The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

OF the young Crown Prince OF Germany,
whose senior she is by two years
A notable example OF big result pro-
duced by small means, says the Paper
Makers Journal. IS found IN the Iact
that lead-penci users have whitfield
away several big forests OF cedar trees Il
in Europe. and the supply OF wood SUIT
able for lead pencils is practically eN-
hausted in the old world An order mas
just been placed by a noted German nrm
OF pencil makers with California lun-
Der company for large quantity OF Sc
quota wood, which Is found TO be the best
wood now available for pencils. Inc Sc
quota is the big tree OF California. II i
seems too bad that the grand old giants /
should be sacrificed. and especially that I
their end should be lead-pencn shavings. ]
A writer in a French review tells Gu
riOus story serving to show che misery ana 1
credulitV of the peasantry in some dis 4
tricts Of Russia. as well as the audacity of 4
the INSCRIPTIONS swindlers by whom they /
are sometimes ieeced. An adventurer was I
recently trieu at Saratof for having Undue /
ed number Of peasants 70 abandon to his I
keeping all their worldly possessions, with !
a view Of emigrating under his guidance to |
Jupiter. There they We're to ind land IN
abundance, easy to work, and marvellous
~ fertile. When the local authorities IN
terve4ed IL was found that quite a band |
of emigrants were preparing TO start Tor
the blessed planetary colony. We are not
told what defense was made by the prison
er, but Il was quite apparent that MS
dupcs were aware that u was to no terres-
trial land of promise that he was to leaq
them. He was. therefore, indicted and
condemned for spreading false reports
about Jupiter"
Thomas A. Edison is engaged in a new
/ invention which. If a success, BIDS lar 10
make all his other wonders fade into com
/ paratiVe insignifcance. The proposition
! is to render communication between oppo-
site ends of the earth possible. without
/ telegraph. telephone, or any of the many
| appliances known to the modern SCIENCE
/ or even a wire This IS The schelne: h 9uI
friend IT. Europe carries a small machine
! of this new invention, in size ana shape
| resembling an ordinary watch. You carry
| a similar one IN America. When you WISH
| to communicates with your friend in Eu-
| rope YOU take out the watch, the neeqle
/ of which is in electric sympathy with ms
| machine. The needle oscillates like That
of a compass, and when you find the dlrec-
ton in which it points you turn in that a.
rection and think hard That IS an. Inc
claim is that the mechanism OF the new IN
vention is so delicate that it Will respond
20 this current. 1t is enough to take one
breath away to think of II, says the SSN
Orleans Picayune; but the thing should be
| tried at shorter range. For instance, let
a Sorosis of New York put herself IN SYM
pathy with man in Jersey who Is nsntlng
| skeeters. If she can tell what the man -
saving, the thing is a success.
William Deemer, hero of the Mexican
war who saved the lives of thousands or
American soldiers is earning, S ,slt,s,
doorknobs in South Bethlehem, ia. II
was at Chapultepec; over iZ;VVo amer
cans" says the PhiiadelphIl i I'e 1s,'iI5
u
ing Walking through the woods one day
Deemer discovered heavy fuse chafgeq
with powder He cut section a ya .ll
long out of II to prevent its carrying hre,
and then quietly followed up the line.
| Presently he discovered up IN hlgh tree
the red of a Mexican uniform. The Tor
eign soldier saw Deemer at the same time.
but the latter drew bead quickly ana
( fired. The Mexican came tumpllng down
from the tree corpse the tu nf ttd emo emo
I upon which the Mexican sat. Iheh Dee
mer followed the fuse back toward the
American camp. 1t led to the cellar OF the
building where the Mexicans had inn
: bedded 10000 pounds of powder, to Whlch
e the fuse was attached He at once In
formed his captain, and the same DAY
Gen Winfield Scott sent for Deemer
, | thanked him personally, gave him ninety
! days furlough, $65 in gold and furnlsheo
a body guard of ten men, who accompa-
. | MED Deemer upon a visit to Mexico. The
I hero is now 73 years old and gets a pension
of so per month.
A mass Of costly material intended fol
=. the Newport palace of Cornelius Wander
- bit has lust been entered at the custom
9 house at Boston, and number OF New
p York experts went to that city to assls
y in appraising the goods. The goods Wer'
!, such as the Boston officials had never seer
i before. and were so rich that even TN
experts who went from New YORK wer
compelled to marvel. They recognize
n copies of the decorations of some OF tn
Il most beautiful palaces abroad. one cas-
contained the entire fittings Tor hprar'
"a
m Vanderbilt The woodwork, gorgeousl
a carved was of walnut, with decoration
4 of gold. There were bookcases for tou
10 sides of the interior, trimmings Tor IN
an | walls window cases carved complete an
o doors and mantels. Not single thin
IL was lacking. AS an instance OF the mag
nificence, the measurements showed tina
10 a carriage and team could pass throug
one of the windows, while four horse
N abreast could be driven all around IN
Of room when finished. Provision was MAD
I for eVerything-the locks and hinges o
the doors and even the screws to sc
e. them. These were of the most elaoorat
80 description. The door-knobs were of cas-
70 brass with gold finish, all chiseled b
=" hand, the workmanship being as fine a
that in jewelry. Each knob bore ram
pant lion. The experts appraised the Ell
tire lot as worth 100000.
ye 1t is a fact that has been well demon
strated that contagious diseases may b
ed spread by means of books which hav
20 been in the hands of the sick or cor
valescng, says the New York World. A
he eruptive maladies, scarlatina and varic
he loid among others, as well as diphtheri.
II may be transmitted in this manner
Throughout Europe, and especially i
he England, strenuous efforts are bein
q | made to stop this source of contagioI
At Edinburgh already d regular servic
es | has been organized by which the dire,
the names and addresses of all those
n the city who are i'll of contagious di:
ii eases. The librarians, thereupOn. max
- careful search TO find if any of the
or books have been lent III any of the house
e specified. When such is found to be tn
case, the health department seizes III
-, books, which are then either disinfecte
W. or destroyed according to the nature
the illness. When a book, for exampl
i. has been in the hands of one i'll of vari,
IL loid it is Immediately destroyed. a
:, Bradford, England, similar measures al
"a also in vogue, and an effort is now beln
lu made to put them into effect at Londoi
This, however, owing to the vast an
~ dense population of the city, will be diff
cult of accomplishment. In Paris tn
plan will also be followed in the nee
future. At present the authorities of ths
city are endeavoring to find satisfactor
disinfectant. Experiments are being mao
ed with the vapor of formic aldehyde whic
is produced by the incomplete combu
ton of methylic alcohol in contact wit
the air and incandescent platinum TIL
vapor, in addition to its antiseptic pro,
ne, critics, is easily employed, and is abs,
lutely harmless to cloth and paper an
its discovery will doubtless hasten III
adoption of similar hygienic measures
the public libraries of this country.
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