The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The son OF Connecticut manufacturer lOSt
hand in some Of his fathers machinery, and
has been supplied with one made of alumni
! niUm, which is so joined that he can use IL to
pick up, hold and handle tools, gun, fork,
! papers etc.
Although it has so frequently been asserted
| that all the governments of Europe were
| really in the hands Of the Hebrew race owing
! to the fact that nearly all the more promi-
nent European statesmen We're more OF less
! closely connected with the Chosen People,
yet 1t IS fact that, up to the formation OF the
| present administration at Paris, no profess
! ing lsraellte has ever held important cabinet
! rank in France. The member Of the Hebrew
! faith in the Casimir- Perier cabinet is NJ. Ray
nal the new minister Of the interior.
Women tend elevators in Boston. There are
female tramps in California. a third of Eng
| lands telegraph operators are women. Nearly
? 300 women practice medicine in this country,
Six women In England are engineers Of town
drainage. In all there are about 7OJ women
doctors IN Russia; many of these occupy i'm
! pOrtant positions. A woman well known in
English society for her lovely neck and arms
pollShes them, so it is said for half an hour
each night with ChamOiS leather. widow in
| Vienna, having aSkeS whether she would be
allowed TO preserve the ashes OF her husband
In an urn in her apartment, has been told by
the government that this could not be per-
mltted. The minister responsible says the
custom, II II became general might lead to
strange ecCentricity and superstitiOns."
An ingenious kind of craft is now being
adopted in the Canadian numbering regions. 1t
| is known as steam warping tug, and propel5
itself on land as well as on water and is use
| tuI IN operations carried on among small
IakeS connected by streams of uncertain navi-
BaIlOn. Iney are built in "ScOW' shape, with
steel-Shod runners for moving overland are
81 feet long, 10 feet beam, decked all over the
bottom and the bow being covered with steel
plates. An engine of 22-hOrSe power furnishes
the requisite power In the water it moves
six miles an hour. forward or backward, as
required, propelled by paddles: on land, it is
propelled by means OF a cable drum on which
| Is cOlled tive-eighths of q mile of steel wire
cable. One end of this cable is fastened with
| pulleys to tree or other suitable object in
'front.' the boat moving as the wire is coiled
up.
Vegetables have direct effect upon the hu-
man system, and often combine rare curative
| powers Spinach affords relief in kidney
| troubles and the common dandelion, used as
| greens, is excellent for the same thing. AS
| paragus pirges the blood. Celery acts ad
| mltaDy upon the nervous system, and is
| cure Tor rheumatism and neuralgia. Toma
| toes act upon the liver. Beets and turnips
are excellent appetizers. Lettuce and cucum-
| DerS are cooling in their effects upon the sys-
| tenn. Onions, garlic, leeks olives and shall
| lots, all Of which are similar, possess medici.
| nal virtues OF marked character, stimulating
| the clrculatOrY system, and the consequent
! Increase In the saliva and gastric Juice pro
| mote Indigestion Red onions are an excel
| lent dluretic, and the white ones are recon-
/ 4LCAANlCI " DG eaten raw as u remedy IOr IN
| somnla soup made from onions is
! regarded by the French as an excel
| lent restorative in weakness OF the digestive
! organs.
Sneak thieves - remarked the inspector Of
| police to New York Press man, are now
going southwark to dispose of their goods
| There are now no fences" known to the
| police in New York city. Two or three
| shelters are suspected, although they have
| not yet been located; and this suspicion is
! based upon the fact hat considerable stolen
| pate mas been recently disposed OF in this
| vicinity. The pawnbrOkers, however, have
become very wary. and il is almost impOSsi-
| bic Tor man who remotely suggests a thief
| to dispose OF stolen lewelry by pawning.
| Baltimore is getting to be a great resort for
| crooks from the eastern middle states and
| the west, partly owing to its steamship facil-
| ltleS ana partly to the fact that there exists
! In Baltimore strong organization OF thieves
| recruited from all parts Of the country with
! a perfect understanding among themselves.
| Some Of the recent country house robueries
! have almost certainly been made by burglars
| com ng direct from Baltimore, and there is
| little doubt that the stolen plate is by this
| time melted up into gold and silver bricks
| and stored away somewhere near the head
| waters Of the Chesapeake bay. This is no
| particular reflection on the Baltimore police,
| but only an indication of the change of senti-
! ment among the light fingered fraternity.
| New York Just now is certainly the most In.
| popular city in the world with crooks"
The English poet, John Day, who lived from
1888 10 1872. wrote his ballad, Black eyed Su-
sauna, ~ in honor of Mrs. Montford:a distin-
| gulShed actress of that time SAYS the ST
! Louis Post-Dispatch A peculiarly tragic fate
| overlook this gifted woman. After her re-
| tlrement from the stage she became insane
! through an unfortunate love affair and the in
! gratitude OF friend. and was confined to an
| insane asylum. During one of her lucid in
| tervals she inquired Of the nurse the name OF
the pay which was to be given at the theater
| that night. Hamlet was the answer. Dur
| ing her stage career she had always PLAYED
| the part of "Ophelia,' and Mrs Montford was
| overcome with the memory of her triumph in
| that role. With the cunning peculiar to the
! insane she eluded the watchfulness of her
/ guards, escaped from the ASYLUM
| and repaired TO the theater, where she con
| cealed herself until the scene on in which
| the mai Ophelia appears Quickly the un-
| fortunate woman rushed onto the stage ere
! the actress who was to play the part that
! night was aware of the presence OF a rival
| and she depicted the madness of Shakes.
| peare pathetic creation with a veracity and
| true dellncatlon of character which all the
! art IN the world could not have initiated. 1t
| was the Ophella which the immortal bard
| had in his mind when he wrote the tragedy,
! When Mrs. Montford left the stage, she ex-
| claimed Historically: "All is over" and was
| taken back to the asylum, where she died
| several days afterwards
California, the land Of cloud piercing noun.
| tains, valleys lying below the level of the sea.
! perpetual snow and torrid heat has wonders
! besides her titanic piles Of rocks, immense
! tIGtS duu gorgeous IOlldEe. saws the
Louis Republic The curiosity whichis the
subject of this note is not of natures handi-
wOrk-it evolved from the mind of man, the
hercest, yet the most intelligent of all the
animals This Oddlty is a railroad but il Is
so unique that the most expert railroad
man in the world would be unable to name
it should he accidentally happen uDon
it at a time when the cars and
engine were not in sight. l saw zen.
CINE advisedly, for there is no dan
ger Of encOunterinR more than one piece of
| machinery OF that class upon this extraOrdin
airy 'thOrOUghfare," and should YOU come in
contact with the entire force OF men wirh
which the road is equipped you could count
the entire gang on the fingers OF one hand
This west coast curiosity lies in or rather
runs up and down a portion of San
Benito county, extending from Burt.s
lime kiln to Tres Plnos. in what
is known as the Gavilian
Range. The road is of the bicycle" or SINGLE |
track variety, the engines and cars sitting |
very low upon the rail The rail is of The |
Slot pattern, not unlike that seen on cabie
railways the wheels Of both the engine and /
the cars having tongue of steel which works |
I in the groove. In addition to this each wheel |
has fange on both sides and the whole |
track being of but one rail. the wheels are in |
reality tOngued rollers with hange like nro |
lecttOns on each end. Every wheel in the |
whole outfit belonging to this curious rail. |
road is thus provided with four bearings |
which prevents II from jumping the track on |
any OF the numerous short curves AT last
accounts there nj