The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


D. A. Carroll. in his review OF Religions
in America" based upon the last census.
shows that the Quaker city has more
church edifices than any other city in the
United States. These number ga. of
which 1876 belong to the Presbyterians, 129
to the Methodists. 1O2 to the Episcopal
ians, 80 TO the Baptists, 81 TO the Catho-
lies, and Al to the Lutherans. New York
has only 5S4 churches. Chicago has 500
I'm relation to the sad death Of the
Marquis of Waterford, 1t may be of pain
full interest to recall some previous cases
during the present century of suicide
among members of the peerage, says the
Westminster Gazette. Here are over a
dozen which can easily be recolected:
Lord French, Lord Greaves, Lord James
Douglas. Lord Congleton, the Duke of
Bedford, Lord Forth, Lord Walsingham,
Lord Cloncurry. Lord Lyttleton, Lord
Delawarr and Lord Shaftesbury. In ad-
dition to these, Dr. Samuel Butcher,
bishop of Meath. took his own life in 1875.
and the dowager Lady Howe made her
exit in the same tragic fashion in 1877.
There is at least one notable omission
from this catalogue-the case of the Mar
quts of Londonderry Discount Castle
reagh)-sOme circumstances of which are
very curious.
Investigations on the subject of trans
hitting typhoid fever have been made by
DIR. Lizard of Beziers, says the Medical
Times His plan of experimenting was TO
nave patients suffering from this disease
breathe through tubes into water that
had first been sterilized. Specimens OF
water thus treated were frequently found
TO yield the bacilli under cultivation. The
pacllll were not always found, but this
Is not matter of surprise when ii is
considered that the best bacteriolOgiSts
frequently fail to find them under condi-
lions strongly suggestive of their pres
ence. DR.. Lizards results were. how
ever, sufficiently uniform to warrant an
inference that the expired breath of ty
phoid patients, like that from those hav-
ing typhus, may serve as a channel for
fever infections. The vast majority of
typhoid infections have their origin in a
nj
observer has been puzzled more or less
by cases of the diseases which have arisen
apart from any known inculpation of the
drinking water. These cases of obscure
origin may have originated from two
cases whose bacillar contact is atmos-
pheric-not simply by means of the breath
of the sick, but also by carnations from
sewers, cesspools and other receptacles
of typhoid objections
The printing house conducted by the
monks of Neuville Montreuil- ur-Mer, in
the Pas de Calais province. in the north
of France, where the whole of the SER
vice books of the Carthusian order. for
unique, says the Boston Traveller. Cop
les of these works cannot be purchased;
they are only issued to the members OF
the order. They are most beautiful pro-
which is handmade, bearing the water
mark of the order. They are made in
all sizes from royal folio to smaller royal
quarto, in red and black type, with music
and initial letters. The monks of this
establishment also cast their own type
and bind their own books. and carry out
all the different branches, even to de-
signing their own letters. wood engrav-
ing and photo-typography. The Univer-
-sity Press at oxford is not only one of
the most remarkable printing establish
mentS in the world but also one of the
oldest 1t makes its own charcoal for
making the ink, makes its own paper,
and so on. The famous oxford India
paper is a marvel of compression and
strength and the secret of its manufac-
sans
From no printing press in the world are
so many-l,O0O,OO0 of each-Bibles and
prayer books issued annually, and types
are set up in 3l9 foreign languages and
dialects.
"A woman died at Munich recently, pen
niless and destitute, after having handled
millions Of dollars. This woman, Adele
Spitzeder, became notorious in the early
,7O's, when she founded the 'Dachauer
Bank" pretending TO be assisted by the
age of the wild stock specuiations OF
these yebrs, and, by promising deposit
tors large interest for their investments,
she had at first immense success For
some time she paid large dividends, and
every one of her customers praised her
as the greatest financial genius of the
time. Within eighteen months deposits
in her bank amounted to & SOD 00o fiorins
equivalent to about So 100000. The sense
less speculation, and the almost incredl-
bic prodigality of the woman, We're the
cause OF the break, which occurred in
the early part of 1873. When the crash
came some $4,000 depostors mourned losses
varying from a few forms to hundreds
of thousands. Being arrested under the
bankruptcy law, she was sentenced on
July 20, 1873, for fraudulent bankruptcy,
to three years in state prison. After her
discharge she started ladies' orchestra,
which she conducted under the alias OF
de Vic. At her debut with this orchestra
she was Kissed from the hall by stu
dents of Wurzberg. She then disappear
ed for several years, but some years later
she again began the banking business in
hnP oil gtxr Ar,Is r,rr
new efforts resulted in another sentence
of imprisonment. Since then she was
beard from, from time to time, but a few
years ago disappeared again from the
surface.
-Constantin Nossiloff, reporting in La
Tour du Monde his scientific researches in
Nova. Zembia, furnishes an interesting
description of his sensations and expert
ences during the long arctic night which
began In November and ended Jan. 20
September was, pretty comfortable, he
says. Then suddenly snow covered the
mountains. The Samoyedes, his only com
panions, put on their winter clothing, the
fishing boats set sail for .Archangel. the
ground froze, the sun lost Its warmth and
heavy SHOWS fell. Winter had come in
earnest. On the day when the sun showed
itself for the last time all hands went
manned in sight for half an hour only
For a few days longer there was a morn
place to black night The stars shone the
whole twenty-four hours. The huts of
the colony were buried under the snow of
which thick whirlwinds filled the air The
wind shook the huts to their foundations
Sometimes for days together the inmates
of different huts could hold no communi-
cation with each other though the huts
were side by side. If any one went ont
he was seized by the wind and had to be
dragged back by means of ropes In this
darkness and desolation the aurora bOr-
calls did much to entertain and cheer
them. 1t lasted sometimes for five DAYS
in succession, with splendors of color that
Mr. Nossiloff tries in vain to describe To
enjoy the spectacle he. used to remain for
hours in hole in the snow, sheltered
from the wind. q have never seen anv
thing more terrible than a tempest dur
ing the polar night" says Mr. NossiIoff
Man feels himself overwhelmed i'm i'm
mensity." When there came a lull in the
storm the men Ventured out, to brea fhe
the air and purge their lungs of the exo
hilarations of the smoking lamps fed with
sea oil. Twilight appeared again in fha
middle OF January, and on the 10th the
sun rose above the horizon while fbe
members of the little colony stood in the
facing it and fired a salute. No one had
died or been seriously i'll, but all had the
look of corpses and were as feeble as CON
valescents after a long sickness. Heath
returned with the appearance of the SIM