The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Rhode Island leads all other states in the
density Of population, having 345 inhabi-
/ tants TO the square mile Massachusetts
Genes second, with Sl8 TO the square mile
What is believed to be the largest mir
I Tor IN the world has just been set up in a
I New York hotel 1t Is 15S inches square,
I and was made in France. 1t cost $500,
I and two days and a night were consum-
| ed in setting it up
The coming coronation of the Car
and CZarina OF Russia at Moscow is to
/ be conducted on a most magnificent
scale. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are TO be spent in connection with it in
I the Old city of EmperOrs." The peas
antry and the people are not to be for
soften. The court chamberlain empOw-
/ cred 10 make all arrangements the other
Gay gave an order for 1000 kegs OF mead
which are to be distributed among the
people in accordance with traditional
usage at Russian corOnatiOns.
Masks. for soldiers engaged in warfare
IN the colonies. not as a defense against
The sword or the bullet of the enemy, but
as protection from the no less danger
GUS cohorts of feVerS-such is the original
proposition which has just been submit
ted TO the Academy of Medicine, says a
/ Paris letter. 1t eminateS from DR.. Heu-
| rot. professor at the Rheims School of
Mediclne who argues that the use of this
mask would prevent the germs from pen
Grating TO the lungs of the soldiers en-
gagged in colonial warfare, who, as he is
not acclimated, and is overworked, is
much more liable to attack from fever
than other people. in short. as he main
tains, it would place a barrier. between
gans of respiration.
The Bank of England. 1.-The Old Lady
OF Threadneedle Street. will celebrate
| us two hundredth anniversary this year.
Inc rounding of a bank was decided upon
| in 1894, and, upon the subscribing of fl
10000 business was begun the next year
The, present building occupied by the
bank was built in 1874. Although there
are many handsomer edifices in the world
than the odd Lady, as all know who
nave seen 1t, il is as strong as a fortress
and, in fact, has resisted two sieges by
armed citizens in the course of its his
tory: The capital of the bank at present
IS TIA, $4,000, with a reserve of e, Ala, $50.
| The bank is conducted by a governor,
sub-governor and twenty-four directors
and l,l69 persons, drawing a combined
salary of A,5000O0, are employed in the
institution.
Many were employed by Noah in the
puldlng OF the ark who were not saved
| by IT, says the Western Christian AdVo-
| cate. They knew we'll its design, the ma
| terial composing il, the details of its con-
structlon, and the way of entrance into
| IT, Many long years they had regard to
| his directions in the work assigned them.
They felt the force of his exceptional char
| acter as ne superintended their labor and
| also preached to them of duty and dan
| ger 1t is easy to believe he selected those
| not in fullest sympathy with the corrup-
| tlon and violence of the times. Possibly
/ their employment gave them some meas
/ ure OF welcome separation from the worst
elements of society and protection against
/ IT, ana they may have been subjected, be-
| cause of their relations with him, to some
! thing of the same scorn he experienced.
| Their contact with him and his words of
| warning doubtless awakened clear convic-
| tons of responsibility and interest, but
| they failed to heed his teachings yielded
/ TO the multitude of evil-doers, and when
| the door was shut they were without and
| not within the ark.
! --"Distrust probably makes more thieves
/ than were ever evolved by the laws of
/ incredibly" said gentleman yesterday,
J who has a business in which he eunnloves
! q large number of men, all holding posi-
| tons in which the element of trust is
| PECULIARLY great says the Pittsburg Dis
| patch. In my business / always make
| my men understand that / have the ut
! most confidence in them and the result of
! this has been that l have never had an
employe exhibit the least dishonest trait.
! Put man upon his honor and make him
| know that he is not being watched, but be-
| ing trusted, and he will rarely unless pre-
disposed to it by heredity, steal. OF
| course, some men are born thieves and
! should never be trusted. They steal be-
4 cause the influence is too great for them
! 70 resist OFTEN surrounding a man with
| all sorts OF devices and systems to pre-
| vent MIN from stealing has the effect of
| causing MIN to look out for a way of beat
ing the bank. we are all strangely sus-
! ceplble to that much-talked of force
| uggestion-more than we appreciate
| ana when the very environment in which
! we work suggests dishonesty every min
| very positive effect upon the mind in
causing it to think dishonesty"
The arbitrary and unphonetic spell
ing OF many English words is one of the
most serious difficulties encountered by
foreigners in learning English says She
! New York Tribune. In order to do away
with that difficulty in a measure, and at
| lne same time encourage the reading of
| the scriptures, Robert w Mason has
prepared an edition of the New Tesla
ment having the authorized text with the
/ in .AI,,
same text spelled phonetcaliy in a
| pdraIel column. He has evolved q phon-
etc alphabet consisting of the ordinary
! English letters. and combinations of
| them, to express sounds unrepresentetl
| by single letters. And he believes tina
people whose knowledge of English is i'm
! perfect Will be assisted by this phonetic
text IN their mastery of the language.
! his system is not designed to supplement
the present method of spelling, but is
| intended rather to be a convenient oridgc
! 10 help foreigners in learning the lam
! guaSe. The scheme has the approval Of
number OF educators and Christian
| workers. The Bible Society is in sympa-
tiny with It, and will probably publish it
! when the s., 900 needed to pay for the sDec-
laI type is raised. 1t is the intention of
Mr.: Mason to place. one of the Testa-
ments in the hands of every foreigner ar
! irving In this country, with the placard
guage: "Read English English oui cId own IAN
! "A country minister who has been
| contemplating purchasing a bicycle next
| year and selling his horse says, according
to the New York Tribune. that the whas1
! VIII render him good service in visiting
MS parishioners, some of whom live sew
efai miles from the church. and in all his
ordinary journeyings, and he has no doubt
that it will be more easily cared for as
| We'll as cheaper than to keep a horse.
But on one point he is in doubt That is
! as to whether he can use a bicycle in 90
| ing to funerals when he has to travel two
or three or more miles, as he has occ.
! sion to do now and then. He is going to
| devote the winter to wrestling with this
| problem, and hopes to be able to make
! up his mind when spring comes. In some
! lines of professional work the wheel has
! been found eminently useful, as in the
! case of physicians. In a rather noun
! famous region in Pennsylvania one doc
tor does all his travelling during the
! greater part of the year on a bicycle and
| says ne finds it easier than driving in u u
buggy. Brooklyn entomologist reborts
| that he finds wheel of great assistance
| in "bug-hunting," and that along Inc
| shore of Long Island by going on the
| hard sand, he was able to cover twentv
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