The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Cheaper vension for American CT
ties is the subject Of an interesting re-
port TO the state department by Mr..
Charles de Kay, United States consul gen.
erai at Berlin, who shows that breeding
would make deer meat cheaper than beef
and as useful
"A writer in the New York Evening
Post says that Prof. Morse conceived the
idea of a submarine telegraph cable as
cary as september, ~, and that in ls4z
Governors island. He succeeded in trans
hitting signals and sending messages, but
his cable was pulled up by the anchor OF a
snip, ana was never relaid-
There is the succulent peanut, says the
New York Tribune. May be you think IL
doesn't play large part on the indus
trial stage, but If you do. you are mis-
taken The yearly production Of peanuts
IN THIS country Is about 100000 pounds,
Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and North
Carolina harvesting the most in the or
der named. But, after all. the American
crop OF peanuts is small compared with
that of Africa, which in 1892 shipped 4O0.-
10000 pounds of peanuts to Europe.
A revolution in tyIe-setting machinery
Is announced, says London Invention. The
machine, which is an English invention,
VIII, 1t IS claimed. Increase the speed of
composition six-fold. In dealing with or
binary type, it is said to have none of the
disadvantages inherent IN the machines
now on the market for the same purpose,
as IL affords the usual facilities for cor
rectiOn and alteration of matter. Another
machine, which is expected to revolution
lie type-setting. is described by NJ. Maze
reau. According TO the inventor, the Rev.
Pere CalendOni. a Sicilan dominican, 1t
can compose 5000 letters per hour task
equal to the labor of IS cOmpositors. The
difference in speed as compared with the
existing machines. lies in the fact that
instead of each letter being made to fall
aNennr sEs.fr
tire words can be composed in an instant
by the simultaneous application of the fig
gers of both hands. NJ Mazereau states
that he has himself manipulated the in
strument on a small scale with complete
success.
The case of a man living with the top
of his head cut off and the brain cavity
almost empty is creating considerable in
terest among the surgeons of Grand Rap
ids and vicinity, says a Grand Rapids
Mich, dispatch. These are the facts. A
week ago Charles Olsen attempted to
board moving train, but missed his
footing and fell under the wheels. His
head was crushed so that over half Of the
brain fell out. and when the injured man
was picked up 1t was supposed that ne was
dead. Arrangements were made for the
funeral, but just before the coffin was
closed the undertaken noticed a move
ment OF the supposed dead mans eyelids
and had the body placed in bed. Surgeons
declared that Olsen was not dead, but
simply in a state of coma. By the use
of electricity they managed to arouse him
slightly, hut it was supposed that he
could last only a moment or two, and
there was nothing in the brain cavity ex-
cept a few shreds of gray matter. In a
short time, however. the patient began
to improve. He could not speak, but
seemed to comprehend all that went on
around him. His recovery was rapid and
to-day he can sit up in bed and say few
words. Olsen does not remember anything
in regard to himself prior to the accident
nothing of his past life. and at first did
not even know his own name. Ths sur
geons viii have Olsen examined by east
ern specialists in order to find out how it
Is that he is living, when according to oil
surgical rules he should be dead. A silver
plate was put on Olsen's head and he is
now doing nicely. He complains frequently
that he can feel nothing and that moth
ing he eats has any taste. He has lost
nearly fifty pounds in weight since he
was hurt.
In all cities men have countless WAYS
of making their living, and some of them
are very strange, says the New York Ad-
Ver1Ser On the corner of Broadway and
Ann street few days ago, a man was
scratching between the cobblestones with
his cane. Few people paid any attention
to him, but one man stopped and watched
him, and soon saw him scratch out a
horseshoe nail and put it in his right hand
coat pocket. He repeated the operation
several times, and put several of the nails
in the other pocket. What do you want
watched him. Il make my living out of
those nails" replied the other land I
amt ashamed of it, either" The strange
Fellow said his name was Thomas, but
whether he referred to his first or last
name he did not say, and that he was
gathering horseshoe nails for livelihood.
horseshoe nail, that is, that is one that
has once been in a horses foot, is worth
twice or three times as much as new one.
This is easily explained II you stop to
think that new nail is always liable to
split when being hammered and injure
the horses foot. An old nail has been
tried, and the blacksmith knows that he
can depend on 1t. Most of the nails | find
are bent, but the good ones l can always
sell to blacksmiths who know their bust
ness. Those that are not very bad l sell
to gunsmths and other men who repair
small machinery. The steel in a horseshoe
nail is of the best quality. Those nails
that are broken and bent l sell for old
metal. There amt fortune in it, but as
long as the horseshoe nails hold out and
blacksmiths are willing to buy them l
won't have to stop a man on the streets
and ask him for dime to buy something
to eat.
A Chinese family writes the Rev. Ar
thur Smith in his book on Chinese Char
cannot get at any of them
without a process by which all
are brought to Wow. In China
private houses are surrounded by a wall,
and have no windows looking on the
street. Nevertheless, there is no domestic
privacy in China. No one thinks of OBJ
perfect
strangers through the ever open
door, To close the door would provok e
the inquiry, What is going on within
that they are afraid to have everyone see
and hear? And from that moment the
social doom of that family would be
sealed. The Occidental question to an in
truder would be: What business have
you here?" The Oriental reply would be
What business have you to keep me out?''
The Chinese adage covering this matter
is, If you would not have 1t known that
YOU do it, do 1t not" Economy is one al
the greatest virtues in China, though the
Chinese do not reckon it so much a yirtue
as an ordinance of nature Dogs and
cats live on the vilest refuse; and VET
when they die they are eaten with gusto
Even poisoned animals are eaten with
entire disregard of the consequences. The
same economy is shown in the gathering
of fuel. Not a weed is left in the fields
Boys beat off the autumnal leaves with
CLUBS, as If they were chestnlfts and
even straws are scarcely. allowed leisure
to show which way the wind blows. When
Chinaman presents a complimentary in
scription to friend. he pasts ii on a silk
backing, instead of glueing it. so that his
friend may remove the inscription and
use the silk In many parts of China the
children wear no clothes for many months
in the year; wheels are never creased
and the majority of the country peonie
never wash. One difficulty, however in
describing Chinese characteristics is the