The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

That there is still profit in sailing craft is
shown by the fact that the Dover Navigation
Company. New Hampshire corporation own
ing several three-m asted schoOners, az its
annual meeting, recently held declared divi-
Gerds averaging II per cent. on four Of its
largest vessels. Their dividends re presented
years earnings, and on the earnings OF one
OF It's SchOoners. which, after SIX months Of
sailing, Is stuck in the mud on the Louisiana
shore. 5 per cent. dividend was paid. A
well known Bath-built fOur-naster. only
years Old, has already netted apo 700 for her
owners
There are many curious uses for fans in
Japan. The umpire at wrestling and fencing
matches uses heavy one. shaped like a huge
butterfly, the handle being the body, and rem
! dered imposing by heavy cords Of silk. The
various motions OF the fan constitute a Ian
guage which the wrestlers fully understand
and appreciate. Formerly IN the time of war
the japanese commander used large fan
having frame OF iron covered with thick
paper In case OF charge it could be shut,
and blow from its iron bones was no light
AFFAIR. One notable variety OF fan is made Of
waterproof paper, which can be dipped IN
water and creates great GOODNESS by evapora-
ZION, without wettlng the clothes. The fat
IAN made OF rough paper is often used as a
grain wlnnow, to blow the charcoal fires and
as dustpan.
The normal action of the human heart is
from seventy 10 eighty beats minute, and
when 1t gets much slower or faster than that
Is commonly the sign Of some serious disor-
der Physicians usually consider that when
a pauents heart beats as slow as forty il is
the prelude Of immediate death. There are
exceptions to all rules. and IL is said that
Inomas Lyons, of Bcnton, Mich, is notable
! exception to this. He is 56 years old, of drop
steal tendency and weighs 200 pounds he
was taken with dizzy spells about year ago.
ms pulse ran down to sixty and every body
thought he was to die When physicians came
| from Chicago they found him with a for va
minute pulse which soon sank to thirty six
ana thlrtyfour. There seemed to be
no nope for Lyons, who arranged his tempo
raj aHalrs and prepared for the worst Elec-
| trlcal currents were applied nut the pulse
| sank lower reaching thirty. All sorts of re-
StoratlveS were applied. They seemed to
have the opposite effect Further down sank
the pulse to twenty eight, twenty four TWEEN
ty-one twenty, even to eighteen, and yet all
tnlS time Mr.. Lyons was to all appearances. .
strong and we'll. For over a year now he has
been in this condition, his pulse wavering
between eighteen and twenty two, and he has
been at work almost every day in his shop,
lie said the other day that he expected to
live several minutes after he is dead from
the fact that his heart is getting so low that
It's work Will be done before he is notified.
few nights ago, after all the occupants of
a house IN Westbourne park, London had re-
tired to rest, the head OF the family was dis
turbed by the ringing of the front door cleo
trio bell. says the Daily Telegraph eau
tlously opening the portal he was surprised
10 see dapper-lOokng stranger, who MAX
Ing mysterious signs and hurriedly impress
ing on the half-clad listener the necessity for
silence, explained that burglars were on the
premises, and that he Was a detective CHARGED
with the duty of arresting them Two officers
OF the law, ne said, were watching the other
side, and every step had been taken to entrap
the lntruderS. Acting upon further iustruc-
lions, the startled householder took the mid
night visitor up to the dressing room on the
table OF which was his wlfe'S 5ewelry case.
Hush whis pered the stranger, II hear
sounds Take this whistle and blow it at the
PACK OF the house while 1 conceal myself
here. They cannot possibly escape. Meekly
opeylng, the terrified man ran to the
landing, threw open the window and made
stupendous efforts 10 extract a sound from the
whistle, which however remained silent as
mute 1t was a dummy. Hurrying back to
the room he found it deserted and the Jewel
box gone. Then 1t dawned upon him that he
had been duped. The circumstance that the
articles distracted were paste Of no great
value; whose owner, very we'll known in the
netghoorhood, is reputed to possess rare
jewels PROBABLY accounts for the fact that no
attempt has teen made to capture the mis-
creant. against whose craft householders with
dlamonus may well be on their guard. A lock-
smith who S called upon to pick street-door
lock should take some means Of ascertaIning
whether the person who employs him is
really the occupier of the place to which
he gains access. BY neglecting this obvious
| precaution locksmith carrying on bust
! ness in Paris, in the Boulevard Roche
| chouart. has got himself into serious trouble,
| A gentlemanly looking man came to him and
| said: L live at l57 Rue du Fauhourg Poison
nler. on the sixth door, and, unfortunately
|
the lock and make a fresh key for me The
| unwary tradesman did as he was hidden and
took away the lock, promising to return with
the KEY the Following morning. When he did
return he was astonished at his reception. A
gentleman he had never seen before rushed
at him, seized him by the throat and called
him thief and burglar" AS soon as he
could explain he did so, but he was dragged
og to the ONCE Of the nearest commissary of
police. Z he place had been stripped of ali its
valuableS by the man who ordered the kew.
An action has been begun by the owner with
view to recover the amount of his loss from
| the locksmith. who had played the part of an
| innocent accOmplice.
After looking at the windows something
within proving captivating you decide on
| going in and purchasing says a Paris letter in
| the New York Times. On the door is usually
| painted English spoken" but in you 90, de-
| term1ned on sinking your nationality in bad
| French, so as not TO have prices raised but
| by heavens, your lingo betrays YOU. You are
| answered in English, and the prices in French
| money, that by long division YOU can turl into
| dollars and cents, are transferred into English
| shtllings and pence and farthings your ma
! tlonality has been wrongly fixed Bewildered
| and helpless you have TO explain that Won arc
an American. and beg to he told the price in
| French money When this is done however
| you are sounsettled that you can neither null
! tiply nor divide. Possibly the price Is given
IN centimes, and you exchange
| der if the tales of rench cheapness
| are not imaginary. A cotelette de volatile
| trunee, for instance, you are told is so cen
times. Fifty cents for outlet ONLY
| enough for one person That is eating
| money for a truth we cannot AFFORD that,
| can We you ask turning to your compatriot
! on french soil. You give the cotelette second
| look and 1t is so good, flow much did Won
| say to the shop girl. Fifty centimes' 10
! sous" Ten sous; Why, sou is only a cent:
/ why that is only 10 cents What a STUPID
| 1 am OF course we can afford that We
| cOuldn't buy anything like it at home as
| cheap" Because it is cheap YOU take six
| when you only need two; it seems like saving
| money to buy more than is necessary because
! of the chance, Prlx hxe-hxed price-is
! prominent in every shop, but the buyer is to
| look upon the sign as an ornament and not as
| q rule to be adhered to. II is the custom of
| the country to ''merchander'- English To
| bargain, or in other words to beat down
! prices II you do not il takes the sellers
| breath away. About some articles you have
no hesitation, but al out others. a Christ
or Virgin, for instance, even
in plaster, it goes against the
grain to cheaper Because of this bargaining
! shopping takes time, and the way to do II is
| to start early with a superabundance of
patience and cheek" Ask French person
about shop and ten to one the answer Will
| be- Out le lie conrais hieh il est Colour. -
Yes, know him well; he is a thief" This
term might be a compliment the wayit is in
dulged IN unblushingly and no oGense taken.
/ One ShOpkeeper does not HESITATE IN "a nc