The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Wahrman owns tWO-thirds and Mr.. Won
Pechy One-third. The other day Mr..
Wahrman, desiring to have absolute cor
troll OF the stallion, offered his partner
l91O9 crowns (S35.090 for his share IN
refused this amount. Mr.. Wahrman,
therefore. estimates the value OF Toxic
at about $lOoeO Mr. Won Peehy, how
ever. thinks him worth still more. The
cause of this offer originated in a differ
ence of opinion between the two owners;
Mr.. Wahrman proposed 10 start Toxic
in the Cambridgeshire races, while Mr..
Won Pechy did not want TO let his share
go along The matter IS keeping sport
ment
-"AH manner of articles in place OF
wood have been used in the manufacture
of pianos" said the manager to one Of
the greatest English piano makers, TO
London Answers writer Perhaps the
most successful of all these is paper, Of
which many pianos of exquisite tone and
appearance have been made. The Duke
of DevOnshire has one of the finest spec
linens of the paper piano, this being of
french make, and decorated most ornate
ly with pictures by French artists. The
Duke gave 500 gUineas for this, mainly
no doubt, on account of the ornamental
ton l suppose you know that pianos for
very hot and very cold climates-all in
struments for export, in fact-have to be
specially made, and in this direction all
manner of experiments have been tried
Amongst others, a sort of cellulOse, one
factor in which is actually common mo-
lasses, from which sugar is made, is en-
ployed, and composition made from the
chemical treatment of gutta percha and
leather pulp has been tried Ivory pianos
are by no means uncommon, and the
DoWager Countess of Dudley has a mag
nihcent carved specimen. Pianos of ivory
are, might say, made every year in
numbers, but chiefly for Indian princes
and rich Spanish Americans. Many pia-
nos of solid silver have been made; indeed,
one was only recently completed by Lon
don firm for the Nizam of Hyderabad.
ana piano cases have at various times
been made of bronze, a species of alumni
lum, glass, porcelain, and in combination,
mOther-Of-pearl"
The population of the City of Mexico
IS about 100000, and of these al least two
IhlrdS I'VE literally in the streets, says
City of Mexico letter in the New York
Post. The high altitude, the mildness anu
qfyness OF the atmosphere, even in the
qepIh OF winter and the almost constant
ly clear blue sky combine to make oUt-of-
door life as attractive as may be found
perhaps anywhere in the world. There Is
an exhilerating lightness and uplfuns
buoyancy in the air that gives people
dislike for confinement in the close, heavy
houses OF Mexico Multitudes of persons
OF wealth. eat, sleep, work, visit and Idle
away their time through the whole year
in their gardens or on the very broad
porches that extend all about the uni
yersal patio Of their low, rambling houses.
thousands of the poorer classes here new
err nave any homes but cheap tent and hut
ike abodes, and for years have slept wher-
ever uroWslness may Overtake them
whether in the open dOorways. on the ca
thedral steps, in the market places or In
the fields about the city. The people OF
the City of Mexico are, therefore, noted
for habits of early rising At so early ar
hour as Z O'Clock almost any morning,
especially after the long, hot summer sea
son IS over, elegant equipages may be seen
dashing through the park, not a few OF
the hNeried drivers holding ribbons over
sleek buCkskin mules-fOr here the nui.
is not relegated to the plebs, but holds
his own with equine aristocracy. And
certainly his satinly skin. his dainty ebon-
lied hOOfs and neatly shOrn tail ending IN
a launty tassel, and his aggressive ears,
subdued with fancy nets assuming look
OF conservative neekness), merit the dis
tlnction, ana show how one may feed d
mule, as well as feed a man. into a
higher state of existence" While the lat
est Partisan styles prevail among the
! Mexican ladies'. the black lace mantilla
still anticipates millinery confections.
| Conscious, 10 doubt, of the charm THAI
| lies in the black lace mantilla so be-
| Wltchingly disposed over her inky braids.
softening the outline of the face and
| lending pensive dignity to the carriage,
| the senorita clings TO it, A Spanish Wo-
man in new-fangled hat or bonnet loses
to know it.
According to the jewelers. Review.
there are perhaps 5000 dealers in dia-
monds in the world who carry in their
stock stones worth perhaps $3.50, 000. 900.
| The remainder are in the hands Of pri-
vate individuals. There is ALWAYS some
thing fascinating about the subject of
diamonds and rich and poor like to
mated that during the last twenty-five
| years the American people have paid
| duty on at least SlS0,000,GG worth of dia-
| mondS and other precious stones In 1893
| alone they imported So. 203. 563 worth, but
! IN 1894 there was a falling off, owing 10
! the hard times. and the total was only
| S4,S56,955. This does not include uncut d.
amends, of which we imported more than
/ @l,OOJOJJ worth in 1892, $4,000 worth in
~, ana 5000 worth IN 1874 During the
! last tWenty-two years we have imported
/ $7CSlSl7 worth of uncut diamonds. In
! 1880 We imported only $4,000 worth of
| uncut diamonds, and in 1883 only S250.OOO
| worth. The large increase of late has
! been due to the fact that a number of
/ American jewelers. have opened diamond
! fifteen establishments in the United
| states which employ from one to twenty
men. There are 400 manufacturers in
| Europe and about 200 in the United States,
! who employ between 1000 and 1000 per
| sons as cutters and pOliShers Perhaps
| 2S,OO0 people are employed in the diamond
| mines throughout the world We read
| that in past centuries $1,000 people were
working in some single Indian mines at
! one time, and perhaps that statement is
| not exaggerated, since by the aid of
| modern machinery one miner can now
| accomplish as much as twenty who used
the primitive methods. The total value
| of all the diamonds in the world un-
! doubtedly exceeds 81 ,O00,000, 900. During
| the last quarter century ten tons of dia-
| monds, selling for more than $500 600. 600
| uncut, and $6jO,000000 after cutting have
! been added to the worlds wealth-an
| amount more than twice as great as the
| value of diamonds known to exist be-
! fore. This vast value is the most con-
! centrated, portable, and ornamental form
/ and more convertible than anything ex-
| cept gold and silver. Its accumulation
/ has built up cities like Kimberley and
/ maintained important Industries in Ans
/ terdam and other centers.
The popularity of the Chinese Ian
! guage, says the Philadelphia Press, con
| sists of the fact that they have writ
| ten and printed language and no alpha
| bet every word in their vocabulary haV-
| ing separate character of it's own ac-
| cording to an exchange. These charac-
! ters are divided into six classes, the total
number being about p, 235. The first class.
| according TO eminent Chinese philoIo.
/ gists, includes Initiative SYMBOLS"
! These are COS in number, and are be-
! lieved to be the very first Chinese SYM
/ bolic signs invented. The second class
/ includes the symbols indicating
/ thought" and are 107 in number These
! characters are formed in such a way as
/ to indicate by their form or position some
! idea referring 10 the relative circum-
/ stances pointing to them. The third class
! includes $40 characters, known as COM
! bined ideas" This class bears some re-
/ lation to our compound words and com
| prise characters made up Of two or
/ more symbols to form a single idea
/ The fourth class is listed as s'inverted
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