The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-23
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fee in his garden.
Certain Swedish inhabitants of Wis
consln are perfecting plans for a million
Swedish language only shall be spoken.
At ChassenOn, in the department OF
the Cnarente, a statue of a Gallo god has
been found in an old well. The figure is
Two feet high, squatting like a Hindoo
Buddha, and has the collar of the Gauis
around its neck
The recent census of Berlin places the
Populatlon OF that city at 1,674.112, instead
OF 10000, which had been expected. The
increase for the past FIVE years has been
only per cent, while the increase be-
tween 1888 and 1890 was 20 per cent.
Montana papers are telling of a 2-year-
ola child IN that state that smokes cigars
with as much apparent pleasure as a
seasoned old smoker. Several persons tell
OF seeing the child provided with an APP
PIE ana a lighted cigar and of his suck
ing eontentedly at the cigar in preference
to the apple.
Although not yet substantiated by fig
ures, II IS not at all unlikely that Great
Britain has a larger population Sthan
France for the first time in history At
the census of 1891 the United Kingdom had
Sl,f5f,OO inhabitants, against 49, 34S, 900 for
france; since then the deaths have reg
ularly outnumbered the births in France,
while the opposite has been the case in
England
The ordinary pension to the widow of
a lieutenant in the English army is $500,
and $50 for each child. A captains widow
has $3.50 and $50 for each child: a general
widow 5000 and 500 for each child. If
death is directly traced to fatigue, pri-
walton or exposure, the pensions are in
creased by half as much again; il the
ofncer IS Killed in action or dies within
twelve months of the battle, the pensions
are doubled.
AT Peukhuhl, a small village in Prus-
STA, farmer died last March. Since then
one OF his sons has been sickly, and some
now rumor was started that the dead
man would not rest until he had drawn
nine members of the family also into the
grave To "cOnjure' the spell near rel
alive must open the grave and decapitate
the corpse. Accordingly the sick man,
armed with spade, went to the cemetery,
exhumed his fathers body and cut off
the head.
Victor Pelequin of Putnam. Conn.,, dis
posed of a young black and tan dog for
$500 to a sporting man of Montreal Four
months ago Pelequin's son, a merchant Of
Boston, brought the dog from Canada to
that city with much difficulty. He had
no sooner landed on the platform than
the dog ran up the track toward Worces-
ter A few months later the son received
a letter from his father announcing the
arrival of the dog at Montreal. A few
weeks ago the dog was sent from Worces-
ter to Boston with a message attached
and arrived at the destination safe and
sound.
The electric searchlight was used re-
Gently to put down a riot in Lancashire,
England. A manufacturer, whose men
had struck, was determined to keep his
mill going, and he promptly secured new
hands and set them to work. At the same
time he fixed a Searchlight on the fac
tory building to prevent the strikers from
setting fire to the sheds erected for the
new hands. During. the continuance of
the strike this light was used nightly, in
conjunction with the police established in
the works, to scour the country and to
illuminate the parts where pickers were
placed. 1t was found so effective that
a large number of temporary police were
dispensed with.
perhaps you may doubt the veracity
of my statement, young man." said well
kown aluminium manufacturer recently
to Hardware, but 1t Is, nevertheless, true,
that we are making artificial arms and
legs of aluminium, and artificial ears have
already been constructed of that metal.
AS adjunct to the science of dentistry,
it needs no recommendation, its long use
in this connection being a guarantee of
it's popularity. Yes, 1t is being used in a
great many other ways also; for horse
shoes, army equipments racing shells,
cooking utensils and is entering largely
into the construction of yachts and tor
pedo boats, and, in fact is being adopted
wherever 1t is possible"
-Glucinium is the name of a new metal
which seems destined to become of great
Importance in the very near future, says
the Manufacturer. On account of its PEE
culiar qualities 1t will be used especially
for electrical purposes. AS its atomic
weight is 81 and its specific gravity 200,
it's attractive power is considerably great
y
is equal to that of silver Glucinium,
therefore, is more capable of resistance
than iron, and a better conductor than
copper. and in addition to all that it is
lighter than aluminium. If these claims
for this new metal should be confirmed
by practical use there is no doubt that
glucinium will be used extensively for
electrical purposes. the more so as its
commercial value will amount to about
$40 pound or 100 times less than the same
volume and ten times less than the same
weight of platinum.
Sir Walter Gibney ought to know
something about wine, says Tit Bits. He
has 200 agents throughout the kingdom,
and pays something like SIPS, 900 a year
merely fer empty bottles. 1 mention these
facts by way Of prelude to short in
tervieW l had recently with the great
wine merchant. According to Sir Wal
ter, the taste for very expensive wine is
two-guinea port now seen on a dinner
table, and those who possess the price
less old cabinet hooks never dream of
drinking them. / may mention here that
there are some few dozen of the latter
wine in stock at the Criterion. / be
leve that the price ranges up to $35 a
bottle, and the wine card solemnly warns
prospective patrons that the bottles can
only be opened at the risk of the person
dFd the oSer dafE %Th
tinued Sir Walter. land 1 found that he
possessed a few bottles of the unique
4S Chateau Latte, which cost 10
bottle. may say, however, that there
are very few of these curiosities left"
DR.. Cartwright, in the Brooklyn Medf-
cal Journal has written a paper on the
Mortality and Causes of Death in Medi-
cal Men, This paper is based on records
OF $50 physicians who died in New York and
Brooklyn during the past eight years. The
average age of death was 54.6 years and
the mortality was about 1928, as compared
with mortality of 1898 in clergymen and
2O.2S in lawyers. There is a considerable
mortality from the self-administration of
drugs; that from consumptions is about
half the general rate, while that from
typhoid fever is very high There is a high
death rate due to arterial sclerosis and
other degenerative changes. The prac-
teal conclusion deducted from DR. Cart
rights statistics says the Medical Jour
nal, is that doctors should take at least
three weeks complete rest and change
yearly, should be extremely moderate in
the use of stimulants, should be regular
in their meals, never worry and never
hurry. This is the kind of advice that doc
tors give but do not take The further
sugges tfon, however. that they all join
medical sickness and life assurance So
ciety is a wise one.
African ivory is now conceded to be
the finest, says Chambers Journal The