The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-05
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tive hospital. named Cowan, was found
drowned IN shallow stream, in which,
judging from his recumbent position, he
must have held his head until he expired.
"A burglary. the highest on record, has
just been committed in Paris. The thief
worked his way up the Eiffel tower and
broke open the safe of the theater and
restaurant there. Unfortunately for
himself, he also managed to open the
room where the liquors were kept got
drunk and fell asleep, where he was found
IN the morning.
Two London inquests held within a
week have resulted in verdicts of death
caused by tight lacing 1t is evident,
therefore, says the London correspondent
OF the New York Sun, that the recently
announced revival of the Grecian waist
as the model to be followed by fashion
able women has made none too much pro-
gress thus far. In one case the autopsy
showed the existence of cirrhosis of the
liver, condition usually due to alcohol
ism. The victim in this case, however,
was stanch teetotaler. Medical testi-
mony was given to the effect that tight
lacing was undoubtedly the cause of the
trouble in this instance and that death
had been the direct result of it.
THE difficulties besetting the path of
the Journalist in the far north are thus
picturesquely described by the Alaska
News: Those who have witnessed the
struggles of the News during the past two
weeks to issue a paper printed on wrap
ping paper, butchers paper, wall paper
or any kind of paper we could get to print
on, will appreciate our feelings while wait
ing for the Topeka to arrive with a regu-
lar stock. The boat was due Wednesday
n hrT4 -sv7
Gus fogs was delayed, and did not reach
here till Friday evening, during which time
the forms We're lying on the press waiting
for the paper, and the business manager
of this triumph of nineteenth century jour
nalism was pulling his hair out by the
handfuls.
"A company Of Pittsburg, Pa, has re-
celved an order from the government for
twelve specially prepared monster spiral
springs. to be used in a novel breast
works, conceived by the naval authori-
ties. The breastworks are to be built
about the breeches of guns on battleships
and other naval vessels, and about coast
defence guns, to protect the gun crews
To secure adequate protection for the men
working the big battleship guns has been
a problem confronting the naval authori-
ties. They think 1t is solved by the re-
coil breastworks plan. A test will be made
as soon as the sample breastworks can
be put together. If the plan succeeds, as
1t is thought it will. all the battleships
are to be equipped in this manner and
wherever practicable, land guns as we'll
Should the test succeed, the navy depart
ment Will place a large order for such
springs.
An adequate effort is at last to be
made to prevent the extinction of the ele
plant. The government of India has
adopted a regulation prohibiting the kill
ing of these animals in a reserve which
extends from Sheikh Pass to the Abyssin-
Ian frontier. The area is approximately
200 miles by so. The herds of elephants
which remain in this reserve are at pres
ent confined to the much smaller area of
about forty miles square of the Gadabursi
mountains. Active steps in that direction.
says the New York Sun, have been taken
by the German authorities in German
East Africa Two important reserves
have been constituted and others are in
contemplation. In addition, licenses are
required for professional hunters of ele-
plants, higher scale being exacted from
Europeans than natives. The native ele-
plant hunters willingly pay the licenses,
being well aware that the preservation
OF the animal is as important to them as
to anybody.
One of the most remarkable changes
noted at present in the manufacturing in
dustry says an exchange, is the giving
up Of the chimney to produce draught. and
though, of course, chimney offers so sim
pie and efficient a means of making tbe
requisite draught for the fire. it is stated
that in one of the large works of Enc
iahd-locallty not Observation-Disclosures
nave been discarded and a definite vacuum,
Is held upon all fires. In this way the
products OF combustion and destructive
dlstlllation which result from the burnino
OF coal and carbonaceous matter are COT
lected' cooled, condensed and worked nm
Cne u the methods noted as attracting
atlehtlch In Germany consists in sucsino
the gases of the furnace awav and a1Io+I,9
ing them to pass through water in tbe
FORM OF small bubbles, which removes tbo
SCOT ana some of the products of oono-
custom, the gases being then led tn
sasoHeter' from which they are drawn
- nc ptOcess OF utlilzation. manufac-
lure OF TINS kind, it is urged, can easily
extend pipes in any direction ana -.
the gases OF combustion from other 49,
uiactufers-the publication of tha atro~.
phere thus assured being another imnIr
tant result. "ipor-
The question is often asked. VIII, =
IL that person who is lost. whether - -
''SSN u vi d prairie. iUVa ri
Oily moves in circle, and always n 49,
right? No satisfactory answer saws nc ne
St. Louis Republic, has ever been Gu, ,ae
tor this weli-known popularity under ~
circumstances mentioned Some nbI,.toI
osists, anatomists and speculative n5iIos
ophers claim that the left leg in tba h.,
man species is Slightly longer Than ~
right and so takes longer steps. TINS ca,,s
ing a motion to the right which. in tiT,a
completes circle, If the mind is So beu,iId
cred that it has no fixed objective point in
view. Perhaps the real answer 70 tbis
queer question lies in the fact that ySoss
persons use their right hands in prefararoe
to the left, and are accustomed IN nae
ing objects on their right-hand side and
so, unconsciously. keep edging off 10 he
right On prairie, however. where tbair
IS nothing in the way of obstacles WORTHY
OF mention, this cause or reason for wall,
In "right-handed" circle would hsrd1,
hold good. Does any reader know wbetb,
er II Is fact or not that left-handed ner-
sons who are lost make the circle in an on
posite direction to that made by rigbt-
handed person? SUI
Capt. j. Dahl, master of the Norwe-
CLAN bark Handy when dischargjnp a