The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a prominent English physician OF long
experience with drunkards says that he can
recall hundreds of recoveries among men, but
/ only I'VE among women.
: new route is soon to be established across
/ the Irish chsnneI between Bsllingeary, near
/ Wexford. and Fishguard in Pembokeshfre
/ Inc time from land to land will then be re-
duced to 20 or 100 minutes.
United States Commissioner Bond Of Balti-
more has dismissed the complaint against
man who was charged with dunning by pos
/ tai ard In speaking OF this decision the
/ Baltimore News says: - he results OF this
/ decision are already apparent, and are very
! tar-reachtng- Every man who owes debt.
! ana every man whom some one else claims to
! owe deot. is now likely 10 receive postal
| cards galore, asking him to pay up, and pay
! up promptly Until he does pay uD he need
not be surprised 70 find a gentle postal re-
/ hinder waiting for him on his desk each
| morning. Nay, that is not the only terror
! awaiting him under this decision OF CommIs-
! sloner Bond. he may find postal ARDS be-
| SIDE his plate each morning when he comes
! down TO breakfast. If he happens 10 live in a
/ boarding house he may find mis- carious fel-
! low bta ,ders glanclng with interest at a
| printed statement that be owes his tailor for
that last handsome suit OF his that has been
| SO much admired, and will he kindly call and
settle"
Hachtsmen are beginning to take their
boats out OF commission, says the New York
Press. Coming up from BAY Ridge with a
mum er of them the other day they discussed
/
alrlIy the cost of running steam yacht for
! the season and the hgures made buzzing in
the head of one poor man. Commodore Gerry
and Vice Commodore an Santvoored spend
not less than $50 % apiece for their annual
| sport achts like the Vigilant and the
| White Iadye cost. of course ouadruple This
| sum to keep in commission the year round
The average steam yacht owner, with crew
! OF from ten to fifteen men, can worry THROUGH
| three m Onths at cost Of $4,000 The big
sailing yachts. while avoiding the cost of
coal are apt to need a new set of sails every
! year, and the general repair account is heavy
| moreover, as their owners are S opposed to be
| pre-eminently gentlemen of sporting procliv-
tiles they entertain handsomely and he avlly
| Inc sentiment seems to be that there's no
use IN owning boat unless you can keep the
caoln full OF guests all the time you are on the
! water
That may be why one conservative yachts
man who commands his own yacht said he
| could take a >oat the size of the Dauntless
WITH party of six in the cabin. including his
! vile. on a year voyage for $4,000 a wear
! The rest agreed that if he did he would have
to keep out of sight of land and hook fish for
meals
The Medical Record says woman has the
advantage of man as regards longevity: she
| suffers less from accidents. injuries and many
! forms OF disease; she is. in fact. more tena-
co is than man OF the limited en- oyments al
! lowed her. Dr.. Brandreth Symonds has col
| lected and studied a large number of stats
ties TO illustrate this interesting fact ''Ameri-
! can journal OF the Medical Sciences'D. The
| ent ages shows that in the urst year of life
! the mortal t. OF the female is much less than
That OF the male, being at Olrth 81. 81 per l.00)
/ as against llASO, and at the end of the wear
| 3l.S7 as against 35.06 The difference con
| tlnues up TO the fourth year. From to 2
! the female mortality Is greater than that or
| male, being at the latter PEI o $50 for males
| and 42o for females. At the age of As the m lie
! mortality equals that of the female, the llUter
| having been up to this time slightly in excess.
! During the years 46 to 6 the period of the
! CllmaCterlg the male mortality ga; N "a mir
! on the female. Icing 6 81 per annum for he
| one and only 347 for the other Hence the
! climacteric is really a much more serious
| time for man than for woman. After 90 the
| female mortality gains on that OF the male
! but is always slightly below it, Woman has
not only less mortality, but a greater long
eVlty tnan man. There IS also, d plurality of
female births.
The railway tank is introduced in France
for the conveyance and distribution of wine
from the vineyards, after the manner in which
petroleum has in this country been conveyed
from the wells to market SAYS the New York
Tribune. The Vlntagers wodld be lucky If
they could likewise adopt a system OF ripe
lines, as the oil producers have done and sodlf-
fuse their cheering product with the maximum
OF celeri Y and at minimum OF cost A net
| work OF pipes spreading under the soil from
| the PyreneeS to the British Channel running
| full with the crimson tide OF ST Emilon
! Haul Barsao, Hermitage and Cham 9ertin
! with spurs and gurgitatlOns of the eommoler
mixtures, according to the fluctuations OF de-
manu would De Suoterranean development
! OF extraordinary interest. and would
/ be almost certain to be tapped by
| the thirsty here and there but it is
| not likely to come ABOUT, and the railway
| tank represents what is probably the hnal
| reach of economy IN distribution. The vine
/ grower gets little for his product the profits
! being consumed Uy the middlemen, who take
! trluute from 1t at every step, from the time il
| trlckleS out of the press till it goes down the
| throat Of its consumer, and the indus nv.
| which is one of the most important in France
&c N n hEw md HHasN-a
| Wine at the press is now sold at cents
quart. Last year the production was so
abundant that the ordinary storage recep-
/ tacleS were une lual to 1t, and any. ody who
would bring barrels might carry away the
oVerplus free. Such an Astounding harvest is
rare, but 1t comes now and then, and in such
cases the railway tanks will De a godsend as
they Will doubtless be useful IN all times to
the normal movements AMI operations of the
| trade.
Let it not be said hereafter that the domes-
! tic cat is nuisance and only fit to keep mice
away and old maids from getting lonesome in
! their declining years. says German paper
! Let the irate sufferer from insomnia restrain
! his anger In the future and bear with the katz-
enmuslk Of the backyards, for ii his boot a L
hits one of the feline songsters he Is RESPONSE
! ole for the death of a creature which might
prove Of lncalculaOle usefulness in the mcd5rn
! state OF suDterranean ,hings. AT last quail
! ties have been discovered in the cat which
! render 1t OF service to modern industry In
/ the large cities OF Germany, where ali tele-
| graph, telephone and electric wires must be
! laid underground, the wire .stringers have
| found the cat to be an Indispensable adjunct
| TO their business. A small 'ad in one Of the
! daily papers brings them an army OF young
| sters, all carrying cats of every variety and
! color, which can be bought at present at a
! rid .cllousy low figure so long as The market
! is overstocked. All underground wires. of
| course, are stretched in long narrow
| iron tubes with open spaces at long
! intervals into which the inspectors can
| descend and investigate the lines at anv
| time. After the pipes are laid it takes but
! two we'll trained cats to string line through
! the length and breadth of the city. The wire
! is attache to a collar or string around the
! neck of the cat. AS soon as the cat is pushed
! into the narrow tube it finds 1t impossible to
| turn its body around and is compelled TO
| either lie stlll or crawl out at the other end
! 1t has previously been trained in smaller
! tubes and finally it has learned to crawl
| through the longest pipes Sometime s. how
| ever, there is trouble. Cats are notlonal and
! they will fear danger ana remain in some
| spot Of the conduit Then all sorts OF means
are used scare IL forward Pistols are
| shot OF ana long sticks are poked in the pipe
! but usually even a novice at the business will
| give no such trouble and thousands OF miles
of wire have already been laid and repaired In
this manner by these 1.-the little animals In
England badger dogs are used for this pur-
pose. These are more willing and smarter
but they are not able TO crawl like the cat
through the narrowest pipes.
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