The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


"A negro preacher OF Richmond. KY.
has kept a record of his travels in the
performance of his pastoral duties. and
finds that he has covered $50 miles in
the past thirty-hve years.
There are 100000 orthodox Jews resi-
dent in the dOminions of the czar, but in
the ukase concerning the celebration of his
coronation in May next they are not men
toned. Every other section of the Russian
people IS invited TO be present by dele
gates. 1t is believed that this foreshadows
the approach Of a new era Of Jewish per-
secution-
Japan, too, has keen explorers, says
the New York Tribune The professor or
astronomy in the University of Toxic, Mr..
Nomaka, accompanied by his wife. last
October, ascended Mount Fujiyama, IS
COO feet high, to make meteorological oD-
servations in the course of the winter.
short time ago word was received that
the professor was dying and a relief ex-
petition was fitted out With great diff
Guilty the mem bers of the expedition reacn-
ed the snow-covered hut Prof. Nomaka
was found to be exceedingly weak ana
unable to move, but his wife had sur
fered no evil results from the exposure.
Nomaka was taken back to Toxic, but he
declares he viii return next winter, ana
his wife says she will accompany him
again.
Milwaukee was the first city in tht
country to put district messenger boys on
bicycles, and the experiment has been
gratifying success. About year ago the
management mounted the boys on wheels
Tor distant trips and the innovation has
been found SO successful that it is being
generally adopted in large cities through
out the country. Chicago is about to fol-
low Milwaukee's example in this respect
and other American District Telegraph Of
hces that have already done so are Oma-
IA, Syracuse, n. y; Buffalo, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Cincinnati. The plan
has worked so well. both from the point
of view of the customers and that of the
company, that the Milwaukee concern will
on April l supply new wheels to practically
new outfit of bicycles viii give them all
bright new uniforms.
AS an instance of confirmed mis-
ogynst, the wealthy old bachelor who
died in Vienna a short time ago is a strik-
ing one. A number of documents were
found among his belongings. labeled AT
tempts by my family to put me under the
yoke of matrimony." There were sixty
two letters in all between the years 1915
and 1893, so that his relatives were fairly
active in their efforts. 1t is said that he
always booked three seats for himself at
theater in order that one on either side
might be empty and thus secure from oc-
cupuon by a woman. He smoked the
largest and foulest pipes when travelling
20 Keep away feminine travellers, and his
Will contained the following statement:
Il beg that my eSecutioners will see that
| am buried where there is no woman in
TERED, either to the right or left of me.
Should this not be practicable in the ordi-
nary course of things, l direct that they
purchase three graves, and bury me in the
middle one of the three, leaving the two
others unoccupied."
DR. Henri Dunant, who, Jointly with
his friend and fellow-citizen Moynier.
chairman of the Society of Public Utility
at Geneva, founded the Red Cross Soci-
ely, is living almost universally forgotten
IN the hospice of Heiden, in the Swiss Can
ton of Appenzell. While the successful
warrior and even the thwarted flibuster
are eXtolled and glOrified, Dunants for
tunes should offer fragrant illustration of
the world forgetfulness of its purest he
roes. 1t was the horror and disgust with
which he contemplated the terrible scenes
that attended or Immediately followed the
battle OF Solferino, June "a, 1859, that first
moved him to make an appeal to the ma
lions TO take common action for the pro-
lection of the sick and wounded in war.
Bat1ed for long time by opposition or
Indifference, DR.. Dunant's efforts were at
length rewarded by the conclusion, Au-
gust, 1864, of the Geneva convention and
the institution of the Red Cross Society.
1t is not doubted that statues will be
erected to Dunant after his death, but
can nothing be done, ask his friends, to
impart little more comfort into what
still remains to him of life?
The ancient idea of flushing the sew
ers and cutters of city streets with sea
water is being discussed vigorously in
many places. In England it has come in
10 such FAVOR that proposition is now
put forward to supply the city of London
with sea water The water would be
taken from the sea at a point not far from
Brighton remarkably free from pollution.
II would be pumped into a reservoir of
100000 gallons Thence it would be fore
ed into another reservoir. from which it
would gravitate to London. Present con-
sumption of water in London is 200, 900 600
gallons day, of which 100000 gallons
are used for municipal purposes. This
might be saved for domestic purposes by
the Introduction of sea water. The cost
of the project is put at 81, 250, 900, and the
sea water would be supplied by meter
Tor public purposes at a fraction of the
present cost of fresh water. One water
ing of the streets with sea water is SAID
TO be equal to two or even three, with
fresh water. 1t prevents the decomposI-
ton of street refuse, it is effective for
flushing sewers, and particularly valuable
for the extinction of fire. OF it's value to
health there is no doubt and it would be
easy to supply it to hospitals and to
schools for swimming baths.
An eye expert says: Don't read
while you are travelling, but if YOU will
read, let IL be books or newspapers with
the largest type you can get hold of
Reading IN a car in motion is also much
easier and less injurious if a large card
or an envelope, be held just under each
line you are reading and moved down
as each line is read" The use of tinted
writing papers is very beneficial to the
eyes, but the colors chosen should be
gray, neutral tint, or blush green. red
dish, brown, pink, yellow or strongly
yellowish green should be avoided. Those
who suffer in any way from impaired
vision and have much writing to do
should use, the typewriter. The writer
can lean back in a chair and change
from one position to another without
ceasing work, and there is none of the
cramping effects upon different sets of
muscles inseparable from ordinary writ
ing. Looking for any length of time
through the wire gauze blinds in inju-
rious to the sight. An oculist tells of a
police detective who came to him with
his eyes in a shocking condition. He
had nearly blinded himself by looking
through such blinds for several weeks
quently injure the sight. especially when
of the dot pattern. The desrablity of
keeping the eyes cool is urged. 1t is a
good plan to battle the eyes, closed every
morning with moderately cold water The
constant practice of this habit tends to
strengthen and preserve the sight. But
If the eyes are actually infamed water
of the same temperature as the air in
very cold weather may increase the in
Illumination, and tepid water will. under
such circumstances, be most beneficial