The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

50 forcib.y in looking upon japanese land
ScapeS. There are no cOws-the japanese
neither drink milk nor eat meat. There
are but a few horses, and these are i'm
ported mainly for the use of the foreigners
The freight cars in the city streets are
pulled and pushed by coolies, and the
pleasure carriages are drawn by men.
There are few dogs. and these are neither
used as watch dogs, beasts of burden nor
in hunting, except by foreigners. There
are no sheep in Japan, aid wool is not used
in clothing, silk and cotton being the sta
pies. There are no pigs-pOrk is an un-
know article of diet, ara lard is not used
in cooking. Wild animals there are, how
ever, and in particular, bears of an enor-
nous size.
The deepest hole in the ground is more
than mile in depth, and is situated in the
neighborhood of Rybrick, in Upper Snesia,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. To be strict
~ ACCURATE, it is 6.51 fete deep, or ! mile
430 yards foot-close on a mile and a
quarter. 1t was begun for the purpose of
searching for coal, and IS different seams
were discovered At the surface the di-
ameter of the boring was a foot, but this
was reduced to d little more than eight
inches at a depth of 230 feet Here the
blue mari which was found was so close
that the diamond drill had 10 be employed.
boring rods naturally became greater and
greater. until at last at a depth of $3.50
fcet the tools alone weighed over 80 l55
pounds, or close on fourteen tons. The
breaking of the rod was consequently by
no means infrequent, and at last a piece
of steel broke off which II was impossible
to remove. This stopped the work, after
nearly $4,000 had been spent in the con-
struction of the hole. While the tempera-
ture of the ground was about Sc degrees
Fahrenheit, it reached 157 degrees at the
bottom of the tube, where the diameter
was only two and three quarter inches.
II have just had a physician cut my
tonsils out" said guest of the st. Mich
olas to Manager Cunningham. according
to the st. Louis Republic, land l feel
better already. My tonsils had a habit of
becoming in1amed on the slightest provo
cation and giving me good deal of
trouble. Every doctor / ever consulted
advised 10 have them removed, but 1
hadn't done so before for fear that their
loss would in some way affect my speech.
All of them assured me of the contrary.
however, and to-day l submitted to the
operation Since inquirlng into the SUBJ
Ject have learned that tonsils are wholly
useless organs, if such they may be call
ed, and the medical profession is at a loss
TO know for what purpose they are put
in the human throat. They are a source
OF annoyance, and perform no known
junction in the human organization.
have also learned that we have a couple
of other useless and troublesome organs.
one is the spleen ana the other is the
vermlform appendix. Learned physicians
tell me that they have been unable to dis
cover any use for either of these organs,
and but for the danger of the operation
would insist upon all of their patients
having tbor1 -
ture has been little too profuse in the
plans and specifications for the human
structure"
In the electric lighting field the total
capital inv ested in the United States is
given as over $500 900, says the Detroit
Free Press. The number of plants. pub.
lie and private, is over 10000 says an ex-
change. The number of motors in use is
estimated at about $4,000, and their value
al about $1t1000,0O0. The electrical ap.
paratus used IN mining is estimated at
SlOOmOOO0, and the value of the electric
elevator industry viii probably not fan
short of SJ,0v,0oO. The most important
or all the electric industries, however, is
that of electric railways. In this field
the investment is very great and in the
United States Is represented by capitali-
zation of over ZOO. The number
OF trolley cars in use is now over q, 1000,
and these run over 1900 miles of track.
The electric railways represent more
than 80 per cent. of all the street and su-
bufban railroads of the country. The ag-
gregate of all the capital invested in cleo
tic lighting, electric railways and cleo
trio power is about s., 800, 600 900 and this
does not include the value of establ
ments that manufacture the machinery
and apparatus. AS many of these are
among the largest Industrial enterprises
~ he nrfd III
Germs of considerable magnitude, it is ev-
ident that their combined capital will run
up into large figures.
Throughout the empire Of Morocco
and in Tunis there are villages where
the elder members of the adult popuIa-
ton follow professionally the pursuit of
fattening young ladies for the matrimon-
lal market of Barbary, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. The Moors, like the
Turks and most other Orientals, give a
decided preference to "moon-faced" wives
over lean ones. and are more solicitous
as to the number of pounds which their
brides weigh than about the stock OF ac-
complishments they possess. A girl is put
Under the process of fattehing when she
Is about Il years of age. Her hands are
tied behind her and she is seated on a
carpet during so many hours every day,
while her papa stands over her with a
matraque, or big STICK, and her mother
at times pops into her mouth a ball of
couscoussou, or stiff maize porridge
kneaded up with grease and just large
enough to be swallowed without the pa
tient choking. II the unfortunate girl
declines TO be stuffed she is compelled, so
that ere long the poor girl resigns her
self TO the torture and gulps down the
boluses lest she should be beaten. In
Brazil corpulence is also considered the
essential point Of female beauty. and the
greatest compliment that can be paid 10
a Brazilian lady Is to tell her that she
grows fatter and fairer every day.
Bermuda was not very prosperous last
year. for il appears from the report OF It's
governor 70 the colonial secretary that the
Islands revenue was f34.2 and the expen-
diture f47l7, says the New YORK Times
This latter sum does not include the i'm
perial expenditure on naval and military
establishments. the latter alone being over
10000. The total public debt OF the colo
ny Is $4,000, az an average rate of interest
OF "a per cent Bermuda like more Inn
portant places, has its agricultural prob
lem. Its area Is only 1000 acres. OF which
$500 are under cultivation In small hold
ings, and land and labor are both dear
Two companies were formed 70 aid agri-
cultural interests kfrf both atsef..1a -