The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
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Times. The outward appearance of this
monster Jewel is most delicate in work
manship, and is of a kind never before
seen in an arm of its nature. The cylin-
der is 10 feet long, with a circumference
Of three feet at the mouth, and the entire
barrel is strangely beautiful in its massive
coat Of FURNISHED gold, chased with deli
cately designed frieze work. This singu-
lar gum which is the most valuable on
earth, was presented to the Berlin army
by the managers of the Hamburg Mus
cum, in whose keeping it has been for two
centuries.
Women have equal suffrage with men
in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. and the
question of granting suffrage to them is
state issue in Idaho and California this
fall, says the Literary Digest. The pres
ence of women delegates at national con-
Ventions of the different parties is no
longer novel, the populist convention at
st. Louis last July being marked by the
presence of an unusual number of woman
campaigners. Mrs. Bryan accompanied
her husband in his speaking tour from
Lincoln, Neb., to New York, for the noti-
fication ceremonies in Madison Square
Garden, and she is credited with no little
influence in the plans of Mr., Bryan's
campaign. The organization of numer-
Gus women's Bryan and Sewall clubs has
been reported, and the Women's Republi-
can Association has organized clubs in
more than one campaign.
The various reports of the effect of
the X-rays in removing the hair, although
they come from various sources and from
good authority, are apparently not cred
tied by the Electrical World. 1t says:
Some three months go we were inform
ed from another source that the cathode
discharge possessed the peculiar property
# hoi1
and it was therefore with considerable
suspense that we awaited a report setting
forth the great hair-reStoratve powers
i'll a newly discovered anode discharge.
The report has not yet reached us and
neither has, to our knowledge any au
thentic demonstration been made setting
forth the medicinal powers possessed by
Rontgen rays. We should be pleased to
learn that Mr.. Tesla or any one else had
discovered such powers, but until so dem
onstrated it is preferable not further to
delude the uninformed and unscientifc
public"
The raising of kids for the skins is a
leading industry among the French noun
tanners, who obtain no small part of their
subsistence from this source. Sofness,
delicacy of texture and freedom from
blemish are principal factors in the value
of kid skins, and to secure these essen
ford Times. So soon as the young animal
begins to eat grass the value of the skin
declines, for with a grass diet its skin i'm
mediately begins to grow cOarser and har-
der in texture, and its chief merit van
ishes 1t is, therefore, kept closely PEN
ned, not only to prevent it from eating
grass, but also to secure the skin from
accidental injury from scratches or
bruises, which impair its value. When
the kids have reached a certain age at
which the skins are in the best condition
for the use of the glover they are killed,
and the hides are sold to travelling haw-
kers, through whom they reach the great
centers of the tanning industry.
-"Eagllsh shipping journals are dis
cussing more than ever, just now the
| question of deterioratio1f which is taking
place in ships built of steel" says the
Railroad Review. Managers of vessels
are becoming so alarmed that they are
now specifying large portion of the
work to be of iron, such as the upper
decks, floors, tank tops, etc. Some of
the manufacturers of steel have been max
ing experiments to determine whether it
is really the case that steel corrodes more
quickly than iron. In one case expert
meujs were carried out by means of
plates of various thicknssses being ex-
posed in both fresh and salt water for
periods from one month up to a couple of
years, with the result that the steel plates
exposed for period up to six months cor
roded much faster than the iron ones but
after that the advantage lay with the
Steel those exposed for two years being
in much better condition, from the fact
that the manufacture of steel is better
understood. None of the associations of
naval architects have given this subject
serious attention, although it would seem
that there is room for careful research
regarding it,"
John Gilmer Speed writes of the
money spent annually in the "The Most
Luxurious City in the World" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. He asserts in a
PREDATORY way that New York is the
most luxurious city in the world and
that expenditures are made on mere liv-
ing with an elegance and ostentation UNI
known in any of the capitals of Europe.
The total wealth of New York would
if equally divided, give to each man,
woman and child of that city $3756.S2
an amount greater than any other city
in the world. Mr.. Speed states that $2O.-
100000 are paid annually to the lawyers
Of New York; s11, $4,000 to physicians
and surgeons; $4,000 to the clergy
men, 50 655 900 to architects; 81 800 600
to dentists; sl3,020OOO to brokers. An
aggregate of about $1000O0,00O is spent
annually for clothing; $1O,OOO0OO for
other jewels; $3,5OO,OOO for cut flowers
and growing plants; S20,OO0OOO on
yachting Ghe boats represent an invest
ment of S2O,O0O,0OO, which is something
more than is spent yearly on horses and
carriages. The elevated railroads take in
100000 for carfare, and the surface
lines Sl5,OO000 a total of $27,00O,0OO for go
ing about New York. Mr.. Speed esti-
mates that $31 $3.50 are spent by New
Workers each year in European travel
1851 800 of which go for steamship tick
cts New Workers spend $3O,0OO,00O for
beer and 100000 for wine and spirits
about S662s for each person per year
In their gifts to charities New Workers.
are liberal, 100000 being the sum thus
expended. More money is spent in sun
porting and furthering church work in
New York than is paid all theaters and
playhouses Of the city. The total spent
for amusements is s5,9000O0, while con-
sderaby more than S60WOOO is contrib
uted to the support of churches