The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The supply OF coal in the COOK county l4ll-l
Jail has been exhausted IN consequence OF the
strike and 500 prisoners have been reduced TO
bread and water diet.
Electrical weaving machines are in use IN
Germany. Seamless stockings with double
heels are ratified out Of each machine at the
rate OF eleven pairs an hour
a unique case of borrowing is reported from
Sherman Mills, Me. A man whose home was
DESTROYED by fire last winter has torrowed a
house from one OF his friends which be VIII
have hauled to his lot, and will occupy as
a dwelling this summer, return ng 1t IN the
fall.
The following mysterious advertisement
appeared recently in a London paper:
gentleman. 26. respectable appearance and
religious iuclinations. wishes TO marry unuer
chronological principles. and invites cor,
respondence from any lady having the same
desire" How do you marry under phreno-
logical principles: asks the PhlladeIpnia
Press. Do you both have your pumps IeLt'
and then compare notes to see that there are
no incompatibilities OF temper
A crusade is about to be begun against the
canine race, says a Paris letter 1t has Teen
discovered that whereas, there are nearly
$1,000 dogs in Paris, there are only soEe
go 00O that are licensed. Should the au-
thorities carry out their intention OF making
a hecatomo Of all dogs for whom licenses
have not been procured a prohtabIe lnq9strg
Will be overtaRen by ruin. For the oJJ,OOJ
dogs cost, according to on1clal statlstfes, ever
s. 000, co. per annlm for specially prepared
food. There are twenty-five manufacturers
OF dog collars and muzZles who employ con
siderably over 900 hands; there are hYe dog
bakers, six manufacturers OF dog biscuits loO
dog barriers. three pharmacies stocked with
canine medicines. two dozen canine lnnrnla
ries and two great dog hospitals, all OF Wnlcn
will have to close up if the government pro-
ceeds with the contemplated slaughter Of
these canine tnnOcents.
The London Standards Shanghai CORE
spcndent quotes report from the district CT
Hsing Knochow in the neighboring prov
inCe OF Anhui where there are extensive
coal workings. A party Of miners recently
struck an ancient shaft, where history re
cords that a great catastrophe occurred 400
years ago, the re cords being preserved among
the local archives. The miners, on reopen
ing this old shaft, came upol upward OF 10
bodies OF the former workers, lying where
they had been overcome with foul gas four
centuries back. The corpSeS were as II those
OF yesterday, quite fresh looking. and not de-
cayed in any way. The faces were like those
of men Who had only just died. On an at
tempt being made to move them outside for
| burial, they one and all crumbled away, leav-
! ing no b ing tut pile of dust and the rem
! nants OF the stronger part OF their clothing:
/ The miners, terrified, fed from the spot, aad
| though there we're valua bic deposits of coal in
| the shaft, nothing would induce the super
| stltlous men to return 10 their work.
| sportsmans gun on an entirely new prin'
| ciple is attracting considerable attention
| among gentlemen marksmenin the south and
west, saws the Philadelphia Press 1t is the
| invention OF W. H. Cstrander of MERGED, Cal.
| he chief feature Of the invention is that OF a
! double barrel, breech-loading, four shooting
/ shotgun, with safety hammerless device
| and positive elector. The novelty of the gun
! is said to be without prototype. Its mechan-
| icsl arrang ement and process are such that
its four shots can be discharged in two sec
onds. While the gun dtnel from other shot
| guns, in that 1t receives four cartridges in
stead of two, the firing results of any other
| double-barreled hammerless gun are dupd-
| Gated. 1t has about thirty separate parts,
against forty-hve for other double barreled
hammerless guns. The movement of the ar
| rels forward on the forearm of this gun and
| bringing them back to the breech drives a
gust OF air through the barrels, causing the
! expulsion of both heat and gas. This does
away with hot barrels from rapid firing.
The inhabitants of the northeastern part OF
Asia USE mushroom to promote intoxica.
ton. 1t is known as the fly blown mushroom
| and is also very abundant in Scotland The
| fungus Is gathered in the hottest part of the
! year, and is then hung up by a string IN the
| open air to dry. Some are dry before gath
cred, and these are stated to be far more mar.
! Cotic than those artihctally preserved. USu
ally the fungus is rolled up like bolus and
| taken without chewing; for. II masticated, II
Is said to disorder the stomach. One large
! or two small fungi produce what is looked
! upon as pleasant state Of intoxication fol
one day. Tie e11ect is the same as that pro
| duced on taking a quantity OF spirits or wine
| except that it is delayed from one TO two
| hours after the bolus has been swallowed A
| first it produces very cheerful emotions of the
mind. 1t renders some persons exceedingly
active, and it is a Stluulant to muscular ex
ertiOn; thus if p rscn affected by it wishe;
| to step over straw or a small stick, it i'm
| pels him to take a jump sufficient to clear
low hedge or the trunk OF tree; it keeps
NJ mn : IL tg lX ~ n
| under its influence, a talBative person car
| neither keep secrets nor silence for any
! length of time.
OF the five or six hundred electric roads il
this country, a large proportion reach natura
or artificial waters such as lakes or rivers
| and in all parts Of the country large amount
| OF work is now being done ia the utilization
| of the current from the trolley wires fol
charging storage battery boats to ply on these
| waters. The success of the world fair cleo
trio feet, which carried without an accident
! 1909, 900 passengers on the lagoonS and canals
| in Jackson park, directed attention to the sub
ject, and now the feet Is being dispersed To
all points OF the compass for kindred employ
ment. Milwaukee. Boston, Rochester and
| other cities are to have large fleets
and in many places the work
has actually hegun with remark Ole
| results. II is pointed out that a street rail
| way which will carry paSsen ger for an no IT
for cents can easily earn from him nve
times as much for half an hours trip on the
water. with less expense. At Altoona where
an artificial lake OF thirteen acres has been
made, 10 cents is paid by hundreds OF de.
! lighted passengers for a trip around LASTING
| only seven minutes. Electrical boats are
! also being built now for regular ferriage and
| line is projected to ply between the smaller
ports on the Gulf Of Mexico. Some of the
newer boats are of ample proportions. Johr
JACOB Aston being the owner Of one forty-six
| feet long.
| What living creature is possessed OF the
greatest bodily strength in proportion to Its
size: was question asked by a reader o.
| Pearson's Weekly. The answer was as fol
! lows: Ibis honor must be divided between
! the cockchafer the hive bee and the flea II
! is rather dlHicult to apply a test to prove
| Will b particular insect among the lore rs
! the jumpers and carriers is the strongest
! but there is no question that in proportion
! to their size insects undoubtedly possess the
! greatest strength among living creatures
| ne flea can Jump foot high, more than IO(
| times its own length, and taking its average
| jump as thirty times its own length II
| Is as if man jumped as high as the gallery
| of the monument. The spring OF a tiger and
| the leap OF the kangaroo are insignificant
when compared with this Plateau in test
! ing the strength of insects by the weight they
! can raise. found the smaller ones relativeiy
! stronger than the larger ones. A cockchafer
! was strong enough to lift "A 3 times its own
| weight small hive bee 235 times the weigh i
! of itself. Judged by this standard there is
| nothing comparable TO IL among other insects
! or among the larger animals and it NAV he
! safely asserted that these three insects di.
| vide the honOrs between them. for though