The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


that the bakers use an excess of water, which
results in musty and unwholesome bread, and
that the gingerbread contains zinc.
Some Of the members of the Eureka Club,
Jewish institution Of Rochester are DESTROYS
that Christians should be eligible for mem
bership, in order that breach may thus be
made in the social wall by which Christians
and Jews are kept apart.
The name Polly McNatt'' is the hardest
that one politician in Lower Delaware can
call another. Polly McNatt was the wife OF
the man who always sold his vote To one party
or the other, democrat or whig. but the ar
rangement for the purchase was always made
with Polly, ar 4 to her the purchase money
was paid. When a transaction of this kind
mad been completed one day, the purchaser
SAID TO the old woman: Polly. your hus oand
always sells his vote TO one party or the other
out what is he really in politicsg" We'll,
said Polly, when he with democrats he a
democrat, and when hiss with wings he a
wing, but when he $ alone he just - and
mere Polly, who was not nice of speech. put in
an epltheJ that may not be committed TO
print. Ever since that time, however, man
called Polly McNatt.
1t is said that the practice of the wifes as
Stunning the husbands name at marriage
originated from Roman custom, and became
the common custom after the Roman occupa.
ton, says the Dublin Times. Thus Julia and
OCtaVla, married to POmpey and Cicero were
called by the Romans, Julia of Pompay, and
Octavia of Cicero and in later times married
women IN most European countries signed
tnelr names In the same manner, but omitted
| the of Against this view may lie men
| TONED That during the sixteenth, and even the
BEGINNING OF the seventeenth century. the
usage seems doubtful, since we seek atherine
Parr so signing herself after she has been
Twice married, and we always hear OF Lady
Jane Gray mot Dudley and Arabella Stew
arr mot SEYMOUR. Some people think that
the custom originated from the scriptural
teaching that husband and wife are one IL
| was decided in the case OF Bon VS.. Smith, in
| the reign OF Elizabeth, that woman by mar
| riage loses her former name and legally re
celYes that OF her husband.
Some interesting and valuable discoveries
nave been made in the course of recent exca-
vatlons that have been carried on in the dis
trlct OF Ilaxlaco, state Of Oaxaca, Mexico. A
nunDer OF small metal ina yes we're uncoV-
| cred by the workmen in one of the Oldest
ruins few days ago. The images represent
people OF oriental appearance and dress, as
Ihey bear hieroglyphics of unknown
characters and are deliberately wrought
with line art lines shown in every curve.
gold, either wholly or in part and
are coated with some unknown enamel
Whlch has preserved them from all harm in
the many years they have been buried in the
soil. They will probably be shipped to the
National Museum IN the City Of Mexico
| where they will be placed at the disposal of
| the scientific world for further study and dis
cusslon. The find is the most important OF
the year in the domain Of antiquities and
| preparations are now being made to conduct
a complete exploration Of the Tlaxlaco ruins
| Tor further evidence OF the ancient civiliza.
| ton which is known to have fiourished in
| Southern Mexico
New York is famous for her clubs and club
| houses, says a New York letter in the Phila
delphia Ledger. Her "a principal clubs have
| an aggregate residence membership Of over
| 5000, and a non-residence mem bershfp of
| over 6 0O0 A number OF them have palatial
| club houses. But Of them all the Metropolf-
| tan Club, Just com peted, is probably the most
magnificent A view OF its interior was given
| to members OF the press to-day The lot on
which 1t is built is 100 feet on Fifth avenue bv
zoo feeton Slxtieth street, the building itself
| covering space 90xl50 feet. with wing ex
| tending into the court yard 30x50 feet 1t con
| tains great hall and staircase, covering
more more than 80 feet square on the
feet on the gallery line, and nearly
| 81 feet high, running through two stories
| The staircase is constructed Of marble on
| OF the hall are great ''lounging rooms" one
| in the Louis XIII style being 40 by IS feet in
size and % feet high. There are card and
reading rooms and a spleldid library. The
billiard room. 80 by 80 feet, contains seven ia.
| bles. The main dining room is on the third
| floor, and is 40 by 81 feet in size and p feet
| high and has several private dining rooms
| adjoining part OF the house Is set apart
| for the use OF ladies accompanied by mem
| bers, and there is separate restaurant for
| these. The income OF this club from annual
which will not be long, will be S145.000 a year.
j. PIerpont Morgan is the president of this
| great club.
The London newspapers contain accounts
| of new process by which a BIRMINGHAM
man 4facturer is making weldless steel chains
| Hitherto chains could not be made without
| welding, and so injuring the temper. BY the
| new process the cnain IS made from a steel
| bar OF cruc1orm section, and Of the greatest
| length obtalnable. This bar is put through a
| series of machines, IN each OF which pieces
| are punched out, so that after five operations
| the links are perfectly formed, but are still
| connected together at the point where the
! inner side OF the bow Of one link crosses that
| of the other. In fact, the bar presents a rigid
| chain, but on being pressed through another
| machine 1t comes out as a roughly
formed but perfect chain, with sepa-
rated links. The chain then undergoes
three more operations. in which 1T IS
! rectihed, roundedand finished ready for O.
| The process is a cold one 80 that there is no
deterioration OF the metal by heating the
only heat applied being near the end of man
ufacture, when the chain is annealed in an
oven for short time. Owing to the limited
length OF the bars the chain has to be made
In sections, and eventually coupled up by
special links, which are made stronger than
the chain itself. These chains, which are
suitable for general use, are produced in vari-
| Gus sizes, from one-haf inch down to three
thirty seconds of an inch. Some of the one.
half inch chains, made from steel having
a tensile strength of Jwenty-four tons per
square inch, were tested at Lloyd proving
| mousse and broke at lb3 per cent. over the
admiralty test. Being produced by machin-
! cry all the links in each section are exactly
similar. There is also a great saving in
| weight
The gradual exhaustion of the petroleum
and gas wells in the northern states has been
a theme Of interest of late. A telegram from
| indianapolis Of recent date says: The resi-
| dents OF the suburb of West Tndianap 1lis
came near freezing yesterday The natural
| gas which had dickered in their stove burners
| yesterday morning disappeared altogether
| between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. and
| for ten hours there was no gas. some Ueople
had coal or wood saved from the cold day SIM
| plies Of last winter, This was hurrledlv put
into the stoves and neighborS were asked in
to share the heat. Every house that rad FIRE
| was full Of people. The hunt 70 wood and
coal was beSet with difficulty, even by those
| who had the money to pay for them The
| one coal yard in the town had fortunately
| just received q carload, and by pare cling
| 1t out economically the proprietor saved
| many OF the citizens a night OF N n
| suffering. Everything made OF lumger
| was used in the emergency, including
| boxes, barrels, pumps, fences. va 9ous
| sheds, etc. Some OF the fires built we're
costly. being made of the Ium er prepa ed
for new buildings. People whose suppl was
| early exhausted had to go to bed before dark
There was a small 81 ply Of, he iongedfor uel
| at midnight, but the q antity continued to a.
crease until o clock this morning, when II
again disappeared altol ether. Coal and