The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
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Great Britain has Ger medical reg
lister $3.50 names. Nsa 1900 have been
added during the past years
The Pan-Presbyter council at its
recent session in GIasc Scotland. unan-
imously accepted the Patton 10 hold its
meeting in WashingtoO. C.. in lsss.
An umbrella COW with trans
parent material has heinvented in Eng
lad The holder is eiled 10 see where
ne IS going when he Ids 1t before his
face
The bridal veil OF japanese young
lady is subsequently, n as her shrOud.
Directly after tse marge il is carefully |
put away and reSarverntil death makes |
It's use again necessary
"A rapid writer casrite thirty words
in one minute. To dois he must draw
his pen through the sc of a. rod 16lk
teei. IN forty minutes pen travels a |
mile.
In the. manufacture knives the d.
vision Of labor has bacarried to such
an extent that one kn is handled nv
seNeu.y uiiIeEent artisR from the mo-
ment the blade is forg8nriI the instru-
ment is finished and rev for The mar
ket. iOi ''i0 moi
English is spoken by. 100000 persons
in the British Isles, by Ibably 100000
OF the 69.ocl'9 goo linhahitanof the United
- ~ ~ ~ 4,vVV,Oo1 peISornn Canada. by
5.9o.OW persons in Austrb nv 2 7Oa O00
West Indians, and by LOO 4, inSie 'are
other British colOnies-brh1y tbe tofa,
o., 900. 70 OFei wv
The trade of the kidnappeo,rs y,
Canton and young girls cam safelv %
about without an escort Re,,1,, tbrae
girls. accompanied by severatnsid-s
wants went to photographer ct tbe,r
portraits taken. They had be- IN the
shop only few minutes whena ,an men
broke rudely in, seized the Made, forced
them to enter sedan chairs. VA tbe,,
had in waiting, and carried then1ef
"A 1O-year-o,d girl Of zanesvfle,t a,e5
recently under peculiar clrcums,,ces
She was a bright girl, read every la sha
could ind, and after the St Louis a.
do was the victim of nervous prostra,n
She read everything about the CalanL,r
During a thunderstorm that prevailed
GAINESVILLE recently she said there was
tornado coming, and. soon suffered a.
other prostrauon, from the effects {
which she died.
"A suggestive indication of the progre;
made in the design of horseless vehicle
is the recently published statement ths
company, consisting of several prom
nent citizens of Little Rock, Ark, ha
been organized to put in a line of hors,
less carriages to run in opposition to III
street cars. They have asked the cit
franchise nffa 1,f
cent. Of the net receipts. Another wester
company is stated to be negotiating fl
horseless vehicles to be used for deli'
cry wagons.
Prior to the outbreak of the Japai
China war, the registered tor
mage of the japanese merchar
marine stood at 1883 ton!
During the war this was enormous
ly increased, and at the end of Januar
1t stood at 3S2,253 tons The navigatio
encOura cement law has further stimulate
the development of japanese shipping, an
schemes for opening regular services
foreign countries have been set afoC
either by specially established compani,
or by those in existence, and the regfste
ed tonnage of the japanese merchant m;
rine VIII soon reach a total of Az, 173 ton
In 1929 Col. Colt of revolver fame. con
menced series of experiments with to
pedoes and submarine mines in Americ
says the Shipping World. In 1912 he e,
ploded a torpedo by connection with
galvanic battery, and completely destro,
ed the gunboat Boxer. He carried OF
many equally successful experiments wit
groups of submarine mines and anchore
torpedoes, and was the first to prove II
value of the electrical current in opera
ing and exploding torpedoes and submarir
mines. Again. the cables employed /
IN n n n &c to-
rine cables ever invented for conductir
the electric fluid under water. The Ru
SLAMS used torpedoeS and submarine min,
to protect Sebastopol and Cronstadt du
ing the Crimean war, the Americans sti
further applied the system in their civ
war, and the latest example of this sciel
tifc mode of destruction was witnessf
during the war between China and Japa
"A lake on the Blair ranch in the Pie,
mont hills in California, which had
strange origin, has a fatal peculiarit
About eight years ago there was a stor
quarry in the hills The Worl5men We
at their noontide meal when they heard
great noise. Where a blast had Just tai
en- place a great body of water rushed I
from the earth. The men had barely fin
TO escape, and their tools and wagol
We're speedily submerged. The carts ar
implements are still at the bottom of n
lake, which has remained perma nentI
The sheet of water is just about an ac
in area and is very deep in the middl
over where the spring is suppoed to
there is an icy current, and every We;
since the quarry in the hills became
lake II has claimed some victims The 20
current produces cramps in those who Q,
counter 1t while swimming and althoue
notice is posted warning bathers of n
danger, several have lost their lives. TT
latest case occurred last week.
An island in the Missouri river broke
into fragrants and washed away was II
unusual spectacle Atchison, Kan. peop
witnessed yesterday morning. saws n
cincinnati Enquirer. For years an jslaT
of COO or 700 acres has been one of the a
fractions of Atchison. 1t was as ferti
as garden, and was known all over ri
west for the excellence of the celery a
paragus, sweet potatoes and melons If mr.
duced. 1t had the appearance of a We
liable oasis in a desert, and its gre,
shrubbery, generous shade trees velv-
lawns and cool springs were a perpetu
JOY. Upon this island a shooting cluh h.
home, and the baseball enthusiasts h.
their grounds and grand stand AItogeth
1t was most pleasant resort. In 81
gle night this island was dissolved n
fragments. The big June rise in the Mi
souri, river struck it, and to-day n is on
Renaissance. What was Kansas's los
however, was Missouris gain. With II
obliteration of the island the current Ie
the Missouri shore and struck hard agar
the Kansas bluffs. The result of this
that the Missouri banner has been nlan