The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ IT, says Washington letter. A person
riding bicycle TO the capitol building and
! -5aF-As y under the pOrte-cOchere over
I lne carriage drive of the Senate wing
I misses j when ne leaves the building. III
I ne Is or a persistent and inquiring turn
| OF mind ne VIII ascertain. perhaps, that
! T. has been taken 10 the Senate sta
| Dies, two squares outside the capitol
! grounds. There IS no sign 10 indicate that
| Dicycles should not be left in the car
-la5eAd4s F-ttl1 Us apparently qu--e a
/ proper place for them, and no notice Is
| given Wnen they are taken away. II
/ @a.cntJ, the owners can find them at
/ the stables, otherwise they do no..
The officials of the Joliet III, peni-
tertiary say that they are going to try
an interesting experiment. They VIII
have three kinds of suits for the pris-
/ ohers, Indicative Of their department.
! Green suits viii be worn by prisoners
/ OF good behavior, cadet gray 10y those
| who are less orderly, and red Dy those
| who are extremely unruly II is believed
| that the plan will be an incentive 10 the
| prisoners 70 conduct themselves properly,
ana VIII doubtless be successful. The
| oincials think that il VIII help the men to
| win back their self-respect. and ia many
cases viii be the means OF reformation,
especially for those that are just start
/ ing in crime. 1t will give the convict the
| IDEA that he can make an advance in
| his telIow-man's opinion even while con-
nned behind the bars.
That says an exchange, is what
Buffalo Bill is having made for his In
dian braves and cowboys, and it is one
Of the largest ana most remarkable
! IhlngS OF IT'S kind in existence. Six In
qlan warriors can dance a battle step
inside the shining metal walls of this
giant coffee pot. The mammoth liquid
warmer is beng manufactured especially
Tor the use OF the famous scouts west
etn followers. They viii not have to 20
thirsty so long as this king Of coffee
Dollers is kept filled with the refreshing
beverage. a G.
Bu1talo BllIs camp has boosted among
us possessions coffee pot that viii hold
sixty gallons, but even this big utensil
was insufficient TO hold enough coffee
Tor the long, dry threats of the red men
ana cattle punchers. There is no doubt
now that the wonderful new coffee not
VIII NIL the bill in every particular. be-
cause 1t Will hold over 100 gallons and it
Is the intention of Buffalo Bill never to
allow the big boiler to get empty. quite
a lot OF machinery is necessary for oper-
| ating the colossal pot.
England has produced many famous
| detectives. says the Boston Traveller, but
! Notwithstanding the skill of the present
Scotland Yard officials and their imme-
date predecessors, they do not seem to
hOld anything like the record that Ameri-
can ana French officials can produce.
Even America would seem TO rank second
10 France, where the system of espionage
is OF long standing. Ihe inJrigues of
court and notably of the French court in
the middle ages, seem to have bred the
detective spirit among FTenchmen; and to-
day. as of old, it is a notorious fact that
secret service IS in vogue to immense di-
mansions. Men are followed everywhere
ana their movements watched; one does
not know who may be a spy, and even in
private circles a sO-calleu friend may be
the agent of the government This sort
or thing constitutes the Frenchman as a
natural detective, with the consequence
that large numbers Of them possess a re
marRable facility for ferreting out Grim
mas ana pohucal Offenders. This also
accounts for the acknowledged fact that
crimes are most surely traced back to Of
tenders there than they are here and else
where. The number of undiscovered
crimes in England vastly exceeds those
of France, Notwithstanding the much
larger population.
The geographical position of Switzer-
land, rendering impossible all attacks by
sea, and Offering by means of lofty noun
tains and difficult passes endless positions
! OF vantage to moderate defending force,
renders the country almost impregnable,
even in these days of gigantic armaments
and far-reaching explosives, says the BOs-
ton Traveller Nor have the Swiss failed
10 avail themselves OF the resources of
modern military science to supplement
the strategic advantages provided them by
nature. Forts of great strength, heavily
armed, and placed in almost inaccessible
positions, guard the few passes by which
| any attempt in force could be made, and
of the brave mountaineers, If few are reg
ular soldiers, all are trained TO the use of
arms, and most are marksmen of approx
| cd skill. truly the conquest of SWitZer-
| land would be hard task for any power,
/ or combination of powers, and one that
| IN all human probability will never be at
| tempted. II it be objected that Switzer-
| land was oVerrun by the French in the
| early days of the convention. il must be
/ remembered that the Swiss We're less uni
! now, and that their own liberties led them
| to view faVorably the principles, at least.
! of the revolution, and paved the way for
/ the successful treachery of the French
| SUBSEQUENT OpCuD1
! country by the latter power.
There are indeed many things to con
| taminate and but few things to purify
! the air of a large city, however perfect
; the sanitation may be. There are few
| things in the country to render air i'm
| pure ana me natural means Tor improv-
| ing the atmosphere seldom meets with
any Interference, writes Sidney A. Dun
| nam in the June Chautauquan. The air of
| a city may be cool, dry and appear pure
! but in this instance things are not wha
! they seem; for if we examine it by the mi
| croscope, which aids most in making this
! adage true, we find particles of air, like
the drops or water, containing innumera-
| Bile bodies, living and dead-the various
! forms of bacteria, the remnants of feath-
| ers and hairs, epithelial cells from various
| animals. carbon and sand from the soil
! and pollen and spores of fungi from the
! vegetable world. Chemistry reveals va
| rlety OF nOXlOus gases, such as come from
| the manufacture of sugar, glue and soap;
| those from fertilizing and asphalt works
! carbonic-acid gas, from the combustion
! of carbon, as coal, gas oil and wood: also
| the many foreign and poisonous gases, de-
| fined and underlined; carnations from
| cesspools, stagnant water, sewers, gar
! bage, closets and stables. These latter are
! some of the forms of contamination of
| the air which come from a dense pODu-
! lation with many factories and work
| shops; Overcrowding in our large cities
| Will always bring with it certain diseas es,
! and for this reason the mortality win thus
| always be greater. We found that by the
| q a rD1r esrn1ol .,ff h.
| city has been altered in every constituent
| by the manner OF living, as well as by
| trades. Leave the noisy, dusty city for
a day or night and your whole being has
! imbibed new vigOr and that feeling of
weight and lethargy has departed. In the
| country air we notice important qualities
! and more of the lfe-giving properties than
in the city. There is more ozone, more
oxygen, more vegetation to deodorize and
! purify the air. more light and sunshine
| fewer HETEROGENEOUS, with greater free
| dom from dust and noxious gases The
! absence of pure country air not only i'm
! pairs the development of mans physical
| being but is the cause of many chronic