The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Inc Duke OF York has declined the freedom
Of the cty Of Newcastle-on-T Tyne on the
/ ground that while approaching the proposed
honor' ne cannot depart from the line lald
! down only to accept the freedom OF metro
I poltan cities such as London. rdinburg and
the city from which he took his title
Electricity wins its place in unexpected
ways, says the Baltimore Sun. II is now
shown that it can he used to save great part
/ OF the power lost in the use Of shafting and
/ belts 1t has been estimated tina. 80 per cent.
4 OF motive power is often so wasted. But If,
| instead Of sending power from one motor
/ through shafting or belts to many machines,
/ the power In the form OF electricity he sent
/ through wires to many motors connected
/ one eay h-w1th the machines to lie operated.
/ there IS much less loss. In a word. II is
| economical to substitute wires for shafting
| ana belts and have motor for each machine.
/ 1t has been found that thirty Sc wing machines
| with thirty electric motors take little more
/ tnan naIt the power required by thirty run by
/ snattlng from one electric motor When the
/ rover has to be transmitted any considerable
| distance the use OF shafting Is plainly unde-
| Strable.
Slowly but surely California wines and
brandies are gaining a market in Europe.
| Last week the largest shipment Of brandy
/ ever made from an American port passed
| through h Golden Gate on the way to Ger
many. II was 2.45i gallous OF California
| Dranuy, one-quarter OF which is intended for
| the German army, which, for two years, has
| ordered almost exclusively the California
| product. This furnishes striking contrast
| to the United States army hospital service
| which buys French brandy although it has
| no real guarantee of its purity. Two hun
| dred barrels OF red wines and twenty-five bar
! rels OF hiesling go to the center of the Ger
/ man wine trade and their makers declare
| that they will stand the test of comparison.
! Besides, there were lO5 barrels of choice port
| which will compete with German markets
| Win the ports of Spain AMI Portugal. The
| success OF these shipments will greatly slim
| ulate the California wine trade.
How about charcoal? Well viewed both as
a medicine and as an article of utility in the
household. it is far more valuable than most
! LeOp-e would believe says writer IN the
| PlttSDurg Dispatch. Remember this how
I ever. TO begin with. The charcoal YOU use
| must be the freshest of the fresh. and it must
| never be exposed to the air. Now for few
! OF It's uses. 1t is valuable disinfectant and
| Will purify either tainted meat o. tain ed
| water Placed in a saucer in a sick apart
| ment 1t purihes the air. Foul air ulcers or
proud flesh, mix charcoal with bread pol
| tee. Place charcoal over a burn, and it will
| soon remove heat ana pain SO, l may tell
| you Will a rag STEPPED IN turpentine, if the
| skin be not broken. Internally good char
! coal Is good medicine for many kinds Of
| dyspepsia. especially If the trout L. is accom-
| panied with 1atulence. 1t is often given in
combination with bismuth for indigestion
| nNe grains OF carbonate OF LiSmuth, twelve
| OF wood charcoal, and five grains of car
| Donate of soda, three times a day. q quarter of
| an hour before meals Charcoal in water q
| JtdSl OOnIul M y cure SICK headaClG, 1t
| also makes good tooth powder, and sweet
| ems the breath. In conclusion. l may say
| that 1t is pity that the virtues of so simple
ana useful an article should not be more
| widely known,
There is a family in New York state. near
Norwich that has teen virtually ostracised
| for generations says the St Louis Globe
| Democrat. their name is Bewley, and the
reason of their icing set apart from their fell
| lows Is a peculiar on About forty years ago
there were great many depredationS com
mltted in that neighoOrhood. Chickens we're
found dead IN piles at tier roosts, horses
| turned loose. cows run Off and great many
| other acts of mischief done. A huge black
| dog would occasionally be seen lurking
| around some one S pl emises, and the follow
| ing night that place would suffer in one way
or another. 1t was therefore, conceded that
| the DlaCk dog was the cause of the trouble.
| A watch was kept for the animal and one
night he appeared and vas shot at by several,
but no one hit him According to a super
| sutton, the guns were loaded the next nigh
| with bullets made out of silver. The dog
came and was shot, but made his escape,
though badly wounded. The next day the
| netRhborhood was summoned by a child who
said that her grandfather was shot. ply
stefan prObed for the ball and it was made
out OF silver. The old man died, and the
family was looked upon as icing possessed
with an evil spirit, and generations have lot
| served to eradicate the prejudice. although.
perhaps, but few of those now living could
give the real real reason for It,
About 300 Choc.aw and Biloxi Indians stln
| remain in Louisiana, and it is proposed to de-
port them to the Indian Territory, says the
| New York Post EXCEPT for a love of forest
| lie and inherent skill in tracking wild game,
| they are very much like their white neigh
| borS, dressing in same fashion, indulging the
same vices and dabbling in politics. The
men vote regularly at the elections and one
Of their leaders, Banks Johnson, Is a shrewd
politician. Few of these people speak the
Indian tongue. and close intermarriageS have
int mill -
strength they have also degenerated so many
OF them falling victims to pneumonia during
the damp winter season that their extinction
| IN their present dOmi cile Is a question of only
a short time. Banks johnson, cling asked if
his people consented to being moved to the
Indian Territory said: We do not
stay here. But it is CALLING for the
Indian to be brought daily in contact with
the people who have deprived him Of his
| blrthright. 4 ne whites despise the natives
In the Indian nation we shall be with cur own
| people. We shall have chance TO educate
| our children such as is not afOr led here We
can acquire property, and not run the risk OF
| having TO yield 1t up to rapaclOus height
| In other words, we are recognized there as
| having been deprived of our rights by the
white men, and some effort is made in repair
| alton. In weaving baskets and tanning
| hides the Louisiana indians show no mem
skill but most OF their time is spent in hunt
ing, They are remarkable marks Ecn. Their
| bows viii carry with accuracy between tttv
and sixty yards. rne arrows are made of
canes, unheAded if intended for bird hunt
ing healed with filed nails, if for deer hunt
ing"
The belief in the transmigration of human
souls into the bodies of animals has led to
some curious features in Oriental religions
and more especially in that profes I'd by the
Jainas and Buddhists. says the Pittsburg
| Dispatch. OF the two sectS the Gain Is al
once the more ancient ard rigid in this direc-
ton. So fearful are they to inadvertently de-
| stroy life that their priests wear a muslin
cover over their mouths so as net to destroy
the animGlcule of the atmosphere in the act
OF breathing. The same dread of init ring n
| possible ancestor leads them all TO bestow
the greatest amount of care and loving atten.
ton on the members of the animal world as a
whole. Every Jain village and town has a
hospital for sick ANNA $ These hOsl if9lS
are called pinlarapala. The one at Romtav
| is thus described; The Bombay piniaT.
apala occupies a whole quarter of the
town and is separated into wards
meadows and gardens, with ponds. cages
for beasts CT prey, and measures for
tame animals. This institution would serve
very well for a MODEL Of Noah 5 Ark Within
vets were buslly bandaging the broken legs
Of jackals, pouring ointment on the backs of
NANCY dogs and fitting crutches To lame
storks." But the Jainas being strict vere.
tarians, there is a thorn in this particular
rose for the animals under care. Carnivorous
by nature, or not, there is lut one diet served
out to all alike, meats, and even fish and eggs
being conspicuous by absence we were