The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-25
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take turns in pushing it along.
Joseph 3. Crowley. United States
treasury agent in charge Of the seal
I islands, who has just arrived at Seattle
with the patrol feet, says that the seals
I have approached so closely to extermina-
I ton that they can now be counted. Natu-
rahsts from all parts of the world. antici-
Z patng the herds extinction, are clamorlng
l for specimens.
An old cavalryman says that a horse
{ Will never step on man Intentionally,
I says our Dumb Animals. II is a standing
/ order with cavalry that should man
become dismOunted he must lie down
/ and be perfectly still. 1t he does so, the
| entire company Will pass over him, ana
/ he will not be injured. A horse notices
where he IS going, and is on the lookout
| for a firm foundation 10 put his foot on.
| 1t is an instinct with him, therefore, 10
/ step over a prOstrate man. The injuries
! caused by runaway horse are nearly
always inflicted by the animal knocking
the man down, and not by stepping on
him.
Society people are still gossiping about
| the auction held a few days ago at the
! Russian embassy, says the Chicago Times
Herala's Washington letter The depart
ure of Prince Cantacuzene for another
| diplomatic post was the signal for sale
Of all mis- household effects. Fashionable
| people gathered to pick up souvenirs Of
the minister's long sOiourn in Washing
ton. They thought it would be so nice to
say to their friends: That rug used TO
be on the floors of the Russian legation %
OF rms bottle OF wine was once in Prince
CaHJdculehes cellar. When the fash
lonaDles assembled at the embassy, how
ever, they were surprised to find the auc-
Jloneer asking bids on rugs which mani
1estly had never been used, and on cases
OF WINE winch had not been in the cellar
more than week or ten days. chill
came Ger the mixed assembly of society
devotees and shrewd dealers in second
hand goods. 1t is a smart game, but Wash
lngton has seen it before
Never mas there been so much luxury
alsplayed IN ladies' hose as at the present
ggoIneRt, says the Philadelphia Record.
some nfteen or twenty years ago the ne
plus ultra of chic consisted in owning
few dozen pairs of white silk or even
white isle thread OpenWOrk stockings.
| which were worn on great occasions and
! preserved carefully between fragrant
sachets; Now, on the contrary, the differ
! ent styles Of hose are legion, and even
| those worn with tailor-made dresses,
| shooting costumes or riding habits are
| perfect little poems of refinement and
| color. In Paris, for day wear, black silk
| stockings, embroidered with exquisitely
| tinted flowers in floss silk, are the rage
and for the evening there is nothing pref
| tler than black or white silk hose with real
| lace insertions. Some women of luxuri-
Gus ideas, to say the least have of late
| introduced stockings made entirely of val
uaDle lace, embroidered on the instep with
| seed pearls and small brilliants, especially
| when this costly fOotgear is accompanied
| by white kid slipper equally shimmering
| with gems.
Obviously enough, the so-called ENG
| lish' device for stopping up shot holes in
a vessels sides to keep the water from
/ pouring in and sinking the craft was in
| vented by an old sailor of the name of
| Winchester of Philadelphia, as alleged by
/ the Record of that city. This paper says
mat the English patent was described as
| an arrangement not unlike an umbrella
| which was thrust through the shot holes
ana then opened, staying the flow of
| water. In the event of the shot striking
| at the coal bunkers, it would be difficult
| matter to get at the opening from the
interior OF the vessel but the Winchester
| plug makes provision for this That is
/ as explained, the shot hole having been
| located the plug is lowered over the side
| OF the boat to the vicinity of the opening
and the suction of the water will take
| hold of the air ball and carry the ball into
| its place. The braces have already been
| adjusted to the size and thickness of the
| plate, and they automatically open after
the cover haS adjusted itself over the
| break, and hold the plug in place This
| VIII almost stop the flow entirely; or, If
the mole can be gotten at from the inside
| the plug can be frightened by means of a
| flow.
Military authorities have come>to the
| conclusion that the bicycle will play an
| irresponsible part in the wars of the
| future, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. It's
| sphere at least in its early military sta
! ses, VIII be that of the Uhlan of the 1870
| war. the cyclist, in preliminary opera
| tions, viii act as an impenetrables adj
| vance cloud or screen for the army
| pushing far ahead into the enemy's thea
! long before the armies have a chance
| 70 come together, paralyzing the enemy's
| communications. making descents now
| mere, now there, often Tashly and often
aking mistakes. In spite Of this he
| VIII always be able to obtain informa-
! ton for headquarters better than by any
! Sther form OF scouting feeling the enc
| my retiring before him when outnum-
| bered, but cOntesting the ground wher-
| ever there IS chance for contest. He
/ Will IN fact, pursue exactly the course
! followed by the PTussian cavalry in the
| early days Of Franco-Prussian war; al
| ways acting in company with light-horse
| artillery, and not according to the pres
| ent Cut-o1-Gate system caisSons
| With these and the flying cyclists it is
! believed the modern army has an often
| sive combination such as has never been
| equaled. The cyclist will be a crack
| shot with the rife, and that will be his
| only weapon.
The authorities of Berlin, says a writer
| in Hardwood. have concluded after a
! period of Investigations and tests covering
| a period of fifteen years or more to main
| tain the wood pavement where there are
| horse car lines, and have already paved
! with wood some 81 1000 square meters using
| for the purpose nearly three and one-haif
| million blocks, or fifty-two blocks to the
| square metre. The tests comprise FORTY
| two streets, squares, and bridges and of
| the wood used, 1890 square metres We're
| paved with German pine, 1900 with Swed-
| lsh pine, and about the same quantity
| with beech, 10000 with American yellow
| pine, ana a smaller surface with American
| cypress me wood pavement, it is also
| stated, has proved superior to asphalt in
! Paris, except for the boulevarde and pleas
| ure drives, and, as in Berlin is preferred
| on streets subject to great wagon traffic
| The greater part of the wood used for paw
| ing by the Partisan authorities is spruce
| from the department of Landes, some for
/ eign woods being also used among which
is one from Anam, called ciem, so heavy
/ as to weigh 100 Kilograms per cubic
| metre, or about double the weight of red
/ gum. The Australian jarrah has also
| been tried, and species of rubber tree
| the wood of which weighs about / 100 xii,
! ograms per cubic metre; and karri ha
! also been added to the list, and a species
of wood from Java
AT a recent meeting of the New YORK;
! Medical Association it was stated bv Dr
Coley, of the New York Cancer Hosni.
tai, that in his practice a number of ma;
ngnant tumorS of a cancerous nature had
been eXtirpated by the use of ervsineIas
serum and other toxines 1t has been the
prevalent opinion, says the Baltimore SIM
that the knife is the only suitable mean
OF removing malignant growths. acting
quickly, painlessly, thoroughly and leavo
ing the least amount of deformity. Cans.
tics, on the other hand act incomnlete-
~ and leave wounds difficult to cure Con
servatiVe practitioners have conceded that
toXines of erysipelas may be used hon.
fully for inoperabe tumors," b1t fns
chief reliance should be placed upon the