The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


singular fact that aluminium, zinc and
magnesium. when fused will adhere 10
glass, in order 10 introduce a new style
Of tion-namely, glass coated with
these metals.
in spite Of the fact that Lombroso
and his school assert that tattOOing IS
sure mark Of delinquency. the custom
OF indellDly marking the skin is said to
be rapidly spreading in London society.
A member Of parliament recently had the
name and address marked upon each MEM
Der Of his family in order to aid identifica-
ton in case of accidents.
-Manchester's chamber Of commerce
mas established testing house. ito ascer-
tam the true condition, weight, length
ana other physical proportions of such
articles as the board of directors may
from time to time determine and to issue
certificates as 10 the results of the tests
me nrst matters taken up will be to as
certain the amount of moisture contained
IN samples Of cotton and wool, with the
determination of their true trade weight
and TO test the true count, length, twist
and strength of yarns.
This year seems to be prolific in its
production OF 'Messiahs." One has re-
Gently arisen in Sicily who claims to be
the only true Messiah. He advocates
polygamy, and hundreds of the peasants
around Syracuse have gathered around
Messiah's doctrines but the peasants
have discarded their old caps and are
now wearing Socialist or broad-brim-
med, hats. 1t is said that the govern
ment is expecting trouble from the arous-
ed peasants, who are now CARRYING heavy
cudgels armed with knobs.
That glass is porous to molecules be-
low certain weight and volume has been
shown by recent electrolytic Experiments
made by Prof. Roberts Austen of the
royal mint A current was passed through
vessel containing an amalgum of sodi-
UNI, separated by glass partition from
mercury. After a while the amalgam
was found to have lost a certain amount
OF its weight. while the same amount
had been added to the mercury. The
same result was obtained with an ANAL
gam or hthium; but with potassium.
whose atomic weight and volume are
high, the glass could not be penetrated.
A tax of 3 per cent. is levied annually
on the receipts at all places of public
amusement in Paris for the benefit of the
poor. This year the statistics not only show
that the poor prOfited largely, but seem,
10 indicate some degree of degeneration
In the artistic taste of the Parisians 1t
appears, for instance. that the receipts
of the Folies Bergere amounted last year
to Liza francs while those of the
Odeon, which enjoys a state subvention
and ranks after the Coincide Franchise,
were only 42S, 500 francs The receipts of
the Moulin Rouge were $50 964 francs,
while those of the Gymnase Theater were
$3.50 francs. The money taken at the
doors of the Casino de Paris were $50 210
francs.
-Chicago's lake front park seems at last
assured, as the city administration has
come to an agreement with the Illinois
Central Railway by which the city is to
get control of the lake front after making
certain concessions to the railroad. The
road will be depressed, and against the
stone wall which will cOnfine IT, the pres
ent lake-front park Will be graded up so
that from Michigan avenue no sign of the
ralirOad VIII be seen. Then when the new
park is made out. of what is now the lake
bridges will cross the railroad subway and
allow the citizens ingress to a park prop
erty which Will extend far out into the
lake. and will be worth nearly 100000.
Curlously enough, the negotiations are
threatened by Attorney General Moloney.
VINO threatens TO prevent the city securing
this new land The Chicagoans are exas-
perated at him, but the municipal lawyers
say he has no ease.
The existence of a comparatively new
ana important poultry disease, techn-
eally known as nodular taeniasis in fowls,
a tape worm malady resembling tubercu-
losis, is announced in an agricultural de-
partment bulletin. Agricultural experts
attach much Importance to the malady
a somewhat analogous one having led TO
the deliberate destruction of many ami
mails, the owners believing that thereby
tuberculosis was being eliminated from
their f1ocks. The disease has already
been reported from Virginia, North Caro-
lima and the District of Columbia, and the
report says the total loss both from
deaths and shrinkage of poultry pro-
ducts due to the disease is very large. AS
the inquiry into the cause of poultry di-
seases becomes more general, il is prob
able that this affection will be OCCASION
ally encountered and unless its nature is
the sheep disease lead to an unwarrant-
ed destruction of property.
When it is remembered that the city
of New Orleans is built upon land the
average level of which is some twelve
feet below the surface of the Mississippi
river, and that the entire municipality is
protected from the encroachment of the
water by continuous 'levees surrounding
the city, says the New York Post. 1t be-
comes evident that the problems of drain
ing and sewerage present difficulties
hp ell M.
average annual rainfall in New orleans
amounts to sixty or seventy inches and
showers yielding from two to four inches
are not uncommon. All this water is col
lected in drainage canals and is lifted
over the leVeeS into the river and into
Lake Pontchartrain by means of pumps
The old system, however is INADEQUATE
for the present needs of the city, and a
new plan is proposed to drain the central
part q the city by means of a great
canal hnding Its outlet through powerful
pumping works into the Bayou Bienvenu
and thence into Lake Borgne, far from
the city and it's water supply The sew
erage system of New Orleans is indepen-
dent of its drainage system. 1t consists
OF sewers emptying into a central reser-
Voir, whence the sewage is pumped over
the levees into the river. Recently a plan
has been adopted for reinforcing the old
system by new canal and reservoir
which shall receive the flow of the old
sewers The new reservoir will he TWEEN
ty-seven feet below the gulf level and
will be fitted with pumping engines capa-
JIG VI ulSNudl SluS 3O,UJp,uNU gallons a QaV.
1t is expected that the system as plan
ned will provide a rapid current in the
sewers, and the effective and speedy dis
charge of all sewage into the river current
at point far enough below the CITY to
insure perfect sanitation.
Taking into account the remarkable
advances that science has made in the
way of preserving and COMPRISING food
so that it can be stored in an Infinitely
small space in proportion to its nutri-
ment, it is not likely that any besieged
city in the future will undergo the horrors
of starvation, says the New York World
Paris has learned a substantial lesson
from the experience she had in 1870 and
1871, when the German invaders compIete-
~ surrounded the city and prevented any
food whatsoever from going in. If, in fact
an attack should come al a moments no.
tice, the Parisians would find themselves
well supplied and with everything in their
warehouses necessary to support life
for an indefinite time. The war depart-
ment has made the accumulation of an
enormous stock of provisions its especial
hobby. Not only meat, -four biscuits
preserved vegetables and solid soups are
stored away in the government magazines
but also milk. "Pasteurized' and petrol,
cum, wood, chemicals and coal Even
the horses have been kept in mind. for
there are packed away great stocks of
compressed fodder and grass preserved nv