The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TO one in France.
The Tartars take a man by the ear
to invite him to eat or drink with them.
Two ounces of altar of roses represents
the refined product of a ton of rosebuds.
The first printing press in America
was established at Cambridge, Mass, in
1889.
London has over 500 railway stations
These figures do not include freight sta
tions.
One bicycle has been supplied to every
police station in the suburbs Of Paris for
the use of the force.
Zurich is to have new gas works which
will be the largest in Switzerland, at a
cost of 100000 francs.
One hundred and twenty firemen are
required to feed the furnaces of a first
class Atlantic steamer.
of the ffty-one thousand breweries es-
timated to be in the world, twenty-six
thousand are in Germany.
"A Matchmaking machine produces as
many nails in a given time as were for
merly made by one thousand men.
The only states in which capital pun
ishment is forbidden by law are Michigan,
Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Maine.
In the British Isles during the present
century seven instances have been re-
corded in which the bride has married the
best man by mistake.
Switzerland has its name from
schweitz, the name of the three forest
cantons that led the successful insurrec-
ton against the Austrians.
On the Island of Gamma, situated
northwest of the Island of Rum, there Is
a hill SO magnetic as to affect the com,
passes of vessels passing near.
Only the purest water is employed by
the Chinese in washing the finer grades of
silk. Ordinary well water in its natural
state is unsuitable, and is purified by plac-
ing quantity of molluscs in it for day
These prey on any impure organic matter
and act as filters.
In the West Indies a lemon bath is
almost daily luxury. Three or four lines
or lemons are sliced into the water and
allowed to lie for half an hour, in order
that the juice may be extracted A re-,
markable sense Of freshness and cleanli-
liness is given to the skin.
I'm spite of the odium which is suppos-
ed to be attached to the office of hang
man, there is a great rush for the posi-
ton of high executioner of Prussia, now
that Herr Reindell, the present incumbent,
who is about to retire. The post pays II IS
"a head" and travelling expenses.
than one-half of the bessemer steel man.
ufactured in the United States is produced
in Pennsylvania, which mainly uses the
high-clasS and expensive ores Of the Lake
Superior region. Nearly one-fourth of the
whole amount is produced in Illinois.
If the eyes get tired and red from
keeping late hours or from long travel,
lay upon the lids in the morning before
dressing a soft white linen cloth that has
been dipped in water as hot as you can
bear 1t; when the cloth cools dip it in the
hot water again. In half an hour your
eyes will be free from all distressing SEN
sationS.
"A scientist declares that the fine COM
plexion of the Briton is due to the fogs
which so frequently sweep over Great Bril-
tain. Dampness seems to permeate TIE
icSIl anu Keep llS SIKH sou. On the Ol1eI
hand, a dry and sunny climate makes a
dry, harsh complexion. The natives of
desert countries are living proof of this
statement.
Recent German experiments show that
bacteria flourish exceedingly in certain
building stones, and that even in those
not very porous the ubiquitous microbe
finds a domicile, and it is recommend
that only non-porous stones be used in
the construction of hospitals, but as even
GRANTEES absorb water such stone will be
difficult to find.
Smoking in Germany is not pastime
it is an art, and an art that has grouped
about it a respectable number of indus
tries. Every smoker carries cigar case,
a cigar clipper, match box, and usually a
little leather box for the cigar tips. The
tips are collected by a society organized
for the purpose in each province, and are
sold to the manufacturer for the benefit
of charitable institutions.
1t has been calculated that should the
earth collide with any body large enough
to stop its motion an amount Of heat would
be generated by the shock sufficient not
only to fuse the entire earth, but also to
reduce large portion of it to vapor. Ac-
cording to Helmholtz and Thomson, the
heat developed by a collision so colossal
would be equal to that which would be
generated by the burning of fourteen
globes of coal, each equal to the earth in
magnitude.
"A 162-inch paper-making machine is
under construction for the Rumford Falls
Paper Company of Rumford Falls, Me-,
says the Baltimore American, which is,
undoubtedly, the largest in the world,
having a 60-foot wire, gun-metal breast
roll, A-inch gun-metal coucher, 24-inch
press-roll, Is 4S-inch dryers, besides press
and receiving dryers, and a stack of Y
chilled calendar rolls, reel and winding
machine, the speed being from 800 to 5OQ
feet per minute.
-Arizonas monthly output Of copper at
present is over 5000 tons. which, at u
cents per pound, returns to Arizona an
nually over $l4,O0O.OOO, or an average of
nearly $4,000 per day, says the Baltimore
American. Most Of the copper produced
in Arizona gives also Yield of gold or sill
yer. The output of copper will be nearly