of Central and South
America to Paraguay Even hunters seldom
see it save along the margin of water courses
a very favorite resort for fOrestdwelers
generally.
An interesting paper on the possible trans
mission of the tubercle bacillus by cigars has
appeared IN the current number of the Cen
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the preface TO his experiments points CUT
that ample Opportunity is Civ ca for the Infec-
tiOn Of cigars with turerculous material. as
so many people employed in tobacco manu-
factories are known to suffer from consump-
ton. The manner in which the cigars may
4 e-Ome infected IS apparent when 1t is re
/ membercd that by force of habit and conven.
fence the tobacco workers prefer to Use their
saliva for getting the leaves to adhere in ci-
gar making. instead OF the materials Supplied
o them for this purpose. this way the
tut circle bacillus is easily conveyed to the
cigars. Or. kereZ has, therefore initiated in
every detail on "A small sale the manufacture
OF cigars, using saliva containing tn.
circle bacilh for the moistenng of
4 the leaves. After being dried and
Uacked away in boxes cigars preserved for
/ different lengths of time were carefully IN.
rolled the leaves washed away with water
and the infusion iuOcllated into guinea pigs
In all cases where the infested cigars had
only been kept for ten days the animals
treated with the tobacco infusion died Of tu-
OerculoSis but when the cigars were kent for
longer periods the ANIMALS suffered no i'll eff
fects indicating that during this time the
tuhcrcle ba,illi had either teen destroyed or
deprived of the virulent character. As long
therefore. remarks Or. Kerez, as the CT
Ears, presenting them to have been infected in
the course Of making, are kept for a sum
GENTLY long time III the manufacturer hands
before distribution this possibility OF spread
ing consumption may be ignored.
Conductor S V. Salisbury, who runs be
tween Memphis. Tenn and Bowling Green.