The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An English trade journal throws cold
water on the hopes of the shipbuilders OF
Great Britain, that they might have a
part in the building up of the new navy
proposed by Turkey. 1t intimates that
Germanys interests form a barrier to the
realization of these wishes.
Holland exports cotton manufactures
to Persia and is soon to establish there a
branch of one of the leading Dutch banks
to further her commercial interests.
Transportation through the shah's country
is carried on by means of mules and cam
els, and hitherto Armenians had most of
the trade.
The Introduction of the most modern
machinery into Japan has resulted in the
depth of some of the wells being increased
from coo to 1900 feet, resulting in a greater
flow of OIL and more machinery is de-
mandcd. New refineries, with improved
processes are going up and the quality Of
the oil, which is used for both illuminat-
ing ana power purposes is better than
formerly.
The chemical result of boiling milk is
to kill all the living cells and to coagulate
all the albumlnoid constituents. SAYS the
Popular Science News. Milk after boiling
Is thicker than it was before The phys
biological results are that all the eonstitu-
tents of the milk must be digested before
IL can be absorbed into the system; there
fore there is a distinct loss of utility in the
milk, because the living cells Of fresh milk
do not enter into the circulation direct as
living protoplasm and build I'D the it's
sues direct as they would do in fresh, I'M
boiled milk. Boiling undoubtedly does in
some way render the milk more difficult to
dgest Every sterilizing lessons its diges-
tibility.
The London Metropolitan Underground
railway a steam road, has been given the
ultimatum of adopting electric traction
within three years or going out of bust
ness. The trouble all arises from lack of
proper ventilation of the tunnels, and
every means has been tried but electric
power They have tried hot-water loco
motives, coke-burning locomotives and
multiplicity of ventilators. The latter has
multiplied TO such an extent without OBJ
waiting the trouble that parliament has
refused to grant permission for any more
openings, except as temporary measures,
and all ventilators are to be closed at
the end of three years If electric traction
or some equally suitable power is not
adopted.
What splendid subject for the rein
carnationists was Fun Hoam. the Chi
nese hero, who restored Malek-al-Salem
to the throne of Georgia, says an ex-
change. In the story of his life which he
relates TO the credulous daughter of the
king, he claims to have passed through
many changes. First he was that Piurasb
who killed the usurper Siamak Then he
was hea; little dog; then Indian maid
en- Massouma; a bee; a cricket; a mouse:
then Abzenderoud, the imaum; then the
daughter of rich Indian merchant; then
Jezdad of Iolcos, a Grecian beauty; then
a
Queen of Persia; young
woman; an ape; pretty girl;
a son of the Sultan of Agra; an Arabian
physician; wild man; a slave; son of a
Cadi of ErZeroum; a dervsh; an Indian
prince, and finally Fun Hoam.
A prominent curio dealer of the East
in an interview tells Of some of the won.
GERS of his collection, says an exchange.
He has some very interes ting articles bur
nothing to compare with the oddities
found in catalogue of the Tradescant
family, who were the most famous curio
collectors of the seventeenth century
Here are few items. t'Elaster eggs of tbe
patriarchs Of Jerusaenls two feathers of
the phoenix type; claw of the bird roc
VINO, as authors report, is able to truss an
elephant; a natural dragon above two
inches long; the Dodad, from the Isle of
Mauritius, so big as not to be able to
a turkPV
usually taken by greyhounds on New
market Heath; cows tail, from Arabia.
half hazelnut, with 20 pieces of house
mold stuff in it; set of chess men in
peppercorn; landskips, stories trees and
hgures, cut in paper by some of the en-
perors; trunnion of brakes ship; knife
Wherewith Hudson was killed in Hudsons
bay; Anna Bullen's night veil; Edward
the Confessor's gloves, etc
To1nv,
ton of being mayor of the smallest citv in
the world, says the st. Louis Republic. He
is the chief executive of Fenton beautf-
full little hamlet on the picturesque NJer-
amec river, fifteen miles to the south and
west of st. Louis. There are less than 100
people in Fenton, yet it has been an in
cOrporated city for more than twelve
years, and during that time it has grown
considerably. When it was first incorpor-
ated there were less than forty-five inhab-
itants in the place. 1t is the only city of
its size, in all probability, in the world
that is Incorporated and has a MAYOR and
a full quota of city officials. None of
the city officials Of this unique little place
are paid salaries. Instead, they receive
certain fees for the performance of their
specific duties. 1t has been a long time
since any of them collected any money
and even the city marshal, who constitutes
the entire police force of the city has NOT
made a cent out of his job for something
like three years. No arrests are made in
Fenton, and it has been so long since the
squire had case that when the last mag
istrate died some years ago it was not
thought worth while to elect his success
sor There is no politics In Fenton-at
least not in so far as municipal elections
go. And, for that matter, there have been
no elections for a decade. There never
has been defalcation in Fenton. Fred
Wehmeyer was detailed by the board of
control to keep the books of the corpora
ton, and the public funds raised by taxa,
ton were expended by the mayor in per-
son, by and with the consent of the board.
Some attention has recently been di-
rected in France, says Engineering to
the possibility of using crude alcohol as
the working agent in oil or gas engines
as If commercially practicable the de-
mand thus created would greatly anne
Horate the present position of the spirit |
distllerS. The results Of certain exneri- |
ments made to the end cited have recently
been communicated to the Paris Academic |
des Sciences by NJ. Max Ringelmann. who |
concludes from his observations that |