The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DIR. Ludwig Brandt investigated the
deaths of over 10000 men killed an the
Franco-Prussian war in 1901. and
learned that their injuries We're received
in the following ways; 1892 We're
by wounds in the upper eXtremities
Wounds in the head caused the deaths of
1l04l; in the chest end back, ll,495; alb
domen. 1858; in the neck. 1922. Rifle balls
injured more men than art. Hery pCoiec-
tiles. Saber wounds Were extremely few
in numbers, and the jawbone, of all the
bones IN the head, was oftenest injured.
Here are a few peculiar facts gathered
at random: Stammering is almost un-
known among savagss Watehmakers
have notably good eyes, on'y one in TWEEN
ty having defective vision. Rings are worn
by married men in Germany as dis
tingulsning marks. Out of every nine
persons who die suddenly eight are men.
There are more drinkers in Belgium than
~ any other country of Europe. Few
blue-eyed people are color-blind Only one
person in 4S00 has a perfect nosee Only
one person out of every 10000 railroad
travellers is killed by accident England
boasts of 270 different nds of religions.
England pays for the title Queen of the
Sea- by the loss Of three Seamen every
day throughout the year.
In Camille Flammarions library is a
volume of the famous astronomers works
which bears the unique title Souvenir
title is wholly Incompatible with the con-
tents of the book, which is mainly de-
voted to scientific matters.7 However,
when one hears the story that is told of
this little volume, 1t does not appear so
strange, after all, though interest in it
grows all the greater It is said that NJ.
EXAMINATION, meeting a beautiful lady at
a reception one evening, openly expressed
MS admiration of her really lovely Shout
ders So impressed was the lady that
when she died her will directed that
enough skin be taken from that part of
her person to bind the next work of the
distinguished scientist This was done,
ana the book referred to is the result.
While the Tubal Cain statue is under
discussion, it should be of some interest
to recall some of the other notable mOnu-
ments of the kind, if the subject was not
worn threadbare. says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. There is, however, a feature of the
subject that has not been so often under
consideration, and that is the cost of the
famous ones. 1t is of interest to know
that the Colossus of Rhodes, while it is
the most celebrated statue the world has
known, was not nearly 50 costly as some
others less famous. The Colossus cost 800
talents, or about $4,000 in our money. A
far more pretentious affair was the statue
OF Mercury, made by Ienodorus for the
city OF AVerin in Gaul The sculptor work
ed ten years on ii, and it's total cost was
about $1,775000. Athens was the resting
place of number of magnificent statues.
The head of the Olympean Zens in that
city was covered with curlS of gold
edcn one or winch was worth about So
600. The statue of Athena had a draping
made of the purest gold and estimated
to be worth $5S0,000 alone. The statue
itself was made of the finest ivory 1t
takes money to put up great statues.
| "A form of fraud that comes from Lon
don offers another warning to patentees
against the allurements held out by So
called ''paten brokers' to put inventions
in their hands for sale. This latest impo-
Sitlon emanates from an alleged finance
company in the English metropolis who
are acquainted with many large English
manufacturers contemplating the purchase
of factory sites in the United States in
consequence of the new tariff Numerous
inquiries are made concerning the rights
to manufacture under American patents,
ana the American patentee is asked what
is the lowest figure he will take for his
invention. Before the patent can be plac-
ed legal investigation into its scope va
lldtty etc, will be necessary for which
moderate fee is required and asked to be
RENTED without delay, and a commission
Will also be deducted should a sale be
made. Unless the terms proposed are
fully complied with the American paJentee
is requested not to reply. Here as in
other similar cases. the prospect of effect
ing sale OF the patent is the chief incen-
tive set forth for the pa tentee to comply.
In all such dealings patentees should be
sure to go to brokers of established repu-
tatiOns.
-Wine-growers are much interested in,
but somewhat dubious of, story of a new
process of wine manufacture 1t seems
that French druggist has conceived the
idea that the flavor of the fruit of shrubs
and trees is generated in the leaves of
these plants and passes from them into
the fruit. The fragrance which the leaves
of the black currant bush give off, espe-
cially after little rubbing, and which is
so very similar to the taste of the berry
appears to favor this view. The French
man, however, goes further, and says that
the pleasant taste of the apple, pear or
grape is prepared in the leaves of the re-
spectIVe plants, although it may be notice
aDle IN these cases in less degree than
with the black currant. After crushing
the leaves he adds a fermenting agent
such as yeast to them, whereupOn the
odOrless and tasteless glycoside they con-
tain decomposes, and the chemical princi-
pie becomes free Which is to impart to the
fruit proper its aroma and pleasant taste
What was formerly sought to be accom-
plished with grapes and other fruits is
now claimed to be done in a simpler man
ner with the leaves of the plants in fer
menting vat. Apple tree leaves. for in
stance, are placed in water CONTAINING 10
per cent. of sugar, and yeast is added. AS
the process advances there is an Odor of
apples, and when the fermenta ton is fin
ished and the yeast has settled, straw
yellow liquid is obtained, which possesses
| the fine bouquet of the fruit of the re-
spectiVe trees from which the leaves were
taken. The public is assured that with
vine leaves the results are still more pro,
| Life. A beverage tasting and smelling
strongly of wine is obtained, and finally,
| brandy may be distilled from it which IS
Eta Morse Hudders SAYS according TO
an exchange, that if there is one thing
more than another to which the majority
of Americans dislike to listen it is common
sense in the matter of Ventilating and
| heating their houses. 1t is hard to tell
which is the Worst-the drafty houses that
our grandparents had or the hot-air boxes
into which We have turned our houses to-
day. The air in the house is contaminated
frst by its inmates, and, secondly, by the
artificial light and fuel. A human being
viii spoil a gallon of air a minute; gas,
eleven gallons of air in the same time, and
a stove twenty-five gallons. The foul air
thrown off by the lungs is the same car
BOMBED gas which, generated by charcoal,
Will asphyXiate a man in a. close room A
simple test by which to determine whether
or not the air in room is pure is to carry
| into 1t bottle filled with water Pour out
the water slowly into another vessel and
In ats place put en- ounce of lime water If
this lime water become turhid from the
contact with the air in the bottle it is not
pure. The modern system of heating is in
furious to health. In the first place, the air
of the house is made too dry. II has the