The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| which passed over Klausthal in the Harz
I mountains, Germany, bolt STRUCK
| wooden column in a dwelling, ana on tOp
| of the column We're two wire mans . ny
/ thirty-seconds of an inch in diameter me
electric fluid melted the two nails ms etll.
I ly. To melt iron in this snort Ilme WouIu
] be impossible in the largest furnace now
I in existence, and il could only be accom-
I pltshed with the aid of electricity, but
I current of 200 amperes and poIentldi OF
/ 10000 volts would be necessary rms eteC77
trio force for one second represents ''VVV
I horsepower, but as the lightning accom-
] plished the melting IN CONSIDERABLY 80
! time, say One-tenth of second, i Lol-
I lows that the bolt was Of J9O0 Morse
I power.
! Regarding the worlds consumption OF
| tobacco. Herr Carl Fr Reichelt, in Berlin,
| has Just published an interesting PAM
| phlet. The smallest consumption OF the
| weed is that or FINLAND, where lhe allli1 ~
| average per capita does not exceed 400
| grammes Then comes ROumania with
! 200. Spain with so. England with 500, while
| in France, Russia. Scandinavia, Germany
/ and Austria the average varies from 90
! to 500 grammes. The greatest consumers
| are Belgium. with 900, Holland with 26D
| and Switzerland and the United states
| with 200 grammes per head OF the popu-
/ latiOn- To supply this demand the L nS-
/ cd States furnishes 23,OlO,Oo0 klloh, bTIlsh
| India 1S1000 O00-19 600. Auftria-Hun-
! gary, 70000,0O0, Russia 40.e9.O0J-5JW0,o
/ Dutch India 45.OJGO0l-50 C90O00 and Ger
manv a 0000iO kilos. The weight of ci-
/ gar being about four grammes, the danny
| consumption of tobacco per capita IN Ge;-
J many. Counting MOAHtil anu 0iLiAAie AAs 49,
| less than that of a single cigar.
M Gustave Lagneau has published an
| important book on the morbid states OF
/ mind and body induced by oVerstudy IN
I schools and colleges. From this II ap-
/ pears that in a number of French, Ger
/ man. Russian and British schools from ~
/ to 50 per cent of the pupils suffer from
/ headaches and other mauX de tete- IN
/ France the money spent on education IN
| year has risen from 2.2J0,O00 francs IN
! 1857 to 1S.O1O0OO in 1889 The consequences
huf la fTNr =
! persons qualified to teach or adapted Tor
the learned professions. NJ. Lagneau con-
/ cludes that, while special and superior
/ aptitudes for culture should be cultivated,
/ there is a danger in giving mediocrltles,
/ who form the majority, high and eiab-
! crate education. often at the expense OF
! their health, and without being profitable
] to them and to others, or even securing
| their livelihood. To work in making de-
| classes is, he remarks, to work for the
misfortune of individuals and the disor-
| ganization of society.
The Mexican Financier reports that
| a curiously addressed letter lately pass
| ed through the postOfhce at Madrid,
! " hich was deciphered and correctly de-
| livered, Notwithstanding all difficulties
! The address was a perfect rebus. Al the
! lett-hand side was the ngure OF lady
| 1t was clear therefore, to which sex the
] recipient should belong. over the lady's
! head the sun was rising: hence her name
! was inferred to be Aurora. For her sur
| name stood a hill with a castle at its
| foot which gives us Monies Castillo
| of a city was drawn, on which the Al
| hambra was legible This indicated
| Granada but in order to leave no doubt
! possible pOmegranate was drawn be-
| side the plan. To complete the address,
! a number was indicated to one of the
| streets of the city plan. The postal au-
! thoriUes took three days to study this
! curiosity and then triumphanuy deliv-
| cred tho letter to "Senorita Aurora Mon
| ties y Castillo. AZacayas, No. %, Gran
ada and, so far from censuring, the
| sender, they had the envelope photo
/ Graphed and copy printed in the Mad
| rid papers, as a proof of the intelligence
| of the department.
A London paper recently published
| an estimate Of the money spent by Amer
| lean tourists in Europe every season. One
! of them, it states, ordered $4,000 worth OF
| jewelry in a West End store at one of his
! visits, and the manager of a firm of Re
| gent street tailors asserted that its GUS
| toners from the other side of the At
| lantic rarely gave an order for less than
! tlO0 Some, Of course, would not spend
! more than half that sum" said he, but
| on the other hand, instances are known
| Of customers spending 5000 and more on
! costumes to take back to the States. AS
| all these clothes had to present some ap-
! pearance of being worn in order to pass
| the United States customs duty free, the
/ purchaser would have a lively time for
| few weeks getting the things in trim to
| face the inQuisitiVe revenue officers.
! Clothes, hats, umbrellas. perfumes, jew
| elry and rare laces are the chief articles
| that the Americans purchase to take home
| with them. The writer goes on to say
/ that THE royal arms over a shOp-dOor is
| worth a good sum in the year to trades
| man who has American clients. but shop
! Keepers VIII declare that there are no
| keener Judges of goods than the tourists
! from the United States.
"A German correspondent, in his ac-
| count of a social entertainment given by
| Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese statesman,
/ which the writer was present. mentions
the following menu: /. Tea. with boiled
| sugared milk of almonds. 2. Pie, COM
| posed of mixture of roast duck, ham,
crumbed dried meat and bamboo sprouts,
| cut in small pieces. 8. Swallow-nest
soup. 4. Preserved shark fins. 5. Mush-
| rooms filled with crabs in hot gravy. 6.
| Roast duck, with bean juice and garlic.
| Z. Bouilion of chicken with garlic dump
| lings. g. Small balls of shrimps, fins and
| ham. 9. Snails, with macaroni in pr
| quaint sauce. 10. Preserved ounces. II.
Duck, turkey and onions. u. Cod
| chicken. IA. Sucking pig roast with pota-
! toes 10 Boiled bamboo-shoots with pas
! try. l6. Ragout of ham, fish lips and fms.
! II. DeViled crab with almond milk. IT,
Triple. 10. Ragout of pork 90 Seagrass
! soup with meat dumplingS and live blind
mice in honey. The wines consisted of
! tichu from Shanghingfu, of the province
| OF Che kiang, native beverage. Bread,
! which was also served. was specially pro-
| cured Tor the European guests
There is a new disease not down in
| the catalogue of the latest medical eX-
| perts Street railway conductors are the
| ed about a half-dozen employees of the
| Syracuse Street Railroad Company have
| lately been afflicted more or less with
a swelling of the eyes, accompanied by
partial blindness. The conductors in
! question, without exception, suck to
their work, but one of them was forced
! to undergo medical treatment. He had
| observed from time to time that his hands
grew black from contact with the brass
| ratings of the car when he jumps on
| and off. In windy weather he had to
| wipe his eyes more or less to brush
| away the moisture. These two things he
| only observed after he was we'll along in
! the stage of the eye trouble He consult
| ed a physician and was treated for me-
talic poisoning, finally recovering with
| difficulty. Then he came to the conclu-
sion that the contact with the railing
was responsible for the trouble. Since
| that time he has worn gloves and has
| not experienced the disease. But those
| conductors who do not know his expe-
| rience may yet suffer. This man was
| afflicted for four weeks says the SYRIA
! cuse Post. MOtormen are not troubled
| with the disease as they wear gloves
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