The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-23
ITEMS or INTEREST.

The present fashion in young boys and
even men IN cutting the hair close TO the
scalp, both in sumner and winter Is 2
cause q disease q the ear IL IS 2 vel
recognized fact that we hear with the
skin Of the scalp and Tho bones OF head.
ana irritation by oampenlng the skin I'M
pairs the hearing. and when cold water ia
I applied too freely u VIII produce corSsa
and earache.
: William Brock Of Paterson. \. J.. IN
tends to run his house on the electric plan
Z The house will be heated by electricity.
Z the cooking VIII be done on an electric
range, the house viii be cooled In summer
/ with electric fans; there viii be a burglar
/ alarm connecting with every part OF the
/ house, electric annuuciatOrs, and the
whole. from cellar 10 garnet, VIII BE- lighted
l by electricity
b For & fR95s who 1 aTf al al fsmiaT Hi5h
the follow ne story VIII have spec a zsst,
4 member Of the Georgia legisia ture, re-
/ presenting q North Georgia constituency,
ia conversation with a northern man, was
asked by the latter what was the attitude
or his district Ejectlng some TOBACCO, on
I which he was Eliminating. the represen-
Z tatiVe innQcently and pregnantly replied:
Baptist. strongly Baptist, sir.
According to return of the ministry
I OF pubic works. France stands third in
the mileage Of European railways in pro-
+ portion 20 population sweden Is credited
. with lS.3 kilometers per 10000 Inhabitants.
ana Switzerland with il-S, while. France
has 1913. Then come Denmark with 81,
Z Germany with SO, ana Great Britain ana
I ireland and Belgium with SIS; while at the
I bottom of the list stand Turkey, Bulgaria
I and Roumania with > kilometers.
The Indian camels which have been
taken to Australia. arc developing into
E new breed. The process OF selection has
been used In breeding, in training, and
1 now there promises TO be tens Of thous-
. auds of camels ia Australia larger in
{ frame, sOunder in wind and limb and
possessed Of greater weight-carryng ca
/ pacity' than the original stock Their
I power to resist thirst is shown by there
/ having been forced marches IN Australia
NneaH-g Nc D. n
water for from twenty-one TO twenty
l three days.
4 The Hawaiian Islands, as the result Of
: recent explorations have been found 10
be richer In animal life than was former
ly supposed. As the result of a years in
Nestigation by the British Association,
through its committee, IL has been found
that Of birds there are seveaty-eight
species, OF which nfty-seven are peculiar
to this group. All the iand and fresh
tier shells are peculiar, and of thou
sand species Of insects. seven hundred
ara not found elsewhere. 1t thus seems
that these islands have by no means
/ been populated from the continent but
have been centers Of Independent crea-
lion.
Out Of the bottles that are thrown away
! there are four or five dealers in Pittsburg
that divide up matter of $4,000 in profits
I every year. Then the old bottle business
is not Thoroughly worked in Pittsburg, but
Z in other large cities of the country the
profits are many times greater. In Pitts
/ burg the collectors gather up something
over osAFNW AfDllitS Il year. ne DIOIlIS
range from half cent to cents on each
! bottle. According to the figures given
by q dealer. the average profit on each
I bottle is three-fourths OF cent. There
is considerable money invested in the
business and il gives employment to
large number OF men.
There are fats" said an undertaken
10 the New York sun, that appear to
have been built with view of getting
| ieOple IN, but not with a view of getting
them out. IL is q work OF difficulty to
I take Il l-kef down the rfHfrg and
care is required. II there is an elevator
I the casket is carried down on that If II
is large enough: II there is not room for
the casket directly across, II may be
placed III the elevator unless there is
room for It to rest entirely upon the
floor; if otherwise il is carried down the
stairs. If q funeral is held upstairs it IL
/ better not TO let the casket be carried
down by honary pall-bearers. but TO have
( il carried nv nrofess. anal nall -beare
who know best how 10 handle a casket
under such circumstances"
y bill which has for its object the
formation of 'the Greater Pittsburg" has
/ en- introduced into the Pennsylvania
legislature 1t is proposed 70 incorpor-
populous boroughs of Allegheny county.
and give the new Pittsburg a radius of
about fifteen miles. In 1880 the census
gave this territory a population of ISL III,
but It probably contains now about 100000
people. IL supports seVCpty-seNen banks,
with deposits aggregating 1922, 800 900,
which Is q greater financial strength than
any of thirty-four states out OF forty
four. In this territory is produced 20 pes
cent. of all the plate glass made in The
United states. % per cent. Of the coun-
try's steel production, and Is per cent.
OF the country's pig iron PittsbUrg Is
also a port Of entry. with 1Q7 steamboats,
ana 1000 barges, with a tonnage OF 100000.
IT does not look like hard times in Wash
tngton ID. G., when boxes at the opera
sell for $3.50 and people hire musicians
Tor $3.50 and $3.50 each 10 entertain their
friends for an hour or two ia the eve
ming. The company that has been sing
TO Washington for three nights, with an
additional matinee performance, ana
there was such q rivalry for the boxes
which were originally offered at go and SIS
for each performance, the manager of
the theater decided to sell them at auc-
ton, and Mr.. Letter got his choice for the
| figure named. John r.. Mclean of the
Cincinnati Enquirer bid up to $500 and
then took the second choice for $500 for
the season. Mrs. Bricc, Mrs. Hearst ana
other wealthy people took the other
boxes for S9o0 S490 and $3.50 each for the
three performances. The smallest sum
paid was 500 for one Of the upper boxes
next the stage, from which II is almost
lmpossole for more than Two people to
see anything.
A professor in New York medical col
leSe told me yesterday, says a writer in the
u New York Advertiser, that just at this
time. there was an unusual scarcity of
material IN The skeleton market. As with
everything else, there is VIDE range in
the price of skeletons The domestic ar
ticle NAV be had for $50 while the i'm
ported runs from that to $500, the average
price for a good French ske,e tOH being
about $3.50 In the high-priced article the
nervous and circulatOry systems are pre-
served. An ordinary skull. with cross
bones. such as are used at the feasts of
the ghoul clubs, may be had Tor 80 but a
real fine article that viii unhinge and let
YOU see what isscontained inside will cost
you in the neighborhood of So. The very
finest specimen of articulation is a skull
that costs $75. A slight pressure on a
spring is sufficient to open the Uranium.
and all the nervous system Of the head is
revealed quivering as il it were filed with
life The Illusion is produced by attach
ing each part TO a spiral spring or wire
| witch is in turn fastened TO an upright
! brass rod. Secondhand domestic skele-
tons can often be purchased as low as
| SIS or so. They are first prepared by ANA
teurs. either medical students or janitors
! of hospitals, and when the students are
! through with the bones they are willing to
LET them go at almost any price. If you
want foot or a hand, you can buy them
J,rit YngSf arficutatOrS object