The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Capt. Berteaux, of the schooner Exception,
which halls from Parsboro, n. S, has in
vented new style Of rigging for his vessel,
which is attracting attention in New York
harbor. where the vessel has Just arrived.
The vessel is three-master, and carries on
the main mast three square sails. The main
sail IS hung from the bands at the cTosstreeS.
and above she carries topsails. When sail
ing before the wind fore yard is rugged, TO-
the vessel made the trip from Sagua. Cuba, 10
New York in six days. which Is a whole day
ahead of the best record OF sailing vessels.
/ Capt. Berteaux is very proud OF his invention.
and says that there was never anything like
1t for handling or sailing.
The jams of India are the champion fasters
| or long distance, do-withoutfoot sect of the
world. Fasts of from thirty to forty days are
very common among this curious sect, and
once each year radiant comes forward
and undertakes the grand fast-a period
of seventy FIVE days. during which time he
allows nothing but warm water to pass his
lips. When the fast is once begun the faster
will carry it to the pres cribed limit or die in
| the attempt. In curious contrast to this
startling feat is the religious eating contests
of the South Sea Islanders, where the com
peUtors actually hoop themselves like barrels
with ropes made of grass and bark, to keep
| from bursting through overlooking.
The next step in the progress of the tele-
phone was the exchange. and this came about
by intuition and necessity. says Hardware in
In an eastern city built line for his wife to n
neighbours, and his enthusiasm did not stop
unit he had supplied her with a wire to each
and every one of her friends This cuAVen-
fence and means of social intercourse turned
into n disagreeable in onvenience for Mrs A
had a message to Mrs. b. and so on. and the
good woman who had started the little enter
prise FOUND horselt doing nothing else but re-
peating messages from one wire to another.
A switchboard was rugged IN for her, which
| let the neighbour tax freely one with an
! nj Enm mud faea
was thus made,
An article recently published in German
medical journal by DR. P. Furbinger is
calculated to largely increase the demand for
peanuts He maintains that this nut is an
extremely useful and nutritious article Of
food, being especially rich in albumen, Of
which 1t contains AZ per cent, together with
10 per cent. of fat and non-nitrogenous ex-
tractlve matter. He recommends the use Of
roasted peanuts in the form Of soup or mush.
On account OF their cheapness peanuts are
recommended as popular article of food
especially In poorhouSes and the like; more
over, they are recommended as an article of
food for the corpulent, for diabetes and for
the subjects of kidney disease. in the last
mentioned OF whom, foods rich in animal al
bumen are to be avoided
The vexed problem OF satisfactorily lighting
passenger cars seems at last to be solved by
an electric system which was thoroughly
tested in the presence of number of promi-
hCtb tdllIOdu ul6u al MILWAUKEE, b0e OtDer
day. The machine is driven from one OF the
aXleS and geared direct from the axle to the
Dynamo at a ratio Of 3 to /. The dynamo is
one-horse power and would give a current Of
twenty-eight volts and forty amperes. One of
the features of the invention is an electric
| pull changing switch. which automatically
changes when the direction of the car is re
| Vcl S5d, so that in the backward movement OF
the train there is no paling or dimlnution Of
| the light. The machine IS so constructed that
| the electricity is not generated when the car
IS moving at a speed OF less than twenty miles
| an hour, and the lamps will burn tive hours
after stop. The car has already Travelled
| / 200 miles from the west. and on today run
| from Chicago to Milwaukee the lamps were
| kept constantly burning. They gave an in
| tense white light, which was steady and bril-
| liant.
There are two men in New York Just now.
says the Sun, who may be seen on Broadway
| nearly every afternoon and evening and are
| always the subject Of sharp glances from the
| ward detectives, policemen and others who
| recognize them one of Them is slender and
| somewhat under the medium hight wears a
very dark muStache, and has at least two adj
| !ustable Titles OF nobility, either one Of
| which he would probably be glad TO exchange
| for an oVercOat He always dresses well. and
| is said by those Who know him to e d man of
| education and refinement. He admits him
| self, that he is more accustOmed to the society
! OF kings, emperOrs and noblemen than to
| that Of men Of the class encountered in
| Broadway barroomS. There are. however in
| the city several men who declare that the
! sort OF court life to which this man
| has been accustomed in Europe is
| not thai which can boast OF the per
| sonal presence of the sovereign The other
| man is stout and has u gray beard cut rather
| short, nigh hat. and garments which are no
| longer in the flush of newne $. Those who
| have made his acquaintance say that ne has
| cultivated a soft voice and deprecatory man
| ner which enable him to pass himself of as
| an innocent, laOnensiVe character, who, so
| far from intending evil to any one. stands in
| continual dread of BEING robbed himself.
| Both OF these men are skIllful members OF
| the great guild of chevaliers d induStrie the
| one having learned and praCticed his trade
| in nearly every capital of Europe, the other
| a type Of the American branch of the order.
| 1t is said that of late luck has not gone well
| with either of them. and it would be an UNI
| fortunate thing for any one with a large sum
! OF ready money and firm belief ia his atili-
| ties as a poker player to fall into their
| clutches, for they re in no mood to allow any
| one to go unscathed.
When one battle ship captures another in
mid-ocean in the next naval war, what is she
| to do with her prize, asks the PHILADELPHIA
| Times. In the cd days of wooden walls there
| was no difficulty in the practice. II the cap
| tnred ship could hoat prize crew was put
| aboard and all practicable sail was made for
| the nearest friendly port while the victor
| continued on ner cruise or if both ships were
| badly injured, both put into harbor But
| nowadays the position of prize crew would
| be far from commanding. The captured yes
| sci could not he managed by her Captors-she
| would have TO remain IN charge OF her own
! engineers and her own tiTemen. and the vic
| tors, instead Of sailing the ship, while the
| prisoners remained under matches would re
| reduced to the status of a police. And thus
would the opportunity for a recapture be
! greatly increased. For, while in the
| old days the entire captured crew
| were diSarmed ana imprisoned, the non
| ombatants OF captured battle ship would
| have to be given their liberty, practically
| speaking, and much might be accomplished
| by couple of secOn engineers with their
| so difficult to superinduce a slight explosion
| in the port engine and under cover of the con-
| fusion to Ii crate the prisoners: Again. the
| armament Of modern battle ship would com
| plicate affairs. Relatively to the powers of a
machine gun the prize crew would be greatly
| dispropOrtiOnate in strength. since the
! chances for the prisoners to obtain control of
| one of these engines would b9 increased bv
| the freedom Of their uon-com batants Alto
| pether. the number Of men required for DoIice
| duty on a captive hat.le ship would be verv
| large, and victorious ship would have to re-
! duce the efficiency of her own gun
! crews to an unpleasant extent IL
| would probably Re found necessary in al.
! most every case for the captor to stand bv
and accompany her prize home across the
Atlantic or the Pacific as the case might be
| And this would be double incentive 10 the
! conquered to effect swift and noiseless re
| capture Of their own ship, for if they did Sc.
| one unexpected torpedo or discharge OF a II.
| inch gun. carefully aimed, might very easily
| turn the fortune of war en- irely in their
favor. In other words, and not to define too
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