The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There is said to be so little call for alcho-
holic liquors in Burlington. VT. that the drug
stores do not find it necessary to keep more
than quart Of whisky In stock. he guam
tlty usually lasts aooCt six months.
Mrs. Daniel S Lamont, wife Of the Secre-
tary of war was defeated last week for re-
election to the presidency Of the Harlem
philharmonic Club. receiving only four of the
lsO votes cast 1t WASH { the tariff this time.
The objeC ton seems to have been to Mrs.
Lamont S residence in Washington.
Field Marshal Won Blumenthal the only
surviving German marshal OF the Franco
Prussian war. says he believes that war about
every thirty years, for some unfathomable
reason, seems to be Indispensable to ''re-es
progress and development OF society"
When Joseph was carried captive into
Egypt by the Arab traders. whose carnels
were laden with "spices, balm and myrrh ="
says the Westminster Review, the rustic
Hebrew FOUND himself in the heart of a rich
cities adorned with MAGNIFICENT
buildiugs-a country governed by ancient and
equitable laws-having a venerable church
wealthily endowed, and an enlight-
ened priestnood containing numer-
Gus colleges, chOOlS and TEEN
ing with the products of the known
world. Linen, glass; ornaments of silver and
gold. and teautiful examples OF cabinet work
and objects Of art and refinement. were of
home manufacture. Various gymnastlc eX-
erctses, and the games of dfaughts, ball,
mora, and other well-known modern amuSe-
ments were common at the same period
| 4 he army and navy were we'll equipped and
drilled, and furnished with powerful ma
chimes and deadly weapons. SculptOrS,
painters. and sCrlbes abounded and three
modes of writing were pTacticed. Musical
instruments were numerous, and consisted OF
cYmbalS. trumpets. drums. harps, guitars
Tyres, flutes pipes. ana others. There were
bands of music as with US. Yet Troy was
not built until ADO IL three and a half centu-
T eS after. Two hundred years elapsed be-
tore Athens was founded, and thousand be
fore Ronulus laid the foundations Of Rome;
800 before Hercules was born, and 1.2J0 before
Pythagoras wandered into Egypt and drank
from the fountains OF ancient learning.
The construction of bicycle intended for
the use by fire departments shows how a We
hicle that it was supposed was only adapted
to sports can be applied to practical everyday
uses, says the Philadelphia Press 1t has a
chemical engine and light ak, instruments
that in many cases are all
that are needed to SUI due a
ire If they are at hand in time. In some cities
of Europe part of the fire del aytment is q
swift horse added and bridIed with chem
ical apparatus for subduing fires ana an ak
attached, and an expert rider ready to spring
on the horses back the moment an alarm is
sounded and ride swiftly to the scene of the
fire. He can reach the fire some seconds or
minutes before the heavy lumoering ire en-
OF time is of the greatest value and
the riders services are all that are
needed in checking what otherwise
might become a disastrous cOnhagration.
This feature of the fire department is one of
the means by which so many fires in Europe
are confined to the room or building in which
they start bicycle has advantages over the
horse for this kind of service. II can travel
as swiftly, is easier handled at the scene of
the fire, requires but little care and no food
and is especially adapted to small towns and
Ia dfTzH.
reaching fire just beginning and applying
the remedies is Of the utmost importance. If
it is promptly eXtinguished it may save thou
sands If not millions OF dollars worth of prop
erty. If the bicycle can be used in this way il
will add one more element to its popularity.
The old method of demonstration by insur-
rection is inconsistent with modern eondi-
tions, five Maxim guns and 600 Winchester
rifles teing stronger than any amount of un-
drilled and huddled men, and. besides insur-
rection would stop wages, which is precisely
what the hypothetical insurgents do not want
to do says the Spectator. The picturesque
Roman device which was once initiated sue
cessfully in Russian the revolt for the blind
Car ury-and once successfully in India
in the revolt of Benares against the house
duty-the device OF quitting a city en- masse
and camping outside, could not be managed
in our china and under our conditions
The people could not be fed and Watered
for more than twelve hours; they are ut
terry QudCGuSlOIQtU 10 DARKNESS, and the
first sharp shower Of rain would make them
miserable and inspire in half of them a,terror
of the light feverS they call colds" i he
way our people fly from the streets in rain
might. if witnessed by a foreigner wholly de-
StrOy-Quite errOneOuSlv-the impression of
their hardihood. Tn Oriental way of dem
Onsuatlng, firing unused buildings-a WY
still practiced IN COnStantinOple-is bOtn
dangerous and wicked. and our demonstra-
tors are exceedingly anxious to avoid creating
a danger for their city. or being wicked. In
oeed, they are conventional up to point:
Tor, though march OF $1,000 unemployed
men without clothes would be exceedingly
Impressive, there would be no need for the
police to put them down. The decent work
men would do that with a certain savageness
and rapidly. The experiment is tried about
once month in some casual ward or other
and always ends in sackcloth, if not in sack
cloth and ashes.
The lobster does not range far south on our
Atlantic coast, says the Scientific American
because it is sandy south of New Jersey. and
| does not afford protection for them when in
| the soft state, even If other conditions were
| favorable. Large individuals are sometimes
| taken on the coasts of Delaware and Mary
| land, and they range as far north as Labra-
/ dor, the best lobster grounds of the Atlantic
| being Nova Scotia and Maine. They were
formerly abundant in Long Island sound and
! about New York harDor, but the pollution Of
| the waters, especially with ''sludge acid
| from the petroleum works, has driven them
| away lulS u DOmlndOle SUN does not drift
! far. but settles on the bottom, and while il
| may not disturb the shad and salmon. which
| are migratory. il kills out all the oysters
| Grams. muSSels snais and all those forms that
| live on the bottom, including the lobster
and cOmpelS the fishes which seek food in
those waters to goselSewhere. The canning Of
| small lo0sters in Maine may affect the pro
| duct there. but the worst Of all enemies il
man. OF all the destructive agents to animal
| life OF most kinds, man stands at the head. al
once the wisest and most ignorant of all ami
mails. His i5norante is especially in contrast
| with his intelligence when he deals with
other creatures. And the lobsterman ia IAN
instance; he wants to see Holsters plenty he
cause he nnds ready market for all he can
get, but when he raises lobster pot and finds
mat Two or three small Holsters OF four or five
inches in length have ventured to eat the
whole or part Of his bait he is angry. and
instead OF returning them 10 the water
ne smashes them on the bottom of his boat
AS well might the farmer shoot his Young
fowls for eating his grain The 10 ster
VIII eat hSh, clans, musSels. and other
animal food, fresh or stale. bat in
the pots fresh bait IS more attractive. and
the Ioustermen use almost all kinds named
Tor bait, and could, with small expense, so
make their traps that. when lobster en-
tered the pot, it could not devour the tait, and
so afford to let the young go free if the larger
| ones dld not devour them in the pots The
| power OF the lobster to Reproduced leg or a
claw Is well known. 1t is not done until The
next mott, when the new limb appears as a
verv small model of the original but after >
few changes of shell the claw is restored to
It's normal size nd m.