The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

up French, and during the tlfty-nrst con
House Of Representatives and passing
through parliamentary storms OF cyclone
severity, found time three days week 10
go TO a school Of languages Tor MS les
son in French. Later he took up Ital-
ian, and is now able to converse nuenIly
in that language. At the present time he
Is studying Spanish.
-Gravestones and peanuts do not seem
to go very well together, says the Wash
ingtOn Star Yet one finds both of these
articles for sale in a shop IN SOuth
Washington, and they are the only ar
ticles of merchandise offered. The pro-
prietOr explains that the COOLERS are
job lot, left with him accidentally by an
other merchant. The peanuts are IN no
way remarkable-in fact, pretty much
like any other peanuts-but the grave
stones are certainly extraordinary. Ihey
are of iron, from two to four feet IN
hight 1t is explained that they are com
ing into considerable use. They viii out
last three or four ordinary tombstOneS,
selling for about aquarter of the price. IL
is needles to say that, in these hard times,
economy in burials is particularly to be
recommended These iron tombstOnes
are about the same shape as ordinary
fat feet to help them stand up straight;
The feet are set in beds OF cement SOD
being placed around and over them. The
price for a gravestOne of this kind runs
from $3.50 to S15 This includes a foot
stone made on the same plan, OF iron, but
plain. The lettering is of gilt Above the
PIRATE design. The inscription is COW
cred with sheet of ordinary window
glass, to preserve 1t. II desired pnoto,
graph Of the deceased may also be placed
behind the glass, which is set with ce-
ment in a sort of frame.
"A few days ago says the Washington
Star, hunt dinner was given here, the
decorations for which were entirely new.
1t was the wife of the host who con-
ceived the idea, and with the aid of one
of the fashionable florists, it was per-
Dot " "a ind THn hole fah n
was made to look like a cranberry bog.
Little hillocks rose here and there, old
tree stumps in miniature were literally
scattered about, and over all old dead
leaves were strewn, amid which real
cranberry plants were growing. One or
two small, stuffed quail seemed ready
ter of the table rose a hill. on whose top
small pond glistened. Live frogs and
minnoWs were quite at home in this so
much at home, indeed, that the frogs
had to be chained to prevent them from
jumping into the plates of the gentle
men who sat around this most curious
of festive boards. So each frog wore
about one leg a tiny manacle and dragged
about the slenderest of chains. On one
bank of the pond a duck stood, looking
into the water in a contemplative kind of
way, While another was suspended in the
air above the water. At intervals dur
ing the dinner frog would stand on the
nil as FAR from the water as his chain
would allow, and gaze inquisitively about
at MS strange surroundings Once during
the evening one OF the guests glanced up
to see one of these comical creatures
sitting quite near him and gazing anx-
lousy into his face, and this created a
good deal of mirth.
The detection Of the gas argon in the
atmosphere is being followed by rapid
series OF discoveries of great interest,
says a London dispatch. Chemists have
long known, theoretically, of the ex-
been called helium, and which was re-
vealed by the Spectroscope in the suns
rays Professor Ramsay a few days ago
IN order to find whether there was some
thing in the world with which argon would
keep company, was examining an ex-
tremely rare earth found in Norway and
is treated with weak sulphuric acid it
gives of gas which has hitherto been
REGARDED as nitrogen. The professor
found by close examination that il was
not nitrogen, but argon, and moreover
! there was associated with 1t another gas
which he found to be, to use his own
words, gas which had not yet been sep
| arated He submitted il to Professor
/ Crookes, and the result is to show that
| the gas thus found is helium. NJ Berthe
/ lot, continuing his experiments in Paris
/ round that in manipulating argon he de-
veloped at an ordinary pressure a magnifi-
! cent huorescent substance greenish yellow
IN color and characterized by a spectrum
similar to that of the aurora borealis
! From this he deduced that the northern
lights are caused by fuorescent matter
uerNeQ from afgon and engendered
through the influence of electrical ema-
nations developed in the atmosphere.
| sun another scientific triumph of the
| week is the liquefaction of hydrogen by
| Professor Olszewski of Cracow profess
| sor Dewar's rival. He finds that the light
est OF all gases liqueties at 243 degrees
| below zero.
The catalogue of a great wholesale
| drug concern gives an Impressive list
| or the proprietary medicines that are
sold to the American public. Such a cat
alogue says the New York World makes
book of over 400 pages with 60 articles
| TO the page. An examination of this inter
esting publication shows the existence of
| rs palms. each with a destructive
name. Under the general name of bal
| sans there are 21 preparations. Ex-
tracts OF beef in various combinations,
| with iron, wine, pes1n, etc, come in 60
shapes. For the use of people who scorn
! to take liquor for its own sake but who
are willing to take daily portion of al
| is offered between 1856 more or less well
| advertised connections. There are 25
| blood purifiers and 213 remedies are put
| up in capsule" form to be retailed by
| druggists. There are 26 kinds of medical
| ted cigarettes. Cordial is the soothing
! name given to 6S prescriptions for various
| diseases. OF toilet preparations known as
creams" there are So brands. There are
! 374 nostrums labelled cures for man and
| beast and for every i'll that flesh is heir
! to. OF tooth powders, pastes and other
| dentifrices a bewildering choice is offered
! from 286 varieties. OF drops" there are
| lO4 standard preparations. Elixir is in
/ HiSH IdNOit anu une up-lO-udle Druggist
must carry 167 selections. In the line of
| extracts" there is a choice of POI, exciu-
| sive of perfumes OF baby, brain, nerve
and other foods" there are an even 100
| Twenty-three manufacturers have hair
! dyes on the market and other prepara-
! tons for the hair under various names
swell the total to 200 OF liniments there
are 146 patented varieties. People with
| delicate palates may take medicine in SO
| forms of lounges. There are 2l4 oils and
1876 ofntments. There are so forms of pep
sin. But pills top the list, there being on
Jan. of this year ST. kinds known to and
handled by the trade. The popularity of
| plasters as a remedial agent is proven
by 154 distinct brands. OF powders there
are All varieties. and they are second in
! number only to pills. One brand is known
as the 2. D. Q. RELIEF is the trade
mark of So remedies, while remedy" is
sufficiently descriptive of 268 nostrums
RESTORES" there are to the number of
81, and ''salve" is good enough for III
| preparations. Druggists are expected to
furnish any one of $50 kinds of soap, each
possessed of curative power Drugs are
advertised as ''syrups" in 40S preparations
and there are 1893 kinds of tablets" Ton
| les are listed to the number of 11S, and
medicated waters in bottles come from
| 1874 springs throughout the world.
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