The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The city of Railway will soon possess
the largest dome in the east. It is TO be
erected over the New Jersey state reform
atory.
What processes to be the smallest re
corded specimen of the equine race is now
on view in Milan. 1t IS the property of
the Marchese Carcano, and is said to
stand only six hands, or twenty-four
inches, high The smallest Shetlands sell
dom are under eight hands.
A large bookbindery may have a ca
pacity Of 10000 books a day, says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. The resources of
some these binderies are wonderful. There
is an instance on record where a publish
ing house took an order on Monday for
cloth-covered limo. volume of $50 pages
and actually shipped 1900 copies of the
book on the following Wednesday. The
type was set by machinery for the entire
$50 pages before work stopped Monday
night. Electrotype plates were made SO
rapidly that on Tuesday morning several
printing presses were set in motion. In
the meantime covers were made in the
bindery, and by Wednesday morning the
binders had the book In. hand Two thou
sand volumes were completed that day,
of the way before Saturday night. In
modern bookbinding machinery, as in the
production of printing presses, America
leads the world, and no other nation can
equal it In the speed and general effect
iveness with which all branches of the
industry are carried out.rHot
Joseph NJ. Lilly, wealthy farmer of
Jackson township, died last night, aged
about 65 years. says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat His case had become locally
famous, and for nearly thirty years has
attracted the attention of the medical fra
ternity and thousands of people. In 1868
he told his friends that ne had heart dis
ease, and in the autumn of that year took
to his bed and lay prone there for twenty
one years, telling his physicians and
friends that if he raised his head or chest
above a slight angle he would instantly
expire. Nothing could expel this idea
from lis mind, and his family had to make
the best of the situation. His general
health was good, and it was not till late in
1899 that he could be induced to get up.
Once during that time his dwelling caught
fire, but he refused to move, and he was
carried out on his cot. At last he announc-
ed that he had worn out his ailment, and
ventured to get out of bed, and was assist
ed to walk across the floor. Since then
he has been up most of the time managing
his affairs, for he was a shrewd business
man and grew rich even while in bed. A
few weeks ago he had a slight stroke of
paralysis, but rallied, and up to the day
of his death had fairly good health. He
leaves a widow and one daughter.
Yes, my name is regarded as very
common" said MIR. K. B. Smith of Leban-
on, Pa, to the Washington Post. but"
he added, there are very few people that
know how ancient and honorable the name
really lis. There are few who know,
say, that the Smith family antecedes the
building of Solomons temple by forty
years. Again, there are few who know
that the family antecedes the Christian
era, by $50 years and the Declaration of
is known in almost every foreign nation,
and you will find many men bearing the
cognomen holding high and honored posi-
tions in the world To give you some idea
of how widely known are the Smiths, 1
would refer you to the annual reunion of
the Smith Family Assoeia ton, of Blair
county, Pennsylvania, which was held
last month at Lakemont Park. Invitations
were sent all over the civilized world. The
epistes were sent and letters of regret
are coming in from the Italian Smiths,
the Spanish Smithos, the German
Schmidts, The French Smeets, the Rus
sian Smittowskis, the Greek Smikons and
can beat that in ancient lineage and will
petition the Legislature to change mine"
Bicycle carrying attachments have
been placed on trolley cars of the Market
street division in San Francisco, which
runs through a hilly district. These at
tachments have been in use now since
February, and the practical results are
assured. In the first month, February,
266 wheels were carried, which counted
not only cents for each Wheel but 5
cents for the rider. This amounted to
$3.50 for that one division which other
wise the company would not have earn
ed. The record shows a constant increase,
and three months later the number of
wheels carried on this division had in
creased to $50 per month. So promising
were the results on the billy division that
1t was decided to equip one of the level
lines, and, though totally unexpected, the
traffic proved to be as great as on the
billy line. The company has now nearly
| finished equipping all the cars of it's big
system, placing a rack on both the front
and rear dasher. The rack is easily de-
tachable, weighs only twenty-five pounds
and when removed leaves no mark. The
Street Railway Review in commenting on
the above states that it undoubtedly will
not be very long before all street railway
companies will have to adopt similar racks
According to Dr. Robert Brown the eli
mate of the Sahara especially where 1t is
under the influence of the westerly and
northwesterly winds, which are the pre-
vailing breezes, is extremely healthy, says
the Chicago Record. Yet the terrors of
| the sandstorms which sometimes overtake
| the wayfarers have formed'a favorte pic
ture in the works of explorers and have
| furnished many legends of more or less
apocryphal character to Arab mythology.
Suddenly a dark pillar is seen advancing
in the direction of the caravan, and, be-
| fore the wayfarer can prepare for the
coming storm, they are involved in a dense
cloud of drifting sand-though, perhaps,
not quite buried, according to the indy
| ing tale of the story books. So violent are
| the winds that at times sweep across the
| Sahara that at a considerable distance
| from the African coast the dredgings
brought up by the Challenger showed that
| the sea bottom was covered somewhat
thiclxly with the sand blown seaward from
| the neighboring continent. AT times, also,