The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

braSka, and her husband have incorporated
the Uncle Sans Anti-Drunkard Factory
Concern The OBJ ect Of the concern IS to
circulate and dramatic book proving rum
10 be a demon. which Mrs. Buttenbender is
writing and the capital stock Is S50DOJ1
1t is worth noting that the Bank OF England
has fewer notes In circulation than it had If
teen years ago and the total active note cir
culattOn OF EnEland is hardly greater than
when the act Of 1874 was passed. Bank notes
are used much less IN business than formerly.
other means Of exchange having taken their
place
People who are disposed to grumble about
high prices should be thankful that they do
not live in the town OF Forty Mile Creek. on
the Yukon river. Alaska. The town IS TIE
largest in the placer gold mining district. anu
nour sells Tor A cents a pound VIII e bacon
brings 40 cents. beans are firm at ~ cents,
butter IS strong at IS cents, and dried fruit is
worth % cents pound.
Tank steamers have for some time been
used for carrying petrole I'M and molasses.
but it has remained for a Louisiana man to
orlng the tank into use for molasses on shore.
tie intends TO handle the sweet. sticky stuff
IN much the same way that crude oil is
treated, storing it in Zig tanks in his yards
until II is needed for shipment when it may
De pumEed into barrels by high pressure
pump. The molasses is to be gathered from
Tue various sugar plantations, and trans
ported in tank cars.
LAS 6Iduu COUNCIL OF the SWISS canton OF
Neuenburg has decided that funerals shall
hereafter be paid for by the public. The can
ton IN the future is to delray all expenses
save that of The coffin, which the family or
relatives will provide. II necessary, however,
the cOthn will be SUI piled also The expense
OF tremating bodies, however, must be borne
by the friends or family. Under this arranEe-
meat such NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enough in
many parts OF Europeans first class aud
second class funerals will be impossl be.
{s tho orat+,, ~.
New York sun, that the aspen quivers with
shame because from its wood the cross was
made. Observers Of nature havediscovered,
however, that the Quivering OF aspen leaves Is
due TO the fact that the leaf stalk Is nat on
the sides and so thin about the middle that
the slightest breath of wind sets all the
leaves awagging horizontally. A single leaf
plucked on and taken by the end OF the leaf
stalk Letween the thumb and the fcrehnger
admirably illustrates the popularity of the
aspen
was tending some Of my morning glory
vines that were growing near fence upon
which had small cords attached saws New
York Press writer. All OF the vines had
climbed up the cords except one, or rather a
large oranch from one OF them which hung
out about fifteen inches. 1t was swaying
around, and appeared 10 be reaching for a
slender pole that leaned against the fence at
least foot away from 1t. l was busy some
time IN the vicinity of this, and would o.
casonally glance in the direction of It. 1t
seemed to me that the vine saw the pole, and
endeavored to catch hold of it with its little
hooked hand, for it swayed over so near as
an inch from it. and felt sure that the little
hand meant to hold on as soon as it got near
enough. l became so interested that l sat
down quite near, intending to watch il until
1t succeeded for l thought it would. But
was called away to meet a visitor and IN dis
chaTg my little obligations of the hour
forgot my vine. The next morning ! hurried
TO look at it, and, sure enough it had caught
hold OF the pole. and wound itself three times
around it. think the vine saw the pole.
For long time the work of the indigo
dyers was much hampered by the sitting up
Of sedime ~ in the dyeing watts and when it
was first demonstrated that indigo could be
reduced by electrolysis they hailed the i'm
provement as great aCnlevem mt. II was
present found, however, saysLne Baltimore
Sun, thai the prolonged e ectrolytic treat
ment Of indigo causes a change in the dive
stuff, which eventually leads to its total de-
struction: Further researches established
the fact that although the reduction of il dtgo
cannot be saus actorily effected in the
cold the operation can be most
successfully accomplished at the
boiling temperature. Goppeisroeder, who
was the hrSt advocate o. the eeutrolytio
treatment OF indigo, has discovered means
whereby the OBJECTIONS TO It's use are entirely
overcome, and Its maximum efficiency is at
tanned. The cloth to be dyed is impregnated
WI indigo In nnely powdered condition;
II Is then immersed in a solution of cauStig
soda or lime, and passed in contact between
The passage OF the current through these
plates causes the reduction of the indigo in
the cloth and on subsequent exposure to the
air the cloth becomes dyed line blue.
Bell-making is one of the great industries
in this country, yet how seldom we hear OF 1t.
says the Chicago Record. Foreign countries
recognize that our bells are superior in tone
to anv other make, and even the Japauese
are send NJ orders to this country for bells
The Japanese have long been regarded as
famous D6ll-ma%prS hut tbav do mi
to apply to American manufacturers when
they tina 1t to their advantage to do so. There
Is grim humor IN the fact that the tire alarm
bells to be used in Toxic have been ordered of
a mlnufa turing firm in Jersey City. The
largest tell in America is in the cathedral of
Montreal and II weighs $4,000 pounds. The
bell in the public building at Phlladelphia is
to weigh between 10000 and % 900. There is a
hell at Erfurt Germany tcast in 1871 and
one in Notre Dame, Paris, cast in 1880. each
weighing 10000 pounds. The great Chinese
bell at Pekin weighs 10000 pounds. is II feet
high and II feet in diameter. BY the way the
Chinese used to make their bells nearly
square in shape. The largest bell is OF
course, that in the Kremlin at Moscow 1t is
over IL feet in hight and measures nearly %
feet across the mouth; its thickness at the
point wher5 the Clapper would strike is 23
Inches; the cost of manufacturing this noble
work OF human art was ABOUT S3OUOUJ.
The IDEAL house is one that can be cleaned
with hose, says the New York Evening Sun
This idea does not seem to be unattainable.
The drawingrooms and halls of the most lux
urious houses are now paved in mosaic That
of Mrs. Potter Palmer has flowing pattern
enclosing roSebudS in pink marble The use
OF erona, Siena, Numidian marbles and of
California onyx are not uncommonly found as
walnscoting. Every year brings to light new
American marbles These such as the green
of Tennessee and a sort of crushed straw
Jerry OF Texas, have fallen in happily with
the new fashions in color For people of less
means there are the enamel bricks that have
caught the ir1deSCence of soap bubbles and
tiles that look like tortoise she'll Encour-
aging news comes from the makers
OF artificial marble, who expect shortly
to offer every quality and every tint within
the reach of most people. The best
hopes are, however, with the stained glass
men, who are experimenting in stained glass
mosalcs and vitrihed floors that are TO be
both beautiful and cheap. The truth is that
this season there are too many occupants of
every house There are nations of croton
bugs that have colonized in the wood wains-
cotlng OF city houses and regiments Of anbi- |
tlOuS creatures who want 70 be on too init
male terms with man. Housekeepers saw
that scarcely within memory has the warfare |
they have had to wage been so deadly and so |
stubborn. The real aim OF architecture 10 |
them seems to be the contriviug Of houses |
that will accommodate only mankind lhe |
hospitality of the modern house increases its |
drudEery one half When the house can t,. |