The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

discovery OF sure remedy for yellow
fever.
A French missionary in China wit
messed recently how two of his carriers
were bitten by a rabid dog, and was very
much worried about it, SAYS Modern Med
icine. Several Chinese who happened ia
be there told him that his worry was
absolutely uncalled for, since they had
an undoubtedly safe preventive against
the poison of rabid dog taking effect
and to prove the assertion five Cinnamon
who had been bitten In March of last
year by mad dog were presented TO the
missionary He found that Cinnamon eat
OF the raw liver of mad dog after be-
Ing bitten and if they partake Of this
within given time after the accident.
1t is said they viii not be subject to n.y.
drophobia. II is curious that Pinius in
his natural history recommends eating the
liver of mad dog if bitten, as raw as
possible, and they who could not swal-
low the liver raw should have it cooked
and drink the broth therefrom 1t is not
positively known whether this remedy IS
eff1cacious, but it appears to be worthy
or investigation, particularly since this
seems to be the actual beginning of the
lsopathic treatment since perfected by
Pasteur and Koch.
"A new transatlantic cable which is
COMPANY
this summer between Brest and New
YORK Will be the longest submarine cable
ever constructed, being $3.50 nautical
miles in length, says the Philadelphia
record. The conductor will have a cas-
ing of thirteen strands, requiring $50
tons of copper, while the wrapping will
take $50 tons of raw gutta-pefcha. The
strands of galvanized steel which form
the first armature will need $3.50 tons of
mill
further sheathing of iron to protect
the parts of the cable submerged near
the coast. For this purpose 1,645 tons of
IRON Will be needed. In all, the total
weight of the cable for the full length of
$3.50 miles. is estimated at 12O73 tons Mr.
Sanford Fleming is again agitating the
construction of a cable between Canada
and Australia, each of which countries is
willing to defray one-third if Great Bri-
tain will furnish the other third of the
cost, which is estimated at 100000. One
stretch of the cable, between Vancouver
and Farming Island, will be $500 miles
long, 1000 miles longer than any exist
ing stretch, but the connection would be
highly advantageous to all three of the
countries, and the scheme will probably
be carried out. The line would touch
only British territory.
The proposal to introduce the Keely
motor on the elevated railroads in this
city is said not to meet with much favor
among those interested and the usual
difficulty still surrounds all attempts on
the part of those who have seen it to de-
scribe what it is, says the New York
Times 1t is said to be a small motor.
hardly bigger than a hat, but very pow
ertul, and evidently not electrical. be-
cause you can take it in your hands and
receive no shock, though it is a thing
which contains power enough to draw a
train of cars. There was some litigation
over the motor several years ago, one set
Oh stockholders maintaining that it was a
fraud, and that the force applied was one
OF those already known as the forces of
nature. keely announced that he could
explain the force and its operation and the
court directed him to do so in confidence.
but the of1cial-master in chancery. if we
remember right-declared that he could
not understand the explanation and so
was really not in possession of the secret
a result which everybody agreed was his
misfortune rather than his fault. Ribald
persons, Of course, said that the failure
was only natural, as there was no secret
and no force. Many railroad men are said
to be interested in it because it seems to
be a device for getting something out of
nothing. principle often applied to bonds
and stocks of road, but not hitherto to
It's actual operation.
Consular reports are not, as a rule. re-
markable for the possession of general in
terest, says the New York Times. Those
not Immediately concerned may, how
ever, find much to engage the attention in
the review of the trade of Annoy sent by
Mr.. Christopher Thomas Gardner, British
consul at the port named, to the MARQUIS
OF salisbury. Mr.. Gardner states that a.
Chlnaman Will frequently buy packet of
needles, box of matches, bottle of scent
sweets, or biscuits, as much for the trade
mark or label, if he considers it a lucky
one, as for the contents of the package
or bottle. And in the same way he will be
deferred from buying an article he re-
qulres II 1t bears what to him is an I'M
lucky trade mark or label. In colOrs il is
wen to avoid plain white, plain buff. ano
the combinations of blue and white and
blue and buff, these to the Chinaman be-
ing associated with death and mourning,
and consequently unlucky. The Chinese
favorite colors are red and yellow. the for
mer being associated in the minds of the
natives with rejoicing, and the latter with
dignity. The undraped or partly undraped
human figure should be avoided. Indeed
the use of this subject at all in trade
marks and labels for use in China is dan
gefous. Some detail, quite unimportant TO
US may have an ominous significance to
the Chinese. Thus, a green cap represents
20 them the greatest misfortune that can
befall man.
"A curious but practical use is to be
made Of a portion of the subterranean pas
sages with which the founda tions of parts
OF Paris are honeycombed says a Paris
telegram to the London Telegraph. The
portion TO be utilized lies Immediately I'M
der the Jardin des Plantes, and the en-
trance to il was discovered purely bv ac
cldent Just year ago. The orifce lead
ing to these underground regions had AL
ways existed but. being more or less
masked by vegetation, was looked upon
as disused WELL until the curiosity of
learned man brought its object to light
On looking up the archives of the mu-
scum 1t was made apparent that these
galleries dated back to the time of the
Roman occupation, and that at various
dates extensive repairs had been carried
out. At the present moment they are in
an excellent state of preservation. The
discovery proved very timely to one OF the
professors at the museum NJ. Armand
Wire. This gentleman had made study
OF the effect of keeping different animals
smut up In caves away from light. He at
once conceived the idea of utilizing the
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