The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

condition.
Several large consignments of salmon
eggs nave been shipped from this coun-
try TO Europe within the past few weeks.
was sent from California TO Ireland; and
another crate, containing 25,0CO eggs, was
shipped from the same place TO Germany.
Japan will endeavor to build up her
commercial navy by giving subsidies to
ShiDbuilders for every ton above 1000
and to ship owners for all ships of 1.OQ
tons that can make ten knots an hour,
the subsidy being increased for every so
tons additional burden and for every
knot additional speed.
The Empress Eugene ordered a bag of
frogs to be brought in from the forest for
mlcrOscopical research by Pasteur when
ne was visiting Compiegne. When. he left
FaSteur put the bag in one of the bureau
drawers and forgot it. The next inhabi-
tant of the room was a charming beauty
or the court, who was awakened in the
night by mysterious sensation, and at
the same time her foot encountered some
thing cold and clammy in her bed. Light
ing her candle, she found herself sur
rounded by small legion Of frogs en-
promenade. After the illustrious saYants
departure a femme de chambre, finding a
damp travelling bag in the bureau, threw
IL under the bed, without examining its
contents, and forgot it,
There are three banks in London, says
the New York Sun, whose combined CAPT
tai, surplus and deposits are almost equal
to the deposits of the banks of New York,
Boston and Philadelphia; but adding the
puts them far ahead of the three London
banks. The capital of the banks of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia amounts
to $40, 0S7, 500; the deposits to $3.50, III, O00
The Bank of England has capital Of
fl4,55S,000 a rest" (or surplus) of f3,1l6,-
900, and deposits of f56, 95s, 253; total, ETA,
Sss oa5 Ih1 u N3 + dO PoynsS al bsS
900 and deposits of IA, IL. NJ; total f49,
123717. The London and County Bank
has a capital of of 100000 rest OF
fl ,266. 4l9 and deposits of f3q 62S, 255; total,
f42. S94, 654. The total capital SURPRISES and
deposits amount to f164, 645,624, equal TO
$500. 22S, 12O.
-SchiaparelI, the astronmer who first
discovered the so-called canals" of Mars,
did so with a much smaller telescope than
those in use in many other observatorles
at that time, says the New YORK Times.
And yet he is a very near-sighted man.
Garrett p. Serviss of Brooklyn, in speak
ing of his first interview with the eminent
Italian, said few days ago that Schia-
parelli would hold a visitors card wiOhln
five or six inches of his eyes in order to
decipher 1t. The singular part of this story
is not that man with such an inhrmity
should be able to Guido other astromers,
for keenness of vision depends rather up
on the retina than the convexity OF the
lenses of the eye, and the eye-pfece OF
telescope can be focused so as to suit the
latter. But il does seem a little odd that
the gifted scientist in question should ha-
bitually refrain from wearing eyeglasses:
possibly he has theory as to the effect OF
their use upon his visual powers.
Richard c. Edwards of New York city
and distant relative of Aaron Burr, has
just presented Burr's watch TO Princeton
College, says the New York Tribune. Burr
is supposed to have imported the watch
which is a handsome French repeater,
about the year 1885, and he probably car
ried it until 1880 In the latter year, as
the story. goes, he came into the office or
ogden Edwards of this city, who was the
son of his first cousin, Timothy Edwards,
and informed him that he had pawned his
watch with Tenny, at Broadway and Muir
ray street, for $50, and gave Mr.. Edwards
the pawn ticket. BY means of this ticker
Ogden Edwards redeemed the watch. The
watch was carried for many years by
Timothy Edwards, and at his death, in
wards, who has now presented ii to
Princeton. Col. Burr is said 10 have car
ried the watch during his term as Vice
President of the United States. The fact
that Burr was a graduate of Princeton,
that his body rests in the Princeton ceme-
terry, and that his father was the second
president of Princeton College, led Mr..
Edwards to place the watch in Prince
toms keeping, where so many historic
surroundings exist in connection with the
Burr family.
The modern street car moving at great
speed is suppose to be well ventilated,
a fact when the weather is cool or If ii
is wet and rainy doors and windows are
kept tightly closed, and the Odor of many
passengers with wet footwear is far from
healthy. In England, where there is much
damp weather and where omnibuses are
so largely used, the suffering from lack of
ventilation is still greater than in this
country, because there the windows of the
conveyance too often do not open, and il
is impossible to ventilate; but in America
the cars are purposely made so that many
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may be opened and the most perfect
change of air may be obtained, as in mild
weather. The rule on the continent of
Europe, where draft is so greatly feared
is that if one person objects to an omen
window 1t must be closed, all the others
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Hap
PLY, no such unjust rule works here. but
1t is probably due to apathy or ignorance
of the conductors that the numerous and
easily opened windows are not used to adj
init enough fresh air on damp and cold
days to carry off, or at least dilute the
carnations of that class of persons who
usually crowd into the cars about or 6
o'clock in the evening. Some stringent
rules enforced by the company would
make a rapid transit car as comfortable
In damp weather as on a clear summer
day.
TO the average man it will be unite
news to learn that situated in an obscure
East End street, there exists a German
tailor whose business. although ostenSi
bly, that of an ordinary tailor eonsiets
OF almost entirely in the manufacture Of
garments specially adapted to the needs
OF burglars, pickpockets and other species
Oh the genus thief. The other day a Wrjte1,
70 CasselFs Saturday Journal had the good
fortune from journalistic point of view
10 be SHOWN over this establishment and
was allowed to inspect the special oar
mentS therein manufactured There vyaTa
coats which, so far as the inside W-aS
concerned, seemed to consist of a verita9
pie mass of pockets, of all sizes and
Shapes. 1t was a pickpocket's coat and
the pockets were adapted for all sorts 81
Things. Then there was an Ingenious coat
intended for some individual who lives
put to steal pet dogs which follow their
mlstresses about the West End streets
The extraordinary feature about All.
coat, which was one of the tailed v,ari
ety. was remarkable pocket Of 1aTeo
size, and intended for the recention Sc
dogs. At each side of this racixat ILL., VI
were tunnel-like chambers, Intended az
writer was Informed, for the recentioon' n ne
the dogs legs and paws, to keen If fro VI
Jumping about when in his pocket Az
other interesting garment was q III
gar S jacket. This, inside was lined wiz,
several hute-shaped compartments for IN
insertion OF files, chisels and ''iimmiesi g
ana curious cloth bracket to boiJ
nat klnd or lantern, which, 1t appears "a
reasonable among the burgling fraferss